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Looking for 2-3 reasonably sane folks to join a regular (once every 3-4 weeks) weekend game. The ideal is Pathfinder 2E, CoC 7E a very near silver medal. The bronze is any of a dozen other games sitting fallow across from me, and dozens more packed that are easily taken out. We just want to get a good game going ("we" being myself and someone I work with; we're both teachers, so gaming during the week isn't feasible from September to June).

Please be willing to make the trip up here to the Shire (I'm conveniently near both the 1 and 4 trains). Also, to save everyone time, there's no place at my gaming table if your sociopolitical views fall in the red end of the spectrum.

Is it too late to add 36264256 with 36244310? If it's not, would someone please combine the two? If it is, no big deal. Thanks. :)

Simply can't believe I just did this. This is what the last ten months of teaching does to a person.

I created this order to ship with my next subscription, not realizing the next subscription was the "GenCon" stuff. Since that's already going to be on the hefty size, I think I'd rather hold off on these for a while.

If this order could be cancelled I'd appreciate it.

Just a minor thing. The post office just dropped off the order, and when I was flipping through everything I noticed that one of the two Vilderaro pawns was missing from the sheet in my Against the Aeon Throne Pawn Collection.

So a little while ago I set out to make my first Starfinder character, and, being a creature of habit whose first character in any fantasy game is a cleric-type, decided to make a shirren mystic priest. As my first Pathfinder character was a cleric of Desna, my little shirren was also going to be her follower. Everything was copcetic until I got to equipping him.

Mystics are proficient in basic melee weapons only.

Starknives are advanced melee.

And right there on page 91 is a Desnan Star Shaman with a starknife, and Advanced Melee Weapon Proficiency isn't a suggested feat.

House ruling a single favored weapon for mystics and priests is about the most innocuous thing in the world (that Star Shaman picture virtually implies it should be that way). But... what would the favored weapons of Damoritosh, the Devourer, Eloritu, Hylax, Ibra, Oras, Talvet, Triune. Weydan, and Yaraesa be?

Sorry if this is more chaff clogging up the thread, but I'm also having the issue with my Starfinder Accessories subscription that other folks are. It's not showing up on my subscriptions pages, but it is showing that I placed an order for it.

Nothing here for the gamers really, but I thought there might be a few "creatures of the night" types who would dig this. Thanks for checking it out. :)

Beautiful Freak: Drop the soap & get freaky clean!

I think something went a little wonky when the orders were being spawned. I've got the comic subscription set to ship with my monthly order.

Hi there... if it's possible I wanted to see if this order could be merged with my upcoming subscription order (3978813). If it's too late, no worries. :)

I was off on vacation so I'm just getting around to opening my latest subscription order. The print version of We Be Goblins Free! wasn't included with the shipment. No problem at all with it being sent in my August stuff. Thanks :)

Will it make sense to combine these orders? The Shackled City book is hefty, so I'm not sure if I'd come ahead in shipping if I combine the two orders. If it would be a little cheaper to put the orders together, could someone please do that? If it won't make a difference, they can go out as separate orders.

Thanks :)

Hey guys. The email I just got about the pending May shipment says the dice from order #3061628 are still in my sidecart and waiting to ship, but they were sent out with the April subscription.

Last Wednesday Erik said the order should be shipping normally by the end of this week, but after reading Sara's update I thought I should check in again.

Probably just being paranoid, but I wanted to make sure something glitchy hadn't happened processing the order. In the years since I switched to USPS Priority Mail shipping for my subscriptions, the only time the package went out later than the Tuesday following the order being generated was due to a computer error. Obviously I know there's no guarantee when things will be shipped, but an exception to what seemed to be the rule caught my attention. Thanks for indulging my crazy. :)

I just got the December subscriptions from my postal carrier. Almost everything was, as usual, perfect; unfortunately, my copy of Pathfinder Special #1 missing, and instead there was a copy of Pathfinder: Goblins #1.

So the local post office has "misrouted" this package, and despite "every effort" to correct the problem over the past four days since it was out for delivery, as of today it's still a no-show. I couldn't recall if it was ten, twelve, or fourteen days from shipping before something's considered lost, but it's sadly coming quickly to the two week mark.

Hey guys, I saw someone else just recently posted about a similar problem- I have one item in the order that says it shipped yesterday, but everything else is still pending. Unlike that person, however, I'm not seeing the PDFs in my downloads. No worries of course if they haven't come up in the normal order of things, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a hiccup somewhere.

Where in the Great Beyond does Ghlaunder hang his proverbial hat? If it's been said officially I'm failing miserably at finding it.

I'm going to need to drop the Rise of the Runelords Deluxe Collector's Edition that's in my sidecart for the time being. I'll grab it early next year if it's still available.

Thanks.

A few times now I've asked the people of our community to pitch in when I've tried gathering supplies for the sci-fi club at my high school that I moderate. Each time I have, the response has been phenomenal. I'm hoping this time will be no different.

My friend K teaches middle school science. As sad a fact as this is, she hasn't been able to get much needed supplies (graduates cylinders and beakers) from the school, so she's turned to Donors Choose. At this moment she's $87 dollars away from meeting her goal. While there's months of time left for the project to be funded, she's under the gun to get it done with matching funds. As she just put up on Facebook:

"Please consider helping my students! Visit my page at DonorsChoose.org, make a tax-deductible donation of any size, and use the match code INSPIRE to double your donation. The match code expires on Monday October 15! I only have $87 more to raise!!!"

Even if it's a buck or two, please help her out at Student Scientists Need More Lab Equipment.

Thanks for reading (and helping out).

Can someone please apply the balance of my gift certificate to this order? I thought it might automatically happen, and since it hasn't I can't figure out a way on my end to do it.

Thanks!

I wanted to resurrect my old thread for s&g but found it mysteriously got switched to the online campaign forum. Weird.

Anyway, we run a game based in Nirmathas and play about every other Saturday. The party's currently a half-orc barbarian, a human ranger, and a human cleric of Desna. A fourth wouldn't necessarily need to be a rogue; I'm pretty much open to anything (as long as the second half of the alignment is "G").

Just send me a private message if interested.

Please drop the Battle Minis subscription on my account. I'll most likely start it up again after the Runelords set, but after much thought I just can't justify the expense for the entire case this time around.

I got an itch lately to dig out my d20 Star Wars stuff to run a few games, and I've discovered to my horror that the folder I had all the errata, web enhancements, and the conversion guides to the Revised Edition for Dark Side Sourcebook, New Jedi Order Sourcebook, and Starships of the Galaxy has vanished. The web enhancements I'm not worried about, but if anyone has the errata and/or the conversion guides for those books and could get them to me I'd sure appreciate it.

Goes without saying...

It seems as if the CoC Anniversary book has sent my next package's shipping cost from the usual thirteen bucks and change to over forty-five dollars. I know the CoC book isn't due to you guys before that late july shipment goes out, but just in case it arrives earlier than expected will there be time to split the shipment into the anniversary book and the July stuff? Seems like shipping would be half of what it is now with two packages going out.

Anyone know of a bit piece on a figure that could be removed and reshaped (if necessary) with only a modicum of effort that would pass for a nice starknife?

(I'd love if Reaper did a sprue of weapons and gear specific to the setting, like a klar, an earth breaker, or a sawtooth sabre.)

Rogue possibly needed, at any rate. The party is debating whether or not they need the fifth in the party; I thought I'd put out feelers just in case. The current PCs are fifth level, and include a gnome sorcerer, human cleric of Desna, human ranger, and elf fighter.

SBPers, here's where we're going to chronicle our Kingmaker campaign. Character biographies must be posted by midnight on April 26th. I'll post a roster of PCs once everyone lets me know who and what they're playing.

I'm coming up with nothing searching for this... I need a figure (28-32mm) that will work as a male Varisian. In combat he wears studded leather and a wields a morningstar, but otherwise he's in his traditional "gypsy" garb.

You'd think after years I'd have this figured out...

Are these going to roll over and ship with the first monthly subscription order that comes up as they arrive in the warehouse, or are they going to delay this upcoming February order until they get in from Poland? I'm inclined to believe the former, but if it's the latter can the orders just sort of drift around in the aether until the dice are in stock? I really detest my inner-geek being so obvious, but if after a year-and-a-half I don't soon see where on the Tourondel Kassen lies I'm going to scream. :)

Under optimal conditions, how many weeks/months in game time would it take to construct the Pathfinder lodge from the Flip-Mat?

I haven't visited my comic shop in three weeks. In a minute I'm going to shower and head over to it. The delay has been knowing that when I arrive three institutions end for me.

I've been collecting Batman monthly since issue 400, Detective Comics since issue 568.

I began getting all of the Superman titles when John Byrne rebooted the series after Man of Steel.

I've bought Wonder Woman regularly since the 1987 when George Perez began the second volume after Legends.

Today, I'm dropping them all.

I couldn't be more bored by J. Michael Straczynski's story in Superman. If he were the first person to ever conceive a story where Superman connects to the normal people, I'd still dislike this storyline, with Superman fighting aliens in the suburbs, and ignoring an old man who's about to have a stroke. But this isn't even the hundredth time the idea that Superman is disconnected from the mundane folks has come up, just in the time I've been following his adventures.

Wonder Woman, again, Straczynski finding new ways to induce yawning. I'm so utterly disconnected to this Elseworlds tale that from month to month I can't not only recall what happened in the previous issue, I'm not even sure I bought it. If my soul were on the line right now, and eternal immolation in the deepest BBQ pit of hell the price of failure, I couldn't tell you what this storyline is about. Other than Wonder Woman trying to restore a status quo that everyone knows will be back at the end of the narrative.

I can't even get started on the Batman titles. Other than to mention that in December there are almost twenty monthly titles shipping that involve characters who operate out of Gotham. If I wanted to deal with that sort of crossover potential I'd have never dropped the X-Men titles three different times now.

Action Comics I'm keeping, at least until the story with Luthor ends. I'm really enjoying that one. After that it might have to be chucked, too.

DC is putting out a lot of great stuff in titles like Doom Patrol, Booster Gold, Power Girl, and the new Freedom Fighters book. Smaller print-run titles that every month I expect to find out are being canceled. But I think I'm going to champion those now, rather than the flagships that can easily be run into the ground without fear of cancellation.

Hi. Try to bear with me while I prattle on for a moment or two...

For those of you who don't know me, I'm a special education teacher at a high school in the South Bronx. I also run my school's Sci-Fi club. For the last five years I've been using RPGs with the kids to further develop their math, critical reading, writing, and social skills. So far its worked great, but I have no data to prove this.

I've written a proposal that's now part of a competition at We Are Teachers, a site for teachers to share their best practices and vie for grants. Working with a group of four tenth-graders (one student has mild learning disabilities, and another is diagnosed with Asperger syndrome), I'm going to begin a 4E campaign. The students will write backgrounds for their characters, keep journals, and all the while I'll be working with their other teachers to track their growth in relationship to their peers.

The grant will allow me to purchase the new red box starter set for each student, as well as their Players Handbooks.

If you can help me out with your vote- and if you could help by spreading the word about this- you can follow this link to my proposal.

Thanks for taking the time to read this (and hopefully for voting on my proposal!).

CR 2
XP 600
NE Medium monstrous humanoid (aquatic)
Init +0; Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +12
Defense
AC 16 (+6 natural) or 18 (+6 natural, +2 heavy wooden shield), touch 10, flat-footed 16 or 18
hp 19 (3d10+3)
Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +5
Defensive Abilities slippery; Immune paralysis, poison; Resist electricity 10
Weaknesses light blindness
Offense
Spd 20 ft., swim 50 ft.
Melee Shortspear +4 (1d6+1) and bite -1 (1d4+1)
Special Attacks Lightning bolt, pincher staff
Statistics
Str 13, Dex 10, Con 13, Int 13, Wis 14, Cha 8
Base Atk +3; CMB +4; CMD 14
Feats Greater Fortitude, Skill Focus (Perception)
Skills Craft or Knowledge (any one) +7, Escape Artist +14, Perception +12, Stealth +6, Swim +15; Racial Modifiers +8 Escape Artist, +4 Perception, +8 Swim
Languages Aquan, Scaly Fish Man, Undercommon
SQ Adhesive, amphibious, keen sight
ecology
Environment Temperate aquatic
Organization Patrol (2-4 plus one 3rd level whip), squad (6-11 plus 1 or 2 3rd-level whips, 1 or 2 4th-level monitors, and 1 8th-level fighter), band (20-50 plus 100% noncombatants plus 2 3rd-level whips, 2 8th-level fighters, and 1 10th-level fighter), or tribe (40-400 plus 1 3rd-level whip per 20 adults, 1 4th-level monitor, 4 8th-level fighters, 1 10th-level whips, and 2 10th level fighters)
Treasure NPC gear (shortspear, other treasure)
Special Abilities
Adhesive (Ex): Scaly Fish Men use their own body oil and other materials to give their shields a finish almost like flypaper, holding fast any creatures or items touching them. Anyone who makes an unsuccessful melee attack against a Scaly Fish Man must succeed at a Reflex save (DC 14), or the attacker's weapon sticks to the shield and is yanked out of the wielder's grip. A Scaly Fish Man requires 1 hour and special materials 20 gp to coat a shield with adhesive. The adhesive stays good for up to three days or until it catches someone or something (in which case the shield can trap no additional items, since the adhesive is used up). Creatures using natural weapons are automatically grappled if they get stuck. Pulling a stuck weapon or limb from a shield requires a DC 20 Strength check.
Keen Sight (Ex): Scaly Fish Men have keen sight thanks to their two independently focusing eyes. Their eyesight is so extraordinary it can spot a moving item or creature, even if it is invisible or ethereal. Only by remaining perfectly motionless can such objects or creatures avoid detection.
Lightning Bolt (Su): Two or more Scaly Fish Men clerics (known as whips) operating together can generate a stroke of lightning every 1d4 rounds. The whips must join hands to launch the bolt but need merely be within 30 feet of one another while it builds. The lightning bolt deals 1d6 points of electricty per whipe, but a successful Reflex save (DC 13 + number of whips) halves this.
Pincher Staff: Many Scaly Fish Men fighters and all whips above 7th level carry this Large exotic weapon. A pincer staff deals 1d10 points of bludgeoning damage, threatens a critical hit on a 20, and deals double damage on a critical hit. It has a 10-foot reach and cannot be used against an adjacent opponent. A wielder that hits an opponent of at least Small but no larger than Large size attempts to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If the wielder gets a hold, the staff grabs the opponent and deals 1d10 points of damage each round the hold is maintained.
Slippery (Ex): All Scaly Fish Men secrete an oily film that makes them difficult to grapple or snare. Webs, magic or otherwise, don't affect Scaly Fish Men, and they usually can wriggle free from most other forms of confinement.

CR 4
XP 1,200
N Large aberration
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; scent; Perception +9
Defense
AC 18, touch 12, flat-footed 15 (+3 Dex, + 6 natural, -1 size)
hp 42 (5d8+10)
Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +6
Offense
Spd 30 ft., climb 15 ft.
Melee 8 tentacles +5 (paralysis) an bite +0 (1d8+1)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks paralysis (2d4 rounds, DC 18)
Statistics
Str 16, Dex 17, Con 18, Int 1, Wis 15, Cha 6
Base Atk +3; CMB +7; CMD 20 (can’t be tripped)
Feats Ability Focus (Paralysis), Combat Reflexes, Skill Focus (Perception)
Skills Climb +15, Perception +9, Survival +8; Racial Modifiers +8 Climb
Ecology
Environment Underground
Organization Solitary, pair, or cluster (3-5)
Treasure none
Special Abilities
Paralysis (EX) It’s primary attack is the eight tentacles that line its maw. These attacks deal no damage, but the sticky substance the tentacles secrete acts as a paralyzing agent. Anyone hit by a tentacle must make a DC 18 Fortitude check or be paralyzed for 2d4 rounds. The save DC is Constitution based.

Keep your endless, pointless debates over nerfed this and broken that- this is possibly the least important rules question ever asked: Should crystal ooze require a DC 20 Perception check to spot them rather than the DC 15 listed in the Bestiary under the Grey Ooze entry (p. 166)? Kinda makes sense they'd be a bit more difficult to notice in water, and it matches the DCs in 3.5 (from the Monster Manual and Tome of Horror Revised).

p. 134 Sniper alternate Rogue feature "Accuracy": "At 1st level, a sniper halves all range increment penalties when making ranged attacks with a bow or crossbow."

p. 124 Far Shot: "You only suffer a –1 penalty per full range increment between you and your target when using a ranged weapon."

p. 144 Range: "Any attack at more than this distance is penalized for range. Beyond this range, the attack takes a cumulative –2 penalty for each full range increment (or fraction thereof) of distance to the target. For example, a dagger (with a range of 10 feet) thrown at a target that is 25 feet away would incur a –4 penalty."

Example: A composite longbow has a range of 110 feet. At 115, the archer takes a -2 penalty. Accuracy reduces that in half to -1, and Far Shot knocks the -1 penalty to 0(?).

So should these two abilities, for lack of a better term, stack? Because it looks like a Sniper with Far Shot could shoot an arrow from a composite bow up to 1,100 feet away without a penalty for distance. Or should Accuracy be seen, essentially, as a bonus Far Shot feat, because, despite the dissimilar wording, they're both doing the same thing?

A year into the series, the current DP is easily my favorite ongoing series put out by DC. Giffen take on the characters is dead-on, and the love he's showing for all of Doom Patrol's weird history is apparent on every page.

Is there a simple template out there somewhere that would do nothing more than slap some wings and a flying speed on to a creature? I could swear I've seen something like that before, but I'm drawing a blank as to where it was.

Paizo is the best!

I just noticed that order #1471479 was combined with #1459929, which is the order that'll ship out some time next week with the APG, etc. Only thing that's a head-scratcher is that there's no date listed for #1459929 being placed, and I never got an email on it. I'm guessing that means it's just in a queue waiting to be processed or something, but I thought I'd ask in case there was some sort of glitch.

I always worry I'm the only one having these issues... Hopefully I'm not; everything else seems to be working fine.

1) I just downloaded the updated Adventurer's Armory file. When I try to move past the front cover it locks up Previews and I have to force quit. I've downloaded the file three times with the same result.

2) I wasn't too concerned about it, but I'll throw this in- When I try to do searches on the single file Heart of the Jungle PDF or the Master of the Fallen Fortress PDF, Preview crashes. I can scroll through those without a problem.

If it matters, I'm using OS 10.6.4.

I've created a map on Dundjinni that I need printed up for a game this Saturday, but thanks to the program's hatred of printing on a Mac I absolutely cannot get it to print, or export as a PDF, bpm, or jpg. From what I've read in the DJ forums, however, a PC shouldn't have these problems. So I'm hoping someone out there could get the dja file from me, make a pdf (or jpg or bmp) of it, and send the new file back my way. I'll include my email under the cut; just drop me a line if you can help out. Thanks in advance!