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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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 Posted - 28 Jun 2009 : 07:01:52
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Originally posted by The Sage
And I see the latest PDF -- Dungeon Denizens Revisited -- has been released. Anyone downloaded it yet?
I'll likely purchase it sometime later today.
I finished the print copy a couple days ago. Very good stuff!  |
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1796 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2009 : 07:03:55
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Originally posted by The Sage
And I see the latest PDF -- Dungeon Denizens Revisited -- has been released. Anyone downloaded it yet?
I'll likely purchase it sometime later today.
Haven't read it yet, but it has a picture of a purple worm eating a T-Rex... |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2009 : 09:32:15
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Originally posted by Kuje
I picked it up in my order yesterday, along with the planar book, Taldor, and #4 of the new monthly series.
Ah, I've not picked up the Taldor book yet. I'll have to keep that on my list.
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Originally posted by Purple Dragon Knight
Haven't read it yet, but it has a picture of a purple worm eating a T-Rex...
Indeed.
I was particularly impressed with the section on Gelatinous Cubes. They've, along with most ooze-types, always been among my favourite critters.
Also, I must say that I found the section on the Rust Monster to be of somewhat better quality that the recent "Ecology of the Rust Monster" for DRAGON #376. Interesting.
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Ayunken-vanzan
Senior Scribe
Germany
657 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2009 : 09:57:00
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"What mattered our lives now? When our world had been torn from us? Folk wept, or drank, or stood staring out over the land, wondering what new horror each dawn would bring."
Elender Stormfall of Suzail
"Anyone can kill deities, cause plagues, or destroy organizations. It takes real skill to make them live on."
Varl
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Nightseer
Acolyte
45 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2009 : 11:54:33
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I like the picture of the Cleric trying to turn the Skeleton in the Cube.  |
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Misery
Acolyte
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Posted - 28 Jun 2009 : 12:31:04
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
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Originally posted by Ayunken-vanzan
If you have Pathfinder Advantage, you'll get the print copy for 42.49 $. But you have to add shipping.
Oh, I figured it all out. As soon as the subscription opened, I signed up for it, since you get the PDF for free and I figured it would be about the same as other PDFs of like-sized books (around $30).
With the subscription, you get the book and PDF for $42.49 + $8.25 S&H (total $50.74).
I have the Adventure Path subscription already, so I'll be getting the PDF at the $8.50 cost. The hardcover I've now pre-ordered through Amazon for $31.49 and free shipping (since it's over $25). So my total cost for the book and PDF is $39.99. A savings of $10.75.
I had seen this on Amazon as well and thought about it myself ... but I couldn't do it. It shows on Amazon the release date as September 2nd. My game store's getting it the release date of the 13th of August. Over half a month to wait for Pathfinder RPG? I think NOT!!
Luckily my game store has a 5% game discount PLUS a 10% preorder one, so I get 15% off the core book. Not bad. |
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Knight of the Gate
Senior Scribe
USA
624 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2009 : 16:17:32
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How can life be so bountiful, providing such sublime rewards for mediocrity? -Umberto Ecco |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3252 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2009 : 17:12:00
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Originally posted by Misery
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
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Originally posted by Ayunken-vanzan
If you have Pathfinder Advantage, you'll get the print copy for 42.49 $. But you have to add shipping.
Oh, I figured it all out. As soon as the subscription opened, I signed up for it, since you get the PDF for free and I figured it would be about the same as other PDFs of like-sized books (around $30).
With the subscription, you get the book and PDF for $42.49 + $8.25 S&H (total $50.74).
I have the Adventure Path subscription already, so I'll be getting the PDF at the $8.50 cost. The hardcover I've now pre-ordered through Amazon for $31.49 and free shipping (since it's over $25). So my total cost for the book and PDF is $39.99. A savings of $10.75.
I had seen this on Amazon as well and thought about it myself ... but I couldn't do it. It shows on Amazon the release date as September 2nd. My game store's getting it the release date of the 13th of August. Over half a month to wait for Pathfinder RPG? I think NOT!!
Luckily my game store has a 5% game discount PLUS a 10% preorder one, so I get 15% off the core book. Not bad.
Ah, my game's not starting quite so quickly, so I can wait a bit.
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Originally posted by Knight of the Gate
Thanks for the heads up on the Pathfinder Chronicles, everyone. I'm a little surprised that the PDF is so very expensive, given the $9.99 price of the ruleset. I'm sure it's worth every penny, but it does mean I can't get both the dead-tree and PDF version.
The $9.99 price was a recent decision to get players that might not purchase it or download it illegally to instead buy it. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1796 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2009 : 18:40:51
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
The $9.99 price was a recent decision to get players that might not purchase it or download it illegally to instead buy it.
A beautiful example of forward thinking, if I say so myself!
(and in keeping with the pricing of various digital book shops popping up everywhere, for devices such as these) |
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1564 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2009 : 11:23:57
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Originally posted by Knight of the Gate
Thanks for the heads up on the Pathfinder Chronicles, everyone. I'm a little surprised that the PDF is so very expensive, given the $9.99 price of the ruleset. I'm sure it's worth every penny, but it does mean I can't get both the dead-tree and PDF version.
If you subscribe, you get both the print copy and the PDF for the same price -- now, that's a bargain, if you ask me.  |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3252 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2009 : 13:50:51
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Originally posted by Asgetrion
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Originally posted by Knight of the Gate
Thanks for the heads up on the Pathfinder Chronicles, everyone. I'm a little surprised that the PDF is so very expensive, given the $9.99 price of the ruleset. I'm sure it's worth every penny, but it does mean I can't get both the dead-tree and PDF version.
If you subscribe, you get both the print copy and the PDF for the same price -- now, that's a bargain, if you ask me.
To clarify on Asgetrion's statement, if you subscribe to the Chronicles service, you get the PDF free when you purchase the print copy. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
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Ayunken-vanzan
Senior Scribe
Germany
657 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2009 : 16:17:14
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
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Originally posted by Asgetrion
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Originally posted by Knight of the Gate
Thanks for the heads up on the Pathfinder Chronicles, everyone. I'm a little surprised that the PDF is so very expensive, given the $9.99 price of the ruleset. I'm sure it's worth every penny, but it does mean I can't get both the dead-tree and PDF version.
If you subscribe, you get both the print copy and the PDF for the same price -- now, that's a bargain, if you ask me.
To clarify on Asgetrion's statement, if you subscribe to the Chronicles service, you get the PDF free when you purchase the print copy.
To clarify on Asgetrion's statement, if you subscribe to the Chronicles service, you get the PDF of all future Chronicles free, but not those of already published one. |
"What mattered our lives now? When our world had been torn from us? Folk wept, or drank, or stood staring out over the land, wondering what new horror each dawn would bring."
Elender Stormfall of Suzail
"Anyone can kill deities, cause plagues, or destroy organizations. It takes real skill to make them live on."
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Knight of the Gate
Senior Scribe
USA
624 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2009 : 16:35:29
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I had been registered @ Paizo for a while, but hadn't been reading or posting on their fora, which I remedied this past weekend. The tone of their message boards is almost as polite and helpful as CK itself, and the company (miracle of miracles) actually combs the boards for feedback. Cause they want to (I am still stunned) give the fans what they want.
What. A. Company. Just Wow.
I'm gonna subscribe in a few weeks (waiting for the old adventure path to end) and, for the first time in a while, I'm tingly-excited about a new game.
Thanks for pointing me towards it, folks. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3252 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2009 : 16:47:31
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Originally posted by Ayunken-vanzan
To clarify on Asgetrion's statement, if you subscribe to the Chronicles service, you get the PDF of all future Chronicles free, but not those of already published one.
Thanks Ayunken-vanzan! I wasn't entirely sure of already published material and the PDFs. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36964 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2009 : 17:15:58
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I'm reading Into the Darklands now... One thing I like is their version of driders. Realms driders have always kinda bugged me -- "you have failed the Spider Queen! So, as punishment, we're going to make you more like her!" It doesn't make much sense for folks who revere spiders to use being turned into a spider as punishment.
I've not gotten to the section on Orv yet, but I'm already missing the mind flayers. Even an alternate Underdark still needs the Cthulhu wannabes. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jun 2009 : 01:02:35
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I'm still working through The Great Beyond. There's a lot of great ideas for all kinds of planar campaigns here. And with my own cosmology that I've been working on for the last 9 years, it's so much easier for me to incorporate a lot of the material Todd's written into this book, into my games that rely on the planar framework I've detailed.
Although, each time I read "the Inner Sphere," I keep thinking of BattleTech.  |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jun 2009 : 01:15:17
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I'm reading Into the Darklands now... One thing I like is their version of driders. Realms driders have always kinda bugged me -- "you have failed the Spider Queen! So, as punishment, we're going to make you more like her!" It doesn't make much sense for folks who revere spiders to use being turned into a spider as punishment.
I've not gotten to the section on Orv yet, but I'm already missing the mind flayers. Even an alternate Underdark still needs the Cthulhu wannabes.
Yeah, but at least its got the neolethids and their other wormy friends. |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jun 2009 : 10:18:32
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There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3252 Posts |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3252 Posts |
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Nightseer
Acolyte
45 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jul 2009 : 03:29:09
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Originally posted by The Sage
Upcoming lore from Steven, Brian, Ed and Jeff! What have we done to deserve such treats?
We survived the Spellplague? 
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Shar! |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36964 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jul 2009 : 22:58:34
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Pathfinder Pre-Order Outsells Eberron Player's Guide
Mod edit: Fixed the coding for the URL.
Edit: Well, it had when I posted the link... damn fickle internets.
It's number five right now, which is pretty impressive.
I find it amusing that number eight is the 3.5 PHB -- it's higher up than eleven 4E products, including the 4E PHB (number ten) and the 4E DMG (number twenty-four; the 3.5 DMG is number seventeen)! |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2009 : 01:22:04
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Pathfinder Pre-Order Outsells Eberron Player's Guide
Mod edit: Fixed the coding for the URL.
Edit: Well, it had when I posted the link... damn fickle internets.
It's number five right now, which is pretty impressive.
I find it amusing that number eight is the 3.5 PHB -- it's higher up than eleven 4E products, including the 4E PHB (number ten) and the 4E DMG (number twenty-four; the 3.5 DMG is number seventeen)!
Interestingly, I would've liked to have seen how sales for the Eberron Campaign Guide fared, since it's actually the more "lore-heavy" side of the duo. I didn't expect the EBPG to hit much higher, but I think that, given the many disgruntled points of view on the FRCG, the EBCG will sell both well and quickly.
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Shemmy
Senior Scribe
USA
492 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2009 : 04:09:36
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Originally posted by The SageInterestingly, I would've liked to have seen how sales for the Eberron Campaign Guide fared, since it's actually the more "lore-heavy" side of the duo. I didn't expect the EBPG to hit much higher, but I think that, given the many disgruntled points of view on the FRCG, the EBCG will sell both well and quickly.
I find it telling that in light of the reception of the FRCG, they've put out the EBPG first, before the EBCG is released. Put out the player-centric, lore-light stuff first to drum up support well in advance of the lore-heavy EBCG when, depending on how much of the 4e default may have been forced into the setting, you might risk pissing off a large chunk of your fan-base for the setting. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2009 : 04:59:12
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Originally posted by Shemmy
I find it telling that in light of the reception of the FRCG, they've put out the EBPG first, before the EBCG is released. Put out the player-centric, lore-light stuff first to drum up support well in advance of the lore-heavy EBCG when, depending on how much of the 4e default may have been forced into the setting, you might risk pissing off a large chunk of your fan-base for the setting.
Mmmm. Good point.
I will note that on a few of the RPG boards I do frequent, many EB fans were particularly distressed over the fact that the EBPG was released first. The majority of them, apparently, were looking more for updates to the lore, than 4e updates of the existing EBERRON rules system.
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2009 : 09:41:25
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