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RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16, 2011 Top 32. RPG Superstar 6 Season Star Voter, 7 Season Star Voter, 8 Season Star Voter. ******* Pathfinder Society GM. Starfinder Society GM. 1,845 posts (27,243 including aliases). No reviews. 1 list. 1 wishlist. 37 Organized Play characters. 90 aliases.


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Driftbourne wrote:
What kind of corporation would an Adamantine Dragon run? I can see the new dragons being fun in Starfinder.

Any one they wanted to? </rimshot>

I could see one backing exploratory forays into the Vast to find new deposits.

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Very big How To Train Your Dragon vibes with these designs. I like them. They're a nice departure from traditional D&D dragons.

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Good progress! I hope to see more good progress in the year to come.

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Alex Speidel wrote:
Sanctioning documents have been added to this product page. Please note that after Free RPG Day, organizers and GMs are not permitted to run this adventure for credit until July 25, 2023, per our agreement with Free RPG Day.

Thanks Alex! You folks are great and we love your responsiveness!

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Linda, can we get the pregens in advance of Free RPG Day? I'm supposed to run it and I'd love to have them for the day! Thanks!

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What levels will this adventure cover? 1-5? 1-3?

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Following up, is the map list ready yet?

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Can I put in a request for maps, please? I'm scheduled to run this at GenCon and I'd like to get the maps ordered as soon as possible.

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I always thought the Drift was an underused concept. I want there to be floating chunks of other planes - bits of Heaven and Hell, abyssal dreadnoughts, devil-whales, chaos smurfs, a bit of everything in there. Society travel tends to be very quiet; I want the travel to be the adventure. I hope this moves in that direction.

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It certainly adds to a growing body of evidence that management at Paizo is tone-deaf when it comes to their products and the manner in which their actions are seen by the consumer base.

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Good deal. I'll look for it with anticipation then!

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Excellent to hear! I am a huge fan of Starfinder and would very much be disappointed to see it disappear.

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Galactic Magic. Coming out in January before this book.

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No, there's nothing, except this is a book that substantially changes one of the core concepts of the world. Books of this sort have been used to justify edition changes or the ending of lines in the past. Couple that with the decision to bump the AP back to one per two months and anecdotal evidence I've heard from store owners of fire sales on new product and low sales and I can't help but wonder. Perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps I am not.

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Redelia wrote:

OK, two clarifications.

- Because this is a test of whether Bonekeep works in PbP, you must either be a 4 star GM or a VO to run it.

- Other online lodges are welcome to participate. For Mythweavers, follow the above instructions for Paizo, but make your recruitment thread on Mythweavers. For other Discord lodges, first make sure your VO or other organizer is willing to make you a recruitment channel, and then follow the instructions above for Discord.

If you need GMs, I have my Fifth star and can run any of the Bonekeeps.

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Is anyone else concerned this book feels like a World of Darkness "Here's a book to shake everything up" way to end the line?

Do we have anything confirmed for after this book?

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I want this Path. I want this a bunch. But I do hope this isn't a beginning of the end for Starfinder AP.

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I love the product, and I love the designers, but I am finding the management to be increasingly revealed to be terrible, and unfortunately I'm not seeing the prospect of improvement.

I don't want to stop supporting the designers, but man I would love it if they could buy the company and run it right.

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Totally Not Gorbacz wrote:
Umbral Reaver wrote:
Totally Not Gorbacz wrote:
I'm now fully expecting Mikaze to return.
Early 2010s Paizo forum gang reunion tour!
Jesus no, that would mean Ashiel.

Holy snikey. My first post was in August 2007. WHEN DID I GET OLD?!?

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Evan Tarlton wrote:
Rysky wrote:
keftiu wrote:
Aaaaaaand now I want an “everyone gets Occult casting” in an AP. Bonus points if it’s not set in Ustalav.

You want a Taldor Lion Blades espionage AP?

Cause this is how you get a Taldor Lion Blades espionage AP.

I'm down with that. War For The Crown is ripe for a sequel.

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service?"

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I'm in the process of leaving a job I'd had for ten years after a new boss made the place unpleasant and starting a new job Monday which will require a lot of training. My brain has been... taxed and my attention has been low. I should probably bow out now because I just don't have a lot of bandwidth to spare at the moment.

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What will they use the Sag for this year, I wonder? It's been Paizo's for so long that it would be odd to me to see a different use in there!

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What is the downside for Paizo if they allow all races open to all players immediately?

I can see only upsides. If I buy a cool book and love the options and want to play this organized play thing I've heard of, show up only to discover 'No you can't play that until you've been playing for x sessions', then I am unsure as to whether I come back. Sure I can play a pregen and maybe I have fun. Maybe I am turned off by the idea that I just spent money on a book I cannot use in their official campaign. Maybe I find a home group? Maybe I play online? Maybe I decide to go play something else?

But if the Org Play program is Paizo's best advertising (and I say it is) then it's not serving their interests to lock cool options behind an ACP system.

I get it's not rewarding existing players who did put in the time and effort to get ACP, but honestly? It really doesn't bother me that much. Recreate boons into special bonuses like PFS1e and go that way. Or lock advanced options, like special ancestries made for PFS away behind the ACP gate. Or unique spells? Or unique magic items? Or cool tattoos? Or magical services like resurrection.

I just don't see the downside to opening up the cantina feel to all players. It seems like it can only expand the player base.

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GM Mauve wrote:
Hey everyone. I'm recruiting for the Beginner Box adventure: Menace Under Otari. Please check in here. Thanks!

That is a fun adventure! I played it on a VTT with local friends and had a great time!

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This might help you, Bret.

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GM Tyranius wrote:
James Martin wrote:
I received my 2-00 for 2e, but is there any word on 2-14 for 2e? It's not scheduled to drop until Feb 24, so will we need to wait until then to start or is there a provision to get scenarios early?

The late February releases won't be dropped until after that date as we can't get them early. We added them to the Convention listing as you will still have time to run them during the Con.

Sounds good. I'll be on the lookout and we'll get the game started as soon after it drops as I can. Thanks!

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Sorry, 2-13. My mistake!

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I received my 2-00 for 2e, but is there any word on 2-14 for 2e? It's not scheduled to drop until Feb 24, so will we need to wait until then to start or is there a provision to get scenarios early?

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DM Deevor wrote:
I have 7 characters recruited for Q13 so far, another L2/L3 character and we can have 2 tables. Ans you don't have to have a Playtest character to join the party. See the recruitment thread for details.

I have a free 3rd level air elemental sorcerer if you need a player!

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Shackled City was done by Paizo during the Dungeon years and assembled into a single volume wasn't it?

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I have secured a Dragonkin. Thanks!

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Have: Ferran/Woioko; Formian/Ikeshti; Contemplative/Planar Scion

Want: Dragonkin (my 13 year old wants one. Badly.)

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Thurston Hillman wrote:


One of our major goals with Season 3 is to make it a re-onboarding point for new players. While veterans will see a lot of cool lore nuggets in the campaign; the stories are intended so newer players can get involved with them without needing to have played a ton of previous scenarios. Similarly, the choice to break-apart the storylines based on level was something that we've heard a lot of requests for in the past, and made sense for us to tackle in a season that was more about the Society "getting back to its roots".

Is it possible, when plotting these out, to alternate onboard seasons with heavy metaplot seasons? That way you always have the best of both worlds.

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I would love to toss a hat in the ring. I'm thinking an Uplifted Bear Entrepreneur Biohacker, on his way back from a disastrous showing at a venture capitalist convention. Turns out that a vial of liquid skin for burn victims that has a side effect of inflating them like balloons is NOT ready for distribution as much as I originally believed...

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GH0ST13 wrote:
Today I get an email for the first time about this Humble Bundle and it has already expired!!! WTH?!

Sounds like you've got issues with your email.

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I've been playing on FG Classic and it seems a lot more stable than what you're describing. I guess a pandemic where tons of people are suddenly accessing your beta is not the best time to be developing software?

Doh!

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I'm sorry, work is busy and I'm having trouble getting a character made. 9th is higher than I've made without actually playing through, so I want to make sure I do it right. I'll put up my character as soon as I can.

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I'll brainstorm and try to come up with a character!

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I would love to join if you're looking for players! Can I ask what classes/species everyone is?

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No worries, man. First impressions are everything!

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Steve Geddes wrote:
Roll20 has never worked for me. I’ve never understood why it’s so popular (presumably there’s some glitch or incompatibility with my computer).

I have seen Roll20 work on old tablets, so I can't help but wonder what the glitch is or what could be causing it. It's a very stable platform, so maybe you're just being punished by some obscure gremlin?

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FG does seem to have a steep learning curve. If you can game with someone who knows it, that's the best. I'm a big fan of Roll20 myself. I've been using it since 2012 and I have over 700 hours of gaming in it. It really is only as complicated as you want to make it.

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I am experiencing the same glitch. I have my Nova, but my table count is reading Zero.

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DG - Got yer back, soldier.

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AONprd.org wrote:
To remember useful information on a topic, you can attempt to Recall Knowledge. You might know basic information about something without needing to attempt a check, but Recall Knowledge requires you to stop and think for a moment so you can recollect more specific facts and apply them. You might even need to spend time investigating first. For instance, to use Medicine to learn the cause of death, you might need to conduct a forensic examination before attempting to Recall Knowledge.

Bolding is mine.

Recall Knowledge isn't for common knowledge; it's for specific actionable intelligence.

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My home PFS GM has a unique solution. He has a table of randomly assigned numbers 1-20 attached to the usual 1-20 set. You roll, tell him what you rolled, he consults his chart and tells you what you know. It works actually pretty well in person and could be adapted to PbP pretty easily.

IE You roll an 11. He consults his chart and sees that 11 equals a 5. He sees you've failed the roll and gives you the appropriate result. You never know whether or not you succeeded or not. Works well.

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It's so intimidating and so awesome to be a beginner! I think of all the awesome experiences I've had in Play by Post, that you're going to experience and I envy you!

Welcome to Play by Post!

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I miss Carl Kassell. Sigh.

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Tyranius, I'd love to, but I don't know much Discord. How does it differ from PbP on Paizo?

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Can I be a neutral champion ala the Neutral Planet from Futurama? I have no strong feeling either way.