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Game Master Redelia

You may have been reading the archetype write-up on a website that does not have permission to use certain proprietary terms, such as deity names.

Be sure to use the original sources. In this case, Dirty Tactics Toolbox.

Yep that is exactly what happened, I was just being lazy on my phone reading up on the archetype lol

♫ Na nana na nana Bat Elf! ♫

I mean, she fights in a superhero outfit while singing her own theme song, that is totally ripped off the Batman franchise.

"WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT! I gotta talk to my agent."

"I have so many questions! Were you bitten by a radioactive elf? Was your combat instructor an old ysoki living in a sewer? Are you the last survivor of a planet with a red sun? Do you validate parking!?"

"I was Bat Elf first... Because if you're going to wear a mask because you're an elf anyway, why not wear a mask and fight crime? But then I went on a mission where I got irradiated, fought giant mutant frogs, and became a mutant who could fly!*"

♫ Na nana na nana Bat Park! ♫

Bat Elf stamps a parking validation on Madcap's forehead before spreading her wings and flying off.

*Many SFS adventures fulfill the superhero fantasy nicely.

"YEAH! ...I seem to need a lot of validation...."

There should be a thread for superhero-based character builds/exploits/play patterns on the site. I'm just sayin'. I've got about four of them myself.

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Probably other ways, but that is what worked for me.

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Hi friends!

I am beginning the mustering process for Drow of the Darklands Pyramid being played in non-Core (standard) mode for Outpost V.

Would the following Pathfinders please report into the Discussion page >> Here << to report your PC’s usual PFS1 info.

❧ cmlobue
❧ Gerald
❧ Jhaeman
❧ Otha

Game starts March 6, 2022

Player Sign-up's are open for Outpost. The link for the Scenario Listing is below to help locate it easier.

Outpost V Scenario Listing

To all the games I am presently in:

I apologize for not posting more; I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop. This site works on the laptop, but it's an incredible chore to use due to a nearly-nonfunctional keyboard - OTOH, my desktop works far better, but for some reason this site has not worked on it at all for over a week!

I don't know what's happened on the website end, but I hope they fix it soon!

I don't know what's happened on the website end, but I hope they fix it soon!

What happened.

I would suggest you try logging in using ‘private browsing’ or ‘incognito’ mode — the name depends on the browser. If that works, clear cookies and cache data. That will most likely allow you to log in again in normal mode.

I don’t think they have anything more that they can fix with the log in.

In case you need it, here is the recommended procedure for clearing Paizo data.

ALRIGHTY!!! Thank goodness! Thank you, thank you!

All I had to do was dump my history; go figure. :P

He who dumps his history is doomed to repeat it... and probably already has. ;)

Stay thirsty my friends.

GMs for NostalgiaCon games, please read the instructions here. We are rapidly approaching the reporting deadline, and failure to meet that deadline will mean loss of chances for boons and store credit for you and your players.

So how's everyone getting on with the grey spoilers?

I have to admit, for me it's a major fail. They're ugly, they disrupt PbP character sheets, text is more difficult to read and dice expressions even more so. On mobile browsers the new indentation is not compensated, so where we had nice centre-justification now all the spoiler text is just shunted to the right and it jars.

Website admin say it's a deliberate change but they're looking at the green-on-grey contrast issue.

If you haven't noticed the change, here's an example:

It isn't really adding any value for me.

not a fan...i didn't realize it was a thing until my last post for my swashbuckler..doing his parry/riposte rolls...i spoiler them...i was like...umm...what is this?

Also not a fan, but TBH I thought it was just my browser acting weird.

The only benefit I could possibly see is that it differentiates the spoilered text from what's not behind the spoiler. I know that I've sometimes had to click the spoiler button a couple times to open and close it so that I could tell what was and wasn't behind it when amidst a long post of many small paragraphs.

But I'd rather they use a bar along the side like many manuals do to indicate a change.

The contrast needs to be addressed, but I prefer a clear delineation between what is spoiler and what isn’t. It makes a huge difference when you include spoilers mid-post. No more guessing where spoilered text ends.

A few messages have been sent forth to Paizo concerning the contrast ratio and colors as it is incredibly difficult for some folks with color blindness to differentiate the content. The messages are being forwarded to the Director of Technology within Paizo.

The contrast needs to be addressed, but I prefer a clear delineation between what is spoiler and what isn’t. It makes a huge difference when you include spoilers mid-post. No more guessing where spoilered text ends.

I like them for that reason as well. No more adding lines at the bottom of my spoilers to indicate the end of them.

I’m glad the color issues are being looked into.

So how's everyone getting on with the grey spoilers?

I have to admit, for me it's a major fail. They're ugly, they disrupt PbP character sheets...

I kinda hate excessive spoiler tags on character sheet pages anyhow. As a GM they force me to hunt around for stats guessing what a player thinks "Defense" might include rather than just seeing the thing all at once and realizing at at last that no they never did post their CMD.

I don't think I've ever had a problem with determining what is and what isn't a spoiler. And if I did, two clicks and I would know... unlike spoilers on a character page... Why are her saving throws under "Base Stats"!?!? Carn sarn it! It was the last spoiler too!

Regardless I find it curious that they did this instead of other things like reattach the old search bar function for the character avatar page or fix the {bigger} tool from the old bigger (which was a little bit bigger than normal) to the "extra huge" (which is the current bigger), or maybe even add more avatars, and fix some the mistakes (i.e. humans showing up as elves or vise versa, combining the 'Repitilian' and 'Reptilian' categories, etc...). Maybe they could have even created a "night mode" screen display.

Oh, and keep of the damn grass! ~Old Codger Who Thinks Things Were Better in the Old Days.

The spoiler shading doesn't seem to be a problem for me but I also use a dark mode browser extension.

Not too bothered by the gray box, however, it does need to be lightened a bit.

I don’t care for the gray change for spoilers.

I agree with a lot of Cohen’s points. Why fix something that isn’t broken, when we could have more avatars and an avatar search function that works more efficiently, for example.

Having said that, I am conscious as I get older that I disagree with almost every change being made, because I can make the (jaded) argument it is being made to reduce costs while also reducing quality.

[Dilbert® style cynicism]”Fixing the Post Monster is too hard. Let’s give them gray spoilers instead! That should shut them up about the server architecture for a while …”[/Dilbert® style cynicism]

I also wonder with all the crap going on in the world, is this really such a big deal. But you know what? This is my hobby too. I care about it. I remember a time when play-by-post was nearly excluded from PFS altogether.

If we the customers, don’t point out things we don’t like, who will?

I remember a time when play-by-post was nearly excluded from PFS altogether.

I remember kicking off that first PBP Community Multitable Special event back in the day (Year of the Shadowlodge) - heads exploded. It was a scandal, people complaining that we couldn't do it, was against the 'rules

I like that the spoilers are easier to pick out from the background now.

I really dislike the colours they chose. The grey could be a lighter one (similar to how they do quotes, or even lighter), and the text remain black.

as a thought about the spoiler colour...could it maybe be expressed in a different font? i know there's italics, but just a thought...

This discussion would really be more likely to be seen by the people who make decisions if it were in website feedback.

as a thought about the spoiler colour...could it maybe be expressed in a different font? i know there's italics, but just a thought...

I vote for Cyrillic, man! Doesn't get used enough. Or maybe that kinda cloud font that girls in middle-school used to have all over their notebooks. Oh! With an eye-watering color-shifting neon psychedelic background.

This discussion would really be more likely to be seen by the people who make decisions if it were in website feedback.

Nah, man. That's just what they're expecting.

Peace out.

This discussion would really be more likely to be seen by the people who make decisions if it were in website feedback.

I already made a thread.

I already made a thread.

Posted there.

As of a little over twenty minutes ago (just after 7PM GMT), the spoiler text color has been reverted while the programming team reviews the issue.

"Master Dool, my good man, I do understand your plight. Not even yesterday I had to deal with several complaints from the nobles in Egorian who have apparently been unfairly targeted by various harbormasters throughout the Inner Sea by a recent, largely unfair hike in their mooring fees. Some of them are even considering reducing some of these vessels' crew sizes to compensate. Would you believe this? trying to make do without some of their ladies-in-waiting, in some foreign port, while their dresses are being fitted for a formal gala... the horror!!"

I say, poor form! You can't roleplay in here. This is the discussion thread!

"What is this talk of 'roleplay', Dickie? I told you to keep your perverse fantasies to yourself in polite company! now would you be a dear and fetch the two latest massive giant hounds I don't remember the names of? I want to gift one to poor Dool here... thank you dear..."

If a discussion is removed for being political, please do not continue it here. First Tyranius asked you to drop the conversation, and then a Paizo employee removed it. It should be quite clear that political conversations are not acceptable in this lodge or on this forum.

Removed a couple posts for political discussion. Please remember that we are a global community and discussion forums need to follow all Community Guidelines

I guess I'm taking my subscription money elsewhere.

Stay thirsty my friends.

Bye!

I, for one, appreciate a space where the real world doesn't intrude. I have a position on certain real-world events, but still don't care to see a post here about real-world events even if the position aligns with mine.

Thanks, Paizo, for keeping this space firmly in the realm of fantasy.

I guess I'm taking my subscription money elsewhere.

Stay thirsty my friends.

Understandable TWMI-GM; hopefully you'll still be hanging around the PFS forums occasionally as you're one of the best GMs I've had the pleasure to play with. Take care!

PaizoCon 2022 Announcement
Great news everyone! PbP games will continue to be incorporated into PaizoCon Online 2022!!!

We will have a total of 45 PbP tables at PaizoCon. (PbP will have access to the new scenarios also releasing at PaizoCon as well as Author-ran tables)

PF1E (4 Scenarios)
PF2E (20 Scenarios and 6 Bounties)
SFS (15 Scenarios and 6 Bounties)

To NostalgiaCon GMs:

If I sent you an email early this week asking which GM boon you want, I probably did not receive your response due to a technical problem. Please resend your email back to me.

Tyrant's Grasp sanctioning documents are now up!

Tyrant's Grasp Sanctioning Link

Tyrant's Grasp sanctioning documents are now up!

Tyrant's Grasp Sanctioning Link

Is that 1st or 2nd edition?

Tyranius wrote:

Tyrant's Grasp sanctioning documents are now up!

Tyrant's Grasp Sanctioning Link

Is that 1st or 2nd edition?

It's the final published AP for 1st edition :)

Does it award XP, or just the gold?

It provides rewards in a similar manner to the sanctioning for Wrath of the Righteous. 3XP, 4PP, and gold based on character level.