Male Human Writer 2/Dreamer 7
Pact Stone GM wrote: But I may have misread and Jace was just talking in character and wants to be talked out of this? I was indeed talking in character, as befits a half-orc berserker spoiling for a fight. But I also just wanted to float an idea to the group. I'm not particular about which path we pick, as long as we try to keep ourselves as one group this time around.
Neil Spicer wrote:
Yes...listen to the nice man and toss out some wisdom for us poor dregs going at it again.
Male Human Writer 2/Dreamer 7
Learned something today that I thought I'd share: You can name your dice rolls the same way you name a spoiler tag. Like this:
Looks like this:
Male Human Writer 2/Dreamer 7
Learned something today that I thought I'd share: You can name your dice rolls the same way you name a spoiler tag. Like this:
Looks like this:
MerManiac wrote: I think this a bad idea. Doesn't this same website have contests based on this exact same creative theme? Create a new magic item, create a Cleric variation, create a villian? Withthatsaid, I'm in!!! I assume you are thinking of RPG Superstar. I can assure you that doing stuff like this is in no way discouraged. In fact, it is great practice if you would ever consider trying your luck in RPG Superstar (which you should, cause it's a great contest).
RonarsCorruption wrote: But, on the bright side, that means I won't have to compete against any of you next year, improving my chances. Huzzah! ;) Hate to burst your bubble, but getting an item published in a paizo book does not automatically exclude you, as long as they don't stick your name on the front page. RPG Superstar Contest Rules wrote: 1. The contest is open to the general public, with the following exceptions: Employees of Paizo Publishing, their immediate family members, and persons with whom such employees are domiciled are ineligible. Anyone who has been employed full-time as a designer for a game company is ineligible. Anyone with a cover credit on a hardcover RPG book is ineligible. Designers who have cover credits on print editions of Paizo's Pathfinder or GameMastery products are ineligible. The top 8 finalists of all previous RPG Superstar contests are ineligible. Contestants must provide their real names on their paizo.com account. Legal identification must be produced on request. On the bright side, this means more awesome stuff in the contest if any of these guys decide to run again.
Gary Teter wrote: Since you're requesting a swap to or from your real name, customer service can take care of that for you. I've moved this thread into the customer service forum so they'll see it. Thanks Gary, much appreciated. Matthew Morris wrote: I've never had this problem, myself. :-) If only I had your foresight when I registered my forum account years ago, Matthew. I did not imagine that I would one day find myself in a position where I'd prefer name recognition over the safe anonymity of my trusty interwebz alter-ego.
Hi web team, Since I'm both a RPG Superstar finalist and a PFS venture-lieutenant, my avatar displays my real name several places on the site. Is there any way to change it, so my real name is displayed everywhere? I have an alias with my real name, but I'd like my main profile to display my name, and I can't change that on my own. Thank you in advance. /Jacob
Male Human Writer 2/Dreamer 7
Jervaise Toppington wrote:
Those changes are fine. And I'm just teasing you about the obscure sources. I just found it interesting that I have had to look up both your prestige classes (Steel Falcon and Chevalier) because I was not familiar with them. But totally not a problem, since I love discovering new aspects of the game.
Epic Meepo wrote:
Congratulations, both on this and the AP monster! Your body of work is truly impressive, and it's about time we started seeing some of it published.
Jacob Trier wrote:
Ultimate Equipment wrote:
Well, don't I feel foolish...way to represent, fellow 2012'ers. I'm man enough to admit I feel a little bit jealous.
Thanks, Veiled Nail - and a big congratulations to everyone who got their item published. Now I just have to keep telling myself that the Sunrise shawl would totally have made the list if UE hadn't already been deep in development during RPGSS 2012. @Eric Hindley - I'm especially pleased your Shadow falconer's glove made the cut. It is one of my favorite items from all the past RPGSS's.
hargoyle wrote:
Welcome hargoyle, It is definitely a fun contest to participate in, the atmosphere on the boards is real friendly and you can learn quite a lot, even if you don't make it into the Top 32. There is a lot of great stuff hidden in the various threads from past years, so better start reading. I'd say that you can find everything you need to make a great wondrous item right here, if you have the ability to absorb all the fantastic advice that is distributed from judges and participants alike.
I gotta say Shattered Star has got me super excited, to the point where I reactivated my AP subscription when it was announced. That meant that I also got all of Skull and Shackles, even though I'm most likely never going to run it. But that's ok, it's a great read and I can cherry-pick interesting stuff, like monsters or NPC's, from it to my hearts content. The more I read on the foums, the more I regret canceling my subscription in the first place, because the discription of Serpents Skull, Jade Regent and Carrion Crown didn't appeal to me. I got into PFRPG around the time Kingmaker came out, and I'm slowly building up my collection, grabbing the odd volume here and there, or jumping at the chance when Paizo put out a new edition of RotRL or puts Second Darkness and Legacy of Fire on sale for five bucks a book. With the variety presented in paizo's AP's, I would be amazed if everyone found each new arch as appealing as the last one. But I suspect most people can find something they like in almost every single volume. .
Hi guys, I have thrown together these five items for the PC's in my Realm of the Fellnight Queen PbP. While these are specifically tailored to the characters, and not all together up to Superstar quality, I'd still like to hear what you think of them. Note that the price of each is just a very rough ball-park, and that I have not judiciously prof-read them. Badge of the Faithful Companion:
Badge of the Faithful Companion Aura faint abjuration and enchantment; CL 3rd Slot none; Price 8,000 gp; Weight 1 lb. Description This circular disk of darkwood features mithril inlays depicting a hawk soaring over a crescent moon. A small pin on the back allows it to be fastened to a cloak or shirt. It functions as a holy symbol of Ketephys. If a worshiper of Ketephys is wearing a Badge of the Faithful Companion while casting shield other on his animal companion, the bonuses to AC and saves granted by the spell are doubled. In addition, the caster is granted 10 temporary hit points, which may only be used to negate damage taken through the spell. Construction RequirementsCraft Wondrous Items, aid, shield other Cost 4,000 gp Feyfriend Circlet:
Feyfriend Circlet Aura faint abjuration and transmutation ; CL 3rd Slot head; Price 8,000 gp; Weight - Description This delicate silver circlet is decorated with images of various fey creatures engaged in frolic. It is usually presented as a gift to non-fey to better help them participate in fey festivities. If the wearer of a Feyfriend Circlet possesses the Iron Will feat, he is treated as having Improved Iron Will. This includes instances where Iron Will is gained through temporary means, such as magic items or the adaptation ability of a ranger with the infiltrator archetype. In addition, a Feyfriend Circlet grants the wearer a +2 bonus to diplomacy when dealing with fey. Construction Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, Iron Will, eagle’s splendor, resistance, Cost 4,000 gp Helm of brutal discouragement:
Helm of brutal discouragement Aurafaint necromancy; CL 3rd Slot head; Price 8,000 gp; Weight 4 lbs. Description The visor of this metal helmet is wrought to imitate a fearsome demonic visage. When worn, it amplifies the wearers ability to weaken the resolve of his opponents. If an opponent that the wearer has succesfully made shaken through the use of demoralize attempts to directly attack the wearer, even with a targeted spell, it must first make a DC 13 Will save. If the save succeeds, the opponent can attack normally. If the save fails, the opponent can't follow through with the attack, that part of its action is lost, and it immediately becomes frightened for the remaining duration of the demoralize. Construction
Stormcaster gloves:
Stormcaster gloves Aura faint necromancy; CL 5th Slot hands; Price 8,000 gp; Weight - Description These fine grey gloves are adorned with five clear gems on each hand. Whenever the wearer casts a spell with the [sonic] or [electricity] descriptor, one of the gems on each hand fills with a swirl of dark clouds. Once all five gems are filled, the wearer of the gloves can activate them as part of spellcasting to apply the Thundering Spell metamagic feat to that spell. Using the gloves in this way does not change the slot of the altered spell, but a spontaneous caster must still use a full-round action to cast a spell in this way. Once the spell is cast, all five gems turn clear again. Alternatively, the wearer may expend just one active gem when casting Gozreh’s trident to give the summoned bolt the thundering special ability. Using the gloves in this manner does not count towards charging up a gem. If the wearer removes the gloves, all gems turn clear. Construction
Necklace of Arcane Resonance: Necklace of Arcane Resonance Aura faint evocation; CL 5th Slot neck; Price 8,000 gp; Weight 1 lb. Description This exquisite necklace is crafted from dozens of tiny, brightly colored crystal rods. When worn, the rods seem to resonate softly whenever the wearer speaks or sings. If the wearer uses a spell trigger or spell completion item while maintaining a bardic performance, he may as a free action expend another daily use of his bardic performance to increase the save DC or the caster level of the item by two. Construction Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, Harmonic Spell, arcane concordance; Cost 4,000 gp
Male Human Writer 2/Dreamer 7
Pact Stone GM wrote:
..or it could just be the fact that Gandel was not wielding a melee weapon at the time and thus didn't threaten and couldn't make AoOs?
Male Human Writer 2/Dreamer 7
DM Alexander Kilcoyne wrote:
Sorry for the delay - had a busy weekend preparing for our son's birthdayparty. Post is up in main thread.
This AP certainly sounds like it would be perfect to integrate with PFS play, but my fellow VO's have already given lots of good reasons why that wouldn't be practical. I think the best way to combine the two are:
- Use PFS scenarios as side-quests during play of the AP. This may require some adjustment of either, especially to account for treasure and xp.
Male Human Writer 2/Dreamer 7
Lydia of Sothis wrote:
Do not believe this master of misdirection for even a second. I'm confident "Lydia" here is just waiting to drop some nasty surprise on us, Thalia-style. Yup, paranoia-level is pretty high by now.
Dragnmoon wrote: Looking forward to is being used in either a Blog or added to the Community Use Packages so I can add it to our page. It's used in this blog post - grab away, people!
Great story - and anyone who would like to meet those two again should definitely check out Entombed with the Pharaohs.
Male Human Writer 2/Dreamer 7
DM Alexander Kilcoyne wrote: Don't be offended if the add takes me a while. In fact, by the time I have internet access sufficient to make MSN work (my grandma is with BT and its awful- 0.24mbps downspeed...) I'll have to dig around for your e-mail. Add me- alexkilcoyne@hotmail.com Done.
Thanks for the swift reply, Cosmo (and Crazy_cat). I'll get right to ordering, then. Unfortunately, even books are subject to VAT here in Denmark, and as soon as a shipment exceeds about $13.50, VAT kicks in, and the mail service charges a $26 fee for processing your shipment, so getting stuff shipped gets expensive REAL fast.
Hi awesome Customer Service people, I'm strongly considering grabbing a bunch of books from the 10th anniversary sale. However, due to the limits on Import Tax from outside the EU, I have to make sure the value of each shipment does not exceed a certain amount. As such, I'm going to be ordering multiple orders of two books each. It is very important that each order be shipped separately, and not combined with other orders. If that happens, the Import Tax + fees will cost me more than the actual products + shipping. How do I make sure that doesn't happen? /Jacob
Male Human Writer 2/Dreamer 7
Just a heads up, even though everyone look ready to go, I'll wait until after I return from Scotland to advance the story. I'm also working on a little surprise I hope you'll like. So keep checking in every couple of days, but don't expect any major developments before August 1st.
Thomas LeBlanc wrote:
Nice item, but a lot like The Shroud of Old Souls from RPGSS 2008. Good, evocative description. Can't find any obvious template errors. Not sure it is nessesary to chant the command word over and over. What happens if you are interrupted? It also creates confusion, since command word items are usually standard actions to activate.
There is a typo in Creating NPCs The Racial Ability Adjustment table indicates that halflings get +2 Int, this should be +2 Cha.
Already answered, but in case you need the actual rule quote: PRD wrote:
It's in the chapter on Magic Items, in the Magic Item Description section.
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