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Vanaras live in Vudra. This is actually established in The Icebound Outpost (PFS 3-19) - which is... my work. However, I didn't make that up; Vanaras being Vudran was established in the outline Paizo had in mind. There are Vudran pirates living in the Shackles - in Rampore. Vanaras aren't mentioned, but they would make a natural addition to that settlement. 
Unlike him we don't believe in taking the right to kill someone else. 
Lots of stuffing things in each other's mouths in this thread, and You Know Who wouldn't approve of that! Please behave yourselves, lest I declare you all abominations and shut down the thread with great vengeance and furious anger. I now return you to your unresolvable argument. 
I would talk to the GM whether you decide to leave or not. This sounds like an awfully disorganized game, and moreso for a WoD game where there should usually be less random rolling for events, not more. The GM needs to get some constructive and civil feedback about getting the group to work together and cluing you in on the game. Either way, if you stay or go, the GM has useful feedback. He or she may disregard it, but it's better that he/she has it--then you can at least say you tried, and if the GM's games go poorly in general, it may eventually hit him that s/he needs to try a different approach. 
You know what? Women are people too. They play games just like men. There is no difference. 
You know what? I went back and reviewed your emails to me. I don't have time for this nonsense. I think we are done here. You're a f~*$ing piece of s*~%, Gary. I f%!!ing hate a*~@!~#s like you, with ypour stupid corporate slave mentalities taking over every space available for people to talk, forcing us all to act like proper little robots. You can suck a dick, you free-speech hating f@*@stick.
Removed a post. Encouraging people to commit suicide isn't funny. 
Have any of you DM types considered running a WFRP 2nd Ed game on these boards? I am applying to one with Zombieneighbours, but I truly enjoy our group here and look forward to our games. It is a very diverse grouping of individuals we have here and though we possess a varied outlook on the world and life, seem to do a pretty decent job of treating each other with respect and support even when we disagree. Not bad for people spread around the globe and who have never met one another. It is pretty amazing that something as simple as a game could bring us together. Soldiers, lawyers, professors, teachers, single mothers, and students, straight, gay,or somewhere in between yet through it all we seem to have good time regardless of how bitter Tark can be;). It seems I have strayed from my original question, lol. But, that is of no consequence as I was discussing how enjoyable an experience being around this campfire was with wife and thought that I should express it here. Funny how things can change how you see the world. 
You cannot compare civil rights and womans suffrage to same gender marriage b/c and . Disclaimer: The bold and font sizes are my emphasis. Ah, defending your position with Leviticus 18:22 using the "it's condemned in the bible, so I condemn it too" position. I tend to avoid this direction of discussion ... but since you opened that door, I ask that the court allow a little latitude on what I'm going to say below. Let's take a stroll.
But why stop there? What else is considered sinful? Let's see.
But let's get back to Leviticus. It's a holiness code that was written over three millennia ago that also includes prohibitions against:
Don't get me wrong; morality is important. Morality is what one should be doing that is right regardless of whatever I am told. Whereas in some religions, this sometimes come across being told what to do regardless of whether it's right. You're welcome to your own interpretations of the bible and its politics, but I believe that some of us can come to a justified moral conclusion in lieu of a book which instructs us to adhere. So, I have to ask? Are you all-in? Or do you choose to follow certain moral conducts and disregard the other ones? I seriously cannot imagine you to be a modern-day Nazirite. EDIT: Makes me feel relieved that when I bought the Paizo Golem Limited Edition T-Shirt back in April 2010 that it was made with 100% cotton. I don't expect to change your opinion whatsoever. Nor is it my concern about "winning the Internet because someone. is. wrong." But if you're going to use a certain source as a reason for your condemnation, please make sure that it's a blanket condemnation and not something you can pick and choose because it's exegetically convenient for you. And with that conclusion, it's time for me to resume surfing the Internet for my prime directive: invoking Rule 34. Ciao! =) 
The real lesson here is that I should refrain from posting anything at three in the morning when I'm tired, grumpy, and irrational. My apologies to the contestants. 
Why—did he accidentally leave some people alive there? 
true freedom of speech as in the costitution was meant to prevent the government from locking away people who disagreed. It is not meant as a free pass to be jerk or something described with harsher words. 
I don't care what it's called. If it's a hardcover, you're probably getting my money. So far I have all 8, and is at the top of my "to buy" list. Woah! What's that book? A compilation of the reply posts to my reaction to dual-shield fighting? ;-P
Hey, James, do you like hunting? I like the wandering around in the woods part of hunting, and I like the looking for animals part of hunting, but I'm not a big fan of the actual hunting part of hunting. 
Lawful Good doesn't mean Lawful Stupid. That top-left alignment is a problem for a lot of players. It's not just neutral characters that can weigh options. Lawful Good characters aren't one-dimensional, they have ideals that they believe in; this doesn't mean that they need to be short-sighted. Yes, LG means upholding order and virtue, but people far too often overlook the willingness of LG characters to understand the concept of "greater good." The very idea of working toward redeeming chaotic or evil characters escapes the consideration of many players playing, or playing alongside, a LG alignment. You need to remember that your alignment doesn't play your character, your character plays its alignment. Alignments are not character archetypes, they are an oversimplification of a character's worldview. There exist a myriad of nuances within the nine alignments. My LG character could make decisions that would make another LG balk, and still remain in the light of his god. 
My vote goes for Horror on the Orient Express. A "deluxe" campaign in every imaginable sense. I'm suprised that Chaosium hasn't reprinted that one ever. Especially considering that the German company (Pegasus Spiele) that handles Chaosiuim's stuff supposedly expanded it to be even more awesome. Which is not uncommon...apparently Pegasus Spiele does deluxe editions of everything they translate from Chaosium that put the orignals to shame. I kinda that wish Chaosium would put out English versions of the Pegasus Spiele Call of Cthulhu stuff...or just hire away the guys that add the extra awesomeness.
Sorry, no. Problematic posts need to be completely gone. Sometimes we have to remove several posts because they respond to or quote a removed post and the resulting detritus would be distracting. Also I feel really strongly that the "no edits by moderators" policy leads to greater trust on the part of the reader. If people thought we were going around editing posts, whether we left a note or not, that raises all sorts of potential for claims of abuse, claims that what is being read is not what was originally written, and so on.
Keep in mind that neither Paizo nor Wizards of the Coast are likely to post in this thread any secret future plans, so everything posted in here is going to be pure speculation, based on pure speculation. So when you feel like disagreeing with someone (and you probably will, I can tell it has the potential to be that kind of thread), keep in mind that it's just their opinion. They're no more privy to the truth than you are. And when you post your awesome idea that Paizo absolutely must do or else we're going to go out of business, please have faith in Lisa, Erik and the rest of us that we got to this point because we're not stupid.
Removed a post and its replies. We really, really, really are tired of the edition war nonsense. Play the games you want to play, and don't denigrate others because of their preferred game system. 
Wes, Sean, Liz: Why don't we sell these boxes?! I want my employee discount on a shelf full of characters. 
I came here back in early 2006 to ask a question after getting verbally pooped on by folks on another forum way back then. Here I got nice answers, stayed, made friends, and the rest is history. I hate seeing the same behavior that drove me away from that other site happen here. Be helpful, be nice, or ignore it and move on.
1) Probably, but I'm sure I forgot which one. 2) Not unless it descends into a tangled mass of rules bickering or edition warring or homophobia or misogyny or badmouthing of my favorite movies. So far, so good! 
One of the biggest projects that I wrote for that never came out was a project that TSR was developing back around 1990 which was going to be a beginner's book on roleplaying games. They went around to all of the famous people in the game industry and got them each to take on a topic or two (or three). I got three chapters myself, doing the "Introduction to Roleplaying Games," "How to Make An Adventure," and "How To Use A Published Adventure." When the book got canned for some reason, TSR gave me back the rights to the articles. I then sold the latter two to Dragon Magazine, and they came out in issues #198 and #200. The Introduction to Roleplaying Games was on the WotC website for a while, though I can't find it now. Pierce (our Sales Manager) has used it to educate buyers at the book stores. Maybe I will see about getting that Intro article posted on paizo.com. It would be nice to have a repository for it and perhaps it will serve a purpose when the Beginner's Box comes out. -Lisa 
I've been thinking about this situation for some time. I even talked with the Legendary Games guys a few months ago about reaching out to Nick as I see Bill has done. Good job, Bill. But it has become clear to me that this whole thing is just too overwhelming for Nick. People want nice clear logical reasons for what he is doing. I don't know him. But in my job I see people in similar situations--situations that have just gotten way out of control. And I can tell you they don't act logically and clearly in the way people here want. It also seems everyone (well, almost everyone) wants to help Nick, to see him succeed. I sure do. He's written some of the best stuff I've ever read. He is very talented. Keeping up the pressure on these boards or by private emails or calls will likely have the exact opposite effect. My hope is this, people let the dust settle. Nick reestablishes contact with someone. Rehabs his name a bit with the RPG group. And if that helped him get his feet under him and turn to handling RC all the better. Maybe backing off is the best way to see Nick's return, which I think is what everyone wants. Just a thought. And maybe back off a bit on the judgment of him. I mean, I can think of times in my life I've dug myself into a hole or made mistakes or done things I wish I hadn't. I'm pretty sure we all can. And saying "yeah, but not as bad as HIM" is hardly a helpful response. This industry is way too small to be out for blood. Don't waste that hate on an artist who has gotten himself in a hole. Again, just my thoughts. Your mileage may vary. Clark 
Read the Player's Guide? :) Uh, what? You ask "where is the romance mechanic", Gorbacz points out where it is, and you insult him for it? Really? 
I never post in these threads, but this seemed like a special occasion. Hey, Gailbraithe, guess what? I just flagged every single post of yours from the last two pages. Why, you ask? Because for the first bit, every single post you wrote made me ashamed to be reading them. After a while, I just started flagging them on principle. Speaking as an *actual* member of the working poor, I think that your ideas on class are absolutely ridiculous, and what's worse, insulting. Go take your faux-revolutionary screed elsewhere, and stop polluting our minds. 
While fairly close, this is actually a common misconception. If Erik were a normal publisher in the publishing business sense of the word, then you would be right on. However, the entity currently designated "Erik Mona" is actually an early draft of the program that would eventually become Microsoft Publisher. In late 1990, an unnamed Microsoft programmer was working on creating a new entry level desktop publishing program. Going against all laws of Nature, Gods, and Man, this unfortunate genius attempted to fuse artificial intelligence into the program by combining it at a base level with both "Clippy", and the accumulated rock knowledge of Ronnie James Dio. Due to an unfortunately timed lightning strike at the moment of compiling, the fledgling program gained an evil sentience and immediately ripped the mind from the programmer, taking over his body completely. Since this time, The Publisher has jumped bodies three times (six, if you count the unfortunate incident at the Bodies Exibit in Seattle last year, but this incident is best not mentioned). The current body, designated "Erik Mona" in an arbitrary name draw, is the one with which you are familiar. The ultimate goal of The Publisher is completely unknown, but it seems happy (and therefore less lethal) when we give it an office and let it play out it's "bigwig at Paizo" act as much as it wants. We live in fear at all times of The Publisher. Thanks,
P.S.:
Some of these facts may vary from actual truth somewhat.
This is NOT a question about how to extract images from my new pdf. I simply want to decrease the file size so it performs better on searches, scrolling, etc. To change Decrease File Size, I need to change the security setting. To do that, I need a password. Do you provide these passwords?If you live outside the US, it's most likely legal to just run a DRM removal tool on the PDF you bought. Many countries have consumer rights that prevent the kind of arbitrary restrictions that corporations try to enforce on digital goods you paid for. Our restrictions are not arbitrary, nor are we a corporation. 
I remember the last round of layoffs from WotC generating the same mean-spirited jabs as this most recent rumor. The edition wars rage on for no good reason. A new generation, irrespective of edition, is maligned because of their background in MMO-parlance. Within a given edition, extremists from both styles-of-play tear into each other like it somehow matters how other people have fun. There are chicken-littles decrying the destruction of the game over rules of little consequence — their constant pestering has driven the staff to avoid providing guidance in the manner that they so kindly once did. Worst of all, the frustrated moderate posters clutter the board with well-meaning but ultimately fruitless peace-making rants. -- I know it's just that I have a new job with scads of free internet time, and that I'm bored so I spend more time here recently. But for the love of the game, can we please chill the hell out? Please, for your own sake and for the sake of others, be a kind, well-adjusted person who wants to help. Don't be a dick.
I'd rather that people who are into being jerks not have any place to post on paizo.com, actually.
Why was it decided that vital strike would not stack with Spring Attack, and why was it decided that Spring Attack was a full round action? Both these decisions ruined existing mobility builds everywhere. That's a question you need to ask Jason. In my home games, I let Vital Strike work with things like charge or Spring Attack.
That's a pretty ridiculous thing to say. I've been playing my cleric in Rob's game for several months now and no TPK. I've only played my other character in Erik's game 1 session so far, but we had NO deaths in that one—and that was with everyone in the group starting with no equipment at all. My experience says that those characters do not lead to TPKs at all. In any case, you obviously are more interested in arguing rules and not in what I find to be the more interesting part of the game (and apparently play a different kind of Pathfinder than I enjoy writing and designing and playing), so I'll bow out of the thread and recommend you contact Jason for answers. And thanks for helping me come to the realization that I should just avoid all the threads in the Rules part of the messageboards—it's something that's slowly but surely been dawning on me over the past few months. My play style and game design philosophy just aren't appropriate for this part of our boards. 
How about: The PC picks up a scar when the player thinks it would be fun to have a scar. Or is there some game rule involving scars that I'm unfamiliar with?
Think I'll reserve my excitement until I know more. The AP after Age of Worms was piratey...but not, and Serpent's Skull was piratey...but not, so as much as I would love to see Paizo do a piratey AP, I want to KNOW it's happening before I break out the rum and cutlass... Avast ye landlubber, when the Paizo staff tells ya that it is a pirate AP, you better reach for your cutlass and get ready to board that beauty! So hoist the flag and get ready to send your enemies to Davie Jone's Locker! -Lisa 
I would love to see a new copy of the core rulebook which is both well-organized and deals with some of the FAQ/Errata sort of things that have come up -- I fully agree that the core PF book, as written, kind of assumes their players are familiar with 3.5 - which was fine for people like me, but less good for people like some of my players. I'd pay money for that. |
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