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See, I'm pretty sure Seltyiel is queer. I'm not sure where I'm getting that from, but I swear I heard it somewhere. If I'm right, there may just not have been an opportunity to display it more prominently yet.

Pretty sure it was THIS post by Wes, KC. Third quote, from Bulmahn.

Really used the Wayback Machine there! :)

I only saw the PMG post and dealt with him slightly, but I always felt he was an enormous part of the boards I was posting on. The Smurf avatar was what made me feel comfortable enough to post here, and I have felt a part of the community ever since. This is a terrible blow.

Rest in Peace, Gary.

Quiet.

Someone must be hunting Wabbits...

You know an announcement had a lot of stuff when few people are noticing the new class playtests coming April 29th!

Saw some archetype pictures in the twitch stream. The Rivethun emissary is Shardra, so combining the archetype with the new animist class...
:)

From the images on the pawns from the remastered Beginners Box, Basilisks are now serpents and pugwampis are in. All is right in the world.

:)

My Dad passed away last night. Fortunately, he was doing fine until last Friday, when everything nose dived. I'm just grateful that he didn't suffer much and was comfortable when he went.

Welp, Old Monkey Santa dropped the ball for another year...

At least he didn't literally drop a ball. Depending on size and weight, those things can do damage...

Merry Christmas Rysky!

Twelve. Looks like their shipping estimate was off. No big. It's happened before, it will happen again.

Today I dealt with the worst part of having pets. I had to have my cat Pepi put to sleep. She was old (at least 17), wasting away, and losing strength so it was necessary, but it still hurts.

Well, we got engaged earlier in the month, and are to be married in February '24.

Congratulations! WHOOT!

A good person that will be sorely missed. Goodbye, Lathiira.

Just curious as to your opinion on Pathfinder Remastered. I see it as very similar to moving from 3rd to 3.5, but maybe that's just me. Your thoughts?

Rysky wrote:

I wonder if hippies like caramel.

That sounds vaguely threatening ...

Only if they happen to be pugwampis.

So that's what a dragon turtle looks like...

Feros,

I must have missed that part of the explanation. I do remember Q and other Q having a kid. But nothing that suggested that meant other Q could die.

It wasn't explicitly. It was suggested by the reason for the conflict and the resolution, but the scripts in Voyager were often lax in detail. (i.e. Why else would them having a kid bring back peace and balance to the Q after one of them dying?)

Sadly, a lot of these sort of ambiguous situations could have been cleared up with a single sentence of dialog. [sarcasm]But why have dialog when you can have space ships shooting at each other or people shooting at each other? That's why people watch science fiction, isn't it?[/sarcasm]

They did have a Q in Voyager. But I don't think the Continuum actually allowed it so much as they ignored Q's role in assisted suicide.

Actually, they didn't ignore it. They ended up in a civil war over it, finally settling on a "as long as you reproduce, you can die" policy. The whole idea was a revolution for the Q.

Sadly, this wasn't spelled out very well in the relevant Q episodes of Voyager and 2nd season of Picard addressed that—in a round about way. I enjoyed 2nd season, but there were some serious plot issues. I respect the opinion of those who didn't like it.

As for the last episode, this series is shaping up well. two strong episodes in a row.

Gisher wrote:

There are two different items called a Dragonscale Staff. One is a specific weapon and the other is a magical staff. Weird.

We've updated the stave to the dragonprism staff as part of our errata clarifications, available here.

This is what happens when you let Purepurin's enthusiasm run unchecked when organizing the details!

So good to see you again! Welcome back!

And different styles is what the OGL supported so well. We need different systems and different creators to maximize the players abilities to find their game.

thejeff wrote:

Tarik Blackhands wrote:

At least for me its not the language that's the issue, it's all organizational. Feats and spells being arranged alphabetically rather than by level, needing to flip between the various appendices to parse out conditions or focus spells, stuff along those lines. All a massive hassle if you're using a book or pdf and makes learning the system horrifically tedious.

Though both feats and spells were organized alphabetically in PF1 too (and in 3.x, iirc).

There's definitely something about the organization, but I'm not sure exactly what. The group I introduced to it had a lot of initial trouble navigating the process.

Indeed. Layout was poor.

The key to the trouble seems to be cross-referencing. Whenever 2e puts out a rules mechanic, they often have several specialized rules that use that mechanic. So when you read a rule, feat, or spell, they often reference something else in the book. This saves space and allows you to print more options, but it also means you have a spell or activity that is spread out over different places in the book.

It gets really bad when you start getting to tertiary rules, so the rule in front of you references another rule in a different book, that references yet another rule in the CRB.

From a game design standpoint, it's brilliant and flexible, resulting in a wonderfully modular system. From a gameplay perspective, it is a headache flipping to one page, to get an explanation that requires you to flip to another page or book, and on and on...

Whenever 3rd edition comes out, this is a problem that will need to be addressed.

Yay to Paizo for taking this stand and helping to save the little guys. As many of the lawyers have pointed out, if the revoking was taken to court, WotC would almost certainly lose. But that means facing the legal machine of a megacorp. Almost none of the small players have the resources to fight a protracted legal battle, meaning Hasbro would win by default.

Paizo has given those small publishers a way out and are willing and able to defend themselves. That is worth celebrating.

HUZZAH!

I'll be shocked when I see numbers, and my TTRPG experience is about as far from a "bubble" as you can find. I've been in this community back when it was mainly grognards and I was the one kid on the forums, but I've also been deeply immersed in the new gaming scene that's developed of late. If I see numbers, I'll eat my words.

What you describe is not how anyone I know has gotten in in the last ten years. The closest I've seen is players who got into it and tried GMing for the first time from podcasts, but that's not the kind of cold-read GMing you're talking about.

You young whippersnapper, you!

:)

...Sorry for the surprise pity party, kids. But sometimes it's just got to come out.

Venting prevents explosion.

:)

1d4+1 Vikings wrote:

Feros wrote:

Burned. Why waste the land?

Burn and lay waste to the land? Don’t mind if we do!

There are ways to be burned and not lay waste to land - ashes can help with specific cases of fertilizing too

Yep. I've requested that my ashes and bone pits be placed under a new oak tree.

I'd been hoping to exit FaWtL in the time-honored tradition of simply disappearing, but several texts over the weekend indicate that I've caused consternation, and for that I apologize.

I've chosen to leave the Paizo boards, and I prefer to keep my reasons my own, though I will emphasize that *NO*, LM, it WAS NOT YOU!

Nothing significant has happened in my life to change things:
- I'm still toiling away in the slide mines at Global Megacorporation
- Impus Major nailed his math final and brought his grade up from a C to a B
- GothBard is still seeking employment

I greatly appreciate the concern, but it's a choice that's been several months in the making, and since leaving Paizo I've enjoyed the extra 90 minutes a day I've gained.

Carry on, FaWtL! You're a great crowd.

We'll really miss you, NH! Revel in that free time!

Burned. Why waste the land?

Finally, a thread I can post in without it getting locked.

Always tempting fate, KC...

:)

54 solar revolutions and still cruising! :)

Art question: Who or what is the rakshasa talking to on page 182?

Look genie-kin to me, possibly shaitan.

Mine are now en route. To the PDFs!

Nor me.

Has anyone in Canada received anything yet?

Sorry for the delay in response: I had everything by late October.

captain yesterday wrote:

The brand of tools I personally dislike the most is Husqvarna.

Hey, they're not all bad. For example, they used to make decent sewing machines. And the chains on their saws will stay on for at least thirty seconds before falling off or breaking.

Having just recently helped take down a number of old trees with a Husqvarna, let me say that you sir are an optimist.

So happy you are safe, Amby.

Oh god, Fort Meyers got hit hard. As in walls of water hard.

I hope she's OK.

Stay safe, Amby!

Kingmaker package received! (Fredericton, Canada)

I got the job! :)

Congratulations!!! Whoot!!!

Some good news I hope

I had a very good job interview on Friday and may have a better job soon.

Good luck!!

Big Brother Moment:

Impus Minor: Hey, Dad! What's our Amazon Prime password?
NobodysHome: 123Password
IM: Thanks! (returns to his room)
NobodysHome's Phone: (bing!)

Text Message: Someone at your current IP address just signed in to your account! Do you recognize this activity?

Evil response: Dear God! Someone's in my house! Call the police!

Canada also does direct deposit for tax refunds, employment insurance checks, welfare checks, child benefits...you know, any money things.

I only answer to the owner of the company.

That is truly the only civilized way to work.

Hey! My Pirate Queen's Pearl emerges once more! Too cool!

I wonder how they've statted it out for 2e?

:D

Splatter paintings or cubism?

Drejk wrote:

lisamarlene wrote:

How to make Teensy Valeros happy:

I just found a UK shop that had an Asterix and Obelix lunchbox for sale.

Asterix or Obelix size?

Asterix. He only eats like Obelix in the evening. With an additional wild boar right before bed so he doesn't get hungry during the night.

Considering you live in Texas, I'm not sure how much of that is exaggeration...

Afternoon, all. What did I miss?

Captain Yesterday unwisely unearthed a hidden chamber and most likely doomed us all. Other than that, same old-same old.

All I'm saying is if an elder evil starts rampaging through downtown Chicago tonight I definitely had something to do with it. But it was mostly Kurt.

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Exactly what pattern did you lay those bricks out in, anyway?

It's that day of the year again.

Happy Birthday, Vany!

Hey looking at adding some high-powered archetypes for a superhero pathfinder campaign. Goal is to get the heroes to feel more like their comic book origins. I'm hoping the community can provide some additional insight into the archetype balance.

Acrobat – May Always take 20 on Acrobatics checks (even in combat) and move up to your move speed as a swift action.

Brawler – Auto-Confirm all critical hits. All threats auto-hit.

Enforcer – DR/- : DR Value = Con Modifier + ½ Level. Stacks with other DR (Apply any other DR first).

Spellcaster (Divine or Arcane) – All prepared or known 1st and 2nd level spells can be cast at will.

Marksmen – Marksmen's range weapons can be treated as a melee weapon with reach of 1/2 their range increment (Can flank, AoO, use Combat maneuvers, no penalty for shooting into melee).

Hey going through the process of creating a high-powered pathfinder superhero game, and to get the characters more in the comic superhero roll I've thought about adding an additonal archetype that each player can pick 1 of. The current set I have planned for them to choose between are:

Acrobat – May Always take 20 on Acrobatics checks (even in combat). May apply either str or dex modifier to all attack and dmg rolls (regardless of weapon type).

Brawler – Auto-Confirm all critical hits. Full threat range is considered Auto-hit.

Enforcer – DR/Epic : DR Value = Con Modifier + 1/2 Level. Stacks with other DR (Apply any other DR first).

Spellcaster (Divine or Arcane) – All prepared or known 1st level spell can be cast at will. 2nd level spell become at will at 11th level.

Marksmen – Gain Precise Shot and Improved Precise Shot (at 11th level) for free. May apply Str or Dex modifier to Damage rolls with any ranged weapon (all range weapons treated as adaptive and/or agile).

What I am unsure of is the balance between these. Any thoughts on balance/additional suggestions would be greatly appreciated.