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Thanks Colin. You beat me to it! ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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Cathbad the Meek (herbalist Wizard 1): AC 9; 4 hp; S 7, A 7, St 10, P 17, I 13, L 8; Neutral; Club, herbs, 50' rope, 50 cp; -1 to melee attack rolls. Hideous scar.
Cathbad the Meek (herbalist Wizard 1): AC 9; 4 hp; S 7, A 7, St 10, P 17, I 13, L 8; Neutral; Club, herbs, 50' rope, 50 cp; -1 to melee attack rolls. Hideous scar.
Re: In the Prison of the Squid Sorcerer now available!
Wow. He beat me too... Thanks, Colin!
We have a preview over at the website: http://www.mysticbull.com/index.php?opt ... Itemid=201
Plus a couple of other goodies... Samurai's as a DCC class and another bonus encounter.
http://www.mysticbull.com/index.php?opt ... Itemid=101
We have a preview over at the website: http://www.mysticbull.com/index.php?opt ... Itemid=201
Plus a couple of other goodies... Samurai's as a DCC class and another bonus encounter.
http://www.mysticbull.com/index.php?opt ... Itemid=101
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Got our first reviews:
http://irontavern.com/2013/03/12/review ... -sorcerer/
And directly on RPGNow -- http://www.rpgnow.com/product_reviews_i ... _id=111964
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I'm going to buy it as soon as I've got enough spare cash. I just paid for university and Critters, Creatures and Denizens.
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I got that, too. What do you think?Ravenheart87 wrote:I'm going to buy it as soon as I've got enough spare cash. I just paid for university and Critters, Creatures and Denizens.
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Couldn't continue with reading it. I had a lot of work to do today, plus collegues had nameday, birthday, so we had to drink a few beers in the nearby pub.ragboy wrote:I got that, too. What do you think?Ravenheart87 wrote:I'm going to buy it as soon as I've got enough spare cash. I just paid for university and Critters, Creatures and Denizens.
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For all who have purchased this product thus far, Thank You!
SoBH pbp:
Cathbad the Meek (herbalist Wizard 1): AC 9; 4 hp; S 7, A 7, St 10, P 17, I 13, L 8; Neutral; Club, herbs, 50' rope, 50 cp; -1 to melee attack rolls. Hideous scar.
Cathbad the Meek (herbalist Wizard 1): AC 9; 4 hp; S 7, A 7, St 10, P 17, I 13, L 8; Neutral; Club, herbs, 50' rope, 50 cp; -1 to melee attack rolls. Hideous scar.
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For all who have purchased this product thus far, Thank You!
SoBH pbp:
Cathbad the Meek (herbalist Wizard 1): AC 9; 4 hp; S 7, A 7, St 10, P 17, I 13, L 8; Neutral; Club, herbs, 50' rope, 50 cp; -1 to melee attack rolls. Hideous scar.
Cathbad the Meek (herbalist Wizard 1): AC 9; 4 hp; S 7, A 7, St 10, P 17, I 13, L 8; Neutral; Club, herbs, 50' rope, 50 cp; -1 to melee attack rolls. Hideous scar.
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I still say that "In the Prison of the Squid Sorcerer" is one of the best titles ever! Just hearing the name gives me shivers. ![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
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I'm reading this right now and enjoying the heck out of it. Well done!
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Just waiting to see when a print or POD option becomes available, and if there will be a print + pdf bundle or not.
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Colin wrote:Just waiting to see when a print or POD option becomes available, and if there will be a print + pdf bundle or not.
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Same here. I am tired of buying pdfs and than spending twice as much money on printing them out. Just not cost effective
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Normally, I'd agree, but in this instance I'm okay w/ pdf only. ItPotSS is a collection of 12 encounters, some of which can be printed on a single page. I think the longest one ("Icon of the Blood Goddess") would take only 4 pages printed on both sides. I'm unlikely to go through more than one or two of these encounters in a single session, so a print copy, while nice, is not as required as it would be usually -- for me ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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Thanks!Sir Robilar wrote:I'm reading this right now and enjoying the heck out of it. Well done!
We will be revisiting the Squid Sorcerer in future releases.... his story is only beginning.finarvyn wrote:I still say that "In the Prison of the Squid Sorcerer" is one of the best titles ever! Just hearing the name gives me shivers.
Colin wrote:Just waiting to see when a print or POD option becomes available, and if there will be a print + pdf bundle or not.
It's coming. I swear. Just trying to figure out which option to choose.MrHemlocks wrote: Same here. I am tired of buying pdfs and than spending twice as much money on printing them out. Just not cost effectiveSeems like so many companies are going the easy/fast rout now days. PDFs suck at the game table....
Also, while we're on the subject of media -- would anyone use Squid (or any RPG product) on their pad-like device? I'm tooling around with an e-book editor and wondering if anyone would actually use an ebook version of this thing.
That's why I'm wondering if an e-book would be just as useful. Less computer at the table... though I don't know how pervasive the pad-devices are at the table.Rick wrote: Normally, I'd agree, but in this instance I'm okay w/ pdf only. ItPotSS is a collection of 12 encounters, some of which can be printed on a single page. I think the longest one ("Icon of the Blood Goddess") would take only 4 pages printed on both sides. I'm unlikely to go through more than one or two of these encounters in a single session, so a print copy, while nice, is not as required as it would be usually -- for me
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I own a Nexus 10.
I absolutely LUUUURVE that beautiful piece of technology, and I use it for my DCC RPG PDF (as my rule book, so that others can use my dead tree rule book at the gaming table) and I run the Purple Sorcerer "Crawler Companion" on it as well.
For adventures, I'm very torn. Having a book is nice. I enjoy dead tree format publications.
With PDFs I can print out the sections--on a computer, not the Nexus--that I want and, for example, rename NPCs/locations as I see fit, re-draw/draw on top of maps, and generally add notes to the printed sheet that I'd be reluctant to do with a dead tree version that I paid money for. I hate the idea of dropping $15 on a book and then writing in the margin.
Does that help you? Probably not.![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
I absolutely LUUUURVE that beautiful piece of technology, and I use it for my DCC RPG PDF (as my rule book, so that others can use my dead tree rule book at the gaming table) and I run the Purple Sorcerer "Crawler Companion" on it as well.
For adventures, I'm very torn. Having a book is nice. I enjoy dead tree format publications.
With PDFs I can print out the sections--on a computer, not the Nexus--that I want and, for example, rename NPCs/locations as I see fit, re-draw/draw on top of maps, and generally add notes to the printed sheet that I'd be reluctant to do with a dead tree version that I paid money for. I hate the idea of dropping $15 on a book and then writing in the margin.
Does that help you? Probably not.
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I use the .pdf of the rule book on my iPad at the gaming table. I have lots of book marks so it makes looking things up very quick.
I'll read pdfs of adventures on the iPad, but for use at the game table I prefer to have a print copy. At the very least a print copy of the map. Makes cross referencing map locations and descriptions easier.
If possible I prefer to buy a print and pdf bundle.
I'll read pdfs of adventures on the iPad, but for use at the game table I prefer to have a print copy. At the very least a print copy of the map. Makes cross referencing map locations and descriptions easier.
If possible I prefer to buy a print and pdf bundle.
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Ogrepuppy wrote:For adventures, I'm very torn. Having a book is nice. I enjoy dead tree format publications.
With PDFs I can print out the sections--on a computer, not the Nexus--that I want and, for example, rename NPCs/locations as I see fit, re-draw/draw on top of maps, and generally add notes to the printed sheet that I'd be reluctant to do with a dead tree version that I paid money for. I hate the idea of dropping $15 on a book and then writing in the margin.
That's exactly where I'm at. I like the PDF so I can rip the words to a word processor to change the thing (either update it as we go through -- especially something extensive like Barrowmaze -- or to alter things slightly, as in a conversion situation) -- and the PDF is absolutely required for prep work --- and I crave the printed version because I wants it.AJClark wrote:
If possible I prefer to buy a print and pdf bundle.
Haven't found a use for straight up e-book/epub (not PDF) at the table.
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Exactly.ragboy wrote:Haven't found a use for straight up e-book/epub (not PDF) at the table.
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I'm the opposite. I find that reading and bookmarking an epub is a zillion times easier than a PDF, and much faster too. I can't reading PDFs on my laptop, even way less on my tablet. Especially when they're 8.5x11. If they were digest, 8.5x5.5 or even 9x6, it'd be fine/better. But PDFs are so slow and cumbersome to me, even PDFs formatted that way are a pain, i.e. worthless to me. I end up printing everything I need out every time.Ogrepuppy wrote:Exactly.ragboy wrote:Haven't found a use for straight up e-book/epub (not PDF) at the table.
I want this bad, but I too am going to wait for a print version.
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Currently trying to figure out the epub thing with images... Academic for the moment.reverenddak wrote: I'm the opposite. I find that reading and bookmarking an epub is a zillion times easier than a PDF, and much faster too. I can't reading PDFs on my laptop, even way less on my tablet. Especially when they're 8.5x11. If they were digest, 8.5x5.5 or even 9x6, it'd be fine/better. But PDFs are so slow and cumbersome to me, even PDFs formatted that way are a pain, i.e. worthless to me. I end up printing everything I need out every time.
I want this bad, but I too am going to wait for a print version.
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initially I had no interest in this as I thought it was a mind flayer adventure. When I looked into it more and realized it was a series of encounters I was more interested. After picking it up and scrolling around a bit I think there are some good things in here. Worth picking up as a spring board for ideas, or as some encounters to use as filler or to flush out for something bigger.
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Glad you picked it up! Let us know what you think when you've had some time to read it and run a couple.Rostranor wrote:initially I had no interest in this as I thought it was a mind flayer adventure. When I looked into it more and realized it was a series of encounters I was more interested. After picking it up and scrolling around a bit I think there are some good things in here. Worth picking up as a spring board for ideas, or as some encounters to use as filler or to flush out for something bigger.
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Nexus 10: Almost 8.5" x 11" in size, and with a better resolution than an iPad.reverenddak wrote:I can't reading PDFs on my laptop, even way less on my tablet. Especially when they're 8.5x11.
Pure gold-coated-cocaine win.