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Now to search the books for evidence there are dinosaurs in Numeria to justify robot T-Rex.
Now to search the books for evidence there are dinosaurs in Numeria to justify robot T-Rex.
Now to search the books for evidence there are dinosaurs in Numeria to justify robot T-Rex.** spoiler omitted **
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I'm going to try this. I will certainly fail. But I will try. My apologies in advance to the editors.
I'm actually working on stuff for Numeria...
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Now to search the books for evidence there are dinosaurs in Numeria to justify robot T-Rex.Technology guide does have cybertech to implant in T-Rexes...
I'm beginning to regret never playing a campaign in Numeria before.
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Hmmm... Nanite-blooded bloodragers and barbarians... Shamans of Technology... Robot-crafting wizards... Clockwork Animal companions... Technodruids... Technopath kineticists...
Do androids dream of electric sheep? Adventure taking place in a robot dream!
Robot group dedicated to becoming alive...at any cost!
Although I'd still rather explore Worldwound area first...because mythic and demons.
Actually, my first choice would be Abaddon and daemons...
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Do androids dream of electric sheep? Adventure taking place in a robot dream!
Robot group dedicated to becoming alive...at any cost!
Although I'd still rather explore Worldwound area first...because mythic and demons.
Actually, my first choice would be Abaddon and daemons...
Oh, a Blade Runner archetype - maybe a Techkiller? He specializes in hunting down advanced tech and disintegrating it. hehe
I'd love to do the Worldwound area. If there was a vote, that would be where my check mark would go. Geb would be my second choice. :)
Sometimes I think I'm the only person who doesn't like combining magic and technology. Call me old-school, call me a purist, but for some reason, I'm just not a big fan of it.
...but if it IS Numeria, I'll still come up with something.
Well, I've got archetypes for a barbarian and android already finished and ready to go for a Numeria issue. Got a handful of critter ideas too.
Hmmm, I suspect there won't be a problem with low submission counts for this issue. Hey, it won't be a Paizocon print issue; could it be extra-big/bonus-sized?
I have a perfect addition for Weal and Woe.
Realm of the Mammoth Lords interests me, partly because of a particular monster I have in mind, but I wouldn't be disappointed at all if it were Numeria.
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Is there any confirmation from Paizo that Wayfinder increases the sales of related products, either when the theme is announced or when the issue is released? I know in my case I plan on picking up some Numeria products I'm missing. The current sale certainly helps.
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Sometimes I think I'm the only person who doesn't like combining magic and technology. Call me old-school, call me a purist, but for some reason, I'm just not a big fan of it.
...but if it IS Numeria, I'll still come up with something.
I used to thnk like you chummer, but ever since the Awakening of 2011 & Dunkelzahn's public unveiling in 2012, life has been better for us dragons in your technological world.
The Occult Adventures have actually given me a chance to build my shadowrun adept in Pathfinder. :)
Speaking of which, I would like to see a dragon issue.
I just realized that androids can come back as undead creatures... I think I have a new idea for a Weal or Woe article...
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I just realized that androids can come back as undead creatures... I think I have a new idea for a Weal or Woe article...A ninja pirate zombie robot?
Woe: Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot
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Any chance you'll turn this into a Google doc for future reference... want me to? I think it would be very useful.
Here you go :).
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Here you go :).
Any chance you'll turn this into a Google doc for future reference... want me to? I think it would be very useful.
Thank you!
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Hey, just testing the air—are AIs open game for Weals/Woes?
*Is not working on a GLaDOS/Wheatley dynamic, I mean really, how obsessed with that game do you think I am*
*Oh god I have a problem*
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I just realized that androids can come back as undead creatures... I think I have a new idea for a Weal or Woe article...
Only if they fail the Carousel.
"Be Strong, and You Shall Be Renewed!"
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Full disclosure. I've voting Numeria because I want to draw a bunch of robots and barbarians.
Ookla! Ariel! Ride!
Same here. Pew pew!
Wheee-ooo!
I've been wanting to do a Tech theme article for a while!
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Woe: Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot
vs.
Rawr.
I vote for Numeria too!
I'm already dreaming about cybernetic-kobolds fighting their pure-dragon-blooded cousins.
I vote for Numeria too!
Numeria 2: Electric Boogaloo?
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How much is a Solar Unit! Is that an Hour? A Day? A Year?
I not sure I can wait that long anymore whatever it is!AHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh...
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I not sure I can wait that long anymore whatever it is!AHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh...
330 days would be about the end of November/early December, about the time I'd imagine Wayfinder #16 to be published. For reference, Wayfinder #14 was on Nov 30.
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Thank you!Here you go :).
Any chance you'll turn this into a Google doc for future reference... want me to? I think it would be very useful.
Started a 2nd tab to see the general makeup of each issue. I go through each Wayfinder and make a quick judgement as to what category I think a given article belongs to based on a very quick perusal of the article. It's not going to be completely accurate as some of the articles are hard to categorize on a quick scan. For 'hybrid' articles I assign them values of of less than 1, but totalling to 1 for each type. Eg. a fiction article which has an item statted out (by Paris iirc) is counted as 0.5 fiction, 0.5 magic item. For multiple author articles such as Bestiaries and the like I count the authors.
There's probably errors on my part, but the goal is just to get a rough idea of the makeup.
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There's some categories didn't exist in the beginning, and were either introduced later, or morphed/split off from another category.
Certainly. Eg. Adventure Card Game articles only started appearing in Wayfinder #13, so counts of them before that are all naturally 0. As for changing categories, just treat older categories as combinations of the current categories. Linear combinations if you will. An article from an obsolete category has a combination of crunch, fluff, and magic items? Call it 1/3 crunch, 1/3 fluff, and 1/3 magic item. That's why the earlier issues often ended up with fractional values for certain article types. Not perfect, but it allows a comparison (which is the whole point of the study). Applying categories will always be subjective and every value reported should be treated as having an uncertainty to it.
Since uncertainty of values tends to be poorly understood it basically means that instead of being a singular value it's really a range of possible values. Typically you report the 'central' value (the one in the middle of the range) and how much that can extend up or down (the 'uncertainty'). For this quick and dirty analysis I didn't bother figuring out what the size of that range was as that's too close to what I work on and it can be a lot of work to do properly.
Anyways, a few things that stand out:
*Some early issues (particularly #1 and #3) are really fiction heavy compared to later issues.
*#4 is the 'fluffiest'.
*Odds of a submission being accepted have tended downwards over time, due to increasing number of submissions.
*Weal or Woe and Poem/Song seem to be the most stable categories over time in terms of how many are accepted.
*Since #5 we seem to see a Realm Building article every 3rd issue. Probably a statistical fluke.
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Lots of in-depth analysis and general awesomeness
You have probably analyzed Wayfinder more than even I have. Wow. That's impressive!
One of the things you probably didn't know...We log all entries into a Google Sheets file, and together classify, review, comment on, and ultimately accept, reserve, or reject each submission for inclusion.
I've actually done this since I took over at #5, and still have all the records. And since #5, when we select articles, we keep general page limits on each category, and I have a pie chart that is generated that shows me the % contribution of the different categories. My goal is to generally have a fairly equal-balanced issue across major categories. Of course, category percentages vary from issue to issue, largely dependent on what we receive.
The bestiary is an exception, with a bigger contribution (usually aiming for 10 pages). Weal or Woe articles generally stay between 2-4 articles per issue, but it tends to be the category that gets the most submissions. A good staple, it seems. Yet, since we limit it to 4 max, if we get 10 WoW submissions, 6 of those are going to not making it.
We also have all the submitted files from probably back to #4. And all the final articles, art, and ads back to #2. Issue #1 is limited to the InDesign file, but that would be easy to retrieve things from it.
So, yes, Wayfinder is fairly well archived. Which may serve us well in the future.
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So, yes, Wayfinder is fairly well archived. Which may serve us well in the future.
Sounds like a good possibility of doing a "Best of" or "Gathered Subject for Special Printing" issue should be easy if there is enough interest to do it.
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Anyways, a few things that stand out:
*Some early issues (particularly #1 and #3) are really fiction heavy compared to later issues.
*#4 is the 'fluffiest'.
I'm willing to bet that was down to the PF ruleset being relatively new, and many of the contributors still getting used to the changes.
Lots of people were in the middle of D&D 3.5 campaigns, throughout the playtesting and release of the Core Rules (myself included, though I managed to slide some playtest material in).
A fiction or flavor piece would be a safe way to play in the
Golarion sandbox, without getting pulled up for a feat or ability that altered.
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So, yes, Wayfinder is fairly well archived. Which may serve us well in the future.Sounds like a good possibility of doing a "Best of" or "Gathered Subject for Special Printing" issue should be easy if there is enough interest to do it.
This would be cool to see! Not sure how much extra work it would be for Tim and Paris though.
Gotta say: I'm watching the original series through at the moment and I get a good laugh every time Bones says "He's dead Jim" cause of your username. :)
I'm willing to bet that was down to the PF ruleset being relatively new, and many of the contributors still getting used to the changes.
Lots of people were in the middle of D&D 3.5 campaigns, throughout the playtesting and release of the Core Rules (myself included, though I managed to slide some playtest material in).
A fiction or flavor piece would be a safe way to play in the
Golarion sandbox, without getting pulled up for a feat or ability that altered.
Hadn't thought of this, but sounds like a reasonable explanation.
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So, yes, Wayfinder is fairly well archived. Which may serve us well in the future.
One analysis that would be interesting is odds of a submission being accepted vs when it's sent in. If earlier submissions have a better chance of getting in (presumably due to not being last minute efforts) it might encourage more people to submit earlier and not leave you worrying about not having enough articles with a week to go. ;)