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Are they *giving* people $5 for a 4E PHB, like the car industry with their cashback, or are they *asking* $5 for this miserable data printout that engineering firms usually tag in Appendix of reports?A reaction to Pathfinder selling out and the $10 Core Rules PDF?
Halt! Stop! DO NOT PASS GO AND DO NOT COLLECT $200! That's a quick slippery slope downhill AWAY from the awesomeness of Paizo selling out :D (... selling out in a GOOD way that is. I don't think they sold out in a way where Seltyiel stops after every fight to drink a Coke and Seoni has a Mountain Dew shoved between her cleavage >_> )
Just a shout-out to Paizo and all of their staff, from writers to artists to editors: outstanding job! I've been looking forward to August 13th for a long time and it's almost here!
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... and we fall asleep in our rocking chairs on the porch.Okay, so the three of you meet in the tavern of your old grognard's home...I like this. Alot. I'll bring long pork recipes....the "Old DnDrs Retirement Home". lolYou could call it Pleasant Grognard Meadows.If I ever go into a home of some sort in my late years, and I CAN'T find enough people to play D&D, I will continue to poison their applesauce and make tomato leaf salads until there ARE enough fellow gamers.
Once relatively infirm, I can't think of many things I'd like to do OTHER than game!
Even with Viagra and hoors.
But only after flipping the attendant the bird and whistling at a nurse through our false teeth.
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Okay, so the three of you meet in the tavern of your old grognard's home...... and we fall asleep in our rocking chairs on the porch.Just then, the retired gamers are roused by a frightened peasant. "Good sirs, we need your help. The village is being overrun by orcs."
The retired gamers respond with disinterest, until...
The peasant adds, "And the orcs are on your lawn!"
Weapons are drawn. Spells are readied. The adventure begins.
Nice one!
Followed by GROG2, "The Great Kobold Denture Theft!"
The clock is ticking. Unable to eat without their gum gear, our retired adventures have mere days to recover their dentures from the Kobold denizens of...
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advice on adviceHey, you, back to writing apps that I want!
Yeah, yeah, just waiting to get my hot sticky hands on a copy of PFRPG so I can key in all the changes to spells and create a Pathfinder version of the app.
I will probably just re-release the original with a toggle so you can see both PF and 3.5 ogl content.
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advice on adviceHey, you, back to writing apps that I want!Yeah, yeah, just waiting to get my hot sticky hands on a copy of PFRPG so I can key in all the changes to spells and create a Pathfinder version of the app.
I will probably just re-release the original with a toggle so you can see both PF and 3.5 ogl content.
That would be a cool 3.5/PRPG conversion tool, if you ask me... to know the differences between 3.5/PRPG spells will be the steepest learning curve associated with this switch.
Is PRPG content open for use like 3.5 OGL content though?
Is PRPG content open for use like 3.5 OGL content though?
It is. The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is open under the terms of the OGL. However, it is against the terms of the OGL to indicate compatibility with any trademarks. To do that with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, you need the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatibility License.
Heh, I'm glad to see the Grog Adventure Path taking off...something to look forward to.
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Heh, I'm glad to see the Grog Adventure Path taking off...something to look forward to.I hear that every module in the Grognard Adventure Path is written for a different edition. You start playing PFRPG, then backwards convert to 3.5, 3.0, 2nd ed, AD&D, and finish with the old rules from the original D&D boxed set.
And the special edition boxed set ships with Viagra and binoculars!
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And the special edition boxed set ships with Viagra and binoculars!Heh, I'm glad to see the Grog Adventure Path taking off...something to look forward to.I hear that every module in the Grognard Adventure Path is written for a different edition. You start playing PFRPG, then backwards convert to 3.5, 3.0, 2nd ed, AD&D, and finish with the old rules from the original D&D boxed set.
So you can still see the other end?
My FLGS just rang me to tell me that my copy is in... but I can't pick it up until Thursday...
WTF!!! Could they possibly tease me any more!!!
They could be "back in five minutes" when you turn up on Thursday.
So can someone help me understand something?
I posted a lookup to the Amazon.com Pathfinder RPG sales / chart position on http://www.d20pfsrd.com/sales-tracker but I don't 100% get the results/have a question.
As a disclaimer, I only POSTED the query, I don't pretend to fully understand the numbers lol
My understanding is that the number in the "sales rank" column is the PFRPG rank in ALL books (not just roleplaying games). It is currently showing as #385 as of 9am EST. However, among books in the Roleplaying Games category it is #1 by a long shot, over the 4E PHB2 by a factor of about 3 or 4 to 1 (the PHB2 is currently showing about rank 1300 or so).
Does that mean that that is in number of individual units sold? How does Paizo being sold out impact that? If/when Amazon runs out of inventory will that number drop massively? Will that rank rise greatly this coming Thursday when the book is "officially" released, or should it make no difference?
Also, for anyone in the know, if I had not already ordered a book, could I go on Amazon right now, order one, and get one in a reasonable time? How does Paizo being sold out affect people purchasing via Amazon?
Just random stupid questions lol
Also, for anyone in the know, if I had not already ordered a book, could I go on Amazon right now, order one, and get one in a reasonable time? How does Paizo being sold out affect people purchasing via Amazon?
*shrug* Depends on what you term "a reasonable time." We pre-ordered a second copy from Amazon, and despite the fact that the release date is still listed as August 19, the "expected delivery" date isn't until September.
Amazon presumably ordered enough to cover its pre-orders at the time plus some extra, but no one knows how much extra or how many additional pre-orders they'e gotten since then. Once they run out of copies, they will not be getting any more until the second printing arrives in November, whereas Paizo has a small amount of additional books coming in later this month that are designated strictly for the hobby industry, i.e., FLGSs.
i ordered from amazon and the expected date is 8/24
i ordered from amazon and the expected date is 8/24
When did you place your order? Ours still says September 2 IIRC (know it's early September). I wonder if they might not even have enough for all their pre-orders. Fortunately, our Amazon order is a second copy; our primary copy from Paizo will be here Friday.
i ordered from amazon and the expected date is 8/24When did you place your order? Ours still says September 2 IIRC (know it's early September). I wonder if they might not even have enough for all their pre-orders. Fortunately, our Amazon order is a second copy; our primary copy from Paizo will be here Friday.
a few days ago
I ordered mine from Amazon on 6/27 and its telling me shipping will be on Sept. 8. Of course, I opted for the free shipping so that may have something to do with it.
a few days agoi ordered from amazon and the expected date is 8/24When did you place your order? Ours still says September 2 IIRC (know it's early September). I wonder if they might not even have enough for all their pre-orders. Fortunately, our Amazon order is a second copy; our primary copy from Paizo will be here Friday.
Then, my guess is that they'll actually ship out earlier than September. A lot of times, they build a bit of cushion into estimated shipping times for pre-orders that they're not sure they're going to get in stock immediately. (In the past, Paizo books have arrived at Amazon a week or two after "street date.") Then, if they get the books in early, they don't bother going back and changing the estimates on old pre-orders, even while giving out more accurate estimates to new orders. The September estimate probably won't change until the order goes into "shipping soon" status.
At least, I hope so. :O
I ordered mine from Amazon on 6/27 and its telling me shipping will be on Sept. 8. Of course, I opted for the free shipping so that may have something to do with it.
Same here. Ordered on 6/28 and I have the same ship date as yours.
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Dear Lisa, Vic, Erik the Whispering Tyrant, Jason, Josh, James, James, James, Wes, Sean the Godman, Jeff, Cosmo, Alison, Sarah, and everyone at Paizo,
Congratulations on the success of PFRPG, thank you for all of the hard work that you have done and continue to do. Honestly, I expected no less for Pathfinder, and I believe wholeheartedly that you guys will continue to amaze and conquer the tabletop RPG world. Best wishes to you all.
I ordered mine from Amazon on 6/27 and its telling me shipping will be on Sept. 8. Of course, I opted for the free shipping so that may have something to do with it.Same here. Ordered on 6/28 and I have the same ship date as yours.
Honestly,
I'm not sure even Amazon knows how their 'estimated shipping date' works. I subscribed to the PRPG on Paizo, and also ordered an extra base book. I also went out to Amazon and pre-ordered (early July) 2 copies as birthday presents for a couple of my players (they had birthdays last week of July and first week of August).Since the order my estimated shipping dates have been :
September 19
August 27
August 19
September 8
my shipping estimate is still 8/24
I'm not sure even Amazon knows how their 'estimated shipping date' works. I subscribed to the PRPG on Paizo, and also ordered an extra base book. I also went out to Amazon and pre-ordered (early July) 2 copies as birthday presents for a couple of my players (they had birthdays last week of July and first week of August).
Since the order my estimated shipping dates have been :
September 19
August 27
August 19
September 8
Out of curiosity, did you spend at least $25 on some of those multiple orders to take advantage of free shipping? One thing that I notice when I do that for multiple orders, they have a tendency of changing the shipping date a few days later on another outstanding item. Maybe for some of us choosing that option with frequency, Amazon probably schedule shipments for those on set dates so that we may not be constantly taking advantage of the free shipping offer. *shrug* I wonder what the shipping date would have been any differently if I chose to pay for the standard delivery.