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The SoccerRoos are through to Brazil, well done lads. Great game of soccer, some very tense moments.

Well played Iraq, lots of talented young players I think they will have an excellent team in the future.

Amphlett died on 21 April 2013 at her home in New York City after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 53. Because she also suffered from multiple sclerosis, Amphlett had been unable to have radiation treatment or chemotherapy for the cancer.

Rock on in the afterlife Chrissy.

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Unsatisfied with this world? This book will help you create your own.

wyvern (n.)
c.1600, formed (with excrescent -n) from Middle English wyver (c.1300), from Anglo-French wivre, from Old North French form of Old French guivre "snake," from Latin vipera "viper" (see viper). In heraldry, a winged dragon with eagle's feet and a serpent's barbed tail

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Was the destruction of the Death Star an inside job?.

This is the first time I am ever going to do a proper conversion of a module...

I was trying to work out the encounter level and reading through the module it recommends 10 1st level characters to 5 3rd level characters.

So is this really a 3-6 level module for 4-5 players?

Ancient Worlds: The Spartans.

NSFW (Some Nudity and Violence)

Merry Christmas Paizo staff and community, from Brisbane Australia.

It is a beautiful hot and sunny day, lunch is being prepared and Santa has visited.

I hope you all have a safe fun and happy festive season.

T8D

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The Milky Way viewed from the Southern Hemisphere.

Hello all,

Friends of ours who moved to Australia from the US are having a Thanksgiving BBQ, I was thinking it would be nice to bring something that is traditionally served on thanksgiving.

I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions?

It's almost summer here, it will be in the park, I wouldn't mind getting a game of American football going but I think only our friends husband and I (Go the Redskins) understand (me very badly) the rules.

I don't have any equipment for baseball.....cricket being the countries stick and ball game.

Is there anything else you guys do on thanksgiving?

They have found the oldest D20 yet... its from Ptolemaic Period Egypt.

Link to the io9 article.

I have noticed a few new GMs floating about. I thought we could chip in with and provide some tips.

1. If everybody is having fun then you are doing it right! That is to say if it works for your group, then you are not having bad/wrong fun.

2. Set expectations before anybody sits down.... This goes for players and GMs

for example:

This game may have some sexual content, there may be demons, and there may be gory bloody sacrifice and my combat descriptions are vivid.

or

I would prefer no swearing at the table, I would also like no sexual themes or anything that I might find religiously offensive.

3. Player/GM behaviour is also a good thing to be negotiated.... you might like to discourage racist, sexist "jokes" discussions about religion, sport, or politics during game time.... I have been penalised xp at times for Monty Python, Blackadder and Red Dwarf quotes.

4. Let the players know in advance the level of lethality you plan to use.

For example:

I roll my dice in front of you. If the random wandering the Kobold with the butter knife crits and kills you you are dead. I don't fudge in favour of the players or monsters.

Or

I will generally make sure that there are no insignificant deaths in the game.

6. Let players know well in advance if contribution for food and drink is required.

If you are playing at somebodies place its nice to bring some food.. Something as simple as a litre of milk or a loaf of bread and some cheese to replace the milk you use in the coffee and the toasted cheese sandwiches you eat.

7. Be respectful of your hosts... Say hello to significant others and thank them for the use of their space.

8. Understand that real life can make things hard for players to make a game. Have alternatives if you cant get a full crew.... Either NPC those that cant make it or break out some boardgames.

I am thinking of preparing a one shot adventure to use if our regular DM is ever away.

I am going with an all evil Drow adventure. The premise is they are part of the garrison of a small trading settlement a long way from the main Drow city.

The Settlement gets attacked and they have to flee to safety or fight their way out.

I am going to have pregens for most classes and many of the archetypes (I have Hero Lab so this is not a problem for me).

I am thinking of making the characters 6th level.

What is the appropriate level of starting money for 6th level characters.

I was thinking Urdefhan or Ghouls as the attackers... Are there any other creepy suggestions.

How many encounters would be right for a 4 hour game?

My daughters love this show - Its funny and educational...

There is a series of books as well...

Charles II: King of Bling .

I am thinking of playing a gun slinger based on an English Highwayman (More Plunket & McLean than Adam Ant) it has that gothic feel with tricorn hats and Mary Shelly.

I am going for the charismatic highway robber. Holding up coaches and relieving the rich of their valuables.

The GM is ok with me using both the pistolero and mysterious stranger archetypes. Is it worth dipping into any other classes.

I like making effective but flavourful characters.

So far - half elf, pistolero, mysterious stranger, with the rich parents trait and the rescued trait from the CC players guide.

Any suggestions on how should I proceed when I level and what feats I should choose.

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Monte recreates Rolemaster as an entirely app based RPG - all books character sheets and combat is run via IOS an Android apps for tablets, phones and pcs. No books required just turn up with your phone or tablet and game on.

link to iO9 article

I love podcasts and I listen to a lot of them. I thought I might do some reviews of the podcasts I think are worth subscribing to.

If you have podcasts you like and want to share feel free to review them here.

The first podcast I am going to review is the one that got me hooked into the podcast world.

The History of Rome.

I first picked this podcast up around episode 20ish as I was looking for info on running a Rome based Adventure.

The host Mike Duncan is warm, enthusiastic and has a laconic wit, that makes the podcast very entertaining.

I immediately went back to the first episode and started listening to the whole series. The first few episodes do have some problems with audio quality, some starting nerves and Mike is still sorting out the format of the podcast.

Once Mike settles in and gets comfortable as a host you will not be able to stop listening.

The podcasts goal is to go from the founding of Rome to the Fall of the Western Empire... (Sadly this is getting very close) Occasionally Mike has episodes on social and military aspects of Roman history to help give a grounding in the time period.

I give The History of Rome Podcast a 9/10.

Links

The History of Rome.

THoR is available on iTunes.

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The 25th Reich looks so bad it could be a lot of fun. LINK .

This looks hilariously insane DANGER 5 . It starts Monday on Australian television.

I can't link as I am on my phone. It's a good review.

I have noticed that when I am viewing my posts in the Fawtl thread from my iPhone, my avatar is not the dwarf I selected.

When I look at in edit it is the dwarf.

In Lord of the Rings Online - you can play Monsters, (Orcs, Spiders and Wargs) in a special PVP area - I have only had an hour or two playing it but it was a lot of fun even I was killed a lot of times by Freepeoples raiding or the lack of co-ordination by my fellow Orcs.

Would it be possible to set up Monster Player Zones where players could take on the roles of monsters of appropriate levels. The difference between facing an AI and an human would make the game very interesting.

Monster Players could advance into the higher areas by building up reputation for killing players.

link to breakdown of the game

Video of the game

First things first Go the Wallabies....

The USA are in the same pool and will have a tough time of it. I can see them loosing against Ireland, winning against Russia, coming very close against Italy and being used as a warm-down match by Australia.

My wish is a drop goal win for the Wallabies over the All Blacks in the last 30 seconds... My second wish is that any team other than South Africa or England win the same way.

A lot of people have said that there was buzz that WotC were going to make a big anoucement and then nothing happened...... I wonder what they might have announced?

Hmm wild speculation but isn't Pathfinder a wildly successful fantasy game?

Edited - thanks TH :-)

I am wondering if you can make a viable character out of a multi class Summoner Cavalier...

If you make the edilon the cavs mount... unfortunately you end up with a redundant mount.

Flavour wise if you can create a wyrm like creature that allows you to fight in dungeons then you have "fixed" one of the Cavs problems.

Are there any suggestions?

Article on io9 Playing Magic: The Gathering as an RPG

A possible (far in the future) version 5E?

There are a few Nic Logue threads that relate to Razor Coast, other products and refunds. Is it worth condensing them down to just the Sinister Adventures thread and closing the others including this one?

Breaker Morant is one of the best military courtroom dramas I have ever watched. Its interesting because its about the rules of war where regular soldiers are fighting insurgents.

Gallipoli is one of Peter Wiers best movies.

The Odd Angry Shot About Australian soldiers in Vietnam.

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Here are the Arctic Monkeys covering Nick Cave's - Red Right Hand .

INXS covering the Loved Ones - The Loved One .

Beck Covering INXS's Need you Tonight .

I am so tired of having threads ruined by people over enthusiastically defending their favourite edition. There is no ed wars option in the flag list just other stuff.

What changes would you make to the module to make it a bit more of a challenge?

I know we have a Home-brew, Third Party and a Tech section - I was wondering if we could have a section that will consolidate all of the programs and apps into one area.

This will make it easier to find new programs. There is some excellent stuff out there (the 2 excel sheets, combat manager and the Apps)and it would be cool if it could all be in one place.

Hello People

Thought I would start a separate thread.

Is the weekend of the 19th or the 20th ok for most of you.

We just need to narrow it down to either day and confirm a time and location.

I am thinking ahead to our up coming King-maker campaign and I was thinking of making a Dwarven Transmuter who was a Leonardo Davinci type and... I wondered what it would take to create an Arcane School of Engineering.

G'day :-) to all the Aussies the Paizo boards.

Happy Australia day

Have fun, drink beer, throw a few snags on the barby watch the POMs loose the cricket. Say "G'day", "Bonza", "you beauty" and "don't come the raw prawn" a lot, because they are kitch and fun. Do not say "Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi" because its cringe-worthy and stupid.

To the Queenslanders, New South Welshmen and Victorians that are dealing with the floods, hang in there we will all pull together and things will get sorted.

To All Australians remember our indigenous citizens and the hurts visited upon them by colonisation, and be sorry.

To the new citizens welcome, the beer is in the fridge, the surf is up, join in and enjoy.

For our non Australian friends - Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, the day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788.

We have citizenship ceremonies, concerts, sporting events, barbecues its a celebration of what is good about being an Australian.

T8D

If as the feat says I can gain a hex if I have obtained the prerequisites is it possible to use the feat to pick up a Major or Grand hex if I am of the appropriate level?

Thanks Jason, Its very cool that you guys are taking the time to support the game at this level. Paizo keeps going that extra mile and its appreciated.

The last intelligent weapon I created for my players was a few years ago now.

I used a similar process for creating intelligent items as I did for NPCs, I write a list of questions then flesh it out from there.

Who created the item?
Why did they create it?
How many had owned it?
Are any of the owners still alive?
Do they or their families want it back?
Is the weapon/item famous, do others want it?

and so on...

In Australia Christmas is celebrated in the height of summer it often gets above 30’C. Its too hot for Santa’s reindeer so he changes them for 6 snow white male kangaroos (male kangaroos are called boomers) at the equator.

Christmas eve there maybe a local carols by candle light (we all gather in a the park or local sports ground and sing eat and have a good time) if not you watch the Melbourne carols.

Christmas morning is spent opening the presents from Santa (or if you are a dad like me assembling toys from Santa).

Christmas day we have a big lunch with roast meat and hand out presents. We spend the rest of the day sleeping off the food and beer or playing back yard cricket or at the beach.

Boxing day we catch up with friends and eat leftovers and fall asleep watching the boxing day test match (more cricket).

I hope everybody in the US is having a fun and happy thanksgiving.

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. ~Theodore Roosevelt

I don't like cricket I love it.........

Especially when England is all out on the first day of an Ashes Test Match for 260...

Deadly exchange of fire between two Koreas

This is worrying - its the kind of mess that can suck major powers into a regional conflict.... not good for anybody.

I was wandering through some of the less savoury threads as was my want at the time.

Some of those posting their opinions were at best buffoons at worst villains of most undesirable character.

Rather than raising the temperature of the threads and applying a blow-torch to those I have found wanting, I shall show my displeasure by snorting with contempt and derision in their approximate directions.

Baaah!!!

T8D

I am thinking of placing Blackcove on one of the islands near Sandpoint. I can remember reading about an island with fishermen on it.

I am going to run from Shore to Sea with the events of Burnt Offerings and The Skinsaw Murders happening around but not to the characters... Just to add an extra level of strange happenings going on.

The basic premise behind the adventure is that they are Pathfinders from the Magimar Lodge and have been sent to Sandpoint to investigate Quinks claims that the Old Light was some kind of weapon.

They arrive just after a band of heroes have driven off the goblin attack and a posse is chasing down the survivors.

When they go down to the water to look at the old light is when the events of from the module start.

Is there any tips or ideas anybody would like to throw my way....

Interesting article on my favourite animal the Platypus

iO9: the platypus knows 80 different ways to poison you

The IT Crowd Moss The Dungeon Master .

then watch

The IT Crowd Moss The Dungeon Master pt 2 .