| Lunamaria Hawke |
When do you think people die? When they are shot through the heart by the bullet of a pistol? No. When they are ravaged by an incurable disease? No. When they drink a soup made from a poisonous mushroom!? No! It's when... they don't play this adventure by this awesome dude!!!
so for all our sakes play this adventure....
AntediluvianXIII
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Had a friend ask me today what if a character doesn't want to be a pirate and just wants to go home. I was like... Then you don't make the character for this game? The point is becoming pirates. This is told to you... Sometimes I think my friend is a troll.
LOL this adventure path has come WAAAYY to late for my PC - i just
made an elf rogue/gunslinger and went with it...mind you, he's land locked...in Kaer Maga...go figure!| Carnestolendas |
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Isn't Mr. Pett the man who introdced Xanesha to the Rise of the Runelords campaign? Do you know how many PCs she has brutally murdered?
I'm scared.
Xanesha was responsable for my second obituary in PFRPG and for my almost first TPK. I really prepared that encounter thoroughly and could surprise my supermunchkin players. It was a MEMORABLE encounter with a victory both epic and dramatic!
| Phillip0614 |
Out of curiosity, are there any plans to continue using the romance system found in Jade Regent in this or any other future APs? I've always been a big fan of romantic interactions between characters/NPCs in an RPG just for the element of realism and would be interested in knowing if important NPCs would be getting a romance score in the future.
| Phillip0614 |
Also, is this AP going to take place in the seas/oceans in a big way? I know the answer to that seems really freakin' obvious, but this seems like it'd have the potential to be the perfect AP for an Aquatic Druid with a Crocodile companion or something, an archetype that probably doesn't have a chance of seeing a lot of play otherwise. Maybe one who acts as a Shipwright?
| The_Minstrel_Wyrm |
It may have been speculated elsewhere, but I'm curious about who the iconics might be for this AP.
Here are my guesses...
Lirrene (sp?) the female half-elf gunsliner
Merisiel (for those that might not know, female elf rogue)
Seltyiel (sp?) male half-elf magus (or ftr/wiz/EK)
Damiel (male elf alchemist)
Oooh... that would be an all elvish (whether half-elf or full-blooded elf) party.
I hope I'm close to being right about this. :)
Oh... and it Wayne Reynolds providing cover art for this one too?
Please, please, please.
~Dean
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I'm not sure how much detail I can give out, and even though it's very tempting whilst the lovely Paizo folks are in sleepy-bo-bo land it wouldn't be fair to give you details. So Rob needs to answer any specifics, as much as I'd love to tell you more about
Mister Plugg, Master Scourge, Ambrose 'Fishguts' Kroop and Cut-Throat Grok.
Oh yes, and the kraken:)
I daren't just yet.
I've not seen any artwork for this yet but if the Jade Regent artwork is anything to go by I can't wait to see how Paizo have fleshed out some of the salty shifty nasty types that abound.
Ahaaar!
Pett
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On the whole Smuggler's Shiv pseudo-parallel...
To be perfectly honest? This sounds like what I wanted Smuggler's Shiv to be like -- and I was disappointed when the title seemed to promise it but the adventure didn't deliver it.
Yes, really, I'm dead serious.
I'm not knocking Smuggler's Shiv as a bad module (I think it was a good module); I am knocking it very much, however, for having an extremely cool module title that conjures up a whole series of expectations in the reader and in the player that the module itself didn't really follow through and deliver on.
I think it's important not only to be cool, but to be cool in at least the general manner that people would ordinarily expect from the title.
In that regard, Smuggler's Shiv and the Council of Thieves AP are both titles that are both very cool (no argument there guys - they are catchy titles) but which then conjured up a vibe, preconceptions and expectations among customers that the module (and series, in the case of CoT) simply did not deliver on.
When it came to the titles of these products, (especially with CoT) it really felt like a bit of a bait and switch. That's not the afterglow to aim for, imo.
Creating the proper expectations among fans with a title can be important; being cool is important, too, but it's got to be the the right kind of cool.
Whatever the case, I'm totally Jonesing on Skull & Shackles!
/me finds the gunpowder dial and turns it up 2 notches.
James Jacobs
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Creating the proper expectations among fans with a title can be important; being cool is important, too, but it's got to be the the right kind of cool.
I absolutely agree, and that's why I'm often on here trying to manage expectations. That said... some times titles are going to mislead or confuse some people. It's a fine line walking between a title that's evocative and memorable and one that's almost a spoiler...
Macona
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So how bad was this halfing cavalier build of yours?
Nothing complex. Just a Gendarme archetype with power attack, furious focus, ride-by-attack & spirited charge.
He could charge for 3D6+45 damage at 5th level with all the bonus added up, and have a mount small enough to fit in dungeons.
Blayde MacRonan
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Kevin Mack wrote:So any idea when this Ap cover will be updated? Also which Iconics are being used for this one?Covers are not my bailiwick, but I can shed some light on the iconics! Alahazra, Merisiel, Seltyiel, and Valeros will all be gettin' their pirate on in this AP!
The iconic magus has been strangely absent for sometime now. Good to see he's getting some action. Though I kind of expected to see Lirianne, the iconic gunslinger, gracing this one, I'm glad she's not.
James Jacobs
Creative Director
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Rob McCreary wrote:Kevin Mack wrote:So any idea when this Ap cover will be updated? Also which Iconics are being used for this one?Covers are not my bailiwick, but I can shed some light on the iconics! Alahazra, Merisiel, Seltyiel, and Valeros will all be gettin' their pirate on in this AP!The iconic magus has been strangely absent for sometime now. Good to see he's getting some action. Though I kind of expected to see Lirianne, the iconic gunslinger, gracing this one, I'm glad she's not.
As it turns out, having 21 iconic characters but only doing 2 Adventure Paths a year means that nearly 2/3 of our iconics get to sit out any one year's worth of Adventure Paths. Having a single iconic be "absent" for 2 or 3 APs in a row is not what I'd call strange. Just the way it is.
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Blayde MacRonan wrote:As it turns out, having 21 iconic characters but only doing 2 Adventure Paths a year means that nearly 2/3 of our iconics get to sit out any one year's worth of Adventure Paths. Having a single iconic be "absent" for 2 or 3 APs in a row is not what I'd call strange. Just the way it is.Rob McCreary wrote:Kevin Mack wrote:So any idea when this Ap cover will be updated? Also which Iconics are being used for this one?Covers are not my bailiwick, but I can shed some light on the iconics! Alahazra, Merisiel, Seltyiel, and Valeros will all be gettin' their pirate on in this AP!The iconic magus has been strangely absent for sometime now. Good to see he's getting some action. Though I kind of expected to see Lirianne, the iconic gunslinger, gracing this one, I'm glad she's not.
So what your saying is you need to make more APs? :)
| The_Minstrel_Wyrm |
Kevin Mack wrote:So any idea when this Ap cover will be updated? Also which Iconics are being used for this one?Covers are not my bailiwick, but I can shed some light on the iconics! Alahazra, Merisiel, Seltyiel, and Valeros will all be gettin' their pirate on in this AP!
Well... two out of my four guesses were correct. :)
Ulmaxes
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It's taken me a long time, but I FINALLY convinced my wife to start letting go of her distaste of Roleplaying (bad experiences).
Just as she begins to loosen up a little, I discover the page for this Path.
...
Twenty minutes later, we're planning on subscribing to the Adventure Path and Player's Guides as soon as Serpent's Skull comes up next in the queue.
...well timed, Paizo. Well timed.
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Blayde MacRonan wrote:As it turns out, having 21 iconic characters but only doing 2 Adventure Paths a year means that nearly 2/3 of our iconics get to sit out any one year's worth of Adventure Paths. Having a single iconic be "absent" for 2 or 3 APs in a row is not what I'd call strange. Just the way it is.Rob McCreary wrote:Kevin Mack wrote:So any idea when this Ap cover will be updated? Also which Iconics are being used for this one?Covers are not my bailiwick, but I can shed some light on the iconics! Alahazra, Merisiel, Seltyiel, and Valeros will all be gettin' their pirate on in this AP!The iconic magus has been strangely absent for sometime now. Good to see he's getting some action. Though I kind of expected to see Lirianne, the iconic gunslinger, gracing this one, I'm glad she's not.
RIP Lem
Who appeared iconically in Curse of the Crimson Throne (2008), Council of Thieves (2009)Survived by Merisiel who appeared iconically in Rise of the Runelords (2007), Legacy of Fire (2009), Serpent's Skull (2010) Carrion Crown (2011), Jade Regent (2011), Skulls and Shackles (2012)
Inscribed upon his tombstone is the following:
At Least I'm Not Alain
Still looking forward to this AP. But seriously you guys need to bring back the Lem.
Mathwei ap Niall
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James Jacobs wrote:Blayde MacRonan wrote:As it turns out, having 21 iconic characters but only doing 2 Adventure Paths a year means that nearly 2/3 of our iconics get to sit out any one year's worth of Adventure Paths. Having a single iconic be "absent" for 2 or 3 APs in a row is not what I'd call strange. Just the way it is.Rob McCreary wrote:Kevin Mack wrote:So any idea when this Ap cover will be updated? Also which Iconics are being used for this one?Covers are not my bailiwick, but I can shed some light on the iconics! Alahazra, Merisiel, Seltyiel, and Valeros will all be gettin' their pirate on in this AP!The iconic magus has been strangely absent for sometime now. Good to see he's getting some action. Though I kind of expected to see Lirianne, the iconic gunslinger, gracing this one, I'm glad she's not.
RIP Lem
Who appeared iconically in Curse of the Crimson Throne (2008), Council of Thieves (2009)Survived by Merisiel who appeared iconically in Rise of the Runelords (2007), Legacy of Fire (2009), Serpent's Skull (2010) Carrion Crown (2011), Jade Regent (2011), Skulls and Shackles (2012)
Inscribed upon his tombstone is the following:
At Least I'm Not AlainStill looking forward to this AP. But seriously you guys need to bring back the Lem.
Better answer would be to use less (MUCH LESS) of Merisiel. Probably her turn to go sit in the dugout for the next 2-3 APs (at Least).