Pathfinder Adventure Path #109: In Search of Sanity (Strange Aeons 1 of 6) (PFRPG)

Blackfingers wrote:

The only support article I see listed is "details on the Mythos" - is that a double length article, or have you just not revealed what the other one is? Also, this looks incredible! Pretty neat to see Schneider start off two AP's after his long break from writing adventures.

It is indeed a double length article about the gods of the Elder Mythos; it details, IIRC, 6 Outer Gods and 14 Great Old Ones. Can't remember off the top of my head, but there's more Great Old Ones than Outer Gods for sure... A LOT of new ones too. Both "new" in that they're familiar creatures from the mythos, and "new" in that they're actually brand new.

Look at the article we did on the Osirion deities back in Mummy's Mask for an example of how it'll be organized.

I'd thought I wasn't going to be able to do much with this one other than outline the AP itself, but it turns out that I get to write most of the backmatter articles and a LOT of the monsters fro the AP... yay! But even better is working with the fine folks at Chaosium to get some cross-promotional stuff going on!

F~$*! YEAH!

This was awesome to wake up to!

In which nation will take place this AP?

Locations will include...

I like the premise of the start of the adventure. Like oldskool A4 In the Dungeons of the Slavelords or Tunnels and Trolls Naked Doom but with more chaos. And insanity. I was already interested in Strange Aeons despite my general disinterest in Cthulhu-esqueries.

Well done Paizo. I look forward to this even more than Iron Gods, which I ultimately found wanting. I'm unsure whether I want to play or run this more...

I can't wait for this to be released. I haven't gotten to play in a campaign for ages, only GM, but one of my players is willing to GM this in the fall, so I'll finally get to play again.

When do the player guides normally get released?

I can't wait for this to be released. I haven't gotten to play in a campaign for ages, only GM, but one of my players is willing to GM this in the fall, so I'll finally get to play again.

When do the player guides normally get released?

Usually in the same month as the first volume. They aim for the street date of the volume, but delays have been known to happen.

A start like Planescape: Torment? Argh, the temptation...

artemis_segundo wrote:

In which nation will take place this AP?

Locations will include...

** spoiler omitted **

Eyup, definitely getting this for those reasons.

I can't wait to read those articles.

Hunter of Shadows is Rising!

I subscribed for Hell's Vengeance. I'm staying for Strange Aeons!

I don't want to rush the year, but my little gug self can't wait for this!!!

Fearless wretch

Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea...

I was thinking more along the lines of Welcome Home (Sanitarium). :P

Dragon78 wrote:

Does this mean that the players will start with some madness or insanity?

That's exactly what it means. (That being a variant form of amnesia. MAYBE something more... you'll need to wait and see for more details!)

Maybe campaign traits will depend on the form of amnesia your character developed. With strange benefits coming from having a different perception of reality :-)

One gaze was all it took
She gave me
The Innsmouth look

Uh, sorry. Wrong song. Nevertheless, good going guys. This is going to be one of those tormenting AP's which you both hunger to read and want to play in.

Darklands AP next!

I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals
I'm breaking in, shaping up
Checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse

Nothing is more fabulous then C'thullu purple.

Everybody's cute! Even me. But in purple, I'm stunning!

Another vote for Cthulhu purple as the color scheme.

With this and the Ravenloft resurgence, this is pretty much the Year of Horror!

How soon will get a list of the various installments and writers for each AP?

Ooooh, waking up with amnesia in an asylum? More than Torment, I'm getting some strong Sanitarium vibes here!

How soon will get a list of the various installments and writers for each AP?

#2 The Thrushmore Terror by Crystal Frasier

#3 Dreams of the Yellow King by Mike Shel

#4 The Whisper out of Time by Richard Pett

#5 What grows within by John Compton

#6 Black Stars beckon by Jim Groves

How is this mythos article different from that from Carrion Crown?

A solid list of writers. Although it would have been cool if Paizo had brought in Sandy Petersen himself to write one of the installments.

jeuce wrote:

Fearless wretch

Insanity
He watches
Lurking beneath the sea...

I was thinking more along the lines of Welcome Home (Sanitarium). :P

Now I have to play that one too! :p ;)

Auxmaulous wrote:

How soon will get a list of the various installments and writers for each AP?

#2 The Thrushmore Terror by Crystal Frasier

Rampaging Were-Corgi!?

Another vote for Cthulhu purple as the color scheme.

Given this:

Surprise! That's a final cover. No mock up here!

(At least as far as I know, and as the developer, I'm pretty sure that's final unless some minor tweaking goes on before it ships to the printer.)

I don't think any change of colour is likely. Typically we get a rough mock-up and then wait about three months to see the final cover. It looks as if Adam and the design team are messing about with the natural order of things...

...which given the theme of this AP, is entirely right and proper.

With this and the Ravenloft resurgence, this is pretty much the Year of Horror!

Don't forget Horror Adventures! Whoot! :D

Marco Massoudi wrote:

Auxmaulous wrote:

How soon will get a list of the various installments and writers for each AP?

#2 The Thrushmore Terror by Crystal Frasier

Rampaging Were-Corgi!?

Well, duh! :D

I can't wait to find out what the articles for the next volumes will be.

#3 Dreams of the Yellow King by Mike Shel

#4 The Whisper out of Time by Richard Pett

I don't think I'll sub the AP, but the above two entries sound interesting and I like Pett and Shel's prior work. Maybe I'll pick these two up at the store when they come out.

Thanks for the list!

How is this mythos article different from that from Carrion Crown?

I expect more details will be given on each Diety, and there will be twice as many of them. If it's a double sized article, we may even be looking at a full page for each Power.

Wake of the Watcher article was bigger than normal, with an expanded Bestiary.

Auxmaulous wrote:

How soon will get a list of the various installments and writers for each AP?

#2 The Thrushmore Terror by Crystal Frasier

#3 Dreams of the Yellow King by Mike Shel

#4 The Whisper out of Time by Richard Pett

#5 What grows within by John Compton

#6 Black Stars beckon by Jim Groves

This was the line up when we announced the Adventure Path at GenCon, but between then and now things have changed a bit. The Thrushmoor Terror is by Tito Leati and Dreams of the Yellow King is by Ron Lundeen.

I think my mind just correlated all its contents.

This was the line up when we announced the Adventure Path at GenCon, but between then and now things have changed a bit. The Thrushmoor Terror is by Tito Leati and Dreams of the Yellow King is by Ron Lundeen.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

A second all-male AP in a row. :(

Still be getting it though.

I am so immensely excited for this. My regular pathfinder gaming group played Cthulhu 7E a few months ago and absolutely loved it, so when this campaign comes out, we'll definitely run it. We're playing Iron Gods at the moment, and I'd say well wrap up just in time.

James Jacobs wrote:

Blackfingers wrote:

The only support article I see listed is "details on the Mythos" - is that a double length article, or have you just not revealed what the other one is? Also, this looks incredible! Pretty neat to see Schneider start off two AP's after his long break from writing adventures.

It is indeed a double length article about the gods of the Elder Mythos; it details, IIRC, 6 Outer Gods and 14 Great Old Ones. Can't remember off the top of my head, but there's more Great Old Ones than Outer Gods for sure... A LOT of new ones too. Both "new" in that they're familiar creatures from the mythos, and "new" in that they're actually brand new.

Look at the article we did on the Osirion deities back in Mummy's Mask for an example of how it'll be organized.

I'd thought I wasn't going to be able to do much with this one other than outline the AP itself, but it turns out that I get to write most of the backmatter articles and a LOT of the monsters fro the AP... yay! But even better is working with the fine folks at Chaosium to get some cross-promotional stuff going on!

Is working with Chaosium one of your secret projects?

Nope. That info has been out there more or less since last Gen Con.

How is this mythos article different from that from Carrion Crown?

It's longer. Has twice as many gods. Focuses EXCLUSIVELY on them, in the same format as the article we did in Mummy's Mask.

So it's essentially deity write-ups in the same format as the Mummy's Mask ones, presenting a pantheon with all the mechanical stuff?

Luckily one of the other members of my group is down for DMing this so I get to play in it. Really looking forward to this one.

Will it have art for every other deity like the Mummy's Mask article?

Will it have art for every other deity like the Mummy's Mask article?

The Demented Artist archetype is based on the poor souls that were hired to draw those ;-)

I get to play this one!

SO. JAZZED.

Chaotic Good Desnan/Yog-Sothoth syncretist whose "sanity" is purely notional? Possibly. Quite possibly.

Huh. Will we be getting the Old Cults divine obedience and boons?

Ooooh, waking up with amnesia in an asylum? More than Torment, I'm getting some strong Sanitarium vibes here!

Unfortunately, my players would probably play it like Nine Princes in Amber. They don't get into the horror vibe.

This sounds AWESOME!

Marco Massoudi wrote:

Auxmaulous wrote:

How soon will get a list of the various installments and writers for each AP?

#2 The Thrushmore Terror by Crystal Frasier

#3 Dreams of the Yellow King by Mike Shel

#4 The Whisper out of Time by Richard Pett

#5 What grows within by John Compton

#6 Black Stars beckon by Jim Groves

This was the line up when we announced the Adventure Path at GenCon, but between then and now things have changed a bit. The Thrushmoor Terror is by Tito Leati and Dreams of the Yellow King is by Ron Lundeen.

So... no Were-Corgis? ;_;

So it's essentially deity write-ups in the same format as the Mummy's Mask ones, presenting a pantheon with all the mechanical stuff?

Pretty much, yup. Focusing on flavor but with the worshiper info, which is more or less aimed at NPCs since, you know... Elder Mythos.

Will it have art for every other deity like the Mummy's Mask article?

Yup. Focusing on ones we haven't yet done art for or won't be doing art for later in the AP.

Huh. Will we be getting the Old Cults divine obedience and boons?

Not in that article, no. Boons and obediences like that take up WAY too much space. That said, I have it on good authority that the AP will have a couple of other articles that might help out there. For NPCs, of course, cause you know. Elder Mythos.

So the solution is simple. Everybody play NPCs!

So the solution is simple. Everybody play NPCs!

I never play anything else.