Bruce,
Thanks for your kind words and continued support. It really does mean a lot.
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
Question did the book get delay or is at drivethru i have checked both drivethru and paizo so far nothing they are usly very fast with this stuff?
Seems like Gary needed a little bit longer than expected. I hope it will be available next week. :)
It's away!
Book Four has been uploaded to Paizo.Com and DriveThruRPG. As soon as it is approved, it should be for sale. Printer version is also working its way through the system.
More info shortly.
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
And Part Four is ready to rock here!
No need for apologies.
Thanks again, Bruce for supporting "Way of the Wicked" and being passionate about our books.
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
Reaper Miniatures
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@Gary - I tried to reply to you the other day (On the KS comment thread), but I think you had logged out. I'm really excited to see you over there, and I know I can think of a certain place in this book to use the fire rewards!
I'm really enjoying this, through book 4 now, and really looking forward to book 5 and 6! Keep on doing an awesome job, sir!
Bryan,
Yeah, the kickstarter comment boards churn through those messages pretty fast. Glad to support Reaper and glad you're enjoying "Way of the Wicked".
Onward to Book 5!
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
Hello gary,
Have you got an idea how well your books are sold compared to other 3PP or paizo ?
Because I see a lot of enthusiastic people around this wicked campaign but may be it's a small very small community.
Did the sales reach your expectations ? Don't worry i'm not going to claim taxes ^^. I was just curious. You don't have to gice precise numbers.
Major Longhorn,
Thanks for your interest.
Compared to Paizo's sales, "Way of the Wicked" is barely a blip.
For a 3PP, "Way of the Wicked" is doing very well. We have almost sold 2,000 copies all told.
Sales have been and continue to be strong.
I'll probably near the end of the year (Way of the Wicked first went for sale in mid-December 2011), I'll post a more concrete "first year report".
I, inspired by publishers like Evil Hat, believe in being transparent with our readers about sales numbers.
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
Eric Hinkle,
Thanks for the new five-star review!
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
Hopefully I'll soon be able to get a copy of book 4 and then I can review it too. I love this AP you're doing!
Thanks Gary for the information.
Well 2000 copies is at the same time "a lot" but so little given the great great GREAT campaign you have made with also great illustrations (apart book 1 cover).2000 also includes PDF sales ?
I find it so good ...
oh btw don't worry about the slaughtering and all that. My players loved being really evil and slaughter innocent people "just for the sake of it". Funny how a guys always playing a paladin in other games can become a mass murderer in a flick of the switch. ^^
who said "bad to the bones " ?
2000 copies is exceptionally good for a third-party publisher. Congrats Gary!
Upload book V and it'll be 2001 as soon as I press f5 :)
Camon Liz. Upload it! *Whiplashhhh* :)
Hey, I wasn't the one that needed to upload it! It's available here! :D
For my exemple, second part can be specially loooooooong. Not a bad thing, but really want to arrive to 3 and specially 4 part.
Doug,
I keep track of a lot of online play reports and so far I know of only one group who has made it as far as Book Three.
And they do not routinely post reports here at Paizo.com.
Though we are fortunate to get some Book Two play reports, most groups have not even reached that.
I know my own group just reached Balentyne for example.
So, I predict with time more play reports will come.
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
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I for my part gamemastering this path with my friends at the table (we reached middle of book 2) and in a online group (in german - just ask if you want to know more) in a forum. The online game is sort of sluggish. But I think they will have escaped Branderscar by the end of this week. Finally.
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kevin_video,
Barleybell and Turnsborough are both described in the same text block below the entry. My wife warned me that people were not going to get this during her editing pass. And I just want you to know, you're only proving her right. Sheesh, there is going to be no living with her now... :)
Alaena Crowley...
Is only mentioned in the sidequests. She is yours to play with an develop. As a ghostly priestess of Mitra, she could be just a straight combat encounter I suppose. But I would more likely have her curse and haunt of the PCs until they finally find the fetters that tie her to this world and banish her once and for all.
Basically, take the evil ghost seeks vengeance from beyond the grave cliche' and turn it on its head.
Anyways, hope that helps.
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
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kevin_video,
Barleybell and Turnsborough are both described in the same text block below the entry. My wife warned me that people were not going to get this during her editing pass. And I just want you to know, you're only proving her right. Sheesh, there is going to be no living with her now... :)
Alaena Crowley...
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Anyways, hope that helps.
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
lol You've been married how long and you're now figuring out that she's always right? Ooh. I was told long ago that my girlfriend is always right. She's told me a regular basis these last few years. I've since accepted that unconditionally.
I'll have to read that text block more thoroughly.
Okay, just a side quest. I was wondering because they way it was described I honestly felt that I had missed something somewhere, and no matter how much I searched (Ctrl+F) I couldn't find the info I was looking for.
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Hey Gary,
I'm sure you are busy with getting book VI ready, the KS cards, and all the really cool stuff you're coming up with for Throne of Night (also, the holiday season). All that being said, I've got a of question for you:
I'm pretty sure that my PC's are going to want to spend some of their hard(ly) earned money on outfitting their minions with some better equipment. Is this something that will be addressed in book VI (you'd mentioned that there were going to be some alternate ideas for minion stuff in book VI) or something that you have any thoughts on?No hurry on a reply, it'll be a few weeks yet before we finish up our Jade Regent module. Can't wait to run WotW book III, though!
John,
Always happy to give a few thoughts.
I would let the PCs, if they make a substantial monetary investment in their minions, receive a bonus to the organization stats. If I was ever to expand that system, that would be one of the very first ways I would expand it.
You don't want it to be too cheap -- otherwise the PCs will simply max out their stats with very little sacrifice. You don't want it to be too expensive because you want it to be a viable option. I would probably make the exact cost dependent on PCs level.
I guess what I'm saying is that I agree with the goal, I just haven't spent the time developing it yet.
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
Doug,
I keep track of a lot of online play reports and so far I know of only one group who has made it as far as Book Three.
And they do not routinely post reports here at Paizo.com.
Though we are fortunate to get some Book Two play reports, most groups have not even reached that.
I know my own group just reached Balentyne for example.
So, I predict with time more play reports will come.
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
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I've been GMing through the adventure and my party is about to tackle the Cathedral of Mitra Made Manifest. Would you prefer my thoughts on the book in the product discussion or in a review?
I've been GMing through the adventure and my party is about to tackle the Cathedral of Mitra Made Manifest. Would you prefer my thoughts on the book in the product discussion or in a review?
Ice Titan,
Which every way you prefer! We always love to hear feedback.
And, by the way, thanks for running "Way of the Wicked"!
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games
My party are finishing the month of rest, and having a blast with the pit fighting and resolving some problems from their past on Ghastenhall for the Tiefling sisters. But want to comment two little problems.
First, the festival with all their magic items. The party have big money from all the Horn of Abbadon affair, and want to burn it: that’s good. But the money they have is not enough to buy all they want (they have a great luck with the magic items that were on the selling, so they decided to steal the rest. On one side, they are evil, and steal what they want are really appropriate, specially with a Ninja and a SGG Shadow Assassin on the party. On the other side, they can get too much power with so many magic. What could be the defense of the magic sellers against thief? I think I will let them steal what they want and later have wizards pursuit them. Any ideas?
The second problem is with the Duergar. Really like their background, but the party have one Dwarf, and with their history, will they really collaborate with a dwarf?
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My party are finishing the month of rest, and having a blast with the pit fighting and resolving some problems from their past on Ghastenhall for the Tiefling sisters. But want to comment two little problems.First, the festival with all their magic items. The party have big money from all the Horn of Abbadon affair, and want to burn it: that’s good. But the money they have is not enough to buy all they want (they have a great luck with the magic items that were on the selling, so they decided to steal the rest. On one side, they are evil, and steal what they want are really appropriate, specially with a Ninja and a SGG Shadow Assassin on the party. On the other side, they can get too much power with so many magic. What could be the defense of the magic sellers against thief? I think I will let them steal what they want and later have wizards pursuit them. Any ideas?
The second problem is with the Duergar. Really like their background, but the party have one Dwarf, and with their history, will they really collaborate with a dwarf?
With regards to the items, have it be like the real life retail world, and have all of the items have an alarm on them if they leave the area without paying for it. Just imagine the looks on their faces when an audible alarm goes off.
As for the party's dwarf, have it be the duergar won't work for them unless the dwarf goes through a ritual and allows himself to become a duergar as well. Or, disguise him to be like a duergar.
The bank seems a good idea. I supose I will the PCs steal what they want, but have to work hard for it and later the crime haunt them.
The minion action is good, but is a good time for give the ninja and Shadow Assassin a few of "screen time". I will think a bit of how to do it exactly, but definitively I like it.
A few days ago, my party make the battle of SaintBridge... really cool battle, a really memorable day. That Clay Golem at the beginning of the battle is REALLY nasty.
Does anyone know why Sambethe, the Oracle of Mitra 14, is a CR 14 and not CR 13, especially when she's got a major flaw (lame) but no add-ons to compensate for it? If anything I'd say CR 12, or give her a bonus feat for having a lame leg and stay at CR 13.
Oracles have a curse as part of their character as per the APG. Hers is the lame curse.
She has the ability to ignore fatigue, always moves at 20 even if encumbered and wearing armor. That's what she has as compensation.
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Does anyone know why Sambethe, the Oracle of Mitra 14, is a CR 14 and not CR 13, especially when she's got a major flaw (lame) but no add-ons to compensate for it? If anything I'd say CR 12, or give her a bonus feat for having a lame leg and stay at CR 13.Oracles have a curse as part of their character as per the APG. Hers is the lame curse.
She has the ability to ignore fatigue, always moves at 20 even if encumbered and wearing armor. That's what she has as compensation.
Yeah, I got that, but that still doesn't explain why she's CR 14 when she's 14th level and has the same equipment as a 2nd level PC.
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Well, we're already close to finished with book 3. All that's left now is the Cathedral.
They've decided to spare the children of the town. They plan on indoctrinating them all. Basically a Hitler Youth type thing. They also spared the mothers of the children, for now. They have to kill their own mothers later on in the indoctrination. (Pretty sure they got the idea from how the Unsullied in A Song of Ice and Fire are trained)
The player playing the Antipaladin wasn't able to make it to the last game, so there were only two players there, with me running Grumblejack and their Vitalist healbot cohort from Leadership. They handled the Peri pretty well. The Magus got close to death a couple times, but the Vitalist kept him alive. They really didn't want to deal with the Phoenix, and upon seeing the nest, immediately threatened the eggs and forced the Phoenix to leave forever.
Inside the labyrinth, they had fun with the riddles. The first two were pretty simple, and they solved them pretty quickly. The final one took two tries. After how long they spent trying to figure it out the first time, on the second try I let them make a check to notice a weird inflection on the key word (wick'ed... I assumed it was meant to be pronounced wicked, which made it tricky). After getting the clue, it took just a few seconds before one of them shouted the answer while bouncing in his chair.
We ended the night after the monk and oracle fight. I had to rebuild them a bit so that the monk could actually touch any of the PCs. Also gave the oracle Antilife Shell to keep her alive longer. At least until Grumblejack charged right through it and cleaved her in half.
So far this book is going by pretty quickly. I doubt it will take more than one or two more sessions to finish. I plan on changing Ara Mathra a bit as well. He seems a little underwhelming for a big solo fight. He might be fine for a normal group, but my group is certainly not normal. Maybe using one of the Divine Heralds...
Your group walked over the content with only 2-3 players, Malignant Mind? Wow. I guess I'll have to buff the encounters quite a bit :/
EDIT: Sunlord Thalachos is CR15, Azra is CR 16. Haven't checked both very closely, but how is that an improvement?
Your group walked over the content with only 2-3 players, Malignant Mind? Wow. I guess I'll have to buff the encounters quite a bit :/
EDIT: Sunlord Thalachos is CR15, Azra is CR 16. Haven't checked both very closely, but how is that an improvement?
My group is...efficient.
As for Sunlord Thalachos vs. Ara Mathra...
Sunlord Thalachos is more powerful at CR 15 than Ara Mathra is at CR 16. Really, all Ara has going for him is his silly list of immunities. I'll probably still throw a couple extra HD onto ST to up his CR to 16.
Keep in mind, my group tends to min/max (somehow without crippling their characters in their non-focused areas). Unless your group is similar, I wouldn't change much.
Your group walked over the content with only 2-3 players, Malignant Mind? Wow. I guess I'll have to buff the encounters quite a bit :/
EDIT: Sunlord Thalachos is CR15, Azra is CR 16. Haven't checked both very closely, but how is that an improvement?
My group is...efficient.
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My group isn't ultraoptimized (ie: no half-ogre templates, for example), but they bring no dead weight to the table either. And they are six players.
1) an antipaladin, with Aura of Command (if you intimidate someone by 10+, you can Command him as a free action), Cornugon Smash, and a big intimidating bonus. Plus a conductive sword, dastard full plate, and shield, that can "cast" Command for free every round he melees. AC in mind 20s, at level 7.
2) a scimitar-wielding blackblade magus with high dex, with focus in defensive spells (like Mirror Image)
3) a summoner with a quadruped eidolon with AC 30 (at 7th level) and 5 attacks with energy damage and pounce
4) a necromancer. Which is a wizard. Nuff' said.
5) an inquisitor archer.
6) a ninja-rogue blend (rogues ate ninjas and stole their stuff in my game), with alchemy, poisons, and poison bombs.
If you add a half-fiend ogre, a half-fiend medusa, an ogre mage ronin, an alchemical golem, and several high level zombies (I suspect a silver dragon zombie by that time), and just the overbearing forces they bring to the table mean a lot.
And yes, after checking Sunlord, he is slightly better than Azra (not by much, mind you). He poses a higher threat in damage, specially.
One thing I'm going to do with Azra, is giving him a shield, like in the picture in the book. A +3 large shield probably is enough. That put him in AC 37, with dispel Evil, which is kinda decent. Trading his +3 mace for a +3 holy mace also increase his threat.