What are the odds of giants being enemies in the Giantslayer AP?
Is art or cartography more expensive for a book? Or are they about the same?
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I've looked through the Technology Guide but wasn't able to find an answer so I was hoping you could help; what is the damage for an unactivated Chainsaw?
It'd be treated as an improvised weapon of its size, but even then it should kinda suck compared to its normal mode. I guess... 1d6 or 1d8?
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Greeting
Of the evil core gods in your opinion which one do you think would be the most benign? Urgathoa?
Or would any evil god that where benign to there followers not be an evil god?
Norgorber in his Gray Master mood, I suppose, but even then... not very benign. Being benign isn't really the point of being an evil god.
That said... ALL of the evil core gods value their worshipers and don't generally hurt them. They give them power just like the other deities.
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I've looked through the Technology Guide but wasn't able to find an answer so I was hoping you could help; what is the damage for an unactivated Chainsaw?It'd be treated as an improvised weapon of its size, but even then it should kinda suck compared to its normal mode. I guess... 1d6 or 1d8?
K thankies, that's what I was leaning towards but I was just wanted to check in case I missed it being stated elsewhere what a chainsaw does when it's depowered, since you can still smack people with it :3
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What don't you like about your settings gods
1)What don't you like about Abadar?
2)What don't you like about Calistria?
3)What don't you like about Shelyn?
4)What don't you like about Erastil?
5)What don't you like about Cayden Cailean?
6)What don't you like about Sarenrae?
1) I've always viewed him as a necessary deity for the world but have found him to be kind of boring.
2) Nothing; she's awesome! She's also not from my setting; she was created whole-cloth for Golarion.
3) Nothing! She's ALSO not from my setting.
4) The misogynist elements that crept in that, thankfully, have been pretty much scrubbed out.
5) He's cool; He's also not from my setting; she was created whole-cloth for Golarion.
6) The unfortunate elements about her church being warlike and overly aggressive that snuck into the Taldor book by an author who misunderstood the whole point of Sarenrae. I'm hoping to fix that eventually in the context of an Adventure Path.
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To tell the truth I'm feeling rather sympathetic with the Rahadoumi, because I think we're evolving to a point where we need some Freedom FROM Religion. This is a country where you can't get elected to public office as an honest atheist, where Christmas as become a three month holiday we can't escape from, yet pundits continue to insist it's "under attack".
In the name of religion, we suppress women, creative expression, and a good deal worse. So my vote is with Selim these days.
I think we need freedom from religious oppression (any kind of oppression, in fact, including the type Rahadoum does)... not freedom from religion. There's a big difference there.
But let's keep things to questions, please.
James,
Will the history of the black dominion go into the current status of the Androffens?
If not, can you tell us more about them? People are taking wagers on whether they are a brain-production world for the BLack Dominion, have become a decadent Empire in the interim in 40k style, or are still searching for the Divinity after all these millennia.
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Is art or cartography more expensive for a book? Or are they about the same?Art is a little bit more expensive than cartography. Both are MUCH more expensive than the words.
Hmm, so an Atlas of Golarion could be a pricey prospect then, although there is probably a lot of maps you could recycle.
If you did a map book like that would you think it was a good idea to do either a more detailed World map? How about maps of each continent with minimal detail (countries, a few cities, mountains, lakes, etc only)?
Damn, I think the Postmonster got drunk. Deleted the post I liked and left the post I meant to get rid of. Bah!
Damn, I think the Postmonster got drunk. Deleted the post I liked and left the post I meant to get rid of. Bah!
You got him sipping tequila didn't you?
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James,
Will the history of the black dominion go into the current status of the Androffens?
If not, can you tell us more about them? People are taking wagers on whether they are a brain-production world for the BLack Dominion, have become a decadent Empire in the interim in 40k style, or are still searching for the Divinity after all these millennia.
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Nope.
There'll be a LITTLE more info on Androffa in the last Iron Gods, but it's gonna be, for the most part, left to the imagination. But I can say this... Androffa was never colonized or attacked by the Dominion of the Black.
In the 10,000 years or so since Divinity left Androffa, a LOT changed on the planet. For now, it's sufficient to say that no one on Androffa today even remembers that Divinity even ever existed. The world is VERY different today than it was 10,000 years ago.
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Is art or cartography more expensive for a book? Or are they about the same?Art is a little bit more expensive than cartography. Both are MUCH more expensive than the words.Hmm, so an Atlas of Golarion could be a pricey prospect then, although there is probably a lot of maps you could recycle.
If you did a map book like that would you think it was a good idea to do either a more detailed World map? How about maps of each continent with minimal detail (countries, a few cities, mountains, lakes, etc only)?
It would be an INCREDIBLY pricy project, not only in money but in time needed to generate the original maps for the turnovers, since I suspect we'd do the majority of those in-house.
A more detailed world map would be an absolute necessity for a book like that as well.
Dear James,
you've written before that you're not a fan of Terry Pratchett because he's 'too silly'. Do you find this true of British humour in general? What are your opinions on the following (assuming you've seen them)?
Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Yes Minister (and Yes Prime Minister), the 'Wallace and Gromit' films ('The Wrong Trousers' etc), Fawlty Towers, (what others d people know that have made it to the States?)
(It's OK to tell us we're all nutters -we're rather proud of that.)
That would have been my next question, given that James knows its history and present, Lazar!
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Dear James,
you've written before that you're not a fan of Terry Pratchett because he's 'too silly'. Do you find this true of British humour in general? What are your opinions on the following (assuming you've seen them)?Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Yes Minister (and Yes Prime Minister), the 'Wallace and Gromit' films ('The Wrong Trousers' etc), Fawlty Towers, (what others d people know that have made it to the States?)
(It's OK to tell us we're all nutters -we're rather proud of that.)
Nope. I actually quite like British humor. As it turns out, the "too silly" in Pratchett's books isn't a complaint at British humor, it's a complaint about humor in fantasy settings. I prefer grim fantasy, aka the stuff in Game of Thrones. There's humor in there, but it isn't the point.
Monty Python is, of course, brilliant. I quite enjoy Fawlty Towers as well.
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I know a lot of the gods are not from your original setting. But i would like to know your opinion of the gods of pathfinder
1)What don't you like about Pharasma
2)What don't you like about Irori
3)What don't you like about Torag
4)What don't you like about Zon-Kuthon
5)What don't you like about Iomedae
6)What don't you like about Gyronna
7)What don't you like about Apsu
8)What don't you like about Lamashtu
9)What don't you like about Baphomet
10)What don't you like about Gorum
1) She's cool. She's from my homebrew but had a name-change.
2) Hes' cool.3) Boring; he's a dwarf. No thanks. Least favorite deity of the core 20.
4) He's awesome! Love him! He's from my homebrew and is kind of my love-letter to Clive Barker and David Cronenberg.
5) She's fine, but I'm frustrated that so many people misunderstood her lawful good alignment to be the same as lawful friendly.
6) She's kinda unnecessary. I prefer Mestama.
7) He's fine.
8) She's awesome!
9) He's awesome... but I kinda don't like the minotaur element, so it got downplayed.
10) He's awesome! From my homebrew even! He's my version of Crom. Note the similarity in the name.
3) Boring; he's a dwarf. No thanks. Least favorite deity of the core 20.
What would it take for you to get behind the idea of dwarves? I know you've stated before your frustration concerning their lawful adherence, but do you think that dwarves as a whole could ever appeal to you without drastically changing their core identity?
Also, a while back I noted some similarities between dwarves and Ulfen (specifically their language and way of dress) but you shot down the idea that they were in any meaningful way related. What do you think could be the reason, as far as Golarion canon goes, that the two cultures might have developed similarities like they have? (Using both Thane and Skald, and the -dottir and -son suffixes come immediately to mind, as well as their mutual reverence of Torag)
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1)Besides Iomedae what other good gods are not friendly?
2)Why do you think Gyronna is unnecessary?
3)What is Apsu personality like?
1) Ragathiel, for one. Haven't decided on all their personalities though, and I won't until I need to for an adventure or something.
2) I said she's kinda unnecessary, but even then, she does have a role and that "unnecessary" but was an oversimplification brought on by me trying to answer a lot of complex interlocking questions in as efficient a way as possible. I just prefer Mestama.
3) Wise and insightful.
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3) Boring; he's a dwarf. No thanks. Least favorite deity of the core 20.What would it take for you to get behind the idea of dwarves? I know you've stated before your frustration concerning their lawful adherence, but do you think that dwarves as a whole could ever appeal to you without drastically changing their core identity?
Also, a while back I noted some similarities between dwarves and Ulfen (specifically their language and way of dress) but you shot down the idea that they were in any meaningful way related. What do you think could be the reason, as far as Golarion canon goes, that the two cultures might have developed similarities like they have? (Using both Thane and Skald, and the -dottir and -son suffixes come immediately to mind, as well as their mutual reverence of Torag)
Profanity and kick-ass writing. Seriously. That's the thing that made me love Dragon Age's dwarves. But even then, a dwarf character is the LAST thing I'd play in Dragon Age.
Frankly, to get me to like dwarves you'd have to change them so much that they'd just end up looking like gnomes, and we've already GOT gnomes, so that in the end would just ruin it for the folks who like dwarves.
I don't have to like everything in Pathfinder, and neither does anyone else. In fact, having things in a world you don't like helps you to appreciate the things you do like all the more.
The reason in world two cultures might develop the same way could just be coincidence, or it could be one influencing the other, or both being influenced by a 3rd property. The out of world reason, of course, is that both of those cultures were inspired by a lot of the same things in the real world—north European mythology and history.
5)What don't you like about Iomedae5) She's fine, but I'm frustrated that so many people misunderstood her lawful good alignment to be the same as lawful friendly.
I think our main complaint is that you seemed to misunderstand lawful good as mean good.
Oh, right, a question! Okay... What's your reply to the above notion?
Are you familiar with the musical stylings of one Gary Clark Jr.? If so, what is your opinion?
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5)What don't you like about Iomedae5) She's fine, but I'm frustrated that so many people misunderstood her lawful good alignment to be the same as lawful friendly.I think our main complaint is that you seemed to misunderstand lawful good as mean good.
Oh, right, a question! Okay... What's your reply to the above notion?
No change. There are only 9 alignments, but the number of different personalities each can have is limitless. You can have a friendly lawful good person as much as you can have a stern one. Iomedae's a stern one. And furthermore, as written in that adventure, it's only the troublemaker PCs who really see that side of her.
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Speaking of when Inquisition comes out are you more likely to play a City Elf or a Qunari?MUCH more likely to play a City Elf, but I probably won't make that decision till I start playing.
All elf Inquisitor PCs are Dalish, sadly.
What APs would you say best accommodate PCs that spend a lot of time in the saddle?
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James,
I know paladins are one of you less favorite core classes, bur if you would play one, do you think you would enjoy more playing a gold hearted young man - not reckless or arrogant, but somewhat idealistic and impulsive or a hardened and somewhat bitter older veteran of a life long war against evil?
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James,
I know paladins are one of you less favorite core classes, bur if you would play one, do you think you would enjoy more playing a gold hearted young man - not reckless or arrogant, but somewhat idealistic and impulsive or a hardened and somewhat bitter older veteran of a life long war against evil?
I have in fact played paladins before. A happy-go-lucky halfling paladin. He got killed by a devil.
As for the next time? Not sure... depends on my mood, the type of character I wanna play, and the nature of the campaign the GM wanted to run. I generally don't settle on the character race, class, and personality until I know what the GM's running.
