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EDIT: Also destrachans and yrthaks. Ooooo look we have a sonic energy type now, we need sonic monsters. Just cause it's there doesn't mean you should use it.

Well, I'd love to see both of these creatures in the 2nd Bestiary or in one of the future AP issues.

Funny you should mention that: *Link*
One for 16th level characters high enough? ;)

Okay Vic, what are you smoking and can we have some of that stuff ?

I'd love to see an AP written by the following guys: Nic Logue, Greg A. Vaughn, James MacKenzie, Mike Mearls (just re-read his awesome adventure "Root of Evil" in Dungeon #122. Boy, that was a fine game to run), Michael Kortez and Richard Pett.
I'd give them free hand on who gets to write which part, as long as Richard Pett gets to do the final one. I'd love to see his version of a high-level adventure.

He has a Wayne Reynolds original too! Go, Go Dungeon #119!

Oh, and I just realised that Mr. Sutter will write the book! Even better! He's an expert on the topic of this awesome city! I can't wait to see the final book.

Wow, cool! Thanks for doing a book on Kaer Maga! I remember asking for this again and again during the chats and now it finally will see the light of day. Thanks Paizo, you guys are awesome!

The first hacker announcement I ever saw, that contained (a somewhat violated version of) the word Please. What's even more disturbing is, that this guy seems to think that Logue will end all wars as a reaction to raping his site... *rofl* That's pure madness!

The PFRPG hit Germany! :-)

Just check this site: Jobs @ Paizo

Oh yeah, neat! Great idea! Sad, that we won't get to see the fantastic character portraits from the AoW AP in card form... :-S

Cool! I'm looking forward to a scourcebook on one of my favorite regions of Golarion! And an AP named KINGMAKER? Where do I have to sign in?! :-)

Wow, great idea for a scourcebook! I'll buy this on the spot! You can't have enough well fleshed out cities!

Were you active on here before you got the call?

Favorite AP
- Curse of the Crimson Throne
- Rise of the Runelords
- Second Darkness

Top 5
- Spires Of Xin-Shalast
- Skinsaw Murders
- Escape From Old Korvosa
- A History Of Ashes
- Endless Night

...the man is harder to get your hands on than the communal hallucinogenic toad at a Greatful Dead reunion.

But just as tasty!

Best post ever, Lou! :-D

What form would you like these books to take?

Would you be interested in subscribing to such a line, provided the books cost somewhere around $35 a pop?

What titles/ideas would you like to see us explore?

I'd like to see a Golarion-specific arms & equipment book. This would be really, really cool and I'd buy it if it isn't totally done wrong.
Besides that? Hmm...
I don't like the idea to have a series of MMs. The Revisited-line is something different, as it is mostly focused on fluff and ecology-informations. Sure, if you find enough cool critters to do a second MM, it's cool with me, but please don't do this for the sake of releasing monster manuals. Besides the MM, MM3 and Fiend Folio, I haven't seen nice monster books from WotC.

We're all worried about rules bloat. What is your opinion of new classes and races?

Are you as tired of prestige classes as I am?

Well, I hope this helps! I'm curious what you'll come up with!

I'd like new Epic rules to simply continue, where the core rules end. I don't want to learn a new system, just to level my PC from 20 to 21 or to continue the story in my campaign.
I guess the problem with epic levels is, that players often have different expectations towards epic games.
Some would like their PCs to "explode" with power after lvl 20 and others want a smooth progression that doesn't feel that different from the higher lvls (like 16 to 20).
Maybe it would be a cool idea to create variant systems for both approaches towards epic play.
One that lets you play powerful "superheroes" that can rival the gods, destroy cities and so on and another that has a more smooth and down-to-earth progression that doesn't feel like "drinking from the firehose" after lvl 20.

For me a lot of the appeal of psionics (as a player) is that it *feels* different than magic. I honestly don't think I would be at all interested in a system that made powers work just like spells. Note that I'm not arguing against psionics-magic transparency, which I think is good, but allowing the psionics mechanics to feel like their own thing, rather than reskins of the sorcerer or wizard.

Happy Birthday, Captain Jacobs!
Live long and prosper! :-D

Again, let me say what an awesome book this is! It's just great, but waaaaayyyy too short. I can't wait to see a sequel... There's some stuff I'd like to see; like an equipment section. I guess there would be enough leftz out that would justify a second book. So, ppl, please buy this great and useful book, so Paizo can't back out of releasing a second one. Well, at least it worked with CMR...

At first we used MapTool, which was fine, but I really fell in love with the idea once we started using Pygon's application. The recently added lighting is really freakin' amazing. Here's a demo of that aspect.

I'd like to see a book on this awesome city too. I second everything mentioned here as topic that need to be tackled inside the book. A good map should be included. I wouldn't demand a poster map, but please, please, please something far superior to the map seen in SSoS.

A full page map?! This city deserves a poster map!

Well, I only know as much as is written on the site you linked. My gf - who works as a psychologist at a clinic specialized in the treatment of pain - might know more about it. If you have a specific question, I could ask her about it.

Does everything done before has to be repeated for Golarion?

You're not sure...? 0o
I love it! Vince Dutrait is just awesome and the more I see of his art, the more I want him to do the covers for a future AP! He's currently my favorite Paizo-Artist (which means a lot, as there's serious competition in Prescott, Reynolds, Widermann and Hou...).

I'd look to the monk when attempting the soulblade. Of course, I don't know how it'll turn out, but putting monk into the fighter/psion mix feels like a little too much. Anyway, I'm curious what you'll come up with! I already printed out the psion and will use it, when one of my players demands to play a psionic character in PFRPG. Sadly, as we rolled up PCs for our current campaign in summer, I didn't accept psionic characters because they seemed weak compared to the "new" base classes. One of the players wanted to generate a psion. Well, he put mental training into his backstory, so it might be an option for multi-classing when they level up next time.

Please note that Eric Mona prefers loud and disturbing Thrash Metal. Neighbours might complain about it. I doubt that Paizo can be held responsible for any trouble the purchase of an Eric Mona or any of the future Editor-editions might arise. Thank you.

Funny, I just finished watching it and I'm still scared... Great movie! Though, I'm kinda sceptical if it needs a sequel...

NS, this looks really, really good! I like the talents, you came up with! Paizo should definitly save this thread for reference when they're attempting to Paizo-fy psionics.

This one isn't done by Vince Dutrait and has been there since the AP's announcement. Maybe Wes was a little hung-over from his birthday when he posted this...:-)

Strange... I'm still seeing the mock-up cover in today's blog. Wesleys talking about Vince Dutrait-goodness and I'm still seeing the piece from CotCT #4. I guess something went wrong there... :-)

Yes, thanks for caring about the security of our data. I too was a bit worried from time to time about the "always logged on"-function. This solution is perfect. I can access the board and post right away. When I have to enter the security section, I normally have the time to re-enter my PW, because I don't have to go there that often. Thanks for the effort, Gary!

Will the weight of the book be over 4 pounds? :-)

Same here (but the dots are still there)...

I really want to find out more about the Drow houses and those runes. 15's prestigue class was wonderful at expounding, but I want to know if there are any connections between Drow and demon runes and if other houses are affiliated with certain demons...

Yes, I found this blog post really interesting and amusing as well. The cover is pure gold. Awesome! It was cool to learn the history behind these characters. I have to admit that I liked James' version of Treerazer better than Ben's. Ben's far superior in terms of art of course, but I like James' design better. It's a shame that Ben didn't know this picture when he got the art order as I'd expect that the result would've been even more awesome. I like the original Treerazer's wings and bird beak, while Ben's demon looks a little like a dragon or these dragonspawn vritters WotC did; he doesn't look like a demon to me. Don't get me wrong, it's a totally awesome piece of art, but the design could be better.

I'd like to see more posts like these. I'm always interested in hearing stories like these; especially about the stuff the designers did for their home campaigns when they weren't professionals. Remember Erik's explosion dog from one of the Dungeon editorials? That was great! :-)

In my opinion 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' is among the best Beatles songs ever. 'Obla-Di Obla-Da' on the other hand, is annoying as hell. Sorry for thread-jacking, but some things just have to be said.

Please continue discussing laid-off game designers. Thank you.

RHODE ISLAND = R'lyeh

alleynbard: The translations weren't that bad. The most german ppl that'll complain about bad translations on ENworld would prefer the english original even if the translations would be brilliant; just for being up to date. It's kinda "cool" in the german RPG scene to bash on local publishers. Don't ask me why; some freaky sort of elitism I believe. Most people probably couldn't even judge the quality of the translation, because only the most dedicated nerds and/or freaks would buy both versions. Of course, the translations aren't as good as the original. They can't be, because some terms are kinda awkward to translate into german. Well, I guess this is the case with most translations, no matter into which language it is translated.
I really can't believe, that the quality of translations are the reason for 4E's very limited success in Germany. 3.5 was a huge success and D&D is still among the most popular systems around here.

As far as I know, the current holder of the D&D license (Feder & Schwert), that released the 4E core rules in late summer/autumn, ended the license or didn't renew it. I don't know about the official reasons, but one could speculate... The D&D-license was the main product of this publisher for years. I guess ending the license says a lot about 4E's state here in Germany.

Agreed! I don't know if PP has any interest in continuing the RPG-line. It doesn't look like they are, which is a shame! Maybe they'll do so when the PFRPG is released. 4E doesn't seem to be a system suitable for Full Metal Fantasy.

I don't mind that Psions don't have Talents or 0-Lvl powers. Though, I wouldn't complain if these get added, but I don't see the need. I don't want the Psions to be tooo similar to arcanists and clerics. I always liked it, that the Psion uses a different mechanic for his powers and so having no 0-Lvl stuff would be fine with me.

The request for power-chains is understandable and would feel "logic" in-game, but I'm afraid that with this mechanic, all Psions of a certain discipline would nearly look the same as all would take the necessary powers to get access to certain other, higher lvl powers.
I really like it to customize my Psion and choose the powers that suits him best and I would find it really, really boring if the powers that I'll choose when leveling up are all selected by default.

I'm really curious why the iconics are getting so much attention. Personally, I couldn't care less about the iconics. Don't get me wrong; I like the art and their background stories were great and they're really nice as example characters that can be shown to new players, but I don't care at all, who's in which AP and who's not...
I can understand that Paizo wants to have these as they already did in Dungeon. But what's so special about the iconics?

I really love the cover and I like the hyena-look of the gnolls. The patterns in the background and the frame of the scenic picture is awesome! This one looks really, really nice! I can't wait for it to be released! :-)

The GreenFeyBoy ist still excited!

...and it get's better and better! I love the playtesting and I love reading the thoughts of other DMs and players testing all over the globe and I love to see my favorite system evolving before my eyes! Thanks for this experience, Paizo! Thanks for sharing the excitement!

Absinth wrote:

National Geographic - a priceless scource for inspiration. I'm buying every issue I can get my hands on; even ancient ones. Highly recommended as a great scource for inspiration.

Hey! Aren't you supposed to be blended with battery acid and consumed by Sebastian for inspiration?

Thanks a lot for the pictures, Fake Healer! Now I can imagine how it looks like. Is it easy to remove decks and put them back together? For example, if a fight moves from the upper deck down into the hull, will it stall the combat for a long time to remove the upper deck or is it easy to do so and continue?
I'm running a sea-faring campaign right now and this looks very nice!

I just noticed, that this is an PDF. Is there a chance for a print version in the future?