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I don't suppose they could get rid of Festivus while they're at it?

Thanks for reminding me of the logistics of the idea.

I was thinking mostly from the technical aspect though.

So I have been SWTOR and have been enjoying it. But I got to wondering what and how much of it would it take to refurbish it into not online traditional pc and/or console game with its save points and etc.?

I understand this would never happen. This is just a hypothetical.

480. One of the three sneezed. I said "Gods bless you" and now we're all stuck in a Rahadoumi prison.

Late in the reply. Basically natural law and gods need not be exclusive from each other. Here are some possibilities:

-The god is the embodiment of said natural law.

-The god wrote the law.

-In continuance to the above. The god who wrote the law built the system based off the law and acts to maintain the system.

Natural Laws and Gods and be buddies hanging out keeping the world spinning.

Why do natural laws and gods have to be excluded from each other?

Is it just me or do they mention slavery a lot. I mean more than one would expect. Also, the Laughing God Kofusachi seems odd to me.

I've been doing a go through of ME 3 and is it just me or does Jacob seem angry or somehow displeased with Shepard the whole time and he's doing a poor job of hiding it?

I'm the company's advocate for reality.

So you're the designated driver of the paizo staff?

Also, which version of "Let the Right One In"?

Stay healthy, get plenty of rest, and keep up the awesome work Paizo one and all.

Have a sandwich.

If it gets too out of hand is there a sub forum or some place they could be placed to keep things from getting too cluttered?

One NPC, Ostov Dolgrim worshiped Shelyn. Due in no small part to his venomously disowning him when his Black Blood manifested and he found his Demon hide ability activating. He sought love and family.

Another NPC, Arunj, doesn't so much worship Gozreh as Gozreh is his direct superior. He is the Spirit of Garund and the NPC for mythic run of Serpent's Skull I am running.

Yet another NPC, this one an unfettered eidolon. Venerated Gorum becuase he was the eidolon of a Blood God Disciple who worshiped Gorum but died in Magnimar. His battle cry was "For Kifah and our Lord in Iron!"

Two reasons:

1) The Starstone is quite difficult for aboleths to reach physically... even if it WASN'T at the heart of the largest city in the region, it's still above water on dry land.

2) Aboleths are not fond of deities, and would likely rather destroy the Starstone than use it.

The power of ascendance comes from the Starstone.

Follow up questions Mr. James Jacobs.

What about a Veiled Master? They walk with equal ease between land and water.

They hate deities but they love power. Why would that stop them or one?

Mr. James Jacobs,

My roommate poses the question: Why haven't any of the Aboleths tried to use the Star Stone to ascend?

Another question: IS the power of ascendance a function of the stone itself or is the stone just the cause of the test and ascendance comes from another source?

In the game i'm running off and on (Its the campaign for when my Dad visits) she has become a regular supporting character offering emotional support and acts as a knowledge contact for the group. They helped her buy a house in Lepidstadt and she has also become the Beast's teacher.

As for character interaction. They value her and consider a true friend. My group for that game is a two person group so I have another NPC adventuring with them. I have him and Kendra interacting in such a way as to make the others wander what kind of hold she has over him. This played to enjoyable comedic effect. The PCs know they're not related so they wonders to what they're relationship is. He is also the group's means of keeping in contact with her when they're out adventuring.

Yay the celestial hawk postal service!

Generic Villain wrote:

I agree with Evil Midnight Lurker - Outer Gods are certainly potent, but not overly so when stacked against beings like Desna, Abadar, and even Rovagug.

Isn't it implied somewhere that Desna might be a former Lovecraftian being herself? She's ancient, extremely so. She may have come from somewhere else in Golarion's Material Plane. And she's linked to the stars and songs. What form did she take on and possess before she became her modern incarnation as a deity?

No actually. James Jacobs has specifically stated that Desna is not a former mythos entity.

383. Because this is all I am.

This seems as good a spot as any to ask this question. What role (If any) did the outer gods and their ilk play in the battle against the Rough Beast?

Also, the whole the gods are interlopers and the outer gods are the natives is just what the mad cultists say and we all know they are hardly reliable narrators.

I think its such a sweet and wonderful testament of how much Paizo listens to us that they specifically included that tiefling and the goblin babies for Mikaze :)

Well they've got to feed him sometime right ;)

"Well, that wasn't supposed ti happen."

You guys are coming up with a lot interesting ideas I don't know if I should mention the couple of details I left out because it would probably bring things down...

Want This

Well you're going to have to eat your meat before you get your pudding.

Mr. James Jacobs,

I was wondering your thought on something. Say there are five nations and the founder of each nation wanted some means to influence their nation and the world after the their death (Or the time they were expected to die). One leader, head of a military dictatorship, had crafted a helmet to pass along their knowledge, wisdom, and vision. Another, the head of a nation controlled by a trading consortium, arranged that every leader after them would be infected with the same mind altering disease they were afflicted with. The founder of a monarchy became an undead and manipulated things behind the scenes. The fourth was the leader of a tribal confederacy and gave lasting orders to a long lived magical beast or fey creature.

I'm having trouble thinking of another means for the fifth founder (Also, the head of a military dictatorship) to continue influencing events. What do you think?

Also, since an Alchemist's level counts as a caster level for item creation feats does that mean they qualify for craft wand?

I have looked but I have not seen any spell less variants of the antipaladin. Have I missed some or are there not any?

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You kind of got your points on the spectrum off but indeed Happy Easter to you.

Poetic license, NPC. Don't be so literal. ;)

An English teacher roommate and father who was a teacher. My apologies.

You kind of got your points on the spectrum off but indeed Happy Easter to you.

205. Because you're an eidolon/familiar/animal companion and your free will doesn't enter into the equation.

Rides a black horse with fiery hooves.

Uses a spiked chain
Symbol could be a flaming skull...

:-)

Ha nice :) Epic flaming mustache.

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Huh...

Did you want this entity to have origins in Golarion? Because if you're going with an alien angle, the possibilities explode all over the place. Like maybe a related giant space bug that followed Desna around during her journeys, or a champion from another world with an environment built around the aspects you want him to have.

Keeping him on Golarion, there's still a ton of ways for it to go. If you go with the Nidalese angle, mabye he was touched by something not entirely malignant from the plane of Shadow? Or going a darker route, and cerainly tying into his Endurance aspect, maybe he was a survivor of one of the Kuthonite's more brutal sacrificial rites involving turning their victims into semi-kytons, or something similar at the hands of one of the Umbral Shepards(seen in Inner Sea Bestiary).

This is probably stretching the "aberrant" aspect, but maybe there could be a bit of Reverse Bogeyman at play? That is, maybe this guy(or a part of him) was once something of a living nightmare from the Dimension of Dream that saw the dreams Desna guards over and fell in love with them. Feel like that's moving more towards the esoteric though, while those three major aspects seem to call for more immediate and solid representation on the material plane.

I do want him to fit in Golarion. One thing thing I had been thinking about was there was an almost duel aspect to his mind.

donato wrote:

Sutter, what is your favorite cartoon? Do you still watch cartoons currently?

Favorite cartoon of all time? Probably Voltron. That thing had such a huge impact on my childhood brain that I have steadfastly avoided encountering it as an adult, because I don't want to have my youthful illusions shattered. Seriously--that thing and Sesame Street probably had an equal impact on Preschool James.

Currently? I don't watch a lot of cartoons anymore--or really television at all--but I've been really amused by Adventure Time and Bravest Warriors. If you watch them with the wrong group, they can admittedly seem juvenile, but if you're in a room with, say, Paizo's own Wes Schneider and Patrick Renie, you can laugh till you almost pass out. Plus, I just love the schizophrenic creativity those shows produce--there's so many different ideas that get shoved into each one. I imagine that those shows are what proteans watch when things get dull in the Maelstrom. And come on, who can't love Catbug?

Because Schizo is the best kind of Phrenia ;)

I'm inclined to say yes. Just explain some of the more elaborate or expansive vampiric powers as vampires with class levels.

I didn't read to heavy into the vehicle rules but they and the cannon rules should cover the one group's war wagon.

D himself would be a Damphir who took some of the Damphir feats as well as levels in either Inquisitor but most likely Ranger.

Retribution, Darkness, and Endurance?

Sounds like a tireless hunter or revenant. A creature that just won't stop until it exacts its revenge. Kind of like Jason from Friday the 13th. The Relentless Slayer.

Interesting. I had been leaning towards something like this but hadn't arrived at that point yet. Throw in the CG twist and you have something less petty as Calistria but not as bound as Iomadae.

Hi Mikaze. I figured you'd be on this like the female iconics on Carrion Crown. You're a bit later than I expected ;)

I hadn't thought of him interacting with Nidal. Good thought. I can picture his coming to full ascendency while doing work in Nidal.

I forgot to mention there is also an alien/aberrant aspect to him.

So I am making a demigod who is a CG demigod of Darkness, Retribution, and Endurance. He is also a willing subordinate to Desna whom he worshiped as a mortal.

How would you guys play him?

The NPC wrote:

Mr. James Jacobs,

Where in Magnimar is the ring of stones that matches the Leng Device in Pinnacle of Avarice?

Where does it say that there is such a ring of stones?

In the RotRl anniversary edition page 354 upper right hand paragraph.

Mr. James Jacobs,

Where in Magnimar is the ring of stones that matches the Leng Device in Pinnacle of Avarice?

My players planned the Abaddon out of things before the fight and the end was result was that Karzoug was defeated with no one taking any damage and Karzoug never even got up from his throne. My players are also specialize in tactical war games and they went for Kourzaog first ignoring the other opponents.

Mr. James Jacobs,

We are one session away from finishing Rise of the Runelords! lords lords lords... Next we will be doing shattered star and with it we will be using the mythic playtest and eventually transition to the final version when it comes out.

It has been established that mythic characters would have the option to grant spells to followers. Since we are using the playtest for the time being at what tier would you suggest someone being able to grant spells assuming their mythic power is divine in nature?

To represent his cult I was thinking about using the leadership feat with them being various kinds of divine spell castors.

Yeah, yeah it kind of was, but it did have some good points at the start. Don't they always.

I feel so assaulted. Oh woe is me *Melodrama*
:)

65. Because love.

*Non accusatory* Please note, I wasn't making moral judgements on the matter.

I think my doubt on the matter comes more from the image of "pop a pill or smoke a joint and somehow you're instantly wiser and more aware than those stiffs that harsh your mellow."

I would assume any tradition that includes psychedelics or flagellation has more to than "Want enlightenment? Just add pesh." Wouldn't they be building towards something and the use of such substances or actions be the add on?

As I said this isn't about whether it's good or not. It's about real and long lasting versus fake and short lived.

I don't know. I don't see one the fellows using artificial means for a temporary means of mind "Expansion." I could definitely see one focusing on the discipline of Alchemy to attain enlightenment.

The NPC wrote:

Mr. James Jacobs,

What are some good Leng themed magic items that you can recall being in Pathfinder?

Leng is not a Good aligned place. It's magic items are evil. There were several published during the Rise of the Runelords campaign, and a few more in the penultimate Shattered Star adventure.

Not good as in moral alignment but as what are some interesting Leng themed magic items?

Mr. James Jacobs,

What are some good Leng themed magic items that you can recall being in Pathfinder?

I looking for some Leng themed magic items or artifacts. Any suggestions?

*Looks for the T-Rex*

Yes they do tie together. I had the limited props yes but I decided to make it work for me. Another tie in is "The keeper's Words." The fellow from instinct with the long hair is the central focus in that one.

You pretty much got Love's Sword.

I'm not leaving tends to get an emotional response. Always be careful when showing your videos to groups of elder women.

Also, I posted the first Errata and FAQ video. There should be a link in the Gamer Talk section.

Mr. James Jacobs,

I am currently running Serpent's Skull and I was wondering what do the serpent folk call themselves*. Similarly for the cyclopes? I know the cyclopes don't make an appearance, or at least not as far as I have read, but they've been mentioned.

I ask because the npc in the game is the spirit of Garund itself albeit still mostly asleep, but he/she would refer to them properly I would think.

* Traditionally the proper names for a group usually translate to "The People" but in their language what would it be?

The NPC wrote:

James Jacobs wrote:

The NPC wrote:

Mr. James Jacobs,

How would Mengkare react to one of his "Citizens" or their children manifesting gold dragon blooded sorcery? What about one of the less pretty bloodlines?

Scandalized. Those defective citizens would be processed. As might be their parents.

Processed? AS in kicked off the island or one of those mysteriously charred corpses that washes up on the coast?

The method by which undesirables are processed off of Hermea has not yet been revealed.

O.k. It was the lack of "Off the Island" that threw me off. Thank you.

The NPC wrote:

Mr. James Jacobs,

How would Mengkare react to one of his "Citizens" or their children manifesting gold dragon blooded sorcery? What about one of the less pretty bloodlines?

Scandalized. Those defective citizens would be processed. As might be their parents.

Processed? AS in kicked off the island or one of those mysteriously charred corpses that washes up on the coast?

James Jacobs wrote:

Androids CAN feel emotions, but not very well and they simply don't process them accurately. They're immune to certain types of magically induced emotions (notably fear effects and magical emotion effects), but can feel their own emotions... but just not very well. Think of them as nearly "blind" (or at the least, VERY nearsighted) when it comes to emotions. There is likely an android SOMETHING out there that can unlock this blindness, just as glasses can "unlock" near blindness.

Like maybe they have some parallels with RL issues some have reading emotions in others and expressing their own? That is, an android might have as much of a well of empathy within as a human, but has incredible difficulty understanding why it feels what it feels, what it's feeling, and expressing that?

Re: Immunities, wow, I'll be. Completely overlooked that.

I am now reminded of R. Dorothy Wainwright from The Big O.