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Blissful Lightning wrote:

Hi James,

Within the context of the Lost Omens Campaign Settings' lore, what happens when The King In Yellow is played on stage?

An adventure takes place!

We published this exact adventure in Dungeon Magazine #134 in fact.

There's been several other adventures of the same plot here and there for Call of Cthulhu.

That said, now that we've quantified the specific way that the Carcosa mythos interfaces with Golarion in it's own specific way that's not 100% the same as all the above (or the original story, for that matter), what would happen if the King in Yellow were performed on stage is that...

** spoiler omitted **

This whole thing could be tied into the Strange Aeons Adventure Path VERY easily, and for all I know it might have. I only did the outline for that Adventure Path though before I got reassigned to do the Curse of the Crimson Throne hardcover, so I'm not sure off the top of my head if Adam or his authors touched this theme at all.

Ah, well, I had a follow-up question, but I don't want to give you any spoilers on what ended up happening in Strange Aeons, in case you'd ever want to read it, so instead I'll ask...

Would the King in Yellow have a similar effect if it's performed in an outer plane?

Hi James,

After almost a year of running Return of the Runelords, my players and I are finally about to start Rise of New Thassilon. It's been an amazing ride for so far—so much so that we might next play Strange Aeons for more Elder Mythos before moving this group to 2E.

Anyway...

Bonus question in a separate post:

Is "worms that walk" the correct plural term when there's more than one "worm that walks"?

Aenigma wrote:

Now that Second Edition is out, I can finally ask this question. Will there be epic levels or mythic tiers in Second Edition? I really wish there will be both epic levels and mythic tiers in Second Edition!

We've made no announcement for this yet. Personally, I'd rather not bring back Mythic in the same way, but I do love the idea of stuff to do after 20th level. We'll see. It'll be a while before we make the decision, and a while beyond that before we say anything about that decision to go forward or not with beyond 20th level play. It'd be irresponsible and foolish to dive right into that immediately. Give the new rules time to breathe and say hi!

Its mechanics might end up different in the new edition, but the flavor of "mythic power" should still exist in 2E, at least as a quality Runelord Alderpash notably lacked but Xanderghul and Sorshen possessed, right?

Hi James,

Once more, a question about Shelyn—who is, in fact, my favorite Pathfinder deity (thanks for telling us more about her in Planar Adventures, by the way!).

My question is: does Shelyn appreciate mathematical beauty?

Tacticslion wrote:

... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinteresting. That implies that mortal races in the frameworks and forms that we know them have existed through various cycles of all of material existence being eradicated and reborn, right? That... could be seriously cool, and lead to really deep-dive queries for origins of things...

Does that mean that there have been only a few "generations" of manasapturas, then?

I'm talking only about the current "cycle of material existence."

What may have existed before and what may exist after doesn't necessarily have to even closely resemble what we have now, in other words.

I thought solar and twilight pitris are manasaputras that predate the current multiverse. Is that not canonical in Pathfinder's official multiverse?

Hi James,

In order of oldest to youngest:

Azathoth
Pharasma
Rovagug
...
...
(lots more of things over the course of spans of time mortals cannot comprehend)
...
...
proteans

Where would you say Manasaputras fall in this scale?

always overshadowed by her brother.

"always overshadowed" by her brother.

Heh, I'm gonna remember that pun. :-D

Anyway; different question, similar general premise:
How do Arshea, Cayden, Desna, Milani, and other good deities of freedom generally view imprisoning agents of evil who are at your mercy as a way of sparing their lives?

Hi James,

Shelyn is generally described as a loving, peaceful, and understanding deity, but is there anything that makes her truly angry?