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Ultimate Armies is still on my list, but I've been mostly focusing on either development on other people's books or completing stuff for Kickstarters that people have already paid for.

This year I got the second of the Unholy Trinity off my desk with the release at long last of Fort Scurvy, with Ultimate Armies the last one on my list. It's still there, and I've done some more small bits on it as I've been able to, but we've got Kickstarter stuff still stacked up that needs to get out the door first.

Ultimate Strongholds is still being worked on as well, but that one's not me; rather, Ben Walklate (who did the terrific Ultimate Factions, which is on sale for just $2 this week at the Legendary Games website!) is doing that one. I've just emailed him today to see how far along he is and how close we are to getting it up and out the door.

Here's to hoping that you finish the other stuff soon so that you can't get back to working on these two products, after all PF2 is coming down the road! You always do quality work, so I'm really looking forward to how Ultimate Armies and Ultimate Strongholds come out.

And FYI, I picked up Ultimate Factions earlier today when it was mentioned that Ben Walklate had finished it in the Strongholds thread, couldn't resist the $2 bargain for such a great product LOL.

I write this with some concern, since I was incredibly hyped to see both this and Ultimate Armies come out. However, after some energetic discussion about it being worked on, I have heard not a single peep about it in about a year. It was originally discussed nearly 3 years ago that it would be coming out, and yet nothing else has come about it. I've noticed that Legendary Games has been focusing more and more on putting out 5E versions of their products, so I wonder if that has been taking more of their time from doing Pathfinder products. Also, I haven't heard anything about Ultimate Armies since September. The real question is: have these products been greatly delayed, or have they been abandoned to work on other products instead?

TMZ has now reported Tom Petty's death, and they were on top of everything from the start, even the false reports. This news is such a heartbreaker.

C'mon! Sign the contract! What have you got to lose! It's a sure thing!

He looks trustworthy.

Vidmaster7 wrote:

I started out giving out single use healing items when i did something similar like id call them lemba leaves or what have you and it would be a one shot cure light wounds item.

Naturally occurring Good Berries would be a good idea too. Maybe your herbalists could preserve their power in preserves.

That's my jam.

Eric Hinkle wrote:

Even more great books are already in the layout queue, including Legendary Kineticists 2 by N. Jolly and Onyx Tanuki, Legendary Hybrids: Doomguard by Carl Cramer and Jason Nelson, Legendary Villains: Wicked Witches by Alex Riggs

I'm looking forward to those three in particular. I'm also hoping we finally get to see Ultimate Tournaments and Ultimate Armies, both of which I so badly want to read. Sorry, broken record, I know.

It may be sooner than you think... stay tuned.

*peeks out from behind Jason's couch and watches intently*

DungeonmasterCal has the right of it.

I wonder if PETA will protest Boba Fett about the Wookie pelts he wears. Given that he is a walking arsenal, it probably would not end well for the protesters.

I think they'll be safe, considering that he's fictional. Just like PETA's ability to change anything.

Merry Boxing Day, everyone!

I knew my bending of the laws of probability would pay off. Happy Badgermas, everyone!

Yay, I got a 3!...........wait, what does that mean again?

ShadeKyubi wrote:

pezlerpolychromatic wrote:

Last day for prizes....... *summons epic wild mage powers to bend reality to his advantage*

-A horde of hamsters appear-

ShadeKyubi, we have hamstersign the likes of which even Cos has never seen. {cue Toto guitar riffs}

pezlerpolychromatic wrote:

*casts summon Velcro beneath them, resumes twisting the guidelines of the universe*

{ignores Great Convention ban, uses atomics to break through the Velcro Wall}

*brings out the Atomic Dachshunds*

pezlerpolychromatic wrote:

Last day for prizes....... *summons epic wild mage powers to bend reality to his advantage*

-A horde of hamsters appear-

*casts summon Velcro beneath them, resumes twisting the guidelines of the universe*

Last day for prizes....... *summons epic wild mage powers to bend reality to his advantage*

pezlerpolychromatic wrote:

Darn, so close to getting something. :(

The dice roller can be cruel sometimes.

Most times.

Darn, so close to getting something. :(

Oddman80 wrote:

That was the craziest Roll-Off i have ever seen. I feel bad for Trekkie9090... i am almost inspired to make my own 3rd party product, just to give to [insert gender-less personal pronoun here].

Them. The word you're looking for is 'them'.

Also man, I'm really racking up these nat 1s, I should be glad I'm not in a game with these rolls.

But you are.........the game of life........

Dun dunn DUNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Casually bends reality back to where it should be - which is to say, capricious and entirely subject to the whims of an insane dice roller*

On the other hand, since a few winners are removed every roll, I think, the odds do technically get better as this continues along...

*Tries bending it back, accidentally breaks reality* Oh no, not again!

*remembers to start bending reality so that the odds favour me for the rest of the draws*

I got my gift from Day 1! Thanks, anonymous person!

lol At least that's how the email reads. Very much appreciated, Wraithguard, thank you so much!

Something in particular from them, or shall I surprise you?

It was really difficult deciding between Legendary Paladins and Legendary Rogues, but I think the Paladins have won out by a slim margin.

Sorry I'm late, I was busy running in circles around a Christmas tree, chased by a raging badger.

Now where were we? Ah yes, the decision. Who could resist the awesomeness of Legendary Games? :D

I'm awake! I'm alive!

Free chance to have the opportunity to maybe win free stuff? You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention. Consider me interested.

I think patience is the watchword when it comes to Jason's own projects. I get the impression that he spends the vast majority of his time being Jason Nelson, Publisher of Legendary Games, and relatively little being Jason Nelson, Designer.

Picture it like Mark Seifter, who has his day job at Paizo, and does freelancing stuff on the side. LG is Jason's day job, and the books he writes himself are freelancing work that he just happens to be the publisher for, but it's still "on the side".

Unfortunately this means that there are some projects which have languished in design hell for a looooong time, and includes three that I'm looking forward to (Legendary Fighter, Royal Tournaments, Ultimate Armies). It's a pain from a consumer perspective (I want to be all "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"), but a man's gotta pay his bills, and I can't begrudge him that.

I've got to agree with that sentiment. I've been looking forward to Ultimate Armies for over a year now, and have seen its deadline been pushed back at least four times. But I'm patient, because in the end I know that it's going to be a great product when it's done and that Jason has a lot on his plate already. Because, to make a point, it's never so simple as going from point A to point B when making a product. Sometimes (most times) Jason is quite busy with what needs to be done, rather what he wants to do next. All I can do is be patient and congratulate him on a job well done when Ultimate Armies comes out............shortly before I get on him about creating Ultimate Strongholds. :P

LOL no pressure, Jason. Keep the great work coming!

Creepy Chromatic doesn't even have hands! He doesn't even know what hands are. If I had to go hand-to-hand to him, I would win, big league, like I always win big league.

Maybe, but you should try arm-wrestling with me.

It's obvious that they're celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving Day, to give thanks for having Canadians.

You know how you're like in the morning before you've had your coffee? Basically, that. :P

Ultimate Armies?

Teleporting it into that giant ball of fire in the sky seems to be a popular choice.

( I just had a chilling thought: in Starfinder, will there be the Space Tarrasque? "That's no moon,......"

*facepalm. Just......facepalm.*

It appears that the most effective way to deal with the tarrasque problem is to make it somebody else's problem.

So much to choose from, I'll try to keep the list down:

Eclipse (Star Wars)
TIE Defender (Star Wars)
Serenity (Firefly)
Eagle One (extra points if you know where this is from without looking it up)

Holy poop, that storm had levels in barbarian. I'll see what I can scrounge up to get, always happy to give a hand with a great person.

Haladir wrote:

Tomb of Horrors is, simply, terrible game design. It's written just to take players down a notch or two. There's no rhyme or reason to the deathtraps, no logic to them

You say all that like it's a bad thing. Grimtooth would not approve! ;P

Tomb of Horrors, as redesigned by Grimtooth. Scary idea.

thecursor wrote:

Palpatine- Okay, so yeah, yadda yadda fascism, oppression, Palpatine was the hero! Fact: The Old Republic was a corrupt corporate oligarchy, run by fat cats and policed by celibate warrior priests who were too self involved to try and stop the obvious corruption rising all around them. According to the old canon, Jedi Knights used to actually rule over the Republic directly and things were a lot more peaceful, eventually they had to give up their rule and the whole thing devolved into frigging nightmarish insanity. Palpatine was able to take over the place because the whole Senate was overrun with cartoonish levels of corruption, which is why Palpatine DISSOLVED the Senate because who needs ugly, stupid monsters running the show when you can have ONE smart monster in charge of everything. And it worked, it was efficient, brutally so. But what about the slavery? Well, slavery was ALREADY semi-legal because criminal Hutt gangsters used the Slave trade to make money in total defiance of the morally upright Jedi knights. The Slave Trade, which existed anyway, was now regulated and orderly because Palpatine recognized that with so many cultures and so many vastly different kinds social structures, it would impractical to impose a single moral vision on the Galaxy, so instead he imposed a coldly efficient, brutal method of law and order. No more mincing samurai moaning about being good as the whole galaxy devolved into corruption and chaos, instead it was legalism and clearly defined order. Obey the law or get shot. That is cold, it's terrible, it's cruel, it's also efficient which is everything that the Old Republic wasn't and is kind of Palpatine's appeal. He's a ruler, not a philosopher. Is he a manipulative monster, sure. But he's also ruling over THOUSANDS of planets each with their own races, legal systems, and traditions. If the alternative is nothing but chaos, isn't efficiency kind of preferable? Wasn't the reason the Republic fell was because none of the Good Guys were smart

...

This pretty much sums it up.

Hello there!

Ultimate Armies, Royal Tournaments, and Fort Scurvy have all finally made their way to the top of my to-do pile. Of the three, Fort Scurvy has gotten the most attention thus far, including some new artwork and new stat blocks, but I'm swapping back and forth with that and UA as I nail down the troop template rules we're using there, since the revised Fort Scurvy will be making use of them. I got some work done on Royal Tournaments in October as well, so all three have been getting some attention, but I didn't have a big enough chunk done of any of the three to feel like I should make a big announcement about it.

I also got distracted with some suggestions people had made for a follow-up to Ultimate Rulership, focusing on either strongholds and castle building or on nobility and noble characters (or perhaps both), so there's been some idea-work there as well.

So, in a nutshell, work is in progress! I'll be taking a long plane trip this week, so I may be able to get a good bit done on the plane. At this point, I'm not sure which of the three will see completion first, but all three long-simmering products will get done if it kills me, hopefully by the end of the year!

*cough*I have no idea who would do this*coughcough*

............I may have some responsibility with that.

Glad to hear everything is still going on, I know you're all hard at work and are toiling on the Ultimate Strongholds book. If there's anything I can do for you, just ask and I'll be happy to see what I can manage. After all, I had thought of the name, so it's like we're partners now!...............Right? Right?..........awwwwwwwww.

I think there's certainly room for that on the docket!

Did I.....Did I just contribute to the creation of a new RPG product?! YAY!!!!!! This makes me feel awesome that all of your creativity will transform an idea into new-book-smelly reality.

Been a crazy weekend on my part, but glad to see this thread still going.

To answer a couple of things:

I'm a guy Silver Griffin. ^_^

Jason Nelson wrote:

What did you feel made that particular book so good?

On a number points I agree with Chemlak there Jason. But vagueness is no path to take here so let me crack open my copy and the Ultimate Campaign and compare.

1) First things first construction materials. Ignoring rarer materials like Mithral, with the stronghold builder's guidebook (SBG) I can make a Defensive Wall made out of Iron to protect the open parts of my theoretical dwarven mountain fortress. Ultimate Campaign (UC) gives no support for this. My defensive walls are wooden or at double cost stone. On top of that, SBG also covers wall augmentations very well with over two dozen options. UM we get a single option for a guard post to make it walkable, that's it. To continue with this line of thought, in SBG we also get rules and tables for a variety doors and windows.

2) Lets look at some rooms for a sec. UM I can get a book repository that gives a +3 to a single knowledge check, and that's it. I can buy some furnishings for it and make it look a little cooler but that money sink has no bonus to it. SBG I have a choice between three grades of libraries that come with varying book lot spaces, with a side bar on book lots and how to create scaling ones for better bonuses on specific or general topics. The higher the bonus, the more it costs and the more lots it takes up. Simple but effective, and a system I dearly wish you guys at Paizo would adopt. You have so many different setups when it comes to pricing your book collections that grant circumstance bonuses to knowledge skills. It honestly makes me wana rip my shirt off and go Tarzan in the trees outside. Which sucks, because in a fantasy game with Wizards, Sages, and more you'd think book collections would actually make good nonmagical player loot and great additions to player strongholds. Heck books come up so much in...

Ultimate Strongholds! BOOM! Name of the book solved. You can put me in the credits. Honestly, I think making a book like this would be a very worthwhile endeavour.

I don't promote things very often, but this was too good to pass up. My wallet is already hurting, but you all need to jump on this.

Behold Ma'al Drakar, the Dracopocalypse:

Party annihilation

I wake up and boot my computer, and what do I see? Nearly every post on the side is spam. This is bad, folks, this is bad.

Can't believe no one's mentioned kender yet.

There is currently a multiversal ban on transporting kender between planar boundaries, since they're considered to be an invasive species and once they infest a world, it is extremely difficult to get rid of them.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME #13 WAS OUT!?!!?!?? *rushes to download it as fast as I can*

The demons could make the head into a Beheaded:

In brief, "A beheaded is a severed head or skull animated as a mindless undead sentinel that silently floats at eye level as it lies in wait for living prey or is sent out into the lands of the living to terrorize everyone it finds."

From Resurrection: You can resurrect someone killed by a death effect or someone who has been turned into an undead creature and then destroyed.

The players have the body (definitely a "small portion of the creature's body) so that should allow for the casting of Resurrection. However, since the head is now undead and hasn't been destroyed, I can easily see that being a reason the spell fails, thus engendering a quest.

According to the black-tabbed section of my spellbook, both possibilities might occur at once. It would be interesting having to fight something with your own face.

This actually happened in a friend's campaign, where they were battling the BBEG at the top of a tower. They were getting royal spanked and on the verge of a TPK. The humble monk, realizing that they wouldn't be able to defeat him, decides to grapple the BBEG, pin him, and then launches the both of them off the edge. The fall instantly killed both of them, but the monk sacrificed himself to ensure victory. Awesome.

This is unfair. I am requesting that the moderators discipline my detractors.

The moderators ARE your detractors.

Heh heh heh. But the character in question was a Druid, so at best he could have charged for a Reincarnate right?

Absolutely, spellcasting is a very valuable service, after all. Besides, you don't want to haggle with someone who has abilities that can repossess all the healing they've given you. " Your GP or your HP!"

*flips through pages on his clipboard* Zolanoteph........ Zolanoteph........ Hmmmmm.......I'm sorry sir, it appears you aren't on the guest list.

I'm pretty sure it's an astromech ("or at least can function as one" as the article in question says it).

:D

That's what it looks like from that mockup, anyways. Maybe he doesn't need a socket to plug into because he has Wi-Fi.