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<blockquote data-quote="johnnype" data-source="post: 4899573" data-attributes="member: 1944"><p>Keep in mind most regions only get two pages. Two. Two pages to describe a country. Not enough for me. </p><p></p><p>Let me be the dissenting voice here. I get the kitchen sink approach is the best way to make the biggest number of people happy. I don't like it but I get it. My recommendation is instead to focus on a specific region and delve deeper into that instead of the campaign setting book. For example, get the <a href="http://paizo.com/store/downloads/pathfinder/pathfinderCompanion/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy89ca&source=top" target="_blank">Cheliax Companion </a>and instead have 32 pages devoted to the region instead of the 4 pages it gets in the PFCS. Add to that the <a href="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/paizoPublishingLLC/v5748btpy89a4" target="_blank">Council of Thieves AP (6 issues long)</a>, <a href="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/paizoPublishingLLC/pathfinder/adventurePath/pathfinderRPG/councilOfThieves/v5748btpy89m7" target="_blank">The Council of Thieves Players Guide (free)</a> and you're good to go. I admit, much of that is not setting material but I do believe you will get to know at least part of the setting a lot better than you would with just the PFCS. </p><p></p><p>Another example is Katapesh a region of Golarion. In the PFCS it gets two pages. Instead you could buy the <a href="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/paizoPublishingLLC/pathfinder/pathfinderChronicles/35E/v5748btpy87ut" target="_blank">64 page Chronicles Guide </a>on the region,<a href="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/paizoPublishingLLC/pathfinder/adventurePath/35E/legacyOfFire" target="_blank">AP with the adventures that take place there</a> and the <a href="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/paizoPublishingLLC/pathfinder/pathfinderCompanion/35E/v5748btpy8737" target="_blank">32 page Players Guide</a>. </p><p></p><p>In the end I guess it depends on what you want. If you want a very, VERY high level look at very, VERY large area with not a lot of detail so you can give it your own then the PFCS might work for you. I found it lacked detail, far too vanilla and kitchen sinkish in the extreme but that was the design goal so I guess they achieved it. There is a lot to like but I only started enjoying it when I got a much more zoomed in and detailed look at the different regions in the supplements.</p><p></p><p>YMWV.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnnype, post: 4899573, member: 1944"] Keep in mind most regions only get two pages. Two. Two pages to describe a country. Not enough for me. Let me be the dissenting voice here. I get the kitchen sink approach is the best way to make the biggest number of people happy. I don't like it but I get it. My recommendation is instead to focus on a specific region and delve deeper into that instead of the campaign setting book. For example, get the [URL="http://paizo.com/store/downloads/pathfinder/pathfinderCompanion/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy89ca&source=top"]Cheliax Companion [/URL]and instead have 32 pages devoted to the region instead of the 4 pages it gets in the PFCS. Add to that the [URL="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/paizoPublishingLLC/v5748btpy89a4"]Council of Thieves AP (6 issues long)[/URL], [URL="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/paizoPublishingLLC/pathfinder/adventurePath/pathfinderRPG/councilOfThieves/v5748btpy89m7"]The Council of Thieves Players Guide (free)[/URL] and you're good to go. I admit, much of that is not setting material but I do believe you will get to know at least part of the setting a lot better than you would with just the PFCS. Another example is Katapesh a region of Golarion. In the PFCS it gets two pages. Instead you could buy the [URL="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/paizoPublishingLLC/pathfinder/pathfinderChronicles/35E/v5748btpy87ut"]64 page Chronicles Guide [/URL]on the region,[URL="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/paizoPublishingLLC/pathfinder/adventurePath/35E/legacyOfFire"]AP with the adventures that take place there[/URL] and the [URL="http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/paizoPublishingLLC/pathfinder/pathfinderCompanion/35E/v5748btpy8737"]32 page Players Guide[/URL]. In the end I guess it depends on what you want. If you want a very, VERY high level look at very, VERY large area with not a lot of detail so you can give it your own then the PFCS might work for you. I found it lacked detail, far too vanilla and kitchen sinkish in the extreme but that was the design goal so I guess they achieved it. There is a lot to like but I only started enjoying it when I got a much more zoomed in and detailed look at the different regions in the supplements. YMWV. [/QUOTE]
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