HYPERBOREA » HYPERBOREA: Beasts and Cannibals

Ghul · 7/30/2018 10:59 am

Yes, we are live! I've been sending batches all morning, but now DriveThru keeps crashing on me just as I go to send the final batch out -- to the people who wrote, edited, and illustrated these modules!

I'll have a more formal Kickstarter Update shortly...

Brock Savage · 7/30/2018 11:05 am

I wasn't expecting my pdfs this early, this is a pleasant surprise! Reading my copies now.

I'd love to see more North Wind adventures inspired by the fiction of C.A.S., H.P.L., and R.E.H.

Ghul · 7/30/2018 11:29 am

Brock Savage wrote:
I wasn't expecting my pdfs this early, this is a pleasant surprise! Reading my copies now.

I'd love to see more North Wind adventures inspired by the fiction of C.A.S., H.P.L., and R.E.H.

We shall endeavor to do so!

under_score · 7/30/2018 4:03 pm

Well these are fantastic looking. I put my AS&SH campaign on hold a couple months ago, but this is gonna require getting the band back together. We left off with the party trying to get to Yithorium, but I think they're gonna find things in Xambaala pretty intriguing.

Iron Ranger · 7/30/2018 7:51 pm

AARRG! Tortured again! Swore from the very beginning never to read the pdfs first....but it's getting harder with every module release!

Ghul · 7/31/2018 6:26 am

under_score wrote:
Well these are fantastic looking. I put my AS&SH campaign on hold a couple months ago, but this is gonna require getting the band back together. We left off with the party trying to get to Yithorium, but I think they're gonna find things in Xambaala pretty intriguing.

Yeah, you can say there are a few things going on there... ;)

Ghul · 7/31/2018 6:27 am

Iron Ranger wrote:
AARRG! Tortured again! Swore from the very beginning never to read the pdfs first....but it's getting harder with every module release!

Tempting, eh?

under_score · 7/31/2018 12:48 pm

Ghul, the pdf for Xambaala has some mistakes with the bookmarks. There is no bookmark for Part IV, the levels of the Warlord's Palace are under the Anthropophagi Camp in Part III, and the appendices and OGL are under Part III as well.

Aside from that, this was a fun read, great art and maps, and I'm really looking forward to running it soon.

Ghul · 7/31/2018 1:41 pm

Hi under_score,

I'm not seeing any of that from this end. What PDF reader do you use?

Cheers,
Jeff T.

under_score · 7/31/2018 2:08 pm

Ghul wrote:
Hi under_score,

I'm not seeing any of that from this end. What PDF reader do you use?

Cheers,
Jeff T.

I tried it with both Adobe Acrobat and Sumatra and it's the same in both. I can shoot you a screenshot of what I'm seeing if it helps

Blackadder23 · 7/31/2018 2:16 pm

Iron Ranger wrote:
AARRG! Tortured again! Swore from the very beginning never to read the pdfs first....but it's getting harder with every module release!

I made the same vow and have managed to keep it so far. We'll see how it goes this time...

Blackadder23 · 7/31/2018 2:19 pm

Ghul wrote:
Hi under_score,

I'm not seeing any of that from this end. What PDF reader do you use?

Cheers,
Jeff T.

I just checked my pdf (in Adobe Reader) and I see the same issue that under_score reports.

Last edited by Blackadder23 (7/31/2018 2:38 pm)

DMPrata · 7/31/2018 6:32 pm

Hey, folks... your friendly neighbourhood editor here. I can confirm that there seem to be issues with the bookmarking in both modules downloaded from DriveThru/RPGNow. I tested every bookmark in both modules over the weekend, before Jeff uploaded them, and they worked fine. They must have been corrupted in the upload/download process with DriveThru/RPGNow. Jeff will investigate and try re-uploading the files tomorrow. Please stand by.

Iron Ranger · 7/31/2018 7:41 pm

Blackadder23 wrote:
Ghul wrote:
Hi under_score,

I'm not seeing any of that from this end. What PDF reader do you use?

Cheers,
Jeff T.
I just checked my pdf (in Adobe Reader) and I see the same issue that under_score reports.

What?!?! BA23!! You broke the vow?!?!? IN 3 MINUTES?!?!?!

Iron Ranger · 7/31/2018 7:43 pm

Iron Ranger wrote:
Blackadder23 wrote:
Ghul wrote:
Hi under_score,

I'm not seeing any of that from this end. What PDF reader do you use?

Cheers,
Jeff T.
I just checked my pdf (in Adobe Reader) and I see the same issue that under_score reports.
What?!?! BA23!! You broke the vow?!?!? IN 3 MINUTES?!?!?!

Doesn't matter...I'm holding strong! Heading out to the mailbox again...

Caveman · 8/01/2018 4:51 am

DMPrata wrote:
Hey, folks... your friendly neighbourhood editor here. I can confirm that there seem to be issues with the bookmarking in both modules downloaded from DriveThru/RPGNow. I tested every bookmark in both modules over the weekend, before Jeff uploaded them, and they worked fine. They must have been corrupted in the upload/download process with DriveThru/RPGNow. Jeff will investigate and try re-uploading the files tomorrow. Please stand by.

Hi DM, I still getting same problem as above, stated by under_score:

No Part IV, etc when I did new download of the upgrade from DriveThru…

Ghul · 8/01/2018 6:25 am

Caveman wrote:
DMPrata wrote:
Hey, folks... your friendly neighbourhood editor here. I can confirm that there seem to be issues with the bookmarking in both modules downloaded from DriveThru/RPGNow. I tested every bookmark in both modules over the weekend, before Jeff uploaded them, and they worked fine. They must have been corrupted in the upload/download process with DriveThru/RPGNow. Jeff will investigate and try re-uploading the files tomorrow. Please stand by.
Hi DM, I still getting same problem as above, stated by under_score:

No Part IV, etc when I did new download of the upgrade from DriveThru…

This is something that is happening on the DriveThru / RPG Now side of things. My local files are perfect. When I upload them to DriveThru / RPGNow, the bookmarks appear to corrupt. I have not heard back from them. The ball is in their court at this point.

Ghul · 8/01/2018 6:34 am

I just heard back that they are on the case. Apparently, they utilize their own PDF flattening process that can sometimes mess with PDFs that bookmark objects. In our case, most of our bookmarks point to a line of text, but in some instances the bookmarks point to an object (a map, for instance). Apparently this can be a source of trouble. Hopefully we'll have it resolved today, and I do apologize for any inconveniences that this has caused.

Blackadder23 · 8/01/2018 10:48 am

Iron Ranger wrote:
Blackadder23 wrote:
Ghul wrote:
Hi under_score,

I'm not seeing any of that from this end. What PDF reader do you use?

Cheers,
Jeff T.
I just checked my pdf (in Adobe Reader) and I see the same issue that under_score reports.
What?!?! BA23!! You broke the vow?!?!? IN 3 MINUTES?!?!?!

I haven't actually read it yet.
Which is not to say that I won't...

Iron Ranger · 8/01/2018 6:19 pm

Blackadder23 wrote:
Iron Ranger wrote:
Blackadder23 wrote:

I just checked my pdf (in Adobe Reader) and I see the same issue that under_score reports.
What?!?! BA23!! You broke the vow?!?!? IN 3 MINUTES?!?!?!
I haven't actually read it yet.
Which is not to say that I won't...

Ha-Ha-Ha!