paizo.com Recent Posts by Jack Squaredpaizo.com Recent Posts by Jack Squared2024-03-28T17:36:08Z2024-03-28T17:36:08ZRe: Forums/Paizo: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Paizo Pricing & Sustainability UpdateJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sifa&page=2?Paizo-Pricing-Sustainability-Update#572023-10-24T20:05:36Z2023-10-19T04:36:02Z<p>Regarding the price increase: </p>
<p>When you buy a product from a person who eats eggs and eggs cost more, you should pay more. Lest they starve...</p>
<p>Paizo is pro worker, pro environment, and for f#$% sake, more pro gamer than any other company on the planet.</p>
<p>I can't wait to play with every single one of you...</p>Regarding the price increase:
When you buy a product from a person who eats eggs and eggs cost more, you should pay more. Lest they starve...
Paizo is pro worker, pro environment, and for f#$% sake, more pro gamer than any other company on the planet.
I can't wait to play with every single one of you...Jack Squared2023-10-19T04:36:02ZRe: Forums/Paizo: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Paizo Pricing & Sustainability UpdateJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sifa?Paizo-Pricing-Sustainability-Update#472023-10-20T20:43:38Z2023-10-18T22:05:11Z<p>•Kermit flail•</p>
<p>YAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!</p>
<p>Death to packing peanuts! </p>
<p>Seriously, I hide paizo packing peanuts in my neighbor's trash so the trash guy doesn't know it's me.</p>*Kermit flail*
YAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!
Death to packing peanuts!
Seriously, I hide paizo packing peanuts in my neighbor's trash so the trash guy doesn't know it's me.Jack Squared2023-10-18T22:05:11ZRe: Forums/Organized Play: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: January 2023 Organized Play Scenario PreviewsJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7z?January-2023-Organized-Play-Scenario-Previews#22023-01-21T00:33:55Z2023-01-20T22:13:03Z<p>Do I get an AcP refund?</p>Do I get an AcP refund?Jack Squared2023-01-20T22:13:03ZRe: Forums/PaizoCon: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: PaizoCon Online 2023 InvitationJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si6n&page=2?PaizoCon-Online-2023-Invitation#642022-12-11T00:05:57Z2022-12-09T21:22:27Z<p>I'll have to check with the kids whether we'll participate. We started playing PFS as something the whole family could do at Cons instead of just looking at the cosplayers and going to panels. Once we did that, it was a no brainer to come to PaizoCon. I think it was maybe six years ago.</p>
<p>It was awesome! Every gamemaster had five stars or a campaign coin or was a RVC. Scheduling was difficult. Getting a family of four at all the same tables playing the games we wanted took a lot of coordination, but it was worth it.</p>
<p>I believe our last in person PaizoCon marked the end of first edition. The special was brutal; I swear they wanted to kill all our characters. Our family had been playing the same characters at every Con which brought us to ninth level (the kids and I also had alts but not my wife). There's no ninth level games so we played up at 10-11. We sat at our table and waited. Always before at PaizoCon, we would pull up with our characters that we enjoyed playing and maybe weren't the most powerful and the other two players would be very experienced players with tricked out characters that generally kept us from dying. Not this time; we were on our own, or so it seemed.</p>
<p>We got through the first combat with all our expendables and spells blown and honestly didn't know what to do. That's when the room found out our little family of four was about to get clobbered. There was some sort of way of sending power from one table to another in the form of slips of paper. All of a sudden we couldn't use them fast enough as every single one came to our table over and over again. It really felt like community, so many people helping us, something intangible. For the last combat, the GM just gave up and we just role played with him.</p>
<p>So, physical is important. A bunch of people above said they could never get to PaizoCon but "at least I can drive to GenCon." Hmmph. It would take an Act of Congress to get me to GenCon but at least I used to be able to drive to PaizoCon.</p>
<p>I'm sure last year's Con stressed Paizo out. Organizers have obligations to hotels that may or may not have been waived last year because of the pandemic. SteamCon in Bellevue died because the Con didn't meet the food/bev requirement and couldn't pay the penalty. I would propose, however, that last year could have been organized better. Because of the rollover tickets, I wasn't able to go. Actually, I could have but there was no guarantee that I could get tickets so I made other plans. Without the rollovers, I would say attendance would be higher.</p>
<p>It's probably too late for this year but I hope in person PaicoCon comes back.</p>I'll have to check with the kids whether we'll participate. We started playing PFS as something the whole family could do at Cons instead of just looking at the cosplayers and going to panels. Once we did that, it was a no brainer to come to PaizoCon. I think it was maybe six years ago.
It was awesome! Every gamemaster had five stars or a campaign coin or was a RVC. Scheduling was difficult. Getting a family of four at all the same tables playing the games we wanted took a lot of...Jack Squared2022-12-09T21:22:27ZRe: Forums/PaizoCon: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: PaizoCon 2022 UpdateJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si0j?PaizoCon-2022-Update#302022-04-15T14:26:31Z2022-04-15T14:26:31Z<p>Is there a PFS Special this year? And what day/slot?</p>Is there a PFS Special this year? And what day/slot?Jack Squared2022-04-15T14:26:31ZRe: Forums/PaizoCon: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: PaizoCon 2022 UpdateJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si0j?PaizoCon-2022-Update#52022-04-13T22:36:45Z2022-04-13T22:36:45Z<p>I can't remember what Con did it - maybe PaizoCon online or online Europe? - but one Con had the option of running tables for specials in person away from the Con. Is that an option here? I realize it's a bit late to ask this but it's an evolving situation.</p>
<p>Thanks!
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Chris</p>I can't remember what Con did it - maybe PaizoCon online or online Europe? - but one Con had the option of running tables for specials in person away from the Con. Is that an option here? I realize it's a bit late to ask this but it's an evolving situation.
Thanks!
ChrisJack Squared2022-04-13T22:36:45ZRe: Forums/PaizoCon: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: We invite you to PaizoCon 2022!!!Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6shz3&page=2?We-invite-you-to-PaizoCon-2022#622022-03-19T04:04:17Z2022-03-19T00:25:40Z<p>Is there a way to transfer tickets? I'd be happy to reimburse people looking for refunds in exchange for a ticket...</p>Is there a way to transfer tickets? I'd be happy to reimburse people looking for refunds in exchange for a ticket...Jack Squared2022-03-19T00:25:40ZRe: Forums/PaizoCon: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: We invite you to PaizoCon 2022!!!Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6shz3&page=2?We-invite-you-to-PaizoCon-2022#532022-05-04T02:03:31Z2022-03-17T15:23:52Z<p>I would like to share that I'm somewhat disappointed with this situation. I started my kids on Pathfinder and cons when they were in grade school. Since we live nearby, we made it to multiple paizocons, a highlight for the year, and played some stellar games. It was tough coordinating four people to get in the same games, but we'd all be on our devices as soon as signup was allowed to pull it off.</p>
<p>2020 and the pandemic came and I didn't bother buying tickets. Cons were generally being canceled and those that weren't were almost certain to be superspreader events. However, if you had told me that I wouldn't be able to go to the next in person Con without buying tickets in 2020 (and, if something came up, I could get a refund even), I would have totally slapped my credit card down to get them.</p>
<p>My youngest (now in high school) hates VTT so only my oldest and I did the virtual Cons.</p>
<p>Currently, Paizo is requiring people to "opt out" of their "limited attendance" con. That means, if they do nothing, they have a ticket and Paizo keeps their ticket fees, which is pretty standard because it helps the company. For instance, Starbucks has a zillion dollars in unused gift cards. However, this strategy will not maximize attendance. The simple fact is that there is a significant number of people who won't or can't request a refund. Some don't check the message boards because they've lost interest and/or feel they gave Paizo a donation during the pandemic. Honestly, statistically, some people have passed away. How significant the number of people who aren't coming but hold a ticket is obviously uncertain.</p>
<p>To maximize attendance with the limitations, Paizo should have either required people to "opt in" (making the default a refund) or provide a decision of some sort - email or fill out a form with whether they want a refund or not.</p>
<p>It's not too late. You could ask the people with valid tickets to confirm their planned attendance.</p>
<p>I hate to criticize because, well, I love Paizo and I know huge amounts of people volunteer to make it awesome. But, still.</p>I would like to share that I'm somewhat disappointed with this situation. I started my kids on Pathfinder and cons when they were in grade school. Since we live nearby, we made it to multiple paizocons, a highlight for the year, and played some stellar games. It was tough coordinating four people to get in the same games, but we'd all be on our devices as soon as signup was allowed to pull it off.
2020 and the pandemic came and I didn't bother buying tickets. Cons were generally being...Jack Squared2022-03-17T15:23:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/discussion&page=2#582021-07-18T13:31:51Z2021-07-18T13:31:51Z<p>Thanks everybody for gently breaking me into PbP!</p>Thanks everybody for gently breaking me into PbP!Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-07-18T13:31:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=5#2052021-09-03T06:20:42Z2021-07-18T13:29:07Z<p>After the debrief, Blastoff joins Grimace in the bar, buys the Vesk drinks, and hammers down an entire bottle of horse brandy. He preps for the trip home by dissolving something under his tongue and smoking a pound of opium, then, on the trip, alternates between look wistfully out the portholes and begging to be allowed to pilot high. <b>"You just have to know you're altered and make adjustments."</b> </p>
<p>His new career as a Starfinder seems to fit him perfectly. (<b>"Do you make contact with alien star shaman hermits on every mission?"</b> he asks with big eyes and some unnoticed drool drying on his cheek.)</p>After the debrief, Blastoff joins Grimace in the bar, buys the Vesk drinks, and hammers down an entire bottle of horse brandy. He preps for the trip home by dissolving something under his tongue and smoking a pound of opium, then, on the trip, alternates between look wistfully out the portholes and begging to be allowed to pilot high. "You just have to know you're altered and make adjustments."
His new career as a Starfinder seems to fit him perfectly. ("Do you make contact with alien star...Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-07-18T13:29:07ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/discussion&page=2#542021-07-13T19:43:19Z2021-07-13T19:43:19Z<p>Thank you for your patience with me. I really enjoyed this format of play. Blastoff particularly enjoyed it. Any pointers on how I can get him into episode 2?</p>
<p>Oh, and jewel, I have a hacker Ace pilot operative who just hit lvl 4. Any thoughts on lvl 4 feats? </p>
<p>Thanks!
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Chris</p>Thank you for your patience with me. I really enjoyed this format of play. Blastoff particularly enjoyed it. Any pointers on how I can get him into episode 2?
Oh, and jewel, I have a hacker Ace pilot operative who just hit lvl 4. Any thoughts on lvl 4 feats?
Thanks!
ChrisBlastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-07-13T19:43:19ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=4#1892021-07-10T16:00:47Z2021-07-10T16:00:47Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Blastoff would lobby for a strategy where the following bald-faced lies would not lead him to be arrested by the Veskarium. </span></p>
<p>Blastoff squeaks up excitedly. <b>"The portal led to Traverse, a beautiful moon. It is delightful in its emptiness. Nobody, nothing, no atmosphere and almost no gravity!"</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc> Blastoff would have proposed, prior to going through, that our group come up with a suitable warning of dire consequences if the use of slaves to mine shimmerstone continues. Maybe the atmosphere would be sucked out of the current portal or Traverse pushed into one of the planets. He knows, however, that he is not the best one to present such a lie. Hopefully, likeminded Starfinders can help with this falsehood. As part of this, he would take credit for reopening the portal, if necessary, but say it was a one time thing.</span></p>Blastoff would lobby for a strategy where the following bald-faced lies would not lead him to be arrested by the Veskarium.
Blastoff squeaks up excitedly. "The portal led to Traverse, a beautiful moon. It is delightful in its emptiness. Nobody, nothing, no atmosphere and almost no gravity!"
Blastoff would have proposed, prior to going through, that our group come up with a suitable warning of dire consequences if the use of slaves to mine shimmerstone continues. Maybe the atmosphere would...Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-07-10T16:00:47ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=4#1812021-07-09T10:55:29Z2021-07-09T10:55:29Z<p>With a series of swirling motions, Blastoff appears to pull small stats from the shimmerstone, swirl them around himself and send them careening towards the worm.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>shooting stars(full action magic missile):</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4, 1) + 3 = 11</span></p>With a series of swirling motions, Blastoff appears to pull small stats from the shimmerstone, swirl them around himself and send them careening towards the worm.
[dice=shooting stars(full action magic missile)]3d4+3[/dice]Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-07-09T10:55:29ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=4#1722021-07-08T10:48:42Z2021-07-08T10:48:42Z<p><b>"Tell us your story, shaman."</b></p>"Tell us your story, shaman."Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-07-08T10:48:42ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=4#1692021-07-07T19:36:25Z2021-07-07T19:36:25Z<p>Blastoff sits next to the alien presence and taps his drum. It is soundless yet all feel it. <b>"Do you see how Desna and Nyarlathotep are waltzing over there?"</b> Blastoff then speaks of the mystic ecstasy of the stars.</p>Blastoff sits next to the alien presence and taps his drum. It is soundless yet all feel it. "Do you see how Desna and Nyarlathotep are waltzing over there?" Blastoff then speaks of the mystic ecstasy of the stars.Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-07-07T19:36:25ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=4#1642021-07-03T14:53:57Z2021-07-03T14:53:57Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc> Wow! Miss one day. :) </span></p>
<p>Blastoff was obviously distracted on the ship. Once he realized it wasn't able to fly, he entered his own world.</p>
<p>Challenge 1:
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>survival:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17</span>
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Blastoff's fingers tap near his drum, an obviously nervous rhythm at being underground again, but doesn't actually play, lest he give away the team's position. His need to be back under the stars guides him unerringly through the caves.</p>
<p>Challenge 2:
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>survival:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30</span>
<br />
Blastoff breezes easily through the mist, pointing, <b>"Look, they are just like the stars! They can guide me. Do you see that constellation?"</b></p>
<p>Challenge 3:
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>If Blastoff's flight power from walk the void is able to work:</span>
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The little Ysoki shaman invokes the power of the stars and floats easily to the top of the cliffs.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>If, however, not:</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>athletics:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7</span>
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Despite getting help from one of the other team members and using a rope, the Ysoki mystic weakly climbs, cutting himself in the process.</p>Wow! Miss one day. :)
Blastoff was obviously distracted on the ship. Once he realized it wasn't able to fly, he entered his own world.
Challenge 1:
[dice=survival]1d20+10[/dice]
Blastoff's fingers tap near his drum, an obviously nervous rhythm at being underground again, but doesn't actually play, lest he give away the team's position. His need to be back under the stars guides him unerringly through the caves.
Challenge 2:
[dice=survival]1d20+10[/dice]
Blastoff breezes easily through the...Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-07-03T14:53:57ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=4#1512021-06-30T21:08:46Z2021-06-30T21:08:46Z<p>Blastoff tries to tend the wounded with burning "leaves," fingers tapping on his drum, and mystic prowess.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Blastoff can heal 5hp once per day by doing a 10 minute ritual. This seems like a good time. What's everybody's HP damage?</span></p>Blastoff tries to tend the wounded with burning "leaves," fingers tapping on his drum, and mystic prowess.
Blastoff can heal 5hp once per day by doing a 10 minute ritual. This seems like a good time. What's everybody's HP damage?Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-30T21:08:46ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=3#1372021-06-29T03:03:19Z2021-06-28T16:28:06Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Putting this in now so I don't miss it, even though others go ahead of me. Not certain if this is a free, move, or standard action.</span></p>
<p>Blastoff starts jumping up and down excitedly and pointing in different directions. His intentions become clear, though, as he starts squeaking excitedly, <b>"Lead the fleas into crew quarters. We seal them up. See if they can chew through metal bulkheads,"</b> he finishes with a cruel sneer at the nanopod swarm's potential fate.</p>Putting this in now so I don't miss it, even though others go ahead of me. Not certain if this is a free, move, or standard action.
Blastoff starts jumping up and down excitedly and pointing in different directions. His intentions become clear, though, as he starts squeaking excitedly, "Lead the fleas into crew quarters. We seal them up. See if they can chew through metal bulkheads," he finishes with a cruel sneer at the nanopod swarm's potential fate.Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-28T16:28:06ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=3#1302021-06-25T18:11:09Z2021-06-25T18:11:09Z<p>Blastoff looks at his useless weapon in disgust, reaches for a grenade, remembers he spent his money on other things, then turns his dilated pupils to the surroundings to try to find clues.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 = 24</span></p>Blastoff looks at his useless weapon in disgust, reaches for a grenade, remembers he spent his money on other things, then turns his dilated pupils to the surroundings to try to find clues.
[dice=perception]1d20+8+1[/dice]Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-25T18:11:09ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=3#1092021-06-23T21:10:40Z2021-06-23T21:10:40Z<p>Blastoff screams in fear, <b>"FLEAS!"</b> He then draws his weapon and fires off a shot, his hand shaky with hate and fear, his huge pupils still black as night.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>azimuth laser pistol:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11</span><span class="messageboard-dice">1d4 ⇒ 4</span></p>Blastoff screams in fear, "FLEAS!" He then draws his weapon and fires off a shot, his hand shaky with hate and fear, his huge pupils still black as night.
[dice=azimuth laser pistol]1d20+2;1d4f[/dice]Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-23T21:10:40ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=2#1002021-06-21T22:03:32Z2021-06-21T22:03:32Z<p>Blastoff points at the nearest port side door and chitters excitedly. <b>"That door there! Is trapped! Any step within ten feet of it Boom! your insides come out looking like strawberries!"</b></p>
<p>The ratlike muzzle sniffs the air tentatively and he again points, this time to the lever by the bridge doors. <b>"That lever! It doesn't belong! Not part of ship! Anybody know what it is!?"</b></p>Blastoff points at the nearest port side door and chitters excitedly. "That door there! Is trapped! Any step within ten feet of it Boom! your insides come out looking like strawberries!"
The ratlike muzzle sniffs the air tentatively and he again points, this time to the lever by the bridge doors. "That lever! It doesn't belong! Not part of ship! Anybody know what it is!?"Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-21T22:03:32ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=2#972021-06-19T13:49:15Z2021-06-19T13:49:15Z<p>Blastoff takes one last look at the empty vacuum and bright, bright stars of the airless sky, takes another deep breath of vacuum, then hunches forward as he scurries to stay in the middle of the group. His eyes flitting restlessly from side to side, the Ysoki searches for information in and about the ship.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20</span></p>Blastoff takes one last look at the empty vacuum and bright, bright stars of the airless sky, takes another deep breath of vacuum, then hunches forward as he scurries to stay in the middle of the group. His eyes flitting restlessly from side to side, the Ysoki searches for information in and about the ship.
[dice=Perception]1d20 + 8[/dice]Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-19T13:49:15ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=2#802021-06-16T22:14:51Z2021-06-16T22:14:51Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc> I'm positively wounded that you would think me so callous. Though, mmmm...extra rations. </span></p>
<p>Blastoff flips a switch on his second skin and pops off his helmet. He appears to take a deep breath from the airless void. Pulling out some eyedrops, he places them in his eyes which go all black as he looks up at the stars pivoting above. Jostled back to what's going on around him, the Ysoki types on his comm and a robot version of his squeaky voice says, <b>"If you run low on air, let me know and you can have some of mine."</b></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Piloting:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20</span></p>
<p>Blastoff sniffs the exhaust ports, licks the hull, holds up one finger, stares crosseyed with his enlarged pupils, then types furiously on his comm. <b>"Correct! Kevolari! Venture Class, suitable for long voyages. Commissioned in 283AG by my reckoning."</b> The Ysoki, still typing on his comm, starts drawing a map in the sand. <b>"This will be the engine room, here will be the drift drive. The bridge is here. These compartments are, I am sure, self explanatory."</b> The ratman sniffles in the airless void, his whiskers obviously quivering with excitement.</p>I'm positively wounded that you would think me so callous. Though, mmmm...extra rations.
Blastoff flips a switch on his second skin and pops off his helmet. He appears to take a deep breath from the airless void. Pulling out some eyedrops, he places them in his eyes which go all black as he looks up at the stars pivoting above. Jostled back to what's going on around him, the Ysoki types on his comm and a robot version of his squeaky voice says, "If you run low on air, let me know and you...Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-16T22:14:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=2#762021-06-15T21:33:23Z2021-06-15T21:33:23Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>medicine:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23</span></p>
<p>Blastoff nods at the descriptions of their location then squeaks mournfully, <b>"These two beings died of asphyxiation. They were exposed to the wonder of the void but were not able to attune themselves well enough to survive. I think their suits expired."</b></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24</span></p>
<p>Blastoff jumps up and down excitedly. <b>"Yes, yes! A ship! Let's blast off!"</b> the Ysoki jokes smugly.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Does "Walk the Void" protect Blastoff here on the moon?</span></p>[dice=medicine] 1d20+5 [/dice]
Blastoff nods at the descriptions of their location then squeaks mournfully, "These two beings died of asphyxiation. They were exposed to the wonder of the void but were not able to attune themselves well enough to survive. I think their suits expired."
[dice=perception] 1d20+8 [/dice]
Blastoff jumps up and down excitedly. "Yes, yes! A ship! Let's blast off!" the Ysoki jokes smugly.
Does "Walk the Void" protect Blastoff here on the moon?Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-15T21:33:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=2#592021-06-13T16:37:23Z2021-06-13T16:37:23Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc> Well, sorry about that. Thanks for the extra move action.</span></p>
<p>Blastoff draws his Azimuth Laster Pistol (extra move action) and fires 2 quick shots at the remaining worm (full attack action).</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>shot 1:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 2 - 4 = 1</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>fire damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d4 ⇒ 1</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>shot 2:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 2 - 4 = 10</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>fire damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d4 ⇒ 3</span></p>Well, sorry about that. Thanks for the extra move action.
Blastoff draws his Azimuth Laster Pistol (extra move action) and fires 2 quick shots at the remaining worm (full attack action).
[dice=shot 1]1d20+2-4[/dice]
[dice=fire damage]1d4[/dice]
[dice=shot 2]1d20+2-4[/dice]
[dice=fire damage]1d4[/dice]Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-13T16:37:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=2#522021-06-12T04:57:28Z2021-06-12T01:07:46Z<p>Blastoff moves forward to get line of sight on the worm fighting Grimace and, with a single loud rap on his drum, casts Daze (DC 14) at the Yellow Worm.</p>Blastoff moves forward to get line of sight on the worm fighting Grimace and, with a single loud rap on his drum, casts Daze (DC 14) at the Yellow Worm.Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-12T01:07:46ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay&page=2#512021-06-12T01:07:43Z2021-06-12T01:07:43Z<p>Blastoff moves forward to get line of sight on the worm fighting Grimace and, with a single loud rap on his drum, casts Daze (DC 14) at the Yellow Worm.</p>Blastoff moves forward to get line of sight on the worm fighting Grimace and, with a single loud rap on his drum, casts Daze (DC 14) at the Yellow Worm.Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-12T01:07:43ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay#462021-06-11T00:29:56Z2021-06-11T00:29:56Z<p>GM:
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[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>Careful to let the three leaders go ahead, Blastoff then runs squealing at the portal, arms outstretched, and jumps through, landing in the tunnel on the other side. His head snaps up to look at the roof of the passage and he visibly growls, then looks around almost panicked.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Survival:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27</span></p>
<p>The little Ysoki stays in the middle of the group, bloodshot eyes darting back and forth, teeth bared, hands fidgeting at his drum as if about to play but not actually striking.</p>GM:
[Spoiler omitted]
Careful to let the three leaders go ahead, Blastoff then runs squealing at the portal, arms outstretched, and jumps through, landing in the tunnel on the other side. His head snaps up to look at the roof of the passage and he visibly growls, then looks around almost panicked.
[dice=Survival]1d20+10[/dice]
The little Ysoki stays in the middle of the group, bloodshot eyes darting back and forth, teeth bared, hands fidgeting at his drum as if about to play but not...Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-11T00:29:56ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay#372021-06-09T16:49:52Z2021-06-09T16:49:52Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Mysticism 13+7 = 20</span></p>
<p>Blastoff watches the cat person warily as she leads them through the tunnels, careful to always keep Grimace and at least one other starfinder between himself and their guide. So intently is he watching Rahla that he actually trips on the crack that she pointed out.</p>
<p>Once in the room, the ysoki pulls a rolled stick of vegetable matter from a cheek pouch and is trying to light it on fire, seemingly disinterested in the conversation going on. Once people are done talking the little rat man looks at the arch, slowly narrowing his eyes. Without warning, the little humanoid lets out a bloodcurdling screech rising up into frequencies beyond human hearing.</p>
<p>With a powerful leap the star shaman flies into the air, his hands at his waist, his fingers moving in a blur as he taps out a complicated rhythm on his little drum speaking strangely of longing for the abyss. Landing on his knees, bloodshot eyes rolled back, Blastoff sways rhythmically, the dust around him floating up and orbiting him. </p>
<p>Almost as quickly as it started, the ysoki’s ecstatic dance stops, he looks around, reaches for his dropped smoking device, and takes a big drag. <b>”That thing,”</b> the ysoki points to the arch, <b>”is intense,”</b> and he inhales another lungful of smoke.</p>Mysticism 13+7 = 20
Blastoff watches the cat person warily as she leads them through the tunnels, careful to always keep Grimace and at least one other starfinder between himself and their guide. So intently is he watching Rahla that he actually trips on the crack that she pointed out.
Once in the room, the ysoki pulls a rolled stick of vegetable matter from a cheek pouch and is trying to light it on fire, seemingly disinterested in the conversation going on. Once people are done talking...Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-09T16:49:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay#282021-06-08T08:49:10Z2021-06-08T04:31:15Z<p>Blastoff stares at Jewel, rapt, as if listening to the voice of God. He pulls out a can of cheap rice beer, pops the top, and chugs it, waiting for the oracle to speak some more. </p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>not sarcastic. Blastoff loves this speech. </span></p>Blastoff stares at Jewel, rapt, as if listening to the voice of God. He pulls out a can of cheap rice beer, pops the top, and chugs it, waiting for the oracle to speak some more.
not sarcastic. Blastoff loves this speech.Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-08T04:31:15ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay#212021-06-05T17:13:26Z2021-06-05T17:13:26Z<p>Blastoff looks around at his companions, bloodshot eyes big with curiosity, <b>"Anybody been to Vesk-8 before?"</b></p>Blastoff looks around at his companions, bloodshot eyes big with curiosity, "Anybody been to Vesk-8 before?"Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-05T17:13:26ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/discussion#222021-06-05T16:36:38Z2021-06-05T16:36:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Valamir of the eclipsed realm wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Valamir purchases a cold weather environmental suit= <a href="https://aonsrd.com/OtherItemsDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Environmental&Family=Clothing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Second skin environmental protections (24 Uses)</a>: grants a benefit as follows: cold climates (+2 circumstance bonus to Fortitude saves against environmental cold dangers)
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</blockquote><p>That's 10 credits? Blastoff gets one as well, doesn't want to get his paws cold from awful, awful atmosphere.Valamir of the eclipsed realm wrote:Valamir purchases a cold weather environmental suit= Second skin environmental protections (24 Uses): grants a benefit as follows: cold climates (+2 circumstance bonus to Fortitude saves against environmental cold dangers)
That's 10 credits? Blastoff gets one as well, doesn't want to get his paws cold from awful, awful atmosphere.Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-05T16:36:38ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay#172021-06-03T23:40:40Z2021-06-03T23:40:40Z<p>Blastoff looks up at the Vesk, eyes wide in surprise as if finding a new but promising pupil, before his natural cool reasserts itself. A long drag, a wave of a paw, and the smoke he blows takes on the shape of the Vesk system, each planet represented and correct in size and location. He coughs, contemplating the sight.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc> Is it a roll (say, mysticism) to know what shimmer stone is, or is it common knowledge or unknown? If Blastoff knows, he says:</span></p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Blastoff looks up at the Vesk, eyes wide in surprise as if finding a new but promising pupil, before his natural cool reasserts itself. A long drag, a wave of a paw, and the smoke he blows takes on the shape of the Vesk system, each planet represented and correct in size and location. He coughs, contemplating the sight.
Is it a roll (say, mysticism) to know what shimmer stone is, or is it common knowledge or unknown? If Blastoff knows, he says:
[Spoiler omitted]Jack Squared2021-06-03T23:40:40ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/discussion#142021-06-02T22:41:57Z2021-06-02T22:41:57Z<p>Anybody got a link to how I can attach an avatar to this alias?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>Anybody got a link to how I can attach an avatar to this alias?
Thanks!Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-02T22:41:57ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/gameplay#62021-06-02T22:37:37Z2021-06-02T22:37:37Z<p>Blastoff takes his gaze off the huge Vesk, easily twice his height, to look over at the tusked newcomer to the room. The Ysoki doesn't seem overly concerned about much of anything, really. His suit is patched in several places and an observer would be pretty certain it couldn't seal. At his waist next to the obligatory pistol, the little rat man had affixed a drum barely the size of his palm.</p>
<p>Looking between the two much larger creatures and the mechanical, Blastoff pulls out a cylindrical shape of plant matter as big as his snout, puts it in his mouth, and proceeds to light it, a burst of blue, acrid smoke followed by smoke spirals the rat man creates with his tongue.</p>
<p><b>"Well,"</b> squeaks the Ysoki, using his fingers to drum a quick tune on his tomtom, <b>"I feel safer already."</b> Another quick set of taps on the drum and the diminutive creature extends the rolled vegetable matter with the burning tip to the newcomers. <b>"Toke?"</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc> Hey all,
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I plan to play Blastoff as somewhat into drugs. If this triggers/offends/irritates you, shoot me a private message or bounce one off the GM and I can tone it down or make it go away completely.</span></p>Blastoff takes his gaze off the huge Vesk, easily twice his height, to look over at the tusked newcomer to the room. The Ysoki doesn't seem overly concerned about much of anything, really. His suit is patched in several places and an observer would be pretty certain it couldn't seal. At his waist next to the obligatory pistol, the little rat man had affixed a drum barely the size of his palm.
Looking between the two much larger creatures and the mechanical, Blastoff pulls out a cylindrical...Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-06-02T22:37:37ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: The Dire GM's [SFS] #3-03: Frozen Ambitions: The Shimmerstone Gateway (PaizoCon Online 2021)Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivlwj/discussion#42021-05-24T01:05:09Z2021-05-22T21:33:03Z<p>Player Name/Alias: Chris/Noob
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Character Name: Blastoff
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Character Level: 1
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Organized Play#/Character#: 202230-702
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Perception Modifier: 8
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Initiative Modifier: 6
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What is your color: Black, the color of space
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What is your Day Job Roll: <s>Ratbert</s> Blastoff is free, naked and unemployed.</p>Player Name/Alias: Chris/Noob
Character Name: Blastoff
Character Level: 1
Organized Play#/Character#: 202230-702
Perception Modifier: 8
Initiative Modifier: 6
What is your color: Black, the color of space
What is your Day Job Roll: Ratbert Blastoff is free, naked and unemployed.Blastoff (alias of Jack Squared)2021-05-22T21:33:03ZRe: Forums: Customer Service: April & May 2021 New Releases and Subscription Shipping - UPDATED 05/10/21Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43cl3&page=3?April-May-2021-New-Releases-and-Subscription#1462021-05-06T02:16:54Z2021-05-06T02:16:54Z<p>Can we get pdfs of the April stuff? I have players ready to play ruby Phoenix next week.</p>Can we get pdfs of the April stuff? I have players ready to play ruby Phoenix next week.Jack Squared2021-05-06T02:16:54ZForums: Extinction Curse: Life's Long Shadows GM Help (Spoilers)Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43a46?Lifes-Long-Shadows-GM-Help#12021-01-08T18:01:47Z2021-01-08T18:01:47Z<p>Hi,</p>
<p>My players found Skarja's heartstone on the first session. Any suggestions on how to approach this? I stonewalled until next week.</p>Hi,
My players found Skarja's heartstone on the first session. Any suggestions on how to approach this? I stonewalled until next week.Jack Squared2021-01-08T18:01:47ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Chronicle boonsJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4378u?Chronicle-boons#362020-12-02T10:41:13Z2020-12-01T16:52:19Z<p>Interesting thread. I've been playing RPG's since the 80's. I GM'ed the hardback Rise of the Runelords for a couple of years 10 years ago and then quit. It was at a Con that I saw Organized Play. To be honest, I coveted the paper chronicles, the chance to grow my character throughout the wide RL world.</p>
<p>Plus, my kids were old enough to game and, if you've never RPG'ed with 10-year-olds, there's a couple of things they all want:
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1. Make their own characters (no pregens)
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2. Have that character be portable to other games (they fall in love with their characters and want to play them with other friends).</p>
<p>Under traditional RPG home games, #2 isn't possible. It is, however, through organized play (though a bit complicated).</p>
<p>Anyway, PFS got me hooked on pathfinder. I run or organized a couple of sessions per week and play PFS when I can. Regarding, the income situation for Paizo, I have like 6 subscriptions, double buy the important rulebooks, and have roped a dozen other people into playing and buying.</p>
<p>PFS was the gateway drug. :)</p>Interesting thread. I've been playing RPG's since the 80's. I GM'ed the hardback Rise of the Runelords for a couple of years 10 years ago and then quit. It was at a Con that I saw Organized Play. To be honest, I coveted the paper chronicles, the chance to grow my character throughout the wide RL world.
Plus, my kids were old enough to game and, if you've never RPG'ed with 10-year-olds, there's a couple of things they all want:
1. Make their own characters (no pregens)
2. Have that character...Jack Squared2020-12-01T16:52:19ZForums: Pathfinder Society: Online Boons Ah-Hah MomentJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs438wy?Online-Boons-AhHah-Moment#12020-11-29T21:51:32Z2020-11-29T18:24:01Z<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I've been frustrated for months trying to get to the online boons. I have tons of AcP but whenever I try to buy, I push "Choose Character" and there's nothing there. Well, today I figured out how to fix it. I had to register a 2nd edition character. I feel a little dim.</p>
<p>However, if anybody else is having the same problem, here's the solution!</p>Hi all,
I've been frustrated for months trying to get to the online boons. I have tons of AcP but whenever I try to buy, I push "Choose Character" and there's nothing there. Well, today I figured out how to fix it. I had to register a 2nd edition character. I feel a little dim.
However, if anybody else is having the same problem, here's the solution!Jack Squared2020-11-29T18:24:01ZForums: Advice: Orc Demon HuntersJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs434uv?Orc-Demon-Hunters#12020-08-09T15:19:11Z2020-08-09T15:19:11Z<p>So, everybody knows that orcs in the Mwangi expanse are demon hunters. Any suggestions on a demon hunter build? Also, all the orc gods seem to be evil. Suggestions on deities for said demon hunters?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>So, everybody knows that orcs in the Mwangi expanse are demon hunters. Any suggestions on a demon hunter build? Also, all the orc gods seem to be evil. Suggestions on deities for said demon hunters?
Thanks.Jack Squared2020-08-09T15:19:11ZForums: Pathfinder Society: Glyphs and Age of AshesJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs433my?Glyphs-and-Age-of-Ashes#12020-07-17T16:04:43Z2020-07-17T16:04:43Z<p>From what I see by the game report, it appears that an Adventure Path book grants credit equal to 3 tables in terms of earning glyphs. Is this the case?</p>
<p>I searched the forums and couldn't find an answer to this question. I apologize if it's been answered elsewhere.</p>From what I see by the game report, it appears that an Adventure Path book grants credit equal to 3 tables in terms of earning glyphs. Is this the case?
I searched the forums and couldn't find an answer to this question. I apologize if it's been answered elsewhere.Jack Squared2020-07-17T16:04:43ZRe: Forums: Online Play: Paizo Blog: Gen Con PreviewJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6shah?Gen-Con-Preview#232020-07-13T18:04:36Z2020-07-13T18:04:36Z<p>I missed 3-6, barely got 1-2. Bummed. Any chance they'll add more tables?</p>I missed 3-6, barely got 1-2. Bummed. Any chance they'll add more tables?Jack Squared2020-07-13T18:04:36ZRe: Forums: Online Play: Paizo Blog: Organized Play at Gen Con Online 2020Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sha1?Organized-Play-at-Gen-Con-Online-2020#32020-06-25T20:29:39Z2020-06-25T20:29:39Z<p>Is there something somewhere explaining Pathfinder Bounties?</p>Is there something somewhere explaining Pathfinder Bounties?Jack Squared2020-06-25T20:29:39ZRe: Forums/Paizo: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Agents of Edgewatch UpdateJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh9r&page=4?Agents-of-Edgewatch-Update#1582020-06-23T20:42:19Z2020-06-23T15:11:23Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Starfinder Dan wrote:</div><blockquote><p> While I was excited for a campaign set entirely in Absalom, I knew none of my players would want to be cops, and I didn't really want to GM a group of cops, either. I'm heartened to hear those elements can be easily replaced, and that the option to do so is receiving support through the Player's Guide.
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</blockquote><p>I actually asked my players and they said they were completely and utterly uninterested in the concept. Maybe I can sell them on the "police free" version. We'll see.Starfinder Dan wrote:While I was excited for a campaign set entirely in Absalom, I knew none of my players would want to be cops, and I didn't really want to GM a group of cops, either. I'm heartened to hear those elements can be easily replaced, and that the option to do so is receiving support through the Player's Guide.
I actually asked my players and they said they were completely and utterly uninterested in the concept. Maybe I can sell them on the "police free" version. We'll see.Jack Squared2020-06-23T15:11:23ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: June 2020 Pathfinder Society ReleasesJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh9i?June-2020-Pathfinder-Society-Releases#312020-06-20T19:27:47Z2020-06-19T16:00:44Z<p>"We’ve also got one final announcement: the sanctioning for the Age of Ashes Adventure Path is now available! You can find the instructions on earning credit for the Pathfinder Society as well as chronicle sheets on the Age of Ashes product page."</p>
<p>•Kermit flail• AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm so happy!</p>"We’ve also got one final announcement: the sanctioning for the Age of Ashes Adventure Path is now available! You can find the instructions on earning credit for the Pathfinder Society as well as chronicle sheets on the Age of Ashes product page."
*Kermit flail* AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm so happy!Jack Squared2020-06-19T16:00:44ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: May Update— Sanctioning, Stars, Spotlights and Conventions!Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh86?May-Update-Sanctioning-Stars-Spotlights-and#172020-05-17T15:48:24Z2020-05-17T15:48:24Z<p>Sanctioning. Yay!</p>Sanctioning. Yay!Jack Squared2020-05-17T15:48:24ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: April Update BlogJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh65?April-Update-Blog#172020-05-15T16:17:38Z2020-05-15T16:17:38Z<p>Any idea of Age of Ashes is going to be sanctioned at some point? If so, any ideas when that might be?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>Any idea of Age of Ashes is going to be sanctioned at some point? If so, any ideas when that might be?
Thanks!Jack Squared2020-05-15T16:17:38ZRe: Forums: Organized Play: Paizo Blog: PaizoCon Online Special Events and Player InstructionsJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh82?PaizoCon-Online-Special-Events-and-Player#142020-05-14T16:13:51Z2020-05-14T16:13:51Z<p>PaizoCon is listed as May 26-31, but I find on Warhorn that games stop at 8am on May 30.</p>
<p>Am I doing it right?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>PaizoCon is listed as May 26-31, but I find on Warhorn that games stop at 8am on May 30.
Am I doing it right?
Thanks!Jack Squared2020-05-14T16:13:51ZRe: Forums/PaizoCon: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: PaizoCon Online Will Be Scheduled For May 26-31Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh77&page=3?PaizoCon-Online-Will-Be-Scheduled-For-May-2631#1472020-04-28T16:21:28Z2020-04-28T16:21:28Z<p>I'm curious about the change in dates. I had PaizoCon time taken off from work basically as soon as they mentioned the dates. I can't take that whole week off, especially considering the backlog I'll have after the epidemic.</p>
<p>My kids may be able to do that time and they're certainly tired of being at home, so maybe it will work better for them.</p>
<p>Once again, curious not complaining.</p>
<p>And, if you wanted to speak to times for gaming I would love to hear it.</p>
<p>Take care!
<br />
Chris</p>I'm curious about the change in dates. I had PaizoCon time taken off from work basically as soon as they mentioned the dates. I can't take that whole week off, especially considering the backlog I'll have after the epidemic.
My kids may be able to do that time and they're certainly tired of being at home, so maybe it will work better for them.
Once again, curious not complaining.
And, if you wanted to speak to times for gaming I would love to hear it.
Take care!
ChrisJack Squared2020-04-28T16:21:28ZRe: Forums/Paizo: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Paizo Update on COVID-19 from Lisa, Part 2Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh5t?Paizo-Update-on-COVID19-from-Lisa-Part-2#222020-03-27T10:46:18Z2020-03-26T20:14:22Z<p>Very Sad. Our whole family is crying.</p>
<p>When Norwescon was canceled, they addressed what would happen with room block reservations. I can't recall off hand if I paid a deposit.</p>
<p>Can you speak to that?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>Very Sad. Our whole family is crying.
When Norwescon was canceled, they addressed what would happen with room block reservations. I can't recall off hand if I paid a deposit.
Can you speak to that?
Thank you.Jack Squared2020-03-26T20:14:22ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Pathfinder Society (second edition) Faction ShowcaseJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh5a?Pathfinder-Society-Faction-Showcase#132020-03-20T16:50:06Z2020-03-20T16:50:06Z<p>We at the Envoy's Alliance cordially invite you to join the Pathfinders. It has never been easier to get your Wayfinder! Applications at any Lodge House. No previous experience required! All equipment provided courtesy of EA!</p>We at the Envoy's Alliance cordially invite you to join the Pathfinders. It has never been easier to get your Wayfinder! Applications at any Lodge House. No previous experience required! All equipment provided courtesy of EA!Jack Squared2020-03-20T16:50:06ZRe: Forums: Local Play: Paizo Blog: January Update—Stars, Spotlights and Conventions!Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh2i?January-Update-Stars-Spotlights-and-Conventions#262020-01-14T21:10:43Z2020-01-13T16:26:26Z<p>Was one of the books that is on its way to be formatted "Age of Ashes?"</p>Was one of the books that is on its way to be formatted "Age of Ashes?"Jack Squared2020-01-13T16:26:26ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Fall of Plaguestone and SanctioningJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sgza&page=9?Fall-of-Plaguestone-and-Sanctioning#4082019-12-16T18:38:44Z2019-12-16T18:38:44Z<p>Has Age of Ashes been sanctioned yet? Or are we still waiting?</p>Has Age of Ashes been sanctioned yet? Or are we still waiting?Jack Squared2019-12-16T18:38:44ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: How Can you access uncommon weapons ?Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42t73?How-Can-you-access-uncommon-weapons#222019-11-15T18:38:56Z2019-11-15T18:38:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Bill Baldwin wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Kevin Willis wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Cyrad wrote:</div><blockquote> Alas my Tien fighter still has to waste an ancestry feat to use a katana. At least he's human. If he's any other ancestry, he's out of luck. </blockquote>At the moment, your Tien fighter can't get a katana, regardless of race. As far as I know, there's no published source that says "the katana is a common weapon in the Tien culture." </blockquote>Well, at least as far as Katana goes, there is now a published, legal source that gives access to it. </blockquote><p>What source?Bill Baldwin wrote:Kevin Willis wrote: Cyrad wrote: Alas my Tien fighter still has to waste an ancestry feat to use a katana. At least he's human. If he's any other ancestry, he's out of luck.
At the moment, your Tien fighter can't get a katana, regardless of race. As far as I know, there's no published source that says "the katana is a common weapon in the Tien culture." Well, at least as far as Katana goes, there is now a published, legal source that gives access to it. What source?Jack Squared2019-11-15T18:38:56ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: 2e crafting downtime question on implementation with exampleJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42tvu?2e-crafting-downtime-question-on#52019-11-04T19:32:45Z2019-11-04T16:39:00Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Eric Clingenpeel wrote:</div><blockquote> Ok, i've been trying to figure out the benefits of crafting. As far as I've seen there's none. You get the same money from earning income as you would crafting something but instead of having the money it just goes towards the item. Wouldn't you get it just as quick by saving and buying it as crafting it? </blockquote><p>Earn income is done at level-2 (minimum 0), while crafting is done at level.
<p>Plus it's cool to make stuff.</p>Eric Clingenpeel wrote:Ok, i've been trying to figure out the benefits of crafting. As far as I've seen there's none. You get the same money from earning income as you would crafting something but instead of having the money it just goes towards the item. Wouldn't you get it just as quick by saving and buying it as crafting it?
Earn income is done at level-2 (minimum 0), while crafting is done at level. Plus it's cool to make stuff.Jack Squared2019-11-04T16:39:00ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path #145: Hellknight Hill (Age of Ashes 1 of 6)Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/products/btq01znq/discuss&page=7?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-145-Hellknight-Hill#3432019-11-12T15:36:20Z2019-10-10T16:27:56Z<p>Plaguestone now has a "sanction by" date? How about this fine product?</p>Plaguestone now has a "sanction by" date? How about this fine product?Jack Squared2019-10-10T16:27:56ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Centaurs, Ogres, and Monks, Oh My!Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sgxn?Centaurs-Ogres-and-Monks-Oh-My#202019-09-20T16:33:35Z2019-09-20T16:33:35Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Nefreet wrote:</div><blockquote><p> •scratches head•</p>
<p>Why half? Wouldn't it give 1? </blockquote><p>I think faction tags give an extra 50% or something.Nefreet wrote:*scratches head*
Why half? Wouldn't it give 1?
I think faction tags give an extra 50% or something.Jack Squared2019-09-20T16:33:35ZForums: Rules Discussion: Animal instinctJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42pq2?Animal-instinct#12019-08-17T05:31:03Z2019-08-17T05:30:36Z<p>So, I want to build an animal instinct barbarian - ape. I get increased unarmed damage and "grapple." How does allowing my fist attacks to grapple help me in any way? I can already grapple. The weapon qualifier for grapple doesn't really help because I'm unarmed. </p>
<p>Any help is appreciated. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>So, I want to build an animal instinct barbarian - ape. I get increased unarmed damage and "grapple." How does allowing my fist attacks to grapple help me in any way? I can already grapple. The weapon qualifier for grapple doesn't really help because I'm unarmed.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!Jack Squared2019-08-17T05:30:36ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Running a PF2 character generation workshopJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42ovg?Running-a-PF2-character-generation-workshop#112019-08-10T17:02:30Z2019-08-10T17:02:30Z<p>OMG! Super helpful!</p>OMG! Super helpful!Jack Squared2019-08-10T17:02:30ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Running a PF2 character generation workshopJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42ovg?Running-a-PF2-character-generation-workshop#32019-08-08T22:25:54Z2019-08-08T22:25:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">DrParty06 wrote:</div><blockquote> There's a couple things I plan on reminding people about upfront, but otherwise, I like the idea of talking about new rules as they come up in gameplay. Letting people pick factions after they get a chance to meet all the faction leaders is another good idea. </blockquote><p>What do you remind people upfront.
<p>Doing this next week.</p>DrParty06 wrote:There's a couple things I plan on reminding people about upfront, but otherwise, I like the idea of talking about new rules as they come up in gameplay. Letting people pick factions after they get a chance to meet all the faction leaders is another good idea.
What do you remind people upfront. Doing this next week.Jack Squared2019-08-08T22:25:54ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Society Scenario #1-01: The Absalom InitiationJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/products/btq01znb/discuss?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-101-The-Absalom-Initiation#382019-08-06T16:57:51Z2019-08-06T16:57:51Z<p>I can't find the XP reward. Can I get a page #? I assume it's 4, but...</p>I can't find the XP reward. Can I get a page #? I assume it's 4, but...Jack Squared2019-08-06T16:57:51ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Society Scenario #1-01: The Absalom InitiationJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/products/btq01znb/discuss?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-101-The-Absalom-Initiation#192019-08-01T17:03:18Z2019-08-01T17:03:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Phaedre wrote:</div><blockquote> I have six subscriptions and received all of my rulebooks and AP volumes this morning but didn't get these new PFS scenarios that were released. I thought that having six subscriptions meant you got the PFS and SFS scenarios free? </blockquote><p>I have enough for free PFS scenarios and have that checked on my subscription page. I also do not have these yet.
<p>Any idea when they'll drop?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>Phaedre wrote:I have six subscriptions and received all of my rulebooks and AP volumes this morning but didn't get these new PFS scenarios that were released. I thought that having six subscriptions meant you got the PFS and SFS scenarios free?
I have enough for free PFS scenarios and have that checked on my subscription page. I also do not have these yet. Any idea when they'll drop?
Thanks!Jack Squared2019-08-01T17:03:18ZForums: Organized Play: Will more PFS games open between now and the Con?Jack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42k31?Will-more-PFS-games-open-between-now-and-the-Con#12019-05-08T21:28:24Z2019-05-08T21:28:24Z<p>Will more PFS games open between now and the Con?</p>Will more PFS games open between now and the Con?Jack Squared2019-05-08T21:28:24ZRe: Forums/PaizoCon: General Discussion: First timer questionsJack Squaredhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tvxz?First-timer-questions#212016-12-12T22:19:46Z2016-12-12T22:19:46Z<p>We were at DragonCon last year and binge-played PFS. So we decided to do the same at Paizo. We're extremely local but will stay in the hotel to avoid stupid traffic.</p>
<p>We is our family of four, including 13 and 10-year-olds.</p>
<p>How do we make certain we're doing stuff together, regarding lotteries, banquet, etc?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>We were at DragonCon last year and binge-played PFS. So we decided to do the same at Paizo. We're extremely local but will stay in the hotel to avoid stupid traffic.
We is our family of four, including 13 and 10-year-olds.
How do we make certain we're doing stuff together, regarding lotteries, banquet, etc?
Thanks!Jack Squared2016-12-12T22:19:46Z