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The Reaper minis need painting, but painting minis is fun.

Elfsera do some cool adventurer sets which have been painted.

Set 1 and Set 2

Otherworld Miniatures also do good unpainted adventurer minis here.

A gift card sub where the user set the amount to be bought and converted to credit each month would be great. (Even better if they could also select the day the transaction happened).

Yep, that would be spot on.

Hmm, I need a scheme that doesn't depend on me remembering to buy gift cards each month: The Paizo Gift Card Subscription! Guaranteed to come out at the start of each month.

No?

Paizo have gone for purple-tinged drow, which hels with the black=/=black thing.

I really hope that Paizo can sort out their release schedule.

Doubling up on products for three months in a row gives me a real headache in justifying a subscription to myself, let alone my fiance.

Maybe Paizo should think about cancelling a future, unannounced book and pushing everything back.

If you can't keep up with your current schedule then maybe the schedule is wrong?

It is good to have some news, I just wished it was good news. :)

My fault though, I started with Vampire, but then just clicked 'yes please' to everything. No good deed goes unpunished! :p

Pretty much exactly my thoughts/feelings.

It makes me wonder from the other direction: if a Kickstarter project like this had a delivery estimate of 12-16 months after the KS finished, would that put you off?

edit = that's a general question, not aimed specifically at Shifty.

I do enjoy the design approach in this module.

I don't get people complaining about a stereotype that by and large is pretty accurate.

Traditionally, the people who played DnD in highschool were not the football star or popular kid. The majority of players are the "geeks" in theatre club or science club. Many players are not very athletic, in shape, and may be socially awkward people with above average intelligence. And I'm sorry but the average, avid DnD player from the 70s to even today probably wasn't "slaying poon" when they were 16. It was probably more like 18-22 to become sexually active.

The only stereotype for DnD that probably should go away is that they're always like the Comic Book store guy in the Simpsons..like uber fat with a pony tail and like a 40 year old virgin living in their mom's basement. This one is pretty far off as most of the players I've played with at that age are married with a steady job/career.

...

Perhaps that accurately portrays your DnD experience, but not mine.

James Jacobs wrote:

DrDeth wrote:

JJ, for Bards, why is Oratory a Visual Performance, usable for Distraction- rather than a Audible, usable for Countersong?

Isn't Oratory much more auditory?

I think oratory is auditory too. Maybe Jason got confused? It's an easy enough fix to house rule if ya want.

Most Oration is conveyed through Body Language.

This is a not-true thing.

To test, try persuading a large group of people to do something without making a sound.

Then compare with this linky.

Body-language is the icing on the cake, not the cake.

So, a question, James: what is your favourite speech (fictional or real)?

Busts out the old skool rap tunes:

Forgot About Dre (1999)

And a double blast of OutKast (2003):

Knowing

Flip Flop Rock

[Feels old]

Is that old skool now? Damn.

Older skool: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five - White Lines

I mean, this is '89...

And this is my favourite Public Enemy

Ah, good times!

Plenty of people were getting nostalgic by '98

So, now I'm listening to old hip-hop all day. Good call, Doodlebug.

I know Hasbro and Disney are competitors but, in the name of making loot, I don't see why they can't compromise on a joint venture to produce a dnd+WotC-lore film.

Some of this followed naturally by some of this.

Just reskin kobolds as goblins, replace the illness with payment for a map and you're good to go.

Judicious chunks of this would probably be pretty neat as well.

thejeff wrote:

GeraintElberion wrote:

magnuskn wrote:

I think "advancing the timeline five to ten years, so that the storyline can progress a bit" is by far not as egregious than "advancing the timeline a hundred years, ripping up whole continents, changing out entire races, dumbing down the pantheon and in the process killing off almost all human characters the players knew".

I'm 100% with you on having been deeply disappointed and dismayed with what happened to the Forgotten Realms, which priorily were my favorite fantasy setting.

To my mind, that's the PC's job.

But the PCs can't advance the timeline of the published world. Because every set of PCs does something different.

They've already done it a little bit, with Shattered Star assuming that RotRL has happened.

Shattered Star assumed RotRL happened - and Second Darkness - and Curse of the Crimson Throne.

Jade Regent assumed RotRL happened.

If they played it right advancing the timeline could be an entirely new product line - with monthly or bi-monthly status :) I know I'd sub in a second.

Same question for you then: What would be the advantage for me, a long-time Pathfinder superscriber?

What happened to Paizo's cute-pet-based recruitment strategy?

All of this RPG experience stuff will never do!

I think "advancing the timeline five to ten years, so that the storyline can progress a bit" is by far not as egregious than "advancing the timeline a hundred years, ripping up whole continents, changing out entire races, dumbing down the pantheon and in the process killing off almost all human characters the players knew".

I'm 100% with you on having been deeply disappointed and dismayed with what happened to the Forgotten Realms, which priorily were my favorite fantasy setting.

To my mind, that's the PC's job.

magnuskn wrote:

It'll be interesting to see how the next campaign setting book looks for Pathfinder 2.0, many years down the line. ^^

"In this nation, there's a ruler. Whom we can't tell you about, because it might upset people who played that AP which changed out the prior ruler. And in that other nation, the same. Also, something happened in the Worldwound. Nobody knows details. Irrisen? Something something Baba Yaga. Or maybe Rasputin." :p

If we advance the timeline for Golarion at some point in the future, I'll decide how the canonical endings for each AP play out and will assume those are the official endings. Not all APs will result in an assumed player win, though.

And yes, that WILL mean some campaigns will need to either retcon themselves or retcon the published world to fit themselves... but there is NO WAY AROUND THAT if we advance the timeline.

I'm not gonna be wishy-washy about deciding how APs played out though, I can guarantee that.

If you ever did advance the timeline.

What would you see as the advantages for me, a long-time Pathfinder Superscriber?

Has anyone ever tried asking them for a lot more detail?

Like, one or two people approaching each one and asking them to explain their protest and ideas, maybe making notes, and just dragging that out for hours.

Plus, your then close enough to complain if they shout in your ear.

Plague of Shadows was great, Jones can really do ensembles.

Excited about this.

Guns don't kill people... I kill people... with guns...Probably NSFW for cursing?

Ooh, similar to this bit of ironicality from 2004.

Bill Lumberg wrote:

Celestial Healer wrote:

Sissyl wrote:

Pffft. Just generic punks who think they know how to fight. Bah. Let me tell you, kids, I am so f%$&ing hardcore I SURVIVED THE COLD WAR! And I was right in the MIDDLE of it. As a LITTLE KID!

Yeah. Spiked chain? Allow me to be slightly amused.

Yeah, but the Cold War's over.

You know why?

Because I won.

With my spiked chain.

*GOLFCLAP*

*follows suit*

Golfclapping is weak sauce.

Real fighters golfwang (oh, so NSFW)...

A lot of dead space in that cover, shouldn't the guy in the mask be higher up? Or are walls a key part of the adventure?

After my whinging and moaning this turned out to be a great read.

Not only were the characters intriguing and sympathetic (the central protagonist is as close to CG as you can get while remaining CN) but the writing was much more elegant and controlled than City of Fallen Sky.

I loved the banter between the five characters, excellent.

We have 4 BBC tv channels and 8 national radio stations, plus the World Service and regional radio...

So we've got room for a decent show from BBC America.

This is great:

I am with my party because...: 1d437 ⇒ 126

126. They have a book describing how the world will be ended by demons. They've accidentally foiled the Elven Resistance Movement. As a druid, maybe I should stay nearby to see what they're up to next.

Cheers,

Novel arrived last week and I'm only on ch2.

The lion blades are subtle sneaks, not sure if they make great swashbucklers.

But still, Taldor and The Shackles would be the place.

How does this fit into the chronology?

Even Razor Coast has been delayed, and that was already written before the KS.

All kickstarters have delays because all projects have delays.

We don't normally see the delays in retail projects because we only see final release, now we're entangled in the process.

I hope nobody here is hanging on for Paizo Game Space!

Darn, I saw the picture and got excited that it would have something to do with nagas.

It does.

Got to agree with the review.

The climactic battle is a visual mess.

I wonder if we'll get this in the UK?

The hobbit-esque mini here might do as a gnome with a cloak and dagger.

Hmmm ok, that may or may not alter things... stuff from the US can be relatively quick (my Pathfinder stuff always arrived quickly!) but wonder how they will be shipping out the Reaper sets?

All of the bones are in the Reaper warehouse in the US.

They just need to sort and send lots and lots of orders.

I find it weird disappointing that a bunch of 3pp and PFSRD are chucking the word 'official' about in a potentially confusing way.

I'm glad Owen Stephens chose his words more carefully.

So, let's try to be clear. Completely clear:

Hey, Mavrickindigo, There is no official Paizo psionics product.

It seems that Dreamscarred Press' Psionics Unleashed is the most popular psionics ruleset available. As such it also has the most support from other publishers. However, PsionicsUnleashed has no official Paizo support and has never been used in any Paizo product.

Finally, to finish answering your question, Paizo has not currently announced any plans for psionic rules. Some Paizo employees (notably James Jacobs) have suggested that if they made Psionics rules they would be Vancian, rather than using Power Points, and would be called something like Psionic Magic.

GeraintElberion wrote:

I have a friend in the same city who has just received his

Do you know what he ordered? Just curious where they are in the shipping queue. The last I heard, they hadn't started shipping orders with non-Vampire add-ons yet.

He's never painted before so he just went for the straight vampire.

I am jealous but I'm not annoyed.

This is the best deal I've ever seen: an absolute bargain. The fact that they're giving me three times the minis I signed up for in exchange for a few months delay is something I am completely chuffed about. Chuffed to bits.

In fact: It's a deal, it's a steal. It's the sale of the f!!%ing century...

And, beyond that, what possible reasoning could there be behind lumping atheists together as having anything in common with one another, beyond simply not believing in a deity? Their atheism is a lack of belief, not the presence of a massive set of core tenets of faith.

Most of us are guilty of seeing the world through our own prisms.

I've met plenty of religious people who view atheism as another option on the menu of religions.

They don't realise that, in the terms of that metaphor, atheism is choosing not to eat. Ever.

For a long time, I used to do the reverse: I perceived the religious as insincere and/or dupes. This was unfair and it came about because I viewed them through my own prism.

Violence in sufficient quantities solves every problem.

Violence not solving your problem? Apply moar violence.

If all you have is a hammer, all of your problems start to look like nails...

"I'll use Diplomacy, to get these goods cheaper." Yeah, okay, but how are you spinning it? What are you offering in return? Do you ever offer anything in return? If this merchant sells at cost price to anyone who bats their eyelashes at him, how does he stay in business?

Do you try this at Walmart? Does it work? If I put $50 of goods through the scanner, then compliment the teller on her lovely eyes, she'll say 'Ooh, you silver-tongued devil! Call it $30.'?

A lot of good stuff in that post but not this bit.

Non-barter sales are a product of retail-chains and absent-management.

Haggling has a long and noble history.

'Computer says no' is pretty recent.

I have a friend in the same city who has just received his; I am yet to even have a shipping note.

I am almost unbearably jealous!

Print/PDF bundle, huh?

Is there any way I can prove ownership to get my grubby mitts on the pdf?

You might also consider:

Your Whispering Homonculus

Also, Raging Swan have some cool stuff to drop in.

I feel kind of sorry for that guy.

He doesn't seem to understand how easy it is to just apologise and move on.

Instead he's moved some goalposts around from
A: This reviewer is deliberately corrupt. Creighton Broadhurst is probably gaming the system.
to
B: Reviewers should have to sign up to some kind of code.

His style is scary too... writing in a way that implies that Creighton is dodging some kind of issue because 'he won't come out and back a reviewers code like he should!'

Incidentally, a reviewers code is a terrible idea.

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And most people i know playing storytelling based games are usually older guys (not kids) who have gotten past that "kill everything loot their stuff" mentality.

There's two reasons why I think storyteller games like WoD have an "older" crowd:

1) WoD started out with Vampire in a time when Goth was huge. I still remember being young and seeing the older kids in black clothes and makeup go into the FLGS to get VtM stuff. WoD and Vampire spoke to that goth crowd as well as the theater club kids. Those people probably began as roleplayers and are older now and probably grown up with families. I think WoD probably still attracts the current crop of goth kids (those that are left) and theater kids who start out as roleplayers.

2) I think its very common for us to "evolve" as RPGers. If you really think hard about how you started playing I think many of us started out on DnD as a young kid, began as dice throwers looking for stats and loot and then slowly changed. After some period of time we started branching out into different games and discovering stuff like WoD or exotic games. It grew boring just making cheesed out characters, hacking and slashing, and collecting gear so we started working on roleplaying and character development as well. This probably is the largest group of players out there. There are probably some that never changed from rollplaying to roleplaying and some that changed very little. I highly doubt there are many if any players that started/became heavy roleplayers then switched to rollplaying.

I honestly don't know if the newer 4e generation will change like I and many did, but it will be interesting to see considering how heavy mechanics-based 4e is.

I think what you'll find, and is perhaps the reason why the Stormwind Fallacy can often be relevant, is that many people mature/develop in their playstyle without wanting to learn new rulesets or change genre.

If you began playing 3e when you were 15 and learnt to optimise and enjoy character-creation and combat-triumph... you might now be using the same ruleset (almost) and have 10+ years of experience. As such you can probably optimise, balance and adjust characters with little effort.

This player, now 25+, might well be crafting emotionally-rich characters full of RP potential. But she/he can also drop a powerful build on that concept in twenty minutes.

Thanks for the reply, James.

So, your when you wear the developer/director hat you're doing your day job.

And when you write for Paizo you're freelancing?

Any non-Paizo work coming up?

Paizo talked before about this not being in their gift to provide.

The comics are a licensed product, like the minis, so Paizo cannot control relase schedule. I'm sure they have influence but not the final say-so.

That's how I remember it, anyway.

James, you mentioned being swamped by genconcrunch and freelance stuff.

What freelance stuff are you working on?

I had forgotten about Pet Genius but now I have remembered.

Well, I laughed.

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Here is an example of one specific topic that separates highly compensated
CEOs from people like YOU: A CEO at a "big" company can read and
understand > this < paper.

Guys like you will open it, read the title, scoff, scroll down and gasp
at the presence of what appears to be math, and then (here’s the rub)
furiously come up with arguments and post links in your attempt to
demonstrate having this type of knowledge in your repertoire of business
tools is at best hyperbole; and absolutely a waste of time. (Not to mention –just plain evil-
because of the use of derivatives.) And other such things, so you can
keep your ignorance secure and never really have to learn anything new.

E.g. "Good business people learn by doing, and don't need no highfaluting book theories. Gah, nerds."
(the double negative was added as a social class indicator)

See, what you're doing here is implying that other people reading and posting on this thread are anti-CEO.

Nobody seems to have really made such a statement (well, there's always the comrade...), instead they have opined that certain wage differentials are unseemly.

Now, it just so happens that I have an uncle who can read and understand documents like that. In fact, he wrote documents like that (now semi-retired). He has made it pretty clear to me that understanding and applying such economic theories is not an especially mighty feat. In fact, he has taught many people to understand documents like that.

To be honest, it reminds me of the archaeological journals I read at university. Should I earn 354 times the salary of the average worker simply because I can read journals which assume prior knowledge.

Most journals do this, part of the point of journals is that they're specialist publications which don't bother to explain themselves to the uninitiated.

So, here are some direct questions for you:
Do you believe that the wages of most CEOs accurately reflect their worth?
How would you classify/describe that worth?

GeraintElberion wrote:

kmal2t wrote:

The 2k pound leg press really made me lol.

It reminds me of this old guy I'd see at the gym..literally filled the leg press with 45s and then push it like 3 inches.

Nothing more annoying than the guys who say "ya I squat like 365" and then proceed to rack it up and do quarter squats. Go deep or get out, kids. /end gym rant.

I don't understand any of this.

In a nutshell, if you say "I can squat 500 pounds" and by that you mean "I can move it like 3 inches once or twice on a good day" you can't squat 500 pounds.

I get that it is some kind of exercise, what with being in a gym, but to me squat means either 'short' or 'sitting on your heels'.

He can put 500lb on his heels? It can't be that but I don't know what it is.

To be honest, I'm not overly interested: it just struck me as strange that someone would post in such an opaque manner.