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We have an Oracle of Lore in our Kingmaker game. She has the Sidestep Secret, the extra revelation feat and Lorekeeper. We're only at 1st level (just started playing yesterday).

This definitely falls under your GM's judgement, but in case your GM wants to know what others think, I vote for letting the circlet apply. You've taken a feat and applied an ability that works with your Charisma, in which you've obviously invested heavily. The Circlet fills a body slot, so you're focusing even more of your resources into that ability score. I think you should be able to benefit from that combination.

Paris Crenshaw wrote:

Celestial Healer wrote:

What did the FAWTLies get for Christmas?

I got the joy of seeing my daughters squeal with excitement over their gifts from Santa. They got exactly what they wanted, this year. (Zoobles for Tatiana and a set of dragon figurines for Natasha.)

Yeah, you posted that video on Facebook. They looked very excited.

Glad you saw it. We were very pleased with how Christmas turned out. The girls didn't get a huge haul of stuff, but they were very happy with what they got, so it was a big win.

I can't access YouTube from work, but when I get home, I'll post the link to the video here, so I can share it with the FAWTLs who don't use FB. ::looks meaninfully at FhDM:: ;)

What did the FAWTLies get for Christmas?

I got the joy of seeing my daughters squeal with excitement over their gifts from Santa. They got exactly what they wanted, this year. (Zoobles for Tatiana and a set of dragon figurines for Natasha.)

Oh...and we're also going on a Disney cruise next week. ;)

Paris Crenshaw wrote:

I'm not sure if it helps, but I'm probably not alone in this, so I'll share:

Personally, I can tell when life's stresses are reaching a high point when the Zombie Apocolypse Dreams start up. For me, zombies are the perfect symbol for unrelenting stress...they just. Never. STOP!

I've also found myself in a few dreams where I've been the one infected, but usually the "bad dream" portion involves having to tell my wife and kids that I'm never coming home. Being in the Navy, I'm sure there are concerns about deployments buried in the symbolism, there.

By far, the worst ones are when my children get infected. Thankfully, those don't happen very often. I guess my subconscious knows there are some places even it shouldn't go. ;-)

Wow. Powerful stuff, Paris. This will definitely enrich the content of what I was thinking of saying. Permission to cite you and your story implied?

Certainly! I'm glad you find it useful.

Celestial Healer wrote:

Nothing says Merry Christmas like another zombie apocalypse dream. Yet again I was trying to hide my transformation and decomposing body from everyone around me, but this one was a lot more gory (people's faces getting torn off and such). I had a moment of lucidity right at the point where people found me out and were going to destroy me, and decided it was a good time to wake up. How were your Christmases?

Zombie Apocalypse Dreams are next up for my Atomic Array rants. Mind if I cite your particular dream? I've never heard of anyone taking the "guy who hides that he was bitten" angle. That's really interesting.

I'm not sure if it helps, but I'm probably not alone in this, so I'll share:

Personally, I can tell when life's stresses are reaching a high point when the Zombie Apocolypse Dreams start up. For me, zombies are the perfect symbol for unrelenting stress...they just. Never. STOP!

I've also found myself in a few dreams where I've been the one infected, but usually the "bad dream" portion involves having to tell my wife and kids that I'm never coming home. Being in the Navy, I'm sure there are concerns about deployments buried in the symbolism, there.

By far, the worst ones are when my children get infected. Thankfully, those don't happen very often. I guess my subconscious knows there are some places even it shouldn't go. ;-)

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Freehold DM wrote:

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Treppa wrote:

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Studpuffin wrote:

Toddzilla wrote:

Moff Rimmer wrote:

Quick show of hands -- anyone else working today?

*raises hand*

Here with you guys.

Is the store busy today?

It's fifteen minutes past the time we were scheduled to close, and we're already home. So no. Dead as Marley's ghost.

Merry Christmas Eve to all the observant Fawtlies and Paizonians. May your days be merry and bright!

Was the holiday shopping season busy overall?

Fairly decent, yeah. Not as good as the retail reports I've seen quoted, but we're not a major retailer, nor are we in a standard location.

How's life, CH?

Life's decent enough. Took my mom out to dinner last night for her birthday (which was actually Tuesday). Doing some last minute sorts of stuff today. Christmas is too expensive.

Your mom kicks ass! Please tell your birthday sister I said happy belated birthday!!!!

Oddly, It's also my partner's mom's birthday. Both December 21.

Hmm, Dec 21 is my sister's birthday. I don't recall her having any children, but she did spend several months in California in the 70s....

Weird. My sister's birthday is Dec 21, also.

Three weeks ago, I'd never heard of Zoobles. Now, I'm busy putting tiny, glittery stickers onto some plastic storage device for these things. They're like a cross between Bakugan and My Little Pony.

Speaking of ... Merry Christmas, Sebastian! Merry Christmas to all you crazy FAWTLS! ;-)

Merry Christmas Eve, Y'All!

Huzzah! My copies of Bestiary 2 and BotD Vol 2: Lords of Chaos arrived this evening!

Yay! I got my subscription package a couple of days ago...shortly after my daughters got their first Chessex dice sets. I think we'll play some Pathfinder tomorrow. ;-)

Well we are here and the other three seem not to be. So they were.

So...it's like all the free samples are gone. We'll never know how delicious they were. Dangit!

For some inspiration, you can take a look at the Boreal Sorcerer Bloodline. You could also consider giving clerics access to the Ice and Wind Subdomains. Ice is a subdomain of Water and Wind is a Subdomain of Air, but they go well together in the context of Winter.

Clearly some animals should get heal as a class skill :D

The ability to locate stranded skiers and deliver copious amounts of brandy certainly qualifies them as saints, in my opinion. But they're still not doctors. ;)

Ok, even given that, I understand the maths, its simply the logic of allowing Heal to be a class skill which I'm arguing for. It would seem *very* fundamental to just about everything alive.

I would think that the "use untrained" aspect is more reflective of its fundamental nature than making it a class skill. Class skills are those in which you receive specialized training. Additionally, you don't get that +3 bonus unless you take ranks in the skill, either.

In my view, wild animals may be a bad example. Yes, they can staunch bleeding from superficial wounds and survive some accidents that would seem pretty serious, but they can't close a grievous wound from an arrow or other weapon. Additionally, they can't really be trained in advanced healing techniques, so giving them a rank in Heal is a bit of a stretch for me. Giving them a chance to stop bleeding with an untrained skill check (i.e., Wisdom check) is sufficient.

For creatures of higher intellect, understanding how to properly clean and treat wounds would give them a better chance to stop bleeding, etc. That's where ranks in the Heal skill would come in, in my opinion.

Acceptable.

I just reread eidolon in the PHB. It's a tenth dimensional creature. An orb of oblivion just trims the thing's toenail. The eidolon should come back slightly different. It's regeneration like The Doctor. You are all familiar with Dr Who, right?

Cool. And, I thought at least passing knowledge of The Doctor was required for participation on the boards. ;-)

Moff Rimmer wrote:

The rest of the country gets snow. We get a little bit of frost.

Still, it makes for some good pics.

At first glance the basketball hoop looks like a white dragon head swooping down at ya! :)

Hey! You're right, E7!

Goth Guru wrote:

The RAW for summoned creatures just says summoned crestures that die will regenerate over a day. If one gets sucked into an orb of oblivion, can a summoned badger regenerate anyways?

Huh? Does it really matter? When you summon a creature, you don't summon the same one every time you cast the spell. The badger you summon today is not the same badger you summoned yesterday or even the same one you summoned an hour ago.

I consider this something of a flavor item. Most of my players have chosen to have specific creatures they summon, going so far as to name their summoned badgers, etc. It's not required, but there's nothing in the rules that says you don't summon the same creature(s) each time. Death of the creature on one plane would merely send it back to its home plane where it is reborn. (I think the choice of the term regenerate is misleading here. It's not the same as the Regeneration special ability.)

However, I would say that contact with an orb of oblivion or similarly destructive force would actually destroy that particular creature, no matter what plane it's on. In that case, the next time you summon a creature of that time, it will have a different identity.

Again, that's all flavor, really, and should be up to individual gaming groups to decide.

The rest of the country gets snow. We get a little bit of frost.

Still, it makes for some good pics.

Those are great photos!

Looking at the sizes, they appear to be about 1.5 to 2x bigger than the 1" standard...at least the dragons and so on.

+1 Although, they might make for some cool oversized monsters.

Also...nekkid dragon boob sizes for TotP? :/

Oh a side note, I am currently tickled pink and happy beyond all reason.

I found the Dungeon! text-based RPG online just a day or so ago. It was the first video game I ever played.

FLASHBACK TIME!!

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Very cool, FHDM.

Speaking of flashbacks,

Urizen wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the bad encounter I had with that one deadlands fan about the d20 version a few years back...

Please dish.

Twas a typical "ZOMG D20 STUFF RUINED MY BELOVED SETTING/GAME SYSTEM WHICH IS ROLEPLAYING BUT FOR *SMART PEOPLE*" rant that I usually get whenever I'm around people who play CoC, Gamma World, White Wolf WoD, L5R(Oh..BIG one there) or whatever RPG that had a D20 suppliment a few years back. Usualy said suppliment was my first exposure to the game with rules I recognized, and I enjoy talking to people about such stuff for the most part, but whenever I mention that I play or prefer the D20 version, I'm usually in for a disgusted sigh or a 20 minute long rant on how I'm doing it wrong.

That's too bad. I suppose there is elitism even among elites, isn't there? I mean, it's not like "dumb people" can really develop an understanding for the complexities of the d20 system, either, but there're always going to be those who need to feel that their game of choice is superior. Whatever.

I enjoyed playing Deadlands when it first came out, but not really because of the system. It was fun, but my enjoyment was due mostly to the fact that Shane Hensley was running the games for our friends in Blacksburg, VA. I got to participate in the origianl playtesting and even got a playtest credit in the rulebook. I just never did anything with it after that.

Oh...and as for shipping, I'll have to check and let you know. I'm sure I could manage a few of those flat-rate boxes. I think I have several in the garage, after my brief foray into eBay sales a couple of years ago.

I'm at work, now, but I'll try to get a list of available titles posted when I get home this afternoon. My wife will sincerely appreciate having one more box of stuff cleared out of the garage. ;-)

Paris Crenshaw wrote:

I have officially reached the end of an era.

This afternoon, I handed over the last of my D&D 3.0/3.5 materials to Goodwill. I made the decision with only a little bit of difficulty. The fact is that I haven't cracked open a 3.5 or earlier edition book since Pathfinder came out. I'm "losing" a lot of source material, since I had a lot of the Fantasy Flight "Legends & Lairs" and Alderac Entertainment Group books, but given how much time I really do have to plan a campaign the Pathfinder books already provide more information there than I can realistically use. Everything else was just taking up space.

My hope is that some gamer can spot a great deal on good books in great condition and make use of them while helping out the Goodwill, as well.

Please tell me Ptolus or Iron Kingdoms wasn't included in this. I would cry. Horribly.

No. As a matter of fact, I've kept the Witchblade Trilogy of modules for my own. It's the only Iron Kingdoms product I own.

The stuff I donated was all WotC, Legends & Lairs, or AEG supplements.

As for the Deadlands stuff, it's all the original Deadlands (1990s) products, but most of what I have left is from the "Hell on Earth" product line.

Sharoth wrote:

Crimson Jester wrote:

I think it was great thing you did Paris giving it to the goodwill.

Oh, I agree. I am just greedy.

You and I both. A habit I try to avoid which is why I am trying to not ask for the stuff and scrambling to find postage.

Thanks, guys.

If either of you (or anyone else, here) can put these items to use, I'm glad to share them. I can put together a specific list of what I have, just in case you are interested. I took another look in the box and it's basically a bunch of the Deadlands: Hell on Earth books, an opened, but unused box set for "The Great Railwars" game, and several original Deadlands pewter minis (still in their blister packs).

Paris Crenshaw wrote:

I have officially reached the end of an era.

This afternoon, I handed over the last of my D&D 3.0/3.5 materials to Goodwill. I made the decision with only a little bit of difficulty. The fact is that I haven't cracked open a 3.5 or earlier edition book since Pathfinder came out. I'm "losing" a lot of source material, since I had a lot of the Fantasy Flight "Legends & Lairs" and Alderac Entertainment Group books, but given how much time I really do have to plan a campaign the Pathfinder books already provide more information there than I can realistically use. Everything else was just taking up space.

My hope is that some gamer can spot a great deal on good books in great condition and make use of them while helping out the Goodwill, as well.

~chokes~ Oh damn! I would have taken some of that stuff. OTOH, I too hope that someone enjoys what you have donated.

Sorry, Sharoth. I knew I was taking a risk posting the news, here. Unfortunately, this is stuff that's been sitting on my shelves for some time. If I had come up with a reason to hold onto them any longer, I'm not sure they ever would have left.

In related news, I realized a few moments ago that I left a box of books in the garage. Therefore, I have a bunch of original Deadlands RPG items I haven't offloaded. Anyone want them? If you agree to pay for the shipping, I'll box them up and send them to you.

Nekkid breast reduction surgery for TotP? Seems redundant.

I have officially reached the end of an era.

This afternoon, I handed over the last of my D&D 3.0/3.5 materials to Goodwill. I made the decision with only a little bit of difficulty. The fact is that I haven't cracked open a 3.5 or earlier edition book since Pathfinder came out. I'm "losing" a lot of source material, since I had a lot of the Fantasy Flight "Legends & Lairs" and Alderac Entertainment Group books, but given how much time I really do have to plan a campaign the Pathfinder books already provide more information there than I can realistically use. Everything else was just taking up space.

My hope is that some gamer can spot a great deal on good books in great condition and make use of them while helping out the Goodwill, as well.

Yeah. I'm kind of the same way. Some might say that I spend a lot on Paizo products, but other than Hero Labs data sets (which, of course, support Paizo products), I don't spend a lot of money on other stuff.

I've got tons of D&D Miniatures, which fit most of my mini needs when they arise, so I haven't had a need for much else.

I keep thinking that I'm going to get d20Pro or some other online gaming setup, but I haven't done it, yet.

Also, I'm home from work, today. I've never had a "rain day" before, but the CO decided the weather was too dangerous for folks to be on the road. Given how ridiculously stupid San Diego drivers can be when it rains, I can't say that I disagree with him.

Freehold DM wrote:

Jeremy Mcgillan wrote:

Woot, got to use my Dwarvenforge stuff in game last night for the first time. The new group was flabbergasted, they didn't even know it existed. Anyway fun was had by all even though I could only build 3 rooms and a couple passages at once they were still majorly impressed. In fact one of the new players took a round by round picture series with his iphone.

What did you get? Cuz I'm getting some of the dragonfire laser crafts stuff to take my game to the next level, although it hasn't arrived yet.

I have the classic dungeon set, I'm making another huge order in March for the classic set, I hope to complete it with this next order. I will move onto the cavern set after my big move in August.

That's really cool, Jeremy. I've been thinking about something like this for quite some time. Unfortunately, I have a hard time justifying the purchase.

I'm subscribed to every Pathfinder and Gamemastery product, right now, which means that I have WAY more stuff than I can use. I don't game often enough to put this stuff to use. Just looking at them gives me great ideas for scenarios and adventures, but I can't always put those ideas into action.

A good example is the scenario I came up with for my daughters using some of my D&D Minis and the Darklands and Dragon's Lair flip-mats. I just went through my minis and picked out ones that fit a certain theme (the girls' enemy being the dreaded Firelords), then made up a 4-encounter scenario to go with it, using the flip-mats as the setting. The girls had fun, but we used 10th level characters, so most of the abilities were way over their heads.

Bottom line: I would like to play/GM more, so I can use more of this cool stuff. And...if I can't use the cool stuff I have, I can really make a good argument for buying more toys for my RPGs. ;)

As an aside, I really would like to see more of Paizo's Gamemastery products tie directly into the adventure paths and modules. Some people might think it's cheesy advertising, but I like seeing the references to flip-mats, map packs or other Gamemastery products I can use to enhance an adventure.

Ugh I feel so awful, I did something that would make CJ proud of me.

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Great Kingmaker session. Staglord was defeated and the nation of Vlast was born. :-)

Awesome. My group starts Kingmaker on the day after Christmas. I'll be playing for the first time in years (I usually GM). I'm very excited.

Oh, smurfing smurf! Not that smurf, again. That smurf belongs in another smurfing thread. This is thread is for smurfing Christmas songs!

Oh...wait...those ARE smurfing Christmas songs. Carry on.

Item of historical interest: This is my first, smurf post on Paizo...or anywhere else, for that matter.

Oh, noes! My hardcopy of Bestiary 2 doesn't fit on the shelf with the other campaign setting books!

Must. Rearrange. Bookcase.

Moorluck wrote:

Celestial Healer wrote:

Morning all. What did I miss?

More Paris facts.

You mean the "man who can crush anything, according to you"?

Fixed that for you.

Sooooo......I decided, instead of going to the mall today, I'd just wait until Thursday (when I'm taking off). This way, I figured, I'd be able to just do grocery shopping, get back home, eat my leftover fried chicken for lunch, then get started washing clothes. No muss, no fuss, and no disruption to my usual Sunday routine.

Small hiccup - wife informed me the filter on the fridge needed to be changed, which required a trip to Best Buy. No problem. And, while I was there, I had the brilliant idea of trying to get my wife White Christmas on either Blu Ray or DVD. She had found it on the other night and made a quick comment on how it was her favorite Christmas movie. That notion stuck got stuck in a small corner of my brain and slowly germinated into a gift idea. And, BOOYAH!, they had the movie on Blu Ray! So, at least I have one solid, genuine, she really would like it gift.

Oh yeah, and I called some lady in the grocery store a b&&~@ for cutting in front of me in the check out line.

I'm going to get myself in trouble. My wife made it very clear that she didn't want a gift, because we're going on a cruise at New Years and that's supposed to be our Christmas gifts. However, she later mentioned that she wanted a new food processor...so I got her a KitchenAid food processor with all the accessories for Christmas. I figure of things to get in trouble for...that's pretty much okay. ;-)

PS - Thanks to Kirk for sharing more "facts" about me. Always makes me smile.

"Angry Birds" must have crack programmed into it, somehow. My iPhone is practically fused to my hand, lately.

Paris Crenshaw wrote:

Bob Sothoth wrote:

Mysterious Cultist wrote:

Wolfthulhu wrote:

Jess Door wrote:

Crimson Jester wrote:

Jess Door wrote:

Oh! And Lunar Eclipse FTW!!!

WTF?

...i like eclipses...

They're cool. However...

a total lunar eclipse during the winter solstice? I believe it is a sign. The Great Ones return...

Ia!

Y'AI'NG'NGAH

YOG-SOTHOTH
H'EE-L'GEB
F'AI TRHODOG
UAAAAH

Gesundheit! Do you need a tissue?

Actually, yes! But only if it's Kleenex. For some reason Puffs makes me break out in a rash.

Hands over a Kleenex, while making mental note about known weaknesses of the entity known as Bob Sothoth...and attempting to the loss of Sanity in the process.

Mysterious Cultist wrote:

Wolfthulhu wrote:

Jess Door wrote:

Crimson Jester wrote:

Jess Door wrote:

Oh! And Lunar Eclipse FTW!!!

WTF?

...i like eclipses...

They're cool. However...

a total lunar eclipse during the winter solstice? I believe it is a sign. The Great Ones return...

Ia!

Y'AI'NG'NGAH

YOG-SOTHOTH
H'EE-L'GEB
F'AI TRHODOG
UAAAAH

Gesundheit! Do you need a tissue?

Okay...so I just did a search on Google to start reading about what to tell my Sailors about today's Senate vote. I'm not sure how to interpret the results that Google returned.

I had to take a screen shot.

I'm starting to think Emperor7 is the missing relative between Dr. Demento and Weird Al. :)

+1 ... Definitely lots of talent, there.

Can I just say how cool it is that Hero Lab got the license to officially support PFRPG? I love having official data sets available for pretty much every Pathfinder product. Too cool.

I just wish I was good enough with the programming to put more of the modules in, myself.

whole uh! Cue tall?

Preparing for the PF game today.

Those preparations include the following for all the players and myself, the DM:

cheddar jalapeno tortilla wraps spread with spicy grey poupon and stuffed with the following...
diced southwestern chicken
mini pepperonis (I would have preferred to have bought regular sliced and further diced)
shredded sharp cheddar cheese
diced baby spinach (with long stems removed)
jalapenos (mild because I didn't want to over do it)

Huh. My gaming group doesn't do the gnoshing-while-gaming thing very well. We've had 8-hour gaming sessions with nothing more than a bag of potato chips and a few fruit chew candies.

The supply of soda (including the original-style Pepsi made with cane sugar) is plentiful and much appreciated, though. ;)

dialing
"Hello? Magical Beast Abuse Hotline? Yes. I need your help. My griffon is curled up in the corner crying, and he won't tell me what's wrong."

Ninja'd on the Vermin Heart feat, but Bertious is right. This is a must-have for any shaman that works with spiders or other vermin spirits.

Sadly, the closest mall that I know of is a bit too far away from work. All we've got close by is stuff like Target, Best Buy, Linen's and Things, Lowes, and Ikea. I will probably end up at the Best Buy near our house eventually, since one of the gift cards I was going to get her is i-tunes, but since the other gift card I was planning is Barnes and Noble, it makes more sense to wait and go to the BB near our house, which is right near a B&N.

If you are going with gift cards, would you have the option of going to a grocery store? Sounds tacky, I know, but the stores in my area have little kiosks with lots of different card options...including ones from other retailers.

So frustrated. Mini rant, feel free to ignore.

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Got a call from the staffing agency today. I start a position on January 3rd. The job would entail plastic mold injection. and the best part is it is a temp-to-hire postion.

Congratulations!

Although, I'm not sure why anyone would need to have plastic molds injected into them. It sounds uncomfortable. :p

Paris Crenshaw wrote:

True story (this is strange, random and is another example of how my brain does strange, random things...so it seemed fitting to share here):

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Have a great day, FAWTLs!

That is wonderful

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Most certainly.

True story (this is strange, random and is another example of how my brain does strange, random things...so it seemed fitting to share here):

Have a great day, FAWTLs!

BTW, the FAWTL Christmas Carols (or Holiday Hollerin') need your contributions!

Like us, they're 'unusual'. :)

Just posted another one.

Enjoy!

Have a hawtl FAWTL Christmas!
They're the best threads you'll find here.
I don't know if there'll be trolls,
So bring your flaming sphere.
Have a hawtl FAWTL Christmas!
And when you scroll down the screen
Just say "No!" to threads you know
Will make you want to scream.

Oh ho!
The mistletoe
Looks like Mairk's left ear
And Lord President Moorluck rules
Through both love and fear!
Have a hawtl FAWTL Christmas!
And in case you didn't hear,
Oh by Gawtl,
Have a hawtl FAWTL
Christmas this year!