Updated with final cover image and description!
My oh my that is a fiery scimitar indeed!
:-)
So Shensen is left handed then?
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So a blue dragon that is fiendish, half-fiend, or devil infusion/possessed.
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Yay! This means I should hang my art and can now show it off!
We don't assign handiness to our characters, because often the art has to be flipped for various reasons. For the record, Shensen is right-handed, but she's badass and can stab with her left hand if she wants since the game doesn't model hand dominance. It's a non-action to switch a weapon to either hand anyway.
As for the dragon....
That's cool, I'm left handed so that's why it stood out, awesome cover all around :-)
Yay! This means I should hang my art and can now show it off!
We don't assign handiness to our characters, because often the art has to be flipped for various reasons. For the record, Shensen is right-handed, but she's badass and can stab with her left hand if she wants since the game doesn't model hand dominance. It's a non-action to switch a weapon to either hand anyway.
As for the dragon....
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** spoiler omitted **.Yay! This means I should hang my art and can now show it off!
We don't assign handiness to our characters, because often the art has to be flipped for various reasons. For the record, Shensen is right-handed, but she's badass and can stab with her left hand if she wants since the game doesn't model hand dominance. It's a non-action to switch a weapon to either hand anyway.
As for the dragon....
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That is FANTASTIC! Love that character and the cover. As if I did not want this bad enough already!
And there is a real song of protection in here!? HUZZAH! Masterpiece or Spell? Answering in a Spoiler would be fine, if I can get you to answer that!
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That is FANTASTIC! Love that character and the cover. As if I did not want this bad enough already!
And there is a real song of protection in here!? HUZZAH! Masterpiece or Spell? Answering in a Spoiler would be fine, if I can get you to answer that!
It's neither masterpiece NOR spell. It's something else (but it IS a song).
It's neither masterpiece NOR spell. It's something else (but it IS a song).That is FANTASTIC! Love that character and the cover. As if I did not want this bad enough already!
And there is a real song of protection in here!? HUZZAH! Masterpiece or Spell? Answering in a Spoiler would be fine, if I can get you to answer that!
Cryptic much? Thanks! Yet another reason this will be on my Christmas list!
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It's neither masterpiece NOR spell. It's something else (but it IS a song).
Anyone else noticing an inordinate amount of silver in the first book of this AP? I'm not talking about 'the Silver Ravens' or the nickname being 'the Silver City', but the actual metal silver. There's powdered silver dust, silver jewelry, silver flecked stonework, and I even thought the proportion of silver coins seemed higher than normal (though I didn't count it out).
Just wondering if there is going to be a reason for the characters to want to have a lot of silver available later on and/or if it has anything to do with the song (e.g. while song is performed all silver in the city radiates a magic circle against evil type effect - bad for devils/Cheliax).
You mean, they get silver-tongued while/by singing the song?
Ruyan.
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It's neither masterpiece NOR spell. It's something else (but it IS a song).Anyone else noticing an inordinate amount of silver in the first book of this AP? I'm not talking about 'the Silver Ravens' or the nickname being 'the Silver City', but the actual metal silver. There's powdered silver dust, silver jewelry, silver flecked stonework, and I even thought the proportion of silver coins seemed higher than normal (though I didn't count it out).
Just wondering if there is going to be a reason for the characters to want to have a lot of silver available later on and/or if it has anything to do with the song (e.g. while song is performed all silver in the city radiates a magic circle against evil type effect - bad for devils/Cheliax).
Silver is very much one of the themes in Hell's Rebels. Silver = Good in this adventure, essentially. Also, since silver (the ore) and silver salmon are two of Kintargo's big exports, and a third one being salt (that has a silvery sheen)... well... silver is the big theme for good overall, basically.
Remember: Lots of devils have damage reduction that's penetrated by silver!
It's neither masterpiece NOR spell. It's something else (but it IS a song).Anyone else noticing an inordinate amount of silver in the first book of this AP? I'm not talking about 'the Silver Ravens' or the nickname being 'the Silver City', but the actual metal silver. There's powdered silver dust, silver jewelry, silver flecked stonework, and I even thought the proportion of silver coins seemed higher than normal (though I didn't count it out).
Just wondering if there is going to be a reason for the characters to want to have a lot of silver available later on and/or if it has anything to do with the song (e.g. while song is performed all silver in the city radiates a magic circle against evil type effect - bad for devils/Cheliax).
Silver is very much one of the themes in Hell's Rebels. Silver = Good in this adventure, essentially. Also, since silver (the ore) and silver salmon are two of Kintargo's big exports, and a third one being salt (that has a silvery sheen)... well... silver is the big theme for good overall, basically.
Remember: Lots of devils have damage reduction that's penetrated by silver!
And I always wondered why I liked silver more than gold...now I know! :)
It's neither masterpiece NOR spell. It's something else (but it IS a song).Anyone else noticing an inordinate amount of silver in the first book of this AP? I'm not talking about 'the Silver Ravens' or the nickname being 'the Silver City', but the actual metal silver. There's powdered silver dust, silver jewelry, silver flecked stonework, and I even thought the proportion of silver coins seemed higher than normal (though I didn't count it out).
Just wondering if there is going to be a reason for the characters to want to have a lot of silver available later on and/or if it has anything to do with the song (e.g. while song is performed all silver in the city radiates a magic circle against evil type effect - bad for devils/Cheliax).
Silver is very much one of the themes in Hell's Rebels. Silver = Good in this adventure, essentially. Also, since silver (the ore) and silver salmon are two of Kintargo's big exports, and a third one being salt (that has a silvery sheen)... well... silver is the big theme for good overall, basically.
Remember: Lots of devils have damage reduction that's penetrated by silver!
If only there was a "Cold iron city" that was against demons. ;)
I can't wait to see what the bonus NPC/art is for Carrion Crown :DDDD
It would be amusing if House Thrune had already come up with the "cold iron city" idea (since they hate demons as much as good aligned people do), thereby indirectly providing inspiration for the people of Kintargo who are rebelling against them.
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It would be amusing if House Thrune had already come up with the "cold iron city" idea (since they hate demons as much as good aligned people do), thereby indirectly providing inspiration for the people of Kintargo who are rebelling against them.
Not quite true. The "Demons and Devils hate each other" trope is D&D, particularly arising from the Blood War, and we don't have that in our game, partially so as to avoid infringing on intellectual property (the Blood War), but mostly in an attempt to forge our own path in familiar territory. Thrune doesn't work with demons and they despise the chaos they bring, but they don't really go out of their way to fight them. They've got plenty more compelling things to do with their time.
Also, Kintargo doesn't need that kind of inspiration. They're pretty self-motivated.
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I would imagine that within days (and certainly weeks) this #100 issue will be arriving at Paizo's offices to await eventual shipment to subscribers and stores.
I remember receiving my copy of AP#1 in the mail, as a replacement for my then expired Dungeon subscription. While I wasn't angry about getting Pathfinder AP, I certainly wasn't happy about the end of Dungeon.
Eight years later and I am still not happy about the end of Dungeon, but at least I can be philosophical about it now. Moreover, if I had to choose between Pathfinder or Dungeon/Dragon, it would be Pathfinder a million times over. I'd make that choice awoken at 3:30 a.m., dead drunk. Every. Single. Time.
What a supremely *satisfying* moment this must have been for you all to ship this one off to the printer.
Congratulations to Lisa Stevens, Erik, James, Wes, Jason and the entire Paizo staff.
It would be amusing if House Thrune had already come up with the "cold iron city" idea (since they hate demons as much as good aligned people do), thereby indirectly providing inspiration for the people of Kintargo who are rebelling against them.
Not quite true. The "Demons and Devils hate each other" trope is D&D, particularly arising from the Blood War, and we don't have that in our game, partially so as to avoid infringing on intellectual property (the Blood War), but mostly in an attempt to forge our own path in familiar territory. Thrune doesn't work with demons and they despise the chaos they bring, but they don't really go out of their way to fight them. They've got plenty more compelling things to do with their time.
Also, Kintargo doesn't need that kind of inspiration. They're pretty self-motivated.
But I wasn't making any reference to how devils feel about demons -- I was referring to Chelaxian humans, formerly worshipers of the lawful neutral god emperor Aroden, among whom worship of any fiend other than Asmodeus presumably remains a capital crime. I would imagine that the only reason they haven't come up with any special methods for dealing with demons is that they haven't had to -- that, and their methods for dealing with azatas (other than "smite good") can be used against demons as well.
DECEMBER!!! O.O
What Happened?!!!!
Geez... December for part 4 really? I hope Bestiary 5 doesn't suffer the same error, fate and annoyance.
Maleficent is on the cover :)
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Let´s not forget this issue has 32 extra pages, a battlemap and more contributors than a normal issue of the AP line.
It´s understandable that this product takes a little longer to finish than normal.
The most important thing for me is that the quality is good so in this special case 28 days more waiting is ok in my book.
Also we get two issues for x-mas under the tree. ;-)
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This issue shifted due to some estimates we got back about it's estimated arrival in our warehouse. Once we have more concrete information, we'll alert folks about any potential doubled-up month as we generally do for these situations.
Guys let's not get too hung up on the December stuff, a lot of the previous November AP volume have been moved to December for various reasons (i think that it's usually the big sale), this one will also be moved (although for different reasons as it seems).
Runelord Sorshen.
After all, we now know that...
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We do?
OK, I gotta admit, that one seems pretty clear. :)
And the cover had a die cut "mirror" reflecting the viewer right back at themself as a result?
Someone just spoiled the ending to "The Iron Circle". All those poor monks, fighting to get to the book of ultimate wisdom do not like to be reminded of that particular bait and switch.
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I'm hoping every add on NPC is a Vancaskerkin :-)
Who is the NPC for Wrath of the Righteous?
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Who is the NPC for Wrath of the Righteous?It's still too early for me to comfortably spill the beans, but it's someone that's been named before somewhere else (other than Wrath of the Righteous).
Is it Iomedae? Ugh! Doesn't that b~@!* get enough attention!
Maybe I should Soundboard a bunch of adventurers....
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Who is the NPC for Wrath of the Righteous?
Ayavah, Magnimarian sculptor and heretic worshiper of Nocticula.
She's* also responsible for all those statues of entwined succubi that keep popping up in treasure hoards. ^_^
*("She" appears to be her preferred pronoun.)
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Who is the NPC for Wrath of the Righteous?It's still too early for me to comfortably spill the beans, but it's someone that's been named before somewhere else (other than Wrath of the Righteous).
In this case, Magnimar, City of Monuments and Pathfinder Adventure Path #62: Curse of the Lady's Light. ^_^
Awesome! What are her class levels and general role in the campaign?
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Awesome! What are her class levels and general role in the campaign?
She's also a heretic worshiper of Nocticula - she believes that Nocticula is a fallen empyreal lord who seeks redemption and ascension to (chaotic neutral) godhood. It's fascinating stuff.
For the record, the Easter Egg in City of Locusts is "Ayavah was right!" So... there's that. ^_^
What are the monsters in this?
We won't know that for quite awhile I'm sure, Kalindlara probably doesn't have the book yet, she's just a really, really good detective. :-)
Even subscribers will not get this until December 2, at the earliest.
Ohhh lol, I mindlessly assumed that the book was out because I saw spoiler-tags!
Sorry! Well my question still stands for December lol, and maybe some designers from the monsters could give a few hints ;-)
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In your defense, the book was originally slated for release this month, but slipped to December a week ago, or so.