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Well, the PCs ally with the Pathfinder Society from the beginning. Somehow, in reading this adventure's description, I imagine a venture captain muttering "They're coming to get you, Eando."
Not necessarily. We'll be setting it up so that the PCs get to choose their allies. And none of them will necessarily be "the right" choices. You could very easily play this AP wiht the Pathfinder Society as the bad guys.
This makes me happy!
Graeme Davis that's a name I haven't heard in quite a while! And an author I'm definitely keen on having a Pathfinder adventure from!
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Graeme Davis that's a name I haven't heard in quite a while! And an author I'm definitely keen on having a Pathfinder adventure from!
I've worked with Graeme once before; he wrote a Freeport pirate adventure for Dungeon Magazine back in the mid 100s somewhere. I'm REALLY excited to get him on the AP line!
I've worked with Graeme once before; he wrote a Freeport pirate adventure for Dungeon Magazine back in the mid 100s somewhere. I'm REALLY excited to get him on the AP line!
Me too! Or I'm excited to see it happen! For those who don't know, Graeme really helped put Warhammer Fantasy RPG on the map. He's going to add a really cool and distinct flavor to any AP.
Graeme Davis ?
Graeme "Warhammer Fantasy RPG, 1st Edition" Davis ?
Holy crap !
You stole my words, that guy is a legend!!!
Sounds interesting, and a touch Lovecraftian which is always a plus in my book
And a nifty green cover to boot.
Speaking of covers, I really like the purple background you use for temporary cover pictures. Any chance of seeing that as an actual background for one of the paths ?
The 1st sentence in the product description seems cut off...
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Any chance the Nethys article will include a prestige class to extend the Mystic Theurge for four more levels?Nope. No chance at all. The point of the Mystic Theurge class is that you trade off those four levels in return for getting to play two spellcasters at once.
I had kind of imagined a prestige class with a prereq of spell synthesis that would work like the old Archmage or Hierophant, granting +1 level of a spellcasting class and the menu of weird abilities for spell slots, actually. I guess I should have been more specific. After all, any cleric of Nethys with 10 levels of MT is probably no more than 1 feat away from being able to go Loremaster for levels 19-20, and maybe earlier if they plan ahead and pick up that skill focus early, and have the faster spell progression classes as the stuff prior to MT.
While on the subject of Nethys, though, any details on ruincasting, the Magaambya and the tempest-sun mages in this AP?
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Any chance the Nethys article will include a prestige class to extend the Mystic Theurge for four more levels?Nope. No chance at all. The point of the Mystic Theurge class is that you trade off those four levels in return for getting to play two spellcasters at once.I had kind of imagined a prestige class with a prereq of spell synthesis that would work like the old Archmage or Hierophant, granting +1 level of a spellcasting class and the menu of weird abilities for spell slots, actually. I guess I should have been more specific. After all, any cleric of Nethys with 10 levels of MT is probably no more than 1 feat away from being able to go Loremaster for levels 19-20, and maybe earlier if they plan ahead and pick up that skill focus early, and have the faster spell progression classes as the stuff prior to MT.
While on the subject of Nethys, though, any details on ruincasting, the Magaambya and the tempest-sun mages in this AP?
WAY too early to start revealing that level of detail. The articles, in some cases, haven't even been assigned to authors yet, in fact. (Although Sean WILL be writing the Nethys article.)
There are a lot of numbers in the names of this AP. Since you already have "Thousand" in #36 as well, I wonder if the Azlanti theme would be better served with "Myriad." Is it too late to change?
Would you say there is a PLETHORA of fangs below, Jefe?
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There are a lot of numbers in the names of this AP. Since you already have "Thousand" in #36 as well, I wonder if the Azlanti theme would be better served with "Myriad." Is it too late to change?Would you say there is a PLETHORA of fangs below, Jefe?
i'm really looking forward to this one. i've really loved Mr. Davis' Freeport work.
I'm sure the adventure will be good; I'm just worried that folks might get the idea there's a one-to-one, onto correspondence between this and #36. Like this one will be The Revenge of The Cosmic Dentist, with 1 scream per fang.
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I'm sure the adventure will be good; I'm just worried that folks might get the idea there's a one-to-one, onto correspondence between this and #36. Like this one will be The Revenge of The Cosmic Dentist, with 1 scream per fang.There are a lot of numbers in the names of this AP. Since you already have "Thousand" in #36 as well, I wonder if the Azlanti theme would be better served with "Myriad." Is it too late to change?Would you say there is a PLETHORA of fangs below, Jefe?
i'm really looking forward to this one. i've really loved Mr. Davis' Freeport work.
That would be an unusual logical leap, since the two volumes are separated by about a half year of time and are in different Adventrue Paths. It's already been solicited, in any event, so while it's not too late to change the title, it's not likely to happen.
In any case, "The Myriad Fangs Below" or "The Plethora of Fangs Below" don't sound NEARLY as evocative as "The Thousand Fangs Below," if only for the loss of the TH consonance between "The" and "Thousand" and the S consonance between "Thousand" and "Fangs."
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In any case, "The Myriad Fangs Below" or "The Plethora of Fangs Below" don't sound NEARLY as evocative as "The Thousand Fangs Below," if only for the loss of the TH consonance between "The" and "Thousand" and the S consonance between "Thousand" and "Fangs."
What about: A Lot More Than Thousand Fangs Below, Possibly Even a Myriad Fangs Below!
That has it all.
Would you say there is a PLETHORA of fangs below, Jefe?
Si, El Guapo.
With a suitable musical theme:
"One Thousand Fangs Below!"
Hmmmm ... the temp art gives the impression that this adventure will include some underwater elements. :)
I wonder if there is any truth to that rumor?
Graeme Davis that's a name I haven't heard in quite a while! And an author I'm definitely keen on having a Pathfinder adventure from!I've worked with Graeme once before; he wrote a Freeport pirate adventure for Dungeon Magazine back in the mid 100s somewhere. I'm REALLY excited to get him on the AP line!
I think I bought Graeme's work back in the mid-nineties, purchased the six-part series for The Enemy Within Campaign, and fell in love with a game that totally trumped our 2nd edition game at the time. Now you say his name and I have the same reaction as when I hear "Monte Cook is in the house!"
Paizo is awesome at snapping up great writers.
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Graeme Davis that's a name I haven't heard in quite a while! And an author I'm definitely keen on having a Pathfinder adventure from!I've worked with Graeme once before; he wrote a Freeport pirate adventure for Dungeon Magazine back in the mid 100s somewhere. I'm REALLY excited to get him on the AP line!
Dungeon 107 - a really really good adventure, that I have used to start my Freeport campaign in Greyhawk. Can't wait to read his newest opus (i.e. "Thousand Fangs Below").
Didn't he write the Adlerweg modules a long time ago for AD&D? I think "The Sentinel" and "The Gauntlet".
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A question on the Nethys article: How does this affect the classes of the APG? I'm planning on allowing Witches, Summoners and Inquisitors to use the new spell and the revised spell list simply because given the description of Nethys I can't imagine them not being equally welcome. Just raising it as a point of interest.
I just wanted to say that the Wizard Ezren is really sad because as a level 13 Wizard with his Int he should have 2 7th level spells, but his 'player' apparently forgot to make note of that when he gained his most recent level. Fortunately, Kyra's 'player' wasn't so negligent. :)
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I just wanted to say that the Wizard Ezren is really sad because as a level 13 Wizard with his Int he should have 2 7th level spells, but his 'player' apparently forgot to make note of that when he gained his most recent level. Fortunately, Kyra's 'player' wasn't so negligent. :)
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You can as well as forget about these, they're going away from Carrion Crown on. Apparently the only reason for their existence was for folks to argue over stats.
You can as well as forget about these, they're going away from Carrion Crown on. Apparently the only reason for their existence was for folks to argue over stats.I just wanted to say that the Wizard Ezren is really sad because as a level 13 Wizard with his Int he should have 2 7th level spells, but his 'player' apparently forgot to make note of that when he gained his most recent level. Fortunately, Kyra's 'player' wasn't so negligent. :)
-regarding the NPCs in the back of the book-
Ah, I remember there being some discussion about that, but I didn't know it had been finalized.
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You can as well as forget about these, they're going away from Carrion Crown on. Apparently the only reason for their existence was for folks to argue over stats.I just wanted to say that the Wizard Ezren is really sad because as a level 13 Wizard with his Int he should have 2 7th level spells, but his 'player' apparently forgot to make note of that when he gained his most recent level. Fortunately, Kyra's 'player' wasn't so negligent. :)
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Not quite true... although that's certainly ended UP being the main reason.
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This one, especially, caught my eye.Is it me, or that front cover art of Kline look like something that would be found on a video game/MMO?Not sure why you'd say that about this cover and not the other 40 some covers, honestly...
(shrug)
Since fantasy MMO video games tend to use the same style of art we do (and in some cases, the same ARTISTS we do), I suppose it's not surprising.
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This one, especially, caught my eye.Is it me, or that front cover art of Kline look like something that would be found on a video game/MMO?Not sure why you'd say that about this cover and not the other 40 some covers, honestly...(shrug)
Since fantasy MMO video games tend to use the same style of art we do (and in some cases, the same ARTISTS we do), I suppose it's not surprising.
I don't play video games and MMOs. I've been inundated recently by various game PRs to review and posts so that's probably why I noticed the cover.
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Anyone else notice that Nethys didn't get a portrait in his article like the other gods. Instead there was a picture of a lady rocking the half-face.
Hmm......he's note swiping from Gozreh's schtick is he? ;)
That was a mixup at the art order stage—the picture of Nethys is the half-page horizontal opener at the start of the article, while the picture of a cleric doing her thing is the vertical one.
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That was a mixup at the art order stage—the picture of Nethys is the half-page horizontal opener at the start of the article, while the picture of a cleric doing her thing is the vertical one.Anyone else notice that Nethys didn't get a portrait in his article like the other gods. Instead there was a picture of a lady rocking the half-face.
Hmm......he's note swiping from Gozreh's schtick is he? ;)
Oh! Thought Nethys just assumed a female form.