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From a more direct personal concern -- given recent movements to try and force MasterCard to not pay companies that engage in alternative lifestyles/LGBTQIA+ community, what is my form of payment going to need to be if they pull the plug on Paizo?
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Many of the social media platforms indicated have changed their policies to be more 'in-line' with what Twitter is doing since January. Like one indicates, this one's to them is exceptionally limited -- the time that a platform use was attempted, said platform wanted way too much personal information that this one was unwilling to impart. So it becomes less 'one platform/ignore it' and 'ignore all platforms' and it starts adding up, plus gives a really bad feeling for the direction of Paizo. Thank you for the post and the summary, this is the salient point that this one was having a hard time 'boiling down to'.
When the rewards are tied to going on media platforms that one reasonably does not feel safe on and could actively imperil one's existence to get some e-coin, that's a problem. When one has a subscription, one can cancel it if finances aren't looking so hot, the product line does not draw interest, or access means change. When one is signed onto this new program it forces a situation of expected participation that could cause dramatic concern for some. Recently had to do a lot of soul-searching, because as Ed Reppert noted one is not getting any younger and one is approaching that point in life where one will have to dramatically downsize. It is not a good feeling. May one find enlightenment on one's path as one desires (or not).
This new set-up feels predatory and aimed at keeping 'whales' hooked, while stringing along those of us who do not have massive resources and or access means in a vague hope of getting 'bonus points'. I understand and respect Paizo wanting to make money. However, this does not feel like the best way to do it, as it appears to punish people like myself.
Definitely on-board for GothBug. Is Navasi working out or something? She looks a lot more buff (and much better armored) in this picture than in previous designs.
I appreciate the trait and hope it makes it back into PF2 as well, but they do need to be a little careful. This shouldn't be applied to haste, for example, lest dragons consuming potions of swiftness massacre entire parties. That just turns a combat situation into an roleplaying situation where the parties come up with ways to dissuade the dragon from going full ham. I see it as win-win, personally, because it allows for truly awesome roleplaying design in systems. :>
For pre-order so card does not time out, what is the best window to place an order?
I've found the game more enjoyable since alignment has been removed. It's helped funnel the folks who are truly edgelordian to other games and systems, which makes for a more fun play experience. It also enables folks to actually be existent entities working with other existing entities without fear of 'sudden random power failure' for 'oops, that person you helped was EBIL'.
Is the PDF supposed to be saying it's available?
Its a benefict for the people on GenCon...on a quite elitist way, on my point of view. That won't get an argument from me. I've been unable to go to Gen Con for five years now due to multiple health and safety concerns. Thinking though is that their system can't handle a graduated rollout, which would be a thing. Hopefully it rolls out at the time I'm thinking, because 1000 Pacific will have some very angry con-goers treating the store team poorly.
No, it makes a kind of sense, if they are aiming for a Gen Con Exhibit Hall 'live' time would be 1000 AM Eastern/0900 Central/0800 Mountain/0700 Pacific. And since it would be a traditional 'draw' to Gen Con, they probably did the timing to match up with that, because otherwise there would be some Customer Service issues.
Also, some customers cannot afford the space of the larger hardcover for any of a number of reasons. ...and may be getting the.pdf for pro forma reasons.
Does Witchwarping prematurely age members of the class? I could have sworn Zemir's hair was much darker in SF1?
More importantly, a 'Prism' may have many, many more facets than a simple 'Ray'. Just sayin'.
Some day I want to see an inverse Aroden - an evil deity who keeps trying to carry off evil schemes and is constantly screwing up and making things better for everyone by mistake and happenstance. Broken base of legit worshippers (LE/LN/NE) on the one side and a small splinter congregation of CG who are completely convinced that he's actually an incredibly clever trickster deity and faking it.She's keeping good company with Desna and Aroden. Just so, so much Aroden.Cuts both ways. The gods make errors of judgement on grand scales on a regular basis.Hi there, Sarenrae! So Abadar, then?
I'm looking forward to the rework removing some of the 'clunkiness' of my Tengu Fist of the Ruby Phoenix Champion of Sun Wukong. Being able to actually pursue Justice while being a follower of the Monkey King instead of being sort of pigeon-holed to Liberator is refreshing.
Smurf in peace or having a blast wherever you're at, Gary.
It's a knock-down effect of the Drift Crash. It's effectively easier to get to Pulronis from the Pact Worlds (and vice-versa) via Drift 2.0's 'Drift Lanes' than it is to use the 'traditional route'. There are also a TON of interplanar disturbances in the Vesk system, so flying 'conventionally' via non-Drift things is also a very risky situation. At least, that's the nutshell IIRC. Others who are more Starfinder lore-savvy please feel free to correct and/or adjust.
Wouldn't that be the ORC License?
I'm pretty happy with most of the stuff we have right now and coming up in Howl of the Wild. Always love more ancestries of course, but we're at a good point. I'd still like to get some Darklands ancestries (Xulgath, Sekmin) and some Arcadian ancestries (Rougarou, Wyrwood), maybe something from Casmaron if we ever go there. Other than that, we've got a lot of options already. Selfishly, I might also like if Harpy sometime becomes an ancestry, or some other "generic bird" ancestry which would be less restrictive than Tengu (appearance wise), more humanoid than Awakened Animal, and less humanoid than Strix. But that's pretty damn specific and redundant. I could see Harpy as a regional variant of Strix with bad hygiene and press issues. And it's not redundant and the specificity is what I'm interested in, too.
Paizo and Artificial Intelligence This would probably be a better fit in homebrew?
It does make me wonder how many breathe weapons a 1/2 Dragon Kobold Dragon Instinct Barbarian multiclass Wyrmblessed Sorcerer can get... A completely different kind of 'huffing'.
Martials still need amplification to 'catch up' to casters, if we are going to revive that old tired thought-chain. I have very rarely run into 'cheerleading' from casters. If anything, Casters throw out a craptonne of rockets and let the martials 'catch up'. The perfect blend of support/blast is hard to find.
They might be Uncommon in Tian Xia but Rare in Core.I'm not going to get too excited about making characters until i see what the rarity of them are; if they are Rare, there isn't a reason to expect I'll get to use it right away.Well, hopefully with the Tian Xia books coming out where dragons are so commonplace one can't sneeze without having to take them into consideration, they'll be Uncommon? That would become incredibly annoying and once again highlight the problems of the Rarity system.
The big thing for PF2 Shifter if one is in the works is to allow folks to stay in forms indefinitely from the entry gate without putting too much of a malus on the character. Claws? Big deal. Ancestries have them, as do multiple classes.
And the list goes on.
I'm not going to get too excited about making characters until i see what the rarity of them are; if they are Rare, there isn't a reason to expect I'll get to use it right away. Well, hopefully with the Tian Xia books coming out where dragons are so commonplace one can't sneeze without having to take them into consideration, they'll be Uncommon?
I'd prefer to think of it as 'person-y' dragon, but totally understand. I have a sort of similar feel about goblins despite them being a Core Ancestry, and get that others are still excited about them.
Ootoya FOREVER! Yayyyy art of Lady Jingxi! With possible Annoyed Action Pose of What did my husband do THIS TIME?? I have to get it out of my brain about The Great Flood... You are warned...:
Human snake-a-pede... Human snake-a-pede... Some city's gettin' flattened tonight... I'm loving what I've seen of the .pdf so far, and have put the hard copy on order despite space issues because so many questions that have been bugging me are getting answered!
The other added benefit of using a new term versus a 'traditional' one is that it becomes something that the ORC license can cover wholly, versus the concern that a certain company with tons of lawyers and infamously armed security forces decides to take offense.
My brain may be conflating the two, because it was exceedingly rare that G folks 'fought to the death' but folks who had the E were seemingly always doing it. I'm really curious to see how the factions will define on this one. I just hope it's not like the PFS1 Scenario Red Harvest where it was scripted to be IMPOSSIBLE to get the factions to sit down and talk to each other. That would be a waste of narrative space, imo.
The general consensus among the people I know is that acknowledging all aspects of one's Ancestry is more important than the arbitrary delineation by a bunch of folks in some bureaucracy and welcome the change. EDIT: For a Versatile Human ancestry I'd probably suggest something like Arodenian (since Aroden viewed himself as God of Humanity) or some other term that encompassed enough of Humanity without being bigoted. Not saying the idea of Human as a Versatile Ancestry is bad, just suggesting stepping away from historically bad things.
That gets EXCEPTIONALLY problematic because of the racist connotations IRL. It is why they stepped to Aiuvarin (mixed elf ancestry) and Dromarr (mixed orc ancestry) Putting 'Half' on something implies 'lesser' rather than 'better', and there's a whole section of society that leans into it.
Waiting to see what it entails, and what sort of 'load' it takes to play one. Hopefully the Versatile allows things like eventual flight or other goodies.
And in shocking news, detaching arbitrary morality judgements allows for more flexible writing with opponents that may or may not be wrong, just looking at the world through a different lens. I'm hopeful that in this arc (and others) that the flexibility gained allows for more options and outcomes beyond 'They all fight to the death because they are (alignment)'.
I'm selfishly hoping this Bloodrager can use Sorcerer bloodlines, because a few of my 1e favorites (hello, Nanite Sorcerers!) never crossed over.Given that Nanite Sorcerers relied pretty heavily on the High Technology rules to be really that unique, it might be more accurate to say it hasn't been brought over yet. The technology guide wasn't published until 2015, which was a lot longer after PF1E than right now is after PF2E... In addition, the game is a lot more 'flexible' to adjust to such in PF2 (I would submit even moreso after ReMaster) than it was in PF1. There have already been androids as an Ancestry published, along with their Feats which should help lay a roadmap.
As long as things remain on schedule.
Given a choice between transforming warriors of power and racially-charged stereotypes of fighter and rogue, I'll take transforming warriors of power, please.
And now I'm thinking 'Intern of the Apocalypse', some poor unpaid soul that has to get Szuriel coffee every morning..
I'm thinking that there will be representation from the Pathfinder Society and the Knights of Lastwall, and possibly the Magaambya. The Firebrands and Hellknights wouldn't be too much of a surprise. For nations, Oprak and New Eurythnia are basically guaranteed, and I think that a surprise emissary from Highhelm might also show up. Said emissary might be carrying a most unusual message from a king long dead...That would be from Dongun Hold more likely, wouldn't it? Also the Matanji from the Mwangi Expanse, come to think of it.
It would be a neat and efficient way to step 'away' from 'Dragon Disciple' (which is probably OGL on some level) plus hearken back to Legacy of Dragons (from PF1)
Is that PF2 Lore Warden (less heavy nerfing)?
foreign organizations who answered Ardax’s call In addition, the Pathfinder Society more than likely. The organization has a relationship with the orcs in the region dating back at least to Season 8 of PFS(1).
And the deity aspect was put in place specifically to prevent folks from going "Oh, we murdered Pharasma in one round so we're all immortal now" and trying to make the claim that it covered everyone (or inspire other tables to do the same). By not giving the deities statblocks, if memory serves, it becomes solely up to the GM if that's the story they want to tell -- and it will only hold for that table. So really curious to see how that is maintained while things are going down.
I still have no idea when and how Arazni has become a deity. In Tyrant's Grasp, Arazni was not even a demigod, just a powerful mythic character. Now, Tar-Baphon is still a mortal (albeit very powerful), yet Arazni has become a full-fledged deity? Did she touch the Starstone?Arazni was Iomedae's goddess and Aroden's herald until she died. And also punked hard by Iomedae's crew to get her to 'dying'. 'By accident', of course. But it looks like she got some beach time and is recharged and in-charge.
I wonder if this will take the narrative space of 'Skald' and bring it more in-line with 'could be any culture' versus 'seems to be Scandinavian'.
All I want is a reason not to use a shield. I hear this thing about Monks and Shields and yet none of my monks have used them to date and their AC was best at table. Am I missing something?
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