Lou Agresta
First Post
Skepticism is warranted
Hi JustinAlexander,
Yeah. Skepticism is warranted -- I completely understand where you're coming from. Can't blame you at all.
However, no part of the press release was intended to communicate that the Razor Coast manuscript isn't finished. It is.
Oh, I'm going to give it a final development pass. Maybe reorganize a few chapters. I want some more art in it and maps, hence the stretch goals, but she's been finished and proofed for a while, now. Don't take my word for it, check out some of the earlier Paizo board discussions if you've the interest.
I'm guessing -- total guess here -- that when you thought "manuscript isn't finished" you were maybe thinking about the mention of compiling the campaign articles, a player's guide and a ship to ship combat system? If I'm guessing right, you might be interested to know these are all extras. Above and beyond the RC manuscript.
The campaign articles are already written. They were published previously as Indulgences and all that remains is for them to be converted to 3.5 and S&W.The Player's Guide is a new book, being written specifically for FGGs Kickstarter. I'm the one managing that book. FGG is publishing it (if the kickstarter funds) and Nick is not responsible for its delivery.
The ship to ship combat system -- called Fire as She Bears -- was something I started with a contest in the last days of Sinister. I've since written the first draft of the manuscript, then conscripted a writer named John Ling to bang it into final shape. We're at last edits and development before playtesting on that book. Nick is not involved in it in any way.
Hope that clarifies for you. Again, my apologies if we weren't clear enough up front. I was going for clear, but sometimes a press release just doesn't give adequate space for more thorough explanations.
In fact, what the press release says is that the manuscript still hasn't been completed. It's unclear who's responsible for completing it, but I think skepticism is warranted on a project that failed so spectacularly in the past. (Particularly when you're soliciting money through a website that specifically doesn't offer refunds if the project goes belly-up again.)
Hi JustinAlexander,
Yeah. Skepticism is warranted -- I completely understand where you're coming from. Can't blame you at all.
However, no part of the press release was intended to communicate that the Razor Coast manuscript isn't finished. It is.
Oh, I'm going to give it a final development pass. Maybe reorganize a few chapters. I want some more art in it and maps, hence the stretch goals, but she's been finished and proofed for a while, now. Don't take my word for it, check out some of the earlier Paizo board discussions if you've the interest.
I'm guessing -- total guess here -- that when you thought "manuscript isn't finished" you were maybe thinking about the mention of compiling the campaign articles, a player's guide and a ship to ship combat system? If I'm guessing right, you might be interested to know these are all extras. Above and beyond the RC manuscript.
The campaign articles are already written. They were published previously as Indulgences and all that remains is for them to be converted to 3.5 and S&W.The Player's Guide is a new book, being written specifically for FGGs Kickstarter. I'm the one managing that book. FGG is publishing it (if the kickstarter funds) and Nick is not responsible for its delivery.
The ship to ship combat system -- called Fire as She Bears -- was something I started with a contest in the last days of Sinister. I've since written the first draft of the manuscript, then conscripted a writer named John Ling to bang it into final shape. We're at last edits and development before playtesting on that book. Nick is not involved in it in any way.
Hope that clarifies for you. Again, my apologies if we weren't clear enough up front. I was going for clear, but sometimes a press release just doesn't give adequate space for more thorough explanations.