Greetings and Salutations. For those who don't know, I've been working on a PF project that I'm going to attempt to have published (once I finish it). Before I go into those details, I want to say a few things first.
1: Due to legal reasons, I can't accept suggestions or requests on the project. So please, keep them to yourselves. If you cannot, please refrain from reading. This is not designed to be rude, but an attempt to safe guard myself and the project. Suggestions/requests will only hurt the project, not help (despite any intent).
2: If I start to see suggestions/requests appear within this thread, I will stop reading/following it and that'll be the end of the updates. So if you want updates to continue, see #1.
3: Kevin knows of the project (and I've talked to him about some of my ideas), but that does NOT mean any of this is guaranteed to see print yet. Even if some of these ideas see print, others may not. While I'll try my best to remain vague, try to keep in mind none of this is a promise of seeing print.
4: I don't think anything I mention here should be a problem. Dark Elf talks about his Lopanic Games, and other freelancers talk of their projects as well. As a result, I don't think anything I say here should be a problem. However, I need to be careful about walking that line, so please try not to keep that in mind if you ask any questions.
5: There are some who don't want to see/know the updates, so please keep this in mind before repeating any information found here in another thread.
With all of that said, I will now begin to disclose some information on the project. So, without further ado ...
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Project: Land of the South Winds (yes, someone is working on this).
Progress: 40% (?) complete. I've finished approximately 60 print pages. Note: Rough estimate only.
Estimated Page Count: 124 pages (maybe more). Note: It started off as 96 or so, then up to 112, and that page count just keeps going up. This isn't my need to keep adding extra content, but the fact the project is bigger than anything I've ever attempted before and I'm horrible at estimating. The last time I did a check of how much work I did, it started to look like it'll go to an even higher page count.
Resources: In addition to my original ideas, I've referenced PF2 main book, PF Book 2: Old Ones, PF Book 3: Adventures on the High Seas (first and second editions), PF Book 7: Yin-Sloth Jungles, PF Book 8: Western Empire, PF Book 10: Mount Nimro, and PF Book 12: Library of Bletherad. I'm doing my best to keep true to ALL these sources, even attempting to string together any existing contradictions. I spent a month or two researching these, and even scrapped a few of my original ideas in an attempt to keep true to the official material. Note: I'm aware of Rifter #15 and Rifter #27, and will keep them in mind but neither are official and that doesn't mean I'll be using anything from them.
Content: This book will include both toys and setting information. For toys we'll have new O.C.C. (some new, some updated or reprinted for convenience), new monsters, new weapons, and a few other fun surprises. For setting we'll have a timeline, culture notes (see Rifter #55 for an idea of how I handle culture write-ups), several areas including cities and towns (estimating about 14 when combined), important NPC, and a few adventures.
Objective: To make a complete sourcebook/world book that requires only the main book and this book to play. While some information won't be included (like I'm not going to include all the ship information from Adventures on the High Seas, I'm going to keep it mostly land based, with only mention of the sea stuff and reference AotHS for the sea based stuff), I've tried to include as much information as possible even from other books. This means (at times) information will be reprinted. However, I've kept that to a minimum, and the intent is to expand on that information and/or to prevent the reader from needing 5 different books to play the setting.
Additional Notes: City write-ups and adventures aren't something I have much experience in (i'm confident I can muddle through). My layout might also be a little shakey and something I'm trying to iron out (I think I'll have better luck with a good layout after I finish everything else).
Updates Up 'Til Now: I have 90% of the O.C.C., monsters, weapons, timeline, and culture already finished. I have like 1 monster to finish, a section on weapons to finish, a few names to add to the timeline (I put in generic titles that needs to get cleaned up), about 3 more special O.C.C. to finish, and whatever else I suddenly get inspiration for along the way. This is the 60% progress. The cities/towns, NPC, and adventures still needs to be written out (almost entirely, I've probably only finished about 5%), but already planned out and outlined. I know what I need to do, I just need to do it.
Current Status: On temporary hold. I've just been busy with work, and in April I'll be moving 2,000 miles to a new state. That's been taking up most of my time and energy right now. I still have the ideas, and think about it every week. I just need to get stabilized and get some free time.
Inspiration Notes: I've been working on a PF sourcebook since June 2012. After a few months of working on that project, I had an idea I started working on. The idea was only meant to take a few days (figured a week tops) to work on, just for fun. That idea quickly snowballed into a full Land of the South Winds book. I was having some trouble with the other book (yet to be disclosed) anyways, and ever since I've started the Land of the South Winds I've had more ideas for the original idea. From time to time, I still work on the other project. However, while the other project may be fun, I believe the Land of the South Winds is far more necessary/essential for PF.
1: Due to legal reasons, I can't accept suggestions or requests on the project. So please, keep them to yourselves. If you cannot, please refrain from reading. This is not designed to be rude, but an attempt to safe guard myself and the project. Suggestions/requests will only hurt the project, not help (despite any intent).
2: If I start to see suggestions/requests appear within this thread, I will stop reading/following it and that'll be the end of the updates. So if you want updates to continue, see #1.
3: Kevin knows of the project (and I've talked to him about some of my ideas), but that does NOT mean any of this is guaranteed to see print yet. Even if some of these ideas see print, others may not. While I'll try my best to remain vague, try to keep in mind none of this is a promise of seeing print.
4: I don't think anything I mention here should be a problem. Dark Elf talks about his Lopanic Games, and other freelancers talk of their projects as well. As a result, I don't think anything I say here should be a problem. However, I need to be careful about walking that line, so please try not to keep that in mind if you ask any questions.
5: There are some who don't want to see/know the updates, so please keep this in mind before repeating any information found here in another thread.
With all of that said, I will now begin to disclose some information on the project. So, without further ado ...
-----
Project: Land of the South Winds (yes, someone is working on this).
Progress: 40% (?) complete. I've finished approximately 60 print pages. Note: Rough estimate only.
Estimated Page Count: 124 pages (maybe more). Note: It started off as 96 or so, then up to 112, and that page count just keeps going up. This isn't my need to keep adding extra content, but the fact the project is bigger than anything I've ever attempted before and I'm horrible at estimating. The last time I did a check of how much work I did, it started to look like it'll go to an even higher page count.
Resources: In addition to my original ideas, I've referenced PF2 main book, PF Book 2: Old Ones, PF Book 3: Adventures on the High Seas (first and second editions), PF Book 7: Yin-Sloth Jungles, PF Book 8: Western Empire, PF Book 10: Mount Nimro, and PF Book 12: Library of Bletherad. I'm doing my best to keep true to ALL these sources, even attempting to string together any existing contradictions. I spent a month or two researching these, and even scrapped a few of my original ideas in an attempt to keep true to the official material. Note: I'm aware of Rifter #15 and Rifter #27, and will keep them in mind but neither are official and that doesn't mean I'll be using anything from them.
Content: This book will include both toys and setting information. For toys we'll have new O.C.C. (some new, some updated or reprinted for convenience), new monsters, new weapons, and a few other fun surprises. For setting we'll have a timeline, culture notes (see Rifter #55 for an idea of how I handle culture write-ups), several areas including cities and towns (estimating about 14 when combined), important NPC, and a few adventures.
Objective: To make a complete sourcebook/world book that requires only the main book and this book to play. While some information won't be included (like I'm not going to include all the ship information from Adventures on the High Seas, I'm going to keep it mostly land based, with only mention of the sea stuff and reference AotHS for the sea based stuff), I've tried to include as much information as possible even from other books. This means (at times) information will be reprinted. However, I've kept that to a minimum, and the intent is to expand on that information and/or to prevent the reader from needing 5 different books to play the setting.
Additional Notes: City write-ups and adventures aren't something I have much experience in (i'm confident I can muddle through). My layout might also be a little shakey and something I'm trying to iron out (I think I'll have better luck with a good layout after I finish everything else).
Updates Up 'Til Now: I have 90% of the O.C.C., monsters, weapons, timeline, and culture already finished. I have like 1 monster to finish, a section on weapons to finish, a few names to add to the timeline (I put in generic titles that needs to get cleaned up), about 3 more special O.C.C. to finish, and whatever else I suddenly get inspiration for along the way. This is the 60% progress. The cities/towns, NPC, and adventures still needs to be written out (almost entirely, I've probably only finished about 5%), but already planned out and outlined. I know what I need to do, I just need to do it.
Current Status: On temporary hold. I've just been busy with work, and in April I'll be moving 2,000 miles to a new state. That's been taking up most of my time and energy right now. I still have the ideas, and think about it every week. I just need to get stabilized and get some free time.
Inspiration Notes: I've been working on a PF sourcebook since June 2012. After a few months of working on that project, I had an idea I started working on. The idea was only meant to take a few days (figured a week tops) to work on, just for fun. That idea quickly snowballed into a full Land of the South Winds book. I was having some trouble with the other book (yet to be disclosed) anyways, and ever since I've started the Land of the South Winds I've had more ideas for the original idea. From time to time, I still work on the other project. However, while the other project may be fun, I believe the Land of the South Winds is far more necessary/essential for PF.
Though, since you insisted ...
Though since you're from across the pond, you probably don't know the Windy City part. 
. I'm a Palladium fan through and through. 
