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ElyasRavenwood wrote:

In Golaron what makes a god a god? In other words what defines the Devine from the profane? Are there a variety of methods for apotheosis? Are gods immortal? Are they indestructible? Can they be in more then one place at a time? Are the gods of Golaron omniscient? Omnipotent?

They (well, Todd Stewart at least) specifically say in The Great Beyond that the true nature of divinity in Pathfinder and on Golarion is up for each GM to determine.

In terms of actual, codifiable statistics on godhood, your ideas are no more valid or invalid than mine or anybody else's, at least for our own games.

IIRC, outside of certain demigods like Achaekek, Paizo has stated that they won't stat up deities, so in a strictly mechanical view, the greater deities are effectively immortal, barring major plot points (re: Aroden's death). That said, Aroden did die, and there are hints that other deities perished at the hands of fellow dieties, such Curchanus.

I think it is safe to assume there is no one Omnipotent deity. Even though the greater deities are vastly powerful, most elect to work through their priesthood and followers or, more rarely, through their Heralds (CR 15 divine agents). Nethys might qualify as borderline omniscient, but s/he's not going to hold a conversation with anyone.

Uzzy wrote:

Both. He is smarter, and his image is better portrayed.

Okay, what has he done to prove he is smarter?

Graduated magna cum laud from Harvard Law School, was an editor and president of one of the most prestigious and widely cited legal journals in America. Serve as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School teaching constitutional law.

Bush was, based on frequent self report, at best an average student. He did get an MBA from Harvard, however.

Now I have not progressed further than a BA myself, but magna cum laud is no small feat, especially when one considers how insanely competitive nature that is attributed to law school (of course, it could also just be hype, can any lawyers weigh in?)

Academic achievement is, of course, only one small facet of overall intelligence.

If its only a single element its not problem for me. Eg. the Nosferatu in CotCT which is clearly designed after 19th century Max Schreck is fun and fine.

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror or simply Nosferatu), directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok, was shot in 1921 and released in 1922, hardly the 19th century. Granted, it was a blatant infringement on Bram Stoker's Dracula, but even so, that work was published in 1897, and at the very least represents fin-de-siecle literature, if not 20th century lit.

I read this thread before but forget; is it said that Aroden is absolutelydefinitely dead and gone forever? Or might there be something else afoot?

I'd prefer it if Paizo avoid the "DC Afterlife" trap, where beings supposedly dead return at a later date, with longer hair.

Also the herbalist in Falcon's Hollow wears a pair in an illustrarion printed in Hollows last hope.

In the real world, use of optics to improve reading ability has a long history. Refer to Wikipedia!

Mmmm. Delicious Claudia Black.

While checking out the posters, did anyone else notice this?

http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie_posters.php?id=12547

Myself, I'm not sure that this movie can survive all the added explosions and bullet-time. Klaatu barada whoa.

It is supposed to be pretty faithful to the original. Heck, it even has Gort in it.

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.11, with the following addons, themes etc:

on a *nix machine

If I have multiple tabs open to various parts of the Paizo Messageboards, and have not yet signed in, the tab in which I do sign in reverts to the last new tab I opened, rather than redirecting to the page I actually signed in on. This only effects Paizo pages, so it doesn't send me off site.

Minor I know. Looked around briefly, didn't find any other reports about it. I apologize if this is a dupe or known issue.

Huzzah!

There is a lot to tell with this one, including an attempt by a demonic fax machine to scupper

** spoiler omitted **

and hopefully there'll be more feedback and a lot of mentions about Mr Jacobs in this, thanks for letting us sear your brain CowTown:)

No, that you! Also the nod to China Mieville is awesome. I have at least one player who will be completely pole-ax'd by it. Not to mention more than half my table has fine arts degrees (or working towards them) so all the little hooks in

Actually, I am using the Art of the Duel PDF for a fighter character from Korvosa.

Yea, it's definitely worth the $1.50 US to purchase. After reading it, I'd say it's worth 5x that amount.

According to the Palladium website, the book does contain O.C.C's and is a "Mega Damage Setting". Might be time to locate my battered copies of the RDF Manual, Invid Invasion and The Sentinels.

–5293: Earthfall. The Starstone tumbles to Golarion, creating the Inner Sea and kicking off a thousand years of darkness. Azlant and Thassilon destroyed. Elves depart Golarion.

Wait a minute! there are no elves on Golarion! Did I miss this somewhere?

Yeah, Elves are reported to be central, in part, to the plot of the third AP, and elvish npcs can be found in Rise of the Runelords AP.

Quick question for the Paizonians (or someone else with the right applications):

What is the resolution (map/dungeon art within the pdf, specifically) of the pathfinder PDFs available for download?

Thanks!

I've had the issue for a few weeks, polished off Perdido Street Station before the holidays and finished The Scar just a few weeks ago. Probably goes without saying that I really liked the issue, esp. all the Bas-Lag stuff (seems to be one of those love it/hate it things around here).

Only complaints are that the map doesn't capture enough the world, as described in The Scar, and that the rough time line set out in the Gazetteer piece seems to encompass some things that occurred in Perdido Street Station and Iron Council, but almost nothing of what occurred in The Scar (which leads me to believe that Mr. Miéville is, perhaps, not quite done with that particular story, or more likely, such material could not be included without spoiling the novel.) All of that is fairly trivial, however, as it leaves plenty of world-building to those of us in the readership who enjoy such activities.

As I mentioned, I enjoyed most of the Bas-Lag material, and found it fairly easy to transpose to other worlds/campaigns in some brief, bored-at-work thought experiments. I also high recommend the first two novels, but have been accused of being a literary elitist (I like Proust), so please take that endorsement with a grain of salt.

All in all, excellent work. I sincerely hope that Dragon will continue to offer the reader an occasional view into some world, plane or possibility a few steps removed from the more well-known and well-supported material.