paizo.com Recent Posts in Pathfinder Lost Omens: World Guide Discussionpaizo.com Recent Posts in Pathfinder Lost Omens: World Guide Discussion2024-03-08T18:10:48Z2024-03-08T18:10:48ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideWilliam Novahttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5482023-02-14T07:20:03Z2023-02-14T07:20:03Z<p>I ordered a copy of this from Amazon hoping it would include the errata from the FAQ; now looking over the PDF which was included in the Humble Bundle, I see the errata hasn't been added there, so I assume there hasn't been a physical 2nd printing of the WG.</p>
<p>Can anyone from Paizo let me know here when plans for errata'd PDFs and a second physical printing for this book is releasing?</p>I ordered a copy of this from Amazon hoping it would include the errata from the FAQ; now looking over the PDF which was included in the Humble Bundle, I see the errata hasn't been added there, so I assume there hasn't been a physical 2nd printing of the WG.
Can anyone from Paizo let me know here when plans for errata'd PDFs and a second physical printing for this book is releasing?William Nova2023-02-14T07:20:03ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World Guidekeftiuhttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5472023-01-22T23:22:41Z2023-01-13T23:38:50Z<p>The PDF of this product is currently free with the code "OpenGaming" through the 25th!</p>The PDF of this product is currently free with the code "OpenGaming" through the 25th!keftiu2023-01-13T23:38:50ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideVerBeeker (alias of Lucas VerBeek)https://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5462023-01-01T18:16:31Z2023-01-01T18:16:31Z<p>If you want a •deep• delve into lore of Golarion, I’d argue reading the Mwangi Expanse, Absalom or Impossible Lands books, the former in my opinion being the best of the lot, though Absalom got my conspiracy fiction Brain cooking on over drive.</p>If you want a *deep* delve into lore of Golarion, I’d argue reading the Mwangi Expanse, Absalom or Impossible Lands books, the former in my opinion being the best of the lot, though Absalom got my conspiracy fiction Brain cooking on over drive.VerBeeker (alias of Lucas VerBeek)2023-01-01T18:16:31ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideRed Metalhttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5452023-01-01T16:50:11Z2023-01-01T16:50:11Z<p>Is there a full version of the picture of Trietta Ricia on page 76 anywhere, and if so, where can I find it?</p>Is there a full version of the picture of Trietta Ricia on page 76 anywhere, and if so, where can I find it?Red Metal2023-01-01T16:50:11ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World Guidekeftiuhttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5442022-08-31T10:24:21Z2022-08-30T21:13:14Z<p>It's definitely more of a guide to how things have changed than a thorough setting primer - but it was enough to convert me, a new fan who came in with 2e, into a total lore hound. I appreciated having a starting point without the more edgy tone or problematic presentation of the older sources.</p>
<p>Starting with Vidrian, and then going back to the pretty heinous 1e writing on Sargava and the wider Mwangi, was definitely preferable to just wallowing in the racist colonial perspective, for instance.</p>It's definitely more of a guide to how things have changed than a thorough setting primer - but it was enough to convert me, a new fan who came in with 2e, into a total lore hound. I appreciated having a starting point without the more edgy tone or problematic presentation of the older sources.
Starting with Vidrian, and then going back to the pretty heinous 1e writing on Sargava and the wider Mwangi, was definitely preferable to just wallowing in the racist colonial perspective, for instance.keftiu2022-08-30T21:13:14ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideGrumpus (RPG Superstar 2014 Top 32)https://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5432022-08-30T20:50:54Z2022-08-30T17:30:00Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Leon Aquilla wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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So if you are looking to get into Pathfinder 2e, I would strongly urge you to buy the Inner Sea World Guide PDF as well, or else you'll be making a lot of stuff up on the fly. </blockquote><p>Plus the individual maps of each nation are incredibly useful even if a very small number of geographical changes have occurred from then to the current timeline.Leon Aquilla wrote:So if you are looking to get into Pathfinder 2e, I would strongly urge you to buy the Inner Sea World Guide PDF as well, or else you'll be making a lot of stuff up on the fly.
Plus the individual maps of each nation are incredibly useful even if a very small number of geographical changes have occurred from then to the current timeline.Grumpus (RPG Superstar 2014 Top 32)2022-08-30T17:30:00ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideLeon Aquillahttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5422023-02-14T07:21:00Z2022-08-30T16:32:35Z<p>Just wanted to re-iterate here, as I've mentioned in my review that unless you need a bridge from PF1 to PF2, this is not a good "World Guide" to purchase. Some areas of the Inner Sea get incredibly short shrift. </p>
<p>Razmiran for example, a perfect place to set an adventure where almost everybody in authority needs killing gets cut from 2000 words in Inner Sea World Guide to just over 500 in Lost Omens World Guide. And 250 of those are basically bringing you up to speed. Absolutely zero words are spent on the geography or places of interest. If you wanted to actually set an adventure in it, it's near worthless.</p>
<p>This is repeated with several different locations. </p>
<p>So if you are looking to get into Pathfinder 2e, I would strongly urge you to buy the Inner Sea World Guide PDF as well, or else you'll be making a lot of stuff up on the fly.</p>Just wanted to re-iterate here, as I've mentioned in my review that unless you need a bridge from PF1 to PF2, this is not a good "World Guide" to purchase. Some areas of the Inner Sea get incredibly short shrift.
Razmiran for example, a perfect place to set an adventure where almost everybody in authority needs killing gets cut from 2000 words in Inner Sea World Guide to just over 500 in Lost Omens World Guide. And 250 of those are basically bringing you up to speed. Absolutely zero words...Leon Aquilla2022-08-30T16:32:35ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideEd Repperthttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5412022-08-30T19:35:27Z2022-08-30T15:40:32Z<p>The latter.</p>The latter.Ed Reppert2022-08-30T15:40:32ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideKKuronihttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5402022-08-30T11:13:26Z2022-08-30T11:13:26Z<p>LAKE ENCATHAN?(On the poster map)
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LAKE ENCARTHAN?(In my memory)
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Which one is correct?</p>LAKE ENCATHAN?(On the poster map)
LAKE ENCARTHAN?(In my memory)
Which one is correct?KKuroni2022-08-30T11:13:26ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideWolf Munroehttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5392021-01-17T03:17:28Z2021-01-17T03:17:28Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Darth Game Master wrote:</div><blockquote> There are 2 pages at the end of every regional chapter with backgrounds and an archetype for that area. Nearly 140 pages long with 10 regional chapters, so about 6/7 or 86% setting material and 1/7 or 14% mechanics. </blockquote><p>Thanks.
<p>That doesn't sound that bad.</p>Darth Game Master wrote:There are 2 pages at the end of every regional chapter with backgrounds and an archetype for that area. Nearly 140 pages long with 10 regional chapters, so about 6/7 or 86% setting material and 1/7 or 14% mechanics.
Thanks. That doesn't sound that bad.Wolf Munroe2021-01-17T03:17:28ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideDarth Game Masterhttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5382021-01-17T00:23:18Z2021-01-17T00:23:18Z<p>There are 2 pages at the end of every regional chapter with backgrounds and an archetype for that area. Nearly 140 pages long with 10 regional chapters, so about 6/7 or 86% setting material and 1/7 or 14% mechanics.</p>There are 2 pages at the end of every regional chapter with backgrounds and an archetype for that area. Nearly 140 pages long with 10 regional chapters, so about 6/7 or 86% setting material and 1/7 or 14% mechanics.Darth Game Master2021-01-17T00:23:18ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideWolf Munroehttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5372021-01-16T19:39:07Z2021-01-16T19:39:07Z<p>Apologies if this has been asked before (this thread is 10 pages long)...</p>
<p>How system-neutral is this book? As in, what rough percentage of the book is 2e mechanical content and what percentage is non-mechanical setting content? </p>
<p>I like the Inner Sea setting but don't use it with Pathfinder2e, so I'm trying to gauge how much value I would get from this.</p>Apologies if this has been asked before (this thread is 10 pages long)...
How system-neutral is this book? As in, what rough percentage of the book is 2e mechanical content and what percentage is non-mechanical setting content?
I like the Inner Sea setting but don't use it with Pathfinder2e, so I'm trying to gauge how much value I would get from this.Wolf Munroe2021-01-16T19:39:07ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideThe Only Sheet (alias of RiTz21)https://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5362020-03-12T13:48:13Z2020-03-12T13:48:13Z<p>I am happy to announce that support for this Book has been added in the powerful <b>TOS 2nd PRO edition</b> tool!</p>
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The Only SheetThe Only Sheet (alias of RiTz21)2020-03-12T13:48:13ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideOCEANSHIELDWOLPF 2.0 (alias of Oceanshieldwolf)https://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5352019-10-23T01:38:41Z2019-10-23T01:38:41Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">James Jacobs wrote:</div><blockquote> NPCS are characters too. It's in their very name! </blockquote><p>Thanks James, good point. I do love NPCs so...James Jacobs wrote:NPCS are characters too. It's in their very name!
Thanks James, good point. I do love NPCs so...OCEANSHIELDWOLPF 2.0 (alias of Oceanshieldwolf)2019-10-23T01:38:41ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideOCEANSHIELDWOLPF 2.0 (alias of Oceanshieldwolf)https://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5342019-10-23T01:36:58Z2019-10-23T01:36:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Rysky wrote:</div><blockquote><p> They are for Creature building, not for PCs.</p>
<p>And it's more that they're tied to the Organizations in the book, and they only take up a small part. </blockquote><p>I'd rather they take up a big part! ;) Like I said, I'm not worried which book they are in, just want to know where to find stuff in hardcover/PDF.Rysky wrote:They are for Creature building, not for PCs.
And it's more that they're tied to the Organizations in the book, and they only take up a small part.
I'd rather they take up a big part! ;) Like I said, I'm not worried which book they are in, just want to know where to find stuff in hardcover/PDF.OCEANSHIELDWOLPF 2.0 (alias of Oceanshieldwolf)2019-10-23T01:36:58ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideRyskyhttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5332019-10-23T05:02:51Z2019-10-23T01:35:25Z<p>Touché, Directorsaur.</p>Touché, Directorsaur.Rysky2019-10-23T01:35:25ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideJames Jacobs (Creative Director)https://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5322019-10-26T23:15:20Z2019-10-23T01:25:04Z<p>NPCS are characters too. It's in their very name!</p>NPCS are characters too. It's in their very name!James Jacobs (Creative Director)2019-10-23T01:25:04ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideRyskyhttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5312019-10-23T01:23:54Z2019-10-23T01:23:54Z<p>They are for Creature building, not for PCs.</p>
<p>And it's more that they're tied to the Organizations in the book, and they only take up a small part.</p>They are for Creature building, not for PCs.
And it's more that they're tied to the Organizations in the book, and they only take up a small part.Rysky2019-10-23T01:23:54ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideOCEANSHIELDWOLPF 2.0 (alias of Oceanshieldwolf)https://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5302019-10-23T01:13:47Z2019-10-23T01:13:47Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Luis Loza wrote:</div><blockquote> Lost Omens Character Guide will have theme templates to help give abilities to creatures in such a fashion. LOCG only covers templates for the organizations, but we will feature theme templates again where it makes sense, such as Gods and Magic. </blockquote><p>Are these options then for characters that can also be applied universally? It feels counter-intuitive to find options to alter monsters/creatures in a Character Guide. I'm not complaining, just wanting to gauge what books tk be on the lookout for and in which format.Luis Loza wrote:Lost Omens Character Guide will have theme templates to help give abilities to creatures in such a fashion. LOCG only covers templates for the organizations, but we will feature theme templates again where it makes sense, such as Gods and Magic.
Are these options then for characters that can also be applied universally? It feels counter-intuitive to find options to alter monsters/creatures in a Character Guide. I'm not complaining, just wanting to gauge what books tk be on...OCEANSHIELDWOLPF 2.0 (alias of Oceanshieldwolf)2019-10-23T01:13:47ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideOCEANSHIELDWOLPF 2.0 (alias of Oceanshieldwolf)https://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5292019-10-23T08:53:56Z2019-10-23T01:10:13Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Steve Geddes wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Asgetrion wrote:</div><blockquote>I visited Fantasiapelit (my FLGS) yesterday, and they had got a few copies of the second edition [i]core rulebook[/], but not the SE books. I had a longer discussion with the staff, and they said this is a typical scenario. For example, they order 60 copies of a book from Asmodee, and usually get approx. 10% of the amount they ordered, in this case 6 books all in all. And it's not just books or Paizo products, it's pretty much the same with stuff from every major publisher. They suspected that it's about Asmodee Europe handling wholesale and distribution; either they order too few copies of each product and/or too infrequently. It's been a huge change since Asmodee started doing that, and it has affected product availability in a profound way. </blockquote><p>We have a similar issue in Australia (more broadly than just Paizo products) where there's one big national distributor and they fill the big stores in Sydney and Melbourne, then ration what they have left amongst the rest of the country.
<p>I don't quite understand why they don't just order more - my suspicion is that the big retail stores place timid orders then when they hear good news closer to the street date ask for some extras from the distributor. Whatever the reason, it's frustrating in a <b>small backwater city</b>. </blockquote><p>Ha! Don't tell anyone in Adelaide you said that!!!Steve Geddes wrote:Asgetrion wrote:I visited Fantasiapelit (my FLGS) yesterday, and they had got a few copies of the second edition [i]core rulebook[/], but not the SE books. I had a longer discussion with the staff, and they said this is a typical scenario. For example, they order 60 copies of a book from Asmodee, and usually get approx. 10% of the amount they ordered, in this case 6 books all in all. And it's not just books or Paizo products, it's pretty much the same with stuff from[/i]...OCEANSHIELDWOLPF 2.0 (alias of Oceanshieldwolf)2019-10-23T01:10:13ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideAsgetrionhttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5282019-10-14T05:30:45Z2019-10-14T05:30:45Z<p>Jeff, I don't know if it sped up the process or not, but a few days after your last post I noticed that the SE Corebook is on its way to Finland, and I finally got it at my FLGS the day before yesterday! So my humble thanks again! :D</p>
<p>And you were right; it's actually Alliance that handles wholesale and distribution of all the Paizo stuff for Fantasiapelit (they do get FFG stuff from Asmodee, though). Sorry for the confusion, I probably misunderstood what they tried to tell me at Fantasiapelit.</p>
<p>There's still no information about when they'll get <i>Druma : Profit and Prophecy</i>, though. :/</p>Jeff, I don't know if it sped up the process or not, but a few days after your last post I noticed that the SE Corebook is on its way to Finland, and I finally got it at my FLGS the day before yesterday! So my humble thanks again! :D
And you were right; it's actually Alliance that handles wholesale and distribution of all the Paizo stuff for Fantasiapelit (they do get FFG stuff from Asmodee, though). Sorry for the confusion, I probably misunderstood what they tried to tell me at
...Asgetrion2019-10-14T05:30:45ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideSteve Geddeshttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5272019-11-11T15:02:58Z2019-10-05T08:24:32Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Ed Reppert wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Fumarole wrote:</div><blockquote>… valuing the books at a price per page is a terrible way to go about it. </blockquote>In the card game bridge, there is an apocryphal story about a player who, staying with some big name expert (possibly Edgar Kaplan, not sure) was examining his host's library and found a book entitled <i>Bidding After You Have Preempted.</i> (A preempt is a bid made with a long suit and a weak hand, intended to take away bidding space from the opponents so that they will hopefully get to the wrong contract.) Curious, he opened the book, to find it contained three hundred pages, all blank. :-) </blockquote><p>That sounds like a Kaplan story.Ed Reppert wrote:Fumarole wrote:… valuing the books at a price per page is a terrible way to go about it.
In the card game bridge, there is an apocryphal story about a player who, staying with some big name expert (possibly Edgar Kaplan, not sure) was examining his host's library and found a book entitled Bidding After You Have Preempted. (A preempt is a bid made with a long suit and a weak hand, intended to take away bidding space from the opponents so that they will hopefully get to the...Steve Geddes2019-10-05T08:24:32ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideJoanahttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5262019-10-05T17:25:08Z2019-10-04T15:06:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Fumarole wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Fromper wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I haven't read all 500+ posts in this thread to see if this has been addressed yet, but I have to ask: Why are these books so expensive? </p>
<p>136 pages for $37 (or $35 in the case of the next one, Lost Omen Character Guide) is nearly twice the price per page of what Paizo used to charge for hardcovers in 1st edition. Compare to 256 page books like Ultimate Combat or Advanced Race Guide, which are only $45 hardcover today, and I swear I remember them being only $40 when they were new.</blockquote>It has been discussed, at length, and I would advise you to go read those threads rather that start it all over again here. Long story short - these hardcovers are <i>not</i> monthly, and valuing the books at a price per page is a terrible way to go about it. </blockquote><p><a href="https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42quz?On-PDF-pricing#1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is one of those threads, and <a href="https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42rmq?PDF-pricing-and-PFS" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a> is another.
<p>If you want to link directly to responses from Paizo on the issue, try <a href="https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42quz&page=2?On-PDF-pricing#91" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42quz&page=3?On-PDF-pricing#102" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42quz&page=3?On-PDF-pricing#109" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42rmq&page=2?PDF-pricing-and-PFS#60" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>Fumarole wrote:Fromper wrote:I haven't read all 500+ posts in this thread to see if this has been addressed yet, but I have to ask: Why are these books so expensive?
136 pages for $37 (or $35 in the case of the next one, Lost Omen Character Guide) is nearly twice the price per page of what Paizo used to charge for hardcovers in 1st edition. Compare to 256 page books like Ultimate Combat or Advanced Race Guide, which are only $45 hardcover today, and I swear I remember them being only $40...Joana2019-10-04T15:06:58ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideEd Repperthttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5252019-10-05T08:23:57Z2019-10-04T14:48:15Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Fumarole wrote:</div><blockquote>… valuing the books at a price per page is a terrible way to go about it. </blockquote><p>In the card game bridge, there is an apocryphal story about a player who, staying with some big name expert (possibly Edgar Kaplan, not sure) was examining his host's library and found a book entitled <i>Bidding After You Have Preempted.</i> (A preempt is a bid made with a long suit and a weak hand, intended to take away bidding space from the opponents so that they will hopefully get to the wrong contract.) Curious, he opened the book, to find it contained three hundred pages, all blank. :-)Fumarole wrote:… valuing the books at a price per page is a terrible way to go about it.
In the card game bridge, there is an apocryphal story about a player who, staying with some big name expert (possibly Edgar Kaplan, not sure) was examining his host's library and found a book entitled Bidding After You Have Preempted. (A preempt is a bid made with a long suit and a weak hand, intended to take away bidding space from the opponents so that they will hopefully get to the wrong contract.)...Ed Reppert2019-10-04T14:48:15ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Lost Omens: World GuideFumarolehttps://paizo.com/products/btq01zoj/discuss&page=11?Pathfinder-Lost-Omens-World-Guide#5242019-10-04T17:22:53Z2019-10-04T13:11:06Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Fromper wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I haven't read all 500+ posts in this thread to see if this has been addressed yet, but I have to ask: Why are these books so expensive? </p>
<p>136 pages for $37 (or $35 in the case of the next one, Lost Omen Character Guide) is nearly twice the price per page of what Paizo used to charge for hardcovers in 1st edition. Compare to 256 page books like Ultimate Combat or Advanced Race Guide, which are only $45 hardcover today, and I swear I remember them being only $40 when they were new.</blockquote><p>It has been discussed, at length, and I would advise you to go read those threads rather that start it all over again here. Long story short - these hardcovers are <i>not</i> monthly, and valuing the books at a price per page is a terrible way to go about it.Fromper wrote:I haven't read all 500+ posts in this thread to see if this has been addressed yet, but I have to ask: Why are these books so expensive?
136 pages for $37 (or $35 in the case of the next one, Lost Omen Character Guide) is nearly twice the price per page of what Paizo used to charge for hardcovers in 1st edition. Compare to 256 page books like Ultimate Combat or Advanced Race Guide, which are only $45 hardcover today, and I swear I remember them being only $40 when they were
...Fumarole2019-10-04T13:11:06Z