[Legendary Games] Fall Previews: Coming soon from Legendary Games!

[Jason Nelson]

In lieu of a look ahead at Ultimate War, today we take a look back at Ultimate Battle, courtesy of Endzeitgeist's glowing review! 5 stars, the coveted Seal of Approval, and a nod as one of the Top Ten products of 2013? Oh MYYYYYY!!!

[Mark Norfolk]

Good to hear that this is back on track. Really looking forward to it.

Cheers
Mark

[PathlessBeth]

So...any plans for an expansion of mythic feats similar to what y'all did with mythic spells?
Or Mythic Spells: Ultimate Magic?
Or Mythic Feats: Other Supplements?

[Jason Nelson]

137ben wrote:

So...any plans for an expansion of mythic feats similar to what y'all did with mythic spells?

Or Mythic Spells: Ultimate Magic?
Or Mythic Feats: Other Supplements?

Let's just say that our Fall Previews have not yet reached their conclusion...

[Jason Nelson]

Fall Preview #10 is up, giving an inside preview of Ultimate War, focusing on sieges and special siege tactics!

[Eric Hinkle]

Just reading that preview makes me wish it was already in my grubby little paws. Seriously, this is something I've been waiting for. Any idea on how long until it becomes available?

[Jason Nelson]

Next up on the Awesome Train from Legendary Games - Mythic Monsters: Mythos - should be available this weekend on our webstore and early next week right here at Paizo.com, DrivethruRPG, and shop.d20pfsrd.com!

[Jason Nelson]

And speaking of previews, how about a little nugget from the nearly-on-the-threshold Gothic Campaign Compendium? Happy reading!

[Eric Hinkle]

It may just be me, but that link posted in your last entry doesn't seem to work.

[Mad Doodad]

Jason Nelson wrote:

And speaking of previews, how about a little nugget from the nearly-on-the-threshold Gothic Campaign Compendium? Happy reading!

This should work: Gothic Campaign Compendium

I really can't wait to get my hands on the finished book. Alpha PDF is just a tease :)

[Jason Nelson]

Thanks. Sorry about the dodgy link - that's what I get for posting after midnight. :)

[Jason Nelson]

NOW AVAILABLE - MYTHIC MONSTERS: MYTHOS

[Jason Nelson]

Next up in the queue - Mythic Monsters: Oozes Too! I just need to review the final files and make sure they are up to snuff, but this should be available on our webstore in the next few days, and in wide release next Monday!

[Drock11]

I either have bought or am planning to buy every mythic product you have mentioned. I will also probably get a lot of the Righteous tie ins.

[PathlessBeth]

Okay, I got Mythos, and am planning on getting Oozes Too too (heh) (oozes are one of my favorite types).

May I make a suggestion? While I like (and will use) the monsters themselves, the part that I find even more useful and interesting are the new monster powers, and associated rules. I'm sort of hoping that some of the future MM supplements will include more mini-rules-expansions for adding that type of creature to the game. But in a published monster stat block what I'm especially looking for are new SAs/SQs to add to my library of universal monster rules.

Then again, maybe that isn't the focus of the MM line...maybe what I'm looking for would be better suited to its own product (something like Mythic Monster Special Abilities).

[Jason Nelson]

Funny you should mention that... :)

[PathlessBeth]

Hey! Are you like, Detecting my Thoughts remotely or something?
*checks mythic scrying*
...oh:)

[Jason Nelson]

By the way, this just in. Literally. PRINT PRODUCT FROM LEGENDARY GAMES INCOMING!!!

[Heine Stick]

Speaking of print copies, I preordered Road to War yesterday and sent you guys an email regarding some potential issues with my order. :)

[Jason Nelson]

The print products, they are all racked up to send. The post office awaits tomorrow!

Meanwhile, though, we are cooking up something brand-new at Legendary Games. Something we haven't mentioned before in any previews, but something we've been working on for a while.

In the immortal words of the Fabulous Floop, sometimes to accomplish something BIG, you have to go ________. More to come tomorrow!

[Mark Norfolk]

I like your stuff and it's great that you've got more irons in the fire. But..... Ultimate War?

Cheers
Mark

[Jason Nelson]

Mark Norfolk wrote:

I like your stuff and it's great that you've got more irons in the fire. But..... Ultimate War?

Cheers
Mark

I appreciate your interest and I'd like to get it done too. Alas, I've hit a bit of a design block on a couple of pieces that I thought were going to work together and don't seem like they're going to work the way I want them to. In my experience, the best solution to a block like that is not to stare at the monitor in frustration but to work on some other things and come back with a fresh mind. I think some good solutions are coming together but need a bit more time to get things nailed down.

I'm a firm believer in the notion that you release a product when it's ready. My school will be out for winter break starting next week, so I should have some good writing time in there to work out the kinks that have been eluding me as I clear out the low-hanging fruit on my virtual desk.

I appreciate your patience with the vagaries of the creative process. We are in the Sitzkrieg right now, but the Blitzkrieg is not far away...

[Eric Hinkle]

Jason Nelson wrote:

Mark Norfolk wrote:

I like your stuff and it's great that you've got more irons in the fire. But..... Ultimate War?

Cheers
Mark

I appreciate your interest and I'd like to get it done too. Alas, I've hit a bit of a design block on a couple of pieces that I thought were going to work together and don't seem like they're going to work the way I want them to. In my experience, the best solution to a block like that is not to stare at the monitor in frustration but to work on some other things and come back with a fresh mind. I think some good solutions are coming together but need a bit more time to get things nailed down.

I'm a firm believer in the notion that you release a product when it's ready. My school will be out for winter break starting next week, so I should have some good writing time in there to work out the kinks that have been eluding me as I clear out the low-hanging fruit on my virtual desk.

I appreciate your patience with the vagaries of the creative process. We are in the Sitzkrieg right now, but the Blitzkrieg is not far away...

Glad to hear the good news. Better to wait a little longer than have Ultimate War be rushed and not so great. That said, I am looking forward to its release VERY much!

[Jason Nelson]

BEHOLD - the latest brainstorm from Legendary Games - MYTHIC MINIS. Same Legendary awesomeness, now travel-sized for your convenience, and laser-focused on exactly what you want to see for mythic rules!

Check out our website for the details. First products in this line available this week!

[Eric Hinkle]

*sighs* I guess I'll just have to get Mythic Adventures post-holidays if I want to make any use of what seems to be roughly one-third of your new output.

[Jason Nelson]

Hey, I'm flogging Boomer and Logue to get their turnovers done for Unrighteous Villains, but those sluggards are busy with that silly "life" and "family" stuff. Geez, some people. :P

[PathlessBeth]

Well, I think these "minis" are likely to break my streak of getting every mythic product you put out. I know that a large collection of $1 products can pile up in price without me noticing, so I tend to avoid lines of $1 products most of the time. Add to that the fact that RGG just released mythic versions of all core feats for only $5, and it looks like you are only including a few per "mini", and they don't seem like such a good deal overall. I'll likely just get the "minis" if a player asks me if they can use a particular thing from a particular mini (which is easier to do than for entire books). I'd also be open to getting compilations...

[Jason Nelson]

In the past we've avoided doing $1 products, but for mythic feats, path abilities, and similar things it seems like an ideal spot to do products in that way. There is a theoretically infinite amount of stuff that one could convert, but actually finding logical ways to group them together isn't necessarily easy. If you aren't doing encyclopedic compilations, you can end up with products that feel like jumbled-up grab bags of a little of this and a little of that.

The idea here is instead to offer focused products so if it's something you want, bang you get it. If it's something you don't, pass and don't worry about it and check out the next one. It's the classic dilemma of a product; if it has 50% content you want and 50% you don't care about do you buy the whole thing for the stuff you want, or do you skip the whole thing because you don't want to pay for the stuff you don't?

It feels like a good match of product content and format, but time will tell. I hope you'll find some of them worth your while and give them a look!

[tbug]

My Skull & Shackles game is starting up in January. When should I expect to start seeing pirate AP plug-ins?

I'm particularly hoping for something with those aquatic elves who got teased then dropped.

[Jason Nelson]

I've talked with some of the authors about their pirate projects, and they are clicking along. At this point, I would guess that FebruARRRRRy would be the date that Pirate AP Plug-Ins are going to land!

[tbug]

Excellent news! Thank-you, sir!

[Jason Nelson]

Thread ARISE, I have need of thee, for the first of many ULTIMATE UPDATES to help you follow along with my progress in getting Ultimate War at last into your hot little hands!

[Eric Hinkle]

Thanks for the update on Ultimate War! That's the book I'm looking forward to the most.

[Heine Stick]

Eric Hinkle wrote:

Thanks for the update on Ultimate War! That's the book I'm looking forward to the most.

Aye, that and Unrighteous Villains. :)

[Jason Nelson]

Heine Stick wrote:

Eric Hinkle wrote:

Thanks for the update on Ultimate War! That's the book I'm looking forward to the most.

Aye, that and Unrighteous Villains. :)

Nick Logue turned in most of his stuff yesterday, with one stat block yet to go, and Boomer should have his to me in a couple of days. We have one art piece still in process, but we are fast approaching done-ness!

[Todd Stewart]

Heine Stick wrote:

Eric Hinkle wrote:

Thanks for the update on Ultimate War! That's the book I'm looking forward to the most.

Aye, that and Unrighteous Villains. :)

It was a damn fun project to work on. >:)

[Jason Nelson]

New ULTIMATE UPDATE coming your way!

[Heine Stick]

Ooh, incorporating the troop subtype? Well played, sir. Well played. :)

[Eric Hinkle]

Heine Stick wrote:

Ooh, incorporating the troop subtype? Well played, sir. Well played. :)

100% in agreement on this. I was really hoping someone would do something with the new troop subtype myself.

[BPorter]

Eric Hinkle wrote:

Heine Stick wrote:

Ooh, incorporating the troop subtype? Well played, sir. Well played. :)

100% in agreement on this. I was really hoping someone would do something with the new troop subtype myself.

Sadly, not a fan of the troop subtype at all. However, I figured it'd be used.

[Jason Nelson]

It's just one more option for bridging the gap between individual-level and unit-level scenarios.

Of course, I had a lot of fun using the 3.5 mob template in an old Dungeon magazine adventure with TORCH-WIELDING MOBS (and a horde of allips).

[Jason Nelson]

As a quick update, after running into some hiccups in the production cycle, most of our intended January releases are hastening toward their conclusion. Our two main layout guys are very nearly done with the River Kings Campaign Compendium (sounded less clunky than "Kingdom-Building Campaign Compendium") and Far East Campaign Compendium, and once those are out the door to the Kickstarter backers they'll be turning around and getting Unrighteous Villains and Mythic Monsters: Abyssal down the pipeline in short order. I'm still hammering away on Ultimate War as my writing time allows, but an exceptionally busy stretch at my school (and the happy distraction of the Seahawks making the Super Bowl) has slowed me down a bit. The work continues apace, however, and it will be done as soon as it can be.

Meanwhile, our planned February releases are also nearing completion, and I've got a couple of very interesting additions to the Legendary team coming down the pike in the near future. Let's just say that the Legendary Logue was not by a long shot the last one you'll be meeting. :)

[Heine Stick]

Jason Nelson wrote:

Let's just say that the Legendary Logue was not by a long shot the last one you'll be meeting. :)

Very interesting teaser. :)

[donato]

I truly love most everything you've come out with so far. However, I'm going to keep asking for material for the 'Genie War' adventure path. ;)

[Jason Nelson]

Personally, I *love* Legacy of Fire. It was the first AP I worked on, and I was a huge Al-Qadim fan back in the day and really enjoy that flavor. However, in the grand scheme of APs while it has its partisans like me that love it, I'm not sure it has enough of a broad-based following to make it worth the time investment for us to create a product line around it.

That said, keep working to drum up support. If we see a groundswell of interest, we may revisit the idea. I have a bunch of ideas... :)

[necromental]

How about a product line for all the old APs?

[theneofish]

necromental wrote:

How about a product line for all the old APs?

I'm still holding out for the Serpent's Skull plug-ins that were mentioned in the early days. That idea seems to have slipped out of sight, which is a shame - if anything is crying out for a makeover, it's City of Seven Spears :(

[Jason Nelson]

The issue is just that we only have so much time to go around, so we need to find the things where we have great passion for the idea, and also where we think there's a strong demand for it. If the choice is between two projects that both sound awesome to do but one seems likely to sell well and the other one is much more chancy, that can help us decide which exciting project to do.

Speaking of projects - our last Kickstarter compilations have been delivered, and we begin the march towards the next one!

[Jason Nelson]

Let it never be said that demons were the beginning or the end of CHAOS and EVIL in the outer planes. Check out Mythic Monsters VIII: Abyssal to find mythic versions of the godless demodands, the eldritch elder evil of the qlippoth, and even more savage abyssal enemies like the baregara, bebilith, howler, and kakuen-taka!

Available right now exclusively from Legendary Games and starting this Friday on our partner sales sites, including right here at Paizo!

[Monkeygod]

I posted this on FB status announcing Abyssal, but any chance we'll get Mythic Undead and Devils soon?

(please say yes, please say yes, please say yes)

Also, around how long will it be before Mythic Inner Planes gets a hard copy? I just got Mythic Demons in the mail today, and kinda wanna get any others in physical form as well.

Finally, I will totally get Abyssal eventually as well, also once it is available physically.