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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
 Posted - 12 Aug 2009 : 23:19:05
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I just got my copy today. Impressive, most impressive.
Sound off if you have your copy, or when you get your copy.
We really need a Dancin smilie!
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Daviot
Senior Scribe
USA
372 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2009 : 01:04:50
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| My FLGS manager is set to call me once he gets his delivered. |
One usually has far more to fear from the soft-spoken wizard with a blade and well-worn boots than from the boisterous one in the ivory tower.
My Tabletop Writing CV. |
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2009 : 01:23:03
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Paizo has just informed me that my copy has shipped (as of Monday).
Edit: I wasn't sure if I'd be getting a copy until after the second print run; I placed my order on what turned out to be the same day that Paizo announced the sellout of the first print run. I guess they held enough copies back to get one to me.  |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2009 : 02:27:39
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| I hope to get mine tomorrow after I arrive at the dealer's hall. :) Better get one, going to be pissed if not! |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3243 Posts |
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Joran Nobleheart
Senior Scribe
USA
495 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2009 : 03:55:17
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| Two days after Ashe posted the Amazon link, I had placed my order, so I'm really hoping to get it soon! Gods above, I'm so excited to see Pathfinder! I think I'll have a Realms shaping event where my players change over from some of the 3E/3.5 stuff to Pathfinder. I think that they'd like that. Maybe... Halaster sends out his call, doesn't die, and they join with him to stop the Spellplague. And yes, Blackstaff is still there too. I and my players love him! |
Paladinic Ethos
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Uzzy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
618 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2009 : 14:55:18
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| Gonna be a few days before I get my on PDF, though my FLGS has it for me to pick up soon. Woohoo! |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 14 Aug 2009 : 19:48:51
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| I went to pick mine up yesterday after work, but the shipment to my FLGS hadn't arrived yet. My wife is going to pick it up for me today, hopefully. |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Darkmeer
Senior Scribe
USA
505 Posts |
Posted - 14 Aug 2009 : 19:52:36
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I've got my .pdf on my laptop at home. It's going to be a long weekend of reading.
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"These people are my family, not just friends, and if you want to get to them you gotta go through ME." |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 14 Aug 2009 : 23:25:28
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| Yay! My wife picked mine up. Only 1.5 hours till I get to hold it in my own two hands. |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 15 Aug 2009 : 04:13:55
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Daviot
Senior Scribe
USA
372 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2009 : 03:40:10
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| Nabbed my copy Thursday, driving across the metro to the FLGS. I'm most impressed, and can say that my regular Realms game (which was running on Pathfinder Beta) is almost certainly going to be running in PRPG when it resumes at the end of the month. |
One usually has far more to fear from the soft-spoken wizard with a blade and well-worn boots than from the boisterous one in the ivory tower.
My Tabletop Writing CV. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2009 : 19:18:37
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| Did manage to pick up my copy but I had other books, so I sent them all home by UPS and so I can't really look at it until tomorrow. Didn't have time while at Gencon anyhow but it's a huge freaking book! |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium |
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1564 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2009 : 20:46:19
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"What am I doing today? Ask me tomorrow - I can be sure of giving you the right answer then."
-- Askarran of Selgaunt, Master Sage, speaking to a curious merchant, Year of the Helm |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2009 : 21:23:45
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| I've had my copy since James Jacobs put it in my hands at Gen Con on Friday. Very very impressive book, as I told all the Paizo folks involved. Loving me the Arcane Archer..... |
For current projects and general natter, see www.steveneschend.com
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2009 : 02:34:27
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I picked one up at Gen Con and got Sean K. Reynolds to sign. I've known him for YEARS but have never met him in person until now ;)
It's a HUGE book; full of info. Congrats to Paizo. |
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Ayunken-vanzan
Senior Scribe
Germany
657 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2009 : 11:45:44
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| Got mine today. After flipping throuhg the PDF I can now thumb through the real one. Great book! |
"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
FR/D&D-Links • 2ed Downloads |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2009 : 21:02:49
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| My copy has pretty much not left my side since I bought it. Not that I have been able to read it all that much; but I always have it with me, just in case I find some time to read it here or there. |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2009 : 05:49:01
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Got my copy this morning before leaving for work! Of course, I didn't open it right away... or I wouldn't have made it to work.  I have tomorrow off, so I'll be spending the day reading... |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
Edited by - Jakk on 19 Aug 2009 05:49:46 |
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Kiaransalyn
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
762 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2009 : 09:25:24
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I saw some pod-casts (?) from Kurt Wiegler* (?) and Games Geeks on YouTube yesterday he gave the new Pathfinder Players and DM's Guide a good review. Going off the enthusiasm here as well, I've added it to my Wunschzettel on Amazon.de. I may have to get some Tipex and erase the donkey ears on the elves though, they're getting to ridiculous WoW proportions.
I haven't heard a bad word about Pathfinder yet, then again I don't visit the WotC message boards. I'm sure it'll have some things where house rules are needed. But it looks fun and exciting. I'm in the States in September, so I'll try and get a chance for a browse, perhaps.
* - What a strange accent, nearly every word was pronounced differently Paizo = Pay-zee-oh (which sounds like a Japanese metal band) |
Death is Life
Love is Hate
Revenge is Forgiveness
Ken: You from the States?
Jimmy: Yeah. But don't hold it against me.
Ken: I'll try not to... Just try not to say anything too loud or crass. |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
1757 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2009 : 09:48:56
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| This is the first Pathfinder book I won't buy, cause this is just 3e rules with a different artwork. The sorcerer looked the most interesting, and pathfinder chronicler prc. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2009 : 16:24:10
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Originally posted by Quale
This is the first Pathfinder book I won't buy, cause this is just 3e rules with a different artwork. The sorcerer looked the most interesting, and pathfinder chronicler prc.
It worked well for me because I never ended up buying the 3.5 PH and DMG (instead I used www.d20SRD.org). It is nice to have the new book with updated rules (grapple, bull rush, and all those other complex rules are really simple now, and the Sorcerer is gorgeous) and artwork I prefer to the 3.x books (except for the 3.x Realms artwork, I thought that it was superior to the 3.x Core artwork). If you can find a copy, I would suggest checking it out even if you have the 3.5 PH and DMG. Though built upon the 3.5 framework, it really is a different animal. |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
2165 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2009 : 16:33:48
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Originally posted by Quale
This is the first Pathfinder book I won't buy, cause this is just 3e rules with a different artwork. The sorcerer looked the most interesting, and pathfinder chronicler prc.
More than the artwork has changed... but to each his own. I would have bought this one first if it had been ready, but I've had Pathfinder Chronicles (the HC) since it came out and have started picking up the Chronicles supplements. I'm not a subscriber; events with Dragon and Dungeon have left a bad taste in my mouth with regard to subscriptions of any sort.  I'm up early on my day off, in the hopes that the third and final box of my order from Paizo arrives today... which it probably won't, just because I'm waiting for it. |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
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Kiaransalyn
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
762 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2009 : 16:41:11
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Originally posted by Quale
This is the first Pathfinder book I won't buy, cause this is just 3e rules with a different artwork.
To be fair, the last time there was a new issue of the 3rd Edn rules they (WotC in this case) didn't bother changing the artwork. |
Death is Life
Love is Hate
Revenge is Forgiveness
Ken: You from the States?
Jimmy: Yeah. But don't hold it against me.
Ken: I'll try not to... Just try not to say anything too loud or crass. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36798 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2009 : 17:10:58
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Originally posted by capnvan
quote:
Originally posted by Kiaransalyn
*snip*
I haven't heard a bad word about Pathfinder yet, then again I don't visit the WotC message boards.
That shouldn't be a problem for a while, anyway. In a move that boggles the business side of my mind, the WoTC boards are down for migration.
I can't really think of a worse time, in the wake of GenCon, when D&D players oughts to be as excited as possible, and the release of Pathfinder, when one would think you'd want the 4E message getting out there with its evangelists, to voluntarily take down your boards.
For a week. At minimum. 
Wow, that's some unfortunate timing. |
Candlekeep Forums Moderator
Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2009 : 18:19:45
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I asked that question at Enworld and got flamed for it.
Why after Gencon, and not before Gencon. Gencon Wizards announced Dark Sun 2010. The Dark Sun Forum Explodes with activity, only to go down for maybe the rest of the month. I really do wonder about wizards sometimes.
My Gleemax TNG (The Next Generation) remark may have caused the flaming though. |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
Edited by - Brimstone on 19 Aug 2009 18:21:03 |
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Kiaransalyn
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
762 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2009 : 18:41:55
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quote:
Originally posted by capnvan
quote:
Originally posted by Kiaransalyn
*snip*
I haven't heard a bad word about Pathfinder yet, then again I don't visit the WotC message boards.
That shouldn't be a problem for a while, anyway. In a move that boggles the business side of my mind, the WoTC boards are down for migration.
I can't really think of a worse time, in the wake of GenCon, when D&D players oughts to be as excited as possible, and the release of Pathfinder, when one would think you'd want the 4E message getting out there with its evangelists, to voluntarily take down your boards.
For a week. At minimum.
 Not much that I can add to this really. |
Death is Life
Love is Hate
Revenge is Forgiveness
Ken: You from the States?
Jimmy: Yeah. But don't hold it against me.
Ken: I'll try not to... Just try not to say anything too loud or crass. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31727 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2009 : 01:44:07
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So for those who have it, let me ask you...
Are there are specific lore sections in the tome? I'm only asking because I've a tight budget this month. Thus, purchasing a rules-only book will likely have to wait until next month. But if there's sections of PF-lore inside, then I might be able to make an exception and purchase it today.
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Candlekeep Forums Moderator
Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
http://www.candlekeep.com -- Candlekeep Forum Code of Conduct
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium -- Volume IX now available (Oct 2007)
"So Saith Ed" -- the collected Candlekeep replies of Ed Greenwood
Zhoth'ilam Folio -- The Electronic Misadventures of a Rambling Sage |
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Uzzy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
618 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2009 : 03:01:41
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| No lore whatsoever in the book. At least none that I've seen. (Which, IMO, is a good thing.) |
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Ayunken-vanzan
Senior Scribe
Germany
657 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2009 : 05:25:48
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| In all regards the Core Rule Book is like 3.5 PHB and DMG. It includes the Golarion deities just like the PHB included the Greyhawk ones to illustrate the cleric, and where the DMG featured the Red Wizard (as edition specific PRC), we have now the Pathfinder Chronicler. The PFRPG is setting neutral. |
"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
FR/D&D-Links • 2ed Downloads |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2009 : 15:59:56
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| Yep, it is just a rule book. |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Roll call: Pathfinder the RPG.
