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Pathfinder Bestiary 3 Battle Cards

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Add legions of monstrous foes to your collection with this massive set of reference cards, featuring over 300 monsters: every monster from Pathfinder Bestiary 3! Each 4 x 6 card is printed on sturdy cardstock and features a beautiful, full color image of a Bestiary 3 monster on one side, while the other side provides that monster's statistics for quick and easy reference. With each encounter, show the players what their characters are facing while keeping the monster's abilities at the ready, and watch your games come alive!

ISBN-13: 978-1-64078-355-3

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Useful in Isolation but Hard to Reference, Store (Still)

darrenkitlor — Jan 15, 2023, 01:06 am

What follows is another repeat of my Bestiary 1 Battle Cards review. I have all three bestiary card sets and they're of the same high quality and make running even adventure paths easier! Great production with baffling reference choices:

Useful in isolation and the highest production values. These are much better than the equivalents in the other roleplaying game. However, there are some serious flaws for use as a Referee (who grabs and stores these cards often):

1) The box. The cards lay flat in two columns. There's no possibility to add dividers for the 300-400 cards. The box is hella sturdy, so they could've been stacked on their edge: sideways or vertically -- like magic. This would allow you to add dividers for storage and referencing the numbering, which leads me to...

2) The numbering. This should be great. However, these numbers aren't in the Bestiary. They're arbitrary to this card deck and, thankfully, matched in the cardboard minis. Which makes it great to store if it weren't for #1. I wish the monsters had canonical numbering in the bestiary so everything was clearly organized and laid out but...

3) The layout. Some monsters are split across three cards. Due to layout. They couldn't easily used a landscape orientation, two-column layout for the statblocks, a trick the books use to eliminate empty space. They have two magic cards worth of space but use one at best. Most GMs will flash this to the players then use them as reference, letting the matching cardboard or plastic miniatures take over representation. There's no indication of which bestiary it's from, so if you spill multiple sets, it'll be hard to organize them again. There's a 1-400 in each set.

Production values are great. Totally support the amazing workers. Just needed a little more practical experience and use by Referee to understand what would be useful as a reference.

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Katina Davis Webstore Coordinator

Dec 22, 2020, 03:50 pm

Announced for August! Product image and description are not final and may be subject to change.

Elfteiroh

Dec 22, 2020, 08:27 pm

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Ooooh! clockwork witchwyrd? :O

Franz Lunzer

Dec 22, 2020, 11:58 pm

noice!

Asgetrion

Jan 16, 2021, 06:47 am

Very nice! I love these cards (I've got both Bestiary 1 & 2 Battle Cards) and will buy this set as well. They're very handy at the table, but storing them is another matter, since the boxes are a bit too small and tight. It'd be better if you could riffle through them.

Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti

Jul 8, 2021, 08:37 am

These cards are always beautiful!

redeux

Aug 24, 2021, 04:46 pm

Excited for these! One of my favorite digital products!

Demicube

Sep 10, 2021, 09:08 pm

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So I happened to get the PDF's/Digital Jpegs of these early and I noticed that several of the Jpegs are very poor quality. The artwork itself is very pixilated.

Good example is comparing Card 24 (Azarketi Explorer) jpeg verses the one in the pdf. That isn't the only example though there are several super-pixelated ones.

Aventhar

Sep 14, 2021, 04:36 pm

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Demicube wrote:

So I happened to get the PDF's/Digital Jpegs of these early and I noticed that several of the Jpegs are very poor quality. The artwork itself is very pixilated.

Good example is comparing Card 24 (Azarketi Explorer) jpeg verses the one in the pdf. That isn't the only example though there are several super-pixelated ones.

Yup- Confirmed. The same thing happened with the JPGs for the first set. Paizo was able to get it fixed pretty quickly though so I’m sure the download will be updated.

Aaron Shanks Marketing & Media Manager

Sep 14, 2021, 05:57 pm

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Aventhar wrote:

Demicube wrote:
So I happened to get the PDF's/Digital Jpegs of these early and I noticed that several of the Jpegs are very poor quality. The artwork itself is very pixilated.

Good example is comparing Card 24 (Azarketi Explorer) jpeg verses the one in the pdf. That isn't the only example though there are several super-pixelated ones.
Yup- Confirmed. The same thing happened with the JPGs for the first set. Paizo was able to get it fixed pretty quickly though so I’m sure the download will be updated.

I have seen your post and will have someone look into it tomorrow. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

Aaron Shanks Marketing & Media Manager

Sep 16, 2021, 02:34 pm

1 person marked this as a favorite.

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Aventhar wrote:

Demicube wrote:
So I happened to get the PDF's/Digital Jpegs of these early and I noticed that several of the Jpegs are very poor quality. The artwork itself is very pixilated.

Good example is comparing Card 24 (Azarketi Explorer) jpeg verses the one in the pdf. That isn't the only example though there are several super-pixelated ones.
Yup- Confirmed. The same thing happened with the JPGs for the first set. Paizo was able to get it fixed pretty quickly though so I’m sure the download will be updated.
I have seen your post and will have someone look into it tomorrow. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

In short, we did have tech issues on the digital product. We know what happened. We are working on a solution.

Demicube

Sep 16, 2021, 03:03 pm

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Aaron Shanks wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Aventhar wrote:

Demicube wrote:
So I happened to get the PDF's/Digital Jpegs of these early and I noticed that several of the Jpegs are very poor quality. The artwork itself is very pixilated.

Good example is comparing Card 24 (Azarketi Explorer) jpeg verses the one in the pdf. That isn't the only example though there are several super-pixelated ones.
Yup- Confirmed. The same thing happened with the JPGs for the first set. Paizo was able to get it fixed pretty quickly though so I’m sure the download will be updated.
I have seen your post and will have someone look into it tomorrow. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
In short, we did have tech issues on the digital product. We know what happened. We are working on a solution.

Glad to hear it Aaron, thanks for the update!

Fumarole

Oct 5, 2021, 03:53 pm

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The card for the Clockwork Mage shows it as level 13, but the bestiary shows level 9. I believe the 9 is correct based on the guidelines in the GMG.

Demicube

Oct 11, 2021, 09:45 am

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I know you guys have been busy but I wanted to check in again and see if any progress had been made with these.

Hope you guys enjoy your day off! :)

Demicube

Nov 11, 2021, 02:49 pm

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I know it has been a crazy time at Paizo, but I still wanted to prod this to see where this is at.

Thanks!

Aaron Shanks Marketing & Media Manager

Nov 12, 2021, 08:56 am

Demicube wrote:

I know it has been a crazy time at Paizo, but I still wanted to prod this to see where this is at.

Thanks!

I've advocated internally for someone to take a look, again.

Demicube

Nov 17, 2021, 07:41 pm

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Aaron Shanks wrote:

Demicube wrote:
I know it has been a crazy time at Paizo, but I still wanted to prod this to see where this is at.

Thanks!
I've advocated internally for someone to take a look, again.

Thank you Aaron!

Aventhar

Dec 7, 2021, 02:19 pm

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Demicube wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Demicube wrote:
I know it has been a crazy time at Paizo, but I still wanted to prod this to see where this is at.

Thanks!
I've advocated internally for someone to take a look, again.
Thank you Aaron!

Any news on this?

Thanks!

Aaron Shanks Marketing & Media Manager

Dec 7, 2021, 03:39 pm

2 people marked this as a favorite.

Aventhar wrote:

Demicube wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Demicube wrote:
I know it has been a crazy time at Paizo, but I still wanted to prod this to see where this is at.

Thanks!
I've advocated internally for someone to take a look, again.
Thank you Aaron!
Any news on this?
Thanks!

I have not heard. I have escalated this to those who might know how to make some progress on the issue. Thanks.

drexl93

May 27, 2022, 08:16 pm

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Aventhar wrote:

Demicube wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Demicube wrote:
I know it has been a crazy time at Paizo, but I still wanted to prod this to see where this is at.

Thanks!
I've advocated internally for someone to take a look, again.
Thank you Aaron!
Any news on this?
Thanks!
I have not heard. I have escalated this to those who might know how to make some progress on the issue. Thanks.

Hey there. I'm afraid this is still an issue for several of the cards, and since it has been 5 months since the last post I wanted to bump it a bit for visibility's sake.

Aaron Shanks Marketing & Media Manager

May 29, 2022, 12:28 pm

drexl93 wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Aventhar wrote:

Demicube wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Demicube wrote:
I know it has been a crazy time at Paizo, but I still wanted to prod this to see where this is at.

Thanks!
I've advocated internally for someone to take a look, again.
Thank you Aaron!
Any news on this?
Thanks!
I have not heard. I have escalated this to those who might know how to make some progress on the issue. Thanks.
Hey there. I'm afraid this is still an issue for several of the cards, and since it has been 5 months since the last post I wanted to bump it a bit for visibility's sake.

Received. I have brought the issues to the web store's attention again. Thanks!

Demicube

Oct 17, 2022, 10:30 pm

Pathfinder Battles Case Subscriber; Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Aaron Shanks wrote:

drexl93 wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Aventhar wrote:

Demicube wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Demicube wrote:
I know it has been a crazy time at Paizo, but I still wanted to prod this to see where this is at.

Thanks!
I've advocated internally for someone to take a look, again.
Thank you Aaron!
Any news on this?
Thanks!
I have not heard. I have escalated this to those who might know how to make some progress on the issue. Thanks.
Hey there. I'm afraid this is still an issue for several of the cards, and since it has been 5 months since the last post I wanted to bump it a bit for visibility's sake.
Received. I have brought the issues to the web store's attention again. Thanks!

Hi Aaron!

So this still isn't fixed. I guess is there a chance you could poke them again? I would like to be able to use them and at this point and it has been over a year with no fix. Don't take this at me being mad at you by the by I know you are just the messenger. :)

Thanks!

Aaron Shanks Director of Marketing

Oct 27, 2022, 09:30 pm

Demicube wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

drexl93 wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Aventhar wrote:

Demicube wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Demicube wrote:
I know it has been a crazy time at Paizo, but I still wanted to prod this to see where this is at.

Thanks!
I've advocated internally for someone to take a look, again.
Thank you Aaron!
Any news on this?
Thanks!
I have not heard. I have escalated this to those who might know how to make some progress on the issue. Thanks.
Hey there. I'm afraid this is still an issue for several of the cards, and since it has been 5 months since the last post I wanted to bump it a bit for visibility's sake.
Received. I have brought the issues to the web store's attention again. Thanks!
Hi Aaron!
So this still isn't fixed. I guess is there a chance you could poke them again? I would like to be able to use them and at this point and it has been over a year with no fix. Don't take this at me being mad at you by the by I know you are just the messenger. :)

Thanks!