March 13, 201510 yr Hey, thanks for the pics, iamgoukus. I think I should be getting this also. I'm not really sure. It was damned thoughtful of you to share it with the community, though. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
March 14, 201510 yr Author My pleasure. Trying to share the love of all things PoE More interest benefits all of us!
March 14, 201510 yr I won't be getting this; I'm pretty sure that all I'm getting is the game and the expansion later. Makes me sad.
March 14, 201510 yr that is accually looks really nice added to my pledge hope It will be available 4-5 days before release so I can read Kana - "Sorry. It seems I'm not very good at raising spirits." Kana winces. "That was unintentional."
March 14, 201510 yr Author 111 pages, worth every penny. Trying to read it all, but reading it makes me want to replay the beta over and over again. Slow process
March 14, 201510 yr iamgoukas: Thx for sharing, mate! Brilliant stuff. I read every word of it, and reckon I can come to this conclusion already: Josh has poured his soul into the lore and cultures and socio-historical contexts and conflicts. What a fantastic effort! Hats off to you, Mr Sawyer. Finally, a game with some academic diligence and depth. Edited March 14, 201510 yr by IndiraLightfoot *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
March 14, 201510 yr No hints in the book, all lore all the time. It's like a history book with extended footnotes on creatures, gods, locations, etc. Absolutely no spoilers as far as story and characters in present (game world) time. Any new maps ?
March 14, 201510 yr I won't be getting this; I'm pretty sure that all I'm getting is the game and the expansion later. Makes me sad. You can buy it from Amazon or directly from Dark Horse Comics. "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses | PoE Items for Deadfire | No Recyled Icons | Soul Charged Nautilus
March 14, 201510 yr More pages here: https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/Previews/28-219?page=1 Everything is pretty light on spoilers except the part about the Watcher. Don't read that part.
March 15, 201510 yr Thanks for showing those pages. Now I know that it was a good idea to order those two books. Here in Germany it will reach the buyers via Amazon by 26th of March.
March 15, 201510 yr Let me ask you guys, is this the book called World Almanac on the pledge page of PoE? J_C from Codexia
March 15, 201510 yr Let me ask you guys, is this the book called World Almanac on the pledge page of PoE? No that is a different book. The Kickstarter term/item for the Darkhorse Pillars of Eternity Guidebook Volume 1 is the 'Project Eternity Collector's Book'.
March 15, 201510 yr Wow, thanks for this post! Can tell Josh Sawyer and the team put a ton of work into this! dat lore though!
March 15, 201510 yr You can also go to Amazon and see a little preview. There is a section where you can click to look inside the book and that will show some more pages. Looks pretty cool.
March 15, 201510 yr NOW I HAVE THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL Local comic shop had one copy. When the other one comes from Amazon, I'll have two, and be twice as awesome. All Stop. On Screen.
March 15, 201510 yr I'm still confused why it's volume 1, and what it is vs the strategy guide and almanac. PS: you live close enough to Obsidian offices you could probably show up and have those guys sign these for you! Edited March 15, 201510 yr by Falkon Swiftblade
March 16, 201510 yr Perhaps Volume 2 will come out with PoE 2? "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
March 16, 201510 yr Drilling holes into skulls of living people who were perceived to be mad was a practice in the Middle ages. As usual, I'm very satisfied with the lore's complexity and depth, and happy to recognize the touches of a fellow historian During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, trepanation was practiced as a cure for various ailments, including seizures and skull fractures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning#Pre-modern_Europe A popular philosophy during this time, which had become the basic form of psychology was interactionistic dualism, where the body was believed to be governed by the soul (Brown & Menninger, 1940). http://mentalillness.umwblogs.org/middle-ages/ Edited March 16, 201510 yr by Gairnulf A Custom Editor for Deadfire's Data:
March 16, 201510 yr I'm still confused why it's volume 1, and what it is vs the strategy guide and almanac. Josh has this to say in the Foreword: We want you to feel that you are a part of this world, one of the many forces that can push and pull the Eastern Reach from its tumultuous present into its promising future. With that in mind, please take the contents of this book for what they are: snapshots of one corner of a world that is, like our own, ever in motion. We hope that you can help us illuminate the contents of many more volumes in the years to come. All Stop. On Screen.
March 16, 201510 yr Obviously, they felt that anything above 1 would've been too loud. 6_u Should we not start with some Ipelagos, or at least some Greater Ipelagos, before tackling a named Arch Ipelago? 6_u
March 16, 201510 yr L, you doofus! lol Also, thanks for the keen updates, Mr. ISO. Good job! :hak's thumbs up: Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
March 16, 201510 yr Those wicht monster children look pretty rad! Can't wait to chop their heads off and wonder if by doing so, I haven't become a monster myself. Edited March 16, 201510 yr by Rumsteak
March 16, 201510 yr I did a pre-order via BookDepository.com. They have just notified me that it has been made available to them and will be dispatched shortly! Maybe I'll get it on or before March 26!
March 16, 201510 yr This thread made me go straight to Amazon, and was happy to find I could order it in EU. Can't wait. "What if a mid-life crisis is just getting halfway through the game and realising you put all your points into the wrong skill tree?"
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