Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Class Guide (OGL)

Oh wow they did change it till the 6th or 7th. Good to know.

Oh wow they did change it till the 6th or 7th. Good to know.

Some part wasn't in by midweek, so they delayed authorisation until tomorrow to make sure they were right to proceed. vAs aresult , authorisation is starting tomorrow, put often takes two days. Once that's thorugh, they can slip

I heard one of the iconics for the new class is a half-orc. Has he/she been introduced yet?

Yes the warpreist Iconic is in fact a half-orc.

It's the Warpriest.

I heard one of the iconics for the new class is a half-orc. Has he/she been introduced yet?

Meet Oloch. :)

Barong wrote:

I heard one of the iconics for the new class is a half-orc. Has he/she been introduced yet?

Meet Oloch. :)

Oh man, he's so cool :)! Thanks for the link!

Will the PDF be available on the 14th as well?

*Looks up at the line under "preorder hardcover" under cover picture*

Am I missing a notice or something? Because it still says PDF available August 14th.

*DROOLS* I can haz book noaw? In all seriousness though this is absolutely the role-playing book I've been most excited about getting since probably ten years ago or so.

*Looks up at the line under "preorder hardcover" under cover picture*

Am I missing a notice or something? Because it still says PDF available August 14th.

I guess the earlier date is for subscribers.

*Looks up at the line under "preorder hardcover" under cover picture*

Am I missing a notice or something? Because it still says PDF available August 14th.

As I understand it, the PDF is available for purchase on August 14th.

But because of the way subscriber orders are handled, an individual subscriber's PDF becomes available when her book ships from the warehouse.

So you could get it early (hooray!) or late (the horror!).

It looks like the current timeline is:

* August 4th, payment will be authorized.

* August 6th or 7th, subscription shipping begins.

* August 14th, street date of book, PDF available for purchase.

* August 22nd, subscription shipping ends.

Will this include Iron Gods? And if so, shouldn't we be seeing the Player's Guide this week as well?

Yeah subscribers won't be getting their shipping notification until tomorrow at the earliest.

i got mine a few hours ago.

Will this include Iron Gods? And if so, shouldn't we be seeing the Player's Guide this week as well?

The August shipment does include the first part of Iron Gods, "Fires of Creation".

zergtitan wrote:

Yeah subscribers won't be getting their shipping notification until tomorrow at the earliest.

i got mine a few hours ago.

Did you get the shipment notification or the authorization notification?

I just did. Does that mean we get the player's guide IG this week as well?

Anyone feel like posting some hints for those of us not equally blessed by the shipping goddess? :)

If anybody who has got it could post a summary of what's changed in the various classes between the last public playtest release and the current version that'd be great.
(I'm most interested in the Swashbuckler myself)

It won't start shipping to subscribers until the 6th. It officially releases at Gen Con. I doubt anyone reading this thread has access to the book or PDF. Not counting people under NDA, of course.

I think I'm just going to sit in my chair and wait.

Wait.

Wait.

...

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I see you, little parcel. I know you're out there.

Pending.

Eh he he heh.

Hah! Yes! Got the order spawn notice. I realise this isn't really that exciting, since I won't get the PDFs yet, but it means that I'm close... so close I can almost taste it... mmmmmm.

Hah! Yes! Got the order spawn notice. I realise this isn't really that exciting, since I won't get the PDFs yet, but it means that I'm close... so close I can almost taste it... mmmmmm.

Yesssss!!!!!!!!

I also got the order spawn notice or as I like to call it the "will be shipping soon notice".

Curse you all! Mine still hasn't come through.

Grrrrrr.

:-P

Hm - as I look at the div sorcerer bloodline from People of the Sands, I wonder if they'll include an asura bloodline in ACG. They already have bloodlines for the other fiends (including rakshasa's).

Don't worry Joe, spawn notices should be going out thru tomorrow as well.

I will look at this one last because the other books are a lot shorter.

Sadly I've had to suspend my subscriptions til I get paid next week... so I won't be getting mine until much later in the month. Stupid bills, I feel like the utility companies should understand just how important these books are. Ah well.

I think it's possible I got magically lucky. I pre-ordered the PDF and it let me download it a month ago. XD
I can't re-download it from Paizo's website, but I have it on my computer, so...

I think it's possible I got magically lucky. I pre-ordered the PDF and it let me download it a month ago. XD

I can't re-download it from Paizo's website, but I have it on my computer, so...

Why must you taunt us so?

AxeloftheKey wrote:

I think it's possible I got magically lucky. I pre-ordered the PDF and it let me download it a month ago. XD

I can't re-download it from Paizo's website, but I have it on my computer, so...

Why must you taunt us so?

What do you want to know?

Well to not be too spoilery, let's start with your opinion of the final form of the ten new classes. Then maybe a selection of the magic items that you found most Interesting/awesome/desireable/etc.

Well, I like a lot of them. A few still feel useless, like Hunter. I don't see any reason to be a Hunter over a Ranger or Druid, depending on which you liked. The Skald also seems oddly specific, but if I ever wanted to play a Viking...The Slayer still comes across as not quite powerful enough, but other than that isn't bad.
I really like the finalized versions of Shaman, Warpriest, Investigator, Bloodrager, and Brawler. They all have really sweet Archetypes, too. (I'm a big Archetype user).
The Arcanist and Swashbuckler definitely have their uses, but I prefer other classes to them. But that's mostly preference.

I honestly didn't see a ton of magic items I liked, but there are cool ones. There's one that allows a light weapon to pretty much function like a Hidden Blade from Assassin's Creed, except magically, so it's harder to notice. Also, a Staff that is basically a Shovel that casts Create Hole. XD

All in all, it's probably my favorite book since the Advanced Race Guide.

I can understand your thoughts on Swashbuckler and Arcainist as alot of people don't like the grit/panche mechanic and an arcane class that can step up against wizards and sorcerers. Though I myself love them due to having a grit mechanic without firearms (the lack of firearms in AP hurts this class more than others). The Arcainist as well to me feels like the universalit wizard I always wanted, While I will houserule a ban on the exploits mimicking the wizard specializations or sorcerer bloodlines.

I feel that the Skald, Hunter, Brawler, and Warpriest are like the class variants people wanted, a rock/metal bard, a more combat and less alignment restricted druid, A monk without the spiritual theme and Ki (don't like Ki), and a paladin without needing to be LG. The Shaman to me was the class I had the least interest in, but I hope to warm up to. The bloodrager to me feels like a Barbarian/Sorcerer Magus which I feel will be alot of fun to play. The Investigator is the most unique in my opinion as the class uses mechanics and basic that bare little resemblance to other classes.

Alot of the weapons are starting to look awesome to me, The Hidden Blade enchantment makes me want to play my dual sawtooth saber slayer even more.

While I don't have the book yet, this is making me very excited for the 14th, I don't subscribe. :(
Can't wait to get my hands on it! :)

Edit: Actually, disregard this - I'd rather read the book and find out for myself. Just really hope the shipping notification shows up before the 22nd!

Dervish Dance (for scimitar by RAW) and a mythic feat only as far as I'm aware.

@Axel

Did they actually give us some dex to damage option in the form of a Feat/class ability?

Does swashbuckler get more than one good save?

Will we get Style Feats designed with the Fighter in mind, instead of the Monk? An armed Fighter should be able to fight with style too!

Elrawien Lantherion wrote:

zergtitan wrote:

Yeah subscribers won't be getting their shipping notification until tomorrow at the earliest.

i got mine a few hours ago.

Did you get the shipment notification or the authorization notification?

They just told me how much the bill was going to be

I think it's possible I got magically lucky. I pre-ordered the PDF and it let me download it a month ago. XD

I can't re-download it from Paizo's website, but I have it on my computer, so...

How did that happen?

I'm a subscriber! I subscribed, like, 5 minutes ago. Where's my PDF!!!

This is a joke btw.. Well, mostly. I do want my PDF, cos I know it's gonna take flipping ages for the hard copy to ship to me in NZ..

Will we get Style Feats designed with the Fighter in mind, instead of the Monk? An armed Fighter should be able to fight with style too!

This is something I never realized I wanted...

AxeloftheKey wrote:

I think it's possible I got magically lucky. I pre-ordered the PDF and it let me download it a month ago. XD

I can't re-download it from Paizo's website, but I have it on my computer, so...

How did that happen?

Software bug?

They should begin shipping in an hour or so.

@Axel

Did they actually give us some dex to damage option in the form of a Feat/class ability?

Whatever it is, I hope it is possible for a non-human to pick it up at 1st level. I am tired of my dex characters doing 1/4th of the damage of a strength character at low levels, lol.

Man... I was a late subscriber, I wonder when I'll see it... I am CB initials though...

I just got my email 2 minutes ago. :D

Give it time.

Edit: OK, so... Pummeling Style basically fixes some of the issues with Monks. It's essentially Clustered Shot for Flurry attacks, but better. Any one critical threat during it can make the whole thing a critical hit, if confirmed.

And then there's Pummeling Charge. So Monks basically have access to Pounce now, though it all has to be directed against one target.