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I'd wager that James Jacobs butted heads with the others over getting this one in.If you are still taking suggestions for dinos I humbly request this one be considered: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/pachycephalosauru s-wyomingensis.html
In some of my fantasy stories I use these guys as a replacement for horses.
I have room for four dinosaurs to put in the Bestairy 2. Two of them are locks because we ordered art. The other two are up in the air. Pacycephalosaurus is certainly a contender. I already statted him up once in Dragon #118, after all...
Now this would be a cool mount, and a creature that wouldn't be very well known: Pareiasaur
Interesting, somebody at Paizo needs to talk to the folks at Goodman Games about either having them making a Pathfinder book based on all the dinosaurs they did for Broncosaurus Rex or find out how much they might want for the rights to some of the alternative dinos they did.
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Will this book reprint monsters from previous Path Adventures that weren't yet added to the Beastiary?
Some of them. Not all.
We've used hundreds of monsters in previous modules and AP Adventures. There's only room in these first 2 Bestiaries for about 700 monsters in all. We'll get as many of them in as we can, but we probably won't be able to cover ALL of them until Bestiary 3 or maybe even Bestiary 4.
One particular goal, though, is to make sure that every monster illustrated in the Core Rulebook is in either Bestiary 1 or 2. That includes things like emperor cobras (page 110), rune giants (page 138), giant cockroaches (page 164), camels (page 173), devilfish (page 185), akatas (page 221), and bunyips and reefclaws (page 436).
In fact, the only monster that'll NOT be in a Bestiary who appeared in the Core Rulebook is Treerazer (page 404)... but he'll be in the Inner Sea World Guide, which should be out BEFORE Bestiary 2 so that's covered as well.
I have room for four dinosaurs to put in the Bestairy 2. Two of them are locks because we ordered art. The other two are up in the air. Pacycephalosaurus is certainly a contender. I already statted him up once in Dragon #118, after all...
I vote Snuffaluffagus for the fourth one.
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Now this would be a cool mount, and a creature that wouldn't be very well known: PareiasaurInteresting, somebody at Paizo needs to talk to the folks at Goodman Games about either having them making a Pathfinder book based on all the dinosaurs they did for Broncosaurus Rex or find out how much they might want for the rights to some of the alternative dinos they did.
I'd say if you want to see PFRPG versions of something Goodman Games created, you should tell Goodman Games!
Well, I wonder if they even could now that I think about it. Plus the fact that they would need to be adapted for pure fantasy play. In some ways it's just a sleight of mind but it can be done. I just wonder if he could or would as he is producing much for 4E right now.
Could we get a list of maybe 20 monsters were going to see out of this? No stats of course but maybe just a bit more tease?
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Could we get a list of maybe 20 monsters were going to see out of this? No stats of course but maybe just a bit more tease?
It's way too early to start doing anything like an organized preview of this book's contents. We still haven't really started to preview the contents of the World Guide or the Advanced Player's Guide, after all. I've dropped hints here and there on the boards, and have even confirmed the presence of some creatures, but even that isn't official—we might end up having to cut a monster or many for unseen reasons, after all.
So... please have patience. We'll probably start doing official preview stuff for it MAYBE closer to Gen Con.
So... please have patience.
What is this patience you speak of?
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What is this patience you speak of?
So... please have patience.
It's a natural resource that used to exist in great quantity in the early and middle 20th century that, unfortunately, was all but used up and depleted once the highly reactive new element "INTERNETIUM" was discovered in the mid to late 80s.
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It's a natural resource that used to exist in great quantity in the early and middle 20th century that, unfortunately, was all but used up and depleted once the highly reactive new element "INTERNETIUM" was discovered in the mid to late 80s.What is this patience you speak of?
So... please have patience.
A period that came to be know as the Dark Time ...
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It's a natural resource that used to exist in great quantity in the early and middle 20th century that, unfortunately, was all but used up and depleted once the highly reactive new element "INTERNETIUM" was discovered in the mid to late 80s.What is this patience you speak of?
So... please have patience.
Patience still existed in the 80s, though supplies were running low then. It was the advent of the refining of pure Internetium into the World Wide Web in 94/95 that really brought about the death knell of "waiting" for stuff. We want it, and we want it now!
Ahh I believe I read about that in a history book one time, must be what I use to not go crazy waiting for Martin's next book.:)
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I think Martin is on the side of the conspiracy to destroy all patience. He regularly makes internet teaser posts to build our patience up, then stamps it flat with some other internet post.
He's an Internetium pusher.
<shakes fist> Damn you, Martin...
It's a natural resource that used to exist in great quantity in the early and middle 20th century that, unfortunately, was all but used up and depleted once the highly reactive new element "INTERNETIUM" was discovered in the mid to late 80s.What is this patience you speak of?
So... please have patience.
Well, don't forget that INTERNETIUM and VIDEOGAMIUM are both isotopes of the same underlying element, NOBRAINIUM. TEEVIUM was one of the earliest isotopes of NOBRAINIUM discovered.
Rumor has it that an even more insidious isotope, CRACKBARIUM was recently discovered, meaning that even the outdoors is no longer safe.
How much of the content will be from previously released materials such as the Pathfinder campaign books?
Disregard. I see in the posts above the answer to my question. Thanks!
My wish list:
Brownie (mythological)
Tazlwurm
Sleugathi
Thri-Kreen (or something close)
Phanaton (or something close)
Linnorms, various types
Dragons, Gem
Changeling (mythological, not Eberron)
Dhampir (half-vampire template)
Rakasta/Cat-people
Zombie Warrior (counterpart to skeletal warrior)
Draugar (mythological)
Velociraptor Swarm
Hippogrif
Sasquatch
Sandworm, Giant (AKA Mongolian Deathworm, Shai-Hulud)
Angels, all 9 types in Christian mythology)
Banshee
Phooka (mythological)
Fox People
Sidhe (mythological)
Fetch
Golem, Bubble
Vampire Roses
Jackalope
Plesiosaur
Pterodactyl
More evil fey
My wish list:
Dhampir (half-vampire template)
Dhampir was confirmed in Classic Horror Revisited (p.49).
I have room for four dinosaurs to put in the Bestairy 2. Two of them are locks because we ordered art. The other two are up in the air. Pacycephalosaurus is certainly a contender. I already statted him up once in Dragon #118, after all...I'd wager that James Jacobs butted heads with the others over getting this one in.If you are still taking suggestions for dinos I humbly request this one be considered: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/pachycephalosauru s-wyomingensis.html
In some of my fantasy stories I use these guys as a replacement for horses.
I vote for
Pterodactyl (big enough to carry a medium-sized rider)
Velociraptor Swarm (the small-sized ones, not the Jurassic Park ones)
Yet another book spun out by the folks at Paizo that I will HAVE to pick up. Time to make some room on the bookshelf. Goodbye, Rifter issue one million and one.
This may seem stupid but is there any chance we may see some bullywugs? Dumb question, I know, and not hardly as exciting a monster as Yellow Musk Kyton doo-hicker-thingies. ;)
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This may seem stupid but is there any chance we may see some bullywugs? Dumb question, I know, and not hardly as exciting a monster as Yellow Musk Kyton doo-hicker-thingies. ;)
They were never made open content, unfortunately.
However, the boggards in the first Bestiary are more than frog enough to take their place!
Yet another book spun out by the folks at Paizo that I will HAVE to pick up. Time to make some room on the bookshelf. Goodbye, Rifter issue one million and one.
I'd never get rid of my old books. I'd just buy more bookshelves.
They were never made open content, unfortunately.
However, the boggards in the first Bestiary are more than frog enough to take their place!
Ah, the limitations of open content. THIS game deserves the old names and such which are sadly locked up in the license Wizards holds. By Mordenkainen's shiny bald head, they will pay!!
Thanks for the information! :)
I'd never get rid of my old books. I'd just buy more bookshelves.
I've no room for more bookshelves, unfortunately. I have a living room surrounded by at least five and a bedroom with four, with little room for anything else. Besides, I only mentioned Rifter because...well, it's Rifter. My gaming books are sacred to me and will be the last thing to go, if anything does. My wife looks at my shelved editions of D&D from 1st to 3rd (3.5 is still being replenished after an mistake with 4th Edition) and sees redundancy. I look at them and find I have a stupid grin on my face (creepy, stupid grin) while admiring the awesomeness of that collection.
My big problem with Boggards are that I'd prefer they were members of the warrior class rather than having racial hit dice.
Hm, I guess this and the APG will force World of Darkness from my primary RPG-BILLY to the secondary one. :D
Since October is a long way off for me, I am patiently waiting for PaizoCon to roll by so the ToC of this book can be posted :D
"Two-page spread for complete ecological detail"...........Thank God. It makes the GM's world so much easier. Another home run for Pathfinder.
Kazavon from Curse as cover art would be cool. fo sho.
My wife looks at my shelved editions of D&D from 1st to 3rd (3.5 is still being replenished after an mistake with 4th Edition) and sees redundancy. I look at them and find I have a stupid grin on my face (creepy, stupid grin) while admiring the awesomeness of that collection.
That would be why I upgraded. The wife, not the collection :)
My wish list:
Zombie Warrior (counterpart to skeletal warrior)
I think they did something along those lines in Classic Horrors Revisited
Draugar (mythological)
I would love to see this myself. Even just some more generic info on wights would be nice.
Fox People
Agreed 150%. There is never enough Fox People in D&D/Pathfinder.
More evil fey
I think they've kinda done a good job of it so far in the Pathfinder AP books. But yes, I'd like to see some more nasty-bad fey myself.
Hey Mr. Jacobs! I was looking through the Great beyond book recently, and noticed the denizens of the Plane of Shadow: D'ziriaks and Fetchlings. Will there be anything more about these two races in the 2nd Bestiary?Yes.
Pretty please to be writing more about them at some point? ;)
[Regardless, I cannot wait to see how you guys write them up for the Bestiary]
More evil fey
I think they've kinda done a good job of it so far in the Pathfinder AP books. But yes, I'd like to see some more nasty-bad fey myself.
They did? Not really. They did gremlins and miengu for the AP line (Lurker in Light was in the Great Beyond) and that was it (not sure on the Kingmaker line, are there more fey in that?).
The team who maintains these forums should work on the time-out for posts. Its really annoying if you write a long post and then forget about the timeout and click send to be redirected to the front page without your half-our of work being saved.
Pterodactyl
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If you ask for a velociraptor swarm, these should definately come in swarms because they're even smaller than velociraptors.
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Here is hoping that Rangers will get some new possibilities for Animal Companion in this Bestiary.
There'll be LOTS of new animals, and thus new animal companions. Whether or not your GM will let a ranger get any of them is up to the GM, though.
The Advanced Player's Guide has some archetypes and other tricks available to rangers to expand their available list of animal companion options officially, though.
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Here is hoping that Rangers will get some new possibilities for Animal Companion in this Bestiary.There'll be LOTS of new animals, and thus new animal companions. Whether or not your GM will let a ranger get any of them is up to the GM, though.
The Advanced Player's Guide has some archetypes and other tricks available to rangers to expand their available list of animal companion options officially, though.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you :-)
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Since when did this get pushed back to November? I thought it was an October release.Since we re-evaluated how long it would take us to make this book AWESOME rather than merely awesome. Turns out, that required one additional month.
The first art order for Mechatarrasque didn't have enough laser beams and missile claws?