Pathfinder 14–17 Announced

[Kassil]

*squint*

*gets out a super-soaker full of holy water*

*hoses Zombie Mike down and has Mhenlo do a Rez spell*

[Mike McArtor]

Kassil wrote:

*squint*

*gets out a super-soaker full of holy water*

*hoses Zombie Mike down and has Mhenlo do a Rez spell*

Nice. A Guild Wars reference. You get a cookie. ^_^

[Kruelaid]

James Jacobs wrote:

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).

This is great news, I really prefer my adventures shorter and if it's good for you too that's awesome. And I love side trek adventures. I think a lot of us are having shorter sessions than when we we young...Christ I used to play all night. Now it's usually only 4 and a half hours.

[Kassil]

Mike McArtor wrote:

Kassil wrote:

*squint*

*gets out a super-soaker full of holy water*

*hoses Zombie Mike down and has Mhenlo do a Rez spell*

Nice. A Guild Wars reference. You get a cookie. ^_^

Of course it's GW. Resurrections only take a few seconds of casting there, as opposed to a few thousand GP of diamond dust.

Besides, I'll take my army of Heroes and Henchmen over a Leroy Jenkins situation any day...

[baron arem heshvaun]

Kassil wrote:

*squint*

*gets out a super-soaker full of holy water*

*hoses Zombie Mike down and has Mhenlo do a Rez spell*

but now we'll never get the conclusion to his unearthly 3 part side trek adventure !!

BRING BACK ZOMBIE MIKE !!

[flash_cxxi]

Mike McArtor wrote:

baron arem heshvaun wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

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Kassil wrote:

*squint*

*gets out a super-soaker full of holy water*

*hoses Zombie Mike down and has Mhenlo do a Rez spell*

I LOVE that as a side trek adventure!!

ALL HAIL ZOMBIE MIKE !!

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baron arem heshvaun wrote:

but now we'll never get the conclusion to his unearthly 3 part side trek adventure !!

BRING BACK ZOMBIE MIKE !!

Yeah, those first two parts were enthralling reading... you can't leave us with such a Cliffhanger. We need the conclusion to this Epic Trilogy, especially since I was planning to run it next week! =(

Help us Zombie Mike™. You're our only hope!

[Kassil]

...If you're all so adamant about Mike being undead, can you at *least* give him the decency of turning him into a dracolich? Seriously, the man deserves at least a *little* respect, and zombies just ain't getting even that much.

[Snorter]

cthulhudarren wrote:

"Children of the Grave" and "Into the Void" are totally evoked by this title. Sabbath* forever!

*Yes, I'm old.

In Bloodsworn Vale, you'll find the Fairies Wear Boots...big, sharp pointy boots for kicking humans with.

[Mike McArtor]

Kassil wrote:

...If you're all so adamant about Mike being undead, can you at *least* give him the decency of turning him into a dracolich? Seriously, the man deserves at least a *little* respect, and zombies just ain't getting even that much.

Yes, thank you Kassil! :)

[SirUrza]

No! Absolutely not!

Mike is a zombie!

If anyone is the dracolich it's James.

(Mike's a zombie because we WANT paizo to reinvigorate/reinvent zombies and make them cool again in D&D. So cool zombies = cool Mike.)

[Kassil]

Zombies have already been reinvented at least a dozen times. While I'm sure Paizo could find something to so to make them cool and new, you'd likely overstress even their creative wit and cause the entire Pathfinder line to degrade as a result.

No zombie Mike! Dracolich or nothing if you want him undead so he can keep writing non-stop!

[flash_cxxi]

Kassil wrote:

Zombies have already been reinvented at least a dozen times. While I'm sure Paizo could find something to so to make them cool and new, you'd likely overstress even their creative wit and cause the entire Pathfinder line to degrade as a result.

No zombie Mike! Dracolich or nothing if you want him undead so he can keep writing non-stop!

Maybe we could make him a Zombie just so he could finish his Trilogy, then Rez him, then turn him into a Dracolich? I like that idea. ;)

[baron arem heshvaun]

flash_cxxi wrote:

Kassil wrote:

Zombies have already been reinvented at least a dozen times. While I'm sure Paizo could find something to so to make them cool and new, you'd likely overstress even their creative wit and cause the entire Pathfinder line to degrade as a result.

No zombie Mike! Dracolich or nothing if you want him undead so he can keep writing non-stop!

Maybe we could make him a Zombie just so he could finish his Trilogy, then Rez him, then turn him into a Dracolich? I like that idea. ;)

maybe the grand finale of the Epic side trek was for the adventures to turn a zombie into a dracolich !

genius !

ALL HAIL ZOMBIE TO BECOME DRACOLICH MIKE !!

[Mike McArtor]

baron arem heshvaun wrote:

ALL HAIL ZOMBIE TO BECOME DRACOLICH MIKE !!

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[Ross Byers]

Mike McArtor wrote:

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Huh?

[Mike McArtor]

Ross Byers wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

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Huh?

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Spoiler:

This is a running gag of Zombie Mike typing.

[Ross Byers]

I wish I was better at cyphers. *gets to work cracking it*
Edit: Oh. There's a spoiler now. I was about to drive myself crazy, wasn't I?

Heh. Zombie mike. Brains! Brains! Gnomish brains!

[Mike McArtor]

Ross Byers wrote:

Heh. Zombie mike. Brains! Brains! Gnomish brains!

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Spoiler:

"Gnomish brains taste funny."

[flash_cxxi]

Truly a Masterpiece Zombie Mike™!

I can't wait to run it with my group... it has made me want to DM again after 10 years out of the chair!

For anyone that missed this work of Awesomness, I have compiled it here for you... Share and Enjoy

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[Kassil]

flash_cxxi wrote:

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You misquoted. This part has nothing to do with the trilogy, it's a diatribe about the culinary properties of gnomish brains.

[flash_cxxi]

Kassil wrote:

flash_cxxi wrote:

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You misquoted. This part has nothing to do with the trilogy, it's a diatribe about the culinary properties of gnomish brains.

Oh, I thought that was the Epilogue. =)

[baron arem heshvaun]

flash_cxxi wrote:

Truly a Masterpiece Zombie Mike™!

I can't wait to run it with my group... it has made me want to DM again after 10 years out of the chair!

For anyone that missed this work of Awesomness, I have compiled it here for you... Share and Enjoy

Zombie Mike™’s Side Trek Trilogy
Part 1
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Part 2
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multiple groups tpk'ed !!

ALL HAIL ZOMBIE TO BECOME DRACOLICH MIKE !!

great epic side trek !!

flash_cxxi wrote:

Kassil wrote:

flash_cxxi wrote:

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You misquoted. This part has nothing to do with the trilogy, it's a diatribe about the culinary properties of gnomish brains.

Oh, I thought that was the Epilogue. =)

really ? i was sure it was a pathfinder style write up in support of the side trek. my zombie cant is a little rusty.

[Mike McArtor]

I am now prepared for the sad possibility that my zombie-written tour de force will be better received than my living-brain-written adventure in PF 14. *le sigh*

[baron arem heshvaun]

Mike McArtor wrote:

I am now prepared for the sad possibility that my zombie-written tour de force will be better received than my living-brain-written adventure in PF 14. *le sigh*

Don't be le sad.

Think le double paycheck.

[Mike McArtor]

baron arem heshvaun wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

I am now prepared for the sad possibility that my zombie-written tour de force will be better received than my living-brain-written adventure in PF 14. *le sigh*

Don't be le sad.

Think le double paycheck.

Oo la la!

[Kassil]

Mike McArtor wrote:

baron arem heshvaun wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

I am now prepared for the sad possibility that my zombie-written tour de force will be better received than my living-brain-written adventure in PF 14. *le sigh*

Don't be le sad.

Think le double paycheck.

Oo la la!

I'm sorry, Mike, but I'm going to have to set you on fire.

[Mike McArtor]

Kassil wrote:

I'm sorry, Mike, but I'm going to have to set you on fire.

Sacrebleu!!!!

[flash_cxxi]

Mike McArtor wrote:

baron arem heshvaun wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

I am now prepared for the sad possibility that my zombie-written tour de force will be better received than my living-brain-written adventure in PF 14. *le sigh*

Don't be le sad.

Think le double paycheck.

Oo la la!

Of course Zombie Mike™ will be paid in Brains though. We'll just make sure that none of those pesky Gnome Brains get in there! =)

[Kassil]

Mike McArtor wrote:

Kassil wrote:

I'm sorry, Mike, but I'm going to have to set you on fire.

Sacrebleu!!!!

...And that would be why. Hold still, this will hurt a little less that way...

Spoiler:

I don't actually hate the French-speaking populace of the world. I don't even hate France. I do hate Paris, as a result of having actually been there. And the world thinks Americans are snobs! Hah!

[Mike McArtor]

Kassil wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

Kassil wrote:

I'm sorry, Mike, but I'm going to have to set you on fire.

Sacrebleu!!!!

...And that would be why. Hold still, this will hurt a little less that way...

** spoiler omitted **

Spoiler:

I thought the world thought Americans were idiots. Because we are. ;D

[Kassil]

Mike McArtor wrote:

** spoiler omitted **

Spoiler:

I don't argue that. Americans *are* idiots. But the Parisians I dealt with are idiotic snobs, which is worse.

[WormysQueue]

Mike McArtor wrote:

** spoiler omitted **

Spoiler:

That's not true. It's just that we (i.e. Germans) prefer to think about others than about ourselves ;-)

[Mike McArtor]

WormysQueue wrote:

Mike McArtor wrote:

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** spoiler omitted **

Spoiler:

No no, trust me, I live within spitting distance of a bunch of Americans. We're idiots. ;) You're just being too kind. :D

[WormysQueue]

Mike McArtor wrote:

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Spoiler:

I've no idea if the french comic "Asterix" is as known in the U.S. as in all over Europe but here's my favorite quote: "Ils sont tous foux et je suis leur chèf."

So at least you're not alone. ^-^

[13garth13]

WormysQueue wrote:

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Spoiler:

Asterix and Obelisk is certainly heard of north of the American border in Canada...I grew up with it. *sigh* Geriatrix, Cacophonix, Getafix.....jokes I didn't get until I was probably too old to be reading Asterix comics ;-)

[Kassil]

Spoiler:

It's known of in the States as well.

[WormysQueue]

Kassil wrote:

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Spoiler:

I guessed so but I wasn't sure :)

[Dale McCoy Jr]

Kassil wrote:

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Spoiler:

Not well. The first I ever heard of it was when I was an exchange student in Germany. Since then I have seen it once or twice, but ONLY once or twice.

[baron arem heshvaun]

13garth13 wrote:

WormysQueue wrote:

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Lets get Zombie Mike to make stat blocks for Asterix, Obelix, Cacophonix, Geriatrix

and the rest of the gang. Let him work for that le double paycheck.

By the way at age 7 Asterix is where i first heard of the terms druid, bard, strength potion
and gold sickles to harvest mistletoe.

[flash_cxxi]

WormysQueue wrote:

I've no idea if the french comic "Asterix" is as known in the U.S. as in all over Europe but here's my favorite quote: "Ils sont tous foux et je suis leur chèf."

Man I grew up on Asterix here in Australia... as well as Tintin. I think I wore out the copies of both in my school libraries (both Primary and High School)!

I own a couple of stories of each (Asterix & Tintin) and I even have a Tintin T-Shirt with the cover to "Red Rackham's Treasure" on the back!

[13garth13]

flash_cxxi wrote:

Man I grew up on Asterix here in Australia... as well as Tintin. I think I wore out the copies of both in my school libraries (both Primary and High School)!
I own a couple of stories of each (Asterix & Tintin) and I even have a Tintin T-Shirt with the cover to "Red Rackham's Treasure" on the back!

Blistering blue barnacles!!!

:) :)

Cheers,
Colin

[flash_cxxi]

13garth13 wrote:

Blistering blue barnacles!!!

:) :)

Cheers,
Colin

In a Thundering Typhoon !

;)

[KaeYoss]

Kassil wrote:

I don't actually hate the French-speaking populace of the world. I don't even hate France. I do hate Paris, as a result of having actually been there. And the world thinks Americans are snobs! Hah!

I don't hate them, either. I used to hate the language itself, because I was forced to learn it. I didn't want to, I'd rather have started with English, which was not only cooler, but also more useful.

I do hate their beer. ;-)

WormysQueue wrote:

"Ils sont tous foux et je suis leur chèf."

My French is quite rusty. "They're crazy and I'm their chief"?

[WormysQueue]

KaeYoss wrote:

My French is quite rusty. "They're crazy and I'm their chief"?

Yep. It's something General Strategus ("Nenpeusplus" in the french original) said about his legionnaires in "Asterix and the Goths", when Asterix and Obelix had brought chaos by disguising as legionnaires themselves.

[Djoc]

Ha! A trip back 15-20 years, when I was a child! Asterix is probably the reason why I like all things in early history (medieval/ancient times) and fantasy.

I just took some time loking at English translations of names on Wikipedia and I find that some look funnier in English, while some are definitely better in French.

[Paul Ackerman 70]

Just checking to see if we've been updated on what edition these will be.

[Vic Wertz]

Paul Ackerman 70 wrote:

Just checking to see if we've been updated on what edition these will be.

Oh, hey! These will be 3.5!

[Paul Ackerman 70]

Haha.. yes I read that. You guys made some little barely noticeable announcment recently about something to that effect. :D

[Gray]

What levels with this AP span? I can't seem to find that information anywhere.

Also, this will only be 5 books, correct? I seem to remember reading taht AP #4 will start January 2009.