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At one point, I built a MUSH on a similar mishearing of things. Of course, now I'm considering what happens when you hybridize Yetis and Jedi... Yeti Knights?
My girlfriend was generous enough to pay my subscriptions to Gamesmastery and Pathfinder. Now I'm expanding to also get Pathfinder Chronicles, but I put it on my own credit card (it's not Christmas any more). Will this all work out? It oughta, as long as the cards continue to accept the charges. I have a credit card and a bank card with my account, as well as info on my mother's credit card (handed to me for a birthday gift... I need to purge it from my account data...) and have no issues.
I'm sorry, Mike, but I'm going to have to set you on fire.Sacrebleu!!!! ...And that would be why. Hold still, this will hurt a little less that way... Spoiler:
I don't actually hate the French-speaking populace of the world. I don't even hate France. I do hate Paris, as a result of having actually been there. And the world thinks Americans are snobs! Hah!
That doesn't seem right when I'm looking at Osirion, Land of Pharaohs and Elves of Golarion. The Companion is entirely player-friendly. There's nothing in them that would give away the plot to any APs or other GM-specific information. It's bi-monthly, alternating with the Pathfinder Modules in terms of production, and designed to provide additional information on specific parts of Golarion.
If he lied then I wouldn't vote for him because he would be a person who couldn't be trusted. Fair enough, I suppose. I've never understood why religion is so important to people, but I seem to be lacking the neural circuitry needed for things like Faith. To each thine own.
Truth, Kruelaid. Either he started it, and people built on his foundation (which is what we've said), or he didn't and we're all delusional. YD, if you want to be confrontational, go to some other thread, would you please? Arguing in a tribute thread is like pissing in the grave at a funeral.
And why isn't killing off the PC an option? Death happens to the best-prepared of characters. If a PC seems particularly effective, it is logical that the enemy will begin to notice and plan to bring their foe down... Your point is taken, with the definition of terminology. As a GM who has run HackMaster, I can appreciate the distinction between 'smackdown' and 'cheap shot'. One must abide by the Rules, else you'll find yourself sitting alone at the table.
DEX 9 Hey, we've got some of Gary's killer dungeons covered. The rogues disable the traps or spring them as they die, then the abundance of clerics rez the dead rogues and we push on. And while the monsters batter on us armored healers, the rogues can sneak attack 'em all into oblivion.
-not enough, not nearly enough to stop me loving the product in general. Truth. For each thing that has twinged about Pathfinder so far, with me, there are a dozen things I love; Paizo's production of something of quality is a wonderful thing, and it isn't hard for me to adjust the things that I feel I need to adjust to suit me.
Amen! I'll second that. Others have posted this elsewhere, but The Order of the Stick has a tribute that made me smile. And we Paizonians seem to have an awful lot of rogues and clerics in our midst.
I never got to meet you, Gary; many were the times I tried to figure a way to make it to a con to do so, but never had the luck. Even so, I know that you'd have laughed along with the rest of the people I've known at the tales I've had from this game of yours. Regardless of what the future holds for all of us, you've easily bridged divides that others thought insurmountable. We who are about to roll salute you, old friend.
I'm reminded of a shirt I saw which was parodying AC/DC. "Those who are about to roll, we salute you." Quips like that - in-jokes and geek comedy that has become so ingrained that even people who have never gone near an RPG will occasionally find themselves using our off-hand remarks - are possible because of Gary's creation. He is responsible for a phenomenon that has crossed national boundaries, cultural divides, and religious barriers, creating a worldwide community that reaches farther than a lot of organizations that dedicate themselves to trying to breach those same barriers. I admit, freely, that I have little respect for humanity, being a creature who is antisocial, reclusive, amoral, and much more. And yet, in light of this man's simple work and the ways it has changed the world, I find myself moved, and I begin to regret that there are not more souls like him in this world. People who bring heroism and laughter, at the same time, to those who need them. People who inspire friendship across gulfs that would otherwise seem insurmountable. But then, friends, I remember - there are. Thanks to Gary and those who have followed in his footsteps, there's an entire worldwide community of people who've been inspired by his humble efforts to bring us all a good story. A worldwide group that has, in some way, been enriched by this hobby we all share. Thanks to Gary, I have friends across the globe who share a creative fire with me. From a humble game made by mixing imagination with tabletop wargames, countless worlds and divergent games have been born. Heroes and villains have been given life. Tales of valor, tales of sorrow, tales that can be told around a table for years to come, shared with the friends we have and the friends we have yet to make - all thanks to this game we play. Thank you, Gary. We who are about to roll salute you, O Grandmaster of Gaming. And to all of you, regardless of anything else, regardless of whatever disputes you may have about editions and games... I salute you, as well. Let's all remember that this hobby belongs to all of us, regardless of whatever other differences we may have. Game on, everyone. Roll a D20 for Gary.
He hasn't said he wants it as an animal companion as of yet, just that he'd like to take it as such when he gets to where he can. You don't stop people from buying guard dogs or horses at first level (if they can afford them), do you? So he has a semi-tame giant gecko, which he, personally, is too large to *ride*, but which could, in fact, help carry gear or add to a fight the same way a horse could, only biting rather than kicking. Nothing unbalancing there, particularly if he has ranks in Handle Animal.
They haven't worked down the subscriber list to you quite yet, I'd guess.
While the above is a bit over the top, it is a viable idea. Just because a given PC is immune/those nearby are immune... It doesn't mean *everything* is immune. Spoiler:
Technically speaking, slow worms read as a disease rather than an attack; unless the aura makes the shaman immune to infection by disease, it may get him that way.
Or you can have a strict definition of who counts as any ally, and keep track of how far away his allies are at any given time. Introduce friendly NPCs that aren't vital to the AP only to have them show up as spawn later on. After a few adventures, the servants of Kyuss are going to take note of the character's immunity, and so he'll be relatively high on their hit list. On the flip side, those who are friendly to the party may demand that he stays close as a bodyguard. The cultists may begin spreading rumors about the party, as well, suggesting reasons why the characters seem immune as their notoriety grows while fighting to stop the Age of Worms. And why isn't killing off the PC an option? Death happens to the best-prepared of characters. If a PC seems particularly effective, it is logical that the enemy will begin to notice and plan to bring their foe down...
I vote that we make a dragon for every real and invented metal, as well as every possible color. And let's throw in the gemstone dragons again, with everything crystalline falling under their banner. Then we can release five books for each 'type', for a total of fifteen books for all the monster-hoarding players.
I started with the Black Box on my 10th birthday. I have, now, been playing for almost 2/3 of my life. I've picked up books ranging from oD&D all the way through the current edition, and played them all. I've loved using kobolds to torment my players since long before it was 'cool' to trick them out into commando types, using them to remind my players that monsters don't have to be plated in armor with vorpal teeth and claws to be a threat. I still have my original D20...
I double checked my figure (US Department of Energy, by way of Wikipedia). I was in error. The US has more than 200 years of reserves, but that's assuming that consumption stays constant and no coal exports. If we were to replace our oil use with coal use, it would be much less than that. Ah. Yeah, that'd make a definite difference. I was wondering at that...
Seriously though, if you ever have a dream with a weird rhyming version of yourself, back away slowly, don’t make eye contact, and certainly don’t do anything it says! Anything stupid enough to accost me in the momentary flickering when I dream every few years deserves the nightmare it unleashes upon itself. ;) My mind is a place where even Far Realms critters should tread with caution. As for Tristan's food, I'd say the rhyming one suggests a certain delicacy known in lands where primates dwell in profusion... No doubt to the shock and revulsion of those of more refined and Anglo-Saxon-based mores. Of course, we might well be surprised and find that she won't be following through on her dreaming mirror image's words. Perhaps some slugs and snails and spiders.
I get the impression from your response that I came off as demanding and insolent. I wasn't trying to be. I am quite happy for the top 4, and I am glad that they have found success. I apologize if I ever gave anyone any impression to the contrary. I suppose all I am saying is that I'd give quite a bit to trade places with anyone on that list. Hell, I'd give quite a bit to even meet anyone on that list.Cool cool. Obviously, I did take your reply in a negative way, and I'm glad that's not how you meant it. We'll just put this misunderstanding behind us and remain friends, then. :) As your Guild Leader, I demand information. Spoiler:
Kidding, of course. Any good dragon knows the best kind of treasures can't be rushed; it'd ruin the delicate beauty of it all. Mike's a dracolich, not a zombie, blast it! Don't make me go HackMaster GM Smackdown!
I really liked the idea that I can simply hand my players guide to my players without them getting hold of adventure information. The traits in Curse of the crimson throne players guide are also an awesome addition. The Companions are going to be completely player-friendly. Kind of like expanded Guides, with material that's all perfectly safe for players, as well as being about Golarion as a whole and the different aspects of it.
Coal liquification also requires approximately five times as much coal as the resulting amount of oil. More, those reserves may sustain the USA, but if the entire world is energy-hungry, those borders aren't going to stay untouched for very long unless we're selling the coal for a very 'reasonable' price. You could make the same argument about orimulsion, which has been termed the world's dirtiest fuel; there's *vast* reserves of it, but it happens to be so sulfur-rich that even trying to use it results in serious acid rain. Out of curiosity, what reserve figures are you basing the several centuries of coal on? The largest coal estimate I've seen is most of a century.
It has been estimated that sometime between last year and 2018, we hit this thing known as the oil peak. This is the point when approximately 50% of all the oil available in the world has been drawn up. Now, before anyone goes 'So what, it's only halfway!' let me point out the following: The oil we've tapped to date has largely been the 'light and sweet' type, which means that when they hit the field, it basically emerges under pressure by itself, and is relatively low in impurities such as sulfur and the like; it's cheap to refine because it is, essentially, nothing but petroleum. Most of the remaining oil is a lot harder to get at, being locked away in tar sands, shale oil, and the like, or it has high degrees of impurity, making it a lot more expensive to refine. And there's less of it to be pumped up, which makes it harder to get it pumped up. Demand for oil is climbing steadily as more and more nations industrialize. Every day the total global oil consumption is creeping upward. While we like to think of oil as being a synonym for fuel, in actuality about 90% of what we use in daily life in any industrialized society has had an oil-based product involved somewhere. The 'oil reserves' that people like to bandy about amount to nothing. Oil companies are openly admitting that they are failing to restock their reserves due to decreased yield from their fields. Even better? We don't have anything capable of taking the place of oil as a fuel. Nothing else even comes close in terms of energy returned on energy invested. Solar power is inefficient, although getting better. Wind power is a joke; you'd have to surround the UK with a windwil park a kilometer wide all the way around the island to produce enough power, and even then it'd fail whenever the windspeed fell too low or went too high. Biodiesel is a farce; if lucky, it returns a thin trickle more energy than it takes to produce it, and more often consumes more energy than it produces. Nuclear power, if you actually measure it from the point of mining the yellowcake clear through the D/D of the plant after 20 years, consumes two to six times more energy than the plant itself ever produces, and releases greenhouse gas during the refining process than is on the order of a thousand times more potent than CO2. Hydrogen fuel cells are a comedy due to the fact that you have to separate the hydrogen out before you can use it, which sucks up energy; more, hydrogen tends to make the material of storage tanks brittle, and it has a tendency to be rather explosive. Of all the energy sources I've looked into, oceanic thermal energy conversion is the most promising, and you can't exactly use it to run a car, and I expect it'll be way too late before you convince anyone to give up the beaches they want to sunbathe on. Then there's the little detail that the economy across the globe is essentially backed by the oil trade. As things currently stand, if the oil market crashes, the global economy crashes. People of course say things like, "So what? I'll ride my bike instead of driving." Ride it where? Are they gonna hook their bikes to those huge convoy freighters to haul crops across the continent to the market? Or how about running them to deliver time-and-temperature sensitive medications? Will it be the end of humanity? Maybe, maybe not. It will be the end of industrial civilization, though. There are already groups working to get communities prepared for the 'post-carbon era'. (Provided we don't melt the ice caps enough to release all the methane deposits in the seabed and turn the atmosphere into an essentially oxygen-free wasteland first, of course... Or get creamed by a Near-Earth Orbit object...) ...But then again, I don't really care. I don't intend to breed, I have very little empathy for the rest of the species, and I'm about as amoral and unethical as you can get, being driven by a sense of enlightened self-interest and personal long-term planning. The fate of the world after my death isn't something that I care about, because nothing of importance to me is likely to survive me into it.
They sound like they *might* be from FFXI, AKA Final Fantasy Online. I'm not sure, as I haven't taken time to check my mp3s on that one. I also wasn't able to download the last song; it comes across as a 0-byte 'blip'.
Zombies have already been reinvented at least a dozen times. While I'm sure Paizo could find something to so to make them cool and new, you'd likely overstress even their creative wit and cause the entire Pathfinder line to degrade as a result. No zombie Mike! Dracolich or nothing if you want him undead so he can keep writing non-stop!
As noted above, the 4e-specific section has been where the vitriol and fury and such has been concentrated. The rest of the boards are, well, the same old Paizo forums. Wacky, absurdist, and amazingly helpful. Me, I want to see more of the Golarion cosmology. I have an absolute fascination with planar structure and the like. I'd also like to find out if the whole world is eventually going to be detailed, or if there are areas where they intend to leave it 'off the map' of GMs to *bamf* their own unique visions into without having players cry about foul play (which has happened all too often in other settings...)
I would support the principal of TriOmegaZero's post - We don't need heroes becoming gods, gaining empires and destroying mountains until we have a strong idea of what they're replacing/changing/adding to.Again I can join in the opinion, except for the deity/mountain/empire. None of my epic levels PC's have yet involved this (a small castle blowing up yes) and my group has been happy. Ironically, with games I'm in as a player, I often tend to start 'empire building' at relatively low levels. Nothing epic about it, except that I tend to think large-scale and long-term. I can already think of what a few different of the characters I've played would be doing in Sandpoint, for example, or with the fort and Turtleback Ferry/Skull Dam.
My guess is YD has two 'reply to thread' windows going at the same time. The boards autopost to the last one you chose to reply to. It can get annoying when you multitask across a bunch of threads at once like I do. YD apparently wasn't paying attention to where the post landed...
Kuo-Toa Fortress tracks are identified as being from the Advent Children movie. Kuo-Toa Fortress A is 'Kita no Daikuudou'
Both are attributed to Nobuo Uematsu. Zenith Splintershield is the 'Esper' track from FFXII; attributed to Hitoshi Sakimoto.
Don't forget the amnesia, self-delusional belief of being an Elite Guardsman when he was really just a Mook-type rent-a-soldier, and the childhood friend who has a crush on him when he's pining for someone who ends up dead really quickly! It just wouldn't be Cloud without the angst and woe, after all. Although I'm now tempted to better flesh-out Ragnorra now and use her in a game like this... Muhuhahaha! (Maybe a PbP game...)
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