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My ring allows me to move and attack in the water, and the Sihedron can change any of us into sharks. So I can work in the water. There is a stone in this batch that allows people to survive without air. But there is only one, so we need something to let whoever doesn’t have the stone breathe. But I am not great at swimming, so something that lets me swim better would be most welcome.

Bad very Bad. Greregof shakes his head but can't stop a smile.

Father Keil and Mr. Spugnoir, you two are probably the ones best able to tell us what you can do to aid us with dealing with the water, so I'm guessing we need you to start on the plan.

Grergof tosses some of the Ioun stones up and starts them floating around his head.

Maybe we sell some of the sky metals we picked up, then pick up anything we want, and maybe plan spells….

Hey there are some interesting stones here. Who wants what?

Stones added to discussion for people to ask for. Like the not beading air could be useful under water.

Ok Ioun stones...

Clear Spindle - Sustains creature without food or Water 4,000 gp
Dusty Rose Prisum - +1 Insight bonus to AC = 5,000 gp
Deep red Sphere +2 enhancement bonus to Dexterity 8,000 gp
Incandescent blue Sphere +2 enhancement bonus to Wisdom 8,000 gp
Pale blue Rhomboid +2 enhancement bonus to Strength 8,000 gp
Pink Rhomboid +2 enhancement bonus to Constitution 8,000 gp
Pink and green Sphere +2 enhancement bonus to Charisma 8,000 gp
Scarlet and blue Sphere +2 enhancement bonus to Intelligence 8,000 gp
Dark blue Rhomboid Alertness (as the feat) 10,000 gp
Iridescent Spindle Sustains creature without air 18,000 gp
Pale lavender Ellipsoid Absorbs spells of 4th level or lower* 20,000 gp
Pearly white Spindle Regenerate 1 point of damage per 10 minutes 20,000 gp
Pale green Prism +1 competence bonus on attack rolls, saves, skill checks, and ability checks 30,000 gp
Orange Prism +1 caster level 30,000 gp
Vibrant purple Prism Stores three levels of spells, as a ring of spell storing 36,000 gp
Lavender and green Ellipsoid Absorbs spells of 8th level or lower** 40,000 GP

Things not staying Dead does seem to be a theme for us.

The immediate threat should be past and as far as I know nobody is threatened.. Grergof is fine waiting a day or two.

We can plan spells (control water, water breathing, touch if the sea….) and sell stuff/distribute the Ioun stones.

But I’d say we grab the Crystal before we go and see what happens to the palace.

Also Xin was complaining about Slithering from the halls below. My guess is there is more down there then just more soldiers.

Did we ever get a list of ioun stones? Some might be useful for the underwater part.

Well that was easy. Do we want to try under the water now?

In the name of the Dawnbringer, begone Fiend!
Declare the Marilith my smite target

Then large Grergof moves 5 feet beyond Atua and strikes at the thing with one huge overhand smash.
Vital Strike Large +5 Heavy Flail + HF - PA + FF + S + Smite: 1d20 + 31 + 1 - 5 + 5 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 31 + 1 - 5 + 5 + 4 + 5 = 61
Large Vital Strike Damage + PA + S + Holy: 4d6 + 18 + 15 + 17 + 2d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 1, 3) + 18 + 15 + 17 + (3, 3) = 63
Confirm Crit + CF: 1d20 + 31 + 1 - 5 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 31 + 1 - 5 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 4 = 50
Crit Damage: 2d6 + 18 + 15 + 17 + 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) + 18 + 15 + 17 + (1, 5) = 62

As suggested after the first attack Grergof send the Sihedron to whoever is getting Full Attacked (if not him). Assuming of course it actually gets a second round. :)

Lets do it while we have the honor of Aria’s assiatance

I assume even with the 10 min to fill the slot we can keep the minutes per level buffs as it hasn’t been that long?

Ahh, so someone could stumble into this Fiend. Ok then we should remove it. I am not as blessed against demons as the living dead, but I can still hold my own.

I think I used up every favor I have to keep me from dying. But other than that and the memory of being extremely beat up, I could probably take on another fight. Just be ready to heal me if I take a ton of hits again.

I would think that depends on how fast we could drop it into the water.

I was actually going to talk about the demon when we were finished here. If it is still bound to the room forever, I have no problem leaving it as it can’t do any harm, as nobody can get there without the Sihedron and we are keeping that. Better than it being free to tempt beings when back loose in the planes.
Now if it is free we need to remove it from the Plane.

Grergof walks over and drops the key in his Hand Haversack.
We can decide what to do with this later, but for now let’s not leave this laying around.
Are you all sure that Xin will not come back? Also did you figure anything about the the crystal?

He looks over the rest of the crushed construct.
Does anyone want these rods or know what the any of this other stuff does?

Well technically he is the Savior of Magnimar and Ustalav. Although if you hate that gloomy country so much, I guess you could leave that off the resume.

How much damage was there in the city. A few buildings in the waterfront…. I believe we stopped the rest. Did I miss some? If so we should go there and help them rebuild. And yes a handful of golems could be quite useful for that.

Honest question, I don’t remember much after we stopped the tital wave with a miracle, killed the creature in the sea and took out the constructs in the first couple blocks.

umm she sells us whatever we want without question…. Even Mr. Spugnoirs odd requests for materials…

And have her sell it to anyone willing to pay? Better to separate the key and the army just in case.

Oh ya A and B don’t match at all. Still debating on weapons:

A is if I stick with a rapier as those should be pretty common. That would combine with Canny Tumble to make multiple sneak attacks possible but very dangerous.

B is my thought on how I can use that combat reflexes feat I have to pick up if I’m going Shadowdancer. Plus I can stand behind our smash face dwarf in an hallway and still attack.

Oh boy: then I need to ask permission for a ton of stuff:

Can I use any or all of the following in my build:
1) From Pathfinder Unchained Unchained Rogue class
2) From Melee Tactics Toolbox :
A) Feat: Circling Mongoose
B) the weapon: Elven Branched Spear and the Feat Phalanx Formation
C) Feat: Press to the Wall
3) From Adventures Armory: TraitHeirloom Weapon
4) From Advanced Race Guide: either of the following Alternate Racal Traits Envoy or Silent hunter. Both can be found in the middle of the Elf entry.

Obviously feel free to say yes or no on each different item. These are all just options I’m throwing around in my head.

Ahh ok, that makes sense.
Well then If I need to talk, I may need to rethink where I was going personality wise. Unless Ythiel or Andrea1 you want to be the party face?

Grergof points at the Crystal in the middle of the Sihedron rune that all the energy goes to.

Anyone know what this is? It seems to have a lot of energy flowing to it.

Then maybe we lock the key away in case we need an army some day….

Ok Foxy…. Any thoughts on my CotCT character questions above? As I suspect this APwill be over soon.

Ardan, A half elf sorcerer. So do you want to be the party face?

Grergof responds to Ardan ‘s comments about bards
I suppose this story will need to come out to let the city know what happens so they feel safe. But I’m not a hero. Every one of you did and Father Redgrave did the hard work of figuring this all out. I just can hit things, so I shouldn’t be the hero. It should be you all.

Then later when talking about mansions he says to Spugnoir:
I can think of no better master for Schloss Caromarc. That should make a wonderful lab!

For me, I have an empty teaching post I should return to. Now If the world is safe, I think I can train more knights on how to fight quite well given all our experience
He looks back at the destroyed construct:
Of course I may need to get a merciful weapon to make Sure I don’t hurt the novices.

But don’t we need to worry about the construct army?

we all must be more then a little mad to sign up for this….. Grergof notes as he turns to see what is happing with the remaining elemental.

Grergof takes the licking and keeps on ticking:
let’s see with DR I take 29 + 26 + 30 + 34 = 114 Damage so still up at 35 HP

Then the Sihedron comes back healing him.
s heal: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (7, 7) + 10 = 24
That plus Fast Heal 5 leaves Grergof at 64 HP

With his Flail he continues the beat that you all know so well.
+5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S + Inspire Courage: 1d20 + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 43
Damage + IC: 2d6 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (3, 5) + 18 + 2 = 28
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 9

+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S + IC: 1d20 + 26 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 26 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 53
Damage + IC: 2d6 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (6, 2) + 18 + 2 = 28
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 67
Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 26 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 26 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 4 = 40
Damage + IC: 2d6 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5) + 18 + 2 = 27

+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S + IC: 1d20 + 21 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 21 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 31
Damage + IC: 2d6 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 18 + 2 = 27
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 98

+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S + IC: 1d20 + 16 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 16 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 40
Damage + IC: 2d6 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3) + 18 + 2 = 28
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 85

Haste Attack
+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S + IC: 1d20 + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 55
Damage + IC: 2d6 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5) + 18 + 2 = 27
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 98

Then he uses his divine power to heal himself
LoH + GM: 8d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 6, 3, 2, 5, 6, 5) + (1) = 36
That leaves Grergof at 100 HP

oops, that’s the wrong healing for the Sihedron. Only healing 18 so at 126

Yikes this thing is a beast….. with healing I might have one more round I can tank but then I’m probably out….

High 30 AC not evil, fast heal 20 and it hits like me against undead. Maybe we need to try different tactics.

But that burst will mess us all up if we get close and if it corners anyone else they are dead.

Grergof takes the first critical hit which tears deep through his armor.
first hit is 132 - 5 from DR or 126 + 1 fire - leaving me at 11 hit points.
Second hit does 29 - 5 from DR or 24 + 2 Fire leaving me at - 15 HP
But his divine a patron wont’t let him fall.
Immediate action to trigger Hero’s Defiance
Hero’s Defiance + GM: 8d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 1, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6) + (6) = 30
It keeps him up but not in great shape.
15 HP when he takes the next hit dropping him to - 13 the next hit drops him
1 point from death. Ohh just realized I missed my staggered mercy. I could have full attacked last turn :(
The final Crit kills him

But the Sihedron has other things to say about this.
True Resurrection

Leaving him standing better then he was before as his Constitution comes back.
back to max 155 HP when the Rend happens. That’s 42 damage leaving Grergof at 103

Fast Healing 5 brings HP up to 108
Grergof opens with his flail
5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S: 1d20 + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 48
Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (6, 2) + 18 = 26
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 17

+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S: 1d20 + 26 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 26 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 44
Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (5, 1) + 18 = 24
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 100

+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S: 1d20 + 21 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 21 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 31
Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (2, 3) + 18 = 23
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 31

+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S: 1d20 + 16 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 16 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 25
Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (3, 3) + 18 = 24
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 66

Haste Attack
+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S: 1d20 + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 54
Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (1, 1) + 18 = 20
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 39
confirm Crit + Crit Focus: 1d20 + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 4 = 60
Crit Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (1, 5) + 18 = 24

Then Grergof sends the Sihedron to Abomentolor.
Mr Goblinburner you seem to be having trouble, maybe this can help
Healing: 2d8 + 19 ⇒ (7, 1) + 19 = 27
ends at 135/155 HP

Ok, going back to the next campaign....
What we have so far:
Andrea1 - Dwarf Patrolman - Tank
Ythiel - Dwarf Cleric - Divine
ScrubKai - Elven Rogue - Skill
Pad300 - ??? - Arcane?
??? - ??? - Wildcard - Do we want a 5th character?

Foxy -
Should we be using the CotCT Campaign Traits for these characters?
Are these going to be 20 Point buy Characters?
Any other restrictions we should consider as we come up with character concepts?

Grergof focuses and stops his vision from spinning. As his wounds heals he smashes at Xin again with a single large overhead smash.
only single Action due to Staggered so Vital Strike.

Vital Strike Large Adamantine Holy + 5 Ghost Touch Heavy Flail - Power Attack + Furious Focus + Hero’s Feast + Haste + Sihedron: 1d20 + 31 - 5 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 31 - 5 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 43
Vital Strike Damage: 4d6 + 18 + 10 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 6) + 18 + 10 = 42
Miss 20%: 1d100 ⇒ 88

Back to full health and no conditions except -1 Con

As he recovers from his strike Grergof comments to his companions:
Odd that he doesn't seem to be evil given how evil all his apprentices turned out to be. In life he must have been a terrible judge of character.

ok 6 more HP damage then. At least it’s not some sort of ability damage.

What is the 1d6 for each attack?
Grergof get pummeled by Xin.
Ok 1 con drain drops HP to 127/138 then take 66 damage from the three hits after the DR 5/Evil leaving Grergof at 61/138 HP. — oh and I’m staggered. Ouch

Ugg I can’t transfer the Sihedron and give you a new roll, it only gives +2 :(
Fort: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (16) + 22 = 38

Grergof heals from the Sihedron then opens up with his flail, hitting more carefully than normal to test out Xin’s defenses.
+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S: 1d20 + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 55
Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (3, 5) + 18 = 26
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 44
Confirm Crit + Crit Focus: 1d20 + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 4 = 45
Crit Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (5, 6) + 18 = 29

+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S: 1d20 + 26 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 26 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 41
Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (6, 6) + 18 = 30
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 83

+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S: 1d20 + 21 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 21 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 43
Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 6) + 18 = 28
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 98

+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S: 1d20 + 16 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 16 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 31
Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 5) + 18 = 27
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 67

Haste Attack
+ 5 Heavy Flail + HF + H + S: 1d20 + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 31 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 42
Damage: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (6, 5) + 18 = 29
20% Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 75

It’s the last fight, and Arden is doing all the rolling. Unless Foxy complains I don’t see a problem with pulling out all the stops.
This is supposed to be the epic capstone fight with a literal legend after all.

That said in general, I would agree with you if this was a regular tactic, just for the speed of the game.

I’m hearing lots of dwarves with darkvision…. Any chance we are looking at a semi stealthy party? (SWAT/Special Forces).
Or will this be more of the dwarves phalanx that waves of enemies crash on but never moves? (Dwarven Defenders)

Of course we could have one Human female bard followed by a bunch of dwarves…
Hi ho…. Hi ho it’s off to slay we go!……

Ya Divine Caster may be the hard one to fill.

I played a cleric in my last CotCT campaign, so I’d prefer not to do that again in this one so I have less chance of mixing up the two stories in my head.

Ardan any thoughts on a character?

For me I can have fun with most anything.

Hmmm…. Has anyone seen an unchained rogue work?
I’m half tempted to see if I can get a rogue shadow dancer to be competitive.

Of course I may have just have been watching a ton of Leverage, so that might have something to do with it.

@Grergof, please keep track of your damage visibly; I want to know if I need to heal you...

Since they hit, I’ve now updated my stat line like normal. But with my lay on hands it’s not too often I need outside healing. That said there is a lot focused on me this fight.

you need to roll miss chances on the sword strikes. I’m assuming the blood also would need to roll as it’s a physical attack as it made a touch roll?
Will if it hits: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (12) + 20 = 32

Well I have Their attention obviously.

what happened to Atua’s turn?

Ok seems like we are all good with CotCT.

What classes does everyone want to play?
Spugnoir- if you want to be in the guard are you thinking you want to play the tank?

Foxy sounds like you have a Cleric NPC in mind, or do you want to invite a 4th player and use your NPC as a recurring character but not in the party?

Axiomite 3 miss from blink 20%: 1d100 ⇒ 53
Ok with DR that is 21 damage, then I fast heal 5. How many Temp HP did we get from Hero’s Feast?
Hero’s Feast temp HP: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

Holy Atua defend them. I have the leader!

Then Grergof offers a quick prayer for Divine Grace and the blinks right through the Axiomite before him before striding over and smashing at Xin with a single powerful strike with his flail.
Swift action cast Grace so I provoke no AoO from movement this round. Move Action to blink through the enemies then move next to Xin with my hasted movement speed. Standard action to do Vital Strike

Vital Strike Large Adamantine Holy + 5 Ghost Touch Heavy Flail - Power Attack + Furious Focus + Hero’s Feast + Haste + Sihedron: 1d20 + 31 - 5 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 31 - 5 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 49
Vital Strike Damage: 4d6 + 18 + 10 ⇒ (5, 5, 1, 3) + 18 + 10 = 42 + if Evil: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 2) = 8

Does Holy work on him? Aka is he evil?
AC 31 right now due to Haste.
Haste and Blink active Rd 3/18?
HP 154/155

I’ve played the first couple books of CotCT and loved them. I really wanted to continue but I think the game has died.
I’d be excited to play that again (and continue on) if Foxy you don’t mind that I might remember some spoilers out of character. I really wanted to see where that story went.

Plus Urban stories can be so much more fun to roleplay the just being murder hobos.

Foxy I agree with your thoughts on both Skull and Shackles and Giantslayer. Both didn’t really thrill me (although I think it was my fault the S&S game fell apart. I just wasn’t feeling the forced marriage plot.). Iron Gods is the only other one on that list I would be leery about doing, as I’m not huge on science fantasy. But I’ll trust you all if You say IG is good as I know zero about it.

Foxy just wondering. Since this AP appears close to being over…. Are you thinking of starting anything new after this ends?
If you are I would probably be interested in joining…. But would need time to prep if you were changing systems or something.

Grergof takes the blink from Abomentolor and sets the Sihedron to his favorite setting of Generosity.

Do the Axiomites need to make a roll a 50% miss chance for blink?
Also what is the distance here to Xin and or the other creatures? Obviously the Axiomites are next to me.

With everyone ready Grergof heads up the stairs.

Since this looks like it will be a fight, I'll take Shield and Enlarge person please Mr. Spugnoir

When they are ready to leave Grergof sets his fail to glowing and casts his full set of buffs on himself. (Veil of Positive Energy, Effortless Armor, Deadly Juggernaut, and Bright Blade of Victory, plus the two extracts - this makes his Flail become a Large Holy Ghost Touch Adamantine Heavy Fail + 5 and his AC 30 and DR 5/Evil or 3 Adamantine and AC 32 VS Undead

Middle-aged academic dad and college-aged daughter looking to start or join a gaming group in Boerne, Texas. Two experienced players, one experienced DM/GM. Role-players, not roll players. Setting negotiable. Non-smokers with cats.

Preferably D&D 5th edition. Will also consider Pathfinder or Swords & Wizardry Complete.

Mike Welham has been doing all the heavy lifting while I was MIA for months at time, but now I'm trying to be [almost] regularly blogging again. So, here is the latest from MPR: The Classical Elements and World-Building.

And now for an anti-climatic announcement! This is my blog. Just as work has sucked away all the time I used to spend on Paizo, it has also taken most of the time I spent blogging.

RPG Superstar 2012 Mike Welham stepped in and began a Friday creature feature, then he put the pedal to the mental metal and created a monster for each day of the A-Z blogging challenge. Here you will find some wonderful offerings for your Pathfinder game, many with some surprising extras tied-in at the end.

Check out Mike's monsters!

A great track record. And folks who can't get enough of Mike Welham's work need to check out this feature on my blog: Mythopoeic Rambling. He's churning out the monstrous goodness for your Pathfinder game.

Really sad, just saw his demise on a PBS news ticker. Thanks for everything, Mr. Sendak. Especially that nightmare I had after the first time I read Where the Wild Things Are. I think I was in 2nd grade.
+RIP.

This problem has reached the critical point. A line must be drawn. Support must be rallied. Racism must not be tolerated.

The hatred has got to stop. Now. Gnomes are demi-human, too, dammit. I don't know if it's going to take therapy, re-education, a couple of weeks staying at James Jacobs' house, or death threats, but whatever it is, we've got to do it. Take a good, long look at yourself, Jeremy. Embrace the inner gnome within.

I thought we had a general thread for this, and all I found with the BILLY! thread I started. This should be more useful.

Adventure Time, the most D&D carton ever, had for a long time an implied setting in a post-apocalyptic world. That setting has sense been made explicit. The cause of the apocalypse was the Great Mushroom War.

Here's a fact that recently struck me: I can only think of three characters that are good candidates for having lived before the Apocalypse, and one of those is absolutely certain.

Those are the only characters I can think of as surviving from before the current age of the Land of Ooo. Anybody have any observations about this or anything else in series?

I learned this when I was little kid, watching Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, but I didn't want to play dwarves in FRPGs until I was an adult. Just sitting here, looking at the Dwarf Fighter (looks more like a Dwarf Champion, to me) mini from PFB: Heroes & Monsters, I gotta say: Dwarves are Awesome.

Discuss.

Mmm...as I pull the plastic off and open the brick boxes...this must be what crack smells like.

The dragon is beautiful, but I shall save her for last.

Anybody in the Seattle area ever go there? Their walls are decorated with dungeon maps for the month of January. The artist, Tony, is a cool guy.

Dusk Kamadan: Well played, Paizo. Well played.

All I know.

Who's heard about it?

Who knows anything about it?

Thanks!

I received my two books fine, but the invoice and new catalog were missing from it. Just thought you should know, but also, I really would like a copy of the new catalog.
THANKS!
M.

Lilith's cool gnew avatar?

The votes have been tabulated.

It's been getting lots of discussion in other places, but I thought it could use its own thread over here. What do people think? My own rather personal reactions are below.

Elmore looks like he knows how to throw a punch. Hopefully you got a permanent scar so you can show it to people from now on.

Let's
Go to
The ENnies

...

Let's
Go see
The stars!

how 'BOUT those MAV-RICKS?

I brought tostadas.

I just ran across this blog's idea for a game mechanic for those who might be inspired to run a heist in their game. It's untested, but seems like worth a look.

HALF-a-dozen tabs open? I didn't think we had that many slackers around here.

Frank Mentzer has never been one of my go-to designers, getting real active in TSR a little late for me, but he sure seems like a good guy and gives some nice reminiscences in this podcast.

Well, it looks like it is time to open up a discussion thread for this. Keep in mind that I am going to be in surgery Monday and in recovery for awhile, so please be patient if it takes me a while to get back to your questions.

If you have not gone to download the S&W Core Rules, draft of 4th printing, you might want to do so. I know Matt Finch is getting close to releasing the 4th printing, and I'm not sure if there will be a period of time when the draft and the new printing are both unavailable in download during transition or not, but I figure it is better to be safe than sorry. When the actual 4th printing is available for download, I'll provide a link.

Overtime, I'll migrate text from FB and DB over here, especially once it has achieved something of a more final form.

Also, it occurred to me that now I am going to have to deal with a spoilers on the blog, so I think I will make two pages now. "THE DUNGEON OF GAME-MASTERY" will be off-limits to players thenceforth, so if anybody has a good suggestion for a name for the Player Page, let me know.

I say the best one is on the bottom of page 51. What are others' impressions?

So, looking through the submissions page for this year's ENnies, I only see two submissions for Paizo products. That can't be right! I believe this is the last week to get submissions in. Why torture us like this? Suspense-building? Last minute blitzkrieg planned to throw off the competition? Erik sleeping off his birthday slider coma has thrown off entry schedule?

I've got to ask about something my friends and I have been seeing in Dallas for the past month, maybe two. We are seeing large numbers of Judges Guild products for D&D and Traveller, mostly, although also for Runequest, Dragonquest, and Trolls & Tunnels. We're talking periodicals, modules, and supplements, mostly from around 1979-1980. Maybe a third of them are still wrapped in plastic. This is not just at Half Price Books, but also at least one other independent used bookstore.

There has got to be a story behind this. Is anybody seeing this anywhere outside of Dallas, Texas? Any facts? Speculation?

::Mounts a clearly lettered, "DO NOT PUSH" sign beside the jolly, candy-like button, then exits::

Paizonians, attend!

If you know not of The Audio Science Fiction Magazine, I bring you tidings of one of the greatest podcasts ever!

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COOL!

Thanks for blog. :D

I'm not so much taking a poll, as interesting as that may be, as asking, Is there a correct pronunciation of Coeurl? If van Vogt never gave a pronunciation, was there a consensus of how staff said it in-house?

Guidance here will remove a little pebble that has been wearing in the shoe of mind for some time. Why did I wait so long to ask?

You know you belong in this thread if you know who you are. All other MB personality types posting in here will be tacitly admitting that Champions are the Champions, and they just wished they were Champions, too.

Thanks, Crystal!

Anybody know the size category of this dragon?

...and, of course, take advantage of some of the sales?

I got Realms of Crawling Chaos by Goblinoid Games.

Please share your booty!

Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, leader of Libya, is regularly referred to as Col. Gaddafi. This never made any sense to me. What kind of colonel leads a country? What kind of autocrat has only the military rank of colonel?

Or maybe, just maybe, a Kentucky Colonel gained control of Libya in 1969. What would it mean for a peer of Col. Harland Sanders to have come to power in a North African country? Sounds like an awesome alternative Earth to me that would make a strong campaign setting. Just imagine!

I think this deserves a thread of its own: Mrs. Aberzombie has been admitted to the hospital.

Congrats, my friend! Update us when you have more news.

Thank you!

Also, I sure did love the iPhone wallpapers that came out way, way back when.

:)

Black Gate, the wonderful Sword & Sorcery publisher, has published an article on Paizo, focusing on the Rise of the Runelords AP, on their website (linked above). It seems a little late in the game, but is really cool. When two great companies come together, it's a beautiful thing.

Why can I not add anything to my default wishlist, of the same name?
:-(

Happy Birthday, Lisa! Thanks for all you give us! May you enjoy a very rich and full celebration, and another year of life and blessings!
Many happy returns!

Wow! Where's the time gone?

Dear Cosmo and Mysterious Packing Genii:
My poster arrived today in beautiful condition. I can't help but notice the excellent care of its packing. :D
Thanks!
M.

I don't know how I overlooked it, but Ryan D. is going to be around throughout RPGSS'11 as a judge. This looks like the perfect opportunity for unabashed fan-boyism! Thread initiated.

Congrats to you all!

Just got this and tried it for the first time Friday night. Anybody else have any experiences with it?

This week has been hard on classic sci-fi cinema. (First Leslie Nielson, then Irvin Kershner?) Thanks for the best SW movie of all time, Mr. Kershner.