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Golarion, how do I like thee...

I've been playing the game for over 20 years, and have played in many campaign settings since then. It's something that I can barely put my finger on, but find it very hard to describe, but Golarion makes me recall the wonder and excitement that I had when I first starting gaming.

A land full of old ruins and few authorities to lay down the law? Varisia (and the Mwangi Expanse).
Need to get your Ravenloft on? Ustalav.
Two magic-strong nations constantly butting heads? Geb and Nex, with the magic wastelands of Alkenstar between them.
Feel the urge to yell "Lords of Light"? Head to Numeria.
Or the urge to crush your enemies and hear the lamentations of their women? The Land of the Linnorm Kings.
Want to duel wits with genies of the elemental planes? Head towards Qadira.

In short, every possible genre I want to dabble with is at my fingertips - and that's just the Inner Sea. Other things await in the hinted at expanses of south Garund and Casmaron to the east, not to mention the lands of Vudra, Tian Xia, Sarusan, and Arcadia. Psionic creatures await on the planet Castrovel, the red deserts of the planet Akiton, and other things lurk in Golarion's solar system.

So many possibilities, so little time!

City of Strangers has a pleasant variety of character art, both pleasing men (the Tallow Boy on page 46) and not-so-much women (bloatmage).

*leaves cookies in the thread for the FAWTL folks*

Aw man, this topic again?

any ideas on what Spring's issue should be about? :)

I already know. ^_^

"Outlaw Josie Wales"

This is the one I was trying to remember earlier.

Welcome to the boards Ajaxis and Diana! *offers cookies*

In no particular order: Rio Lobo, El Dorado, McLintock, The Good the Bad the Ugly, Pale Rider, Tombstone, True Grit (original, haven't seen the new one), Unforgiven...

To start. :)

Off the top of my head, the pleroma aeon to start.

Must be a special kind of awesome, having a bunch off 3rd party publishers making material for a Paizo product instead of vice versa :P

Grats and kudos!

My happiness has more to do with this project as a freelancer, not the other way around. :)

Yay! Finally this product is announced. ^_^

meatrace wrote:

Lvl 12 Procrastinator wrote:

Scylla, hands down.

I dunno, I'm stuck between Scylla and Charibdis.

I lol'ed

Me too. :D

Covering hot topics that show up in the FAQ flags or messageboard topics would be neat too. :)

I use a pencil on paper to sketch out my map, a nice waterproof pen to get the lines nice and dark for the scanner, then finish coloring and texturing in Photoshop. My most recent map appears in Here Be Monsters: Mosquitofolk - Aching for Blood by Zombie Sky Press.

Their minis are for a steampunk setting, I think the hat is required. ;)

'Tis true. Swank hats are required for steampunk.

And as far as I know Graz'zt was the hubby ;) of Iggwilv... Baba Yagas adopted Daughter Natasha... of Tashas Hideous Laughter fame...

If I have my "Mythology" correct... :)

I don't think "hubby" is the correct term.

Plaything, maybe.

Glad you guys are looking forward to Tome of Horrors all Pathfinderized. :)

You've made the cut when you've shown up in the mag. :P (That's generally how we've done it in the past.)

As for a release date, with the holidays past, it's full steam ahead to get this out.

20th level monks can be viscous.

Viscous? Were they cursed with an ooze form? :P

Sorry to hear about the rest of the icky day. :(

There's a remix of Rammstein's "Ich Will" called the Westbam mix. I call it "Rammstein done by Cylons."

It rocks.

Still I do not think anyone would submit a crayon picture on notebook paper for such a contest. The writing equivalent, probably does happen. At least it did on the the first year. :)

I dunno, you can do some pretty awesome stuff with crayons.

Lined notebook paper, though - that's just gauche. :)

Yurt yurt yurt yurt yurt.

The biggest problem I have is that my eyes are far bigger than my wallet and far far bigger than my ability to paint what I buy. When I see more miniatures I want, I have to tell myself "but you still have 4 pugwampis yet unopened, a dancing girl, a ..." the list goes on. They come out faster than I can buy them, and I buy them faster than I can ever hope to assemble and paint them.

Yeah, my Minis Want List is...large...

Snorter wrote:

Saddle up, Pony Boy!

Ride, Ookla, ride!

Lords of light!

Demon dogs!

Lich. So you can be Aberzombie & Lich. :P

Mark Moreland wrote:

Regarding the cost of your soul, we're not in the interest of purchasing unsolicited souls, but will make you a very fair offer should we decide yours is worth adding to our collection. Our rates for soul procurement are competitive and are very rarely refused.

Isn't that how they got you?...;)

That and a steady paycheck. :P

::Bumps Crystal up several slots on AWESOME PEOPLE list::

Man, you are so late to this! Crystal has been awesome for a long time. :D

James is taking a much-deserved vacation - let the man rest! :D

wanders through the thread while debating whether to play Diablo II tonight

Diablo II is always a good idea.

There is a fine line between preparing and OVER-preparing though. Trying to find that balance for what works for you & your group can take some trial and effort.

Using DM Fiat to make an unwinnable encounter because my players were having too easy of a time. (To be fair, I was a novice GM at the time, and my players were very upset afterwards. Lesson Learned.)

Hooray for cookies!

I was aiming for a December release, but the holidays always tend to throw a monkey wrench into the works. Aiming for early January.

I had a job for 8 years that was soul-crushing in every possible way and reminded me very much of Dilbert.

Become familiar with your players' characters - take the time to review their abilities, various spells, feats. Look up the rules that they're most likely to be using!

Don't be afraid to make a ruling to keep the game flowing. After the game, look up the rule, tell the players how it was supposed to be, and remember it for next time.

Give each player a chance in the spotlight.

Remember terrain and don't be afraid to use it.

On combos - what's good for the goose (players) is good for the gander (monsters).

Keep notes! Sometimes you come across a gem buried in them (like a forgotten subplot) and can build on it.

Bring an extra set of dice, paper and pencil for forgetful players (or new ones).

Don't sweat the small stuff. Get together. Roll some dice. Have fun.

Celestial Healer wrote:

My favorite "let's screw up some children" story was my grandfather. When she was about 5 years old, my sister asked him (over an Easter dinner) where leg of lamb comes from. He told her that somewhere out there is a lamb hobbling around on 3 legs. She cried all evening.

THAT. IS. EPIC.

Hah! Reminds me of the brief period of time when I was a kid before I learned that meat and muscle were the same thing. (I thought that meat and muscle came from different parts of the animal.)

The deer carcass on the living room table being disassembled for freezer storage quickly disabused me of that notion.

Gary Teter wrote:

Truth be told, Sara doesn't take calls from zombies. Nothing personal.

But what about Liz? She's their gninja minion, isn't she? I thought she liked me....

*sniff*

It's true, I do have speak with dead memorized today. But my crystal ball isn't working.

There's a lovely place locally that serves many fine beers, wines, meads, ciders, etc. called Malt and Vine. I quite enjoy it. ^_^

It would appear that CCP is spending some serious money on advertising: they have an EVE Online trailer, according to their news stuff, as part of the previews for TRON Legacy when it is in theatres.

O.o

How awesome will that be ... an EVE trailer on, say, IMAX ?

I'm looking forward to it. ^_^

How many generations does your family go back Lilith?

Please get your appellations correct.

For the record, though, at least four. I was also not born in this country.

I thought of two campaign ideas before coming to work.

Either I'm obsessed, or I'm in the right industry. :P

Creative players are so awesome. ^_^

Normally winter driving does not bug me too much as long as I have good tires and a reasonably in-shape vehicle. But Mother Nature has a way of letting you know that she's in charge.

Last winter, I was driving from Bend to Tigard in January, which means driving over the mountains (no matter which way I went). Option 1: Santiam Pass. Lots of switchbacks and blind curves. Option 2: Mt. Hood/Government Camp. Not as windy, but not a lot of people around in case there's trouble. Option 3: Go way the hell south and take Willamette Pass. I've driven it twice in good weather and during summer. Not optimal.

I go for option 1. I'm pretty dang familiar with Santiam, and the drive over wasn't bad. The drive back...oof. A really bad rainstorm had come in, and it was POURING in the Valley. Of course, that means snowing like no tomorrow in the passes. Full-on blizzard, whiteout conditions, and the gravel trucks hadn't been through yet.

Somewhat predictably, I spun out at the top of the pass. I ended up pointing the opposite direction, cuddled up next to a snow bank between two of those big metal stakes they use to measure the snow depth. After a minute or two to breathe, I happily spent the next hour and a half behind a gravel truck up the grade and down back to Bend.

Mind you, the harrowing part was not spinning out. No, that I could handle (after all, that's how I learned to drive on snow and ice - big empty parking lot covered in the stuff). It was realizing that if I had spun out in the opposite direction, it would have been guard rail, then steep mountainside. *shudders*

My normal "Travel as little as possible in snowy and icy conditions" rule was well-reinforced that day.

What exactly is the difference between a homo-erotic hug and a regular hug?

Position of the hands.

...I've been playing for 21 years. :D

Just a minor nitpick, but it would be great if the poster showed the creatures sizes compared to a normal sized human and/or each other.

I think if they had done that, the poster would have been about ten feet long. :P

You have previously stated that Paizo intends to do 3-4 hardcover books yearly. Do you think that there is now a room to do 3-4 Pathfinder RPG books and the same number of Golarion-specific hardcovers?

I hear mad cackling from downstairs.

*arms herself with origami shuriken*

I learned to play D&D without a battle map or minis. Why? Because they simply were not available when overseas on a military base in the early 90s. I still prefer not to play with one, because I have a very improvisational GMing style and breaking to set up a battle mat really breaks the flow and immersion for me. Players that I've had in the past tend to focus a lot on the mat, and sometimes aren't as creative tactically as they are without it.

But.

This style is not for everyone, and really does rely heavily on good GM and PC interactions, and a GM that can provide a lot of description.

I would love to play in the AP that answers the question of ... what exactly happened to him on that fateful day where his clerics lost their powers. You know, some remains, his spirit, a final boss that is part of him gone mad, something.

You know, just incase any of the Paizo staff is reading. *hint, hint*

I think the staff is leaving that squarely in the hands of the GM, to cater it to their own needs and campaigns.

Lilith wrote:

Shoes! Shoe shopping for new shoes!

Shoes! Squees!

I have too many that I don't wear already... What I really need now is a better shoe organization method.

And possibly some more shoes.

Shoe organization does lead to more shoes, I have found. :D