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We've just announced the titles and descriptions for Pathfinder 14–17:
September: Pathfinder #14—Second Darkness Chapter 2: "Children of the Void"
October: Pathfinder #15—Second Darkness Chapter 3: "The Armageddon Echo"
November: Pathfinder #16—Second Darkness Chapter 4: "Endless Night"
December: Pathfinder #17—Second Darkness Chapter 5: "A Memory of Darkness"
Note that the covers and listed authors are very much provisional at this point.
We haven't officially decided what edition these products support yet, but we expect to announce a decision within a couple of weeks.
Oh—and welcome to the new Second Darkness boards!
~cries~ But I want to know NOW!!! ~wails in dispair~
~grumbles~ I am more than willing to blame Mike for this, even though WotC is really to blame! Mike, are you ready to becomet he scapegoat of the year? Do you think you can handle it?
~sighs~ Ok. Where do I sign the contract that offers Paizo my soul for all of these nice goodies?
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Note that the covers and listed authors are very much provisional at this point.NO WAY! Please, I would seriously prefer that Mike, Jason, Wesley, and James write these! Oh man, as much as I love the freelancers, I love me some Paizo adventures! Please, please, please...
Seconded, but throw one to the Logue!
RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32
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We've just announced the titles and descriptions for Pathfinder 14–17:
September: Pathfinder #14—Second Darkness Chapter 2: "Children of the Void"
October: Pathfinder #15—Second Darkness Chapter 3: "The Armageddon Echo"
November: Pathfinder #16—Second Darkness Chapter 4: "Endless Night"
December: Pathfinder #17—Second Darkness Chapter 5: "A Memory of Darkness"
Note that the covers and listed authors are very much provisional at this point.
We haven't officially decided what edition these products support yet, but we expect to announce a decision within a couple of weeks.
Oh—and welcome to the new Second Darkness boards!
Thanks Vic, it's good to join you here today on the Second Darkness Boards! =)
Now on to todays Hot Topic of Interest...
Pathfinder #14... Love the "Hot Chick with Big Magical Falchion".
Pathfinder #17... That Spider Guy (Ranger/Rogue?) looks waaaay cool. I would consider using him as the basis for one of my characters. What are the weapons he is holding? Just Punch daggers, or are they something special you guys have cooked up? Please let it be something you guys cooked up, so far all of your "New Equipment" has been excellent... Sawtooth Sabres and Starknives ahoy! ;)
Seriously though. All of those cover look really great already. If you guys still have work to do on them it must only be touch ups.
Umm....that'd be page nine of issue #18.
~shrugs~ Ok. ~pulls out a pen filled with my own blood~ I am ready to sign!
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Chief Technical Officer
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Pathfinder #14... Love the "Hot Chick with Big Magical Falchion".
Pathfinder #17... That Spider Guy (Ranger/Rogue?) looks waaaay cool. I would consider using him as the basis for one of my characters. What are the weapons he is holding? Just Punch daggers, or are they something special you guys have cooked up? Please let it be something you guys cooked up, so far all of your "New Equipment" has been excellent... Sawtooth Sabres and Starknives ahoy! ;)
Seriously though. All of those cover look really great already. If you guys still have work to do on them it must only be touch ups.
All that artwork was snarfed from other upcoming products—we haven't even begun to commission the real art.
You'll get to know the hot chick long before Second Darkness. But, uh... you might not want to ask her out on a date after you learn a bit more about her.
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Umm....that'd be page nine of issue #18.~shrugs~ Ok. ~pulls out a pen filled with my own blood~ I am ready to sign!
I don't know what's creepier... that you are willing to sign your soul away so quickly (although it is Pathfinder, so who wouldn't), or that you carry around a pen filled with your own blood ready for just such an occasion! ;)
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Pathfinder #17... That Spider Guy (Ranger/Rogue?) looks waaaay cool. I would consider using him as the basis for one of my characters. What are the weapons he is holding? Just Punch daggers, or are they something special you guys have cooked up? Please let it be something you guys cooked up, so far all of your "New Equipment" has been excellent... Sawtooth Sabres and Starknives ahoy! ;)You'll get to know the hot chick long before Second Darkness. But, uh... you might not want to ask her out on a date after you learn a bit more about her.
Honestly, I'm actually more interested in the Spider Guy from #17 than the chick. I am already starting to think of ways I can create a character concept for him. I'm thinking Urban Ranger/Rogue, with Spider Animal Companion and a bit of a fetish for Arachnids. Two-Weapon Path with those funky looking blades.
I notice that these product descriptions all include a "bonus adventure". Yay! Are these like Side Treks, or more like mini-adventures? Either is great...
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I'll certainly be answering lots more questions about these adventures at tomorrow's chat, but to get a few out of the way early:
1: All of the art pictured on these mockup covers are characters and illustrations from the Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path.
2: Starting with Second Darkness, each Pathfinder WILL have a short, 8-page or so, side quest adventure. The main adventures themselves will be a little bit shorter to make room for this, and to make the main adventures more focused and, frankly, easier for us to develop and edit (the 50 page adventures are not-so-slowly killing Yours Truly).
3: Jason, Mike, and Wes are pretty locked in to writing their adventures. I'm not so locked in; my name's up there as a placeholder for now. I'd LOVE to write one of these adventures... but I'm not sure I have time. We'll see.
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We haven't officially decided what edition these products support yet, but we expect to announce a decision within a couple of weeks.
Good to hear.
I hope that the GSL/NDA will allow you to say if and when Paizo will switch.To me, Second Darkness will either the last (though I hope not) product of the 3.X ruleset ,or the testbed for 4E stuff which I'll convert straight away to my own homebrewed d20 ruleset, so this AP is in a win-win situation. :-)
2: Starting with Second Darkness, each Pathfinder WILL have a short, 8-page or so, side quest adventure. The main adventures themselves will be a little bit shorter to make room for this, and to make the main adventures more focused and, frankly, easier for us to develop and edit (the 50 page adventures are not-so-slowly killing Yours Truly).
Thank you, James. I'm very excited to hear about the bonus adventure. Great stuff.
...the Devil's Elbow?
Oh, I can't wait to see what kind of terrain feature inspired that name... o.O
Man... this is everything I hoped for and more!
I am really really excited and happy about this!
And there is an urge to gloat, because I was one of the first to guess that part of the plot would be calling down more pieces of the sky to darken the surface world..
But the thrill isn't in being right (and I'm obviously not taking any credit for it), it's the notion that an adventure that I thought sounded super cool is actually going to be made.
It's like wishing for something and having someone say, "Coincidentally, we have that specific thing in production!"
Lol, okay, I'll stop now.. before I build expectations too high.
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December: Pathfinder #17—Second Darkness Chapter 5: "A Memory of Darkness"
Hommage to the late Robert Jordan? I likey.
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Contributor
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~cries~ But I want to know NOW!!! ~wails in dispair~
~grumbles~ I am more than willing to blame Mike for this, even though WotC is really to blame! Mike, are you ready to becomet he scapegoat of the year? Do you think you can handle it?
This year? How would that be different than the other 30+ years of my life? ;P
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Creative Director
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December: Pathfinder #17—Second Darkness Chapter 5: "A Memory of Darkness"Hommage to the late Robert Jordan? I likey.
Since I named this adventure, and since I wrote the outline and summary, and since I've never read Robert Jordon (tried once, hated it)... it's a coincidence. I'm not even sure how it'd be an hommage, to be honest. <shrug>
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Pathfinder #14... Love the "Hot Chick with Big Magical Falchion".All that artwork was snarfed from other upcoming products—we haven't even begun to commission the real art.
You'll get to know the hot chick long before Second Darkness. But, uh... you might not want to ask her out on a date after you learn a bit more about her.
Hotties are always good. How long until we find out who the Falchion chick is? :)
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Creative Director
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Hotties are always good. How long until we find out who the Falchion chick is? :)Pathfinder #14... Love the "Hot Chick with Big Magical Falchion".All that artwork was snarfed from other upcoming products—we haven't even begun to commission the real art.
You'll get to know the hot chick long before Second Darkness. But, uh... you might not want to ask her out on a date after you learn a bit more about her.
A week or two. She's a key character in Crimson Throne who's one of the first NPCs the PCs meet in the first adventure.
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Chief Technical Officer
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October: Pathfinder #15—Second Darkness Chapter 3: "The Armageddon Echo"
Mockup image updated—now with fewer typos!
Hotties are always good.
If nothing else, we are always united in this.
Looking forward to learning more about this CotCT NPC.
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Hommage to the late Robert Jordan? I likey.Since I named this adventure, and since I wrote the outline and summary, and since I've never read Robert Jordon (tried once, hated it)... it's a coincidence. I'm not even sure how it'd be an hommage, to be honest. <shrug>
The working title for the last book (posthumous) is "Memory of Light."
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Creative Director
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If there will be a drow write up in #3 (I think), what will happen to the blank space in #1?
The blank space in #1 gets taken up by a bonus adventure and a presentation of the Gold Goblin Gambling Hall, which is going to be "home base" at the start of the campaign, and which also will present several cool gambling games for Golarion.
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If there will be a drow write up in #3 (I think), what will happen to the blank space in #1?The blank space in #1 gets taken up by a bonus adventure and a presentation of the Gold Goblin Gambling Hall, which is going to be "home base" at the start of the campaign, and which also will present several cool gambling games for Golarion.
I love that name. It just rolls off the tongue. Gold Goblin Gambling...Gold Goblin Gambling...
We've just announced the titles and descriptions for Pathfinder 14–17:
September: #14—Second Darkness Chapter 2: "Children of the Void"
"Children of the Grave" and "Into the Void" are totally evoked by this title. Sabbath* forever!
*Yes, I'm old.
¿That means that the question "if Pathfinder will appear under the fourth" is yes and the only question remaining is "when"?
Please, forgive my poor english.
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I don't believe I can wait until Curse of the Crimson Throne is finished to see Second Darkness. I recommend releasing all 6 parts of CotCT next month, followed immediately by the first episode of Second Darkness. Thanks! :P*dies*
As much as I love your work Mike... Zombie Mike™ would get more writing done as he would never need to rest. Although the quality of the work would drop, so instaed of the intended win/win situation it turns into more of a win/lose turn of events.
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As much as I love your work Mike... Zombie Mike™ would get more writing done as he would never need to rest. Although the quality of the work would drop, so instaed of the intended win/win situation it turns into more of a win/lose turn of events.I don't believe I can wait until Curse of the Crimson Throne is finished to see Second Darkness. I recommend releasing all 6 parts of CotCT next month, followed immediately by the first episode of Second Darkness. Thanks! :P*dies*
Thankfully that is actually the criteria of the editing required by WotC for 4 ed.
Ahem
ALL HAIL ZOMBIE MIKE !!
Long may he *cough* it live **cough** unlive !
ALL HAIL ZOMBIE MIKE !!