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Demons are much more entertaining to roleplay. In the same way the Joker's a much more interesting bad guy than, say Kingpin. And just like the Joker, demons CAN and often ARE complicated and subtle and sneaky in what they do. Particulalry glabrezus and succubui. Demons! For the win!

We've mulled over a few idea like this. There's a lot of ground to cover beyond the Big Three Ds with asuras, oni, divs, and the like. Let's see how the Book of the Damned series is standing around 2011 and we'll talk!

I once dreamed I killed Mayor McCheese.
Seriously.

Jello wrestling.

Yup, that's exactly the text from Tower of the Last Baron. The stats for the creature don't back up the descriptive here, though (hence the tone of my "in character" post above). In this case, consider the term "devil" a misnomer for "creature from Hell."

Hey Wes, check out Mike McArtor's blog post:

The Creepy Crepitus

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Here's another peek at the forthcoming Pathfinder Module LB1: Tower of the Last Baron.

It is speculated that Asmodeus spawned the first crepitus devils, sometimes called magewretches, to tempt and corrupt mortal wizards into damning their souls. Yet while it is true that the crepitus is a highly intelligent creature with a gift for spellcraft and all things arcane, its great intellect is countered by its foolishness and inability to competently lure mortals to Asmodeus's will. As a result, specimens seen on the Material Plane are more often slaves than fiendish tempters.

Ecology
A crepitus stands 3 to 4 feet tall, with bright eyes in a saurian head that appears too large for its gaunt, rune-covered body. Its shoulders sprout bat-like wings that allow it to fly with ease, and its sharp talons are surprisingly nimble and capable of fine adjustments when conducting magical rituals. A typical crepitus weighs 30 pounds. Though, like other devils, crepituses don't require food, they take particular joy in consuming wizards' familiars (and sometimes the wizards themselves.) Crepitus devils are native to Hell, and many lurk around Asmodeus's infernal palace, often serving as messengers.

Habitat & Society
Left to their own devices, crepitus devils are cunning, malicious pranksters, content to while away their days flitting about Hell and tormenting lost souls and devils alike. Yet crepituses are rarely left alone for long, and it is likely from this fact that their long-standing racial hatred of wizards stems. Highly valued for their spell-like abilities and intuitive knowledge of magic, crepituses are frequently bound into contracts or enslaved outright by mortal wizards and other fiends, a situation the intelligent devils find exrtemely demeaning. This situation is not helped by the fact that crepituses are frequently the first gifts handed out by higher-ranking demons attempting to seduce mortal magic users. If given an opportunity, a crepitus goes well out of its way to destroy a wizard and burn his precious spellbooks to ashes (not necessarily in that order). Chelish wizards regularly bind crepitus devils as servants, and view having an enslaved crepitus as a mark of prestige.

Crepituses enjoy lording their power over their significantly weaker impish cousins, and referring to a crepitus as an imp is the gravest possible insult.

Mike McArtor
Editor

D'oh!
Oh well, I wasn't sure but at least he won't feel left out of the diabolical party.

Hey Wes, it's been a while since I read it but wasn't there a devil in Tower of the Last Baron too?

EDIT: The Crepitus! But I can't remember whether it was a devil or not...

Blame Callous Jack. He was the first person with an itch.

I will play the guy with the Shotgun, just in case they are Zombie Thieves!

You should sell the naming rights to a new class.

Sparkly Hero of Rainbow Justice has a nice ring to it...

Think of what your reaction would be if the Fighter class had the mechanics of the Wizard class. You'd (I'm guessing, but it seems a safe bet) be confused, because the name of the class promises something (being able to fight in physical combat) that the mechanics and flavor of the class don't follow through on. That's the same way some people see the Oracle, although I did exaggerate the difference between promised and delivered content.

I may be alone in this thread but I think the name is perfect for the class, I do not think all Oracles need to see into the future or give prophesies and predictions of events yet to happens. That is one type of an Oracle but not all of them, and I would hate to see the class pigeon holed into only that

Ah...I get it now...Your a twilight fan...Why didn't you just say so. *Pats the pretty pony.*

Yeah; I threw in the name "deadly mantis" as a callout/easter egg to one of my favorite movies as a kid.... I was a fan of "The Deadly Mantis" WELL before MST3K came along (and was delighted when they did an episode on it).

Same story for the biggie-sized "Black Scorpion."

We need to get to the bottom of this! Sounds like an investigation is in order. Let's form a party. I'll play the cleric.

Zombieneighbours wrote:

If you think that a slow pace, used to build tension is boring, god help you watching alien.

I don't recall saying that a slow pace and building tension are boring in general. Alien does it well.

30 Days of Night does not.

If we want to make overly broad statements about each other's opinions, I would suggest that your inability to differentiate a competently directed film (like Alien) or the use of slow pace and tension to create a sense of isolation (like Eraserhead) from generic b-movie shlock (like 30 Days of Night) invalidates all opinions you may have on movies, now or in the future. 30 Days of Night is no Alien, it's not even a halfway decent b-movie, and to compare the two is to demonstrate a woefully underdeveloped sense of what makes a movie good.

But, I think it's a lot easier to say that, admirable as those techniques are, 30 Days of Night is not in any way, shape, or form a good example of them. It's a very poor attempt to copy similar shots by better directors/cinematographers in better movies.

As for Twighlight, I think you're just bitter because you liked it before it was cool and are bummed out that everyone's jumping on the bandwagon. Just like white necromancers.

Callous Jack wrote:

Sebastian wrote:

30 days of night is okay as a sleep aid, I suppose. I couldn't watch it without frequent resort to the fast forward button, and even then I suffered 4d10 points of intelligence drain and got a bad case of the runs.

Well, it could have been worse, it could have been The 5th Element.

Hey there were elements of the Fifth Element that were good.

Sorry Mothman, best wishes for speedy recoveries for your grandfather and your friend.

30 days of night is okay as a sleep aid, I suppose. I couldn't watch it without frequent resort to the fast forward button, and even then I suffered 4d10 points of intelligence drain and got a bad case of the runs.

I think this thread gave me chlamydia.

I thought Paizo meant for the the intellect devourer (and those worms with arms) to replace the Mind Flayer and the Denizens of Leng to replace the Githyanki?

Hey, he was the one with the itch, and I don't like to invite people over for a cook-out and have them catch something other than the aromas and flavors of high grade meats.

Yep, every english zombie is a francophile. That is the true horror of undeath.

Zombieneighbours wrote:

IT is just always nice when an opertunity to razz america comes up ;)

I thought you were a Brit. Aren't you supposed to be making fun of the French?

I had a player stumped for a name who looked at the back of a Coke bottle and came up with Phosphorus Aciddian.

1) I'll agree with the Underwear model vampires and Dragons.
2) Tieflings too
3) Drizzt or Legolas PCs
4) Orphan boys with the mysterious heritage who find a magical MacGuffin to defeat the BBG.
5) Lovecraft

Damn health insurance! Mine is so expensive at this point that although I obviously save money by having it, it's taking a huge chunk of my paycheck now because of all the deductibles/coinsurance and other BS the industry uses to get more of your money.

You shouldn't wine about the fruits of someone else's labor. ;-)

Callous Jack wrote:

Ah, so now we're getting to the root of the problem...

One more of those and I'm gonna leave, even if I have to uproot the whole lot of you. I know this is nutty but I hope my stance will bear fruit and I won't have to put a pistil to my head. I'll only sta'men if you all stop with the puns. Not to put a stigma on them or anything but I feel there's got to be a better way to do this, anther? Oh well, I gotta petal on out of here but I hope you all filament what I said.
This bike is heavy, I need to find better transpiration to get around with.
See you guys later and I love you all, not to get sappy or anything.

I was itching to post more for this topic but i think I'm done...

I was wondering more based on their illustration, do they look Taldan, Chelish, etc.? Anyone notice any clues?

My question should have said: Any ideas where the new iconics hail from on Golarion?

Any ideas where the new classes hail from on Golarion?

Truth be told, I went back and forth on this issue myself. In the end, I decided it was better to have the class based on a different stat than the cleric (for the sake of diversity in divine casters, and to prevent a bit of stat stacking), but that left me with Int and Cha...
Int did not make much sense and Cha has always been used as a force of will and strength of spirit stat, making it a good fit for the oracle's flavor.
Thoughts.

Cavalier Orders look like they will be a lot of fun to play.

Great illustrations!

Snorter wrote:

It's the latter that can get out of hand; many creatives are their own worst critic, and would be second-guessing themselves right up to the article going to press.

Oh hell yes. And, in my case, several years after going to press. *Every* time I read something I've written in the past, I cringe and discover new errors or things that could have been worded better. Doesn't matter if I've read that particular item a dozen times in the past, it's like new typos creep in just to vex me...

Aberzombie wrote:

knocks on car window, asking for a donation for the Red Cross

Don't fall for it, it's a trap! Yessss!

Is this happening today?

Will there be big, beautiful pictures?

Oh, man!

I don't think Oracle is a good name for the class

Ha Ha! now you'll have to wait yet another day Mwuah HA HA HA HA HA! Now you must bribe me or I'll post again, and again, further delaying the release!

- Bring a surface to roll dice on. You'll be able to improvise everything else, but bring a 30" by 30" plywood or something. Smooth surface are hard to come by. Even pick-nick tables are not ideal for rolling...

Remember, Paizo's located in a suburb of Seattle. It's only 7 AM there. We're not likely to see the PDFs before noon local time, so 5 hours.

(Bangs fist on table) We want new classes! We want new classes!

The Jolly, Candy-like button!

Paizo will be attending in force on the 21st. I can't wait! The set and costumes are amazing!

It is Friday all day today.

Did Friday the 13th derail the blog schedule?
;-)

Ah, so now we're getting to the root of the problem...

I thought I heard you were so despondent, you had to go the hospital to be hooked up to an ivy.

Ambrosia Slaad wrote:

Leaf Ericson wrote:

Callous Jack wrote:

I thought this was in regards to the Marvel comics Plantman.

That might be Mairkurion's super-hero name.

Just so long as he doesn't turn out to be Poison Ivy. :)

Ooo...please don't bring her up. Our relationship ended badly.