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Thank you, thank you everyone involved!
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I would assume D&D 5e players across all platforms they have data for. WotC wouldn't really be interested in anything else. If a company only focuses on selling products to its current customers, then in the long run, it will see a declining number of customers. To counterbalance that, they seek new customers. So your assumption that they're not interested in data about non-customers makes no sense. The rest of your post is your personal assumptions and conclusions, unsupported by any data, and really just showcases your personal opinions, without any relevance to the actual experiences women have in gaming. This thread is for moms and other female gamers to discuss their experiences. Dismissing actual data about how women experience games* is not only off topic, it borders on a baiting derail. *(since gamer culture is full of slang I'm not certain they are actually measuring the same thing across cultures anyway)
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Threads get lost here very easily. Can you link me Luis'?
There's a long discussion in the main PF2 forum about this topic in general
Although several of those categories are highly subjective, so maybe I have. Currently neuroscience does not have the tools to label people's emotions accurately just using brain measurements. So if you want to do research about how people feel in a situation, the only good tool is to ask them. Which, of course, is subjective data, not rigorous laboratory cause-and-effect research with a null hypothesis. It's pretty clear that people respond differently to the same situation based on their current stress levels, previous experience, and other situational factors. At this point, the best data available is what people tell you they felt in that situation. Sometimes when people express those feelings, there's actual gaslighting ("the thing you think happened didn't actually happen") and other times there's negating of their feelings ("that thing happened, but you shouldn't feel that way when it does"). It's helpful in getting a better picture of people's comfort level in a situation if people are free to express those feelings without being shut down.
Just how mad is the world going to further get?! Remember those songs and stories about the extinction of the dinosaurs? At least that bad; but with the dinosaurs killing each other as the meteorite falls.
There's some age and gender stats graphics at the top of this article that might interest people. I wonder what group they're talking about? That page doesn't indicate who was surveyed: North Americans? Europeans? World-wide? Attendees at GenCon? Video game players like the previous articles? WotC customers? It also doesn't indicate how many people answered the questions, or how many people declined to answer*. Can you provide a link to the actual results or a description of the research? Age and gender percentages about an unknown group of people are hard to interpret. All I could find is that the graphic was provided by Wizards of the Coast. *This is an interesting data point because of the other research that says that 77% of gamers who are women mask their gender when playing. I wonder how that affects their participation in and responses to public surveys.
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Another survey of women gamers, this one showing that 59% of them mask their gender when playing online, to avoid harassment. The research was done to help brands improve their market reach, and has some specific advice to on how to do so.
Now we aren't going to be at the physical showAnd so the question remains - why was this announced two days *after* the window closed for attendees to roll over their Gencon badges to next year. In an earlier post, someone said that they were able to roll over their badge after this announcement by dealing directly with GenCon. If that's what you're worried about, I'd suggest making that attempt as soon as possible.
I feel like Apsu, Isis, Ma'at and Trudd are probably the easiest to follow, but Apsu and Trudd are racial a gods (are they restricted...? "Are they restricted" is a question that depends on your choices about which games to join. If you want a character that is legal for Pathfinder Society, then yes, there are restrictions. Each god has certain restrictions on the alignment of their followers. PFS also has restrictions on what alignments characters can be. You'd have to be sure that the god you chose allowed followers of an alignment that is also allowed in PFS. If you are playing in home games or non-Society public games, then the answer is "ask your GM". They are the person who will have the final say over which gods your character can follow. And, for story reasons, they might not allow a character from one part of Golarion to be a follower of a god from a different nation or region.
Negotiating skills. Boundaries. Just say no. If you don't have any open slots, don't create them just for the extroverts. Live and let live. It's not on other people to read your mind or to curtail their own social life. You being unhappy with your ability to set boundaries is not other people's fault. If you're going to whine, place the blame on the right person.
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Paizo staff closed that thread for a reason: they don't have the ability to monitor it at the moment. It's always a bad idea to create a new thread to get around staff closure of another thread.
Did you ever create your own stonemason's mark?
As far as appealing to collectors who are willing to spend absurd amounts of money on their gaming hobby to obtain limited edition items, I suspect the Life-Sized Goblin is an attempt to gauge how big that market is.
Again, maybe this doesn't mean much but for SURE Verdyn and I rarely see eye to eye when it comes to these games but I have to backup their point, again, if I could buy it all in one attractive package $250 USD isn't a price I'd be upset with at all.That's not Verdyn saying that, that was Themetricsystem. Tristan, Person-Man and Themetricsystem are the same person. He's just using an alias to support his primary account's posts.
I know what I like and I'm interested to see if PF2 and Paizo can meet those needs. Then what's there to discuss? Paizo has published three adventures, four adventure paths, a one-shot, nine Bounties, and eighteen scenarios. Surely you can figure out from two years of material whether or not the system can meet your needs. Paizo staff aren't going to argue with you if you decide it's not for you. They aren't trying to please everyone. And if you aren't pleased, it's not likely to change the trajectory of their company. These forums aren't a place to start arguments about whether or not you approve of Paizo's products. This thread looks to me like bait.
or economics. Or society. Or an exact replica of conditions somewhere on Earth. Or at some historic point in time.
Those of us who did get fully vaccinated now have had something we were looking forward to taken away. I'm really glad Paizo decided not to do GenCon in person this year. I'm fully vaccinated.I don't feel like anything has been taken away from me. The vaccine is not 100% effective, so there's no way of knowing whether you're going to become ill because someone who is not vaccinated is at your table. Personally, I'm glad I don't need to deal with the unvaccinated people who refuse to wear masks, and expose me to the virus. I really appreciate that Paizo didn't put staff and volunteers in the position of having to choose whether or not to accept those risks. Obviously my mileage varies a great deal from yours.
Mattel will take back your old toys that are in such bad shape that no one else wants them
When I was in college and sharing a house, I switched from orange juice to grapefruit juice. Signs on the OJ didn't work, but no one wanted my grapefruit juice.
I'm curious what criteria you're using for your "objective" review. And what data you're using to measure statistical significance.
Paizo can very easily select one person to be the rule czar. That person would have the final say and be able to give direct answers to rule questions. Some may not like what final arbitrations are made, but it’s better than leaving it to player debate. From what I can tell, Paizo works pretty hard to create a collaborative environment and not create "czars". It's not so much a single personality that has created the rule-set as it is a team of creative people working together. DnD, of course, comes from a single person asserting authority in spite of the major contributions of others. It's not uncommon for companies to retain the personality aspects of their founders, and it appears that Paizo choose a more team-oriented approach. No one individual is knowledgeable about every rule.
'most of them will leave once they see your bitten, bloated, diseased and poisoned corpses. Efficient, brutal, uncompromising. Like nature.' That sounds vengeful, not like a god that is indifferent to good and evil! "A massacre isn't natural. It's not 'just like nature'. Does Gozreh ask for retribution and revenge? The god of wind and waves can be tempestuous and use the forces of nature to vent their wrath, but I've never heard of them plotting premeditated murder."
Oh, bluegrass bands doing covers of songs from other genres is a tradition I give you the rock-opera "Tommy"
Hope it is not blasplhemy to talk about this!:) Wrong thread. This is the product page for the book Pathfinder Lost Omens: Absalom, City of Lost Omens. You need to start a different thread, not hijack this one for something unrelated.
You can't make this stuff up. From the Little White Book that came with the Harrow cards
"The future is sometimes wrapped in fog, Tarisia,but I'd be glad to take a look for you. But first you and Cannono need to agree that you won't make music at the circus again unless you are asked to by the Professor." Ceija walks over and puts her hand on the Professor's shoulder. "He's the only person who can give you permission."
If Tarisia and Cannono agree, Ceija reaches into her pocket and pulls out a deck of Harrow cards.
Fanning the cards, she holds them out to Tarisia. "Close your eyes and move your hand over the cards. When you feel one that is warmer than the others, pull it out."
The Fiend! This is not good.
Ceija puts the card back in the deck, and the deck back in her pocket. "The threat seems to be to all of us, not just Myron. This will not be easy."
The Paizo Creative Director, James Jacobs, made some suggestions in this thread
For the most part, lore and descriptions from PF1 have not been changed in PF2. The setting only advanced 10 years from the start of PF1 to the start of PF2. So almost anything written in previous regional guides is still true. However, some material that was produced earlier was was written in ways that were thoughtless or in ways that carried over real-world stereotypes and other harmful assumptions. Those parts of the setting have been re-written and continue to be updated. For example, the new book about the Mwangi Expanse announced ( here ) builds on earlier descriptions while eliminating some racist tropes about African inhabitants. As long as you don't use any of the mechanical or rules elements, the descriptive flavor sections will, in general, still be valid.
I wouldn't wish anyone a 'Happy Cinco de Mayo' since it's basically a made-up American holiday.
Is the Starstone Cathedral even a place a worship? For which god? Who is the head priest there (which would answer the question about who is the "bishop")? And how is the testing part of the cathedral separated for the worship part, especially to prevent plundering of the worship part under the guise of a test.
The answers to your other questions would be Unrevealed.
Wait. If the books are printed in China, and are sent to the West Coast, why would the travel through the Suez? There's just the pacific ocean in between. Suez is for Ships from East-Asia/India/Australia to Europe, maybe East coast, isn't it? It's the vehicles, not the streets. If a ship can't get through the Suez Canal to return to China, then it's not at the dock to be loaded with its next cargo that is going to the US. Ships aren't restricted to a single route. They can go from China to the US west coast, China to the US east coast; China to South Africa; China to London; China to Marseilles. If a ship is late getting back to a Chinese port, the goods that it was scheduled to carry will just sit there. There aren't a bunch of empty ships lounging around, waiting for someone to flag them down and grab a ride.
Why call it cathedral when it doesn't function like one? Because of the connotations. The word "cathedral" carries a lot more meanings beyond the ecclesiastical legal definitions. Languages evolve, and words change meaning over time It's similar to how proper-noun brand names become common nouns. The specific, patented item name gets extended to all items with similar characteristics. The word "kleenex" is often used in English to mean "tissue" (more exactly, it means 'paper tissue (not biological) that you use to blow your nose'). Similarly, 'cathedral' is often used to mean 'large, architecturally-inspiring building used for worship'. In fact, in 2021, I would expect that very few people understand the ecclesiastical roots of the word, and even fewer limit their usage to just that context. The meaning of the word has expanded well past its original 4th-century usage.
Thanks for keeping us informed. What a terrible mess you folks are dealing with.
A "cathedral" is technically the seat of a diocesian bishop, and a place of worship. I'm not aware of the Starstone Cathedral having either function. Is it actually a cathedral as such? The rules of that Earth-religion don't apply on Golarion.
I had understood that the idea was for subscribers to receive / have access before I've gotten my PDF before the street date; on the street date, and, on a couple occasions, a day or two after the street date. It's not an 'early access' perk. It's a free perk when your order ships.
I'd go for either "Absalom" lore or "Genealogy". With Genealogy, you know all the juicy gossip about who is cousin to whom, who is the unacknowledged child of what noble, and a lot of other family secrets. But for AoE, I think Absalom lore would serve you best.
for at least a week. You might want to start reading news stories about shipping backlogs. Paizo hasn't even received its April products yet.
I think very few people choose a game system based on the availability of digital content for virtual table top. Rather I expect most people have a myriad of reasons to play a specific game, and consider it a boon if VTT materials are available for it. I have a different perspective: I think people who are using a specific VTT form their impressions about which game system to play based on how active that system is on that VTT and how much material is available. VTTs are similar to your FLGS: if all you see being played is D&D, you're not as likely to pick up Pathfinder. But if you see Pathfinder being played every Thursday night, it will increase your interest in playing Pathfinder. In the case of Wizards, it's unclear to me if their offerings are on the same scale as what Paizo is currently doing, or if it's closer to Adventure Path scale. That kind of comparison is impossible because of the different business models of the two Organized Play entities connected to WotC and Paizo. WotC encourages fan-made material, while Paizo controls their IP in a different way. Much of what is available for D&D online is material that is not available for Pathfinder because of these different business models.
The Harrow Handbook[/url] discusses several in-world Harrow cards that are uncommon in or retired from most decks—or even legendarily rare, only appearing under supernatural circumstances. One of my characters is on a quest to find out more about a non-standard Harrow card that is included in a deck she inherited. In her grandmother's deck, The Owl is missing and there's a different image on the true neutral/stars card.
All the links to the product page for the First Edition Beginner Box seem to be redirecting to the Second Edition product page. People are looking for the free character sheet PDFs, and other free downloads, but there is no way to reach those assets. For example, this url
The post was made in December 2016, and at the time, it went (correctly) to the PF1 assets. Can we get access to those free products again please? People who have bought the physical product really need to be able to access the character sheet PDFs
once other major players were doing it (and really that means Wizards). The WotC Organized Play (Adventurer's League) and Dungeon Master's Guild already provide Foundry-ready modules. Paizo is catching up, not leading the way.
Can I run those with like 10 minutes of pregame pre-like I can with a D&D 5e adventure on Roll20? If not, I'd rather make my own adventure as at least that way my prep is creative work and not just homework about something Paizo made. It sure sounds like it I picked up a Bounty to test it out. Well done, all around! The import was smooth, I love how it divides up everything into unique folders (since I have other PFS material in this world), and to answer a previous question, everything is here - no need to buy the PDF. All the text, images, handouts, maps...it's all contained. One could easily buy this, import, and be up and running in a matter of minutes.
PF2 is a bear to play via VTT. It flatly sucks on Roll20 and it's entirely Paizos fault. Full stop. Other, smaller, companies have excellent support on that platform because they did the work themselves. Even Foundry, which is supposed to be better, isn't as easy to run a PF2 AP in as it is to run a 5e adventure in Roll20. You might want to check out the Foundry/Paizo modules that are available here in the Paizo store. Foundry Modules |