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I.Malachi wrote:

Now I want to go to GenCon just to sit at Thea or Kyle's table. Too bad I'm deficient in funds.

Hrmm ... I don't be at Gencon this year ... but if you're in the midwest ... we can talk and confer and then I can run Kyle's scenario for you... Knowing him it's deadly and I have had to promise him I'll get my 2nd pc kill from it ... you game?

If I'm ever in the Midwest then definitely.

Sitting at Kyle, then Thea's, and then Bob's would give you about 2 slots worth of entertainment assuming you're not too heart broken after Kyle's. :)

I still have enough prestige points to be resurrected if I so choose. It would be worth the entertainment.

After that I could come back and GM a TPK without feeling slightly guilty.

I.Malachi wrote:

Now I want to go to GenCon just to sit at Thea or Kyle's table. Too bad I'm deficient in funds.

Why would you want to sit at Kyles table? It will all be over in 10 minutes.

Yeah, but I'd have accomplished one more thing on my bucket list.

EDIT: My character, however, would no longer need the bucket list.

Now I want to go to GenCon just to sit at Thea or Kyle's table. Too bad I'm deficient in funds.

I know that Paizo has said in other threads that they wanted to leave the details of the Starstone open because it's different for each individual and it gives the GMs more latitude in a campaign. My future god(dess) is currently a PC with a celestial bloodline and the backstory fits into what I need for the plot so she's not really a Mary Sue - she could still fail the test, at which point the campaign would simply go in another direction.

I agree with N'wah (hey, how've you been? Good to see you!) that the options for a new god should be more than just a contest and I've been thinking along the lines of a fledgling religious belief for a while now, and I keep pondering the challenges a new god would face. Just my two more cents.

I didn't want to hijack the thread but posting the details once would probably be less likely to do that wouldn't it so here you go . . .

The book I was referring to is "A Magical Society - Guide to Mapping" by Expeditious Retreat Press, I don't know if they still have a website the one I got them from seems to have dissapeared. Their products can still be found though at places like your games now on the web and I thin they have a facebook page. Also if you decide to get the "western europe" one make sure to get the 2nd editiion as it has an extra chapter and some expanded content over the first edition which is what I have.

I should warn you its focuse more on ways to actually build your campaign world. That is how the tilt of the planet will affect the weather, how to layout mountains, continents, different races and methods of working out their reactions to each other. Although I admit the little extracts with the new god of war learning the relevant knowledge for that section is fun. If your interested in that sort of thing its worth a look.

They also did, its been awhile since I purchased the products a line of different books on other things like how to build a beast or how different cultures might be affected by the presence of magic. I enjoyed them because they didn't look at the adventuring classes so much as how it would affect the general day to day lives of the people.

Or you can find it right here.

As for whether someone should want to be a god or not, I have one character who will be (as an NPC) becoming a god to a specific end in a campaign I'm working on. However, when the campaign is over, I don't see using her as a PC character anymore. What are everyone else's thoughts? What kinds of adventures would you expect to see as a PC?

Congrats, Evan!

Don, once I get through TotalCon, I may be looking into attending Carnage. When/where is it? I've got in-laws in New Rochelle and if I recall, the convention isn't too terribly far over the border into CT.

Brett, there's a Venture-Lieutenant in CT as well - Will Wadhams. And I'm sure if help is needed, Don, he'd be willing to help with Carnage or any other Cons in that area or suggest GMs willing to help out in New England as well.

Icyshadow wrote:

No offense, but I'm REALLY starting to hate the "angels are incompetent" trope by now when I've mostly gotten used to seeing them be very damned efficient outside popular media, like in the Bible. I just don't get it how in video games and most stories they just fail every damned time at what they were supposed to do EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE THE FRIGGIN SERVANTS OF THE GODS.

When I was 12, at church camp, we got into a debate on who would win, G_d or the Devil. We had some kids argue that the Devil would win because he can cheat and G_d can't. I argued that if all of Creation was on the line, G_d would throw rules out the window and just win. I had read the gap theory.* and it stuck in my young mind.

So my celestials aren't ineffective, they're just pulling their punches. They could (for example) close the worldwound, with the side effect of rendering huge areas of the planet barren of life. If the crusaders fall and it spreads unchecked, then they would do it. Better to raze the planet and increase Pharisma's backlog than let it fall into the abyss. Basically, when they take the gloves off, continents die.

*** spoiler omitted **

I really like this, including the spoiler. (Where do I find more info on that?)

Wildebob, maybe you could pop over to Super Genius's 52 in 52 thread and suggest the Celestials topic to them?

Congrats, Will. Sorry to see all you great people go, but congrats to everyone stepping up to fill in the gaps.

Thanks for everything you all do.

One week from today! SAINTS VS PACKERS!

GO SAINTS!!!!

Cheer them on for me, would you? Laissez les bon temps rouler!

I'm glad the media hyped it. If they hadn't, there would have been even more idiots out there on the beaches playing chicken with the storm surge, and the death toll would have been in the hundreds.

Indeed. It's much better to be prepared. In the Outer Banks of North Carolina and a few other southern beaches there is always a routine mandatory evacuation of visitors and residents, although many residents still tend to stay.

Most of us from the Outer Banks know these storms too well - and remember that there was a day when we didn't even know they were coming. At least today we have time to prepare. My brother's house on Cape Hatteras had three feet of water in it and his house (the house we grew up in) actually sits about 6 feet off the ground so the storm surge was quite high. The island itself is breached in five places which means there is no road access and fixing it is going to take months. The four northern villages were flooded out quite badly. Power is not restored and probably won't be for a few weeks. (Gotta dry out first so we don't start fires.) Only emergency personnel are being allowed on the ferries to the island right now. But... we were thankful not to lose lives and we'll re-build as well as we can though it will be a hard winter now with the loss of the rest of tourist season.

So, why do we continue to stay? Well, we're from there. We grew up there. It's home, and staying in a hotel while waiting to get back home drains the bank account quickly.

I'm not trying to sound annoyed or attention-seeking or anything. Friends have been asking lots of questions about my family and this is the best way to reach them other than Facebook. I realize we all have had privations because of this storm. I feel most awful for those who have lost family members to this disaster. We can always re-build homes. We can't replace people.

Anyway. Thanks for letting me post this - people have been asking me too many questions lately and it helps to put it in writing.

EDIT: By the way just to let you know I personally live in CT now, but all of my family are still home and I really wish I were. (I hate snow. I can deal with flooding. I just hate snow.)

In many of our PFS games, a friend's 9 year old son plays - now a wizard. It should be noted that his previous player, a fighter, used to make GMs cry. I think the wizard may surpass even him.

We did that by printing the map in sections on a blueprint printer. It covered the whole floor, and the effect was great.

I'll see if I can find some pictures to post.

I've said it before and I will say it again: Paizo needs to run it all. Seems, they are the only ones with their fingers on the proverbial pulse of gamers.

If I were to win a *huge* lottery, I would do two things with the winnings:

1) Get the television series of Firefly going again. We need more episodes.
2) Buy out WotC and give it/put it under Paizo's control. They know what the gamers want.

Mighty Thoth has left his mental signature

You and I are of like mind. Ah, what a wonderful dream.

I'm continually impressed by Paizo's writing and their willingness to listen to the players. I especially like the fact they Mark and Hyrum are here all the time taking suggestions into consideration and just generally making themselves available to help.

Fumbling along.

I was wondering, is there a way to copy-paste a document into InDesign that rolls the text over to several pages. All I get is single frame on a single page without anything on the other pages. This would be a real pain to do one page at a time with 10k story.

Zux,

Down in the left-hand corner of the text box you'll see a small box with a red X in it. If you click on that you can place the rest of the text wherever you want it to go.

Hope that helps. If you need other info or suggestions email me at
thekinnakeeter @ yahoo.com

Mal

Some places might demand proof of permission. A printed copy of this should help.

I work at a Staples Copy Center and keep a copy of that FAQ on file just in case. I've used it for scenarios, Chronicle sheets, and occasionally larger size maps if my GM didn't feel like drawing it.

I have that same issue. It looks as though my character went to Paizocon UK without me. My real concern is that whoever is supposed to get the credit is not getting it.

My character also has a session missing from the reports but I have the chronicle sheet for it, so I'm not worried as much about that.

Hmm. Actually, the Settlement sheet is finished, but needs slight tweaking. If you like I'll send you that one and you can critique it while I finish the others. I'll need your email though.

Hey Malachi. Just checking in again. You around?

I'm still here. Sorry. Got side-tracked by medical complications and other stuff. I'm still working on the sheets; hopefully, this weekend I'll be able to finish. I plan on doing nothing on Sunday except RPG stuff.

deathboy wrote:

I am curious to see how this turns out as I am stuck between two regions. Makes me think I should have applied for one of them.

Daethboy

Indeed - you should have applied in my opinion. You acted in the way I would hope coordinators will do in the future.

While traveling and posting my plans here you took on the challenge - organized a game in a store for me and my friend - and helped us to a very memorable day.

This includes the game as well as the game shop (that I might never have been aware of othervice) and also the chance to meet other players whom we othervice never would have met.

To me that is what I like about PFS - the society aspekt. Good luck that Conneticut will show up on Josh map some day. You get my vote for whatever it helps (off course it doesn't count officially - but Jeff is reading these pages).

Thod

I agree. That was a great game. It brought Pathfinder closer to my area and the store owner was delighted. He told me that everyone who showed up at the store that day for other types of gaming were all asking about it and he can't keep Pathfinder stuff on the shelves.

Thanks for coming to visit, Thod. It was great to meet you.

I.Malachi wrote:

James, all I can think of when I see that top picture is Merisiel's quote("sticky frog tongue whip") from your Crypt of the Everflame campaign journal.

Gross.

You were the one using it to pick things off the floor. Just sayin'. :P

(Tried to come up with something more clever but was too busy laughing. Well played.)

James, all I can think of when I see that top picture is Merisiel's quote("sticky frog tongue whip") from your Crypt of the Everflame campaign journal.

Thanks for a great product, but, due to finances, I need to cancel my subscriptions at this time.

Have a great week and thanks again.

I.Malachi wrote:

I like what I see so far but can't find the selective channeling feat for my cleric. Am I just missing it somehow?

It is there. In order to access it you need to specify your channeling type (positive or negative) and you need to have a Charisma of 13 or higher. I just tested it and it appears to be working correctly. Please let me know if you have met both of these pre-requisites and it is still not displaying.

Thanks.

Thanks! I just didn't see it. It's a great sheet so far and well-designed. Thanks for putting so much time into it.

Congrats, Guys. It was a great weekend made even better by getting to finally meet the two of you in person. Thanks so much for being part of the fun.

I like what I see so far but can't find the selective channeling feat for my cleric. Am I just missing it somehow?

Any news on the sheets yet, I.Malachi?

Thanks for checking. Things got a little backed up because of work (*sigh*), but I should have them done by the end of the week.

Would you like me to email them straight to you when they're done?

I'm working on one, but it will take a week - I don't have lots of free time. I'll post when I'm done, and feedback will be appreciated.

(Hi, Sharoth!)

EDIT: I was also planning on making an Excel sheet to have something to be able to save. That'll have to be after the forms though.

I've played in several groups that varied as to their approach on this. Some used your method totally, one was mixed - on small stuff the DM would just tell us outright values and on larger stuff we had to use the checks. My current gaming group uses the appraise method exclusively, but we have the advantage of having an accountant in the group who handles it well. I don't have a problem with any of the methods, really, but if I were running the game I'd probably run the mixed method. I, too, am horrible at bookkeeping, so, for me, it's easier to keep it simple.

It wasn't a great Monday in the first place (well.. it was Monday), but I lived through work and got home to find that my first edition of Kingmaker had arrived. Unfortunately, someone at the US Post Office hadn't been getting their required daily fiber and saw fit to obtain said nutrients by devouring my book first. I suppose it tasted better than a sustaining spoon, but it must not have been that great because they spit it back out again and finally decided to deliver it, apparently.

Fortunately, Paizo has an excellent customer service department and agreed to ship a replacement even though it they were not obligated to do so. Thanks, many thanks, for making my day better.

You rock!

Gah. Mine's still about 1650+ words.

* goes off to continue revising *

Lilith, if someone wants to submit an illustration that would accompany my submission, should we submit them together or separately?

Ladies and gentlemen... After seeing the doctor today I've been okayed for my medical tests!!! It's been, you know lets just say 6, 6 years but I finally get the test I need.

Friday I have to get some minor tests run (LIPID w/LD, CBC and TSH). Then on the March 3rd I get checked in for 2 CT Scans (one with and one without contrast)!!!

This is the best news I've had in a long, long, long time ^_^

And if it's worth anything I meet with HUD in morning to discuss finding a place to live.

-Sidenote- They said my blood pressure was a bit high and that I'm weighting in at 360lbs. :(-

Great news! Good luck in the rest of your journey with that, and please let us know about the place to live.

Good luck! :)

Thanks, EtC! We also released 27 RPG Countdowns and 7 or so Open Design Podcasts, not to mention the 4 AA Special Editions for Gen Con last year and then the Mutant Chronicles SE where we interviewed the director of the MC film and Matt Forbeck. That's three scoops of yackety-yak all covered with blabbidy-blab sauce!

Boy, do I have some catching up to do...

Great going, guys!

That's a great idea. I like Sonic Legends quite a bit. Lately I've been trying to work on a few songs of my own for Crimson Throne.

Cool, I didn't know there were local Pathfinder players. My schedule is a bit full now but maybe for the next adventure!

Jack, we actually have a large group of players in the area. We have monthly (or so) Pathfinder Society games (people from all over New England) as well as several gaming groups.

If anyone wants the PFS info email me

Until an online version comes along this thread might help.

:)

Being from a barrier island myself, I can understand how frightened you must be. Please stay safe and know that you're in my prayers.

Go Saints!

(... and Congrats, Detroit! We've always had a great time cheering for an underdog.)

Every time I read "Darklands" my mind goes right to the Jesus and Mary Chain song.

Is it just me?

It's not just you.

I chose to download the "one file per chapter" option. When downloading was complete, the core rulebook folder had no content inside.

I do have a Mac if this makes any difference.

What do I do? Thanks!

Bill

This happened to me with another order. Perhaps you need to try a different decompression software? When I used Stuffit I came up with an empty file, but after I downloaded WinRar the file unpacked just fine.

For a Mac user I'm told that BetterZip is a good option.

Hope this helps.

KaeYoss wrote:

Wilder: Accesses the power of her mind through emotions, so maybe instead of bloodlines, there are "emotional paths" for the wilder's defining traits, or the emotion that caused the outbreak of her latent psionic abilities.

Alternately, have the 7 virtues and 7 sins as paths. You'd have a wilder of justice and wrath, for example, or hope and lust.

Oh, that's just a plain HOT way to mix psionic stuff into the Golarion fluff. Nice idea!

I agree. I'm not particularly fond of Psionics but this is the type of idea that would get me interested in it. I'd definitely play a character like this.

Awesome! Thanks for posting, Minjast and I.M. I remember when my daughter was in diapers and she would run in the room, giggling, and trying to grab as many dice as possible.

Heh. Cool. My niece and my nephew are at the age where they quite regularly try to trade me out of all my "cool" dice (the cat just nabs them indiscriminately). My nephew plays a ranger because he likes to go camping in the woods and my niece chose a druid because she could have pets. ;)

Oh mistress of cookies; You were in a position, it seems, to have gained detailed knowledge of this: Was this a gaming family you witnessed at GenCon, participating in PFS? (One or more parent and child(ren)?)

They're a gaming family. He's the GM of our CoCT campaign and she's a companion in the group. They're excellent role-players. As for the young Taldan, well, let's just say you're definitely better off when you're in his party. It's a privilege to game with them.

I.Malachi wrote:

Funnily enough, I never heard the word "eh" used in conversation except in one instance where the person was hard of hearing... *shrug*

Hey! No dispensing our stereotypes, eh!?!

*chuckle*

Okay... eh.

Btw: For those who like a challenge: do ya know what a Inukshuk is? (Gawd, that may be too hard for non-Canadians!)

Eh?

=D

I do... but I lived there for two years when I was young. (Long enough for the spelling changes to take effect - then moved back and kept flunking spelling for years.)

Funnily enough, I never heard the word "eh" used in conversation except in one instance where the person was hard of hearing... *shrug*

and so did I :P
I have saved all the art in this threads... mmm never noticed the re-work in the neckline... wouldn't guess why... will have to compare both of them soon

I am very sorry for my 5 very Sharoth seconds :p

It's subtle but it's there.

RE 5 Sharoth seconds: No need for apologies, he's a pretty cool dude. I wouldn't mind having his sense of humor.

(Somehow this exchange just reminded me to go check it at Pathfinder Chronicler. I'm working on some writing right now. See you there soon, Montalve.)

i must insist...

Sionan looked better without pants :P

*hides*

ROFL. You don't need to hide. I kept both versions. For the character's personality the pants are more appropriate. I personally like both drawings equally. He did a bit of re-working the neckline in the second one as well so that looks better, though.

Alright, I mentioned that I'm open for commissions on my dA, but I though I'd mention it here. I'm, um, open for commissions.

A brief caveat: freebie commissions will be done as the time/mood strikes me. Paid commissions will be done ASAP. So if you've got your heart set on something getting done quarter after yesterday, don't get strange with the change. :P

I'm going to be very busy with catch-up on the paper minis over the next few weeks, as well as my minis for Rite Publishing, and some projects with Hugo and Clinton Boomer. Oh, and possible future Wayfinder stuff. But I still like to draw stuff, so hopefully I can squeeze in side projects.

So, lemme know if you've got a burning desire to see a cartoony version of your beloved Pathfinder PC, or your favorite non-winged PC or NPC illustrated fanservice-style (NO WINGS PLEASE; I am burnt out on wings), or got a goofy favorite gaming story in need of a simple one- to four-panel illustration, lemme know!

Okay, I'll bite.

I'd be honored if you'd pick one to do. Either would be great; I'd love to see your take on them.

(I love getting to show these two off. Thanks, Hugo.)

Royal Crown needs to put out a set of "Royal Crown" gamming dice to go with their bags, it would more popular than an iPod.

You can make your own.

Thank you both. I'd been using StuffIt. WinRAR worked perfectly, thanks for the tip and the help.