paizo.com Recent Comments on Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the Portfoliopaizo.com Recent Comments on Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the Portfolio2014-08-15T17:46:40Z2014-08-15T17:46:40ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the PortfolioBlackbothttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#632015-03-03T11:02:17Z2015-03-03T11:02:17Z<p>I just noticed this blogpost does not show up when searching through pathfinderSociety-tags. Can someone confirm that problem for me?</p>I just noticed this blogpost does not show up when searching through pathfinderSociety-tags. Can someone confirm that problem for me?Blackbot2015-03-03T11:02:17ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the Portfoliognoamshttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#622014-08-02T05:48:48Z2014-08-02T05:48:48Z<p>My qadiran belonged to the faction due to being qadiran, not to any interest in being a merchant. She harbors nothing but hatred and contempt for varisians. There's no way she would join a joint organization with the sczarni. My sczarni character is a professional wrestler, gangster, part of the family, also disinterested in trade. I made characters with backgrounds to fit in to the factions as they were, as representative of nations and cultures. Now almost none of them fit in their newly reinvisioned factions. I guess I'll be doing a lot of faction hopping.</p>
<p>I liked that the old factions were golarion specific, my first reaction to these new factions is they're turning too generic. We'll see where this all goes, but so far I don't like it.</p>My qadiran belonged to the faction due to being qadiran, not to any interest in being a merchant. She harbors nothing but hatred and contempt for varisians. There's no way she would join a joint organization with the sczarni. My sczarni character is a professional wrestler, gangster, part of the family, also disinterested in trade. I made characters with backgrounds to fit in to the factions as they were, as representative of nations and cultures. Now almost none of them fit in their newly...gnoams2014-08-02T05:48:48ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the PortfolioNefreethttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#612014-08-02T00:46:00Z2014-08-02T00:46:00Z<p>Seems fair.</p>
<p>And Dark Archive will have to finish not only Cheliax and Shadow Lodge, but actively work against Andoran and Grand Lodge.</p>Seems fair.
And Dark Archive will have to finish not only Cheliax and Shadow Lodge, but actively work against Andoran and Grand Lodge.Nefreet2014-08-02T00:46:00ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the PortfolioFromperhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#602014-08-01T21:49:26Z2014-08-01T21:49:26Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Steve Mulhern wrote:</div><blockquote><p> As someone who occasionally dusts off an old scenario to run it, how should I deal with the fact that Szarni/Qadira are now The Exchange?</p>
<p>Hopefully this will be addressed in the Season 6 Guide...</p>
<p>— S. </blockquote><p>Just give them both faction missions and don't let them get any prestige unless they succeed at both.
<p>:P</p>Steve Mulhern wrote:As someone who occasionally dusts off an old scenario to run it, how should I deal with the fact that Szarni/Qadira are now The Exchange?
Hopefully this will be addressed in the Season 6 Guide...
-- S.
Just give them both faction missions and don't let them get any prestige unless they succeed at both. :PFromper2014-08-01T21:49:26ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the PortfolioSteve Mulhern PFS 81365https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#592014-08-01T21:44:42Z2014-08-01T21:44:42Z<p>As someone who occasionally dusts off an old scenario to run it, how should I deal with the fact that Szarni/Qadira are now The Exchange?</p>
<p>Hopefully this will be addressed in the Season 6 Guide...</p>
<p>— S.</p>As someone who occasionally dusts off an old scenario to run it, how should I deal with the fact that Szarni/Qadira are now The Exchange?
Hopefully this will be addressed in the Season 6 Guide...
-- S.Steve Mulhern PFS 813652014-08-01T21:44:42ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the PortfolioGreen Beard the Pirate (alias of Fromper)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#582014-07-13T04:34:09Z2014-07-13T04:34:09Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">kinevon wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Green Beard the Pirate wrote:</div><blockquote><b>Ah don't trade! Ah take stuff! That's th' whole point o' bein' a pirate!</b> </blockquote>No, no, no. The point of being a pirate is wearing an eye patch, having a hook hand, and serving as a parrot perch. </blockquote><p><b>Are ye makin' fun o' me big, gold hoop earing, an' me silver skull an' crossbones necklace??? Jus' cause de're 'typical' fer a pirate, tha' don' make 'em any less useful!</b>
<p><span class=tiny>OOC: No, I'm not kidding. The half-orc Sacred Tattoo alternate racial trait says it can be a piercing instead of a tattoo, and the necklace is his unholy symbol of Besmara.</span></p>kinevon wrote:Green Beard the Pirate wrote:Ah don't trade! Ah take stuff! That's th' whole point o' bein' a pirate!
No, no, no. The point of being a pirate is wearing an eye patch, having a hook hand, and serving as a parrot perch. Are ye makin' fun o' me big, gold hoop earing, an' me silver skull an' crossbones necklace??? Jus' cause de're 'typical' fer a pirate, tha' don' make 'em any less useful! OOC: No, I'm not kidding. The half-orc Sacred Tattoo alternate racial trait says it can be a...Green Beard the Pirate (alias of Fromper)2014-07-13T04:34:09ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the Portfolioja'alurhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#572014-07-13T00:57:41Z2014-07-13T00:57:41Z<p>I dunno how this change will effect my Scarni and Qadira characters.</p>
<p>My Rogue, has made a living through theft and getting items into or out of area's, hell his wayfinders been specifically designed for this purpose. </p>
<p>Now, mixing with legitamite traders might work as a good cover and make smuggling easier, but will there be a place for me, a tengu whom until the Scarni came along, was a simple criminal, but now he is part of something bigger that makes use of his skills.</p>
<p>I like the changes made thus far to PFS, but now the question is, when the dust settles will there be a place for my crime loving rogue or pirate swashbuckler.</p>I dunno how this change will effect my Scarni and Qadira characters.
My Rogue, has made a living through theft and getting items into or out of area's, hell his wayfinders been specifically designed for this purpose.
Now, mixing with legitamite traders might work as a good cover and make smuggling easier, but will there be a place for me, a tengu whom until the Scarni came along, was a simple criminal, but now he is part of something bigger that makes use of his skills.
I like the changes...ja'alur2014-07-13T00:57:41ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the Portfoliokinevonhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#562014-07-13T00:43:05Z2014-07-13T00:43:05Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Green Beard the Pirate wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Trade Princess Katarina wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Green Beard the Pirate wrote:</div><blockquote> <b>ARRR!!! Ah dunno if ah like this. Ah signed on ta this Pathfinderin' thing ta go raidin' in tombs an' such, 'stead o' raidin' ships like ah used to. Guaril un'erstan's that. Ah dunno 'bout this legit tradin' stuff. Not really ma style.</b> </blockquote>Cat leans in and whispers some advice to Green Beard. <b>"It doesn't have to actually BE legitimate trading. You just need to convince the other guy that it's legitimate trading! I, for one, look forward to cooperating with some other entrepreneurs willing to think outside the box."</b> </blockquote><b>Ah don't trade! Ah take stuff! That's th' whole point o' bein' a pirate!</b> </blockquote><p>No, no, no. The point of being a pirate is wearing an eye patchm, having a hook hand, and serving as a parrot perch.
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Green Beard the Pirate wrote:Trade Princess Katarina wrote: Green Beard the Pirate wrote: ARRR!!! Ah dunno if ah like this. Ah signed on ta this Pathfinderin' thing ta go raidin' in tombs an' such, 'stead o' raidin' ships like ah used to. Guaril un'erstan's that. Ah dunno 'bout this legit tradin' stuff. Not really ma style.
Cat leans in and whispers some advice to Green Beard. "It doesn't have to actually BE legitimate trading. You just need to convince the other guy that it's legitimate...kinevon2014-07-13T00:43:05ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the PortfolioCap'n "Black" Ramsey (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#552014-07-13T22:27:20Z2014-07-11T01:11:28Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Green Beard the Pirate wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Trade Princess Katarina wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Green Beard the Pirate wrote:</div><blockquote> <b>ARRR!!! Ah dunno if ah like this. Ah signed on ta this Pathfinderin' thing ta go raidin' in tombs an' such, 'stead o' raidin' ships like ah used to. Guaril un'erstan's that. Ah dunno 'bout this legit tradin' stuff. Not really ma style.</b> </blockquote>Cat leans in and whispers some advice to Green Beard. <b>"It doesn't have to actually BE legitimate trading. You just need to convince the other guy that it's legitimate trading! I, for one, look forward to cooperating with some other entrepreneurs willing to think outside the box."</b> </blockquote><b>Ah don't trade! Ah take stuff! That's th' whole point o' bein' a pirate!</b> </blockquote><p><b>"Aye mate, but y'need t'be able to offload yer cargo, ye can't jus' be plunderin' without end!"</b> Followed by a long pause, and then, <b>"...well, ye can, but then ye be turnin' everythin' over t'the Society's vaults, and ye get less of a profit."
<p>——-</b></p>
<p>All jokes aside, and just speaking for myself, losing the Sczarni faction is really the only faction change I'm sad about. The Grand Lodge is the perfect place for those who want to "just be Pathfinders" with little/no "extracurricular" odds and ends, but Sczarni were always for those who liked being a Pathfinder well and good, but also loved using it as a means to further their own personal gains and glories "on the side/sly".</p>
<p>Still, what's good for the organization as a whole is what's most important.</p>Green Beard the Pirate wrote:Trade Princess Katarina wrote: Green Beard the Pirate wrote: ARRR!!! Ah dunno if ah like this. Ah signed on ta this Pathfinderin' thing ta go raidin' in tombs an' such, 'stead o' raidin' ships like ah used to. Guaril un'erstan's that. Ah dunno 'bout this legit tradin' stuff. Not really ma style.
Cat leans in and whispers some advice to Green Beard. "It doesn't have to actually BE legitimate trading. You just need to convince the other guy that it's legitimate...Cap'n "Black" Ramsey (alias of CanisDirus)2014-07-11T01:11:28ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the PortfolioFromperhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#542014-07-11T02:27:06Z2014-07-10T19:54:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">trollbill wrote:</div><blockquote> As a side note, while I am all for the pairing down of redundant factions and the removal of them being nation based, could we please have a Green Faith faction? There just seems to be such a big void in that area. </blockquote><p>Yeah, I'm having a hard time deciding where to put my druid. Gozreh worshiper, not Green Faith, but a nature based faction would still suit the character.
<p>Personally, I still want to see a return of the Shadow Lodge, but under a different name and leader. My 14th level barbarian, Venture-Captain Mash, would gladly volunteer to lead the Pathfinder Union Local Faction, which revolves around Pathfinders looking after each other above all else. Yes, I am actively asking for my PC to be turned into an NPC and removed from play. It would suit him, and at level 14, I doubt if I'll ever play him again, anyway.</p>trollbill wrote:As a side note, while I am all for the pairing down of redundant factions and the removal of them being nation based, could we please have a Green Faith faction? There just seems to be such a big void in that area.
Yeah, I'm having a hard time deciding where to put my druid. Gozreh worshiper, not Green Faith, but a nature based faction would still suit the character. Personally, I still want to see a return of the Shadow Lodge, but under a different name and leader. My 14th...Fromper2014-07-10T19:54:17ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the Portfoliotrollbillhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#532014-07-10T19:19:25Z2014-07-10T19:19:25Z<p>As a side note, while I am all for the pairing down of redundant factions and the removal of them being nation based, could we please have a Green Faith faction? There just seems to be such a big void in that area.</p>As a side note, while I am all for the pairing down of redundant factions and the removal of them being nation based, could we please have a Green Faith faction? There just seems to be such a big void in that area.trollbill2014-07-10T19:19:25ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the PortfolioZead (alias of zefig)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#522014-07-11T03:36:04Z2014-07-10T17:25:31Z<p>Hey, if an air of legitimacy means I don't have to dump my cargo at the first sign of a Chelaxian frigate, I'm all for it.</p>Hey, if an air of legitimacy means I don't have to dump my cargo at the first sign of a Chelaxian frigate, I'm all for it.Zead (alias of zefig)2014-07-10T17:25:31ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Faction Evolution, Part IV: Diversifying the PortfolioDavid Neilsonhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lga5&page=2?Faction-Evolution-Part-IV-Diversifying-the#512014-07-10T16:42:49Z2014-07-10T16:42:49Z<p>Well sure, but you eventually have to get rid of that stuff to turn non-liquid assets into liquid assets like Rum.</p>Well sure, but you eventually have to get rid of that stuff to turn non-liquid assets into liquid assets like Rum.David Neilson2014-07-10T16:42:49Z