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So we are up against Mengkare indeed! That suspicious cousin of mine. It will be interesting to known more about his country - a dragon ruled utopia - Promise.
"Broken Premises", now I get it! =D
... Wait, a manifestation of a god?
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I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG.
Dagnabbit :D
In retrospect, this explain the "Or convince them they are in wrong" comment from paizocon. I did have hard time remembering red dragon villains open to diplomacy
I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG.
All hail Toothy-Bag!
PF2 has six ancestries/races, so it would be strange for them not to follow through on that theme if they begin the adventure path with it.
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The themes for the advetnures are just that—themes. I gave the themes to each author as a thing to guide the writing of the adventure, but that doesn't mean that these themes are overwhelming.
BUT for the curious, the themes are...
2: Elves
3: Halflings
4: Dwarves
5: Gnomes
6: Humans
I know the cover art we see here isn't final, but I notice the last few are missing any of the iconics. Can we expect that to change in the final versions?
I know the cover art we see here isn't final, but I notice the last few are missing any of the iconics. Can we expect that to change in the final versions?
Yes? Taking the first two volumes, which actually have the final cover, we can say the iconic characters are still going to make their appearance in each of the covers.
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"Violent dragon god?"
Mengkare's in an alliance with Dahak?
Well, that's not good.
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"Violent dragon god?"
Mengkare's in an alliance with Dahak?
Well, that's not good.
Exact details on how all this plays out will be in the AP, but suffice to say the brief summary above is NOT the whole story. It's a lot more complicated.
But you got the last line right; it's certainly not GOOD!
This is about as far from good as one can get without involving either the Hordes of the Abyss, or the ride of the Four Horsemen...
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Looking at the new information in the AP summary and background information in Hellknight Hlll, the thing that comes very strongly to mind is; will there be support for running this chapter for PCs who find Mengkare's position sympathetic?
Not specifically. We don't want to make his plan sympathetic, honestly, but...
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Yeah, I don't think his methods are sympathetic, I could understand sympathizing with his background though.
Those are two VERY different things. There will absolutely be opportunities for the PCs to learn about his background, and thus to sympathize with him, and potentially find a better solution.
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Lol. I guess now that Sutter’s bowed out, Jacob’s finally won the great “what is Mengkare’s alignment?” contest. Somewhere out there, Sutter is shaking his fist screaming “...and I would’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling dinosaurs!”
It was my understanding that the dinosaur got the frog's seal of approval for the story arc.
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It was my understanding that the dinosaur got the frog's seal of approval for the story arc.
Mostly.
I let Sutter know what the plans were for the Adventure Path and he got a kick out of them, but a "seal of approval" wasn't required. (AKA: Had there been a strong pushback, I would have instead gone with a different story entirely OR would have had to have been at peace with Sutter not liking the direction of the story of something he invented but didn't own.)
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Not a fan of the cover, the gold dragon in the forefront (Mengkare) looks very hulking, not elegant at all and it looks like he is also in the background cover as a shadowy version in a similiar Pose (even though that's supposed to be a Manifestation of Dahak), which is a lazy design choice imo.
I am getting 4e vibes from the cover. *shudders*
Hopefully the adventure will be good and not be a fight of one gargantuan Dragon after the other. ;-)
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Hmm, gold dragons have never really been that elegant or sleek, but I have to understand that this picture of Mengkare is really bulky. Like proportions remind me of elephant .-.
Like its the weird combination of neck and limbs not being that long when compared to bulk of the body and other dragon pics(iirc)
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Comparing the other P2 Gold Dragon art from the Bestiary it's the pose, his chest is down while his head is moving back, like he was running up on something and then did a full on stop.
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They changed the Golds to look more like Lions, and I have to say I really do like how beefy and regal they look now compared to let's say the DnD version...
I am looking forward to reading and DMing this AP. My players and I are almost done with Part I and have loved it so far.
Are any other VCs having trouble downloading the single file version? The 'one file per chapter' version works, but the single file version leads to a "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it" error.....
Do you get adventure path modules THAT far in advance? It is a late November/early December release for the rest of us.
Perhaps they meant to post in the discussion for Book 5, those are being shipped nowabouts.
Do you get adventure path modules THAT far in advance? It is a late November/early December release for the rest of us.
Yes, we do. It's helpful to be able to facilitate how our local lodges will interact with the new material. Of course, we don't share the contents of said new material in advance.
Perhaps they meant to post in the discussion for Book 5, those are being shipped nowabouts.
No, I meant Book 6. The book we're talking about in this thread.
I wasn't aware, sorry.
I wasn't aware, sorry.
No worries.
The small image preview is really disappointing. I used to get really hyped to watch the next AP book, now I can barely tell whats in the image
I am looking forward to this. I have enjoyed reading the previous parts of this AP.
There is no interactive maps file in the Single File DL?
I love that 3/4 of a page is dedicated to a treasure list. Gotta love high level play!
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Why is there (apparently) a spawn of rovagug in this book anyway? Does it feature itself in adventure or is there article about big monsters in the book?The Toolbox/Bestiary features 2 of them, not related to the adventure to my knowledge.
One of the two spawn plays a role in the adventure. In particular, the party ends up facing