paizo.com Recent Posts in Showing improvementpaizo.com Recent Posts in Showing improvement2012-01-23T22:15:49Z2012-01-23T22:15:49ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementIain Reidhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#942012-01-25T07:15:51Z2012-01-25T06:56:27Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">RonarsCorruption wrote:</div><blockquote> DnD has helped me learn a lot of new words. </blockquote><p>Oh man - you've just brought back a memory that I had totally forgotten.
<p>I was 8 years old when I started playing D&D and one of the first things I had to do was look up the words Constitution, Dexterity and Charisma. You'd actually be surprised these days how many people don't know what dexterity means...</p>RonarsCorruption wrote:DnD has helped me learn a lot of new words.
Oh man - you've just brought back a memory that I had totally forgotten. I was 8 years old when I started playing D&D and one of the first things I had to do was look up the words Constitution, Dexterity and Charisma. You'd actually be surprised these days how many people don't know what dexterity means...Iain Reid2012-01-25T06:56:27ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementAdamWarnockhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#932012-01-25T06:34:09Z2012-01-25T06:34:09Z<p>AAAHHHH! The Punamity!</p>
<p>In all seriousness though, that was funny.</p>
<p>And sosososo wrong, so very very wrong.</p>AAAHHHH! The Punamity!
In all seriousness though, that was funny.
And sosososo wrong, so very very wrong.AdamWarnock2012-01-25T06:34:09ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementJeff Leehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#922019-05-20T21:54:57Z2012-01-25T01:48:37Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">OwlbearRepublic wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Chris A Jackson wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I couldn't help, reading Dave Gross' novel, Prince of Wolves... Radovan's codpiece, with the spike. Now that's a Wondrous Item...</p>
<p>Finish this title: "Wondrous Codpiece of..." </blockquote><p><i>The halfling rogue throws open the door wearing a monstrous, bejeweled codpiece and an grin that runs from ear to pointed ear. Their interest piqued and their better judgment defeated, his halfling allies inquire.</i>
<p>FIGHTER: What... what is <i>that</i>? [points at the codpiece, as though anyone could look away from it]</p>
<p>ROGUE: Well, I was thinking, it's kind of inconvenient that all the members of this party are so small. So I bought us this Wondrous Codpiece of Enlarge Member! </blockquote><p><a href="http://instantrimshot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">•rimshot•</a>OwlbearRepublic wrote:Chris A Jackson wrote:I couldn't help, reading Dave Gross' novel, Prince of Wolves... Radovan's codpiece, with the spike. Now that's a Wondrous Item...
Finish this title: "Wondrous Codpiece of..."
The halfling rogue throws open the door wearing a monstrous, bejeweled codpiece and an grin that runs from ear to pointed ear. Their interest piqued and their better judgment defeated, his halfling allies inquire. FIGHTER: What... what is that? [points at the codpiece, as...Jeff Lee2012-01-25T01:48:37ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementKris Newtonhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#912012-01-25T01:31:16Z2012-01-25T01:31:16Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Chris A Jackson wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I couldn't help, reading Dave Gross' novel, Prince of Wolves... Radovan's codpiece, with the spike. Now that's a Wondrous Item...</p>
<p>Finish this title: "Wondrous Codpiece of..." </blockquote><p><i>The halfling rogue throws open the door wearing a monstrous, bejeweled codpiece and an grin that runs from ear to pointed ear. Their interest piqued and their better judgment defeated, his halfling allies inquire.</i>
<p>FIGHTER: What... what is <i>that</i>? [points at the codpiece, as though anyone could look away from it]</p>
<p>ROGUE: Well, I was thinking, it's kind of inconvenient that all the members of this party are so small. So I bought us this Wondrous Codpiece of Enlarge Member!</p>Chris A Jackson wrote:I couldn't help, reading Dave Gross' novel, Prince of Wolves... Radovan's codpiece, with the spike. Now that's a Wondrous Item...
Finish this title: "Wondrous Codpiece of..."
The halfling rogue throws open the door wearing a monstrous, bejeweled codpiece and an grin that runs from ear to pointed ear. Their interest piqued and their better judgment defeated, his halfling allies inquire. FIGHTER: What... what is that? [points at the codpiece, as though anyone could look...Kris Newton2012-01-25T01:31:16ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementChris A Jackson (Contributor)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#902012-01-24T22:05:18Z2012-01-24T22:05:18Z<p>I couldn't help, reading Dave Gross' novel, Prince of Wolves... Radovan's codpiece, with the spike. Now that's a Wondrous Item...</p>
<p>Finish this title: "Wondrous Codpiece of..."</p>I couldn't help, reading Dave Gross' novel, Prince of Wolves... Radovan's codpiece, with the spike. Now that's a Wondrous Item...
Finish this title: "Wondrous Codpiece of..."Chris A Jackson (Contributor)2012-01-24T22:05:18ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementspeed66https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#892012-01-24T22:00:15Z2012-01-24T22:00:15Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Anthony Adam wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Wow, your players come back to the plot after going off at tangents?</p>
<p>I gave up on that years ago, the players now "create plot" whilst they game.</p>
<p>It's very... liberating :) </blockquote><p>Yeah they will take breaks from making fun of each other to play the game. It's amazing how much crap a party can get into on their own. My group always manufactures something illegal or run a shady business. It's entertaining to say the least.Anthony Adam wrote:Wow, your players come back to the plot after going off at tangents?
I gave up on that years ago, the players now "create plot" whilst they game.
It's very... liberating :)
Yeah they will take breaks from making fun of each other to play the game. It's amazing how much crap a party can get into on their own. My group always manufactures something illegal or run a shady business. It's entertaining to say the least.speed662012-01-24T22:00:15ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementBrian Hoffmanhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#882012-01-24T19:14:37Z2012-01-24T19:14:37Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">AdamWarnock wrote:</div><blockquote>Maybe I need to come up with a magic item that aids in book burning, hmmm. </blockquote><p>I think that would be the Mighty Greataxe Of Sundering The Sword Of Killing Hitler.
<p>FWIW, the Greataxe can itself only be damaged/destroyed by striking it with a banned book (hardcover). Sort of a rock, paper, scissors thing when you think about it...</p>AdamWarnock wrote:Maybe I need to come up with a magic item that aids in book burning, hmmm.
I think that would be the Mighty Greataxe Of Sundering The Sword Of Killing Hitler. FWIW, the Greataxe can itself only be damaged/destroyed by striking it with a banned book (hardcover). Sort of a rock, paper, scissors thing when you think about it...Brian Hoffman2012-01-24T19:14:37ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementMark Harthttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#872012-01-24T19:07:55Z2012-01-24T19:07:55Z<p>I'm pretty sure that Newton would be a gamer...</p>I'm pretty sure that Newton would be a gamer...Mark Hart2012-01-24T19:07:55ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementMike Welhamhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#862012-01-24T18:40:26Z2012-01-24T18:40:26Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Anthony Adam wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">speed66 wrote:</div><blockquote> What is funny is how these messageboards are like playing a roleplaying game. They start out focused then go off on a tangent for a little while and then come back to the subject lol. </blockquote><p>Wow, your players come back to the plot after going off at tangents?
<p>I gave up on that years ago, the players now "create plot" whilst they game.</p>
<p>It's very... liberating :) </blockquote><p>I found that the best way to get my players to derail my plans was to actually make plans.
<p>I'm sure there's a relevant theory of physics associated with this phenomenon.</p>Anthony Adam wrote:speed66 wrote: What is funny is how these messageboards are like playing a roleplaying game. They start out focused then go off on a tangent for a little while and then come back to the subject lol.
Wow, your players come back to the plot after going off at tangents? I gave up on that years ago, the players now "create plot" whilst they game.
It's very... liberating :) I found that the best way to get my players to derail my plans was to actually make plans. I'm sure...Mike Welham2012-01-24T18:40:26ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementAnthony Adamhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#852012-01-24T17:21:12Z2012-01-24T17:21:12Z<p>The "killer" book from my days at school was "Far from the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy - sooooo slow.</p>
<p>However, whilst on reading, I just finished a very unusual take on fantasy - Abarat by Clive Barker.</p>
<p>It's different to staple fantasy and a very good read - have a try if you can get a copy.</p>The "killer" book from my days at school was "Far from the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy - sooooo slow.
However, whilst on reading, I just finished a very unusual take on fantasy - Abarat by Clive Barker.
It's different to staple fantasy and a very good read - have a try if you can get a copy.Anthony Adam2012-01-24T17:21:12ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementJeff Leehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#842019-05-20T21:54:57Z2012-01-24T17:06:36Z<p>Such is life: attempts at being productive derailed by endless segues into digression. Technology hasn't made us more efficient; it's just given us more ways to goof off.</p>Such is life: attempts at being productive derailed by endless segues into digression. Technology hasn't made us more efficient; it's just given us more ways to goof off.Jeff Lee2012-01-24T17:06:36ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementAnthony Adamhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#832012-01-24T17:06:28Z2012-01-24T17:06:28Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">speed66 wrote:</div><blockquote> What is funny is how these messageboards are like playing a roleplaying game. They start out focused then go off on a tangent for a little while and then come back to the subject lol. </blockquote><p>Wow, your players come back to the plot after going off at tangents?
<p>I gave up on that years ago, the players now "create plot" whilst they game.</p>
<p>It's very... liberating :)</p>speed66 wrote:What is funny is how these messageboards are like playing a roleplaying game. They start out focused then go off on a tangent for a little while and then come back to the subject lol.
Wow, your players come back to the plot after going off at tangents? I gave up on that years ago, the players now "create plot" whilst they game.
It's very... liberating :)Anthony Adam2012-01-24T17:06:28ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementspeed66https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#822012-01-24T17:03:10Z2012-01-24T17:03:10Z<p>What is funny is how these messageboards are like playing a roleplaying game. They start out focused then go off on a tangent for a little while and then come back to the subject lol.</p>What is funny is how these messageboards are like playing a roleplaying game. They start out focused then go off on a tangent for a little while and then come back to the subject lol.speed662012-01-24T17:03:10ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementRonarsCorruptionhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#812012-01-24T14:49:11Z2012-01-24T14:49:11Z<p>Ugh, The Wicker Man. I think that's the one. A hundred pages that took me almost a month to finish because I hated the book. I'm not sure what exactly it was about it that I didn't like, but it bored me to tears.</p>Ugh, The Wicker Man. I think that's the one. A hundred pages that took me almost a month to finish because I hated the book. I'm not sure what exactly it was about it that I didn't like, but it bored me to tears.RonarsCorruption2012-01-24T14:49:11ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementAdamWarnockhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#802012-01-24T08:21:22Z2012-01-24T08:21:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">motteditor wrote:</div><blockquote> I'll take "The Great Gatsby" every day of the week and twice on Sundays if I never have to even think about "Ethan Frohm" again. </blockquote><p>Okay that's on the do not read list.
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Maybe I need to come up with a magic item that aids in book burning, hmmm.</p>motteditor wrote:I'll take "The Great Gatsby" every day of the week and twice on Sundays if I never have to even think about "Ethan Frohm" again.
Okay that's on the do not read list.
Maybe I need to come up with a magic item that aids in book burning, hmmm.AdamWarnock2012-01-24T08:21:22ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementJacob W. Michaelshttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#792012-01-24T18:17:41Z2012-01-24T04:44:12Z<p>I'll take "The Great Gatsby" every day of the week and twice on Sundays if I never have to even think about "Ethan Frohm" again.</p>I'll take "The Great Gatsby" every day of the week and twice on Sundays if I never have to even think about "Ethan Frohm" again.Jacob W. Michaels2012-01-24T04:44:12ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementAdamWarnockhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#782012-01-24T04:13:38Z2012-01-24T04:13:38Z<p>Honestly, "A Modest Proposal" was one of my favorite reads required for high school. <i>The Great Gatsby</i>, however, was on of two books to ever get on my burn-list.</p>Honestly, "A Modest Proposal" was one of my favorite reads required for high school. The Great Gatsby, however, was on of two books to ever get on my burn-list.AdamWarnock2012-01-24T04:13:38ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementJeff Leehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#772019-05-20T21:54:57Z2012-01-24T03:29:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Caedwyr wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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A Modest Proposal was such a horrifying essay and I still don't understand why they made us read it in English class. </blockquote><p>•squints•
<p>You were one of my students, weren't you? [Spoiler omitted]</p>Caedwyr wrote:A Modest Proposal was such a horrifying essay and I still don't understand why they made us read it in English class.
*squints* You were one of my students, weren't you? [Spoiler omitted]Jeff Lee2012-01-24T03:29:58ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementCaedwyrhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#762012-01-24T17:26:38Z2012-01-24T00:35:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Evil Lincoln wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Caedwyr wrote:</div><blockquote> A Modest Proposal was such a horrifying essay and I still don't understand why they made us read it in English class. </blockquote><scanning for sarcasm> </blockquote><p><b>Aura</b> overwhelmingEvil Lincoln wrote:Caedwyr wrote: A Modest Proposal was such a horrifying essay and I still don't understand why they made us read it in English class.
Aura overwhelmingCaedwyr2012-01-24T00:35:10ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementEvil Lincoln (alias of toyrobots)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#752012-01-24T00:06:37Z2012-01-24T00:06:37Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Caedwyr wrote:</div><blockquote> A Modest Proposal was such a horrifying essay and I still don't understand why they made us read it in English class. </blockquote><p><scanning for sarcasm>Caedwyr wrote:A Modest Proposal was such a horrifying essay and I still don't understand why they made us read it in English class.Evil Lincoln (alias of toyrobots)2012-01-24T00:06:37ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementCaedwyrhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#742012-01-23T23:43:49Z2012-01-23T23:43:49Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Shadowborn wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Matthew Morris wrote:</div><blockquote><p> A <i>coinbox of indulgences</i> that is a portable <i>atonement</i> spell in a can is going to be more understandable to Lutherans than to, say, Muslims.•</p>
<p>••• spoiler omitted •• </blockquote><p>Well, sure, if they bothered to pay attention during their confirmation classes. Some people just get queasy after hearing about the 95 theologians he nailed to the church door and just tune out everything afterwards.
<p>•• spoiler omitted •• </blockquote><p>A Modest Proposal was such a horrifying essay and I still don't understand why they made us read it in English class.Shadowborn wrote:Matthew Morris wrote:A coinbox of indulgences that is a portable atonement spell in a can is going to be more understandable to Lutherans than to, say, Muslims.*
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Well, sure, if they bothered to pay attention during their confirmation classes. Some people just get queasy after hearing about the 95 theologians he nailed to the church door and just tune out everything afterwards. ** spoiler omitted ** A Modest Proposal was such a horrifying essay and I...Caedwyr2012-01-23T23:43:49ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementLoreKeeperhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#732012-01-23T23:18:35Z2012-01-23T23:18:35Z<p>Regarding names: I think it isn't just a matter of whether "I" can understand the name - names should also make sense in context of the world in which they fit.</p>
<p>- "Bloodletter gloves" are probably more appropriate than "phlebotomist gloves" in a world where primarily rogues will use the item
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- But an item intended for wizards, who run around with 28 Int, a name that is hard seems more appropriate; even a foreign name could pass "Weltanschauung lenses" (barring of course the insta-fail rules in the RPG guides)</p>Regarding names: I think it isn't just a matter of whether "I" can understand the name - names should also make sense in context of the world in which they fit.
- "Bloodletter gloves" are probably more appropriate than "phlebotomist gloves" in a world where primarily rogues will use the item
- But an item intended for wizards, who run around with 28 Int, a name that is hard seems more appropriate; even a foreign name could pass "Weltanschauung lenses" (barring of course the insta-fail rules...LoreKeeper2012-01-23T23:18:35ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementMatthew Morrishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#722012-01-24T16:47:49Z2012-01-23T20:51:09Z<p>Well, sure, if they bothered to pay attention during their confirmation classes. Some people just get queasy after hearing about the 95 theologians he nailed to the church door and just tune out everything afterwards.</p>
<p>•• spoiler omitted •• </blockquote><p>"May the Force be with you."
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"And also with you."</p>Well, sure, if they bothered to pay attention during their confirmation classes. Some people just get queasy after hearing about the 95 theologians he nailed to the church door and just tune out everything afterwards.
** spoiler omitted ** "May the Force be with you."
"And also with you."Matthew Morris2012-01-23T20:51:09ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementEvil Lincoln (alias of toyrobots)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#712012-01-23T20:02:04Z2012-01-23T20:02:04Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Shadowborn wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Matthew Morris wrote:</div><blockquote><p> A <i>coinbox of indulgences</i> that is a portable <i>atonement</i> spell in a can is going to be more understandable to Lutherans than to, say, Muslims.•</p>
<p>••• spoiler omitted •• </blockquote><p>Well, sure, if they bothered to pay attention during their confirmation classes. Some people just get queasy after hearing about the 95 theologians he nailed to the church door and just tune out everything afterwards.
<p>•• spoiler omitted •• </blockquote><p>I feel a nascent divine caster prestige-class forming...Shadowborn wrote:Matthew Morris wrote:A coinbox of indulgences that is a portable atonement spell in a can is going to be more understandable to Lutherans than to, say, Muslims.*
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Well, sure, if they bothered to pay attention during their confirmation classes. Some people just get queasy after hearing about the 95 theologians he nailed to the church door and just tune out everything afterwards. ** spoiler omitted ** I feel a nascent divine caster prestige-class forming...Evil Lincoln (alias of toyrobots)2012-01-23T20:02:04ZRe: Forums/RPG SuperstarTM 2012: General Discussion: Showing improvementJeff Leehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf6s&page=2?Showing-improvement#702019-05-20T21:54:57Z2012-01-23T19:31:50Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Matthew Morris wrote:</div><blockquote><p> A <i>coinbox of indulgences</i> that is a portable <i>atonement</i> spell in a can is going to be more understandable to Lutherans than to, say, Muslims.•</p>
<p>••• spoiler omitted •• </blockquote><p>Well, sure, if they bothered to pay attention during their confirmation classes. Some people just get queasy after hearing about the 95 theologians he nailed to the church door and just tune out everything afterwards.
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Matthew Morris wrote:A coinbox of indulgences that is a portable atonement spell in a can is going to be more understandable to Lutherans than to, say, Muslims.*
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Well, sure, if they bothered to pay attention during their confirmation classes. Some people just get queasy after hearing about the 95 theologians he nailed to the church door and just tune out everything afterwards. [Spoiler omitted]Jeff Lee2012-01-23T19:31:50Z