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I finally received my Bestiary, unfortunately it was free floating in the box, and had the top covers and one corner damaged. The damage isn't horrendous, but it was a bit of a bummer.

mdt wrote:

+4 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence, +2 Wisdom, +2 Charisma, –2 Constitution. Noble drow are very agile, observant, and regal. These ability score modifiers replace the standard drow ability score modifiers.

Wow!

mdt wrote:

Permanent Detect Magic
Divine Favor, Dispel Magic, Suggestion once per day
Dancing Lights (0), Deeper Darkness (3), Faerie Fire (1), Feather Fall (1), Levitate (2) at will.
Spell Resistance 11+CL (as opposed to 6+CL for Drow)

More wow!

Jason Bulmahn wrote:

So... yeah, a drow noble character would be 1 level lower than the rest of the group.

Did you test that?

I mean, the stat bonuses are pretty neat (there's a +4 in there!), I'd almost say that they're worth a lost level alone.

Spell resistance, which means you'll evade a lot of spells completely, is really useful, too.

And then there are the spells. Some are just useful, like feather fall. Some, like darkness and levitate at will, are really useful. And then you get divine favour, dispel magic and suggestion once per day?

I'd almost make each of these sets of abilities cost a level. All together? Sounds powerful to me.

If I told my characters that this race was open, I would have an all-drow party.

They're not unattainable, you could have a 20th level minotaur...in fact that would be a nice NPC for 20th level characters...20th level barbarian Mino with +5 Full plate and a Huge Great axe with auto confirm criticals...

I love the Drow Nobles mechanics!! They work great in my opinion...and reducing the standard drow to 6+HD SR is nice too.

Nah, the sooner the kid's exposed to true terror the better she'll be at handling it. I recommend Rosemary's Baby, the Exorcist, the Omen, Event Horizon, The Mist, and In the Mouth of Madness.

If PG-13 is a hard ceiling, I recommend The Others or The Orphanage, both of which are ghost stories in the classic tradition but which have pretty powerful twists at the end that still give me shivers just thinking about them. If you want something specifically made for kids that's creepy, I suggest Return to Oz, one of the most formative films of my youth.

Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl. PG-13, the undead are pretty freaky for younger kids...and it's fun!

You can rarely go wrong with GHOSTBUSTERS.

I mean, the Librarian scared the heck out of me as a kid, but overall, it's a cool movie.

I like 1+2+5.

It was a high technology world, the giants were a slave race, enslaved by technology, they rose up and threw off their shackles, destroyed the technology and are now the rulers of the world. Kind of the opposite of Eberron.

Xaaon of Xen'Drik wrote:

Any of you Paizoites playing Pinnacle's Rippers facebook app? It's kinda fun, and the more allies the better.

I'm on it, but only intermittantly.
I'm also on D&D tiny adventures.

Any of you Paizoites playing Pinnacle's Rippers facebook app? It's kinda fun, and the more allies the better.

GM of PZO Sector-Alpha Complex wrote:

"What's your name shooter? Mo-R-ATM? Look here..." As he points to the screen. "Your team was each authorized 1000 credits with which to purchase gear on CBay for your current mission. [COMMIE KILL CRAZY CHECK OUT INTERRUPTION] or at least that's what it says here..." Now like I said, there are terminals by the door, or you can use your PDC."

Wait, someone authorized 1000 credits for me to purchase gear? Wow! Why didn't any of you guys tell me that I had 1000 credits to buy stuff with? Mo rushes over to the computer terminal with a huge grin on his face and starts flipping through items trying to find something applicable to his position as a hygiene officer on a troubleshooter team.

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Savage Worlds all the way for me. 10 bucks gets you the core rules and they just put out a fantasy companion as well to handle D&D type games.

Rules light, fast, solid mechanics, easy to pickup, and damn fun to play.

Their motto is FFF. Fast Furious Fun.

Blood Elves were in Earthdawn before they were in WoW, Wish FASA had still been fully functional before Blizzard snagged them...

related to?

So you can buy comics and fantasy or not?

Can we call in some Daleks? and Maybe Some Cybermen?

"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE"

"FILES WILL BE DELETED!"

Will get my character sheet updated.

So, it's wrapping paper with a 1" square grid? Doesn't Seem Very green to me, nor does it seem economical, since I've had my battlemaps for 10 years, I know paper for gaming doesn't last 10 years. (unless you get some Vellum sheets.)

EDIT: HAH what a waste of my 2000th post.

Also, did someone from gaming paper buy this on Paizo just to review it? Seems a bit odd that it gets a 5 star review from someone who has only posted once...but I could be wrong.

Not only that, but would a spellcaster (i.e. a skilled worker) want to spend his days casting the same cantrip repeatedly (4800 castings in an 8 hour day)?

Apprentice work.

Gauntlets are pretty pointless for a monk to use, and they also kind of fly in the face of the idea of an unarmed guy or gal who does bare-handed kung fu.

Unfortunately the way the current monk is written, that's what it lends itself to, not to a boxer, or a dwarven grappler.

xorial wrote:

My houserules:

Katana damage: 4d8 + Str score, 10-20/x10.

Ninjas get "Hide in Plain Sight" at 1st level.

Halflings are treated as rogues at their character level, no matter what class they are.

Chainmail bikinis give an inherent Charisma bonus equal to the armor bonus.

45 point buy for character creation.

Sorcerer & wizard can are essentially the same. Get spells like wizard, cast like sorcerer. One has bloodline & other specialization.

Expanded the Bard spell list to include Magic Missile & Fireball.

Candy & pizza are members of the healthy food groups.....for your character's survival, that is.

Sometimes I wonder how many realize these are joke houserules. Except that bikini thing, lol.

Paizo carries 3PP stuff as well...that statement confused me...

TOTAL AWESOME!!!!

Glad to see the stirge toned down, the 1d4 con dmg is deadly for their CR.

That's another house rule incorporated into Pathfinder. love it!

I am going to assume everyone will push forward into the chamber ahead so no one has to wait for people who are not posting! We got plenty of people in this game so the ones who don't keep up with the posting will get left behind or if it keeps up dropped, unless they inform me real life issues are happening and I or someone else will need to NPC them for a short time! Sometimes I need a little kick in the butt myself with posting so don't hesitate to send me a little motivational email!

OOPS, how did one character jump from 2 to 5 leaving the others behind?

a vow? From the Book of Exalted Deeds? Those vows are extremely broken, hammer against the vow, make him lose his abilities...

If you can't get it under control, I would talk to you player, showing how broken the character is.

Xaaon of Xen'Drik wrote:

I had another idea...

One of my players preferred the Beta Cleric domains, what if you had a dedicated domain, that stacked on the existing domain.

Example: You would take the water domain, then for your second domain you would take the dedicated Water domain. Now the Dedicated Domain would grant advanced powers in addition to the basic powers.

So you would end up being extra specialized in one area? That's a really cool idea. Very flavorful.

I had another idea...

One of my players preferred the Beta Cleric domains, what if you had a dedicated domain, that stacked on the existing domain.

Example: You would take the water domain, then for your second domain you would take the dedicated Water domain. Now the Dedicated Domain would grant advanced powers in addition to the basic powers.

It's amazing what happens when you leave out a requirement like "Must worship a good or lawful god." So many threads about odd paladins...

Dragonborn3 wrote:

Someone asks for opinions on a character concept and people automatically quote someone else. How are someone else's words youe opinion? How are rules?

The OP was asking about a concept, aand clearly stated all the reason his character believed Asmodeus was a good god. If someone put that much work into a character, I'd allow it, and ask the player if he would like his character to learn the truth or not later on.

My opinion:

If I was the GM, this would be a tough sell, with a very strong likelihood that I would reject this character concept.

And you'll notice that I cite no rules whatsoever. That notwithstanding, yeah.. "NO".

As people have mentioned previously in the thread, sincere worship of one diety done in the name of another diety (the Tash versus Aslan reference, where good in the name of Tash is taken into account by Aslan), would have some merit with me. I would want the player to understand that on some Meta-level, lest they think I "messed their character concept up" at a later point.

I'm not saying it's impossible for me to accept this characer concept, but it would have to be an exceptional player. Not a casual one, or somebody I didn't know well.

As a player at the same table, I'm not sure I wouldn't buck and just walk away. Again, mitigated by my trust in the GM and the paladin player.

All my opinion, and not relying on RAW whatsoever.

Frankly, the only reason I see for Asmodeus to put up with this would be in order to corrupt the paladin. Not undermine their adherence to law, but weaken their faith in the inherent goodness of people. Because from his point of view, Law is necessary because people aren't good; and for Law to work effectively it must not hindered or fettered by altruism and moral conviction. So if this paladin suceeds, it ultimately undermines Asmodeus to some small degree. That might be an amusing intellectual pursuit or game for a while, but as the paladin rises in power there will come a time when 'enough is enough'....

The low intelligence aspect is great, he's too dense to realize what's wrong with the doctrine.

Xaaon of Xen'Drik wrote:

David Fryer wrote:

Pax Veritas wrote:

"Its a trap..... get an axe."

Yep, they are trying to trick you into playing 4E.

Did they change the rules to 4e? About the only way I'd play LoL...

Actually it was a poor attempt at a joke. I do find the way they handle levels andsuch a little wonky though. Certainly not NWN.

This is awesome news. I still have my DDO game tucked around in my case of games. I was dreading having to sign up for a subscription, but was curious to give it a try again. The idea that I can play it for free is great! I've just gotten into Eberron with 4e so the game means a fair bit more to me now too. This should be fun.

let's put Favored Soul in instead of Artificer...what?

Favored Soul before druid also...Turbine is weird...

But it'll take a while to hit level 10 on two characters, so enjoy it to level 10.

Pax Veritas wrote:

"Its a trap..... get an axe."

Yep, they are trying to trick you into playing 4E.

Bindlplotz Cogwhistle wrote:

Check out the sheet for Bindlplotz, I took a few minutes to finish tweaking it...heh, I made it so his light shield attaches to his musket to act as a bipod...whetehr that's actually beneficial or not is totally up to you, I just thought it was a fun clockworky thing to do. He also smokes a big Sherlock Holmes' pipe and has a pack dog that enjoys helping him.

Everything looks good, but you still need to give Raduloket access to the sheet. Other than that and your saves missing the class bonuses, Bindlplotz is ready to go. I'll have an answer on the bipod mechanics before your first combat.

Oh, and you should check the Bestiary Preview for Puposaur's(great name, btw) stats. You should list them on the sheet in case they ever change(barding, buff spells, etc), even if he's never intended for combat.

For your recent notable act, we'll say that your recent success as a merchant is how you're best known in Sasserine, unless you have something else you'd like instead for your burgeoning reputation. Welcome to the Savage Tide!

I read the site notes.

Free Play you get access to 2 characters.

You have access to Stormreach and it's environs (whatever that means)

Warforged and Drow are paid contents

Monks are paid content.

OK let's get a Paizo Guild going, I'll be having my kids create accounts also, and I can play on 3 comps right now.

I played for 2 years, then quit because I had to trim the fat, and City of Heroes beat out DDO for my keeper. But since I can play for free now...well...AWESOME!

I can keep up with games on Paizo, not sure if I could keep up with a game on another site...

It's the way I use my profile, putting all my active games in my profile...and I tend to post several times a day, if the game is moving quickly

Skaorn wrote:

I agree that Warforged, as is, are pretty good. I just wanted to get rid of one of the stat penalties to make them more attractive to other character concepts. I do like the +2 to any stat and -2 to Cha better though.

I'm in agreement with you. The only thing holding me back from a +2 to any -2 Cha is that I don't like mixing a +2 any with any fixed bonus or penalty. I can't see dropping the -2 Cha as most warforged are just beginning to develop personality. I stick with the +2 Con seeing them as built as a "forced march all night, fight all day" counter to Karnathi undead troops. Not necessarily stronger, but able to keep going no matter what. Lacking in human frailty if you will.

Nothing in the description of them really calls for a -2 Wis, so it was an obvious choice to drop. It's not like they have an inherent recklessness.

I keep track of all my PbPs and interesting links on mine.

Skill Based magic system.

Racial hit points from Beta

Alternate Class abilities.

Advanced poison crafting rules to allow increasing any of the numbers in the stat through concentrating them.

Advanced alchemy crafting

Advanced Masterwork crafting, to give different abilities to masterwork weapons and armor, (reduce wt 10%, increase dex bonus by 1, reduce arcane spell failure by 5%, etc....with each change costing more and more, multiple changes growing exponentially)

All the traits in one location!!!

A flaw/advantage system like the one cryptosnark put out, but reworked into the point buy system, what I did was allow new class skills at 1pt, extra skill points at 1 pt, a new feat at 3 pts, and a new trait at 1pt.

Why not someone from pathfinder dev team come up with their view on the matter? A lot of good ideas here but still too many conflicting opinions. I think they only could come up with whats best for pathfinder system.

That would be awesome if they did since i plan to include warforged AND shifters in my homebrew campaign setting.

I don't think it would be a good idea to get their LA by +1

GAH!!!! My ex-wife hated Seattle that's why I left there...she threatened to divorce me if I didn't get transferred...

Man I wanna go to SteamCon!!! And PaizoCon...and all the other kick arse places in Washington...man I miss it up there...

The reason I changed the forged to give +2 any stat, -2 CHA, is because they are designed by their House Cannith masters, to perform specific functions. While a Warforged Fighter might have a +2 STR, the rare WF Wizard or Artificer will not.

You follow the scout to the tomb. When you reach the tomb, you see it is definitely elven in nature, Valenar, by the style of the markings. Krenshk points out the hobgoblin footprints.

Bindlplotz Cogwhistle wrote:

I'm not going to be done with mine today, my time constraints will let me play, just i need to get some projects done before I can finish him...sorry to hold you up. So obviously I'll take "Rich Parents" to pauy for my gun...though the actual background of the trait could be different. At +8 Profession (gunsmith) I think I would have been ok crafting it ;)

We'll say Merchant's Tongue has an either/or component, offering 300gp and the 5% bonus on sales or 900gp with no permanent bonus, if you would prefer a self-made image along with the money. I'd rather the trait be part of the backstory if the benefit is used, so this way you have more than one option for where the money came from, business or family.

It could even be a "Life's work, you begin play with any 1 masterwork item."

XP? Personally I am just hoping to get a free level of the PrC Mother class myself when the day comes.

Xaaon of Xen'Drik wrote:

OK, I need to know how you're going to treat this long rifle...because I don't want to be a hindrance to the group.

How long will reload time be?

Will you be using the exploding dice and misfire rules?

How much is this monstrosity going to cost? (which OGL costs are you using?) Since you have a clockwork location, is it steampunk like? Do you have Iron Kingdom rules?

Because if it's going to be a huge hindrance, I will switch to a double crossbow, and have a little steam engine instead of a crank to reload it...(having to spend an exotic proficiency to have a poor weapon just won't be fun.)

I love the concept of a gnomish sharpshooter, but if I'm gonna suck, I'll have to save it for another game and just go with a different weapon, y'know...

This article might be of interest.

The rest of the world is more medieval than steampunk, especially the parts in the AP, but I do have some reference material for Iron Kingdoms if it comes to that.

The cost of the weapon itself is extreme for 1st level(about 750gp by my reckoning), but the reload time should be very fast. The expense of making ammo is something I still need to work out, but with the right craft/profession it should be manageable in your timeframe. I won't be using exploding dice or anything like that. It's just an extremely uncommon weapon, but for a small weapon, its damage(1d10) is unparalleled. There aren't any feats in the core rules, but I'll make sure and drop some in if it's important to your character. At 1st level, you're not going to see a huge mechanical difference from other ranged weapons, but it will perform faster than a crossbow as you gain iterative attacks(without rapid reload, that's a given with this sort of weapon). It also has tremendous roleplaying potential, I think. If you stick with it, I'll make sure it gets the same attention as any other character background choice(I just...

500gp+25% would only be 625gp right?

Pygon wrote:

Ever since my player rolled ridiculously high on most of his dwarven cleric's stats, and I was utterly unable to challenge that little bugger (except the one time he made the mistake of allowing a righteous-mighted cult leader full swings), I use point buy. It keeps things on a more even level with everyone.

When I do have players to roll their stats, I keep a note of the results, and use the same stat array for all but the mook npcs. (Of course, I just roll one set and have everyone use the same set, so it's a bit easier.)

That way a really lucky roll during character creation doesn't remove all the challenge from the game. It is a bit of work though, but man is it epic fighting something like a Gnoll archer/assassin with player level stats on top of their racial modifiers. Puts the fear back in people.

OK, I need to know how you're going to treat this long rifle...because I don't want to be a hindrance to the group.

How long will reload time be?

Will you be using the exploding dice and misfire rules?

How much is this monstrosity going to cost? (which OGL costs are you using?) Since you have a clockwork location, is it steampunk like? Do you have Iron Kingdom rules?

Because if it's going to be a huge hindrance, I will switch to a double crossbow, and have a little steam engine instead of a crank to reload it...(having to spend an exotic proficiency to have a poor weapon just won't be fun.)

I love the concept of a gnomish sharpshooter, but if I'm gonna suck, I'll have to save it for another game and just go with a different weapon, y'know...

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Thanks to the Core Rulebook, I have now seen a Paizo product in a Borders store (DFW). Before, I only saw Paizo products at Barnes & Noble.

WTF? I called a Borders store about this and they said it was an online-only product!

Excellent, how much do firearms cost in that area? Will taking Profession (Armsmaker) cover creating the powder and casting more ammo? I guess I better take a higher strength or plan on getting a haversack as my first item to carry a bunch of lead and chemicals around.

And in your world is it a gnomish long rifle? so I don't have to spend the exotic feat on it?

That would be a terrible capstone ability then.