Hm! More downtime rules for shops perhaps!?
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I hope we get a map of trade routes here. This should be an interesting book.
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I hope there's at least a few rules here that relate to the rather underutilized downtime system. That will never be the focus of the game, but it would be good to see a little something for it every now and then.
Dot.
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This feels like the perfect book for a follower of the Prophecies of Kalistrade...
Nice. Very interested
Trade routes from the Inner Sea to Tian Xia
I had hoped to see a product on the topic of trade, but in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting line. Oh well.
I can't say i'm really all that interested in fantasy economics. Will there be any archetypes in this?
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Eh, economy. How ordinary. Unless...
0.5 internets to the first who gets the reference.
If not, I'm happy if there is something neat in the centerfold. I like stuff such as the maps in the People of... series and Faiths & Philosophies.
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Eh, economy. How ordinary. Unless...
** spoiler omitted **If not, I'm happy if there is something neat in the centerfold. I like stuff such as the maps in the People of... series and Faiths & Philosophies.
I'm still hoping FFG decides to release a 5th edition using R&K but bringing in a few ideas from the Narrative Dice System.
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** spoiler omitted **
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Hoping it is similar to Dune Trader from the old Dark Sun Line.
I would like to one day see an actual world map of Golarion.
Creative Director
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On know direction awhile back James Jacobs discussed always wanting to do a golarian almanac. I wonder if this represents a development of more projects like that.
Getting an Inner Sea Almanac off the ground has been weirdly tough for lots of reasons I'm not gonna go into here. Having trade information in this book is one way to get that out there for folks without having to wait for an Almanac that may never actually happen to happen, though.
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The "Secret of My Success"...Golarion edition;)
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Umm, so bit late, but what book are you two referring to?
"...okay, that's enough about that. Now that we have scared away the easily bored people, it is time to get to the point. This is not a treatise on Rokugani trade. This is the Kolat sourcebook."
Kolat was the L5R version of the Illuminati/Hydra/freemasons. It was a consipiracy run by ordinary humans, with the intent to get rid of practically every divinely-inspired clan and concept that subjugated the peasants, including the entire samurai class and the Emperor. It was the most secretive organization in the entire setting. It had to be. If it became known, any other faction would have tried to exterminate it forthwith.
I think it was a fairly late addition to the setting. It gave the metaplot a severe kick, revealing some important NPCs as secret masters behind the Kolat. A rough comparison would be a Pathfinder sourcebook that revealed that Razmir was set up by Rahadoum to discredit religion, or that Abigail Thrune I was actually a priestess of Calistria who sacrificed herself to get Hell to overextend itself in order to get revenge for some slight that happened when Rovagug was being wrangled into Golarion.
I liked most L5R sourcebooks. Especially Way of the Shadow, which still creeps me out.
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I can't wait for this! I love these kind of books. I've always wanted to do a campaign where the characters establish their own merchant house and trade empire form the ground up. A mix of the travels of Marco Polo and the rise of the Medici and similar families during the Renaissance.
Books like this are instabuy for me.
SM
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I think you might be having unrealistic expectations if you are expecting more realistic economy simulation ._.
I mean, I'm pretty sure its not possible to turn game mechanic adventurer economy into realistic one <_<
t be fair 'll be happy if it just rebalances the prices of trade goods, a pound of black pepper should not be cheaper than a chicken in the sort of economy Golarion has and I'm more looking for details on orchestrating trade deals anyway.
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James,
Will we get either a list of key trade routes or a couple of map pages (for avistan and garund) with directional arrows and names of goods?
I'm hoping to get at least a macro idea of traded goods/routes for an Andoran campaign I'm working on, and would like to know a little more than 'lumber goes from Falcon's Hollow to Augustana and Almas'... (I have Guide to DMV, Andoran CS, etc.)
Thanks,
Zanzibaran
P.S. I vote for the almanac too. Even with the CS and Guide to DMV, there's a vast amount of NPC daily life I'll have to invent session by session and track for consistency...
On know direction awhile back James Jacobs discussed always wanting to do a golarian almanac. I wonder if this represents a development of more projects like that.Getting an Inner Sea Almanac off the ground has been weirdly tough for lots of reasons I'm not gonna go into here. Having trade information in this book is one way to get that out there for folks without having to wait for an Almanac that may never actually happen to happen, though.
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Count me as one of those who are interested in this one!
Major trade routes (including which commodities get traded in which direction) would be good.
Do we have a PF city stat block for Absalom? IIRC, the one in Guide to Absalom was a 3.5 stat block, and I don't recall having seen a more recent one. (Please let me know if such exists, and where to find it!)
Naturally, PF city stat blocks for other cities are also welcome. What about Darklands trade hubs?
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Now that's a mighty fine cover. ^_^
Nice new cover.
The updated product description has got me interested in this one now.
Nice cover. :) That blue cloak really suits Kyra. :) Also yes, this sounds even more interesting than previously thought.
Indeed, very nice cover.
Kyra does not seem certain about that blue cloak, however.
Wow, definitely much more interested now. Still a month away though and that takes some getting used to...
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I’ve found Occultist to be remarkably useful as a merchant class- they automatically identify items, as well as getting a bit of history (useful for telling if something is looted off a fresh body). I’m hoping they get some love, but Silksworn is sufficient if not.
I'm cautiously optimistic. The last time there was a companion book focused on (for lack of a better description) purely roleplay scenarios it turned out surprisingly well.
Oh hell yes! I'd just created a merchant character, I'd love to see what kind of archetypes will be available! I'm guessing maybe Alchemists and Rogues, potentially Druids, Witches... I'd love to see one for the Mesmerist, but it's doubtful! Other than that, I'm glad to see some stuff for Tian Xia- could we potentially be getting more official stuff from there in future? ;D
Got my Pending notice! PDFs should begin arriving next week.
This seems like it might be similar to the Adventurer's Armory books with respect to new 'stuff' but giving us background on the people/locations these things come from. Excited to see it!
looks like PDF arrival dates are missing from the new website? I just see the order button.
A book about merchants? And its a player companion? Oh please let there be anything in there that makes item crafting more wonderful! That is all I want at this point.