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Rathendar wrote:
Lazaro wrote:
Now for something "new-ish"
Rebuild of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
The fact they are doing yet "another" redo of the Evangelion title just makes part of me die inside. Come up with something new please =(
I saw this on the big screen here in Sydney. While it is fairly blatant cash-cow milking, being a shot-for-shot remake of the series, it is actually BETTER in many ways than the original. And I'm not just talking about advances in animation: a lot of the fat has been trimmed so that the core story remains the same without the ponderous creator breakdown going on around it. And Shinji is not as spineless this time around! That alone is worth the price of admission!
Seriously, if you get the chance to see this in a cinema, take it.
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Erik Mona wrote:
I'm curious.
Please choose one of the following. I'd appreciate it if you could elaborate a little bit on your thoughts on the following question, if you would.
1) I am interested in a "Modern" Pathfinder RPG because:
A) I specifically prefer the rules conceits of d20 Modern (Fast Hero, Smart Hero, etc., talent trees, other mechanics stuff).
B) I am excited by the idea of a "Pathfinder" Modern RPG, regardless of mechanics.
If the game becomes as successful as it appears it may, something like this is definitely within the realm of possibility in the medium to long term.
Please pick one of the choices above and expound a bit on the way you voted the way you did.
Thanks!
1) A) For me, for many of the same reasons I was eager to see Pathfinder. D20 Modern is a great, flexable system but it has it's share of problems. My main bugbear, like a lot of people, was the wealth system. For me I never flet like it worked properly. Also, D20 Future's gadget system, while a brilliant and powerful idea and one I liked a lot, never quite completely geled, again particially because of the wealth system.
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Berselius wrote:
Do you guys and gals think these classes (if done in 3.5 pathfinder style) would be a good edition to the Pathfinder RPG coming in August?
Avenger - A divine assassin with limited divine spellcasting ability
Invoker - A Warlock with holy based powers instead of demonic powers
Shaman - A divine-based Favored Soul/Druid with spiritual companions
Ninja - A Rogue/Assassin with limited arcane spellcasting
Warlord - A martial-based mixture of Knight/Marshal abilities
I think most of these classes are already in the various 3.5 books. Of course, most of them aren't in the SRD, so we'll likely never see an offical Pathfinder version, but that doens't mean you can't use 'em in your game.
For the Ninja and Shaman I'd just use the similarly named classes from the Complete Divine and Complete Adventurer respectivly. "Spirt Shaman" for the later.
As for the Invoker I'd just use the Warlock mechanics and make up some holy based fluff. None of the Warlock's abilites are inherantly evil so with some creativity you should be able to pull it off.
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Ubermench wrote:
More stuff to hate about anime
Tentacle monsters that have an hard on for prepubescent schools girls.
Demons that have an hard on for prepubescent schools girls.
Prepubescent schoolgirls that are better endowed than Tyra Banks.
The only shows I've ever seen that contain the first three items are of the more ...adult variety. The fourth is conpulsory in those sort of shows.
Ubermench wrote:
Outrageously spiky hair.
Pink, purple, green hair.
Pink, purple or red eye color.
Giant monsters.
Giant monsters controlled by prepubescent kid.
Pink eyes? New to me. Anyway, I really don't notice the hair and eyes anymore. It's window dressing and shorthand, like bad guys with pale skin and goatees or heroes with mullets.
Ubermench wrote:
Giant robots.
Giant robots that merge together and transform into even larger robots.
Giant monsters.
Giant monsters controlled by prepubescent kid.
Those are pluses in my book.
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hogarth wrote:
So price would never enter into it at all?
To take a real life example, I bought the War of the Burning Sky adventure path PDFs for $12. On the other hand, I could've bought the beautiful hardcover book for $200. The book looks terrific, but the price savings made the PDFs look more practical in my case.
The Hardcover costs $200? Whoa! 0_0
Anyway, back to the question. No, price rarely comes into it for me. If I see something I like, be it RPG, Book, DVD or whatever, price only effects is when I get it, not if and what format. There are exceptions, however. In the case of your example above, yes it would effect my decision because a $188us (I live in Australia so it would be even more!) increase is pretty ridiculous, even if the book is absolutely huge! Of course, I have never seen the War of the Burning Sky so I can't really judge it properly. That's another thing I don't like about PDF's: you can't always browse through them before you buy, like you can with a physical book in a shop.
I should also point out that I am a single guy with a decent amount of disposable income, so I don't have many of the financial responsibilities others may have.
EDIT: Another exception: for novels I usually wait to buy them in softbacks, but this is more to do with preference than price: I read in bank and post office queues a lot and a softback is just so much easier to handle.
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I personally haven't had any trouble with Tin Soldier or Games Paradise.
TS puts my Pathfinder Adventure Paths aside for me: I got 18 last Wednesday and 17 came in sometime last month. The issues come in roughly once per month so I never really experience the issues raised above. Yeah, ordering a mini can take some time but meh, I can afford to be patient. I don't find it that big a deal.
As for GP, they tend to get their stock in earlier than most NSW-based FLGS so I can't really see any dramas there, either. Both stores always look after me if I'm searching for something and I've never had any kind of deception or runaround.
*Shrugs* Maybe I'm just lucky. But ether way, it works for me and I will continue to do business with these shops.
Oh, and I do order stuff directly from Paizo every now and then. So I'm happy with everyone :)
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James Jacobs wrote:
T'Ranchule wrote:
PATHFINDER MODULE: CARRION HILL wrote:
Carrion Hill brings Lovecraftian horror to the game table and irreparable psychic damage to your player characters.
Does this perchance mean that sanity rules will be included?
Perhaps! Sanity rules ARE open content, after all!
But what it really means is that fans of the Lovecraft mythos will be seeing a few familiar names and creatures in the adventure.
Nice. Definantly getting it, then.
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alleynbard wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
For me, what resonated there is that in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, good DOES triumph. The world is changed for the better with the destruction of the ring.
And yet, that is not wholly true.
After the ring is destroyed the following events transpire:
1) The Shire is scoured by Saruman. The hobbits are placed into slavery and the realm is never the same again, even after the wizard is ousted.
2) Frodo never fully recovers from the wounds he received and is haunted by the events for the rest of his life. While he is allowed to enter the West, it is never clear if the burdens are lifted from his shoulders or not.
3) The elves lose what Galadriel calls the Long Defeat. They are forced to leave Middle Earth or diminish. There is no hope for them. Even the dwarves fade from view, becoming less than they were.
4) As the Fourth Age proceeds magic becomes rarer. The way to the mystic West is lost and the world comes under the control of mankind. Eventually Aragorn dies, Arwen dies of grief and the world becomes mundane. Even hobbits become like men eventually.
Good wins but it is a temporary victory, and one that is at the cost of all that is wonderful and magical in the world.
I hardly consider that hopeful.
If you go by the incomplete story "The New Shadow" (which Tolkien abandoned after 30 pages because he found it too depressing), there is also a rise in Morgoth cults and Orcish behavior in children 100 years later, during the reign of Aragorn's son. Which, ironically, sounds like the sort of the thing that would fit perfectly in Golarion.
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