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FAQs != law.

The fact that somebody says "yes" in a FAQ does not preclude them from saying "no" in a lawsuit.

There's a good reason for the fact that despite the OGL being out there for 12 years, no major OGL-based release was ever made outside of a direct license with WotC.

The OGL is unlcear in regard to computer games. That's one of the reasons it's not being used in Pathfinder Online.

While Knights of the Chalice is around for a long time, you have to remember that WotC is an American company, and US IP law has that "you have to protect actively your IP" general rule, so you have to calculate the potential risk of being hit with a C&D.

Yeah, it's one of the best CS line books ever.

Gorbacz wrote:

Wizard does 1d4+1 with magic missile, Fighter does 2d6+9 with greatsword, clear disparity here. ;-)

It falls apart though when the wizard can cast greater invis, fly, and mindblank on himself, making him immune to everything but blindsight and blindsense. which the fighter could never get =p.

Just as planned.

Wizard does 1d4+1 with magic missile, Fighter does 2d6+9 with greatsword, clear disparity here. ;-)

Or rules for walking and chewing gum at the same time?

12. You sell your entire 3.5 WotC bookshelf (OK, except the monster books) because you realize you don't need it any more.

Witch > MT
Magus > EK

What Iggwilv says.

Companies in this industry don't share sales data, and Paizo is no exception.

The only thing that's more-or-less circulated is that as far as RPG's go, it's 60-70% USA/Canada and 40-30% R.O.W (well Europe mostly).

I'm sure that the people at the table would be thrilled if I told them that I'm playing a Commoner.

This is D&D. If somebody doesn't care for system mastery, he/she will always be behind those who do.

Everything in Dragon magazine (and thus in Dragon compendium) is closed content and WotC IP. So, no such chance.

Well, PFS is a competitive environment, in the "players vs scenario" sense. Everybody wants to complete the mod, get the prestige, advance further. Nobody will be pulling punches, or not taking Improved Initiative to go first, or not optimizing their characters to a degree.

39pb? Wizards blasting things as a valid tactic? "I get that they aren't as good of a warrior as Fighters or as good of casters as Wizards, but they are vastly better warriors than Wizards, and obviously 100% better casters than Fighters."?

You (and your group) apparently don't go for system mastery, and then along came somebody who plays a class to its full potential. Hence the drama.

@Daigle - Now that you will be in a position of greater influence maybe you can fix that Blink Dog fiasco from Bestiary 2 which has been an embarrassment to your otherwise pristine reputation as a freelancer!

What fiasco? Do tell!

Huh, at this rate I'm going to be *still* running my RotRL game that we started in March 2008 when this comes out so ... errr ... right on time, Paizo! :)

Yeah, I am actually more of an academic and a teacher (academic teacher folks, no children are being harmed by my vitriolic snark in everyday life) than a practising lawyer, but I do get to write "practical" stuff every once in a while.

What I am NOT is an expert on labour law ("how many days of sick leave have I left this year?"), which none of my friends seem to understand...

I thought it was "cyclopi"!

(all due apologies to Gorbacz and co).

No biggie. Got injured in an accident? Mistreated in a hospital? Cheated on insurance? My phone number is...

I'd pay attention to the enies, the origins, etc. that's a populartity contest too, but one with a much broader base.

*Two copper left on table*

The "Pathfinder wins almost every category it is nominated in" Ennies that have been running for the last 2 years or so? :)

RAITTSBIROWAES?

(Rules As I Think They Should Be Interpreted Regardless Of What Anybody Else Says)

James Jacobs wrote:

But as for true deities, such as Rovagug and Lamashtu and Desna and Iomedae? Nope; no plans at this point to ever stat them up because theyr'e gods and thus mortals can't kill them by using the rules anyway.

This is a perfectly valid viewpoint, and I know a lot of gamers who agree, but I don't care for it simply because it ignores the desires of those who do want stats for gods, unless they want to go through the (admittedly cumbersome) trouble of building them themselves via the 3.0 rules, the Immortal's Handbook, or something else.

By contrast, having stats for gods satisfies both camps much better, since those who want gods to be beyond stats can just say "nope, sorry, in my game we don't use those rules - gods are unbeatable by mortals."

In other words, better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Seeing as you are in the "cause headaches to GMs who have to go thru the motions and explain to the players just why are they ignoring printed campaign setting material" I'd say that you really don't care. :P

Great, more flumphs!

Gratz Daigle! May your flumphs forever be flmuphy!

Mikaze's consternation that Paizo keeps putting out 'player' companions that discourage *players* from using that content seems reasonable, to me.

But hey, as long as mocking the preferences of other posters is what gets you off, splooge away.

My long history of sparring with Mikaze (and my deep love for his Bestiary review posts) hopefully will lead to that being read as a friendly jab and nothing more.

Gorbacz wrote:

In before someone's "but Efreeti will grant those wishes in most evil, twisted way possible, you can't just throw them around!" and Ashiel's "Nonsense, such arbitrary curbstomping of wish is a sure sign of a d**ck GM using his rule 0 power mania to hamper the players!".

Player Advocacy vs. GM Supremacy. ROUND TWO!

Please stop trolling, we are having a discussion here.

I'm not trolling. I'm showing that both you and Ashiel are entrenched in your respective camps, and neither of these camps is something that I subscribe to.

The fact that you react hostlie to any attempt to point that out only confirms my observations. :*

In before someone's "but Efreeti will grant those wishes in most evil, twisted way possible, you can't just throw them around!" and Ashiel's "Nonsense, such arbitrary curbstomping of wish is a sure sign of a d**ck GM using his rule 0 power mania to hamper the players!".

Player Advocacy vs. GM Supremacy. ROUND TWO!

Mikaze - let's be frank, the only way this cover would see you fully happy would be if it featured two tiefling paladins, one of them of Shelyn and the other of Iomeadae, one of the bug-eyed with mandibles and the other with a purple worm's head, making sweet sweet love.

And you would complain about lack of Good orcs there, anyway.

:P

In Poland, the scale and magnitude of anti-ACTA protests led me to the conclusion that my fellow countrymen consider the ability to torrent movies, series, games and music a god-given right which they will fight for more fervently than against tax increases, budget cuts or aggressive reforms.

Demons / Devils - Gaining power / satisfaction through the suffering of others, this is generally what demons and devils do. If not, I don't know that they're evil.

And this folks, is how daemons roll.

Paizo card packs are standardized at 52 cards, so something's gotta give.

Love how you guys handled 3.5 Loyalist :*

I'll just buy the PDF and print out whenever necessary, simples!

What is love
Oh baby, don't hurt me
Don't hurt me no more

Errr...wrong thread.

On the Upstairs Refrigerator, and the horrors that lie therein...

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Red Chris, The Robot: I'm tempted to add "Check the fridge for civilizations" to my calendar as a monthly appointment :\

Erik, The CS Algorithm: would they revere us as gods or would they fear us and plot our downfall...

Red Chris, The Robot: well, as a robot, these things are interchangeable

Relevant video commentary

i always thought there should be more Gods. Each region with thier own mythology.

Dragon Empires has their own pantheon (with some overlap to Inner Sea). I suppose other continents will follow that model.

Gorbacz wrote:

Player Advocacy Movement vs. GM Overlordship Association.

FIIIIGHT!

Err. No.

Yep!

"Players have full control over their spells, if Mister Cavern tries to limit that he's a rule-0 control freak" vs. "Game Master has control over everything, it's his prerogative".

The crux of many arguments here and there is the clash between these two visions of how RPGs should play out.

Player Advocacy Movement vs. GM Overlordship Association.

FIIIIGHT!

Telling a Wizard that all spells he gets is 2 per level, and that there are no magic item shops in the game, proceeded by handing out uber-useless magic items. Of course, that goes great with banning crafting feats.

Are your players murdering babies and painting signs with blood during game sessions? If yes, I'd carefully label them as evil and call the cops.

How to fix Monk:

Buy APG and UC (or just go to PRD if you're feeling cheap), problem more or less solved.

No it's not. It's overpowered for those who panic the moment they see more than 3d6 rolled at the same time.

Poland reporting for duty!

We have our biggest convention (Pyrkon) coming up on 23-25 March. Attendance 4-5k, I'm holding a seminar on Golarion. Would love to get PFS off the ground here, but I'm not really sure where to start.

I'm considering PCUK if finances permit.

Hey Sincubus, it's cool that you are crapping over people who like different things, can I start crapping over something that you like?

Hello, 3.5 Duskblade discussion... missed you much, glad to see you back!

It's simple, you're saying that Wizard problems can be fixed by following rules. But you're not following any RAW, you're just arbitrarily handing out spells and disallowing magic item purchases. And you think that if there's a problem with RAW it's all-OK cause your rule 0 will fix it. That's Oberoni.

Also, what TarXT said. Clerics, Sorcerers, Oracles and Druids get a free ride while Wizards, Witches and Alchemists cry in the corner.

ATron9000 wrote:

Core rules state that the horse uses his action to move. They also state that you may make an attack at the end of its charge with charge bonus. Our faction interprets this as your mount makes the charge and you gain the bonus. This makes pounce illegal because you aren't using your charge to accomplish this.

But what if I'm riding a dire tiger?

Awww, curved ball! ;)

Hold on a moment! We are talking about the rules here. The only rule that actually gives a wizard spells 100% of the time is the Wizard write up about 2 spells per level. That's the whole argument. Gor thought he would throw the whole Ob Fallacy in there to try and justify his argument, which failed to do so. By your token because there are write ups on magic items in the back of the book then your character should get that item. The DM decides whether or not a wizard finds a spellbook, finds a place to buy spells, and which spells are able to be purchased. Magic Shops R "Us" don't exist in my games.

So first you're saying "we'll fix it using rules" which in your example amounts to "we'll fix it by having the GM make an arbitrary decision what spells does the Wizard have access to"?

Oberoni all the way, baby.

Dependent on campaign = dependent on GM. So it's down to "how anal the GM is". You like being an anal person? Fine, not everybody does! BTW, if you use magic item availablity rules from GMG you're pretty much sure to find scrolls for all Wizard spells for purchase without much trouble.

Costs - again, there's WBL for spell purchase... unless you're trying to tell me that Wizards should be verboten to spend their gp on spells or maybe they should get a small share in party treasure to compensate for their uberness? Analville again.

Since there are no precise rules for spell availability (so, it's up to GM), by following the (hey, rules-regulated) WBL there's more than enough money for spells, and since 15-minute-adventuring-day is perfectly legit by the RAW, I'm not sure what "following and enforcing" are you actually referring to.