As will the map of the Azlanti Kingdom of Golarion Knowledge, More Land.Make puns about my name and risk not getting turnovers you're counting on, Frost. I'm not afraid to debunk your misconceptions of holding all the power.
I will mark this sensitivity, well.
Either way josh has made his mark in More Land.
I was walking through More Land when a rare Azlanti yo-date fell on my head.
*sigh* I surrender.
I need to add a second page to my s!#@list. Keep it up, jerks.
You also have a superlist? What number am I on yours?
OK, a few issues with Guide to the River Kingdoms.
It would be nice for each section to have a little picture showing WHERE in the RK it is, so we don;t have to keep flipping to the front and playing Where's Waldo.
This ties into the second problem, some of the places are mis-described in the book.
For example, page 45: Scrawny Crossing.
First Sentence: At the edge of an abandoned ferry crossing in the Eastern River Kingdoms...
But don't look for it there on the map. Look in the east all you want, but on the map, Scrawny Crossing is about as far WEST in the River Kingdoms that you can go and still be in the River Kingdoms.
There is at least one other instance of this in the book (I'll need to re-read it again) but it made it tough to find the places on the map.
Other than that, a great book. And at least I had something to do in the airport waiting for the bumped flight. Trying to find Scrawny Crossing took some time...
It would be nice for each section to have a little picture showing WHERE in the RK it is, so we don;t have to keep flipping to the front and playing Where's Waldo.
I'd certainly love for them to make more books formatted like the Guide to Korvosa. It had nice little mini maps for quick reference.
There is at least one other instance of this in the book (I'll need to re-read it again) but it made it tough to find the places on the map.
Mossbridge or Mossriver or something like that. Dang, already starting to forget. -_-
I was secretly hoping the actual town placement of Uringen wouldn't be noted. I'd actually say that the place on the map is an approximation.
I like that it's hard to find.
There's definitely some irony to it. "It's not a flaw! It's a feature!" Heh. :-D
Still waiting for the mailman to bring me my copy. But the PDf has been nice reading.
It would be nice for each section to have a little picture showing WHERE in the RK it is, so we don;t have to keep flipping to the front and playing Where's Waldo.
Even though doing that would mean less text content for that kingdom's entry? Especially for the one-page kingdoms?
This ties into the second problem, some of the places are mis-described in the book.
For example, page 45: Scrawny Crossing.
First Sentence: At the edge of an abandoned ferry crossing in the Eastern River Kingdoms...
But don't look for it there on the map. Look in the east all you want, but on the map, Scrawny Crossing is about as far WEST in the River Kingdoms that you can go and still be in the River Kingdoms.
Oops, that's my fault. I mean, James Jacobs' fault!!
I got my copy of the book today. Seems to be a very good one. A lot of variety in it, that´s for sure.
My group will start Kingmaker in a few weeks. I´m the GM. I wonder, how much of the material in the this guide I can use. There´s only a small section covering the Stolen Lands. And I got the impression, that nearly all of the campaign will take place in that region. Does that mean, that most of the guide will be useless? No Lambreth, no Sevenarches? These are some of the coolest places in all of the River Kingdoms. It would be a pity, if they´re completely left out of the six adventures.
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I got my copy of the book today. Seems to be a very good one. A lot of variety in it, that´s for sure.
My group will start Kingmaker in a few weeks. I´m the GM. I wonder, how much of the material in the this guide I can use. There´s only a small section covering the Stolen Lands. And I got the impression, that nearly all of the campaign will take place in that region. Does that mean, that most of the guide will be useless? No Lambreth, no Sevenarches? These are some of the coolest places in all of the River Kingdoms. It would be a pity, if they´re completely left out of the six adventures.
While elements from other River Kingdoms will pop up in Kingmaker now and then, the entire AP takes place in the Stolen Lands and parts of Pitax. The Kingmaker AP isn't intended to give a tour of the River Kingdoms.
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The main action of the AP takes place in the Stolen Lands and in
There are a few references to or appearances by people from other RKs, and there is so much downtime built into the campaign that PCs certainly have the opportunity to explore the other RKs as much as you would like them to; you might even want to reward them for their efforts with boosts to their kingdom's Economy score for establishing trade routes or friendly relations with other RKs, but the core of the AP is about the PCs establishing their own kingdom in the Stolen Lands, not a travelogue of the other RKs.
It's probably still shipping to subscribers, we only got it in the warehouse very recently.
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What was the release date for this? It seems to be the only Pathfinder Chronicle to date that I do not have. I also can't figure out why I haven't received it automatically with my subscription if it has already released.
Tam
Tam:
It was shipped out in February. Did you get an email in February saying that we were going to ship it? You should post in the Customer Service thread and ask Cos or Sara Marie to check into this for you. Sounds like a sub that got lost in the system for some reason.
-Lisa
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I got my copy of the book today. Seems to be a very good one. A lot of variety in it, that´s for sure.
My group will start Kingmaker in a few weeks. I´m the GM. I wonder, how much of the material in the this guide I can use. There´s only a small section covering the Stolen Lands. And I got the impression, that nearly all of the campaign will take place in that region. Does that mean, that most of the guide will be useless? No Lambreth, no Sevenarches? These are some of the coolest places in all of the River Kingdoms. It would be a pity, if they´re completely left out of the six adventures.
P.S. Glad to hear you're a Lambreth fan!
This may be my new favorite Chronicles. This and Darkmoon Vale are just terrific
I just started reading this, and I located this thread in order to post a comment very much like this one...
I do want to point out that the guy on pg. 2 seems to have made quite the faux pas as far as the Six River Freedoms go.
...except that I got the impression that woman was a slave BEFORE the old king was killed. I wanted to post the question of how the previous king got away with such a blatant violation of the fifth freedom, but it looks like others may interpret that picture differently.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
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I just started reading this, and I located this thread in order to post a comment very much like this one...
I do want to point out that the guy on pg. 2 seems to have made quite the faux pas as far as the Six River Freedoms go....except that I got the impression that woman was a slave BEFORE the old king was killed. I wanted to post the question of how the previous king got away with such a blatant violation of the fifth freedom, but it looks like others may interpret that picture differently.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Well... rules ARE made to be broken, after all.
What gigglestick and shinmizu were trying to say, by the way, is that the entry for Mosswater begins "In the eastern reaches of the River Kingdoms..." and the map shows that Mosswater is as far WEST in the RKs as you can get.
(I only got to the Mosswater entry just today.)
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I just got this book and was a bit disappointed at the lack of maps. Besides the overall map of the area, there is nothing else. I was hoping for 'zoomed in' maps of the individual areas & towns. Is there such a thing for this region? Do all Chronicles guides have only one region map?
Some Chronicles books have lots of maps ("Heart of the Jungle is one example). Some do not. "Guide to the River Kingdoms" would certainly have benefited from a number of zoomed in maps, I agree, but scheduling and the fact that we had to fit ALL of the river kingdoms into the book more or less conspired to make including maps of each individual kingdom impossible. We would have had to extend the size of the book up to 96 pages and the price up to something like $25.00 if we included all those extra maps, and neither of those was a workable option (we're not sure customers would buy a $25 softcover book enough to justify its printing, and more to the point we didn't have the resources or time to add 32 pages with a LOT of maps to the book).
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I was wondering how does the information in the chronicles about the River Kingdoms compare to that found in the Inner Sea World Guide?
Well, the Inner Sea World Guide bit about the River Kingdoms is only 4 pages long, while the River Kingdoms book is 64 pages. The Chronicles book further details the kingdoms mentioned in the Inner Sea World Guide and then has write-ups on some of the other kingdoms not mentioned in the World Guide. Each kingdom gets between 1–4 pages each kingdom (maybe more for a couple of them, I don't have my book with me right now). Hope that helps!
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This product was just announced as part of the Crowdforger PDF Superpack, given out to all Crowdforger level contributors to the Pathfinder Online Kickstarter
Just a heads up.
I pledged for the Pathfinder Online Kickstarter and received this PDF. I decided I wanted a printed version of this so I made use of one of those online printshops who can print out PDF's and such. This was my first time I used such a service and I have to say it came out *very* well. I am glad though that I did use the thickest paper available. It now truly feels as a soft-cover book; anything thinner and it would have had the feel of an expensive glossy magazine, I think. Anyway, I much prefer reading this printed copy on my couch then a PDF version on my screen. :)
Some good info about the River Kingdoms, really gets me in the mood.
