My Last 3.5 Statblock Ever!

[James Jacobs]

So check this out.

I just finished statting up the big bad end boss of "Legacy of Fire." As I did, I realized that this stat block (a CR 17 wish-fueled menace) is very likely to be the LAST 3.5 stat block I ever have to build/develop. It's all PF RPG statblocks from here on out.

Made me a little teary-eyed, it did.

[David Wickham]

James Jacobs wrote:

So check this out.

I just finished statting up the big bad end boss of "Legacy of Fire." As I did, I realized that this stat block (a CR 17 wish-fueled menace) is very likely to be the LAST 3.5 stat block I ever have to build/develop. It's all PF RPG statblocks from here on out.

Made me a little teary-eyed, it did.

How long until you realize you missed someone somewhere? :D

[Kevin Mack]

Pssst I'll slip you a fifty if you sneak it in as a Pathfinder statblock instead of a 3.5 one.

[Mark Moreland]

Yay! Change is a good thing, James. I know it's scary, but you'll get through it and everything will be better when it's over.

[veector]

A moment of silence for the 3.5 statblock please.

...

Ok that was nice, who's got the CMB and domain power goodness???

[Sharoth]

We will all miss the 3.5 Stat blocks, but I think that we will all also like the new PF RPG stat blocks.

[Brian Cortijo]

James Jacobs wrote:

So check this out.

I just finished statting up the big bad end boss of "Legacy of Fire." As I did, I realized that this stat block (a CR 17 wish-fueled menace) is very likely to be the LAST 3.5 stat block I ever have to build/develop. It's all PF RPG statblocks from here on out.

Made me a little teary-eyed, it did.

I can send you some more, if you want?

[houstonderek]

I tip my hat to the man who wrote the BEST. 3X. STATBLOCK. EVER!!!

(And the best NPC to ever appear in an issue of Dungeon, imo).

James knows which sexy hyena-like priestess I'm referring to ;)

Here's to you making my players have nightmares with the inevitable BEST. PATHFINDER. STATBLOCK. EVER!!! some day.

[Xaaon of Xen'Drik]

good riddance!

The 3.5tatblock is dead...long live the PstatBlock!

The 3.5tatblock is dead...long live the PstatBlock!

The 3.5tatblock is dead...long live the PstatBlock!

[Adam Daigle]

Onward!

Godspeed, James!

[The Jade]

How fortunate that you realized it while it was happening and recognized the holiness of the moment.

[ruemere]

Any chance for letting us know the name of the creature you statted? Just so that we would know looking at it... or maybe add some side bar in the product?

Regards,
Ruemere

[joela]

James Jacobs wrote:

Made me a little teary-eyed, it did.

*sniff*3.x is outta the (paizo) house. long live the pfrpg!

[James Jacobs]

ruemere wrote:

Any chance for letting us know the name of the creature you statted? Just so that we would know looking at it... or maybe add some side bar in the product?

Regards,
Ruemere

I don't want to spoil anything... but the creature was the big bad end boss and final villain of the Legacy of Fire Adventure Path in Pathfinder #24. There won't be a sidebar about it. There'll be a 2-page foreword about it!

[Darrin Drader]

Congrats! I think I had that same moment last November sometime....

[Mairkurion {tm}]

And so one era gives way to another...

[Charles Evans 25]

Actually, assuming about 8 years per edition, in twenty years time we might be seeing version 3.5 of the PFRPG, and James Jacobs will be looking at 3.5 stat blocks through the reading glasses perched on the end of his nose....

He's intelligent and works in an industry where erudition is important; how can you even begin to think he would go for contact lenses instead??? ;)

[Mothman]

A noteworthy moment indeed James.

But shouldn't Rob McCreary have been building that one for you? ;-)

[Jason Sonia]

I can't wait to see the new, official format.

(I've got NPCs to stat up!)

Seriously, though, congratulations.