Azure_Zero |
Azure_Zero wrote:An evil version of the Oathbound Paladin would be cool ... :-PTime wise
it is so close, yet so far away.Since archetypes for alternate classes do not exist yet, I would ask Paizo to consider it an option for a later book(s).
That would make for a mean anti-paladin (New villain idea, check)
CaspianM |
Oh... and also worth pointing out...
Ultimate Combat is far from at the printer yet. If we decide that presenting the ninja and the samurai and the gunslinger as alternative classes isn't a good idea and that it'd be better to present them simply as normal archetypes... we'll do so. Feedback from customers will be a huge part of how we make that decision.
That said, having seen how these three look as alternative classes, I'm pretty excited about them. I hope you all will like them too, of course! :)
That's interesting. If I may ask. what's the usual turnaround on printing and binding your hardcovers?
Steelfiredragon |
Steelfiredragon wrote:allow animal companions to take character lvlsThat's... silly. And potentially overpowered, considering some of the animal companion choices you can take.
no not really, considering the paladin's mount... and the alignment restrictions, which would mean that the horse or exotic mount would have to be lg, ng, or ln.
and as far as the druid..... well... thats debatable.
AlanM |
James Jacobs wrote:That's interesting. If I may ask. what's the usual turnaround on printing and binding your hardcovers?Oh... and also worth pointing out...
Ultimate Combat is far from at the printer yet. If we decide that presenting the ninja and the samurai and the gunslinger as alternative classes isn't a good idea and that it'd be better to present them simply as normal archetypes... we'll do so. Feedback from customers will be a huge part of how we make that decision.
That said, having seen how these three look as alternative classes, I'm pretty excited about them. I hope you all will like them too, of course! :)
Um... If you are quoting this post: Link, then that is over five months old... I would imagine that the book is at the printers by now, or damn close to it, if they want to get it out for GenCon.
Enlight_Bystand |
CaspianM wrote:Um... If you are quoting this post: Link, then that is over five months old... I would imagine that the book is at the printers by now, or damn close to it, if they want to get it out for GenCon.James Jacobs wrote:That's interesting. If I may ask. what's the usual turnaround on printing and binding your hardcovers?Oh... and also worth pointing out...
Ultimate Combat is far from at the printer yet. If we decide that presenting the ninja and the samurai and the gunslinger as alternative classes isn't a good idea and that it'd be better to present them simply as normal archetypes... we'll do so. Feedback from customers will be a huge part of how we make that decision.
That said, having seen how these three look as alternative classes, I'm pretty excited about them. I hope you all will like them too, of course! :)
In fact it had been gone to the printer for several weeks as of Paizocon....
FacePalm |
Gunmage?
Better tell my group that an Outlaw Star themed campaign is almost inevitable now. :D
C'mon monk love...
And please let the Big Game Hunter archetype look like Saxton Hale and/or Theodore Roosevelt!
"A complete system covering vehicle combat, including wagons, boats, airships, and more "
YES
I imagined the same thing! *high five*
Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer |
Urath DM |
TheLoneCleric wrote:I hope Ultimate Combat is done from the printer already. We're in July and it's due this month.Um, no. Pre-order is due this month. That's very, very different from an actual release.
Ultimate Combt is the big GenCon relesae. The "preorder late July" means it can be pre-orderd now and can be expected to ship immediately after GenCon. It needs to ship to distributors and subscribers about a week before the end of the month so that it is available at GenCon in early August (4th?).
Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer |
MaverickWolf wrote:TheLoneCleric wrote:I hope Ultimate Combat is done from the printer already. We're in July and it's due this month.Um, no. Pre-order is due this month. That's very, very different from an actual release.Ultimate Combt is the big GenCon relesae. The "preorder late July" means it can be pre-orderd now and can be expected to ship immediately after GenCon. It needs to ship to distributors and subscribers about a week before the end of the month so that it is available at GenCon in early August (4th?).
It is in transit from the printer, and has been for some time.
"Preorder expected Late July" means that we expect to begin shipping it to people who have preordered it (and RPG subscribers of course) in Late July, with the goal of having a lot of those shipments reach customers as close to the August 4 retail release date as possible.
TheLoneCleric |
Such as? UC is the biggest, and only, one right now.
Well, that's more of a point of view really. Dungeons of Golarion went to my #1 spot when I found out it had robots in it. And updates about the Carrion Crown AP are always welcome.
It's funny. I roughly know what I'm getting with UC. So I can wait, it's a must have. But the other product? I want previews.
Gern Blacktusk |
At what time is the PDF version likely to be available? I'd love a Hardcover version, but living all the way out in Australia makes shipping costs prohibitive and my local game-store (three hours away and $80 worth of fuel!) hasn't stocked Pathfinder items since the Dungeon & Dragon magazines were cancelled.
Paul Watson |
At what time is the PDF version likely to be available? I'd love a Hardcover version, but living all the way out in Australia makes shipping costs prohibitive and my local game-store (three hours away and $80 worth of fuel!) hasn't stocked Pathfinder items since the Dungeon & Dragon magazines were cancelled.
The PDF will be available when the hardcover goes on sale. This is expected to be at GenCon, so 4th August seems likely. Subscribers get it a few days earlier when their book is shipped.
Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer |
Gern Blacktusk wrote:At what time is the PDF version likely to be available? I'd love a Hardcover version, but living all the way out in Australia makes shipping costs prohibitive and my local game-store (three hours away and $80 worth of fuel!) hasn't stocked Pathfinder items since the Dungeon & Dragon magazines were cancelled.The PDF will be available when the hardcover goes on sale. This is expected to be at GenCon, so 4th August seems likely. Subscribers get it a few days earlier when their book is shipped.
Yep—August 4.
The specific time will be when the Gen Con hall is opened to the general public: 10 AM Indianapolis time, 7 AM Pacific (Paizo) time.
Phone |
Paul Watson wrote:Gern Blacktusk wrote:At what time is the PDF version likely to be available? I'd love a Hardcover version, but living all the way out in Australia makes shipping costs prohibitive and my local game-store (three hours away and $80 worth of fuel!) hasn't stocked Pathfinder items since the Dungeon & Dragon magazines were cancelled.The PDF will be available when the hardcover goes on sale. This is expected to be at GenCon, so 4th August seems likely. Subscribers get it a few days earlier when their book is shipped.Yep—August 4.
The specific time will be when the Gen Con hall is opened to the general public: 10 AM Indianapolis time, 7 AM Pacific (Paizo) time.
So will the subscribers get any sort of benefit on this? I know I am picking up my copy at Gencon, so it won't necessarily ship, but will I have access to the PDF whenever I am billed as I have previously? Or will it release August 4th for everyone regardless?
Dragnmoon |
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So will the subscribers get any sort of benefit on this? I know I am picking up my copy at Gencon, so it won't necessarily ship, but will I have access to the PDF whenever I am billed as I have previously? Or will it release August 4th for everyone regardless?
If you are picking up at Gencon You will have access to the PDF the day they start shipping to Subscribers, they also will be charging your credit card that day.
This was all said and more in an email, You should check your account to see if you are letting Paizo send you email, if so check your email account to verify they are not going to junk mail.
Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer |
If you are picking up at Gencon You will have access to the PDF the day they start shipping to Subscribers, they also will be charging your credit card that day.
Close. As many of you know, it takes a few days to process all the subs, so Gen Con subscribers will get their PDFs (and be charged) *within* that several-day period, not necessarily on the first day of that period.
Dragnmoon |
Dragnmoon wrote:If you are picking up at Gencon You will have access to the PDF the day they start shipping to Subscribers, they also will be charging your credit card that day.Close. As many of you know, it takes a few days to process all the subs, so Gen Con subscribers will get their PDFs (and be charged) *within* that several-day period, not necessarily on the first day of that period.
Since there is no shipping involved the process should be MUCH shorter for those picking up at GenCon, so why could it not be on the day that you start shipping to subscribers?
Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer |
Vic Wertz wrote:Since there is no shipping involved the process should be MUCH shorter for those picking up at GenCon, so why could it not be on the day that you start shipping to subscribers?Dragnmoon wrote:If you are picking up at Gencon You will have access to the PDF the day they start shipping to Subscribers, they also will be charging your credit card that day.Close. As many of you know, it takes a few days to process all the subs, so Gen Con subscribers will get their PDFs (and be charged) *within* that several-day period, not necessarily on the first day of that period.
Our method for processing subs is complicated, and it currently doesn't take into account the fact that there's nothing to ship. We could *make* it consider that, of course, but I really don't think that giving con pickup people a free pass to the front of the PDF line would be fair to those subscribers who aren't going to Gen Con anyway.
Phone |
We could *make* it consider that, of course, but I really don't think that giving con pickup people a free pass to the front of the PDF line would be fair to those subscribers who aren't going to Gen Con anyway.
I would agree. It'd be like a double whammy. "You don't get to go to Gencon and because you don't get to go to Gencon, you also don't get to enjoy your PDF as early as those who are."
Golden-Esque |
So are we to assume at this point that Ultimate Combat previews just aren't going to happen?
My final hope is that the previews will start tomorrow. Since the book is getting its technical release at GenCon on Thursday, August 4th, it makes sense to do a month of previews (four-ish weeks left until GenCon) starting on Thursday and ending on the 4th. Whether I'm right remains to be seen, but even though I've already preordered my copy of the book, I'll be disappointed if no previews happen. I currently have one player who is using the Round 2 Gunslinger and another who is waiting very patiently for the Combat Cleric archetype.
Heine Stick |
My final hope is that the previews will start tomorrow. Since the book is getting its technical release at GenCon on Thursday, August 4th, it makes sense to do a month of previews (four-ish weeks left until GenCon) starting on Thursday and ending on the 4th. Whether I'm right remains to be seen, but even though I've already preordered my copy of the book, I'll be disappointed if no previews happen. I currently have one player who is using the Round 2 Gunslinger and another who is waiting very patiently for the Combat Cleric archetype.
I think that's ulikely. Thursday's Golarion Day day. Of course only Paizo knows and it's quite possible that they'll shift things around a bit in preparation for GenCon but a more likely preview day is Tuesday as that's usually the crunchy day.
Sean K Reynolds Contributor |
Golden-Esque |
Shisumo wrote:So are we to assume at this point that Ultimate Combat previews just aren't going to happen?Why would you assume that? It's 3 weeks until Gen Con, that's many opportunities to blog about UC.
*Squints at Sean suspiciously and casts Zone of Truth*
Oh, really? MANY opportunities you say? >:3
Justin Franklin |
Sean K Reynolds wrote:Shisumo wrote:So are we to assume at this point that Ultimate Combat previews just aren't going to happen?Why would you assume that? It's 3 weeks until Gen Con, that's many opportunities to blog about UC.*Squints at Sean suspiciously and casts Zone of Truth*
Oh, really? MANY opportunities you say? >:3
I count 15 myself.:)
Azure_Zero |
Azure_Zero wrote:I like the fact that Ultimate Combat and the Jade Regent are released at the same time and that Ultimate Combat is used in Jade Regent and that Jade regent might have some things for Ultimate Combat.Same. I am hoping that I get them both the same day in the mail.
I hope to pick up both at the Wizards Tower on the same day that they are first out.
Berselius |
A vampire hunter would be nice.
Hells yes it would! Not more retreating into your coffin for you blood-sucking scum! Oh no! Your going to be reduced to dust right here, right NOW! I'd love it even better if I could make a Male Dhampir Inquisitor (Vampire Hunter archetype)/Gunslinger! ^_^
LoreKeeper |
Shisumo wrote:So are we to assume at this point that Ultimate Combat previews just aren't going to happen?Why would you assume that? It's 3 weeks until Gen Con, that's many opportunities to blog about UC.
I think you guys need to go to the nice building with the scantily clad but very friendly and hard-working ladies. Teasers keep the dream alive!