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Pathfinder Adventure Path: linked adventures forming a complete campaign in a 6-issue narrative arching storyline. Each issue has an adventure and extra stuff, regarding deities, creatures, gazetteers of regions/cities, and a monster appendix.
Pathfinder Modules: one-shot adventures.
Pathfinder Chronicles: extensive fluff regarding the Golarion setting. Gazetteers, creature background and lore, insight regarding faiths and magic, etc. Aimed for GMs (not only).
Pathfinder Companion: as above, but shorter and aimed for players (not only).
They all share the common setting of Golarion. Pathfinder AP is monthly, the Modules/Companion are in alternate months, the Chronicles line is a bit more random.
Uhh...I think everybody answered your question already...So have some cookies and welcome to the boards!
And what was not said, is that the Pathfinder RPG is a tweak (heavy tweak?) of DnD V3.5 rules.
You can download the latest alpha rules now, and then download the beta pdf in August.
-- david
Papa.DRB
Are chronicles books bi-monthly now? I thought the schedule wasn't quite so regular.
One thing I haven't seen covered yet: Discounts.
Generally, the subscriptions don't give you a discount, but:
If you subscribe, you'll get the PDFs thrown in for free.
Also, the Pathfinder (Adventure Paths) are 30% off if you subscribe.
And if you subscribe to the APs, you'll also get the Pathfinder Advantage - 15% off the list price for everything in the Paizo shop (except non-Paizo PDFs). And that includes other subscriptions.
All subscriptions are on a per-issue basis, so you don't have to subscribe for a whole year or something.
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One more important thing; the Pathfinder RPG system is in development. All of the other products are currently being written for the standard 3.5 OGL rules, and will be until the final version of the Pathfinder RPG launches in August 2009.
The material will still be largely compatible however. The fluff won't change, and compatibility between standard 3.5 and Pathfinder RPG is an important design goal.
The Pathfinder Chronicles line releases "as scheduled." It doesn't really have a set pattern, though there's a release in this line most months out of the year.
The Pathfinder Chronicles line releases "as scheduled." It doesn't really have a set pattern, though there's a release in this line most months out of the year.
Ah, good. I thought I missed something.