I appreciate the many GM's fixes to the kingdom rules. I've looked at a number of online suggestions. Still a couple months from reaching this part of of module with my group.
Would be nice if Paizo would fix this faulty part of the module and release on pdf.
Would also like additional sample troops fir warfare system. Trolls, undead cyclops, lizardfolk, fey, swordlords. In case war breaks out during other parts of storyline
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I don't think we're going to get a fix from Paizo. As you mentioned, there are members of this community who have done the lord's work in fixing the system.
I agree with you that the official final product is.... disappointing. This was a herculean effort to put this hardback together and the game is better for it's existence then not. However, it seems like between the pandemic and doing this one as a crowd funding campaign instead of through their normal release schedule the quality of the final product took a hit.
It was delayed over 2 years and it seems that the bulk of the work was given to one developer to do with no playtest support for the rules. The fact that we got as good of a system as we did under those circumstances is nothing sort of amazing.
Does the system have problems? It sure does. But as written is it playable and workable? 100%. James Jacobs did an outstanding job with the timeline and resources that he had, and the community has taken it from there to fill in the holes. That's sorta par for the course for RPGs.
To be clear, I don't think Paizo as a company should get a free pass for releasing un tested rules, but I don't think anything in there is so broken that it's unplayable, and I think together as a community we can come together to make the whole better than the sum of it's parts!