paizo.com Recent Posts in Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG) Discussionpaizo.com Recent Posts in Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG) Discussion2016-08-04T23:47:06Z2016-08-04T23:47:06ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Neil Spicer (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2009, RPG Superstar Judgernaut)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#222014-11-21T15:54:33Z2014-11-21T15:54:33Z<p>I don't have his stats handy, but the best advice would be to compare him (and his CR, Hit Dice, abilities, etc.) to other potential cohorts and just put him around the same level.</p>I don't have his stats handy, but the best advice would be to compare him (and his CR, Hit Dice, abilities, etc.) to other potential cohorts and just put him around the same level.Neil Spicer (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2009, RPG Superstar Judgernaut)2014-11-21T15:54:33ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Mortagonhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#212014-11-21T12:35:11Z2014-11-21T12:35:11Z<p>I'm sorry to necro this thread but I thought this would be the best place to ask my question. One of my player's in Wotr is a druid and he needs a cohort. I was thinking of making Grummtar his cohort, but I'm at a loss at what kind of level he should count as.</p>I'm sorry to necro this thread but I thought this would be the best place to ask my question. One of my player's in Wotr is a druid and he needs a cohort. I was thinking of making Grummtar his cohort, but I'm at a loss at what kind of level he should count as.Mortagon2014-11-21T12:35:11ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Lord Snowhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#202014-01-24T11:16:14Z2014-01-24T11:16:14Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jason Nelson wrote:</div><blockquote><p> One elegant solution is to simply dispense with granular XP tracking and go with gestalt or ad hoc leveling. When the party achieves certain in-campaign milestones, they level up. Makes problems like these a thing of the past. </p>
<p>I was a micromanager of XP for most of my GMing career, but I switched over to ad hoc leveling in my prior campaign and current one, and it has been delightful. Are we playing the game to do accounting or to go on grand adventures? ADVENTURE ON I SAY!!! </p>
<p>It may not be for everybody, but it is certainly a viable solution to the "well, I want to use this but I can't because then they'll get too many XP problems." </blockquote><p>While this solves the XP issue, using a plug in can still cause a loot of trouble ;)
<p>I'd say the issue of the extra artifact is a serious one. The PCs in this campaign are already going to have huge amounts of powerful tools, and adding another one is not a slight matter. Probably the best way to offset this is by rationing out a bit less treasure in other parts of the adventure path.</p>Jason Nelson wrote:One elegant solution is to simply dispense with granular XP tracking and go with gestalt or ad hoc leveling. When the party achieves certain in-campaign milestones, they level up. Makes problems like these a thing of the past.
I was a micromanager of XP for most of my GMing career, but I switched over to ad hoc leveling in my prior campaign and current one, and it has been delightful. Are we playing the game to do accounting or to go on grand adventures? ADVENTURE ON I...Lord Snow2014-01-24T11:16:14ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Endzeitgeisthttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#192014-01-24T10:21:15Z2014-01-24T10:21:15Z<p>Reviewed first on Endzeitgeist.com, then submitted to Nerdtrek and GMS magazine and posted here, on OBS and d20pfsrd.com's shop.</p>Reviewed first on Endzeitgeist.com, then submitted to Nerdtrek and GMS magazine and posted here, on OBS and d20pfsrd.com's shop.Endzeitgeist2014-01-24T10:21:15ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Zaisterhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#182014-01-14T20:38:41Z2014-01-14T20:38:41Z<p>Yes with the Pathfinder RPG this is a solution, now that XP no longer are a currency, and newer adventure paths even indicate appropriate leveling points. Players might feel cheated, though, if they find out, that you make them take longer to get to these points. :)</p>Yes with the Pathfinder RPG this is a solution, now that XP no longer are a currency, and newer adventure paths even indicate appropriate leveling points. Players might feel cheated, though, if they find out, that you make them take longer to get to these points. :)Zaister2014-01-14T20:38:41ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Jason Nelson (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#172014-01-14T19:22:00Z2014-01-14T19:22:00Z<p>One elegant solution is to simply dispense with granular XP tracking and go with gestalt or ad hoc leveling. When the party achieves certain in-campaign milestones, they level up. Makes problems like these a thing of the past. </p>
<p>I was a micromanager of XP for most of my GMing career, but I switched over to ad hoc leveling in my prior campaign and current one, and it has been delightful. Are we playing the game to do accounting or to go on grand adventures? ADVENTURE ON I SAY!!! </p>
<p>It may not be for everybody, but it is certainly a viable solution to the "well, I want to use this but I can't because then they'll get too many XP problems."</p>One elegant solution is to simply dispense with granular XP tracking and go with gestalt or ad hoc leveling. When the party achieves certain in-campaign milestones, they level up. Makes problems like these a thing of the past.
I was a micromanager of XP for most of my GMing career, but I switched over to ad hoc leveling in my prior campaign and current one, and it has been delightful. Are we playing the game to do accounting or to go on grand adventures? ADVENTURE ON I SAY!!!
It may not be...Jason Nelson (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games)2014-01-14T19:22:00ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Zaisterhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#162014-01-14T16:12:44Z2014-01-14T16:12:44Z<p>My experience is that trying to counter increased PC power from additional encounters in a campaign with more or better opposition only serves to make the problem bigger. More or better opposition means the PCs, who are already ahead of the XP progression, receive even more XP then expected for every encounter, which widens the gap even more, causing the GM to up the opposition more and thus generate yet more XP, once again widening the gap further, and so on. This leads to an ever-expanding gap and can seriously derail campaign progression.</p>
<p>I experienced this in my <i>Legacy of Fire</i> campaign a few years back, when I used not only the set piece for the first adventure but also a second set piece for that adventure from the forum which explored a location only hinted at. This caused my PCs to be too powerful early on, and my attempts at catching up by improving the enemies only led to the described effect.</p>
<p>This is why I'm skeptical about plug-ins like this, even though I like them a lot as adventures, but fitting them into a campaign where the XP progression has been plotted from start to finish, is problematic in my view. </p>
<p>By the way, the same effect can also easily occur with more that 4 players, or characters with more than 15 point buy.</p>My experience is that trying to counter increased PC power from additional encounters in a campaign with more or better opposition only serves to make the problem bigger. More or better opposition means the PCs, who are already ahead of the XP progression, receive even more XP then expected for every encounter, which widens the gap even more, causing the GM to up the opposition more and thus generate yet more XP, once again widening the gap further, and so on. This leads to an ever-expanding...Zaister2014-01-14T16:12:44ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)N'wahhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#152014-01-14T14:54:51Z2014-01-14T14:54:51Z<p>Well played, Jason. :D</p>Well played, Jason. :DN'wah2014-01-14T14:54:51ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Jason Nelson (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#142014-01-09T03:40:50Z2014-01-09T03:40:50Z<p>Amen to that. Of course, you could also upgrade some of the regular garden-variety demons in the AP to <a href="http://www.makeyourgamelegendary.com/products-page/mythic-plug-ins/mythic-monsters-demons/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mythic Demons</a>. Just sayin'... :)</p>Amen to that. Of course, you could also upgrade some of the regular garden-variety demons in the AP to Mythic Demons. Just sayin'... :)Jason Nelson (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games)2014-01-09T03:40:50ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)N'wahhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#132014-01-08T09:19:31Z2014-01-08T09:19:31Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Zaister wrote:</div><blockquote> I have to wonder, will adding more XP and more treasure, especially an artefact, not unbalance the later chapters of the campaign in the PCs' favor? </blockquote><p>I'd probably cut out some encounters from the published books, or just ignore random encounters and replace 'em with some of the stuff in here. As for the artifact, I haven't seen the full book, so I dunno how unbalancing I might potentially be.
<p>But for this AP especially, high-power is the rule of the day, and if you see your PCs trouncing their foes (like my group does without using any of this bucket of goodies), you can always throw a bit more power to the demon's side. Even adding the Bestiary simple templates to a boss might help equal the scales, without adding much work to your plate (or extra treasure to arm the PCs), and if they're not cheating, they'll never know.</p>Zaister wrote:I have to wonder, will adding more XP and more treasure, especially an artefact, not unbalance the later chapters of the campaign in the PCs' favor?
I'd probably cut out some encounters from the published books, or just ignore random encounters and replace 'em with some of the stuff in here. As for the artifact, I haven't seen the full book, so I dunno how unbalancing I might potentially be. But for this AP especially, high-power is the rule of the day, and if you see your PCs...N'wah2014-01-08T09:19:31ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Zaisterhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#122014-01-06T00:03:44Z2014-01-06T00:03:44Z<p>I have to wonder, will adding more XP and more treasure, especially an artefact, not unbalance the later chapters of the campaign in the PCs' favor?</p>I have to wonder, will adding more XP and more treasure, especially an artefact, not unbalance the later chapters of the campaign in the PCs' favor?Zaister2014-01-06T00:03:44ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Jason Nelson (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#112013-12-10T21:00:35Z2013-12-10T21:00:35Z<p>I've ordered the first lot from the printer, and I believe they shipped to me Saturday, so I'll probably have them in about a week and can take them over to Paizo then.</p>I've ordered the first lot from the printer, and I believe they shipped to me Saturday, so I'll probably have them in about a week and can take them over to Paizo then.Jason Nelson (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games)2013-12-10T21:00:35ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)SwnyNerdgasmhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#102013-12-10T16:21:28Z2013-12-10T16:21:28Z<p>Any idea when the print edition will be released?</p>Any idea when the print edition will be released?SwnyNerdgasm2013-12-10T16:21:28ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)N'wahhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#92013-12-05T09:09:11Z2013-12-05T09:09:11Z<p>I'm so excited my first foray into published maps satisfied! :D</p>I'm so excited my first foray into published maps satisfied! :DN'wah2013-12-05T09:09:11ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Liz Courts (Contributor)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#82013-12-02T22:53:58Z2013-12-02T22:53:58Z<p>Print edition up for preorder!</p>Print edition up for preorder!Liz Courts (Contributor)2013-12-02T22:53:58ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Jason Nelson (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#72013-11-24T17:27:47Z2013-11-24T17:27:47Z<p>Thanks for the great review Weslocke. We've linked it over on our website and through our FB and Twitter pages.</p>Thanks for the great review Weslocke. We've linked it over on our website and through our FB and Twitter pages.Jason Nelson (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games)2013-11-24T17:27:47ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Weslockehttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#62013-11-23T15:20:58Z2013-11-23T15:20:58Z<p>It was my pleasure, Jim. You guys keep writing them and I will keep purchasing and reviewing them. :)</p>
<p>Seriously though, there has been a lot of great work on both yours and Neil's part on both this AP and this plug-in. Thanks for that effort. It definitely shows.</p>It was my pleasure, Jim. You guys keep writing them and I will keep purchasing and reviewing them. :)
Seriously though, there has been a lot of great work on both yours and Neil's part on both this AP and this plug-in. Thanks for that effort. It definitely shows.Weslocke2013-11-23T15:20:58ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Jim Groves (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2010 Top 4)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#52013-11-23T15:02:59Z2013-11-23T15:02:59Z<p>Weslocke,</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the review! Neil, Jason, and I really appreciate it. We hope it really adds some zest to your game. It's also wonderful to hear everything else was working on all levels as well. We had Tim Kings-Lynne on art, Ashton Sperry on maps.. and I know Jason and Rachel has been rounding up the best layout folks that they can find.</p>
<p>Thank you again!</p>Weslocke,
Thank you so much for the review! Neil, Jason, and I really appreciate it. We hope it really adds some zest to your game. It's also wonderful to hear everything else was working on all levels as well. We had Tim Kings-Lynne on art, Ashton Sperry on maps.. and I know Jason and Rachel has been rounding up the best layout folks that they can find.
Thank you again!Jim Groves (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2010 Top 4)2013-11-23T15:02:59ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Weslockehttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#42013-11-23T13:21:21Z2013-11-23T13:21:21Z<p>I was planning on reviewing this one early this morning anyway, so it was no trouble at all. My composition was not in top form, as I was still working on my first cup of coffee. :)</p>
<p>On a side note, thanks for that refund. I was so eager to read the new plug-in that I did not even realize that I had overpaid until I got your message from paypal.</p>I was planning on reviewing this one early this morning anyway, so it was no trouble at all. My composition was not in top form, as I was still working on my first cup of coffee. :)
On a side note, thanks for that refund. I was so eager to read the new plug-in that I did not even realize that I had overpaid until I got your message from paypal.Weslocke2013-11-23T13:21:21ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Jason Nelson (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#32013-11-23T09:11:26Z2013-11-23T09:11:26Z<p>Thanks for the kind words, Weslocke! As an early reader, we'd love to see a review from you to help point others towards this adventure!</p>Thanks for the kind words, Weslocke! As an early reader, we'd love to see a review from you to help point others towards this adventure!Jason Nelson (Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games)2013-11-23T09:11:26ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Weslockehttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#22013-11-23T09:44:06Z2013-11-23T03:34:39Z<p>I picked up a copy of this one from the Legendary Games site when it released a few nights ago. This adventure should serve well to make the trip into the demon lands a much more memorable experience. The Equinox Crown is sure to be a big hit with players of this AP.</p>
<p>As usual the Legendary Design Team has done a brilliant job at expanding an AP. I am really looking forward to running this in the future. Outstanding work!</p>I picked up a copy of this one from the Legendary Games site when it released a few nights ago. This adventure should serve well to make the trip into the demon lands a much more memorable experience. The Equinox Crown is sure to be a big hit with players of this AP.
As usual the Legendary Design Team has done a brilliant job at expanding an AP. I am really looking forward to running this in the future. Outstanding work!Weslocke2013-11-23T03:34:39ZForums: Product Discussion: Road to War: The Equinox Crown (PFRPG)Liz Courts (Contributor)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9375/discuss?Road-to-War-The-Equinox-Crown#12013-11-23T01:47:19Z2013-11-23T01:47:19Z<p>Now available!</p>Now available!Liz Courts (Contributor)2013-11-23T01:47:19Z