Did this ship to people that placed pre-orders way back in late fall? Did they also get the discount mentioned earlier?
I noticed that this (and the map folio) no longer appears on my account information, and that I did not receive notice of its shipping.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Chief Technical Officer
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Did this ship to people that placed pre-orders way back in late fall? Did they also get the discount mentioned earlier?
I noticed that this (and the map folio) no longer appears on my account information, and that I did not receive notice of its shipping.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
We are shipping preorders now, but the Pathfinder Advantage doesn't begin until the 10th.
It's still in your order history—order 770814. You elected to ship those items together, so it's waiting for Classic Monsters and the Gazetteer.
Hi, Just got the pdf for Pathfinder 7 but not for guide to korvosas. Would you be able to check that they're shipping together. Thanks.
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Hi, Just got the pdf for Pathfinder 7 but not for guide to korvosas. Would you be able to check that they're shipping together. Thanks.
King,
I looked at your subscriptions and all of your future shipments will be combined, but this one will be separate. It looks like yours is a very peculiar case (and therefore not illuminating for others), so I will send you an email with a fuller explanation and solution.
thanks,
cos
Will this be available as a PDF?
j.
PDF should be avaiable to non-subscribers about the time the product hits the shelves in stores (about 2 weeks from now).
Mike, this is AWESOME. Thank you. (I'm am also very happy to see the Pseudodragon population and their feud with the imps. The little buggers don't get enough play.)
Mike, this is AWESOME. Thank you. (I'm am also very happy to see the Pseudodragon population and their feud with the imps. The little buggers don't get enough play.)Glad you like it, Ross. :D
I want to echo this Mike.. You and your team did an outstanding job. I think this is among the best of the Pathfinder books so far..
Though Nick and James' Chaper 7 is smokin' as well.
This really bodes well for the Gazeteer.
PDF should be avaiable to non-subscribers about the time the product hits the shelves in stores (about 2 weeks from now).
Oh yeah. That's right. Thanks.
j.
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I have a question regarding the map. It seems that there occured a problem while binding the books and the map seems to be binded to the book too and can't be removed without cutting it out.
Is this a mayor issue?
I don't know, but sentences that include the suggestion to cut something out of brandnew books doesn't sound good to me...
Is there any way that I could get a seperate map?
Or is it better to wait for a second printing to avoid these map troubles at all?
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I have a question regarding the map. It seems that there occured a problem while binding the books and the map seems to be binded to the book too and can't be removed without cutting it out.
Is this a mayor issue?
I don't know, but sentences that include the suggestion to cut something out of brandnew books doesn't sound good to me...
Is there any way that I could get a seperate map?
Or is it better to wait for a second printing to avoid these map troubles at all?
Unfortunately, I don't have a better answer for you than the note on the full product page itself.
We do not have separate maps to send. We've explored several options for this, but the best solution we have is to have you cut the map out of the book. I would suggest using a piece of flat, hard plastic under the map as a cutting surface and carefully cutting it out with a razor blade. If we had a better option, we would certainly provide it for you.
As for waiting for a second printing, this is something you could do, but you should know that to date we have not yet had a second printing for any of the Pathfinder books. There is no guarantee that sales of this book will justify a second printing anytime soon, if at all. So you'll be waiting a while. Probably indefinitely.
I wish I had better news for you. :(
Thanks,
cos
Is this a mayor issue?
I don't know, but sentences that include the suggestion to cut something out of brandnew books doesn't sound good to me...
Jeff Alvarez and I cut out a poster and took a series of pictures to show how to do it without causing harm to the poster or the book. Those pictures and a step-by-step tutorial will be up shortly.
Will this be available as a PDF?
j.
Subscribers get access to the PDF early. Non-subscribers can buy the PDF the day the product releases in stores. For Guide to Korvosa, that's 3/19/08.
Jeff Alvarez and I cut out a poster and took a series of pictures to show how to do it without causing harm to the poster or the book. Those pictures and a step-by-step tutorial will be up shortly.
And these are up.
It's nice to see some fallibility in a company nowadays, which is not followed by some meaningless PR-speak. An honest mistake corrected as best as possible speaks volumes about a company which is geared around providing good products to its customers, not necessarily around maximising profit.
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If you've got the Guide to Korvosa PDF, the poster map is now available as a separate download in your downloads page. It's a separate download because it's around 100MB in size.
King in Yellow wrote:
Hi, Just got the pdf for Pathfinder 7 but not for guide to korvosas. Would you be able to check that they're shipping together. Thanks.
King,
I looked at your subscriptions and all of your future shipments will be combined, but this one will be separate. It looks like yours is a very peculiar case (and therefore not illuminating for others), so I will send you an email with a fuller explanation and solution.
thanks,
cos
I just sent you an email about this cosmo. Any update when you'll be shipping this?
Dangit - I was trying to subscribe in time to get the .pdf as well as the print for this - any chance to start my subscription with the guide instead of the Harrow Deck (which I want as well) ....
Thanks for posting the map-removal instructions. I was nervous, but it was easy and, looking at my map after removal, it looks perfect. I can't tell at all that I cut it out.
I want to say that I'm really enjoying the Guide to Korvosa. I've been collecting fantasy city products for years, and this one really stands out. So many things I love about it - the quick descriptions of architectural styles, the mix of old and new in certain areas, the feeling of history that pervades the place. I like some of the contrasts, and how they're successfully pulled off; for example, Varisians in the city face prejudice, but they also are widely accepted as part of the community, and one of the major historic heroes of the city (Saint Alika) is Varisian.
Two questions I can't seem to find answers to:
1) Exactly where are the ward boundaries? Knowing the costs of housing in different wards made the absence of ward boundary lines on the maps very noticeable. (Some of them I can mostly figure out, but some are too vague. For example, Old Korvosa - how far west and east does Bridgefront run, and what districts do Merciless Way (at the left) and Fiddleback Way belong to? I'd be happy with a list of ward-border street-corner references, unless you happen to have a map that shows ward boundaries as dotted lines...)
2) Which 5 families are the nobles for the "Peerage Review"? The noble families on pages 40-43 include Arkona, Bromathan, Endrin, Jeggare, Leroung, Ornelos, and Zenderholm. Which two don't count? (I'm guessing Bromathan is one, and maybe Endrin for the other?)
Okay, one more question: I assume the reference to "Longriver Bridge" (p.24, "Northgate:") actually refers to the North Bridge - if so, I've got that ward figured out, but if not, I need to know which bridge that is, too.
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1) Exactly where are the ward boundaries? Knowing the costs of housing in different wards made the absence of ward boundary lines on the maps very noticeable. (Some of them I can mostly figure out, but some are too vague. For example, Old Korvosa - how far west and east does Bridgefront run, and what districts do Merciless Way (at the left) and Fiddleback Way belong to? I'd be happy with a list of ward-border street-corner references, unless you happen to have a map that shows ward boundaries as dotted lines...)
Ah drat. The ward boundaries are nowhere to be seen. :( Ward boundaries follow major thoroughfares for the most part. Sometimes they connect one landmark to another, when appropriate.
Bridgefront runs from the Narrows to Waydon Street, IIRC (and certainly, that's close enough for me). It follows Waydon Street until it starts to curve and turn into Merciless Way, at which point it runs to that last tower on the wall there. It ends in the NE at Fort Korvosa Boulevard. Old Dock takes up the NE end of the island, with the boundary following Fort Korvosa Boulevard until it turns, at which point the boundary follows that little unnamed street that connects with Siegebreaker Circle and then up to the shore. Fort Korvosa ward is everything inside the walls in the N-NW chunk of the island. Garrison Hill ward is everything else.
2) Which 5 families are the nobles for the "Peerage Review"? The noble families on pages 40-43 include Arkona, Bromathan, Endrin, Jeggare, Leroung, Ornelos, and Zenderholm. Which two don't count? (I'm guessing Bromathan is one, and maybe Endrin for the other?)
The Great Families are those with coats of arms illustrated (Arkona, Jeggare, Leroung, Ornelos, and Zenderholm).
Okay, one more question: I assume the reference to "Longriver Bridge" (p.24, "Northgate:") actually refers to the North Bridge - if so, I've got that ward figured out, but if not, I need to know which bridge that is, too.
Oops. Yes, that's correct. :)
It's a great read... And nicely timed since one of my players for Rise of the Runelords wanted to be from Korvosa (and be an elf... I was glad to tell him it was possible.
Plus, he's the normal GM for our group so if I ask him to not read sections, he won't. :)
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Any chance of breaking the file up into seperate PDFs per chapter? I'd like to, when I get to running the campaign, give my PCs the PDFs for everything sans the secrets chapter and not have to worry about OoC knowledge seeping in...
I'll make sure the Powers That Be see your question, Ninjack. I have no power over PDFs.
Almost no crunch in this one, except for the last chapter, which has some stuff for GM's. It's a good read and a great city sourcebook. Lots of easily adaptable locales and NPC's.
Jeff Alvarez and I cut out a poster and took a series of pictures to show how to do it without causing harm to the poster or the book. Those pictures and a step-by-step tutorial will be up shortly.And these are up.
Ran into slight problems with the ruler it said I needed. Our mayor insisted that he was actually an elected governor and not a ruler per se, and wouldn't cooperate (I think he came up with this on the spot after I told him that I had to cut alongside him with a scalpel.)
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Ran into slight problems with the ruler it said I needed. Our mayor insisted that he was actually an elected governor and not a ruler per se, and wouldn't cooperate (I think he came up with this on the spot after I told him that I had to cut alongside him with a scalpel.)
I think you need to knock him out first. I recommend a pistol-whip. ;)
Ran into slight problems with the ruler it said I needed. Our mayor insisted that he was actually an elected governor and not a ruler per se, and wouldn't cooperate (I think he came up with this on the spot after I told him that I had to cut alongside him with a scalpel.)I think you need to knock him out first. I recommend a pistol-whip. ;)
No, thanks. The whip-and-dagger was cheesy enough, but a pistol-whip?
I admit, though - if I were called Indiana with first name, I'd probably get aroused at that idea.
Anyway, a nice map of Korvosa - along with one of Sandpoint and one of Varisia, from the Map Folio - adorn the walls of our Dungeon now. Along with the Paizo Era Dragon Poster, Paizo stuff occupies a lot of wall space now. When the Golarion map arrives, I fear I'll have to take the map from Eredane or Rokugan down. Or I'll get inventive.
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No, thanks. The whip-and-dagger was cheesy enough, but a pistol-whip?
I admit, though - if I were called Indiana with first name, I'd probably get aroused at that idea.
Anyway, a nice map of Korvosa - along with one of Sandpoint and one of Varisia, from the Map Folio - adorn the walls of our Dungeon now. Along with the Paizo Era Dragon Poster, Paizo stuff occupies a lot of wall space now. When the Golarion map arrives, I fear I'll have to take the map from Eredane or Rokugan down. Or I'll get inventive.
Ha! Not pistol whip, pistol-whip.
I'm glad you like our maps. Knowing you have them hanging up makes us very happy. ^_^
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No, thanks. The whip-and-dagger was cheesy enough, but a pistol-whip?
I admit, though - if I were called Indiana with first name, I'd probably get aroused at that idea.
Anyway, a nice map of Korvosa - along with one of Sandpoint and one of Varisia, from the Map Folio - adorn the walls of our Dungeon now. Along with the Paizo Era Dragon Poster, Paizo stuff occupies a lot of wall space now. When the Golarion map arrives, I fear I'll have to take the map from Eredane or Rokugan down. Or I'll get inventive.
Ha! Not pistol whip, pistol-whip.
I'm glad you like our maps. Knowing you have them hanging up makes us very happy. ^_^
Oh, man, I got excited for a minute...about the idea of a Pathfinder pistol whip, not getting pistol-whipped.
Uh....just one question.
Who took the crooked half-picture of the map in your last pic?
Were they drinking heavily or did you guys just fill the camera already?
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The method of cutting out the map detailed on the web site only works well if the glue is evenly spread. In my case, in order to get as close to the edge as possible, I pushed the protective folder as close to the spine as possible. Unfortunately, the glue wasn;t evenly spread and the folder moved....just a little bit. When I cut the map, because I didn't see the miss adjusted folder, I cut into a couple of the pages. Thankfully I didn't cut all the way and only sliced two pages about an inch and a half. Just be WARNED! It is VERY easy to make a small mistake.
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The method of cutting out the map detailed on the web site only works well if the glue is evenly spread. In my case, in order to get as close to the edge as possible, I pushed the protective folder as close to the spine as possible. Unfortunately, the glue wasn;t evenly spread and the folder moved....just a little bit. When I cut the map, because I didn't see the miss adjusted folder, I cut into a couple of the pages. Thankfully I didn't cut all the way and only sliced two pages about an inch and a half. Just be WARNED! It is VERY easy to make a small mistake.
Yikes!
Thanks for the warning, Elf!
So I ordered the print version of this product and am just confirming why I wouldn't also get the PDF version of this as well?
This is a little confusing as we get the PDF for free with our Pathfinder subscriptions.
Please confirm.
Thanks!
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So I ordered the print version of this product and am just confirming why I wouldn't also get the PDF version of this as well?
This is a little confusing as we get the PDF for free with our Pathfinder subscriptions.
Please confirm.
Thanks!
One gets the PDF of the books that fall under their subscription starting with the book that started their subscription. Books purchased apart from their subscription do not get PDFs included with them.
Hope that helps!
Out of curiosity, have they fixed the issue with the poster map? Is it still bound into the book, or have they glued it on now?
DogBone
[I believe] the entire print run of the Guide to Korvosa had the map attached to the binding. The next product, the Pathfinder Chronicles Gazetteer, has the map glued on correctly.
