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I would like to cancel my AP subscription after #54 (my current pending order). All my other subscriptions should remain in effect.

Thanks

Not sure if this question was ever asked so forgive if I'm repeating a thread. Has Paizo ever entertained or mentioned the idea of putting out a hardcover on the scale of Ptolus? There are so many interesting cities in Golarion that would fit nicely into a massive tome.
I know it would be expensive but I'm sure there is a dedicated following out there that woudl be willing to sacrifice food and medical care for such a book.

Thought I would jut throw my two coppers into the pot here.
I've been a DM since way back in 1978 (or 79..senility is starting to creep in). I own every hard and soft cover book produced by TSR/WoTC (and other 3PP's) in support of D&D and all it's iterations up until 4 edition (Bought the core rule book set).
That being said. I'm a die hard Pathfinder GM and player now and have no need or intention of investing hundreds of dollars in a 5th edition.

I'm not bashing 5th edition - but I've found a system in Pathfinder that appeals to me and my players and we're sticking with it for the long haul.

Paizo - Keep up the great work. You put out a great product and provide awesome customer service. I only hope that others in the Paizo community will not jump ship and hurt the revenue stream that helps keep you folks producing the great product that you have created/refined.

Jiggy wrote:

I need to get my first bookcase - I just watched a brown recluse crawl out of the pile. :/

O_O

Get a bookcase. lol

I have 4 Shelves, 2 feet wide. And no more room for books. Its mostly 3.x and Pathfinder, with some 2e (particularly campaign settings) and a shelf full of WoD books.

There a couple odd one-off books on there as well, like Conan 2e d20, Angel: the RPG (Unisystem), and some more unusual d20 books, like d20 stargate, and d20 WoW, and Everstone: Blood Legacy,

I have too many bookshelves...filled with every hard/soft cover of each edition since 1978 for D&D and Pathfinder. Not to mention boxed sets like Gamma World, Star Frontiers, Top Secret, Boot Hill, Traveller (the good old pocket sized books), Squad Leader (and the add-ons).

Sighs...Waves a fond farewell to Azeroth. Grab my backpack, two handed sword and start down the road towards Golarion...

Jo - if you can't cut down the tree maybe yuour wife could use you as kindling. Just a thought.

Azten wrote:

*raises scimitar to Sarenrae*

I hereby dub all gathered here the First Adventuring Guild of Goblinworks!

Did I miss the boat? Has it left? Where did I leave that extra set of underwear....

*waves a fond farewell to Azeroth* New adventures and comrades await in Golarion.

*hands Syras the underwear*

So me and one my fomer GMs (the hardest GM I have ever Played with) who I converted to Pathfinder from 3.5 and he thinks hero points are a good thing since he has been playing Dark Heresy and Deathwatch for the last year or so, after the use of Fate Points thinks hero points are a good idea.

So my question is has anyone been using the hero points rules in the APs?

So for story bonus hero points do you give them out when they finish each book or what?

I use them. Award them when a player gains a level - to a max of three.

I just want to know if anyone multiclasses using straight Pathfinder rules. I'm not talking about adding a prestige class to your base class -- I'm talking about taking levels in 2 different base classes.

I'm just curious because it seems like Pathfinder, by focusing more on archetypes, has filled in all these "middle areas" so that there are now many archetypes that that suit a lot of character concepts. Combine that with the capstone abilities at level 20 that encourage people to stick with their first class, and I just don't see much reason for people to multiclass anymore.

Or am I wrong?

I do. I'm playing a druid/ranger in Legacy of Fire....

I vote we eliminate:

1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. New York

Why not consolidate the 50 into three? Based on the time zones....

Wait....there are girl gamers? Holy!!!!

I take offense at being called a 250lb nerd with bad skin. My group is composed of guys that served in the US Marine Corps (including myself). I'm a far cry from being overweight , with bad skin and an inferiority complex.

Just saying...

Now available!

I may have missed this somewhere in the thread - but does anyone know when the book is shipping from Paizo? I pre-ordered the print/PDF bundle.

I have always rolled idividual intiatives for each foe as a DM...and I've been DMing for over 20 years

1. Yes, 4d6 drop lowest, six times.

2. Yes.
3. Since ca. 1980.
4. AD&D, or maybe Basic.

Ditto

Except I allow players to re-roll 1's and I started plaing in 1978...

Do you get annoyed when a newcomer chooses the same avatar as you? Is this an unwritten violation of board etiquette?

I used a picture of myself but Paizo took it down and replaced it with a better looking image! They said this Jubilex fella was a whole lot sexier than me. After seeing it I agreed. But eventually decided on a dragon....

This needs to be more than the standard 64 page format please.

I think a 64 page primer is great. It allows the awsomeness of Paizo to then create hardcovers/campign settings for each world?

Since a thread about this topic was locked I will start two new threads one for and one against. Keep it civil otherwise the thread will be locked and lets try to not have that happen again.

I will start the ball rolling. I am in favor of an official product that supports Epic play. I think PF could use one ot round out what I think is missing in the rules and to compete on equal terms with 4E and 3.5.

I vote Yes for epic, mytic, high level - etc. Especially in light of the fact that the Dungeons of Golarion have areas that range from CR15 to CR24

Just announced! See the Press Release here! (It has some info on follow-up sets, as well as a FAQ you'll want to check out.)

We will be making the black dragon case premium available to those who order cases from paizo.com, and in other ways as well. Details on that will be announced later.

Will this be available as a subscription?

Does anyone require the tracking and active use of rations in their game? Does anyone find tracking rations as part of the role play fun to do? If yes, can you describe how this works for your group?

I am trying to decide if I should mostly ignore rations or use them. I have never played in a game where they were really tracked or required by the GM.

We actively track. Always have. Adds some realism to the game when the party knows they will be in the desert for two weeks and don't have magical means to create water or food. So decisions on what loot to take vs. dropping food becomes critical. I've had party's ignore all sorts of coinage if it wasn't platinum in return for keeping food/water handy. Besides we also track encumberance - since a gallon of water = 8lbs. You see how fast people start watching what they have in their bags when their movement drops from 30' to 20'...

To me, the use of unlimited cantrips/orisons makes no sense, and tends to make classes like the rogue less useful (you dont need a specialist to open a lock when your spellcaster can simply and repeatedly acid it open).

We house rule it. Our GM allows the number of known orisons plus 2x your level plus your ability modifer as the limit to cast per day. So if you know four (4) orisons and have a +3 modifier and you are 1st level you can cast orisons 9 times a day.

I for one would love a rules compendium. It could be a 64 page softcover or maybe something shorter that just acts as an index to where to find the rules.
Maybe the good folks at Paizo could incorporate that index onto the next GM screen...

Just a few of my coppers..

Harold Camping predicted that the world would end, due to the return of Jesus or The Rapture, on May 21, 2011. As we all know, that did not happen. He explained that his calculations were off by 5 months. Now, he has predicted that The Rapture will occur on October 21, 2011. Since he is a Biblical expert, and according to him the Holy Bible is absolutely true, then he must be right. Please add your thoughts, comments, and suggestions, but you must know beforehand that the world is ending on October 21, 2011, so you should plan ahead.

Max out your credit cards, quit your job, take a trip around the United States one last time, etc. There is no point in planning anything past the date of October 21, 2011, because that is when Jesus Christ will return, take all saved Christians up with him into Heaven, and the unsaved will remain here to suffer under the reign of the Antichrist for the seven year long Tribulation. These are absolute biblical facts and they cannot be disputed. Sorry, but it has to happen. OK, now we can begin the discussion...

Sounds like fun! How about you sign over all of your personal possesions to me - effective October 22nd, 2011. You won't need them. Since I'm not a Christian (or Jew, or Muslim, or anything else for that matter) I'll not get swept up in your Rapture. :) I'll just continue to play Pathfinder....

link

It is being covered on local television also.

Osama dead? Did the Seal that shot him roll a natural 20 for a crit with a another 20 to confirm? Or did Osama fail his save by rolling two natural one's for a critical fail?

The truth will never be known....damn the government...

Gendo wrote:

Nice. Now they've got a Martyr.

And...

They'll hate the west more? They'll want to kill us more? I don't see the issue. I'm all for supplying them all the martyers they want, until they run out of fanatics or they wise up.

It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden - It was our job to arrange the meeting.

So I was sitting in class, surfing around paizo.com and I decided to calculate how much money I've given to Paizo over the course of my Pathfinder fandom (about one year).

Shockingly I realized I've spent roughly $1076 on Pathfinder products, all from Paizo's website/paizocon store. Hard to believe I've spent this much on an RPG line, but there it is.

Spent $2,403.83 in less than 24 months..averaging about $1200 a year and I even canceled my AP subscription....

Not to sound too hokey "Est sularus oth mithas." I don't break my oaths. Not even Grace Park in my bed could do that.

I was in an open relationship that got a bit too open, then I had my breakdown and I found out there's apparently a mental health clause in the 'in sickness and in health' bit. Honour is all that's kept me alive more than once.

So, like the bard says, "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that."

Joela, the only advice I can give you is to be strong. Losing what you have for what you think you want is never the answer. Even if it seems like a good idea at the time.

WAIT! Grace Park? No one mentioned Grace Park..I may have to re-evaluate the whole cheating thing...

Seriously - just ask yourself thsi question. Do you want your partner cheating on you?

Gunny wrote:

Thoughts? Comments?

Touch attacks are not representing that you require MORE physical dexterity to hit your opponent. Rather they represent that the attack is so easy to do that it is almost assured. Simply contact is all that is needed for the attack to be effective.

Normal melee attacks 'touch' the target all the time, but thy are ruled as 'misses' due to the targets armor, shield, or natural armor effectively absorbing the blow and making it harmless.

Why would a fully powered blow that only needs to contact not do more damage than a 'finesse' blow that only needs to make contact?

If that strong combatant is powerful enough to swing their weapons quickly enough to make contact AND smash through armor then why would they be LESS competent on an easier to hit target?

I the combatant in question is a mage like your example and is not strong but is destrous then there is already a mechanic in place to handle that: The feat Weapon Finesse. Touch spells should be covered under natural or unarmed attacks. If your mage wants to use dex then he should take the appropriate feat since that option already has a mechanic to cover it.

OK - but why would strength still be added to a touch attack for purposing of hitting since you are not bypassing anything (right? touch attacks ignore armor bonuses,etc and the purpose of strength is to help bypass those protections by using brute force). So if a mage with a 10 strength and a fighter with an 18 strength attack the same target with a touch the fighter gets +4 more to hit (ignoring BAB for the moment)? just doesn't seem to make sense.

The Tome of Thrones

+1

HardCover
Outer Planes (maybe with softcover expansions)
Epic Level

Softcovers (32-64 page count)
One for each kingdom in the InnerSea
Dungeon design - expand on what's in the GMG.
Books similar to Frostburn (environment based books for GM's)

This topic may have been discussed in a previous thread so forgive me if I'm just resurrecting it again.
Does anyone house rule touch attacks? I mean - it doesn't seem to make sense that Strength should be included in your attack bonus when making a touch attack. Strength, understandbly, is used to power your way through armor, shield bonuses and magical deflections, etc
but wouldn't it make more sense that dexterity would apply when you are just trying to touch someone. I can't come up with an instance where strength would be necessary to touch someone.

A mage using a touch attack spell shouldn't have to depend on strength to use shocking grasp. Dexterity makes more sense as he/she closes in on the opponent and just tries to touch them as the opponent is weaving and dodging the electrically charged hand that is trying to make contact...

Thoughts? Comments?

Not out of shape..... Two reasons..
1) Was a Marine over 20 years ago and it taught me the importance of self discipline and exercise

2)More importnatly...P90X Look it up - it's awesome.

Bump...

Space opened up for a 5th player. Starting up Legacy of Fire AP soon. Also running Kingmaker right now (2nd module).

We ahve two dm's so we alternate every few months. If interested drop me a line. You can startin the King maker AP or wait until we start up LoF AP.

Game day has changed to Thursday evenings.

Dear Awesome Customer Service goblins... (hoping for a plate of cookies here)

I see that the Bestiary 2 and Inner Sea Primer are due to ship next week but my subscriptions rules are to hold everything for a monthly shipment. Will the Book of the Damned Vol. 2 which is scheduled for release in mid-Dec.ship with the January orders? Please note that the Book of the Damned, Vol 2 dos not show up in my pending orders for Dec, Jan or Feb but it is in my subscriptions.

Thanks...

Maybe it's a midlife crisis. Or maybe it's simply low blood sugar, but I'm thinking (semi) serious thoughts of immigrating to the Great White North.

Any Canadians on the boards? What are the advantages of your country versus the U.S.?

Where is this place Canada? I cannot find it on any Golarion map. Is it north of Varisia?

Can anyone recommend a 3rd party module for 3rd level characters. The pathfinder modules tend to skip over 3rd level (plenty of 6th level ones).
I prefer a wilderness setting - preferable forest/hills/plains.

As an FYI - my players just finished the first Kingmaker module and we ended at 3rd level - but the next module is for 4th/5th level characters. Reason we stopped at 3rd level is that we have 5 players instead of 4. I'll modify the KM path gonig forward but would like an adventure between KM 1 and 2.

Thanks

As the thread says what do you think are the bad elements of Pathfinder. Please keep the topic civil.

This may have been mentioned (sorry if I'm duplicating a response)

Perception! You're either gifted with great sight and hearing or your not. I prefer that they both be a separate skill. (I know, I could just home rule it...) I don't understand the reasoning for combining the two.

I am just curious on what peoples opinions are. Which would you rather have for character creation; Point buy or 4d6 drop the low? Also, why?

Personally I like the point buy with 20 points. I feel that it makes for a nice balanced party where all players can easily have their time in the sun, without 1 character being the "lead" and everyone else feeling like "support cast".

I say this as I have been in too many games where dice roll was used and (after calculating everything out) one or two characters had point buy equivalents in the 40+ while some others where in the 10-20 range (due to poor rolling).

As I said, just curious.

4D6 only. We've been using that rule since AD&D. Party loves it because it adds flavor to a character. I once had a player who had a cleric with a 4 dexterity. Turned out to be one of the best PC's ever in my campaign. He used that 4 dex as a reason for his character having a club foot - which led to NPC's calling him demon tainted (funny considering he was a LG cleric of St Cuthbert)

*nod* and salute to all our brothers in arms out there now and past. Whew. As for me; Army veteran; signal corps. Anybody going to a parade today?

Semper Fi to all of my Marine Brothers out there. And a thanks to everyone else serving in the Army, Airforce, Navy & Coast guard.

Just a bit of trivia:

Armed Forces Day - celebrates active duty personnel
Memorial day - Remembers those that gave the ultimate sacrifice
Veterans day - salutes those that served

CPL G.
USMC 1983-1987

Good! Here in the UK we are observing Remembrance Day.

Let us remember before God all those whose lives have been ended or touched by war, and ask that those currently serving in the armed forces of all nations be kept safe from harm. Amen.

Semper Fi to all of my Marine Brothers out there. And a thanks to everyone else serving in the Army, Airforce, Navy & Coast guard.

Just a bit of trivia:

Armed Forces Day - celebrates active duty personnel
Memorial day - Remembers those that gave the ultimate sacrifice
Veterans day - salutes those that served

CPL G.
USMC 1983-1987

The big six?

Character sheet
Players
DM
Pencil
Dice
Soda

That's about it.

Tier Fishy!

+1

I've been DMing since 1978 and this is the first time I ever heard of the Big Six!

The Great Beyond is a planar sourcebook for the Pathfinder Campaign Setting.

Sorry - meant to say, Will there be a hardcover sourcebook for the outerplanes? I have the Great Beyond - was just wondering if Paizo has any inclination to produce something bigger and crunchier.

Forgive me if this question was asked already - I couldn't find it anywhere. Does Paizo have any plans for releasing a setting/guidebook to the outerplanes? Something along the lines of Planescape in terms of size and detail?

Looks like they moved my late October order to now ship in late November. Being that I need a Paizo product fix for my habit can the warehouse genies separate the non-subscription piece of my order and ship it next week? I would be eternally grateful (until my next request).

Gunny

Cosmo:

Can you confirm when order 1538556 is shipping? I asked that it be bundled with my next monthly shipment - which is late October. However, when I looked the order up it says that it will ship in late January.

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Looks like they moved my late October order to now ship in late November. Being that I need a Paizo product fix for my habit can the warehouse genies separate the non-subscription piece of my order and ship it next week? I would be eternally grateful (until my next request).

Gunny

Gunny, I've poked your order (and said "Dance, monkey, dance!"). Sometimes when starting subscriptions they run across a bug that doesn't add your starting items properly. So, your sub items have been added to your sidecart, and you should receive your sidecart items (with the exception of Bestiary 2 and Inner Sea Primer) when Misfit Monsters Redeemed goes out (hopefully later this month).

Please let us know if you have any other questions! *offers a cookie*

You are my hero!

Lot's of talk about new feat, maneuvers, etc. Someone pointed out that a fighter doesn't have an infinite feat slot. What about a rule/option that allows a fighter type to forfeit BaB adavncement for a new manuever,feat etc? For example - when I advance a level instead of taking +1 to my BaB I trade it in for a new comabt maneuver? Just a thought.

Call me lazy - but how about some charts that detail the exact hit points that normal weapons and armor have so you can track sunder damage much faster.

More combat/team feats/tricks. What about rules for storming castles and fortifications? Naval combat? (and I'm not talking about belly buttons!)

Combat related traits by regions, ethnicity, religion?

Cosmo:

Can you confirm when order 1538556 is shipping? I asked that it be bundled with my next monthly shipment - which is late October. However, when I looked the order up it says that it will ship in late January.

Just wanted to know if you're eating way too many of Lilith's cookies and have decided to push the order back or some cookie gremlin is messing with the order history.

Greetings, fellow travellers.

Well, actually by RAW the paladin should not have been able to detect evil - creatures under 5 HD do not emit an evil aura.

I think bringing evil beings around to see the rewards of "good" and helping them following the path to enlightenment is much more worthy of a paladin than just killing - that is done by everyone.

What is more, the kobold has not committed an evil act, so I would actually have Erastil intervene if he outright kills him.

Ruyan.

Well color me blue and call me a mite! I totally forgot that detect evil does not work on creatures under 5hd. That being said - I know the player well and he will not slay a creture if he cannot detect evil and/or catch it commiting an evil act. The party would argue with the paladin that the kobolds are redeemable regardless of what pre-conceived notion the palaldin has of them.

Thanks all!

Hi all,

I need some help adjudicating the following issue. The party I DM has a paladin of Erastil.

Congratulations! I have two kids; both in college....Start saving now! You may hqve to give up buying Pathfinder products for the next 21 years.....