It's weird, but Amazon doesn't have the Advanced playes guide until Aug. 24
Sounds like the same ETA I got for mine over here. I've got it on pre-order but I was so keen to see it, I bought the pdf yesterday anyway. I'm just hoping their print run is sufficient on the APG; I made the listake of ordering the Core rules from Amazon but because it sold out so quickly I don't think Amazon ever got the 1st printing so I had to wait months for a re-stock...
Yea... Ryan,
Mikey really doesn't let us do anything we want as far as characters go. He likes a bit more control.
I'll step in and defend him on this one. His last post was actually as a result of a PM I sent him. I was expressing some, shall we say *reservations* about possible character choices (admittedly based off Ryan's post in the OC forum which could well have just been random musings).
For Ryan's benefit: we went through one of the longest pre-game discussions about PCs I've been involved in getting this set up both here and on the game forum over at Obsidian Portal. When Mike L pitched his initial concept I was very unhappy with it - so much so that I changed my own character because I just wasn't prepared to tie myself down to a paladin with what he was proposing. After a bit of give and take, he shifted his alignment and presented a very good case for how Lerissa was going to develop over time.
Fast forward to a new PC entering. I'm not putting words into Rhun's mouth but I told GM Mike in fairly robust language that with a paladin and another LG character in the group, a 'Chelaxian devil worshipper' with an Eidolon that looked like a devil wasn't on, period. Sorry if that sounds a bit uppity, but really, there is just no way Mustapha would contemplate having somebody like that with us, and I'd hope Abraxis felt the same way. So better to get it out now, than just sit by, let Ryan waste time statting something up, and letting it fester and potentially cause the game to fall apart.
The alternative suggestion of the Summoner/Barbarian sounds interesting and I'd be interested in seeing more if that's something you want to look into further.