Beckman |
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Well, I have absolutely no interest in futuristic RPGs, including Starfinder. At all. And I also hate that it's in the same world as my fantasy genre.
Like, "Look, nothing bad can happen since we made it to the future OK." Did they have to lower the stakes on my Fantasy game??
So I hope they do not dial back their releases of the things that I do care about (Pathfinder) for the things which I do not (Starfinder).
(Not saying that it is a bad game or that other people who like it are wrong - just that I do not)
thejeff |
Well, I have absolutely no interest in futuristic RPGs, including Starfinder. At all. And I also hate that it's in the same world as my fantasy genre.
Like, "Look, nothing bad can happen since we made it to the future OK." Did they have to lower the stakes on my Fantasy game??
So I hope they do not dial back their releases of the things that I do care about (Pathfinder) for the things which I do not (Starfinder).
(Not saying that it is a bad game or that other people who like it are wrong - just that I do not)
Well, the whole planet did go away. It's possible something might have gone wrong somewhere along the line. :)
Jason Wu |
Beckman wrote:Well, I have absolutely no interest in futuristic RPGs, including Starfinder. At all. And I also hate that it's in the same world as my fantasy genre.
Like, "Look, nothing bad can happen since we made it to the future OK." Did they have to lower the stakes on my Fantasy game??
So I hope they do not dial back their releases of the things that I do care about (Pathfinder) for the things which I do not (Starfinder).
(Not saying that it is a bad game or that other people who like it are wrong - just that I do not)
Well, the whole planet did go away. It's possible something might have gone wrong somewhere along the line. :)
I'm pretty sure Drandle Dreng is involved somehow.
Or perhaps Torch stole the planet.
Hmm Venture-Captain, Minnesota |
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That just shows how good an actor Drendle Dreng is. Any kitsune with the right feat can impersonate someone, but to impersonate two people at the same time? Genius.
Because, of course Drendle impersonates himself. No one else gets it quite right.
We really need an "I'm the real Drendle Dreng" t-shirt for PFS rerolls.
Dominick Regional Venture-Coordinator, Gulf |
If you look at the list of names of active volunteers in PFS, it looks an awful lot like the list from LG.
If you look at the list of Paizo staff, you will notice a lot from some other game company that was creating content for a famous RPG company during that era.
You are right, there are more than a few Triad members, organizers, and other leaders who are VOs and players in PFS.I am hoping for more gaming, and another new campaign is not a problem for me.
William Ronald Venture-Lieutenant, California—Los Angeles (South Bay) |
I am personally glad to see that some of the same names from Living Greyhawk are now involved with Pathfinder Society. I played in Living Greyhawk and liked a lot about it, but there were problems. Among these that Pathfinder Society has addressed has been the issue of crafting (I had other players ask me to have my wizard make items for them in Pathfinder Society), wealth by level, and the LG problem of why adventurers are conveniently all in the same place.
Woran Venture-Captain, Netherlands |
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That just shows how good an actor Drendle Dreng is. Any kitsune with the right feat can impersonate someone, but to impersonate two people at the same time? Genius.
Because, of course Drendle impersonates himself. No one else gets it quite right.
We really need an "I'm the real Drendle Dreng" t-shirt for PFS rerolls.
I'd buy that shirt.
William Ronald Venture-Lieutenant, California—Los Angeles (South Bay) |
Hilary Moon Murphy wrote:I'd buy that shirt.That just shows how good an actor Drendle Dreng is. Any kitsune with the right feat can impersonate someone, but to impersonate two people at the same time? Genius.
Because, of course Drendle impersonates himself. No one else gets it quite right.
We really need an "I'm the real Drendle Dreng" t-shirt for PFS rerolls.
I think that a lot of people would be willing to buy it.
FLite Venture-Captain, California—Sacramento |
brock, no the other one... |
Tineke Bolleman wrote:I think that a lot of people would be willing to buy it.Hilary Moon Murphy wrote:I'd buy that shirt.That just shows how good an actor Drendle Dreng is. Any kitsune with the right feat can impersonate someone, but to impersonate two people at the same time? Genius.
Because, of course Drendle impersonates himself. No one else gets it quite right.
We really need an "I'm the real Drendle Dreng" t-shirt for PFS rerolls.
Drendle Dreng, VC in charge of spurring developments in horology.
RealAlchemy |
That just shows how good an actor Drendle Dreng is. Any kitsune with the right feat can impersonate someone, but to impersonate two people at the same time? Genius.
Because, of course Drendle impersonates himself. No one else gets it quite right.
We really need an "I'm the real Drendle Dreng" t-shirt for PFS rerolls.
Will the real Drendle Drang please stand up?
Thurston Hillman Contributor—Canadian Maplecakes |
Brigadier General Yesterday |
Evil Horse wrote:EVIL HORSE TRAMPLES UPON YOUR WEAK PATHFINDER SOCIETY'S FUTURE! FREEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!Send in the Goblin Paladins!
We would love to sir however it seems that shortly after coming into existence 95% of them fell. Thankfully most where still in rebuild levels so we have the standard assortment of alchemist, sorcerers, and barbarians to throw at the horse.
Evil Horse |
Evil Horse wrote:EVIL HORSE TRAMPLES UPON YOUR WEAK PATHFINDER SOCIETY'S FUTURE! FREEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!I made a bet with myself, that I could guess who the owner of this alias was before checking.
** spoiler omitted **
PUNY HUMAN, EVIL HORSE LIKES BOURBON AND EXPECTS DELIVERY OF SAID FOR WINNING BET YOU MADE.
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
BigNorseWolf |
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That just shows how good an actor Drendle Dreng is. Any kitsune with the right feat can impersonate someone, but to impersonate two people at the same time? Genius.
Because, of course Drendle impersonates himself. No one else gets it quite right.
We really need an "I'm the real Drendle Dreng" t-shirt for PFS rerolls.
Lord Fyre RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32 |
Does this post actually belong in a Pathfinder Society thread? (It would have been better placed in a Pathfinder Campaign Setting General Discussion.)
Well, I have absolutely no interest in futuristic RPGs, including Starfinder. At all. And I also hate that it's in the same world as my fantasy genre.
Like, "Look, nothing bad can happen since we made it to the future OK." Did they have to lower the stakes on my Fantasy game??
So I hope they do not dial back their releases of the things that I do care about (Pathfinder) for the things which I do not (Starfinder).
(Not saying that it is a bad game or that other people who like it are wrong - just that I do not)
While I actually am looking forward to Starfinder, your second point (the harm of setting Starfinder in the same universe as Pathfinder) I do agree with.
But then again, I do believe that there are other settings being developed for Starfinder.
The Fourth Horseman |
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How does Starfinder lower the stakes?
And you do know Numeria is a thing in Golarion? And that's without getting into all the other planets in Pathfinder that have advanced tech.
I think the argument is that in the long run, we know how things turn out, so what's the point of us adventurers doing anything because the future is now written. The planet is gone. The fate of everything is known. Our choices are now futile.
I can understand the sentiment, but I look at it from the multiverse perspective. Starfinder is how the Golarion universe ended up in one instance. Pathfinder exists in another Golarion universe, and we may not end in the same place as Starfinder.
Rysky |
Rysky wrote:How does Starfinder lower the stakes?
And you do know Numeria is a thing in Golarion? And that's without getting into all the other planets in Pathfinder that have advanced tech.
I think the argument is that in the long run, we know how things turn out, so what's the point of us adventurers doing anything because the future is now written. The planet is gone. The fate of everything is known. Our choices are now futile.
I can understand the sentiment, but I look at it from the multiverse perspective. Starfinder is how the Golarion universe ended up in one instance. Pathfinder exists in another Golarion universe, and we may not end in the same place as Starfinder.
I could understand that effect if the Gap was closer to Pathfinder's timeline but "thousands of years later the planet disappears" affects... absolutely none of my characters or their stories.
Rysky |
Add in the fact that we don't actually known how everything got there. So we don't know the fate of everything, and our choices do still matter. To our own characters if nothing else.
This.
The fact that Golarion disappears 1,000s of years in the future doesn't actually affect character agency at all.
Talonhawke |
TOZ wrote:Add in the fact that we don't actually known how everything got there. So we don't know the fate of everything, and our choices do still matter. To our own characters if nothing else.This.
The fact that Golarion disappears 1,000s of years in the future doesn't actually affect character agency at all.
*best Nappa voice* What where did it go.........or was it ever even there to begin with?
The Fourth Horseman |
Add in the fact that we don't actually known how everything got there. So we don't know the fate of everything, and our choices do still matter. To our own characters if nothing else.
Yeah, but unless I'm missing something, if Starfinder and Pathfinder are in the same universe, the how and what is mostly irrelevant. I'd say that they were relevant in finding a way to bring it back (if possible), but the devs have said that the what, how, and where of the missing Golarion planet is going to be Starfinder's Aroden question. If we can't figure out those questions, we won't figure out a way to bring the planet back.
So really the only relevant question to Pathfinders is when, and only on a personal level. Will it happen in my lifetime? No? Well then Golarion is doomed, but I'll die before it's gone, so why do I care? Especially if it's going to happen no matter what I do. Yes? Well, I'm either space refugee, or dead, or gone with Golarion. I can't stop it. The future is written.
It's why after thinking about it, I prefer the multiverse idea.
TOZ |
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So really the only relevant question to Pathfinders is when, and only on a personal level. Will it happen in my lifetime? No? Well then Golarion is doomed, but I'll die before it's gone, so why do I care? Especially if it's going to happen no matter what I do. Yes? Well, I'm either space refugee, or dead, or gone with Golarion. I can't stop it. The future is written.
So the heat-death of the universe renders our lives meaningless?
I believe we are at the point of discussing the merit of Rogue One given we already have Episodes IV-VI.
The Fourth Horseman |
The Fourth Horseman wrote:So really the only relevant question to Pathfinders is when, and only on a personal level. Will it happen in my lifetime? No? Well then Golarion is doomed, but I'll die before it's gone, so why do I care? Especially if it's going to happen no matter what I do. Yes? Well, I'm either space refugee, or dead, or gone with Golarion. I can't stop it. The future is written.So the heat-death of the universe renders our lives meaningless?
I believe we are at the point of discussing the merit of Rogue One given we already have Episodes IV-VI.
The only point I'm going stick with here, is that yes, some meaning is taken from our choices when the future is so written. It sounds like much of the detail of the future will be set with the writing of Starfinder.
With real life, there are so many variables that we don't know what's going to happen up until the heat death or after. All Civilizations / existence may die. Maybe humanity figures out how to escape to another universe. Maybe we, or some other people, figure out how to extend the life of the universe. Maybe humanity won't have to worry about it because we all die long before due to some other calamity. There are so many questions for Earth.
In either case, I'll have to read Starfinder to figure out how much is set in stone, and how much it will or won't affect Pathfinder. I'm sure the writers of Starfinder have thought about all this to some extent.
I think I'm done arguing the point. I see it as valid, but I'm not particularly tied to it, and I'm excited to read and play Starfinder while I still play Pathfinder. As Rysky said, there are stories to be told.
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RE: Rogue One
Yes, it takes away from the suspense of Rogue One to know certainly that Jyn (sp?) and crew get the plans to the rebels. Doesn't mean the movie wasn't good, but the stakes seemed less, since we know, without any doubt, that they are successful with their mission.
Merisal The Risen |
Golarion has not disappeared in Starfinder it has been one of
Eaten by Rovagug
Placed in a pocket dimension by Asmodeus to prevent it being eaten by Rovagug (in exchange for every soul on Golarion of course)
Has been absorbed into the blanket that covers the shell of the great space turtle Hao Jin that swims through space
Or see below
Drahliana Moonrunner |
Golarion has not disappeared in Starfinder it has been one of
Eaten by Rovagug
Placed in a pocket dimension by Asmodeus to prevent it being eaten by Rovagug (in exchange for every soul on Golarion of course)
Has been absorbed into the blanket that covers the shell of the great space turtle Hao Jin that swims through space
Or see below
Only Jacobs knows and he's not telling..... :P
BretI Venture-Lieutenant, Minnesota—Minneapolis |
CBDunkerson |
I think the argument is that in the long run, we know how things turn out...
Really? Cool, I've got some questions then.
Where did Golarion go?
What happens after that?
In short... no we really don't know how things turn out. We know that Golarion moved. That's a big world shaking event... like the death of Aroden... or the opening of the Worldwound... but not the end of all history.
Some time in the distant future Golarion will be relocated. Knowing that doesn't change anything about the significance of its past or prevent that past from impacting its future. Did your party destroy Tar-Baphon? Well then he won't be around to plague Golarion after its relocation. The Pathfinder present still matters to Golarion's future.
TOZ |
The only point I'm going stick with here, is that yes, some meaning is taken from our choices when the future is so written. It sounds like much of the detail of the future will be set with the writing of Starfinder.
Remember the most important rule. It also applies to the setting.