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Cayden Cailean is safe, I am content

....Maui?

We got a new Iconic for the Summoner. Why?

Honestly not remotely surprised, was expecting Balazar & Padrig for a Sarkorian Godcaller but at the same time I thought they were going to be replaced by was going to be Alase Brinz-Widowknife & Tonbarse.

James,

What are the chances of us seeing a Rakshasa driven adventure path? Outside of the Arkona family the most we see of them are as prisoners for stronger creatures or just random encounters within an adventure (path)

written and narrated by Captain Zap Brannigan

N male human unchained summoner w/ psychopomp eidolon

While I would like to see the stats for Xanderghul and Zurtha I'm kinda more interested in whether or not we're ever going to see these rings Zurtha had that we've heard so much about.

Zutha is a lich, the Gluttonous Tome is his phylactery.

Concerning your other questions, I would strongly suggest reading Pathfinder Tales: Lord of Runes by Dave Gross as it addresses most if not all of what you just asked.

Going 2 rooms away from the the party to piss when you're supposed to be pulling watch and getting torn apart by a pack of wolves for trying to be greedy.

Rolling a 1 and decapitating yourself because your bowstring snapped at a critical moment...causing the fight to stop in awe of the colossal cluster f@!$ that was your mistake.

Most of the party and half the city being buried alive by a Solar's earthquake spell because an inept white mage thinks calling it from a pearl of power equates to a game of pokemon.

Curious.

Are we going to see new additions to the Ascended in Starfinder?

Also on that note, what happened to Cayden Cailean?

I am curious to see how Lycanthropes have adapted to the world of Starfinder

Norgorber, Cayden Cailean, Irori and Nethys were all mortals on Golarion before becoming Gods. They're likely still around, just less worshiped than the core 20 due to the race mixture being quite different, and those Gods apparently not appealing to those other races as much as the ones that still are in the top 20.

And once again Cayden Cailean gets the shaft. He's hardly utilized in Pathfinder as it is which is disappointing in itself, really can't see what he'd be doing during Starfinder. Maybe if they actually played up more on his aspect of freedom instead of always regarding him as a divine drunk. Still think it would have made sense for him to be the god luck given how he attained his ascension.

Somebody made a cameo in Worldscape #3, I suppose we know why Hakon can never find him.

Mantis people and space kobolds

I'm going there, I want some iteration of the kobolds as a core race. Like the ratfolk I think they would thrive in this campaign setting.

James,

Is is possible to be a paladin devoted to one deity and a cleric of another?

James,

Is it safe to assume that we're going to be seeing an evil iconic for each of the primary core classes in the coming months or merely just 4 to five new characters?

James,

What, in your opinion, would be the most compatible mythic path for a Medium?

James,

Is the mesmerist a viable class to cross over into Razmiran Priest?

James,

Presently started playing Wrath of the Righteous a few weeks back and I'm thinking about cross classing my dwarven Paladin of Torag into Spiritualist, given the number of necromatic spells in the spiritualist spell-list could multi-classing (or at least casting) be considered as a violation of the Paladin's code?

Called it with the Xenopterid! I love the Mimic, pity the sequels all sucked.

Awakened raccoon techslinger

James, Halloween-ish questions.

1) Iconic that's a monster, what would you make them & what class?

2) Iconics as monsters, who would be what?

So I'm playing a venerable dwarven paladin for our Wrath of the Righteous campaign and I'm looking into a taking a few levels in another class. My main goal right now is to find a class that will compliment a standard paladin and mesh well with the classes abilities.

So far I've been looking into the following classes: diviner, spiritualist, medium, and/or occultist

So I'm playing a venerable dwarven paladin for our Wrath of the Righteous campaign and I'm looking into a taking a few levels in another class. My main goal right now is to find a class that will compliment a standard paladin and mesh well with the classes abilities.

So far I've been looking into the following classes: diviner, spiritualist, medium, and/or occultist

James,

Would it be safe to say that the vigilante class would be ideal for Hell's Rebels?

hey James,

we ever going to get a meet the iconics for the Anti-Paladin? Seems different enough from the Paladin to warrant some delving into.

James,

Really loving this last batch of iconics, enjoyed reading Meligaster background. Any plans to introduce any more iconics with familial ties to any of the previous?

James,

Have any of the players in your campaign successfully taken the Test of the Starstone?

seem like Chaotic neutral teetering on Neutral Evil.

Great backstory, love that it's tied to another iconic character =3

26) A scion of a renown noble Minkai family discovers he can channel the spirits of his ancestors through himself, acting as a conduit for their skills and abilities. With these newfound abilities at his disposal he sets out to new lands in search of greatness, destined to eventually return and protect his home. Or conquer it.

I request Oberyn Martel & Harry Dresden

Forge of Ashes & Discount Armageddon

James,

CotCT question.

My mountain ghost dwarf Morgan Slickbeard, my second character for Age of Worms.

Started out as a rogue but had him gain levels in cleric and wormhunter as the adventure progressed, did a poor job managing his levels and equipment so mechanically he was a bit of a wreck. Moreover he was pretty useless in combat until I got him a heavy crossbow with alchemical bolts. About the only thing he had going for him were a few magic utility items that ended up being more useful than anticipated.

Could have been a much better character if I had put a little more thought into him.

James

Have you ever thought about bringing back a villain from a previous adventure path and reusing them for future one? If so what character(s) would you like to bring back?

Darius Darrenbar wrote:

For the most part they see it as they were drugged and press ganged against their will in an area where that sort of behavior (and worse) is apparently acceptable, so by that logic any country invading to try and end piracy in the Shackles and bring some sense of order and stability can’t be all that bad. Doesn’t help we started watching Black Sails on Showtime not too long ago so you might have an general idea how they’re handling going about the situation.

So if Cheliax were to succeed what is their overall plan for the Shackles exactly? I don’t think it was really ever established just what they intended for the territory in question outside of it being a stepping stone to reclaiming Sargava and ending piracy in the area. What would be the likely outcome? For that matter what could be in store for Druvalia outside of increasing her rank and standing within House Thrune? Given the pact she and her uncle made how likely is it that Geryon would gain any religious influence within the newly conquered Shackles?
Also what rewards (or punishment) could the PC’s expect for their service to the crown if any?

Look to what they did to Sargava for their goals and plans for the Shackles. Or to Isger, for that matter.

Not gonna go into too much what-if detail here, though, since that turns into design work and I've gotta save all that energy for the 2016 Adventure Path I'm supposed to finish outlining by tomorrow...

My curiosity is peaked, outlining for Hell's Rebels or another AP if you don't mind me asking?

Darius Darrenbar wrote:

James quick question,

I'm presently running Skull and Shackles with my online group and a few of the players have expressed an interest in defecting to Cheliax once they've avenged themselves on Barnabas Harrigan. The group is pretty new to the game but they have some knowledge about the setting in general so they are familiar with the history between Cheliax and the Shackles but aren't aware of Harrigan's role in the campaign other than he's responsible for their present situation and is probably the final boss in the campaign. Their plan is to kill him off and then discreetly inform the Chelish navy what they know about the strengths and weakness of the Shackles, which given when they'll finally face Harrigan could be quite a bit.

How drastically would it affect the campaign if the PC's decide to throw in their lot with Druvalia Thrune and what is the most likely outcome they could expect from Cheliax provided the invasion is successful.

I would work to present Cheliax as bad guys; it'll take a LONG time before the group gets revenge on Barnabas, and in that time, you (and the adventure itself) should have plenty of time to show the players how bad Cheliax is, and that can set up for some really fun character arcs after the PCs who were pro-Cheliax turned anti-Cheliax.

That said, your plan wouldn't alter the game much at all, other than to change the nature of the first part of the last adventure. The PCs would still need to do the bulk of the last adventure even if they end up working for Cheliax; they just are doing it for different reasons than for themselves.

For the most part they see it as they were drugged and press ganged against their will in an area where that sort of behavior (and worse) is apparently acceptable, so by that logic any country invading to try and end piracy in the Shackles and bring some sense of order and stability can’t be all that bad. Doesn’t help we started watching Black Sails on Showtime not too long ago so you might have an general idea how they’re handling going about the situation.

So if Cheliax were to succeed what is their overall plan for the Shackles exactly? I don’t think it was really ever established just what they intended for the territory in question outside of it being a stepping stone to reclaiming Sargava and ending piracy in the area. What would be the likely outcome? For that matter what could be in store for Druvalia outside of increasing her rank and standing within House Thrune? Given the pact she and her uncle made how likely is it that Geryon would gain any religious influence within the newly conquered Shackles?
Also what rewards (or punishment) could the PC’s expect for their service to the crown if any?

James quick question,

I'm presently running Skull and Shackles with my online group and a few of the players have expressed an interest in defecting to Cheliax once they've avenged themselves on Barnabas Harrigan. The group is pretty new to the game but they have some knowledge about the setting in general so they are familiar with the history between Cheliax and the Shackles but aren't aware of Harrigan's role in the campaign other than he's responsible for their present situation and is probably the final boss in the campaign. Their plan is to kill him off and then discreetly inform the Chelish navy what they know about the strengths and weakness of the Shackles, which given when they'll finally face Harrigan could be quite a bit.

How drastically would it affect the campaign if the PC's decide to throw in their lot with Druvalia Thrune and what is the most likely outcome they could expect from Cheliax provided the invasion is successful.

This looks like fun.

This human dragon blooded bloodrager grew up alongside a cocky young draconic sorcerer and fanglord knife master as orphans until their disappearance after unknowingly crossing the wrong crime lord. With little more than his sword and abilities beyond his understanding he sets out to find out what befell his friends.

James,

1) Are any of the Paizo staff NPC's like Kirin, Ostog, and Shensen expected to make an appearance in the Pathfinder comic series?

2) What sort of novel do you imagine you would use Shensen in if you had that option available to you?

3) Speaking of which, how goes Kirin's quest to pass the test of the starstone so he can destroy it?

honestly I don't think anyone would appreciate the cameo given that I'm the only one in either of my tabletop groups that bothers to read any of the Pathfinder Tales.

that being said I can safely say that Radovan would be a knife master with a few levels in brawler from his time traveling with Burning Cloud Devil, possibly a couple of levels in ninja as well to account for some of his ki abilities.

Radovan Virholt
Prince of Wolves: knife master/cad
Master of Devils: retrained as knife master/martial artist/ninja
Queen of Thorns & King of Chaos: retrained as knife master/brawler

Jeggare is kinda tricky because his ailment isn't really conventional outside of the Oracle class, that being said he would be more along the following...

Varian Jeggare class timeline
Prince of Wolves: wizard/fighter/investigator
Master of Devils thru King of Chaos: retrained as magus/investigator
Lord of Runes: possibly retraining or at least taking a few levels as arcanist w/ the bloodline development exploit

Its Cayden Cailean for me because his faith always strikes me as being eager to kick Asmodeus and his faith where the sun don't shine. Of course I do have a soft spot for rough around the edges heroic warrior types.

Plus he's rather underused in comparison to the rest of the good aligned core deities.

debaucherous paladin with a perchance for alcohol that's dedicated to preserving the purity of those under his protection...just not his own.

Granted, but that's all you can see every moment of the day for the rest of your life.

I wish to find my soulmate

Cayden Cailean and Milani. Because this seems like something right up their alley that they would both be heavily invested in.

I know there are a lot that I should really post up here from when I was starting out but I can't remember everyone from that far back. But out of the more recent batch

From my more recent batch there's Azari (LE male Mwangi ranger 2/inquisitor 4/red mantis assassin 3) from my brother's Serpent Skull campaign, not sure if it's how my brother's running the AP, our group, or how I built the character but been having a real hard time getting into both the adventure and Azari as a character. Was planning on turning him into the premier assassin in our group but at the moment he's really only suited for rural adventures, seriously considering retraining him.

The two online characters I made that didn't get remotely off the ground and are presently languishing in purgatory until such a time as I can think of something to do with either of them.

One of my earliest characters that I really don't so much regret making as much as I regret not having a better grasp of how to play would be my wererats Kodo and Podo (because 6 year old me loved Beastmaster). Was thinking about these characters the other day and regret that they didn't live long enough for me to model them after the Brooklyn sterotype.

flipped through it while making my comic run today, seems like a pretty solid scenario that I wouldn't mind playing once I have the cash to grab it.

Raistlin didn't.

Raistlin was Raistlin, that pretty much sums it up.