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Granted: It's made of foam, but the shaving cream kind, so it disintegrates in your hands.

I wish that I had a surround sound system for my TV.

I'm Vampire level. According to UPS I'll be getting mine probably Tuesday of next week...3 business days to go.

Can't wait!

I would love to see some class or race specific weapons and armor, especially for the lesser used races. Studd that curses a character outside of the class or race that tries to use it, but gives big bonuses otherwise.

Could i get class acts sorcerer?

Dot

The party that I currently GM for consists of:

Cleric
Rogue
Ranger

We used to have a Cavalier but he moved so...no arcane, very little in terms of melee...but so far it's been fun.

I'd be interested in seeing Rappan Athuk as a destination in the upcoming Pathfinder Online.

That...
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So is this the only thread that our goblins will appear on? Cuz I can't get my goblin to appaer on any other thread.

Well done Drejk!

Dotting. Interested in the reviews.

Wait...giant green thing next to my name?

A Diplomat class. A class that is based around charm, charisma, and diplomacy -- essentially a Pathfinder version of Final Fantasy Tactics' "Orator" class. For clarification, here is the Orator's description according to http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Orator

The Orator, also known as Mediator in the original version or Talker in the Japanese version, is a job class from Final Fantasy Tactics. A magical-based job, the Orators use their voice as their main form of attack, along with guns. It is through the Orator the player can recruit monsters into their party, but they can also be used to recruit human characters.

It could maybe be a bard archtype?

Dotting as well

Received my pdf. THANKS!!

In my campaign, half elves are second class citizens, and half orcs are treated like dirt. It's an effective plot device, especially since, say, half orcs decide to stage a revolution and half elves, much like the underground railroad, provide strategic help against the existing government.

Dotting.

Bumping cuz this is just too awesome not to.

Would love to see more feats. Feats are always good. Especially feats that are class specific. Feats that really make you want to be a Druid just because of the feat that you can use...or a fighter only feat. There's my two cents.

Class acts Wizards

Maybe this is just me but I like the daily uses idea more. More strategy as to when to use it...making more of a constant thing makes the class feel like a fighter archetype to me. But that's just me.

I was the $100 level. I got my PDF of the bestiary saturday, and Cyclopean Deaps 1 today, but still waiting on Cyclopean 2...

Yah I see your point, but i still think your class needs a little more buffing ability, and a healing ability seems perfect to me. If not that than maybe....

United effort.: beggining at level 4, once per day, when any spell with the qualifier "equal to 1/2 your character level" is cast on an ally within range of the captains coordination ability, the captain may choose to let that ally instead experience the effects of the spell as if it instead said "equal to your character level." Beginning at level 10, this ability may be used twice per day. At level 16, three times per day.

Confident presence: A caption may use his coordination ability to give one ally in range +2 + 1/2 your captain level temporary HP that lasts for one minute. At level 9, a captain may choose two allies instead of one to grant this bonus to. At level 15, he may choose three instead of two.

Also, I think that, in keeping with the lotr captain theme, some minor healing/divine casting abilities would be perfect. So I thought of this:

Beginning at level 4, a captain chooses a single domain, as in the cleric domain/ sub domain. The captain gains all spells, but not abilities, associated with this domain. A captain must have an intelligence score equal to 10 + the spell level to prepare or cast the spell. A captains spells per day are equal to the ranger spell list given on table 3-12. A captains spell list is extremely limited. He may only cast spells granted through their domain plus the following spells: cure light wounds or inflict light wounds, cure moderate wounds or inflict moderate wounds, cure serious wounds or inflict serious wounds, cure critical wounds or inflict critical wounds. If a captains chosen domain already grants these spells (as in the healing domain), a player may choose one spell to learn in place of the cure/inflict spell taken from the cleric spell list. They receive one such spell to learn per spell that is already granted by their domain/ sub domain. A captain may only choose one spell to learn, and this is a permanent decision. The spell chosen is subject to GM approval, and cannot be of a higher spell level than the spell being replaced.

Thoughts?

See's title of thread. Jumps out of seat and begins to read voraciously...

Ok, with the books in the mail to the previous winners, now's your chance to get in!

Inside my brain is doing cartwheels and making amazing Acrobatics checks.

Note: Previous winners are not eligible to win again for the remainder of 2012.

Inside my brain my amazing mental gymnist just rolled a "1," and, on a re-roll granted by my GM, proceeded to somehow roll a "-1," which resulted in my mental gymnist doing a series of faceplants in the all-around, the rings, and every other gymnastic event, in rapid succession.

LOL. But in all seriousness thanks for doing this. Hopefully more people get the word out about your site. Really awesome reference.

Well said review endzeitgeist. I agree except I do think that creation focus is pretty awesome as is.

Speaking of which, the Super Genius bullet points is pretty awesome. Nothing earth shattering mind you, but some cool new feats that are worth checking out. Just my two cents.

I've compiled who is getting what and asked my wife to begin boxing/shipping.

This is who is getting what:

1) Robert Duncan III
Sending: Signed First Edition Core Rulebook

2) Mike Richards
Sending: Advanced Race Guide

3) David Bass
Sending: Ultimate Magic

4) Kyle Bentley
Sending: Inner Sea World Guide

Note to Dbass I do not have a mailing address for David. You should send that over to me so we can determine shipping.

Note to all of you: If shipping is just a couple of dollars (which I can't imagine it being much more than...) we'll just cover it.

I sent you a message with my address. Thanks!!

dotting. I have 7 days to convince my wife to let me buy this

So....what's the news?

Working off my insane student debt...

Fair enough. By the way, I didn't see your email in my inbox. When did you send your announcement?

I'm sure that they will post. Who doesn't want free stuff right? speaking of which, how do you want us to pay you for shipping?

I'm third in line, so I'm not sure if the other guys will take what I want...but this is the order of things that i would like to have if possible:

1) Ultimate Magic
2) Ultimate Combat
3) Advanced Race Guide

To be honest, if you had a 2nd edition printing of the core rule book, I would prefer that above anything right now, but since I don't imagine you have any of those, I'll take any of the above three in that order.

Thanks so much! And it was a pleasure getting the word out for your website. You are awesome!!

WOOT WOOT!!

Today is the day. Crossing my fingers!!

I don't know what Paizo will decide to do, but I can tell you right now that if they don't at least have a free starter period (like 2 weeks or so), then I won't play. I would like to be able to try the game before I decide to pay.

This is why obamacare scares me. Go ahead and disagree with me all you'd like. It's your right to express your opinion, just as it is mine. Note: for some reason when I try to post this website it adds an extra space on the word "where," so delete the space when you take a look and it should send you to the right site.

http://www.dentistryiq.com/news/2012/07/24/how-obamacare-harms-the-poor-whe re-to-begin.html

I also found this conversation, from the point of dental students, online. I did not contribute to it, and it presents arguments (in blog form, so yes, there are intelligent and stupid comments in abundance) from both side. I especially found the summary about 1/2 the way down useful in deciphering the legalese that is the CPPACA. And I also like the rant by Member 459982 about 3/4 of the way down. Very true from a dental student's point of view.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=927504

In regards to my comments about being forced to do-more-and-fast-or-go-bankrupt, this was written a few days ago from the point of view of a dentist. One thing to note, the writer makes the assumption that a dentist's overhead is around $100/hour. I just talked to a dentist two weeks ago who said that, for his practice, he had to make $250/hour to cover his overhead. The implications, after reading this article, are not fun to think about.

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2012/jul/31/gl_mac_lee_080112_183730/

There. I've had my say.

No one trusts the media at large anymore. They hold less sway than ever. And those that still do somewhat, according to ratings, are watching Fox News.

The truth is the media is biased. Period. FOX is right wing, MSNBC is left wing. It's just the way it is.

If you want to be educated about politics you have to either 1) listen to both sides of the arguement with an open mind (which usually means listening to multiple news stations and reading lots of articles from CNN...a hastle), or 2) you realize that everyone has an opinion that to them seems valid, and respect that.

Full disclosure: I'm a republican. I'm also a dental student who's looking to buy my own practice right about the same time that Obamacare is looking to change the healthcare landscape. From my totally selfish standpoint, I want to be able to treat people the way I want to be treat them, and not be dictated or limited by goverment sanctions. I want to charge what I think is fair, and have people agree or disagree to my treatments and costs of their own free will without compulsion. I do NOT want to run a "meat factory" practice, which is what Obamacare would likely due to my field or work, where I get paid crap and the only way to put food on my table for my wife and kid (after paying off over a quarter million in debt that I took on to pay for school) will be to work as fast as possible, thus emphasizing quantity over quality. That kind of practice/mindset is not why I entered this field at all, not to mention a lawsuit just waiting to happen.

Have you read the Hunger Games? I would think that "Mutts" aka "Muttatations" would fit perfectly into the Firefly world(s), and would allow for some of the more, dare I say, 'realistic' of the Pathfinder Bestiary monsters to be incorporated.

Here's a crazy idea. So my main villain in my campaign is a dragon rider riding a white dragon. My players will probably be in the level 12-15 range when they finally engage him in combat...but I was thinking how cool would it be if, instead of just the dragon rider template, if he was also a vampire?

A vampiric dragon rider...sounds pretty fun to throw at my players right?

But that of course, because of the bond between the rider and his dragon, would mean that the dragon would also be affected by his rider being a vampire...

...so I had the idea for a vampiric dragon. The idea sounds freakin awesome to me.

So Mr. Epic Meepo, could you make a dragon that has vampiric qualities to it? I don't know if it would help, but I imagine that the dragon would be white in color, so perhaps start with the white dragon template and then do some hard core adjusting?

I'd be interested in seeing a melee class (fighter archetype?) that is based around anger/rage. Not to be confused with our beloved barbarian, think more FF7 Limits. Based on damage he has taken, he either A) deals slightly more damage or B) can deal an explosive amount of damage in one swoop.

I'm not sure if this would work, but I'm thinking that it would be a system of "points," kind of like the gunslinger, that the character gets based on how much damage the character has taken, which could be expended as a free action. So a character with 3 "points" could deal +3 damage with each successful hit, OR, could spend all 3 to have access, for one turn, to a feat or two that they would otherwise have no access to.

What do you think?

Oh by the way, any thoughts on the spell-less Paladin?

haha awesome...

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Will definitely try to get this done

I'd love to see spell-less Paladins. With options! And...onion rings!Sure, that.

LOL. I've been thinking about this for a while now. Really a good idea.

I'd like to point out Sorcerers tend to actually get their spells and abilities from their blood (force of self, and whatever.) They don't just study it, they are just born with it usually. Took me reading Order of the Stick: Start of Darkness to actually realize that.

On a related note, make's me question the flavor of the sorcerer class. What would happen if you did have magic blood flowing through someone, yet they chose to pursue, say: the way of the Fighter? The study of the Wizard? The Nature-loving Druid? What happens to that magical blood?

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Make's me wonder what it would be like if that were true and certain characters actually had innate magical powers even if, say, they were a fighter. Some of their abilities also make me question if they should be a 3/4 BAB class instead of 1/2 BAB (Draconic Bloodline, bloodlines that give natural attacks0.

You should mention this to smilodan in his "help me think of a new base class i can design" thread. He'd probably love the idea.

dbass wrote:

I would love to see a bullet points feat set for the machinesmith class. I know its not a class that super genius developed, but it would be awesome!

LPJ and I go way back, and we've already agreed this is a thing that's going to happen. I'm working on it now.

Much like 6 Spell-Less Ranger Feats, if I like another publisher's 3pp product, and there seems to be both interest in and a need for additional options for it, I'll happily write a BP about it.

So when considering what you;d like to see in future BPs, don't feel like you have to restrict yourself to Paizo and Super Genius. I don't promise anything, but I'm open to all ideas. :D

In that case, might I suggest that one of your bullet point feats (for the Mobius Weapon Greatwork) would be something similar to the Spellbreaker feat? I would love for this class to have access to that feat or something similar to it considering the machinesmith's anti-magic theme. And could you imagine how fun it would be to be playing a machinesmith with a big ol' nasty greatwork weapon, while taking on a magician trying to defend himself? Ahhh....~smiles~

I would love to see a bullet points feat set for the machinesmith class. I know its not a class that super genius developed, but it would be awesome!

Work, work, work....

;-)

Name that firefly episode.