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Why not give a Homunculus a level or two of Wizard, and apply one of the +4 ability score adjustments to it's Int? If the construct really needs to be larger than Tiny, just apply the Giant Creature template once for Small and once more for Medium. A tiny Homunculus Wizard 2 should be CR 2, and +1 CR for each size larger. Medium should be CR 4, and if you're looking for CR 5, add one more level of Wizard.

Oddly enough, they'd be slightly better suited for divine spellcasting..

I know this sounds a little cheesy, but a unique set of dice for the package would be a really nice perk, not just some lame mono-color chessex set, but a nice one. Maybe with the Paizo Golem on it.

I wonder if they'd be able to get Q-Workshop to do this. As a side, +1 to your idea.

What would be more valuable to us would be: What do YOU the customer hope to see in a Pathfinder introduction game?

As others have said:

• Minis for each character (4 total, perhaps of Iconics)
  
• Minis for the introductory enemies, such as goblins (1 or 2 encounters worth)
  
• Item cards for treasure (not a whole deck, just enough for one or two encounters)
  
• Flip mat for the encounter(s)
  
• A 'choose your own adventure' style booklet adventure/encounter, made for several individuals, not just one
  
• A quick summary of what each race/class does, and what they each get when they level up once.
  
• A custom set of "Paizo" or "Pathfinder" dice (see above)
  

And I do agree that this should be aimed at a younger crowd. And come in a box set for under $20, if at all possible.

Small world, apparently. No, I'm not giving out my street address.

Freehold DM wrote:

HEY! I'm living in BROOKLYN here!!!

Upstate. As in you aren't Upstate until Albany is south of you Upstate. Specifically the Adirondack Park area.

One of the most fun sessions I've had with a non-D&D/PF product was Hounds of G.O.D. Play-testing it was so much fun =)

Thanks, Vic =)

How much does each individual bar weigh?

I wait patiently =)

Any idea when/if they'll be making this with hexes?

No, that's stupid.

The Riddler.

+1

The Amber Chronicles are very Pulpy. He may have been a "modern" author but Zelazney was one of the best.

That he was!

Well worth the time to read and it goes very fast. Also pick up the book "Manna From Heaven" which is a Posthumous release including the short stories that would have made a new set of Amber stories.

I'll check that out!

Ignore at all cost the new Amber books though that were not made by him but rather are a sad attempt to milk money from a potential cash cow.

I was very angry when I first found out about this. Apparently, I wasn't the only one. Looked up some info, and it seems like those who knew Zelazny the best were extremely upset about it as well. Especially, one of his dying wishes was that nobody wrote anything for his 'world'.

I am very much interested in the new RPG from Rite publishing as well.

Well then.. I didn't realize they were doing anything with Amber. I'll have to give it a look-see..

My reading habits skew VERY heavily toward horror, and then to pulp-era writers, and then to modern fantasy/sci-fi. Amber never really fit into the zone for me.

We haven't done much at all about duergar except in "Into the Darklands" and I believe a little bit in "Dwarves of Golarion."

1) If I had a copy of The Amber Chronicles to your Paizo office, would you read it?

2) Are there any plans, in the (hopefully) near future, to delve into the topic of Duergar, and other 'evil versions' of other races?

This is the answer you've been looking for ;)

Jason Beardsley wrote:

Have you read Roger Zelazny's Amber Chronicles? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

Haven't read it.

That surprises me actually. I highly recommend reading it. Originally printed as 10 separate books, you can find it now at book stores as one large book.

Is there a PF Module, or other product, that explores duergar, and explains how they came to be, similar to what Second Darkness did for drow?

Have you read Roger Zelazny's Amber Chronicles? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

I just want to throw in, that I'm actually enjoying this "in-character" back and forth you three are having..

The spoiler is actually the reason I like the 3.5 pp system. It makes me feel like I'm in control, and shape the spell ("power") to my desire. As close as I can get without changing to a system like Iron Heroes, that is..

Reading this thread, I can't help but be reminded of the movie Fido.

/threadjack

Thanks for the ideas! I'll also have to get my hands on the APG at some point lol.

Interesting idea.

Edit: you clarified my question before I finished my reply lol

I don't know why I only noticed now, but there's no polymorph spells that allow you to turn into a vermin. I'm interested in making an npc that has levels in a PrC from a non-golarion 3.5 source involving a druid gaining abilities to wildshape into a vermin.
Are there any PRPG sources, including 3pp, that have a set of Vermin Shape, polymorph based, spells?

Can we have a special section for

1) alignment threads
2) "wizzeds rulze fitter is suxXorz" threads
and
3) paladin in an ethical dilemma/killing orc babies/worshiping Amadeus/being gay and likking Deth Metal whatever threads
so I can arrow them the f%*& closed?

+1

Ah, there it is..

The image is broken for me. I get the same results in Chrome, Firefox, and IE. I get directed to a page that says:

"Sorry
The requested URL was not found on this server, or you do not have permission to access this area."

Thank you for the answers everyone!

KaeYoss: No, not next time lol

Dosgamer: The 15d6 was merely an example, separate from the actual PC in question.

Kalyth: Thank you for breaking it down for me =)

Not sure how this ended up in Archives.. Anyway, can someone answer my questions?

Also deleted duplicate threads.

I'm asking this question for a 3.5 game, my question is relevant to PRPG as well.

Let's say a PC just acquired this spell. They can deal 15d6 fire damage with the spell.

1) Is that PC supposed to roll 15d6 individually for each 10' cube?

2) If you position 4 of those cubes so each affects a Large+ creature, do they also affect it individually?

These questions came to my attention recently, when a fellow PC took out a Frost Giant Blackguard 8, and his squad of 6 Frost Giants, and a large White Dragon on his first turn. We were 13th or 14th level =/

I've tried creating a thread in the Rules section 3 times, and the thread got eaten.

I'm asking this question for a 3.5 game, my question is relevant to PRPG as well.

Let's say a PC just acquired this spell. They can deal 15d6 fire damage with the spell.

1) Is that PC supposed to roll 15d6 individually for each 10' cube?

2) If you position 4 of those cubes so each affects a Large+ creature, do they also affect it individually?

These questions came to my attention recently, when a fellow PC took out a Frost Giant Blackguard 8, and his squad of 6 Frost Giants, and a large White Dragon on his first turn. We were 13th or 14th level =/

I'm asking this question for a 3.5 game, my question is relevant to PRPG as well.

Let's say a PC just acquired this spell. They can deal 15d6 fire damage with the spell.

1) Is that PC supposed to roll 15d6 individually for each 10' cube?

2) If you position 4 of those cubes so each affects a Large+ creature, do they also affect it individually?

These questions came to my attention recently, when a fellow PC took out a Frost Giant Blackguard 8, and his squad of 6 Frost Giants, and a large White Dragon on his first turn. We were 13th or 14th level =/

I'm asking this question for a 3.5 game, my question is relevant to PRPG as well.

Let's say a PC just acquired this spell. They can deal 15d6 fire damage with the spell.

1) Is that PC supposed to roll 15d6 individually for each 10' cube?

2) If you position 4 of those cubes so each affects a Large+ creature, do they also affect it individually?

These questions came to my attention recently, when a fellow PC took out a Frost Giant Blackguard 8, and his squad of 6 Frost Giants, and a large White Dragon on his first turn. We were 13th or 14th level =/

Stay the hell away from my pr0n!

+1 ^This! lol..

Personally, I don't want ANYONE regulating the internet. Not the government, not industry.

I like this sentiment. Truly, I do. However, we all know someone is going to end up regulating it eventually, and I'd rather it be the FCC than Verizon or any of the communications companies.

The idea of individual companies being able to tell you which sites you can and can't go to, or which ones load faster than the other, because those sites have some special deal with them, scares the ever-loving hell out of me. At least, if the FCC is going to regulate it, I'd like for it to stand up for Net Neutrality. I doubt the FCC would allow shenanigans like the Google-Verizon thing to happen, then again, I could be naive.

In the end, I'd agree with Kirth's statement I quoted. This is what I'd like, but I doubt it'll stay that way.

Jason Beardsley wrote:

Holy crap! Has this thread been going on this whole time? Or was it recently resurrected? I remember having my request done by Hugo, and he did a wonderful job on Brand the Wizard =)

Yes, IIRC it was the second request ever :) I left several request pending back then, I haven't forgoten and by Asmodeus that I will get those done and continue doing more stuff in here!

Heh.. You still taking commissions? I love what you did for my character Nym the Fiendslayer, and may look for a rendition of my upcoming character in an Iron Kingdoms campaign.

i THINK IT'S A MOSTLY DECORATIVE BUTTON REALLY..

tHE NEXT POSTER IS A KNOWN STALKER OF pAIZO EMPLOYEES..

Holy crap! Has this thread been going on this whole time? Or was it recently resurrected? I remember having my request done by Hugo, and he did a wonderful job on Brand the Wizard =)

First, I'd browse the paizo store. Failing that, go check out MegaMinis.

Ja.. Ja, I do..

The next poster knows the secrets of the universe.

My vote goes to Lora as Feiya, the Iconic Witch

I can understand some peoples reaction to Writer X, but you know, I don't agree with it.

Does it piss me off that X is an egotistical self-centered snob? Sure.

Am I going to refuse to buy anything he writes? Hell no.

When I buy an RPG book, I (usually) don't buy it because the writers were super nice to me, or they think I'm a 'cool dude' (but it wouldn't hurt lol), I buy it because I like playing games, and I believe it will add value to my games.

If I buy Supplement X and later found out the writers thought I was nothing more than a mindless peon, sure I'll be upset, probably voice my opinion, but I'd continue to play my game and most likely buy Supplement Y if I thought it were "neat".

I do want to stress that you don't have to be a jerk. Eventually, even I'll get tired of it.

Thanks for the replies, I wasn't too sure about the monster advancement. CR 3 is what I assumed, and yes I'm going to add class levels to him. He is the Lizard King, after all ;)

Someone please tell me there is a place I can go on the net that does not have friken politics. I thought Paizo was one but I guess not. Every time I turn on the TV or radio its nothing but politics, I guess sites about fantasy gaming have finally fallen to the overwhelming bull crap of the mainstream media.

You could have chosen not to click the link to this thread, just as you can choose to not turn the TV or Radio on news channels.

Apologies for the thread necromancy, but the second question is pertinent to the game I'm about to DM. Though, my game is a 3.5 campaign, that shouldn't be an issue since the book we're talking about was printed for 3.5.

So, what is the CR of the "Lizard King" variant of the Lizardfolk in Classic Monsters Revisited?

This sounds most intriguing.. keep us posted on your progress! =)

So, what happened to that warring deities idea?

This was covered in Unearthed Arcana for 3.5, you can find the relevant info here. Gotta love the OGL and d20srd =)

ZappoHisbane wrote:

Ordinarily, this would make the Brass Knuckles "over-powered" to a lot of people. In this case however, I think it's more of a case where all other options were under-powered. Now that we have precedent of an ordinary weapon allowing Monk damage without any special enhancements, I think I'll be allowing the same for all other Monk special weapons.

Bingo.

Don't you do the same thing in your games anyway Prof? lol

+infinity

I'm completely enamoured with Pathfinder, not just as a product, but as a world. The stories are amazing, the imagery is breath-taking, and the people are interesting. The story of Channa-ti was my favorite so far. Since, I don't have any AP's after Legacy of Fire, I can't comment on those. But, I'm sure others will chime in to tell you how much they enjoyed them.

Also glad that you've got PF Minis coming soon (if they're not here already, I've been out of the loop lately). Any chance of having bundles of 10+ zombies, skeletons, orcs, goblins, kobolds, etc? Also, you may want to invest in a new whip for N'wah.. How am I supposed to buy his paper-minis if he's not making any? lol..

I'm currently in a bi-weekly game with people I didn't know at first, but have grown to be friends with. Our game is currently 3.5, and drawing near an end soon. Our GM is eager to relinquish his seat, for someone else to take over, and I'm hoping I can grab up that seat quick enough so that I may start fresh with Pathfinder.

Also, we do use Gamemastery Maps, and the whole group loves them! I've also just convinced the GM to use the Critical Hit/Fumble deck I bought a couple years ago. He's having a blast with them!

Thank you, Paizo! You rock!

If you don't have the Second Darkness AP, I highly recommend it. Though I haven't played it myself, I do own it. Glad I do, too =)

Thanks Dungeon Grrrl! After all, PRPG is supposed to be 3.5 compatible, right? ;)