Pathfinder 1E PATHFINDER: A First Look

[Olaf the Stout]

I work at Oz Post, so I think if it is only $5.00 an issue to ship, it must be coming by sea, and the can take up to 3 months to get here.

Glad the PDF is cheaper.

I know that I can get books weighing up to 5lbs shipped via airmail from Noble Knight Games for only $10. Maybe Paizo can get a cheaper shipping rate for Pathfinder than you can get for normal mail?

Either that and you are correct about it being surface mail. I've waited up to 3 months for a package via sea mail before. If it is sea mail, Paizo did say that the PDF version would be made available to subscribers as soon as they shipped the latest issue out. So at least you would be able to read the electronic version while you waited for the hard copy to arrive. :\

Olaf the Stout

 

[Olaf the Stout]

We're going to make it so awesome that no one would dream of stopping their subscription.

More seriously, it's a challenge built into the nature of the thing. We're going to bank on people being interested in our world and in the quality of our encounter design and writing. Certain ongoing features in the "non-adventure" part of the series will no doubt keep some people interested, but it's an editorial challenge we'll continue to work on right up to the day #6 goes to the printer.



Earlier today, while pondering this issue, I came up with the idea of a fairly sizable annual collection of, say, 30 or so of this type of adventure, written 100% by "new" authors who query and submit the modules to us. In this case I mean "new" authors who have not yet been assigned a Pathfinder adventure or GameMastery Module. This would be a stand-alone softcover book, most likely. Let's say 150-200 pages long. Anyone think that would be fun?

--Erik

I would definitely be interested in the compilation of short adventures that you described. Whether there is a sizeable enough market out there for it to be profitable, I don't know. I hope so!

Olaf the Stout

 

[Jakar]

I know that I can get books weighing up to 5lbs shipped via airmail from Noble Knight Games for only $10. Maybe Paizo can get a cheaper shipping rate for Pathfinder than you can get for normal mail?

Either that and you are correct about it being surface mail. I've waited up to 3 months for a package via sea mail before. If it is sea mail, Paizo did say that the PDF version would be made available to subscribers as soon as they shipped the latest issue out. So at least you would be able to read the electronic version while you waited for the hard copy to arrive. :\

Olaf the Stout

I did not even think about that Olaf. I would not have a prob with that at all.

 

[James Jacobs]

Ow! Ouch! Oof! OK! OK! Hit me with/Tell me that a pdf copy is part of the subscription and I'll surrender!

So basically each "issue" is kind of a combination of an issue of Dungeon and Dragon, with no ads?

Man! You guys hit hard!

Ok. A PDF copy is part of the subscription.

 

[James Jacobs]

James, is the first Pathfinder AP's topping out at 15th level going to be standard for what we can expect from the books? A six-month AP where you gain two-to-three levels per adventure seems to want to top out in the mid-to-high teens. As a fan of epic material, it's a bit disheartening that these campaigns might not even get to level 20, let alone beyond (this would, I'd think, make it much harder to fight any demon lords or whatnot in the future).

EDIT: Just wanted to mention that I understand the decision to top out around 15th level from a marketing/business standpoint, since that's about as high as the majority of campaigns go. But still, I personally like material that goes further.

Each Pathfinder AP will go as far as it needs to go. Some may go to epic level. Some may top out at 10th. It's kinda uncharted territory. For Rise of the Runelords, 15th level was where it ended up finishing out.

And plus... we've covered the demon lord fights pretty good for the time being, I'd like to think...

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Each Pathfinder AP will go as far as it needs to go. Some may go to epic level. Some may top out at 10th. It's kinda uncharted territory. For Rise of the Runelords, 15th level was where it ended up finishing out.

And plus... we've covered the demon lord fights pretty good for the time being, I'd like to think...

I'm not interested in 1-20 adventure paths (too much advancement too fast, and I don't like play at the really high levels), but 1-10 or even 1-15 might tempt me. So might something like 4-12.

 

[Firedancer]

I've never brought either mag before, both myself and other DM's have kept things going for homebrew nicely (and there's never been one to flick through in the shops in my area).

However, I really like this idea! A whole new setting opening up before me each month, rather than masses of pre-written stuff I need to familiarise myself with.

Adventure and extra crunch support for the setting. hardcopy for the table and casual flicking and pdf for bits to reuse or when its slow at the office.

Friendly and accessible writers who themselves are fans/users of the setting and mechanics.

Superb! I'm signing up for the first batch.

 

[Felon]

Despite all of the warm sentiments being expressed here, I think that at $20 an issue, Paizo has overshot their mark. I consider myself pretty hardcore, but not that hardcore.

What does "perfectbound" mean?

 

[Nightfall]

Felon,

Thing is they have to make a profit some how. 20 dollars is more reasonable than say...50. It's the way these things are going. There are costs after all. Plus it's a new market for them since they can't do a magazine.

 

[Erik Mona]

Felon,

If you sign up for a month-to-month subscription the magazine costs only $13.99. If you don't think it's worth it, you can cancel. I wish I could put it together for less, but we genuinely think it will be worth what we're asking. We hope you think so too after getting a chance to look at it.

--Erik