This poster has the best mind for mechanics I have seen. Let's get him/her? into some official position! Something like Monte Cook has done for Pathfinder and DnDNext.
Who agrees?
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I don't think there is anyone on the boards that is that much better once you get to the top rules people than the other posters. She is one of the better debaters though.
Good point, it levels out when you get closer to the top. My system mastery isn't good enough yet to say for sure what it's like up there on top ;)
But what about thinking outside the box? And like you said, debate skills.
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Not sure what a "Conultant" is...
Ah! Consultant! Got it. :D
Let me clarify: I think that if you could the top 5 to maybe 10 poster they would all do well. :)
Good point, it levels out when you get closer to the top. My system mastery isn't good enough yet to say for sure what it's like up there on top ;)
But what about thinking outside the box? And like you said, debate skills.
That is important also, but that would be better for James's side of the house. Some people do well in both though.
edit:Do you mean outside of the box thinking for mechanics or fluff material?
Liz a Conultant is a Conan-Ultimate-Mutant.
j/k
I hate typing on iPad.
Wraith, I meant crunch and fluff both.
Example... Ashiel showed an example of a supposedly broken trick to gain tons of inherent ability score bonuses from genies with wishes, and how most GM would freak out trying to figure out how to stop it from breaking the game. Ashiel's solution... Let them have the crazy stats! Outside the box.
Wraith my real intention for this thread was just to make an Ashiel appreciation thread, not to say Ashiel is the only poster on the boards who could be a good "conultant".
Certainly not to suggest that I have any say in who Paizo should hire.
Just appreciation for a poster who's posts have helped me a lot as a GM and with player strategy.
(That being the case maybe this is the wrong sub-forum, I wasn't sure.)
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I appreciate Ashiel as a poster, but I do not believe she would make a good "official" designer, as I don't share her style of play at all.
There's a certain genius there, but I don't consider it a good fit. I would take a long hard look (in a positive light) at any 3rd party product she was involved in.
CLARIFICATION: Something in the Trailblazer vein, which I have previously mined for house rules, is something Paizo wouldn't or couldn't do, but I would think Ashiel might shine there.
I am so confused right now.
I would buy on site.
Horses for courses I guess.
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Liz a Conultant is a Conan-Ultimate-Mutant.
j/k
I hate typing on iPad.
Wraith, I meant crunch and fluff both.
Example... Ashiel showed an example of a supposedly broken trick to gain tons of inherent ability score bonuses from genies with wishes, and how most GM would freak out trying to figure out how to stop it from breaking the game. Ashiel's solution... Let them have the crazy stats! Outside the box.
That trick is well known, as are many other loop holes. Nothing is free, and a good GM makes a player realise that. :)
Wraith my real intention for this thread was just to make an Ashiel appreciation thread, not to say Ashiel is the only poster on the boards who could be a good "conultant".
Certainly not to suggest that I have any say in who Paizo should hire.
Just appreciation for a poster who's posts have helped me a lot as a GM and with player strategy.
(That being the case maybe this is the wrong sub-forum, I wasn't sure.)
LOL @ conultant.
OK, point taken. It did get me thinking about who I would nominate though so good has come from it. I won't post that here though. :)
What I learned from it was that it was ok to let it go if my players were having fun. I didn't have to thwart them. Ashiel ran the numbers and showed it wouldn't be that hard to compensate for and keep things challenging.
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off-topic: not Ashiel related
I think a good dev has to be as play-style neutral as possible. You can't be too loose with the rules, nor so worried that the players will break the game, because they will if they really try. The best you can do is make sure they are not easily broken. :)
On-topic:
I do want to play in one of her games though.
I humbly and honorbly Nominate Suupreme Overlord Wraithstrike as head of all projects concering the universe and all things contained within it past, present, and future.
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Ashiel why are you not in your own thread?
Oh, she is probably writing a thesis in response to what I wrote in another thread. :)
PS:If you are not a "she" it is Grimmy's fault. He is supposed to know this stuff.
WHAAAT!!!
I said "he/she?" ONCE, and have intentionally avoided pronouns since, saying "Ashiel" instead (which gets tedious)!!!
:p
There was a time when RD would be getting picked on. I guess the mantle has been passed.
RD would get Head Betatester and Finder Of Obscure Holes cap.
I think the team of Ashiel/Wraithstrike would make for an interesting ruleset.
Also can I get in on the Ashiel game? They sound like fun.
The worship of Ashiel is getting a bit out of hand, and painful to read.
She is starting to approach divine status. :)
A group must be formed to stop this event. Avengers assemble!
The worship of Ashiel is getting a bit out of hand, and painful to read.
Iol
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I don't think there is anyone on the boards that is that much better once you get to the top rules people than the other posters. She is one of the better debaters though.
Consistent great length isn't the same as being great at debate.
I've also noticed she tried to use non-pathfinder material to support an argument on what pathfinder's dragon stats should consistently be. Dragons should wear armour she said, because implanting gems and coin into scales was mentioned in The Hobbit. The stats (bestiary and adventure paths) never support her claim. A rules consultant you say?
So yeah, I'm not on this bandwagon. I've also been lurking enough to notice that the high ups in paizo don't always show fine debating skills either. They aren't divine people.
As Dostoevsky said in The Brothers Karamazov
"So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find some one to worship."
Any forum commenter who took a paid position at Paizo would no longer be able to debate with commenters. Not in any sort of potentially inflammatory way. Therefore, if you aren't a fan of Ashiel's snarkier comments, you should actually support this idea. Capiche? You get Ashiel's monk suggestions and heavily armed dragons and cohorts and other neat ideas, minus any personal stuff that anyone might find objectionable (dismissive comments about some rule or poster), as it would then be something that reflected upon an employee's performance. However, if you aren't a fan of Ashiel's rule interpretations and gameplay, then ok. I find Ashiel's points to be quite interesting, personally, not that I agree with all of them.
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It's true, we have to remember not to put anyone on a pedestal, good quote.
But don't you think there's a difference between appreciation and worship?
Ashiel is cool, I blew my players mind with the kobolds in the mine with the barrel of oil as cover past the pit trap trick, made them scared of kobolds, then showed them Ashiel's guide to adventuring so they could equip themselves to survive the harder encounters I had learned to design for cheap. Everyone wins. Fun at the table was had. I just wanted to say thanks.
Jacobs and Reynolds have Axolotl.
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Ha ha, just kidding.
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While I appreciate Ashiel for her dedicated writing on this forum and because her rules knowledge is really good, she is a tad too confrontational and obsessive-compulsive for my taste to get the nod ( for this fictional assignment ^^ ) over some of the more cool-headed people on this forum, like Ice Titan, Mikaze, Wraithstrike, Abraham Spalding or Evil Lincoln.
That being said, I don't think Paizo takes player nominations to any official post. :p
They could make a "Loved by Many" post.
Yep. I agree. Ashiel should most certainly work for paizo. Rules consultant, game designer etc. She would completely fit in. No argument from me there. To magnuskn, Abraham Spalding and Evil Lincoln, cool-headed?
I don't think there is anyone on the boards that is that much better once you get to the top rules people than the other posters. She is one of the better debaters though.Consistent great length isn't the same as being great at debate.
I've also noticed she tried to use non-pathfinder material to support an argument on what pathfinder's dragon stats should consistently be. Dragons should wear armour she said, because implanting gems and coin into scales was mentioned in The Hobbit. The stats (bestiary and adventure paths) never support her claim. A rules consultant you say?
So yeah, I'm not on this bandwagon. I've also been lurking enough to notice that the high ups in paizo don't always show fine debating skills either. They aren't divine people.
As Dostoevsky said in The Brothers Karamazov
"So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find some one to worship."
Actually she does make good points at times. I don't think she was using the hobbit as a rules source 3.5. I think she was reacting to your comment of, and I am paraphrasing "It is not heard of to see dragons wearing armor or with gems."
If you have a quote that I missed I would like to see it. It is just that when I disagree with her she generally uses logic and rules support.
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Lincoln is pretty relaxed. Evil and relaxed.
Thanks Magnuskn.
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Actually I think half the time we get extra butt-hurt when someone is being SO cool-headed in the face of nerd-rage.
Grimmy if you want to annoy a poster use their own logic against them. :)
It works a lot.
Well hopefully I will never find myself actively trying to annoy a poster but I think I know what you mean.
On the other hand if there is a fallacy in my own logic I would rather have it pointed out. It might be easier to see from the outside, and holding me back.
Especially emotions can be a cloud that stops us from thinking clearly about something. You might even see this happen to people who just want the monk to be something it isn't for example.
I personally think a sword and board paladin turtled-up in full plate is very iconic and flavorful, but I'll never get mad at someone who explains to me that there are more optimal choices mechanically, like archery or two-hand weapon. And I'll never refuse to see that they are technically correct.
Snark on the other hand is bad I guess but I'm just not very sensitive about it.
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You're a bag.
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Filthy Baggins...
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While I appreciate Ashiel for her dedicated writing on this forum and because her rules knowledge is really good, she is a tad too confrontational and obsessive-compulsive for my taste to get the nod ( for this fictional assignment ^^ ) over some of the more cool-headed people on this forum, like Ice Titan, Mikaze, Wraithstrike, Abraham Spalding or Evil Lincoln.
That being said, I don't think Paizo takes player nominations to any official post. :p
I don't really like him as a poster, different styles I guess but I think he would be a terrible fit for the paizo team, I think Ashiel himself would likely agree to that actually.
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The title should have just been "Ashiel appreciation thread".
People are acting like there's a real job opening.