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Good afternoon,

Just checking in with the forums here to see if anyone knows of a good gaming store in Washington, DC or might be looking to recruit for a game which is forming up.

If anyone can think of good resources, or might be looking for people to join a game in progress in DC, feel free to reply here or email me at chaotral AT gmail dotcom

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Karanidia wrote:


I once broached the subject of creating a Metamagic Ring, with Silent and Still spell.
But, no matter who I spoke to, everyone said I need to make a Rod, because rods handle Metamagic, not rings.

The final answer was "Well, it's an Unwritten rule..."

I hate that answer, it's an dumb answer, it's a cheap cop out.

An Unwritten rule is not a rule at all.

So, my question is two fold.. How many have delt with this and do you know of any other silly Unwritten rules and does anyone else agree that it might be better to make a Metamagic ring?

thoughts?

In PFRPG, the idea of a more streamlined/unified body slot tracking system was introduced/refined. All stat bump items for physical stats were belts, all for mental stats became headbands. This removed the whole stacking issue when a person has Gloves of Ogre Strength and wants to put on a Belt of Giant Strength.

Essentially, the upthread people are right. The GM is the final arbiter of their own game. PFRPG just supports their decision.

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This was for the APG playtest, before they were "Order of the Cockatrice" and were still "Order of the Dragon", as I recall it. The Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") still calls them Order of the Bastard, and I agree.

I rolled up one of each, a Human Witch, a Halfling Oracle, an Elven Summoner and an Elven Cavalier. And sent them to a dungeon crawl.

This went well, I guess, until we encountered a trap most foul involving time stop. The Witch died and the Oracle got frozen in time. The two Elves, being Elves and one of them being of THAT Order, abandoned their 'companions' after looting what they could from them and left.

It was AWESOME!!!!

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My Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") is a bit too enthusiastic about this.

Which means I should worry. What's the save vs Interplanetary Teleport?

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Good morning and thank you in advance.

Please cancel my Pathfinder Companion Subscription, effective immediately.

Cheers!

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Chris Mortika wrote:
Dragon78 wrote:
1)Any chance of elementals for time, dream, positive energy, negative energy or life?
If the life elemental looks like a multi-hued pony, there's a fiver in it for you.

Ponies are usually single colored. Unless they're not.

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Gorbacz wrote:
Chris Lambertz wrote:
The Player's Guide will be up later this afternoon. :)
What is this "afternoon" you're speaking about, Pacific Coast resident? Because over here just shy of Greenwich it's firm midnight, mate! :)

Afternoon is that most wonderful time in the day where it's not too hot and not too cool.

But that's Northern California Afternoon and does not apply anywhere but here.

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A Planes-spanning saga of high magic and adventure. Starting small, of course, with glimpses into the Astral and/or Ethereal and then going full tilt boogie to the Outer Planes as interpreted by Pathfinder. The Planes through the Golarion viewer have always interested me since I re-re-re-re-re-re-read The Great Beyond. I literally wore the binding out, I was that engrossed.

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James Jacobs wrote:
Mikhaila Burnett wrote:

How would you begin a letter to a retailer who has done wrong by you?

A retailer who does me wrong generally just gets ignored and not visited by me ever again. Actually writing a letter, though? Not sure... never actually done that.

Ok, I'll confess. It was a ruse to see if you knew the countersign from "Ask A Ninja" which can be found in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lVSub2wsys

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How would you begin a letter to a retailer who has done wrong by you?

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motteditor wrote:
Mikhaila Burnett wrote:
We could have reincarnated him almost immediately, but the dice crapped out and he would have come back as a Goblin. And, well, that's not acceptable in this game. So he stayed dead. Ever since then, worst luck ever for anyone filling his 'shoes'.

Just saw this thread, but if you are planning to continue, I might try to make the death/poor luck of the rulers into an aspect of the campaign, thus giving an in-game explanation for some of the turnover. The position has somehow been cursed, clearly, so the PCs should probably find out why and get the resolved immediately...

(I'm thinking something along the lines of "Curse of Chalion" by Lois McMaster Bujold, though I'm sure there are plenty of other versions/options you could use.)

Huh. Y'know, that's actually got some significant merit.

As for everything upthread, sorry I fell off the planet for a while.

To update, we've put the Kingmaker game into hibernation due to frayed nerves and a desire to gain some emotional distance before jumping back in with whatever solution avails itself.

Will definitely update this thread when we resume and decide on a course of action.

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Confirming a minor hiccup to my bank. If you re-run authorization, you'll get it. Happy to keep that subscription rolling.

Cheers!

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Turin the Mad wrote:

You should have the entire remainder of the ruling council still available. If any one has Leadership, now's the time to kit out all of those followers and land on the varlets who so callously whacked the rest of the ruling council with extreme prejudice. Grab Oleg, the exiled dude and his tardlets, even the old bitty and her scarecrow.

Failing that, rouse the rabble, arm them with lamp oil, torches and pitchforks and literally overrun the dastardly scum with beggar mobs!

Make it a mission of the people to do justice upon the bodies of the murders!

Pitchforks and torches all around!

Angry mob FTW!

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redcelt32 wrote:
Something similar to this might help un-dig your group out of the hole they currently find themselves in.

Agreed. The High Priest of the realm is actually the highest level cleric we've got in the game. At 9th level.

As he's an NPC, my Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") is using some grognard joy to determine how NPC's level during the passing of time.

Jhod has been invaluable and has come to the aid with reincarnate before. (The queen also bought the farm during a raid on some leezards much earlier in the AP)

So, not really a threat of holy war, though that could be interesting from a story.

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Valandil Ancalime wrote:
If you don't mind me asking, why are you having such a high death rate? Depending on the answer I would be tempted to say #2(end the campaign and move on).

Bad dice rolls and my own (damn fool) stubborn refusal to run when the fecal matter impacts the HVAC.

The original ruler, which would be the Wiz/Cav/EK, stepped down from the throne in favor of letting his wife - the Cav/Bard - take the rule for a while. During a fairly routine outting, bad stuff happened and he went out in the most noble manner possible. He was at negative hits and could only act because he was a Half-Orc. The Dancing Queen had him grappled/pinned. He had one remaining bead of a necklace of fireballs and he detonated it at point blank range. This caused her to stop dancing, which allowed the rest of the party to finish her off.

We could have reincarnated him almost immediately, but the dice crapped out and he would have come back as a Goblin. And, well, that's not acceptable in this game. So he stayed dead. Ever since then, worst luck ever for anyone filling his 'shoes'.

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Erik Freund wrote:

Kingmaker is the rare game that allows for the game to continue with continuity after a TPK.

Usually, in other games, where someone sends "the rescue party", it feels very forced. However, in Kingmaker, it makes a LOT of sense, and you get to keep your Kingdom!! This fact alone makes the campaign TPK-recoverable. The Kingdom goes on, even if the rulers all get eaten by grues.

The frustrating part of this? The King, heir to the throne etc died several sessions back.

We filed in a replacement and his wife persevered. The Wizard/Cavalier/Eldritch Knight was replaced by Tabassum Wynstann, a Sorcerer/Dragon Disciple. Who died on the first encounter after entering Varnhold. (At the river, if need be said)

We filed in a replacement for Tabassum after the remaining party had a Hitchcock experience and were forced to hide in a farm house overnight.

This replacement was Quirinus Banjatha, a Diviner specialist Wizard from the nearby town who... cacked it and is Completely Unable To Be Raised... (I'm sure you know what did that, wink wink nudge nudge).

We get Sasho Truegood, a Cleric/Ranger to replace Quirinus and that's when the whole party kicks it. My Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") had entered the encounter with the promise that if we had to stop to write up a SINGLE character, she'd wipe the party in a 'rocks fall, everyone dies' sort of way. Well... here we are. *grins*

Anyway, thanks for all the feedback everyone. I think that when the pain of the loss has gone, I'll have a good idea where to want to pick up.

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So, I recently had the distinct honor of having a TPK at Varnhold when my party (a Cavalier/Bard, an Inquisitor/Cleric, a Life Mystery Oracle and a Cleric/Ranger) tried a daring raid on Varnhold Keep. Lots of bad spoilery stuff happened and the party is dead.

The Queen and sole ruler was in that party, along with the Grand Diplomat and the Royal Assassin. Irrecoverably-ish dead.

My Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") and I have tabled discussion of resuming this game because of the emotional impact that the TPK caused. The emotional investment was just too high.

When we do, however, have that discussion, the ideas that have been posited (in descending order of preference) are:

1) The Cavalier's horse made it clear of the slaughter and returned to civilization to let people know that the party was dead. A rescue/recovery mission is put forth to recover their bodies for reincarnation (no one in the area is quite high level enough to Raise Dead or the like, but we have at least one Druid with Reincarnate. The FNG's come to the rescue, evac the bodies and we carry on.

2) We let the end be the end, retire the AP and move on to something else.

3) We fudge the TPK somehow.

What have others done in this situation?

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Studpuffin wrote:
Bullets, my only weakness!

Caw, caw bang, f%#!, I'm dead?

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If you could be a different race or species but still have the ability to stab, what would you be?

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How did you get out of your rulership duties in the Stolen Lands? Last I saw, you were making Seelah and Lem absolutely miserable and yourself quite comfy.

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As this is a Kingmaker game in my Beloved Spouse's (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") long running homebrew world, there are some happy concessions to the history of the region. The Kingmaker AP is happening in a collapsed former empire known as the Bright Empire with all heraldry showing an argent (in the heraldic sense) stag, rampant on sable. As most people in the region remember "the good old days" of the Bright Empire, and those with no direct memory have second hand knowledge, I felt it would be best to tie the current government to the former.

Thus, the national animal is the stag. The name of the nation is "The Free State of the Argent Stag" and the capital city, newly founded on the captured Stag Lord's Keep is Argentium.

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I am Galstaff, sorcerer of light! I cast Magic Missile!

1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

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100d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 6, 3, 1, 3, 6, 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 6, 5, 2, 6, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 5, 2, 2, 5, 5, 3, 6, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 3, 6, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 2, 4, 4, 1, 6, 3, 2, 6, 3, 1, 5, 3, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 3, 2, 4, 5, 4, 6, 2, 2, 5, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 5, 6, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 6, 2, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 5, 3, 3, 3, 6, 1, 6, 1, 1, 6) = 369

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Urizen wrote:
Future Mrs Urizen # 13 there.

13's a lucky number!

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TV Buffy. Better dialog.

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Judgement Day's only been moved three times. I'm sure it's been moved again and causality just hasn't caught up yet as the next film's still in pre-production.

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Cheeseburger for dinner?

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Mikaze wrote:


Eberron had really gotten my hopes up on that front, but then they went and never further developed or detailed those orcs. That was the element that I was most interested in to be honest, and nothing got done with it from what people have told me when I asked around about it. :(

I had been hoping for inspiration to use for my own orcs, but c'est la vie...

I know this is MONTHS behind, but I thought I'd plug a bit.

This being my homebrew, wherein:

Orcs are the single most enlightened and lawful race on the planet;
Halflings are prodigious, capitalistic little bastiges with lifespans over a millenium;
Gnomes are newcomers (at least in some eras of play);
Humans are actually descended from odd intermingled mostly-Orcs-with-Human-blood;
Elves are stigmatized highly because of an ancient wager their Patron god made with the Halflings Patron god;
Dwarves are nomadic farmers.

There are Drow, most of them are surfacer hating but a large number have become topsiders themselves and thus are integrating with the other races.

I don't think I've decided whether or not there are goblins, but I know that some parts of the world have 'civilized' Kobolds.

Anyway, that's it for this ramble.

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James Jacobs wrote:
Monkeygod wrote:

James,

TELL US A GOOD STORY!! one with dinosaurs, n lovecraftianness, and dwarves bein punished for bein dwarves, and, and, make it AWESOME!!!
Alas, I only answer questions on this thread. I don't tell stories. I save most of that mojo for Pathfinder.

So, with the tiny smidge of mojo you may or may not have left, any chance we could get that story here?

If not, no big, but failing to ask would be lax of me.

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What defines a "game breaker" in a game you are running?
In a game you are playing?

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Where does the pregenerated gear in inventory for the iconics in the backs of AP adventures come from? (i.e In AP #29, Seelah has a set of +3 full plate mail, but that has never been an item found previously in the previous adventures... I think)

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What is your personal opinion of furry fandom?

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James Jacobs wrote:
Mikhaila Burnett wrote:

My Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") and I got to discussing time travel game.

She asked from what region (temporal AND geographical) a hypothetical character I would want to play would be. Then asked for 4 more.

Assuming actual Earth history, what would your top 5 characters home regions be?

What game system would you use to run this?

1) Nantucket at the height of the Whaling Boom

2) Depression Era Providence
3) Ancient Egypt
4) Pre-Conquistidor Central America
5) Medieval Italy

As for what game system I'd use to run the game... probably Chaosium's BRP system, since I think Pathfinder works better when the setting is static. The BRP system, being so much simpler, is easier to adapt to multiple settings with speed.

1) Awesome.

2) Nifty.
3) Keen!
4) Rock on!
5) I like the cut of your gib, sir.

*headtilt* Huh. I might have to think that over after I've gotten a bit of BRP under my belt. I'd been considering taking the books I already have (i.e. GURPS 4e) and bending those to the task at hand, then foisting said task on the aforementioned Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!")

Is there a good way to anagram your name? I've tried, but can't manage a reasonable one.

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In the continued vein of time travel themed gaming..

Have you ever played in a game where time travel was a major component?

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Aberzombie wrote:

James,

I want to gather up all the doctors telling me different things about my wife's delivery schedule, lock them all in a room with 5 year olds doped up on sugar, and play Barney 24/7. Does that make me a bad zombie?

No, it makes you a parent.

I'd change the 5 year olds to 3 year olds, give them pixie stix and chocolate and give the doctor a pistol with one bullet. Encourage him to 'do the honourable thing'...

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My Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") and I got to discussing time travel game.

She asked from what region (temporal AND geographical) a hypothetical character I would want to play would be. Then asked for 4 more.

Assuming actual Earth history, what would your top 5 characters home regions be?

What game system would you use to run this?

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Ringtail wrote:

I've been working on my latest russian inpired PF steam-punk campaign (I know, specific, huh?) and have two excellent starting points which I'm having difficulty choosing between. Which sounds more exciting?

PC's trying to prevent the train they are on from wrecking when a recurring monster, the Zmaj (dragonlike creatures from Southern Slavic folklore) attacks and causes damage to the vehicle/tracks?

Or...

PC's trying to prevent the ship they are on from wrecking on a reef in magical-storm tossed waters?

The encounters would run rather similiar and having both would feel redundant as they facilitate the same purpose, so I'm having trouble deciding which would be best, considering there is already a player interested in playing a dwarven fighter/rogue with a giant wrench he uses as a greatclub (interesting in being a technician of sorts with lots of crafts, professions, and knowledges - which would be perfect for the train) and a another player interested in setting up her character as a seafaring ranger (perfect for the ship).

...

...

Gorramit, I REALLY want to play in this game. It sounds AWESOME!!!!

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LazarX wrote:
So the answer is... whoever ponies up the cash at auction.

Did someone say Pony?

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Having spent some time this evening discussing some of my favorite cartoons of the 80's and 90's, I'm curious.

What are your favorite cartoons from the 80's?
90's?

Also, and corollary to the above, why can't Steven Spielberg quit making crappy movies and go back to making/producing great cartoons?

Enquiring minds want to know.

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So, without any spoilerificness, do you think that a Half-orc Wizard, a Half-elf Druid, a Human Cavalier (Order of the Lion) and a Rogue of unspecified race (who's probably going to add levels in Ranger later, if they survive) would be a good starting party for Kingmaker?

I know that any party really works well with AP material, but I'm trying to keep it old school. (Arcane/Divine/Fighter/Thief)

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BoggBear wrote:


Speaking of languages, what do you think about the idea of the Elcors in Mass effect? I loved the comercial about Elcor Hamlet. "Insincere endorsment. You have not experienced hamlet until you have seen him through the eyes of Elcor"

And then I found THIS one:

Revan: Whoa, slow down there. Yes, I did purchase you...
HK-47: Explanation: Then you qualify as my master and I must refer to you as such. The legal requirements for models of my type are very specific, master.
Revan: What legal requirements do you mean?
HK-47: Answer: Simply that the distinction between 'killer' and 'killee' be a clear one. I cannot kill of my own volition, naturally.
Revan: I don't think 'killee' is a word.
HK-47: Expletive: Damn it, master, I am an assassination droid... not a dictionary!

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BoggBear wrote:


Speaking of languages, what do you think about the idea of the Elcors in Mass effect? I loved the comercial about Elcor Hamlet. "Insincere endorsment. You have not experienced hamlet until you have seen him through the eyes of Elcor"

If you've never played it, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel have an assassin droid named HK-47 who has a similar quality to his idiom. It's actually even more funny (in a darkly funny way) in my opinion. Some examples:

Commentary: That's the way to tell the meatbags master! Charging weapons, just in case. This should be fun!

Statement: Just a simple droid here, ma'am. Nothing to see. Move along.

Definition: 'Love' is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope. Not many meatbags could make such a shot, and strangely enough, not many meatbags would derive love from it. Yet for me, love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticle, and together, achieving a singular purpose... against statistically long odds.

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This just in, JJ part Genie-kin. Hears plaintative mooing on threads and grants our hearts desires.

Domicile friendly pet requested by humble supplicant.

Film at 11 if granted.

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Have you ever played a character who successfully and completely (no take backs) killed a divinity? (God or demigod, doesn't matter)

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James Jacobs wrote:
Mikhaila Burnett wrote:

With the hypothetical million dollars from an earlier question, you mentioned a boat.

What kind of boat if cost were no object? (e.g. sailboat, speedboat, etc)

Something big enough to go out on the ocean and go fishing from. Not a sailboat, in any event, and too big to be a speedboat.

Honestly if money were no object, I'd probably buy a couple boats. Which would also mean having to buy a truck strong enough to tow them now and then, a boat trailer, and probably a house with a boathouse.

Right on. Do you have any names for these hypothetical vessels in mind? Enquiring minds want to know.

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James Jacobs wrote:
Mikhaila Burnett wrote:
How large (volume, radius or circumference) an orb of atomically pure iron would it take to cause a population 3, red giant star to go supernova? Iron Sunrise wasn't clear on the matter.
I'm not going to help you in your supernova project! I know where supernova projects lead!

Actually, this is my Beloved Spouse's (kobold chorus: "We love you!") plan. I recently dropped the location of what might or might not be the main central location for the main villain group in my space opera game. She began asking very direct questions about what the star's population was and what its life cycle would be like. She has a savant level scientist in the game who diced a 45 on her knowledge check. I scrambled, grabbed some basic information and told her. And then she started to get this creepy little grin and to reference a book by Charles Stross, Iron Sunrise.

Now I'm actually trying to figure out what I should do in response. Obviously, making a sun go super nova to wipe out the villains which may or may not be in system could prove to be an end run around the plot. *shrugs*

So, you wouldn't really be helping ME blow up a star. You'd be helping HER blow up a star.

Oh, the humanity.

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James Jacobs wrote:
Mikhaila Burnett wrote:
Do you have a favorite animal familiar for any wizard characters you may or may not have played?

I've only really ever played one wizard character, and he died 2 sessions into the campaign and got replaced by a MUCH better character. I've never really been a fan of how 3rd edition wizards had to "pay to play" their class.

In any case, that dead wizard, Sokoro, had a lizard familiar. Which is probably why I gave Seoni a lizard familiar, now that I think of it.

Nifty! I didn't know that Seoni HAD a familiar. I probably should pay more attention, as lizards are cool. And they rhyme with wizard.

Huh...

Secret lizard/wizard conspiracy?

Are gecko's superior to other forms of non-sticky footed lizards? (Lizards, not dinos. I know dinos trump just about everything)

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James Jacobs wrote:
Mikhaila Burnett wrote:

What would a medusa's favorite 'live and running' food be, in your opinion?

I would HOPE it's dwarf.

Are you SURE you don't have my residence bugged? The last thing the medusa in question ate WAS a dwarf.

Now, granted, said dwarf was baleful polymorphed into a lizard.

But seriously, how common is surveillance in the gaming industry? It seems as though shortly after any good idea myself or my Beloved Spouse (kobold chorus: "We love you!") have, it seeps into the gaming industry in some easily recognizable form.

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With the hypothetical million dollars from an earlier question, you mentioned a boat.

What kind of boat if cost were no object? (e.g. sailboat, speedboat, etc)

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How large (volume, radius or circumference) an orb of atomically pure iron would it take to cause a population 3, red giant star to go supernova? Iron Sunrise wasn't clear on the matter.

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