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Given the nature of my dilemma (mentioned in a previous post), I might just as well start a thread. Is this permitted (I promise to be appropriate in my language, etc.), and if so, how do I go about doing it?
I'm honestly not sure what you're talking about... there are a LOT of posts in this thread.
Given the nature of my dilemma (mentioned in a previous post), I might just as well start a thread. Is this permitted (I promise to be appropriate in my language, etc.), and if so, how do I go about doing it?I'm honestly not sure what you're talking about... there are a LOT of posts in this thread.
This one:
Oh, before I forget, I looked down this morning and realized that the object which was protruding from my belly just below my navel was, in fact, one half of the pair of horns of a very large, peeved ethical dilemma. I could really use some input on this one, so which would be the correct thread to post it on?
I was referring to starting a thread in the Off-topic Discussions Forum. Sorry I wasn't more specific. The problem I have is about DNA testing: If you have a company such as this one test your DNA, they then plunk the results into their proprietary database. It turns out that I have a rare type of mt-DNA, and further testing might yield some interesting results, but I'm not so clear on the whole "proprietary" thing (it's my DNA, isn't it?), and I thought I'd see what fellow Paizonians thought. So, would an off-topic thread be okay, and how do I start one?
Given the nature of my dilemma (mentioned in a previous post), I might just as well start a thread. Is this permitted (I promise to be appropriate in my language, etc.), and if so, how do I go about doing it?I'm honestly not sure what you're talking about... there are a LOT of posts in this thread.This one:
Oh, before I forget, I looked down this morning and realized that the object which was protruding from my belly just below my navel was, in fact, one half of the pair of horns of a very large, peeved ethical dilemma. I could really use some input on this one, so which would be the correct thread to post it on?I was referring to starting a thread in the Off-topic Discussions Forum. Sorry I wasn't more specific. The problem I have is about DNA testing: If you have a company such as this one test your DNA, they then plunk the results into their proprietary database. It turns out that I have a rare type of mt-DNA, and further testing might yield some interesting results, but I'm not so clear on the whole "proprietary" thing (it's my DNA, isn't it?), and I thought I'd see what fellow Paizonians thought. So, would an off-topic thread be okay, and how do I start one?
Obviously, IANJJ, but go into the overall off topic forum, and to the right of the title is a link to "Add New Thread". Clickeh!
Was Cayden Cailean the new swashbuckler class before taking the star stone test?
It's that the idea that calling someone a woman is intended to be an insult is what I find offensive. It's misogynistic.
I'm sorry, I don't seem to understand what you're implying here. No one said that calling him a woman was worse than mistaking a woman for a man, and I definitely don't think that, they may just not know he's a guy. Do you think calling a woman a man is any different than calling a man a woman? If you call someone something they aren't or mistake them for something they aren't, either way, it's just as bad.
I don't think it's any different than Homer's mistake here.
Did you stand over him with a whip at the ready to keep him on task? Or is that not allowed under workplace regulations?So, James, did Erik make his Balazar deadline?Yes.
Doesn't mean the blog is going live today. Might not go live next week; it's a short week and the web team is INSANELY busy.
But it's written.
Needs an editing pass and then needs to jump through several out-of-my-hands hoops to get from there to the blog.
They have raptors in their warehouse...
I don't think HR is going to worry abut 1 guy with a whip.
It's that the idea that calling someone a woman is intended to be an insult is what I find offensive. It's misogynistic.I'm sorry, I don't seem to understand what you're implying here. No one said that calling him a woman was worse than mistaking a woman for a man, and I definitely don't think that, they may just not know he's a guy. Do you think calling a woman a man is any different than calling a man a woman? If you call someone something they aren't or mistake them for something they aren't, either way, it's just as bad.
I don't think it's any different than Homer's mistake here.
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Given the nature of my dilemma (mentioned in a previous post), I might just as well start a thread. Is this permitted (I promise to be appropriate in my language, etc.), and if so, how do I go about doing it?I'm honestly not sure what you're talking about... there are a LOT of posts in this thread.This one:
Oh, before I forget, I looked down this morning and realized that the object which was protruding from my belly just below my navel was, in fact, one half of the pair of horns of a very large, peeved ethical dilemma. I could really use some input on this one, so which would be the correct thread to post it on?I was referring to starting a thread in the Off-topic Discussions Forum. Sorry I wasn't more specific. The problem I have is about DNA testing: If you have a company such as this one test your DNA, they then plunk the results into their proprietary database. It turns out that I have a rare type of mt-DNA, and further testing might yield some interesting results, but I'm not so clear on the whole "proprietary" thing (it's my DNA, isn't it?), and I thought I'd see what fellow Paizonians thought. So, would an off-topic thread be okay, and how do I start one?
Ah; you just click the "Start New Thread" link in the forum you want to start the topic in.
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1)Is Summon monster like a randomizer when summoning a creature. ( if i summon two different trumpet archons) will they have a random appearance,gender,skills and personality.
2)can you Permanency to make summon monster permanent
1) They have a generic appearance and skills and personality, equal to that you see in the Bestiary.
2) Nope.
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Did you stand over him with a whip at the ready to keep him on task? Or is that not allowed under workplace regulations?So, James, did Erik make his Balazar deadline?Yes.
Doesn't mean the blog is going live today. Might not go live next week; it's a short week and the web team is INSANELY busy.
But it's written.
Needs an editing pass and then needs to jump through several out-of-my-hands hoops to get from there to the blog.
Nope. I don't have whip proficiency. I do have the "Induce Writer's Guilt" feat though.
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You mentioned arcanists were unheard of in Thassilon. Are they a recent development in terms of Golarion's history? Or would ancient kingdoms like Osirion and stuff known of them.
And speaking of Osirion, what kind of spellcaster WAS Nethys as a mortal?
I haven't looked at the arcanist yet. And until it's flavor settles down and we know what it is, it doesn't have a role in Golarion at all. I'll know more in a half-dozen months or so.
Nethys was a wizard.
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It's that the idea that calling someone a woman is intended to be an insult is what I find offensive. It's misogynistic.I'm sorry, I don't seem to understand what you're implying here. No one said that calling him a woman was worse than mistaking a woman for a man, and I definitely don't think that, they may just not know he's a guy. Do you think calling a woman a man is any different than calling a man a woman? If you call someone something they aren't or mistake them for something they aren't, either way, it's just as bad.
I don't think it's any different than Homer's mistake here.
I'm not implying anything. I'm saying that the old insult, "You throw like a girl" or its endless variations of "You are a man but I will call you a woman because I believe that lessens you," is mysogynstic, and I don't find that kind of "humor" funny.
I'm not implying that you DO think it's funny, or that you created the "joke" about Justin Bieber at all. Doesn't change the fact that I don't find it funny and in fact kinda find it to be offensive.
In any event I feel I've explained myself sufficiently. No need to keep this particular line of words going.
MORE QUESTIONS!!!
How many writers went insane trying to quantify Cthulu's stats for Bestiary 4?
Have you ever seen or played Kingdom Hearts?
How would you classify Heartless and Nobodies? Undead? Outsiders?
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1)Is Summon monster like a randomizer when summoning a creature. ( if i summon two different trumpet archons) will they have a random appearance,gender,skills and personality.
2)can you Permanency to make summon monster permanent
1) They have a generic appearance and skills and personality, equal to that you see in the Bestiary.
2) Nope.
1)not even slightly different ( in clothing, hair color or gender) just generic copies
2)why
1) In the end, it's up to the GM, but in my opinon, not even slightly different. Summon spells aren't meant to call on individuals, but idealized incarnations of a creature. An "eidolon" of that creature, if you will (using the word's real-world definition, not the summoner class definition).
2) Because that's the domain of a calling spell like planar ally, and because summon monster spells are powerful and versatile and part of what balances them is their short duration.
Did you stand over him with a whip at the ready to keep him on task? Or is that not allowed under workplace regulations?So, James, did Erik make his Balazar deadline?Yes.
Doesn't mean the blog is going live today. Might not go live next week; it's a short week and the web team is INSANELY busy.
But it's written.
Needs an editing pass and then needs to jump through several out-of-my-hands hoops to get from there to the blog.
They have raptors in their warehouse...
I don't think HR is going to worry abut 1 guy with a whip.
"It's research - we're planning a module set in Nidal."
Hi JJ :)
My feeble mind doesn't really understand how to work the Guarded Life rage powers.
If I was say barb invuln rager 10 with DR 5 how would it work?
Like say I was at 5 health and got hit for 15 damage.
Thanks!
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Hi JJ :)
My feeble mind doesn't really understand how to work the Guarded Life rage powers.
If I was say barb invuln rager 10 with DR 5 how would it work?
Like say I was at 5 health and got hit for 15 damage.
Thanks!
Rules questions should be asked on the rules forum, preferably in a forum for the book in which the rule in question appears, so that it can be FAQed and so others can see the response.
(Also... I have no idea where the Guarded Life rage power is from in the first place, or the "invuln rager 10" for that matter... it's best to cite rules sources from books for questions like this one.)
Hi JJ :)
My feeble mind doesn't really understand how to work the Guarded Life rage powers.
If I was say barb invuln rager 10 with DR 5 how would it work?
Like say I was at 5 health and got hit for 15 damage.
Thanks!
Rules questions should be asked on the rules forum, preferably in a forum for the book in which the rule in question appears, so that it can be FAQed and so others can see the response.
(Also... I have no idea where the Guarded Life rage power is from in the first place, or the "invuln rager 10" for that matter... it's best to cite rules sources from books for questions like this one.)
Both are in the Advanced Player's Guide.
Guarded LifeInvulnerable Rager
I think the issue is how the two interact because of the DR of the Barbarian. At 10th level, he has DR 5/- which is doubled to DR 10/- against non-lethal damage. If he were at 5 HP and hit for 15 points of damage, DR reduces the lethal damage to 10 damage, which would trigger Guarded Life, which would switch the 10 lethal damage to nonlethal.
The question, I suspect, is whether or not that 10 nonlethal damage is then negated by the DR 10/- the barbarian has against nonlethal.
Sounds like an issue for the Rules forum to me! ;)
We never nail down what hands any characters favor, because often art gets flipped to make things fit pages better, and the art staff has better things to do than check with us on handedness, and we have better things to do than to keep a full list of every single character's handedness. That's a level of detail we're not interested in tracking, and since the game itself doesn't care about handedness, we don't have to.
And yes. Sarenrae was an empyreal lord who became a deity. Asmodeus was an archdevil who became a deity. Etc.
It happens now and then all the time but rarely.
Aboleths are atheists, and don't become deities. They can become powerful, but they aren't interested in matters of faith, and therefore would never become a god.
very literal answer, thanks.
So the flipping of the iconics' handedness is done merely as a matter of layout. Explains some observations (such as Aroden being righthanded in Mythic Realms ). Somehow I had always tought of Aroden as your very personal project (I guess he is, but with a focus on other details ). Possibly overthinking on my part.
As for B ) I should have added : Any non-human (mortals) aspiring or having aspired to deityhood ? While satisfying, only humans (and some powerful immortal/divine beings) having achieved dietyhood.. felt odd.
As Asmodeus likes to claim he is the second oldest entity around, I would have expected him to be the "ancestral" diety of devils, the fount from which the devils sprung ? Is this a mistaken assumption ?
Any chance for major undead going down the mythic path (Ta Baphon seems to have been ighly mythic before his "death" by Aroden ? ) or are undead incapable to advance beyond their lifeless (if eternal) state ?
Since you like Final Fantasy X-2 here are some questions for you...
1)Who is your favorite of the main three playable characters?
2)Favorite class or classes in the game?
3)Any favorite boss fights?
4)Any favorite enemy/monster designs?
5)Favorite part of the game?
6)Any other favorite characters in the game?
7)Most challenging part of the game for you?
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Hi JJ :)
My feeble mind doesn't really understand how to work the Guarded Life rage powers.
If I was say barb invuln rager 10 with DR 5 how would it work?
Like say I was at 5 health and got hit for 15 damage.
Thanks!
Rules questions should be asked on the rules forum, preferably in a forum for the book in which the rule in question appears, so that it can be FAQed and so others can see the response.
(Also... I have no idea where the Guarded Life rage power is from in the first place, or the "invuln rager 10" for that matter... it's best to cite rules sources from books for questions like this one.)
Both are in the Advanced Player's Guide.
Guarded Life
Invulnerable RagerI think the issue is how the two interact because of the DR of the Barbarian. At 10th level, he has DR 5/- which is doubled to DR 10/- against non-lethal damage. If he were at 5 HP and hit for 15 points of damage, DR reduces the lethal damage to 10 damage, which would trigger Guarded Life, which would switch the 10 lethal damage to nonlethal.
The question, I suspect, is whether or not that 10 nonlethal damage is then negated by the DR 10/- the barbarian has against nonlethal.
Sounds like an issue for the Rules forum to me! ;)
Damage reduction applies before the damage hits your hit points. That's why it's called damage reduction—it reduces the damage you take.
If you are at 5 hp and are hit for 15 points of damage and have DR 5/—, you take 10 points of damage.
If you are at 5 hp and are hit for 15 points of damage and have DR 5/— (but DR 10/— against nonlethal), the end result is the same. You take 10 points of damage, since the DR 10/— doesn't apply in that case since you were hit by lethal damage, not nonlethal damage.
If you were at 5 hp and took 15 points of damage and had DR 5/—, then you take 10 points of damage. This brings you, normally, to -5 hp... but if you have guarded life, then 5 points of damage are converted to nonlethal. That's not NEW damage that you're taking, though—it's damage you have and thus it isn't further blocked by any DR you have against nonlethal damage.
But it's certainly a good contender for a FAQ, since it's definitely a complex corner case.
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So the flipping of the iconics' handedness is done merely as a matter of layout. Explains some observations (such as Aroden being righthanded in Mythic Realms ). Somehow I had always tought of Aroden as your very personal project (I guess he is, but with a focus on other details ). Possibly overthinking on my part.
As for B ) I should have added : Any non-human (mortals) aspiring or having aspired to deityhood ? While satisfying, only humans (and some powerful immortal/divine beings) having achieved dietyhood.. felt odd.
As Asmodeus likes to claim he is the second oldest entity around, I would have expected him to be the "ancestral" diety of devils, the fount from which the devils sprung ? Is this a mistaken assumption ?
Any chance for major undead going down the mythic path (Ta Baphon seems to have been ighly mythic before his "death" by Aroden ? ) or are undead incapable to advance beyond their lifeless (if eternal) state ?
Aroden isn't my "personal project" at all. If he's anyone's "personal project," he'd be Erik Mona's. I am quite content to leave him in the history of the setting and focus on anything/everything else. (And do you mean "Aroden is right-handed in Mythic Realms" because we said so in print? Or simply because he has a sword in his right hand in an illustration? I don't think we've EVER said in print if ANY character is right or left-handed, frankly...).
Asmodeus is very likely the oldest/first devil, but he is not the "font" from which all devils sprang.
Undead can gain mythic paths. Due to a rules wrinkle, though, once a creature takes a mythic path, it can't gain mythic templates or vice-versa. So, if you're making a lich, you can either give the lich a mythic path like archmage or hierophant or trickster or whatever, OR you can give it the mythic lich template. You can't do both.
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Since you like Final Fantasy X-2 here are some questions for you...
1)Who is your favorite of the main three playable characters?
2)Favorite class or classes in the game?
3)Any favorite boss fights?
4)Any favorite enemy/monster designs?
5)Favorite part of the game?
6)Any other favorite characters in the game?
7)Most challenging part of the game for you?
1) No contest whatsoever: Rikku.
2) Lady Luck.
3) Probably the humbaba fight, I think... but vegnagun was cool too.
4) The coeurl looked cool, but my favorite was probably the dolmen/monolith/tomb (super creepy) or the humbaba. Or, obviously, the gug!
5) Either the scene where you infiltrate the headquarters and have to give what's-her-name a back massage, or the scene where it's revealed that Rikku was causing the chocobo problems.
6) Lulu, but she wasn't in it enough.
7) Probably the humbaba fight. Finishing that one was pretty epic. At least... I think that was the one... been a LONG time since I've played it...
It's been said that every time someone mentions Dervish Dance (the feat), you kill a Goblin. Is this true?
For context, it was said in the Swashbuckler thread in that Swashbucklers are going to be pidgeonholed into Dervish Dance because it's the best method for getting Dex to damage. Largely because it can be done by 3rd level, while the Agile weapon property requires roughly 6th level.
The HD version of the game will be out in March 2014 for the PS3. It will contain both FFX and FFX-2 and it will be the international versions of the games.
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You mentioned arcanists were unheard of in Thassilon. Are they a recent development in terms of Golarion's history? Or would ancient kingdoms like Osirion and stuff known of them.
And speaking of Osirion, what kind of spellcaster WAS Nethys as a mortal?
I haven't looked at the arcanist yet. And until it's flavor settles down and we know what it is, it doesn't have a role in Golarion at all. I'll know more in a half-dozen months or so.
Nethys was a wizard.
Thanks! I personally can't wait for the new book. So much stuff to try!
More practical question. If a party is trying to persuade someone using Diplomacy or something, and the party's "face" person (one with the highest CHA and stuff) doesn't speak the target's language, but someone else in the party DOES and translates for the "face," do you utilize the "face's" modifier to the roll or that of the person translating? Assume spells like tongues are unavailable for the purposes of this scenario.
How many writers went insane trying to quantify Cthulu's stats for Bestiary 4?Zero.
You have to start sane in order to go insane.
perfect reply!
Now that Blood of the Moon is out, which card(s) in the Harrow Deck would represent shapeshifting, either as a general atmosphere surrounding a reading, and/or a person who is a shapeshifter? It's easy enough with the tarot, but the Harrow Deck isn't quite so specific.
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It's been said that every time someone mentions Dervish Dance (the feat), you kill a Goblin. Is this true?
For context, it was said in the Swashbuckler thread in that Swashbucklers are going to be pidgeonholed into Dervish Dance because it's the best method for getting Dex to damage. Largely because it can be done by 3rd level, while the Agile weapon property requires roughly 6th level.
Nope. Not at all. I invented Dervish Dance. I'm delighted to see it get used and talked about.
I know it's not a core book feat... but I really think the swashbuckler needs a Dex to damage option so that it's not a feat that people will obsess over for them.
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More practical question. If a party is trying to persuade someone using Diplomacy or something, and the party's "face" person (one with the highest CHA and stuff) doesn't speak the target's language, but someone else in the party DOES and translates for the "face," do you utilize the "face's" modifier to the roll or that of the person translating? Assume spells like tongues are unavailable for the purposes of this scenario.
The best case senario there is that the high Diplomacy character MIGHT be able to aid another the character who's actually making the check.
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Now that Blood of the Moon is out, which card(s) in the Harrow Deck would represent shapeshifting, either as a general atmosphere surrounding a reading, and/or a person who is a shapeshifter? It's easy enough with the tarot, but the Harrow Deck isn't quite so specific.
Numerous cards could represent shapeshifting, depending on how you want to read the card. The Courtesan comes to mind as an obvious choice, as does the Rabbit Prince and the Waxworks and whatever one it was that had the lamia matirarch on it.
1)So what movies have you seen lately?
2)So have you seen the game of thrones south park episodes yet?
3)Will you be getting the FFX/X-2 HD for PS3?
How would you stat out humongous mecha by Pathfinder rules? Things like Gundams, the CyberKing from Doctor Who, GaoGaiGar, and... well... Transformers.
(note: I still haven't seem Pacific Rim)
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1)So what movies have you seen lately?
2)So have you seen the game of thrones south park episodes yet?
3)Will you be getting the FFX/X-2 HD for PS3?
1) Grabbers (it was okay; tried too hard to be Tremors), All is Lost (EXCELLENT movie), Thor 2 (not bad, but all my friends liked it better), Maniac (excellent and creepy!), and The Monolith Monsters (one of the best old sci-fi movies—very original premise). I'm heading out to see the new Hunger Games movie in about an hour.
2) Nope. Not a south park fan.
3) I might. Depends on how many other video games are distracting me at the time, or whether there's more content added to the games or not than just HD.
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how do the outsider minions of a god (or demigod) view high level 15th-20th clerics of that god(or demigod) / and how do they view the mythic mortal herald of that god(or demigod)
Depends on the outsider and the mortal and the herald. There's more or less an infinite variety there, so there's no way to say they'd view anything in any one way. That's like asking "How do humans view reptiles?"