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Oh no.
:D
Looking forward to it. :)
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Nice. Looking forward to it. Though I also hope it's better then Blood of the Night.
-Kcinlive
I thought we might see this one eventually but I didn't think it was going to be this soon though.
But pleeeease make sure it's better than Blood of the Night, pwetty pwease?
While I disagree that Blood of the Moon needs to be better than Blood of the Night (the latter was a very decent book in my opinion), this one does seem to have a more narrow focus. Where Blood of the Night tackled vampires, dhampirs, AND vampire hunters, Blood of the Moon seems to focus on the main monster and its two versions (natural and afflicted). That, I think, is a good choice for this book.
Yesss, one of my top Pathfinder wishes is being granted. I am so looking forward to this book!
"Skinwalker" is an unusual thematic choice for the "PC Lycanthrope" race. It will be interesting to see how it is set up.
But pleeeease make sure it's better than Blood of the Night, pwetty pwease?While I disagree that Blood of the Moon needs to be better than Blood of the Night (the latter was a very decent book in my opinion), this one does seem to have a more narrow focus. Where Blood of the Night tackled vampires, dhampirs, AND vampire hunters, Blood of the Moon seems to focus on the main monster and its two versions (natural and afflicted). That, I think, is a good choice for this book.
Not quite true. It seems like this book will have an additional section: Skinwalkers, who seem to be a sort of lesser natural lycanthrope. Luckily though, all of these things (or at least the natural and afflicted lycans) are similar enough that I think it will be more tightly focused than Blood of the Night.
Not quite true. It seems like this book will have an additional section: Skinwalkers, who seem to be a sort of lesser natural lycanthrope. Luckily though, all of these things (or at least the natural and afflicted lycans) are similar enough that I think it will be more tightly focused than Blood of the Night.
Ah. Guess I hadn't read the product description well enough after all. My bad.
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a playable lycanthropic race? interesting. Kind of wish they had gone a more eldritch horror route for skinwalker though, ala Dresden files.
Will be very happy to make a bear skinwalker.
Also kind of curious if a bear skinwalker can become a wereshark. ;)
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I have to say that aside from the skinwalkers, one of the things that I'm really looking forward getting some better rules for dealing with players who become afflicted lycanthropes. The only options currently seem to be either for the character to become an NPC (at least part of the time) or for him to get a free power boost.
So long as SKR gets to beat sense into the rest of "Paizo staff" I'll be all over this. I'm not a total lycanthrope junkie but his 3.5e treatment was such a fresh new take that the bar is set very high for them.
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This should be good. we got some followup to the request on playing lycanthropes just as we had for vampires so I will just say awesome! looking forward to it!
P.S. if suggestions are available for later race companions may I suggest something for the Android(and no I don't mean the phone).
Very nice!
Yay for werebeast races and more lycanthrope/therianthrope coverage! Hmm, between these guys, the kitsune, catfolk, and several other races from the ARG and elsewhere, there are a lot of beastfolk in the Pathfinder game. Not that I'm conmplaining!
I always loved werewolves...so I am completely happy to see this book coming down the line.
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I thought we might see this one eventually but I didn't think it was going to be this soon though.
It is coming out in Oct. What other month makes sense?
Yes!
On my list NOW!
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This should be good. we got some followup to the request on playing lycanthropes just as we had for vampires so I will just say awesome! looking forward to it!
P.S. if suggestions are available for later race companions may I suggest something for the Android(and no I don't mean the phone).
Great idea. Anything to do with other planets.
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I'm really curious about Paizo's take on the skin-walkers. Conveniently enough, I've been reading about the American Indian skin-walkers lately, and they're pretty interesting.
I'm especially interested in their supposed face-stealing abilities D:
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But pleeeease make sure it's better than Blood of the Night, pwetty pwease?
I have two distinctly different responses to this, so I will offer them both:
First:
Blood of the Moon will have a distinctly different format than Blood of the Night. Every product is an experiment, a learning opportunity, and a stepping stone to a place of greater awesomeness.
The only people who get to stop learning and improving are dead.
Paizo, in general, does not employ the dead.
Second:
*Strangle Hands* ;)
Wait, did you just strangle some crawling hands?
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But pleeeease make sure it's better than Blood of the Night, pwetty pwease?I have two distinctly different responses to this, so I will offer them both:
First:
Blood of the Moon will have a distinctly different format than Blood of the Night. Every product is an experiment, a learning opportunity, and a stepping stone to a place of greater awesomeness.
The only people who get to stop learning and improving are dead.
Paizo, in general, does not employ the dead.
Second:
*Strangle Hands* ;)
As you probably know, I believe that Blood of the Night was full of quality material ...
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... that missed the audience by a mile. Folks wanted a dhampir book, they got a vampire book with some vampire hunters and dhampirs sprinkled on the top. So all I ask is for some consultancy with Paizo's Department of Expectations Management :)
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Next up: Blood of the Ooze and Flumphs of Golarion!
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Next up: Blood of the Ooze and Flumphs of Golarion!
Lies, Kitsunes of Golarion is next!
...Yes, I know this probably isn't going to happen anytime soon, if ever. ;)
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But pleeeease make sure it's better than Blood of the Night, pwetty pwease?I have two distinctly different responses to this, so I will offer them both:
First:
Blood of the Moon will have a distinctly different format than Blood of the Night. Every product is an experiment, a learning opportunity, and a stepping stone to a place of greater awesomeness.
The only people who get to stop learning and improving are dead.
Paizo, in general, does not employ the dead.
Second:
*Strangle Hands* ;)
I have two distinctly different responses to this, so I will offer them both:
First:
Paizo, in general, does not employ the dead.
The exception is Zombie Jim Groves, yes? I mean after the last couple of weeks of work, anyway, he's likely to be among the walking dead.
More seriously, First:
Blood of the Moon will have a distinctly different format than Blood of the Night. Every product is an experiment, a learning opportunity, and a stepping stone to a place of greater awesomeness.
This statement above all others gives me the utmost confidence. Hopefully the layout has been improved to give a less "sparse" feeling. I did love the art in Blood of the Night, however, so it's a difficult position I'm in.
Second:
*gurgling noises*
YES!
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I... I don't understand what hormonal cycles and bodily functions add to the game...
As you probably know, I believe that Blood of the Night was full of quality material ...
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... that missed the audience by a mile. Folks wanted a dhampir book, they got a vampire book with some vampire hunters and dhampirs sprinkled on the top. So all I ask is for some consultancy with Paizo's Department of Expectations Management :)
Yea, the problem was essentially that players almost *never* get to run full vampires because of how powerful the template is, not to mention that most people become evil when they become vampires. It really wasn't the most useful thing to have in a "Player Companion" book even if the information on the various vampire types was pretty interesting and a good setup for the dhampire section.
Luckily, lycans aren't as OP or alignment restricted, so it is unlikely this book will have the same issue.
NOOOO! Why couldn't you have come out last year?? (Just past the halfway mark in 'Broken Moon')
Timing issues for me aside, this looks awesome.
I also am curious about Paizo's take on Skinwalkers, and how much Native American mythology will be incorporated into their design process.
Are there going to be suggestions for DMs on how to deal with a party afflicted with Lycanthropy? Advice besides the "You wake up the next day covered in blood" typicality would be helpful, especially if more than one PC has the affliction. For example:
Although I'm working on something similar (as a 3PP), I'm stoked about this book, too! WANT!
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The exception is Zombie Jim Groves, yes? I mean after the last couple of weeks of work, anyway, he's likely to be among the walking dead.
You're gonna get me benched!
All joking aside, if I'm working hard it's because of a deadline, not fatigue. If I finish this project TODAY, I am taking almost all of May off to be refreshed and ready for when June comes around, and there may be large outlines ready for assignment.
Off topic stuff about me-
As a side note, I liked Blood of the Night, and that isn't just ass-kissery to the Boss. I got some actual use out of it, and I enjoyed the ideas put forth. I really liked the expanded information on the jiang-shi, and the three dhampir bloodlines. I don't think it was a perfect book, but if I had to review it, I'd give it four stars.. because I got that much use (and reading pleasure) out of it. If I didn't review it was because when I review things I fear it looks biased. But I give Wes and Tork kudos for it. If this book can be even better, that is great too!
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The exception is Zombie Jim Groves, yes? I mean after the last couple of weeks of work, anyway, he's likely to be among the walking dead.
You're gonna get me benched!
It's okay, we'll just tuck you into the easy-bake raise dead oven alongside the rest of the Paizo staff after the GenCon crunch. There's enough powdered diamond in there to resurrect you all. ;)
...man, has anyone coined the term Con Drain for a blog that covers Pathfinder conventions? Because it practically writes itself.
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The exception is Zombie Jim Groves, yes? I mean after the last couple of weeks of work, anyway, he's likely to be among the walking dead.
You're gonna get me benched!
Jim, Paizo doesn't discriminate...even against the undead. Besides, undeath helps freelancers work longer hours. :)
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Jim, Paizo doesn't discriminate...even against the undead. Besides, undeath helps freelancers work longer hours. :)The exception is Zombie Jim Groves, yes? I mean after the last couple of weeks of work, anyway, he's likely to be among the walking dead.
You're gonna get me benched!
Blood of the Night wasn't a Player Companion, it was an employee orientation manual!
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Jim, Paizo doesn't discriminate...even against the undead. Besides, undeath helps freelancers work longer hours. :)The exception is Zombie Jim Groves, yes? I mean after the last couple of weeks of work, anyway, he's likely to be among the walking dead.
You're gonna get me benched!
And if your arm falls off while you're typing, well, that's what staplers are for!
As a huge kitsune fan, I'll admit that this book is making me nervous. Although the theme is different (magical fox tricksters vs. humanoids descended from lycanthropes), the major game mechanic is the same; one humanoid transforms into another.
Its very possible that the kitsune could get completely sidelined by this product if the skinwalker race / template / option has too broad of a focus. For example, if you can pick to have the traits of any animal you want, plus the ability to transform into an appropriate animal via a feat or special ability or (gulp) baseline, then all of a sudden you can have a vixen skinwalker AND werefoxes AND kitsune all exist in the same world. And considering that one of those three humanoids only has three very brief articles talking about it, most of which are rehashes of itself, while the other has decades of RPG legacy and several manuals devoted to them (both 1PP and 3PP) then its pretty plain to see which of those three options is going to get sidelined.
I truly hope that when it comes time to write this book, efforts are made not to step on the toes of the kitsune race. Especially if no immediate plans exist to ever expand any further upon them.
One of the things I really love about Paizo is that they have been grounding creatures in "real world lore" as opposed to modern movie fancy.
I'm hoping that they draw from European lore as well as Native American with the skinwalkers....
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Folks wanted a dhampir book, they got a vampire book with some vampire hunters and dhampirs sprinkled on the top. So all I ask is for some consultancy with Paizo's Department of Expectations Management :)
What's nice is that covering an idea once doesn't preclude us from covering it again in a different way--just look at how many different ways we've covered the various fiends. So if there's still demand for an ur-dhampir book, that's definitely something we'll consider.
Can you hear me complaining about doing ANOTHER book about the undead (and their happy families)? ;)