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Aye, there's the rub.

Apparently the MD who implanted this woman is considered super-skeevy by other AI doctors, because he has no ethical problems helping women turn their uteruses into clown cars.

Howdy gang! I'm... mostly okay. I've been through complete and total hell over the last eight months or so, plus being super super busy with work. The hellish stuff has mostly calmed down, and should be gone completely soon. I felt it was time to start poking my head back in here, and Heathy's Clown Car Uterus Lady thread seemed as good a place as any.

It's good to be back, and good to see everyone's pixels.

Lady, your uterus is NOT a frakking clown car!

Also, eff you for making me agree with Bill O'Reilly. That's still leaving a bad taste in my mouth.

Also also, eff Bill O'Reilly

Sean, Minister of KtSP wrote:

Hey,

So over the weekend, I placed an order for a Gazetter, but then I remembered I already own one. Can somebody help me change that order into a pre-order for Gods and Magic? Or cancel it and I'll place a new order?

Thanks.

Unfortunately, the book shipped out before I had a chance to cancel or make any alterations on the order. It is now on it's way to you.

Please refuse delivery and return the package to sender, and I will refund you upon it's return.

Thanks,
cos

Hey,

So over the weekend, I placed an order for a Gazetter, but then I remembered I already own one. Can somebody help me change that order into a pre-order for Gods and Magic? Or cancel it and I'll place a new order?

Thanks.

I can't find it! I've searched the Applications for "D&D", "Dungeons", "Dragon" "Tiny" "Tiny "Adventures", everything I could think of.

"D&D", and any combination of those words above beyond just a single word returns NO RESULTS. Everything else returns a bunch of stuff, that never includes this app. WHERE DO I FIND IT???

It is with deep, deep regret that I need to cancel my Pathfinder subscription.

I just have too many financial pressures right now.

I'll continue to purchase Pathfinder and other Paizo products as I can. You still have my loyalty. I just cannot afford the regular costs right now.

It is with deep, deep regret that I need to cancel my Pathfinder subscription.

I just have too many financial pressures right now.

I'll continue to purchase Pathfinder and other Paizo products as I can. You still have my loyalty. I just cannot afford the regular costs right now.

Heath's Joker is hands down the most sublime thing I've ever seen put on film. It was not in any way an impersonation, which is what almost every superhero (or villain) performance is. He made the Joker a real person.

And while his Joker was appropriate a disturbed and broken person, every time he spoke, he made it very easy to understand why he was the way he was, even as he lied with every breath when he would explain how he got that way.

Heath easily conveyed that everything holding you back, annoying you, depressing you, and defeating you was fear of things that exist only in your head, and that all you need to do to liberate yourself is to just.... let it go.

Give up. Surrender. Let those things you fear happen. The worst that can happen is that you suffer terribly and die....

Why so serious?

I work freelance in Los Angeles, in a job that pretty much always involves carting equipment and such around.

It is next to impossible for me to give up driving.

This has made my life more expensive than it already was.

I don't know who I am voting for yet. But as a former military guy and therefore usually voting Republican I have to slam the Democrats.

Since we are all Fantasy/SciFi buffs, don't the Democrats seem to be re-enacting a scene from George Orwell's 1984? Remember the week they dedicate to celebrating their allies. Then mid-week, they declare them the enemy and they love their old enemies. Last week Clinton and Obama are enemies and this week they are all chummy. I think it is funny how politics are similar to how George saw it.

Primary races are primary races.

Hi GentleGiant!

Aberzombie wrote:

...which is probably about as close as you can get to a true democracy.

America is as close as you can get to a true democracy? That's just not true.

-Kruelaid

I'm voting for McCain solely because National Healthcare doesn't work, it's failing everywhere it's being used and we shouldn't decide to jump on board.

McCain might want to go to war with Iran, but it'll never get through congress so I'm not worried about it.

And while you may not like National Healthcare, you should note that the only people getting screwed over by the US health system are the sick and injured.

You know the only people who ever actually need medical care.

As a note, this statement basically says to me that you are allowed to dismiss our concerns out-of-hand (basically implying that we are not entitled to our opinion) but we are not allowed to dismiss your position in the same way? It seems fairly difficult for us to have a conversation given those rules.

Timespike wrote:

K wrote:

Timespike wrote:

Something else to consider: Complete Warrior is CLOSED CONTENT. Paizo can't reference it, so holding them responsible for imbalances in it is the height of unfairness.

They are making their rules backwards-compatible with the old rules. They can't reprint things that aren't OGL, but can be held responsible for how their rules interact with the old ones.

No, they really can't, at least not fairly. They're by law not allowed to take anything that's closed content into consideration.

That's not true, and not the way that copyright law works. If it were, it'd be a breach of federal fair competition laws.

Copyright law won't let you reprint direct quotes. Thats its limit. It doesn't protect ideas. So you can't say "I have a game that uses Hit points" and copyright "hit points".

This is not to mention that Jason has stated that backward compatibility is not the only, or even the primary design concern. In fact, I thought it was pretty clear that the game would backward compatible only where possible.

Thank you, Cosmo. I hope I was not too sucktastic to you guys.

I do love you all very much.

Trudat.

Mail has come and gone for today. Still no PF#8.

Also, very surprisingly considering the normal prompt responses around here, there has been no official reply to my post? What's up with that, guys?

Shipped 4/8.

Okay, I know. Not officially late yet, but still. I live in CA. Why does it always take this long? No other mail from the west coast takes this long. Pathfinder #7 didn't take this long, and it was shipped the same way.

Also? While we're on the subject, I've tried to change my subscription delivery method so many times it makes the Baby Jesus cry, and it never ever ever sticks, even when I make Gary (or is it Cosmo?) change it. It lasts for the one issue, then reverts back.

Gary, I know you're horribly overworked, but please fix this. Please?

You don't like making the Baby Jesus cry, do you?

Yeah, it really does seem like waaaaaaaay too many posters have confused the call for input and playtest with a request to take over Jason's job. Also amusing is the vehemence with which certain super-fringe suggestions are defended as being exactly what Jason is asking for (or somehow otherwise worthy of Jason's consideration in a way all those "other" super-fringe suggestions are not).

If the BBC produced it, it would be true to the source; when Hollywood finances something, it almost always has to have some promise of a greater return. Hellboy may not have been true to the source (I don't really know, because I never read the original material), but it had appeal to a wide audience, including my nongeek wife. CoC fans enjoyed the Delta Green references, and viewers who had never heard of any of the above were able to enjoy the action and effects.

That being said, I have no idea what the production deal for Mountains of Madness is like.

Due to a confluence of work, personal and health reasons, I'm afraid all my games are now indefinitely suspended. Which really means they are over, I think.

I'm sorry. You guys have every right to be mad at me for both the constant broken promises and the abrupt end. It's okay, I understand. I'd be upset too.

I really liked all the characters in all my games, and liked how the play was going. I think you're all great roleplayers, and the has been some of the best gaming I've ever played. I was really looking forward to where each of these campaigns was going.

I've got nothing else to offer, except my sincere apologies.

Please, everybody take care, be well, and good gaming. Each and every one of you brings a superior level of play to any game you play in. There's no hard feelings on my part, and I accept and understand if that's not necessarily the case in return.

I'm not leaving the boards or anything, but I doubt I'll be posting very much for a while.

Sorry gang. I'm really sorry.

Guys, it is with deep regret that I have to drop out of the game. Work, personal and health reasons. I'll miss the game quite a bit. You guys are great RP-ers, and our DM is one of the best I've played under.

Due to a confluence of work, personal and health reasons, I'm afraid all my games are now indefinitely suspended. Which really means they are over, I think.

I'm sorry. You guys have every right to be mad at me for both the constant broken promises and the abrupt end. It's okay, I understand. I'd be upset too.

I really liked all the characters in all my games, and liked how the play was going. I think you're all great roleplayers, and the has been some of the best gaming I've ever played. I was really looking forward to where each of these campaigns was going.

I've got nothing else to offer, except my sincere apologies.

Please, everybody take care, be well, and good gaming. Each and every one of you brings a superior level of play to any game you play in. There's no hard feelings on my part, and I accept and understand if that's not necessarily the case in return.

I'm not leaving the boards or anything, but I doubt I'll be posting very much for a while.

Sorry gang. I'm really sorry.

Due to a confluence of work, personal and health reasons, I'm afraid all my games are now indefinitely suspended. Which really means they are over, I think.

I'm sorry. You guys have every right to be mad at me for both the constant broken promises and the abrupt end. It's okay, I understand. I'd be upset too.

I really liked all the characters in all my games, and liked how the play was going. I think you're all great roleplayers, and the has been some of the best gaming I've ever played. I was really looking forward to where each of these campaigns was going.

I've got nothing else to offer, except my sincere apologies.

Please, everybody take care, be well, and good gaming. Each and every one of you brings a superior level of play to any game you play in. There's no hard feelings on my part, and I accept and understand if that's not necessarily the case in return.

I'm not leaving the boards or anything, but I doubt I'll be posting very much for a while.

Sorry gang. I'm really sorry.

Due to a confluence of work, personal and health reasons, I'm afraid all my games are now indefinitely suspended. Which really means they are over, I think.

I'm sorry. You guys have every right to be mad at me for both the constant broken promises and the abrupt end. It's okay, I understand. I'd be upset too.

I really liked all the characters in all my games, and liked how the play was going. I think you're all great roleplayers, and the has been some of the best gaming I've ever played. I was really looking forward to where each of these campaigns was going.

I've got nothing else to offer, except my sincere apologies.

Please, everybody take care, be well, and good gaming. Each and every one of you brings a superior level of play to any game you play in. There's no hard feelings on my part, and I accept and understand if that's not necessarily the case in return.

I'm not leaving the boards or anything, but I doubt I'll be posting very much for a while.

Sorry gang. I'm really sorry.

Yeah.

Due to a confluence of work, personal and health reasons, I'm afraid all games are now indefinitely suspended. Which really means they are over, I think.

I'm sorry. You guys have every right to be mad at me for both the constant broken promises and the abrupt end. It's okay, I understand. I'd be upset too.

I really liked all the characters in all my games, and liked how the play was going. I think you're all great roleplayers, and the has been some of the best gaming I've ever played. I was really looking forward to where each of these campaigns was going.

I've got nothing else to offer, except my sincere apologies.

Please, everybody take care, be well, and good gaming. Each and every one of you brings a superior level of play to any game you play in. There's no hard feelings on my part, and I accept and understand if that's not necessarily the case in return.

I'm not leaving the boards or anything, but I doubt I'll be posting very much for a while.

Sorry gang. I'm really sorry.

I will chime in with thoughts this evening, when I am at my computer.

Quick phone post to say:

I am not officially dropping *any* of my games yet, though that may wind up happening.

I do have a couple of ideas of my own, some that even involve me continuing to run the two games I am running, but I had to get the discussion started this morning before work. My players are unhappy, and I want to change that.

I need everybody from my various PbPs in one place. Please all go here:

http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/community/gaming/playByPostDiscussion/ seansCombinedPbPDiscussionThread&page=1#471401

Guys, I *LOVE* these characters, and I love this game. I was bummed D.F. had to drop out.

Unfortunately, I work freelance, and starting about a month ago, my phone has been ringing off the hook. It's making me unhappy (regarding my PbP games, I'm very happy about being called a lot and making money) and I want to talk about it with all my PbP players.

I need everybody from my various PbPs in one place. Please all go here:

http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/community/gaming/playByPostDiscussion/ seansCombinedPbPDiscussionThread&page=1#471401

Hey guys. No hurt feelings on my part. I understand. I really do.

Since I don't have time for RL games very much any more, this has been my primary source of gaming lately.

Anyway, I need everybody from my various PbPs in one place. Please all go here:

http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/community/gaming/playByPostDiscussion/ seansCombinedPbPDiscussionThread&page=1#471401

Hi everyone. I needed to gather you all here to talk about my problems with absence.

I'm really sorry that this has become such a problem. I'm even more sorry that it looks like it's going to continue. I'm getting work calls almost every day. Work surely must slow down some time, but it's showing no signs of doing so any time soon.

It's frustrating. The two PbPs I'm running right now are hands down the two best games I've ever run, and that's almost entirely due to you, my players. Every single one of the characters you've all made are awesome.

But it's not fair to you all for me to keep promising more frequent updates, and then not deliver.

Having said all that, I now have to run out the door for work (again), but I needed to get this discussion started. Three games is definitely too much.

Again, I'm really sorry about all this. I know it sucks for you guys, but let's talk about solutions. I want you all to play in fun games. I want you to play in *my* games, but I don't know how feasible that is right now.

I have some ideas I'll post when I get home, but now I must away...

Skill tricks are not OGL/SRD. Pathfinder not only doesn't need to be backwards compatible to skill tricks, it cannot be compatible with them.

Pretty much all your splatbook stuff is out the window, gang.

Hey Sean, after careful consideration, I've decided to withdraw my name from this one... thanks for giving me the chance to play, though. Finding the time to post consistently as a player in four PbPs is challenging enough, so I don't think it would be wise of me to take on a 5th, though it breaks my heart to bow out of Pharoahs... I can't imagine what it must take to be a DM for three PbPs simultaneously...

Some alpha playtest guidelines to keep in mind:

1) Read everything through carefully at least twice. Being the GM, I'll be the final arbiter on rules calls, but making sure we all understand and are applying the rules correctly is a group effort, and as much as we're trying to test the rules, we're also testing the clarity of the rules.

2) Try and break things. If you see something in the new rules you don't like, put it through its paces and see if it's really broken, or if there's something workable in there. Conversely if you see something you like too much, try it out and see if it's too powerful.

3) When comparing and examining relative power levels with the new rules, keep in mind that if something seems overpowered compared to something in 3.5 that hasn't been updated to alpha rules yet, it will probably seem less unbalanced when the old information gets its first alpha update.

4) SRD+ALPHA ONLY! NO SPLATBOOK STUFF! Paizo can't use it. Neither can we.

5) No alternate rules (just yet) from the SRD, either. Main rules only, when not using alpha rules.

6) If any alpha release contains rules that affect your character to any degree (race, skills, class, anything, you may perform an instant rebuild to conform to the new rules, pending my approval (just so we're all on the same page about the new rules).

7) Have fun. Be creative. If, during the course of play, you have ideas for alternate rules or rules improvements, bring it up here in the discussion thread, and possibly over at the alpha playtest forums if you're so inclined. If we have wind up with some ideas that we think will work better, clearer, quicker or easier than what's presented in the alpha rules, we may wind up trying to test those ideas as well.

Now, having said that last part, the caveat is, of course, that with this adventure, we'll only be playtesting from 6th through maybe 9th levels. And even though I do try and update my games pretty regularly (through good periods, at least once a day) sometimes work eats me for a while, as you already know. I'll be striving very hard to post frequently with this game, as we want to do as much actually testing as possible during the time period it actually does anybody any good.

Anyway, more thoughts soon.

I would love to see a decent, robust social resolution mechanic.

I'm an Aspergers sufferer, and very bad in Social situations. gaming is something of an escape for me, I like to play social characters. But theres a lot of smug, elitist types who would insist I Rp my way though situations that I physically don't get. This is patently unfair. No one has ever told me I need to show actual magical training to play a wizard, my religois views have no bearing on my power to play a cleric, no ones ever said I need to prove I can handle a sword but my Real world socal savy is made to stand for my charicters. So much for fantasy.

We need better social mechanisms because the current one roll easily capped out system in D&D not only leaves those like me high and dry, but, because of D&D's encounter based experience, makes non combat encounters hard to adjudicate.

Not everybody can be an amazing role player (in the related-to-acting sense).

That's why I think completely ditching social encounters to any kind of single, discrete question (Diplomacy - Do you like me? Y/N) is a simple, backwards compatible solution. Using the skill is still involved, and allows people a mechanic to excel at social skills they do not themselves personally possess.

Turning social (and really all non-combat) encounters into a series of rolls evaluated on accumulated successes and failures is an easy fix for the problem.

I was thinking along the same lines as you. More precisely, I was toying with the idea of "corruption points" if you play with arcane power when you shouldn't. This is how it could work:

• You could accumulate corruption points every time you cast more spells than you daily allocation.
  
• You gain 1 corruption point per level of spell you cast that adds to your corruption pool.
  
• Every time you overextend yourself, you have to do a spellcraft check against a DC 10+corruption pool.
  
• If you succeed. Everything is fine, though you get the corruption points anyway.
  
• If you fail, something bad happen to you depending on the size of your corruption pool. For example: 1-5 corruption point - You glow in the dark. 20 - corruption point - reality tears you apart.
  
• Some very powerful spells (wish? raise dead) could even automatically give you some corruption point
  
• You can voluntarily chose to blow-up your corruption point pool. Better to blow up 5 points in one go rather than 20
  

I guess this would make life interesting for casters

You guys do like to create new challenges for yourselves, don't you?

Rambling Scribe wrote:

This has been my experience of extended play both as DM and player. It isn't a problem.

Then maybe its just me. And that can be house ruled easily enough.

It's just that as a DM, I've grinded my teeth on more than a few occasions when the party's paladin would use his at will detect evil and ferret-out all my villains who weren't smart (or rich/powerful) enough to have misdirection on at the time.

Being evil, especially for some lowly minion, IS NOT A CRIME. The fact that the paladin has detected the evil portion of somebody's alignment (say, a neutral evil person), does not give the paladin any rights at all to do ANYTHING to the poor neutral evil sap. The paladin may not arrest him, attack him, or otherwise bother him in any way, unless that is the law of the land that the paladin is enforcing. At which point I suggest the problem is not with the paladin or the rules, but with the campaign world.

Obviously, Jason has already said he plans on taking a run at the whole Polymorph subsystem, but I wanted to toss a couple of ideas in this bucket:

I think a general end to save or die effects is worth considering and probably will be.

As for some common spells, while they have good utility, Fly and Teleport as written, as common as they are expected to be, are two spells that have wide ranging implications on a campaign world. If it's at all common to fly or teleport, especially great distances, it becomes very hard to believe in a world that is stuck in some sort of feudal Europe mode. Those two abilities alone radically change the nature of warfare and politics, which are two of the bigger things that shape a campaign world.

See also: Raise Dead, Resurrection, etc...

Wow, stuff gets buried fast on this board.

I think the suggestion I've seen around these parts to subdivide the alpha playtest board is probably a good idea.

Poor, flooded-with-ideas Jason. Keep your chin up, buddy.

Foxish wrote:

You're thinking in terms of yourself, and not in terms of being the Monarch of Korvosa. Think about it this way: assume you live in the United States, you find George Bush's wallet and want to return it. Isn't it a reasonable expectation that White House Security or the Secret Service would want to interview you to make sure you aren't a nutter or an assassin? Or that these security people would want to verify your statements to make sure those statements are truthful?

Actually, it is unreasonable of them to want that. People used to be able to do those sorts of things, just walk up to the President and shake the man's hand, just like the President used to be able to go out and enjoy things as a private citizen. I don't think we should measure things by the hyper-paranoid nature of the modern era we now take as commonplace and natural.

The Queen is not the President.