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Any opinions on the PF XP system in regard to the "Slow, Med, Fast" paths?

As long as you stick to a single system, you can use the PF numbers for any 3e campaign, adventure or module. While the numbers look vastly different, they usually work out the same. If you take, say, Burnt Offerings and run them with both systems, the characters should come out at the same experience level. Provided, of course, that you use the fast advancement numbers in PF.

Whigh book of the Pathfinder adventures was created after the Pathfinder RPG experience award system?

My group is making the switch to following the P-finder RPG rules and I don't know how to transfer XP awarded previously. We are currentli in RotRL #2 Skinsaw Murders. Does the new RPG XP system transfer to this books CR XP rewards?

How do you keep up with the rate of DDM's released? I find that I buy a whole bunch one set, then three stes go by before I can afford more.

Goblins!!!!

What is going on with my avatar?

I have no idea why my last post has a smurf avatar? Any ideas?

I can't fully say how dissapointed I am. I bought and watched this movie over the weekend and it stunk. The animation was raw, and the CG was out of place. I thought something was wrong with my TV when I saw the animation.

The list of voice actors had me excited, I mean Jack bauer as Raist?! It sounded cool. Some of the voive acting was OK, but in general it had a very smurfy feel to it.

I can only hope they somehow do well enough to make the second and do it some justice.

Firt of all, I'm on the fence about the whole 4th edition thing. I did buy the Wizards 4.0 Race & Class preview book to get some info, but found it to be a bit of a waste (surprise).

As far as spellcatsers getting 5 minutes of fun then standing in the back for the rest of the night; my group experiences this often. I DM a group of non-munchkins and we typically play between 1st and 10th level campaigns. At these levels the fighter classes can really dominate and get more useful game time out of long battle nights. So I agree the system could use a tweak to moderatelty balance out the classes. I also agree though that at 20th level spelcasters should be a little more powerful, but I just don't play games at that level enough to get upset about the impact.

Ultimately I know I'll buy the first couple 4.0 books, read them, and form opinions then. If I don't like it my group will probably be happy because they won't go buy new books and we'll stay in 3.5.

I'd also like to add I am really happy with the products Paizo are releasing. The ROTR adventure path is well done, and it's the first non-D&D brand campaign we've used (current group playing for 12 yrs.) I spend a lot more with them in the last year than I did with Wizards over the last couple in RPG materials (not-incluing D&D Mini's, my crack habit).

Sydrill wrote:

Revan wrote:

+1 is the enchantment bonus; +3 is his total attack bonus with that weapon.

Wow, so Elyrium's "+1 returning dagger +12" has a total attack bunus of +12! That little things gonna get thrown all over my party!

Thanks for the answer Revan!

No; Erylium has a +12 to hit with that weapon (her BAB plus stat bonuses plus size bonuses plus the weapon's +1 bonus). A PC will have their own BAB, stats, etc. and then the weapon is +1 on top of that.

Mary

I know if they end op getting the dagger it's just their individual BAB +1.

+1 is the enchantment bonus; +3 is his total attack bonus with that weapon.

Thanks for the answer Revan!

Really basic question about weapons in stat blocks in ROTR #1. As an example on page 28 in Koruvus' stat block his longsword says "+1 longsword +3 (1d8+5, 19-20)". What are the +1 before the weapon name and the +3 after the weapon name for?

I haven't played D&D in a while and finally got to DM the Rise of the Runelords adventure. I have to say that I really enloy the storyline, and the pacing seems good as well.

One thing I really like is how the material is set up in the book. It is much more handy than the D&D modules I've run. Things seemed to be set up where I would use them and are not as confusing.

Anyway the new Pathfinder series seems to be a new favorite of my group, and we've played together on and off since 1992. I can't wait to continue through the next 5 parts of the campaign. Having PDF's has realy added to my experience as a DM because I can take the material in more places.

I finally got a chance to play it, it is a great game. More fun than the other versions.

I cannot wait to receive my Zombie Fluxx game! I love the original game Fluxx, and zombie stuff...should be a great mix.

erian_7 wrote:

Sydrill wrote:

And what's whith the purple goon logo guy?

That's the Paizo golem.

-Lisa
Thanks, this explains it well enough for me.

Sydrill wrote:

OK, just an odd question, but where does the name "Paizo" come from? And what's whith the purple goon logo guy?

From the FAQ:

Paizo wrote:

What does "Paizo" mean?

Paizo cofounder Johnny Wilson suggested the name, which comes from a biblical Greek word meaning "to play." (The original Greek word is "paiðzw.")

How do you pronounce "Paizo?"?

We pronounce it to rhyme with "pie dough."

OK, just an odd question, but where does the name "Paizo" come from? And what's whith the purple goon logo guy?

Larry Lichman wrote:

I may be interested. What night of the week are you planning to play?

Right now it is still in the early stages but looking at 5:30pm once a month on Saturdays. Does that work for you? Wednesday nights might be a choice also but that would probably be 5:30 to 10:30 twice a month.

How do you tell if you have the "charter" tag? Just signed up, hopefully not too late.

~Sydrill

How do you tell if you have the "charter" tag? Just signed up, hopefully not too late.

~Sydrill

...You still rag on your old DM for the awful campaign he created...11 years ago!

so are there any really good FR sourcebooks to get my hands on while running this campaign?

so are there any really good FR sourcebooks to get my hands on while running this campaign?

In case you haven't had your fill of Drow or the Underdark...the City of the Spider Queen is a nice module to advance characters from 10th lvl to 18th lvl. We're about 1/2 way through it right now. It's pretty challanging but an nice long module.

I'm among the 'plot and story over hack & slash' crowd, but if I get into a gray area with the rules, I'll post here to get a consensus... No need to do that with story lines.

M

Sydrill

Three reasons my group has travelled the Realms for almost 10 years:

Depth, Depth, and Depth.

I would say that it does end the rage. This is just how I view things in terms of play-style. I think of someone worked up in a rage and gaining tremendous stength from the adrenaline rush and emotional focus that a rage brings. by making that person feel fear it undermines the rage and takes away the benefits of it.

OK here's an issue we ran into last night during the weekly session. The Half-Orc Barbarian in the party was raging during battle, then failed a "Horrifying Gaze" save against a creature from the City of the Spider Queen module, and cowered in fear. Next round a member of the party cast a Remove Fear spell to temporarily negate the fear effect.

My question is would the failed "Gaze/Fear" save stop the Barbarians Rage? If so when the fear was removed he would be fatigued. This was an issue last night because if he was fatigued the flow of the fight would take a severe turn for the worse, for the party that is.

Thank in advance for any comments.

I had a player try to lasso a huge black dragon once...I asked him twice...and he said YES that is what I want to try...needless to say it went bad.

Thanks for all the feedabck on the "Orb of Acid", I'm going to use a couple of your tips in my game.

Does anyone else think that the spell Acid Ball in this book is WAY overpowered for a 4th level spell?

Books, however, are a little different. Those items you mentioned all rely on technology to keep them "relevant." Technology has improved, making those items obsolete.

So, as long as we're demanding eternal value from our gaming purchases, maybe we should go curse Sony for daring to release the PS2 (and soon, the PS3) with better graphics, online play support, and new games thus obsoleting the old PS1 and destroying the $350 I invested in the system.

Sebastian

I've seen the previews and everything there is to Fane of Lolth except the product's booklet, and I'm wondering if it's worth it or not? Is it?
Thanks again adventurers! B*B

I was just thinking about the Skills Craft, Knowledge and Profession, and how not many of my players seem to spend points for these skills. Ultradan

As a DM I always encourage people to take Skills Craft, Knowledge and Professions; and usually find a way to work in ways for them to utilize them.

I've played through 1E, 2E and into 3E/3.5E and I'd say I like most of the changes were easy to adjust to and I like most of them.

The only thing I don't like all the time is the battle format. It seems the higher level you get the more battles slow down, sometimes to the point where all the fun & excitment gets boiled down to x's and O's.

Anyone gaming around Youngstown?

Depends on how you've been roleplaying your PC and alignment choices you've made.

I've seen PC's in my games handle this situation about a dozen different ways.

Y: The Last Man is a pretty good read, you can catch up with the TPB's.

We love our map projection setup.

Looks like a great book, I may pre-order.

Definitely bugs me that in most campaigns I've played in, we're asking ourselves, "Why, again, are we travelling together?"

I think I may make them create their party togehter this time, generating a combined back history and reason to be "committed to each other" in the game setting. I'm intrigued to see what they'd come up with.

I think it could challange me as a DM more to, because they would be a tight group. I often have had an easy time making them break the team concept during crucial situations.

For now the best thing to do is to search for your name. We have some plans for providing this or similar functionality at some point, but it's not at the top of the list yet.

Is there a way to search for only the threads that I have started? It would be nice to be able to see a capsule of all of my own threads instead of searching all over for them.

Just my thoughts.

just delete the bits in between the {QUOTE} and {/QUOTE} tags that you don't want.

How do people get only a portion of a previous message in grey in their post? I only seem to get the whole message in grey or nothing.

Moon Knight

My favorite (somewhat cheesey) game aid is using the "Knight" lego figures for mini's in my D&D game. I love those little dudes.

I haven't purchased th DMG 2 yet, I guess I might give it spin if would help this situation out.

Unfortunately we meet around 7, screw around till 8-8:30 and play till 10:30. The more often we play the less we waste early in the evening. Focus can be a problem if we haven't played in a while with everyone catching up with each other.

M y brief suggestions for ideas...watch the Sci-Fi Channel Dune mini-series and Lawrence of Arabia. They both should give you a plethora of "setting" ideas.