paizo.com Recent Comments on Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!paizo.com Recent Comments on Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!2012-07-17T19:20:27Z2012-07-17T19:20:27ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Blog: Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!GeraintElberionhttps://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ldjd?Drop-Your-Guard-and-the-Shadows-Will-Take-You#102016-06-18T02:39:12Z2012-06-16T19:50:07Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Berselius wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote>Isiem is a real hero.</blockquote><div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote>I agree, Isiem is a real hero.</blockquote>He's a DARK hero with a DARK past and I for one am tired of it. It seems that the world of Pathfinder is rife with NOTHING but antiheroes, scoundrels, thieves, cutthroats, bounty hunters, and the like. It isn't hard to put a party of six HEROES together on a quest to save a village from a raiding party consisting of Goblins, Orcs, Ogres, Trolls, and a Giant or two and it's CERTAINLY not hard to progress from that to freeing a town from a sinister cult, rescuing a princess from a Red Dragon, or saving all of Golarion from being ravaged by an impending disaster! </blockquote><p>Truth.
<p>PCs pull this off all the time, why not characters in novels?</p>
<p>I've said it before but it's worth saying again, nobody complains about Roy Greenhilt.</p>Berselius wrote:Quote:Isiem is a real hero.
Quote:I agree, Isiem is a real hero.
He's a DARK hero with a DARK past and I for one am tired of it. It seems that the world of Pathfinder is rife with NOTHING but antiheroes, scoundrels, thieves, cutthroats, bounty hunters, and the like. It isn't hard to put a party of six HEROES together on a quest to save a village from a raiding party consisting of Goblins, Orcs, Ogres, Trolls, and a Giant or two and it's CERTAINLY not hard to progress from...GeraintElberion2012-06-16T19:50:07ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Blog: Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!thebwt (alias of Brandon Tomlinson)https://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ldjd?Drop-Your-Guard-and-the-Shadows-Will-Take-You#92012-06-16T18:10:28Z2012-06-16T18:10:28Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Trinite wrote:</div><blockquote> This looks like an awesome book. </blockquote><p>It is :DTrinite wrote:This looks like an awesome book.
It is :Dthebwt (alias of Brandon Tomlinson)2012-06-16T18:10:28ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Blog: Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!Berseliushttps://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ldjd?Drop-Your-Guard-and-the-Shadows-Will-Take-You#82012-06-16T04:53:50Z2012-06-16T04:53:50Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote>Isiem is a real hero.</blockquote><div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote>I agree, Isiem is a real hero.</blockquote><p>He's a DARK hero with a DARK past and I for one am tired of it. It seems that the world of Pathfinder is rife with NOTHING but antiheroes, scoundrels, thieves, cutthroats, bounty hunters, and the like. It isn't hard to put a party of six HEROES together on a quest to save a village from a raiding party consisting of Goblins, Orcs, Ogres, Trolls, and a Giant or two and it's CERTAINLY not hard to progress from that to freeing a town from a sinister cult, rescuing a princess from a Red Dragon, or saving all of Golarion from being ravaged by an impending disaster!Quote:Isiem is a real hero.
Quote:I agree, Isiem is a real hero.
He's a DARK hero with a DARK past and I for one am tired of it. It seems that the world of Pathfinder is rife with NOTHING but antiheroes, scoundrels, thieves, cutthroats, bounty hunters, and the like. It isn't hard to put a party of six HEROES together on a quest to save a village from a raiding party consisting of Goblins, Orcs, Ogres, Trolls, and a Giant or two and it's CERTAINLY not hard to progress from that to freeing a...Berselius2012-06-16T04:53:50ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Blog: Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!Dave Gross (Contributor)https://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ldjd?Drop-Your-Guard-and-the-Shadows-Will-Take-You#72012-06-15T19:42:22Z2012-06-15T19:42:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mark Moreland wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Berselius wrote:</div><blockquote> Will the REAL HEROES of Golarion PLEASE STAND UP? </blockquote>Isiem is a real hero. </blockquote><p>I agree, Isiem is a real hero.Mark Moreland wrote:Berselius wrote: Will the REAL HEROES of Golarion PLEASE STAND UP?
Isiem is a real hero. I agree, Isiem is a real hero.Dave Gross (Contributor)2012-06-15T19:42:22ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Blog: Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!Trinitehttps://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ldjd?Drop-Your-Guard-and-the-Shadows-Will-Take-You#62012-06-15T18:23:15Z2012-06-15T18:23:15Z<p>This looks like an awesome book.</p>This looks like an awesome book.Trinite2012-06-15T18:23:15ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Blog: Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!Mark Moreland (Director of Brand Strategy)https://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ldjd?Drop-Your-Guard-and-the-Shadows-Will-Take-You#52012-06-15T17:06:24Z2012-06-15T17:06:24Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Berselius wrote:</div><blockquote> Will the REAL HEROES of Golarion PLEASE STAND UP? </blockquote><p>Isiem is a real hero. He couldn't help where he was born, or that the oppressive government in place there forced him to master tools of evil, but as he matures, he defines himself independently from simply being a shadowcaller and native of Nidal. I think folks will find him to be a very heroic character by the book's end, especially considering the obstacles he has to overcome in order to redeem himself for past evils.Berselius wrote:Will the REAL HEROES of Golarion PLEASE STAND UP?
Isiem is a real hero. He couldn't help where he was born, or that the oppressive government in place there forced him to master tools of evil, but as he matures, he defines himself independently from simply being a shadowcaller and native of Nidal. I think folks will find him to be a very heroic character by the book's end, especially considering the obstacles he has to overcome in order to redeem himself for past evils.Mark Moreland (Director of Brand Strategy)2012-06-15T17:06:24ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Blog: Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!Liane Merciel (Contributor)https://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ldjd?Drop-Your-Guard-and-the-Shadows-Will-Take-You#42012-06-15T15:48:38Z2012-06-15T15:48:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Berselius wrote:</div><blockquote> Will the REAL HEROES of Golarion PLEASE STAND UP? </blockquote><p>Not in Nidal!
<p>...unless they want to be real <i>dead</i> heroes.</p>
<p>(I think Dave has some real heroes forthcoming this fall, though.)</p>Berselius wrote:Will the REAL HEROES of Golarion PLEASE STAND UP?
Not in Nidal! ...unless they want to be real dead heroes.
(I think Dave has some real heroes forthcoming this fall, though.)Liane Merciel (Contributor)2012-06-15T15:48:38ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Blog: Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!Dave Gross (Contributor)https://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ldjd?Drop-Your-Guard-and-the-Shadows-Will-Take-You#32012-06-15T15:34:11Z2012-06-15T15:34:11Z<p>'Tis.</p>'Tis.Dave Gross (Contributor)2012-06-15T15:34:11ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Blog: Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!Azmythhttps://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ldjd?Drop-Your-Guard-and-the-Shadows-Will-Take-You#22012-06-15T14:57:38Z2012-06-15T14:57:38Z<p>Is that a Walpole cover?</p>Is that a Walpole cover?Azmyth2012-06-15T14:57:38ZForums: Pathfinder Tales: Blog: Drop Your Guard, and the Shadows Will Take You!Berseliushttps://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5ldjd?Drop-Your-Guard-and-the-Shadows-Will-Take-You#12012-06-15T12:43:02Z2012-06-15T12:43:02Z<p>Will the REAL HEROES of Golarion PLEASE STAND UP?</p>Will the REAL HEROES of Golarion PLEASE STAND UP?Berselius2012-06-15T12:43:02Z