"Most story oriented" means that the NPCs are going to play a more important role in this Adventure Path than any one we've done yet.
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Cool Ninjas!!! This might fit in nicely with that project Heroes of the Jade Oath (we play AE). Did Jade Oath get past the beta?
Expect more Jade Oath goodness later this year. We are getting more art and I am currently working on adapting Jade Oath to the Pathfinder system. I don't think I can say much more than that right now.
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What never fails to amaze me is that James can actually find the time to write adventures in between his myriad other responsibilities.
How do you manage it, man?
Poorly and just barely on time?
It's not easy, that's for sure.
Well, I can vouch for the "just barely on time" part, but "poorly" is far from the truth. Once James's stuff does come in, it requires a lot less development time than pretty much any other writer, so it's almost ok that it's not as timely as it oughta be. ALMOST.
Wait! If James is writing the adventure, What's his homunculus up to??
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Argh.
I'm playing in such a campaign, in which the DM keeps the epic tone of the story to his desired levels simply by hardrailing our characters into "fringe" events, where the outcome seems constantly predetermined and our actions ineffective in the overall balance.Hmmmm ... so maybe you feel like this? (link)
Another buddy of mine and I always joke about this - nobody can ever say anything even resembling "you see tracks" without the inevitable reply...
Not really, he's a bit more subtle (but not too much).
Like "We'd rather stay in the city and keep an eye on the situation, there seems to be a lot going on between the crime guilds and stuff (the previous 3 adventures)" - "No, your patron assures you that everything is kept under control by his agents, he'd send you to the frontier keep that stopped responding a month ago" - "Well, OK" - "When you get back to the city, you find it in flames, ruined and savaged by rebels who have acted without serious opposition" - "Ahrrr, let's join them, just to screw up the story".|
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Holy Coincidence Batman - back when running RotRL 2 years ago I've dropped hints about the Kaijitsu family being something much more than they appear to be.
That must have been Erik and James using the brand new Orbital Mind Control Laser!
Perhaps.
Or maybe you're just more observant than you suspect? I've been placing hints that Ameiko has a pretty important destiny since the first Pathfinder, after all... I've been planning Jade Regent to happen for a loooooong time.
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Holy Coincidence Batman - back when running RotRL 2 years ago I've dropped hints about the Kaijitsu family being something much more than they appear to be.
That must have been Erik and James using the brand new Orbital Mind Control Laser!
Perhaps.
Or maybe you're just more observant than you suspect? I've been placing hints that Ameiko has a pretty important destiny since the first Pathfinder, after all... I've been planning Jade Regent to happen for a loooooong time.
Looking at my notes, I remember writing down "important in the future, don't kill accidentally, make memorable" next to Ameiko.
The campaign went on, and after a year my players ... (spoilers ahead)
Conquered Jorgenfist and the library. And for some reason the topic of Amieko resurfaced - the players were talking about where to go and take a nap after the battle. I wanted to add something cool about her to the story, but for the love of holy I couldn't recall just why is she supposed to be so important.
So I looked down my notes and made them find a tome about armor designs of Golarion - and one page, they found a cool-looking jadeite samurai armor, with annotation "ceremonial armor of Kaijitsu family"...
Now they keep tabs on Ameiko in case something weird happens :)
You guys should see the brand new picture of her.
Wow.
We should. We should indeed.... (^.^)
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[Sigh]
You're going to torture us now, aren't you.... :)
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"Bringing Big D**n Justice to the Bad Guys Since 1369 DR"
You guys should see the brand new picture of her.
Wow.
And for that I am off to Lion's Tap for lunch.
Wow.
That is the perfect weapon to use against me.
I hurt, sir. I hurt.
Lol! Next time you are in town, I still owe you lunch anyway.
Holy Coincidence Batman - back when running RotRL 2 years ago I've dropped hints about the Kaijitsu family being something much more than they appear to be.
That must have been Erik and James using the brand new Orbital Mind Control Laser!
Perhaps.
Or maybe you're just more observant than you suspect? I've been placing hints that Ameiko has a pretty important destiny since the first Pathfinder, after all... I've been planning Jade Regent to happen for a loooooong time.
Looking at my notes, I remember writing down "important in the future, don't kill accidentally, make memorable" next to Ameiko.
The campaign went on, and after a year my players ... (spoilers ahead)
** spoiler omitted **
Now they keep tabs on Ameiko in case something weird happens :)
*Claps*
Very nice indeed!(Yoink!)
Oh you handsome bastards! You've gone and set up a way to make cross pollenating AP's with reckless abandon a possibility. Take a copy of Burnt Offerings and an issue of Brinewall Legacy and then ...<incantation of dark power and sexy madness omitted>... Just in time for a revised and updated collectors edition of Rise of the Runelords too. Bravo chaps. Check and mate.
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You guys should see the brand new picture of her.
Wow.
Is she still rocking the punkish hairstyles and tats?
** spoiler omitted **
Yes and yes.
And as for why she doesn't end up staying in Sandpoint... and why the PCs don't do the same... that mystery is answered in the 1st adventure.
I`ve just read the descriptions for modules 2 to 6. All I can say is "Wow!" This could become the best AP ever, I think. Everything sounds awesome to me, "Five Storms", "Jade Regent", liberating monasteries, a missing Ulfen guide, Ninjas. Wow!
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Spoiler for Rotrl
** spoiler omitted **
Well...
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Given how many months away this is, I don't really expect an answer yet, but...
Will there be a Tian Xia World Guide, comparable to the Inner Sea World Guide? Because man, I have a feeling it would take a lot of work to put that together. The Inner Sea World Guide at least had the 3.5 Campaign Setting to build off of - with Tian Xia, I imagine everything would have to be from scratch.
There won't be a Tian-Xia world guide comparable to the upcoming Inner Sea World Guide... but we WILL be heavily supporting Tian-Xia with multiple books.
Remember that the Inner Sea World Guide not only built off of the 3.5 Campaign Setting... but that the 3.5 Campaign Setting itself built off of a 64 page world Gazetteer.
Given how many months away this is, I don't really expect an answer yet, but...
Will there be a Tian Xia World Guide, comparable to the Inner Sea World Guide? Because man, I have a feeling it would take a lot of work to put that together. The Inner Sea World Guide at least had the 3.5 Campaign Setting to build off of - with Tian Xia, I imagine everything would have to be from scratch.
There won't be a Tian-Xia world guide comparable to the upcoming Inner Sea World Guide... but we WILL be heavily supporting Tian-Xia with multiple books.
Remember that the Inner Sea World Guide not only built off of the 3.5 Campaign Setting... but that the 3.5 Campaign Setting itself built off of a 64 page world Gazetteer.
Just wondering if Tian Xia will get a hard cover treatment, maybe more akin to the original Campaign setting in size or slightly smaller? It's apparent that the classes (or the archetypes) are being approached through the rulebooks and not a setting book(which makes me very happy by the way). I also would anticipate there being several articles on different aspects and location of Tian Xia in the actual AP. That leaves the Player's Companion line (which I could see approaching some of the more flavor rules for the players) and a Campaign setting book. I'd like to see a treatment in hardcover, though I understand that the beautiful monster you're currently shipping is an exception to size and girth for Campaign setting books.
I asked this same question a few lines up, and James answered.
Just wondering if Tian Xia will get a hard cover treatment, maybe more akin to the original Campaign setting in size or slightly smaller?
Actually, I quoted that. You specifically asked if it would be comparable to the current book shipping, which he said it wouldn't. I asked if it would be a hardback book of a smaller size.
Unless they have secretly changed their minds, it has been said several times in Tian Xia-specific threads elsewhere in the forums that there will not be a hardcover book at all for Tian Xia. In other words, there will not be a Tian Xia World Guide done the way the Inner Sea World Guide is done, instead there will be a series of smaller softcover books for it. I think there will be one in the Companion line and one in the Campaign Setting line, and I thought there was mention of one more, but I can't remember right now what it was supposed to be.
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There are no plans to do a hardcover Tian Xia book at this time.
We'll cover it in a lot of smaller books, but not in a hardcover. Maybe someday down the road in a few years when we've got enough to fill a Hardcover book we'll revisit the possibility... but for now, not enough resources to do one with everything else we've got planned for the rest of the year.
I created a character for RotRL who came from Brinewall (before the "event"). In the end the character had to drop out after a level or two of the AP and ended up taking over the Hagfish Tavern as an NPC. Now I wonder if he might come out of retirement, especially as he had a friendly cooking related rivalry with Ameiko. Only problem is we will probably need a new AP before Jade Regent starts :(
I guess we will see
Wow. That is the perfect weapon to use against me. I hurt, sir. I hurt.
I pass it everyday to and from work. Did you know they have now started brewing their own beers?
Is that worth something to you, sir?
Will there be anything in this AP to address Rise of the Runelords?
For example, will Ameiko's age vary depending on if I've already run Runelords?
I have to figure out how to account for the happenings of Runelords seeing as how my PC's brought a lot of wealth to Sandpoint (and decided to settle there after the AP).
I'd hate to wave away their history as if it never happened.
There are no plans to do a hardcover Tian Xia book at this time.
We'll cover it in a lot of smaller books, but not in a hardcover. Maybe someday down the road in a few years when we've got enough to fill a Hardcover book we'll revisit the possibility... but for now, not enough resources to do one with everything else we've got planned for the rest of the year.
Question, If someone wanted to play a samurai or a ninja, being as they dont start in tian xia but are going there, what are some ideas for starting this off?
One of the monasteries founded on the teachings native to the Tian Xia region also included a couple of teachers knowledgable in the code of the samurai and the techniques of the ninja. Now your PC wants to journey to the motherland as it were.
I'm sure Paizo will have a better method. But that would be my solution.
Hmmmm ... so maybe you feel like this? (link)
My favourite part of that series is how they treat Gandalf like a bazooka.
How do you manage it, man?
Unpaid overtime is the overworked person's best friend (and if you love your job, you don't mind a minute of it ;) You're wife on the other hand...)
Wait! If James is writing the adventure, What's his homunculus up to??
Doing what all familiars should do. Staying off the battlegrid while providing James with a +2 to Profession (Writing) ;)
Holy Coincidence Batman - back when running RotRL 2 years ago I've dropped hints about the Kaijitsu family being something much more than they appear to be.
That must have been Erik and James using the brand new Orbital Mind Control Laser!
My friend has been writing an a home campaign set in the Mwangi Expanse involving the ancient secrets of the Shori. A Paizo book recently published exactly the campaign he's been writing (which saves him some work for the last bit of the campaign because a lot of it's already been written!). Sometimes Paizo are just good at subconsciously telegraphing their future plans.
It's apparent that the classes (or the archetypes) are being approached through the rulebooks and not a setting book(which makes me very happy by the way). I also would anticipate there being several articles on different aspects and location of Tian Xia in the actual AP. That leaves the Player's Companion line (which I could see approaching some of the more flavor rules for the players) and a Campaign setting book. I'd like to see a treatment in hardcover, though I understand that the beautiful monster you're currently shipping is an exception to size and girth for Campaign setting books.
I recall reading somewhere races appropriate/unique to Tian Xia would be provided in a book somewhere. But that plan may have changed or I might have just dreamt it up (I do that sometimes. My memory isn't the best).
I have to figure out how to account for the happenings of Runelords seeing as how my PC's brought a lot of wealth to Sandpoint (and decided to settle there after the AP).
I'd hate to wave away their history as if it never happened.
IMO having to adapt future campaigns to the events in past campaigns is what's best about running multiple campaigns in the same setting.
a detailed look at the village of Sandpoint and its environs,
Really? A whole load of bleh.
Passing on this one. Might pick it up when it actually gets to Tian Xia.
There are no plans to do a hardcover Tian Xia book at this time.
Doubly disappointing. Seems a vastly premature AP.