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Hello James. Ydersius The Headless King, who was decapitated by an Champion 6 hero. Is he a full deity?
If rulebook, FAQ, and your answer here conflict with each other; which is the highest priority?

Your English is fine, and there is nothing to forgive. You just had the misfortune of asking the same question as a bunch of trolls for whom kindness is a second language. Those folks like to start with supposedly innocent questions and then use out-of-context answers in arguments.

Welcome to the forums.

Thanks. By the way, what does "kindness is a second language" mean?

EpicBookWorm wrote:

Hello James. Does the reply here represent the official attitude of Paizo or your personal opinion?

I'm going to assume this is being asked in good faith. James answers a lot of questions on a lot of topics. I doubt Paizo will ever have an official position on Mario movie casting.

I'd encourage you to take a look through the history of this thread to get a sense of this, but James offers his personal opinions and does not try to speak for Paizo as a whole. There is rarely an "official attitude of Paizo" even for Paizo content, since Paizo's work is made by people with diverse viewpoints.

For questions aimed at James, your best bets are stuff that align to his role as creative director and things he's personally worked on. Even things like the lore of Golarion, for which he is and has been a driving force since the beginning, is built from contributions of many different people. Sometimes he has final say on Pathfinder lore stuff, sometimes not.

Additionally, the answer to a lot of questions is and will be expected to vary in home games, because a lot is left to the GMs.

Beyond that, he is a source of good gaming advice generally.

Edit: of course, he beat me to replying anyway.

Sorry, I didn't realize that the question was unfriendly. My English is poor. Please forgive it.

EpicBookWorm wrote:

Hello James. Does the reply here represent the official attitude of Paizo or your personal opinion?

It's me replying to an "Ask James" thread, not a corporation replying to an "Ask Paizo" thread.

So yeah, when opinions are voiced by me here on this thread, they're my personal opinions.

That said, part of being employed as a creative at a company means that the company is paying you for your opinions, so it can be a blurry line.

And that said... I really don't know what you're getting at with the question here. Feels like a leading question and I don't know where you're trying to go with it.

Thanks very much.

Hello James. Does the reply here represent the official attitude of Paizo or your personal opinion?