How is rise of the runelords anniversary edition different from regular adventure paths ?
I am not sure exactly what you are asking but the anniversary edition of RotRL is the first AP updated from DnD3.x to Pathfinder rules and tidied up into a single volume.
However it also has a slightly different 'look', so I guess that is what Liz is referring to. The new look has a lot of similarities to the Beginner Box in style IMO. It has border decorations and stuff.
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Will this AP take the layout of Rise of the Runelords Anniversary edition or stick with the traditional look?
The layout of Reign of Winter will look pretty close to the standard layout for all Adventure Paths, although the magic items will be using the new format as begun in the Rise of the Runelords hardcover and carried on in Ultimate Equipment.
Every Adventure Path has minor cosmetic changes to the look, but overall, the layout of Reign of Winter will look more like Shattered Star and previous Adventure Paths than it will the Rise of the Runelords hardcover.
Is that Baba Yaga on the cover?It is dear Grandmother!
I don't know. Without the flying cauldron she could also be Louhi from Finnish Mythology, what with the earth freezing and all (see the epic poem, Kalevala, or the film, Sampo)
Gah! Big bug!
I don't know. Without the flying cauldron she could also be Louhi from Finnish Mythology, what with the earth freezing and all (see the epic poem, Kalevala, or the film, Sampo)Is that Baba Yaga on the cover?It is dear Grandmother!
Louhi shows up in Artifacts and Legends in the Dancing Hut entry, and since the Dancing Hut takes a prominent place in the adventure path (not much of a spoiler since it's the title of one of the volumes), I'm guessing there's a reasonable chance of encountering her there too.
I think there's also an oblique reference to her Sampo in the AP novella, assuming James left it.
I think there's also an oblique reference to her Sampo in the AP novella, assuming James left it.
Ask for it by name!
Looking forward to that Irrisene fiction!
Likewise. Hope everyone enjoys it. I love doing novellas.
I think there's also an oblique reference to her Sampo in the AP novella, assuming James left it.Ask for it by name!
Looking forward to that Irrisene fiction!Likewise. Hope everyone enjoys it. I love doing novellas.
The MST3K Russo-Finnish Troika was my initial plunge into the greater mythologies of the frozen north. It was a fun, strange trip and I'm giddy that this AP and materials will pull from that larger cannon.
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Are you guys increasing the price for the ap's after Shattered Star?
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The MST3K Russo-Finnish Troika was my initial plunge into the greater mythologies of the frozen north. It was a fun, strange trip and I'm giddy that this AP and materials will pull from that larger cannon.I think there's also an oblique reference to her Sampo in the AP novella, assuming James left it.Ask for it by name!
Looking forward to that Irrisene fiction!Likewise. Hope everyone enjoys it. I love doing novellas.
Poetic geekery fact: The Kalevala (which I have a copy of) is written in Old Norse Flowing Meter, which is a fancy way of saying heavily alliterated trochaic tetrameter, or in more layman's terms, the same meter Longfellow used for "The Song of Hiawatha" (which is not a Native American meter, but sufficiently exotic that it sounded right). I drew on this and a number of the other old meters of the north for the AP tale.
Will there be kennings, speaker of Grimnir's lip-streams?
Will there be kennings, speaker of Grimnir's lip-streams?
Some kennings, yes. A bit more barbieing. ;)
So many of us have fled from Helgen so many times already, I can't believe we're actually going towards the place now.
;)
Where exactly is Helgen? I looked through all the books I possess and didn't come across it on any maps.
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So many of us have fled from Helgen so many times already, I can't believe we're actually going towards the place now.
;)
Where exactly is Helgen? I looked through all the books I possess and didn't come across it on any maps.
Near Falkreath.
How many pcs would this AP handle?
Thank you Mead
How many pcs would this AP handle?
APs assume 4 PCs.
Helgen is the town you start in in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. By the end of the tutorial, you are more or less fleeing Helgen. The town is in the hold Falkreath.
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So many of us have fled from Helgen so many times already, I can't believe we're actually going towards the place now.
;)
Where exactly is Helgen? I looked through all the books I possess and didn't come across it on any maps.
Seriously though, Heldren is in southern Taldor, just north of the Border Wood, which is just north of the southern border of Qadira. The closest sizable settlement is probably Zimar.
Seriously though, Heldren is in southern Taldor, just north of the Border Wood, which is just north of the southern border of Qadira. The closest sizable settlement is probably Zimar.
True. Zimar lies almost directly east of Heldren. It's the closest sizeable population.
If you crossed through the Border Wood straight south of Heldren and to its other side, you could also reach the town of Demgazi which is right on the border with Qadira.
The best map I found to view the Border Wood, Zimar, and Demgazi appears in the back section of the Pathfinder Companion Taldor: Echoes of Glory. That's what I used for researching and placing Heldren. There should be an overland map in the adventure itself which shows the town's surrounding geography, including all the roads leading to other parts of Taldor.
Another great cover.
Is that baba yaga on the cover?That's Valeros, silly!
Those dang aging penalties!
Are you guys increasing the price for the ap's after Shattered Star?
Yes—read more about it in this blog post here.
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(in the voice elderly, dwarfish, minions.)
"Sampo,Sampo,Sampo,Sampo,Sampo,Sampo...."(continues for 5 mins.)
Artifact: Sampo
mill that endlessly churns out flour, salt, and gold.
*warning, owned by Baba Yaga. caution when requesting use.*
I only posted Helgen because it was there was an early post to this thread that mentioned this name. Soundef close to the town that was mentioned in the AP description of module one. Lol. I guess it was close enough. Thanks for clearing the name and location. I want to get a group ready for a pbp version of this AP. needed the location to get things rolling.
My grammar sucks on this iPhone. Please remove "it was", the it should make more sense
How big a town are we talking with Heldren here? A couple hundred? Nearer to a thousand?
What month and year will this AP take place?
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What month and year will this AP take place?
Adventure Paths are normally assumed to begin in the Golarion equivalent month when the first adventure in the AP is released, in the Golarion equivalent year. So the Adventure Path released in February 2013 would begin in the month of Calistril in the year 4713 AR.
However, Reign of Winter does not follow that assumption, as "The Snows of Summer" starts (unsurprisingly)in the middle of summer. We don't actually give a firm start date in the AP, but I would say anytime in the months of Sarenith, Erastus, or Arodus (with mid-Erastus being best) would be good. Regardless of which month the AP starts in, however, the year matches the normal AP assumption, which is 4713 AR.
Well it is summer here, in fact I have just had a swim :D
Weirdly, when I looked for the entire list of products for Shattered Star (All, not just Available Now), it also listed The Snows of Summer. A website glitch?
Weirdly, when I looked for the entire list of products for Shattered Star (All, not just Available Now), it also listed The Snows of Summer. A website glitch?
I'm sure that's because the adventure is sooooo good, it needed to be part of two APs at the same time. ;-)
I hope this can be adapted to start in the PCs kingdom in the Stolen Lands.At first that sounded cool, but then I realized that my level 17+ PCs would handle the situation themselves - so that wouldn't work well with the beginning of an AP.
Any suggestions on how to handle that?
A few options:
Dual-classing 1e style. Your Monarch(s) and Advisors abdicate the throne, leave almost everything behind and start new careers in new classes. Perhaps as middle-aged/old/venerable characters, scrubbing back to 1st level in a radically different class with the same personalities can be pretty fun. Maybe they're worried about their mortality and hope that the summer snows forsage a means to deal with Death...
1st level followers are sent, so long as you permit them nothing more extravagant than the Rich Parents trait. If you're feeling generous before horribly slaughtering their precious followers, give 'em this trait gratis. (I had my players send 5th level followers to find hapless Oleg from Kingmaker to Carrion Hill.)
Weirdly, when I looked for the entire list of products for Shattered Star (All, not just Available Now), it also listed The Snows of Summer. A website glitch?I'm sure that's because the adventure is sooooo good, it needed to be part of two APs at the same time. ;-)
** spoiler omitted **
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Why do I imagine you as a White Witch when I read that? ;-)
Why do I imagine you as a White Witch when I read that? ;-)
Probably because of this avatar and her connections to Baba Yaga. >:D
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Will this AP take the layout of Rise of the Runelords Anniversary edition or stick with the traditional look?The layout of Reign of Winter will look pretty close to the standard layout for all Adventure Paths, although the magic items will be using the new format as begun in the Rise of the Runelords hardcover and carried on in Ultimate Equipment.
Every Adventure Path has minor cosmetic changes to the look, but overall, the layout of Reign of Winter will look more like Shattered Star and previous Adventure Paths than it will the Rise of the Runelords hardcover.
Yay!
This has probably been asked before, but is the Winter Witch Revisited Blog considered official errata yet?
Why are these adventures more expensive than previous Adventure Paths?