| NineHostages |
Disturbing things lurk in the deep sea! Azure Abyss is coming the end of this month (for real this time). We hit a few snags that had delayed the project and playtesting took much longer than expected as well. All the bumps have been ironed out, and we are in the final editing phase for most of it.
WOO! Good to hear, definitely looking forward to it. I just want to take this opportunity to say that Alluria Publishing is awesome in every way, and in the last year you've gone above and beyond my expectations in terms of the great products you've put out.
The Cobalt Coast and the Viridian Veil will be postponed, and the Bestiary Compendium will be next, followed by a few surprise products. Onward!
Too bad about the setting stuff, but I am REALLY excited about the Bestiary, and I think even Paizo fans who don't use Cerulean Seas will be pleased with it when it's ready to go.
| JiCi |
For future books, I'd like these things to be addressed:
1) Anthromorphs can take 2 feats to become completely amphibious. However, merfolks can't... and they cannot breath air. How about feats that allow merfolks to breath air?
2) You have the various merfolks... and you have the Pathfinder merfolk. How does the merfolk, introduced in Pathfinder Bestiary, fit into Ceruluan Seas? Is it a new kind of merfolk?
| Steven "Troll" O'Neal |
Steven "Troll" O'Neal wrote:Really? It sounds like bragging.OmNomNid wrote:Ah! So soon yet so close! The waiting is killing me!
Me too, and I've already read it.
EDIT: That wasn't bragging.
That's why said it wasn't, or at least wasn't intended to be.
All I meant was that even though I already know the contents I still can't wait for it to get published.
| Steven "Troll" O'Neal |
For future books, I'd like these things to be addressed:
1) Anthromorphs can take 2 feats to become completely amphibious. However, merfolks can't... and they cannot breath air. How about feats that allow merfolks to breath air?2) You have the various merfolks... and you have the Pathfinder merfolk. How does the merfolk, introduced in Pathfinder Bestiary, fit into Ceruluan Seas? Is it a new kind of merfolk?
It is possible that both will be mentioned in the merfolk race book they mentioned. I don't know though, my information is limited.
| Emberion |
Not fast enough!
We should see it here before the end of the weekend. There is some sort of format issue with the pdf that even I don't entirely understand, but I was assured it will be uploaded here before Monday. This is also when the free copies will go out, and there will likely be an update to those purchased on RPGnow as well (not that they don't work, but the file is larger than it needs to be).
My apologies for the delay.
Emily
| Emberion |
I love the Estrels and I think they should have their own book one day, "Practical Starfish Summoning for Beginners"
Estrels will be futher featured in the book on trueforms, which will bring all the truforms into playable status. Believe it or not, in the original incarnation of Cerulean Seas (made over 10 years ago for D&D 3.0 and never published), trueforms were part of the standard PC race lineup.
| Steven "Troll" O'Neal |
NineHostages wrote:I love the Estrels and I think they should have their own book one day, "Practical Starfish Summoning for Beginners"Estrels will be futher featured in the book on trueforms, which will bring all the truforms into playable status. Believe it or not, in the original incarnation of Cerulean Seas (made over 10 years ago for D&D 3.0 and never published), trueforms were part of the standard PC race lineup.
Even the greater carchardians? Gargantuan sized PC seems outrageous, in a good way.
| OmNomNid |
OmNomNid wrote:So got through Azure Abyss- Love it. My only real nitpick is how the Angler just gets a bonus feat as a Capstone but it is a very, very minor complaint.That is odd. But I'm glad you liked it.
There is nothing technically wrong with it, I just think classes should get really unique things to end with. Yet again, no big deal.
| Steven "Troll" O'Neal |
Steven "Troll" O'Neal wrote:There is nothing technically wrong with it, I just think classes should get really unique things to end with. Yet again, no big deal.OmNomNid wrote:So got through Azure Abyss- Love it. My only real nitpick is how the Angler just gets a bonus feat as a Capstone but it is a very, very minor complaint.That is odd. But I'm glad you liked it.
Not a problem, I get where you're coming from.
| Steven "Troll" O'Neal |
I just bought Azure Abyss and Indigo Ice. I had Cerulean Seas and Waves of Thought for a while.. but only not got to reading them. Interesting stuff! Looking forward to the postponed books now..
I am too. I'm really looking forward to Cobalt Coast, but a bestiary is a nice consolation.
| Emberion |
I am too. I'm really looking forward to Cobalt Coast, but a bestiary is a nice consolation.
The main reason for the change is that these setting books take a lot of R&D and this takes a lot of money and time. We keep going into the red before the book is released. So we are going to take a much slower approach to them. The next couple products will focus on one aspect rather than the entire gambit at once. These should help fund the books that take longer to playtest and develop. So when cobalt coast does come out, it will be even more awesome than those before it.
| Steven "Troll" O'Neal |
Steven "Troll" O'Neal wrote:I am too. I'm really looking forward to Cobalt Coast, but a bestiary is a nice consolation.The main reason for the change is that these setting books take a lot of R&D and this takes a lot of money and time. We keep going into the red before the book is released. So we are going to take a much slower approach to them. The next couple products will focus on one aspect rather than the entire gambit at once. These should help fund the books that take longer to playtest and develop. So when cobalt coast does come out, it will be even more awesome than those before it.
That's what I love to hear!
EDIT: The "more awesome than those before" part is what I love to hear. The going in the red part sucks hagfish slime, lol.
| JiCi |
Glad to hear... although I honestly don't care about their release date, as long as it's great.
Maybe you can answer this: what's the process for submitting a book to Paizo, and how much time does it takes?
True, I could buy it at RPGNow, but I feel like I get a better customer service here in the Paizo store.
| Steven "Troll" O'Neal |
Stereofm wrote:Bestiary ? BESTIARY !!!! Yum !Yup, they are planing one for a while now :)
I'm actually curious abour this book, because all 3 Cerulean Seas books (I don't know Azure Abyss yet) had a good Bestiary section. I'm curious on how they're gonna fill an entire book with just monsters.
Azure Abyss does in fact have an assortment of interesting monsters including the CR 23 Jupervas! Though in a departure from tradition there aren't any races in the bestiary section, but that's not really a loss if you take into account the Bad Donkey races in Chapter Two.
| Emberion |
Hey folks, those of you that purchased Azure Abyss and/or Indigo Ice over at RPGNow may have noticed that recent updated versions of those documents are not working properly. I can assure you that both Emily and I are working on rectifying that. We thank you for your patience.
I think that the issues is resolved. RPGnow's watermark process goes all Jupervas on adobe files of specific versions, reducing them to a fine murk. I was hoping to reduce the version number without increasing the file size and I think I succeeded. Tell me if you still have issues.
(and thanks to Steven for helping me out with this. RPGnow can be a nightmare sometimes).
Owen K. C. Stephens
Contributor; Developer, Super Genius Games
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Oceanshieldwolf wrote:Are there new releases up at Paizo from Alluria? I'm a little confused!?!? :)It should be, but its not. I guess Paizo took Cinco De Mayo off, or maybe just Sunday...not sure. In any case, they should have it up tomorrow.
I wouldn't worry. In my experience new 3pp releases don't go up on Paizo on Sat or Sun. I'd expect to see it after the staff gets in Monday morning.
| The-Last-Rogue |
So got through Azure Abyss- Love it. My only real nitpick is how the Angler just gets a bonus feat as a Capstone but it is a very, very minor complaint.
Hmm. I wrote a capstone. I suppose it got cut for space, or rules reasons, etc. When I get to it, I'll check Azure Abyss, and if there isn't a capstone, I'll post what I had here.
I agree a bonus feat isn't quite enough to encourage someone to play to level 20.
| Emberion |
OmNomNid wrote:So got through Azure Abyss- Love it. My only real nitpick is how the Angler just gets a bonus feat as a Capstone but it is a very, very minor complaint.Hmm. I wrote a capstone. I suppose it got cut for space, or rules reasons, etc. When I get to it, I'll check Azure Abyss, and if there isn't a capstone, I'll post what I had here.
I agree a bonus feat isn't quite enough to encourage someone to play to level 20.
Hey guys! Head up on this. The capstone power is simply missing from the table (an oversight, sorry), but it is there. (In a future update, it will be added to the table). The capstone power is called "Master of the Field" and is detailed on page 32. Sorry for the mix up!!!