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I was thinking, every pathfinder hopes to eventually have his adventures included in the Chap books published by the Pathfinder Society. In this way a pathfinders is immortalized by the published word.
I think the NPC book was a fantastic idea and I like the book very much. I have found it very useful. I particularly like the section on the Staff’s Player Characters.
It might be interesting to produce a similar book; perhaps a NPC book full of pathfinder adventurers perhaps grouped as adventuring parties. They could be anything from colleagues to competitors to friends to enemies.
We players are always going through the creative process of making characters. Perhaps some of us would love to have a character we have created to be immortalized by the printed word.
Perhaps Paizo could print one of a regional coordinator’s characters in such a book. It could be a nice perk for being a venture captain.
Perhaps a lottery could be held, and the winners get one of their characters published in such a book.
Perhaps a book might be too expensive to do, maybe a PDF for a download.
What are your thoughts?
I was thinking, every pathfinder hopes to eventually have his adventures included in the Chap books published by the Pathfinder Society. In this way a pathfinders is immortalized by the published word.
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I think the NPC book was a fantastic idea and I like the book very much. I have found it very useful. I particularly like the section on the Staff’s Player Characters.
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It might be interesting to produce a similar book; perhaps a NPC book full of pathfinder adventurers perhaps grouped as adventuring parties. They could be anything from colleagues to competitors to friends to enemies.
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We players are always going through the creative process of making characters. Perhaps some of us would love to have a character we have created to be immortalized by the printed word.
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Perhaps Paizo could print one of a regional coordinator’s characters in such a book. It could be a nice perk for being a venture captain.
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Perhaps a lottery could be held, and the winners get one of their characters published in such a book.
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Perhaps a book might be too expensive to do, maybe a PDF for a download.
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What are your thoughts?
While it is a nice idea, it would take away from the page count of whatever book it was put in. Many times they are already chipping away at good/important information that already exists to get it to fit in the book. A half page or page dedicated to a character write up which is in addition to the main content means that much more has to be cut out of the product that people are paying for. For that reason alone it is probably unlikely, Paizo also has a really tight production schedule already outlined and a full book would be a significant investment of time as well. However I could see a 3 party possibly trying this but I'm guessing that isn't what you are hoping for posting here in the general discussion of the Paizo site.
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I think the NPC book was a fantastic idea and I like the book very much. I have found it very useful. I particularly like the section on the Staff’s Player Characters.It might be interesting to produce a similar book; perhaps a NPC book full of pathfinder adventurers perhaps grouped as adventuring parties. They could be anything from colleagues to competitors to friends to enemies.
Isn't a book like this part of your post already on the chronicles schedule in the Rival Guide?
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Captain Kristov, well this was pretty much exactly what I had in mind. Thank you. It is nice to know that Paizo is thinking of doing something I will be interested in, before I have realized I am interested in it.
SkyLancer4 Thank you for your comments as well.
I remember in some Forgotten Realms prodicts, they would put in timelines, and include various modules in such time lines. Usually they would put in a line like “ adventurers drove the Zhentarim from Yulash” or “adventurers somehow triggered a volcanic eruption that destroyed the ruined city of Solon” or something like that. When I had either run or played in the module, I would have some small satisfaction in reading that bit of blurb, thinking “my players did that or That’s My PC starting volcanoes here and there”
Now I know that Paizo is trying to shy away from the heavy use of timelines. So I doubt we w will see “47708 Queen Illeosa, the draconian monarch of Korvosa was overthrown by a group of adventurers supported by the populace” Not having detailed timelines is a relief. I prefer it.
And yess it makes sence that in the editing process allot gets well edtied out.
While yes, I was hoping for Paizo, a 3rd party publisher would be nice as well.
Maby a PDF would be better on the whole; well come to think of it, the only costs being saved are the printing costs.
Anyways having Paizo print one of our beloved PCs in one of their supplements well would be better then having a Phylactery! The PC would then be immortal and other people could read about it.
I guess if a third party publisher was interested, that would be nice to but yes I was hoping for Paizo.
Thank you again for your thoughts, this was just an idea rattling around in my head.
It was inspired by a present some of my friends here in VT did for me. They made a little book they called “67 NPCs”. In it they put NPCs and PCs from several of our campaigns. They did the stats, wrote a bit of backstory, and did some artwork for each character. It’s a nicely done and very enjoyable piece of work. Reading it brings back memories.