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The whole "jump through hoops to create a PERFECT option" reads more as "you must be exactly the right type of nonbinary person to be valid".

Yes.

They works fine if you're not sure or if the person has no clearly expressed preference. If they have an expressed preference, use what's requested. Given that the android operative iconic is written using they, they're a they. The shirren use ze/zir for their third sex as a baseline, apparently, and that's cool.

Maybe I'll get to use xe/xer/xyr outside my home group without catching flak for it someday. :P

They as singular? Huh. Interesting

They was a singular pronoun before it was ever used as a plural, at least as far back as the works of Shakespeare. We also use it in conversation and reading all the time without thinking about it, whenever there's a question of the identity of whoever we're talking about.

There are also several non-binary pronoun sets floating around, some inclined one way or the other on the gender spectrum, others neutral, although those are much less linguistically codified than singular they and you'll find plenty of disagreement between the modifiers (like xe/xer/xyr vs xe/xem/xyr). If you're curious, one site trying to gather them is here.

Back to the topic, I appreciate seeing an agender character, and suspect that Cayden Cailean would appreciate Iseph. It's nice to read more non-stereotypical takes on characters, and I'd like to know more about their precursor's story. I suspect androids in general are going to be popular with people who have a significant life-changing experience to the point that they feel they're a distinct person from who they were before, too. So far the iconics of Starfinder are shaping up interestingly, and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of them and what the rest of the setting brings. It'd be nice to have a science fantasy game that isn't either After The End or a hacked-apart popular property that covers a fraction of what it needed to cover to be Fun.

Necromancer wrote:

Crystal Frasier wrote:

...but no one has ever asked to know why Merisiel is still an elf.

Alain has. He has to have asked...at least once.

Alain is a walking study in what not to do.

Alain is the kind of jackass who thinks that if you're permitted close, your existence is meant to benefit him, including the details of your genitalia (personality only matters to him if it causes him trouble).

Whereas I kind of see Valeros as being like Denmark here.

also Crystal awesome awesome job! (i've said it already as an Alias but it deserves another mention)

its great that Paizo is taking a stand on the fore front of the Human Rights struggle, too often companies sit on the sideline for too long.

kudos,
hopefully we get many more adventures from you as well :)

This is one of the reasons that Paizo and Posthuman Studios are my two favorite gaming companies.

So wait elves can turn themselves into humans? that doesn't seem possible(?)

Polymorph spells.

I'd also like to thank all the Paizo staff, especially Liz Courts, whose game I was lucky enough to lottery into. Thanks also to my GMs and fellow gamers!

Hey there. I was Saif, the sorcerer with the Traditional Greeting of Empowered Fireball. Which of my compatriots were you?

This is exclusive? *Darth Vader Voice* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

The Red Bishop is a character I was hoping gets officially explored in a module or something. Ah well lol.

The Red Bishop continues to torment Sutter, only now it's spread. Caeliat made him some special THE RED BISHOP KNOWS WHAT YOU DID and THE RED BISHOP WATCHES YOU SLEEP motivational images.

NOTE: I'm more than capable of adjusting the dangers and encounters in the adventure to match whatever mix of characters you all come up with. So feel free to make the types of characters you want, rather than trying to make sure the group represents a classically balanced party of adventurers.

This thing right here is where you divide the people who GM from the people who are GMs.

Especially if Liz is around.

If Liz is playing, odds are she's the godsforsaken werewolf.

She's ALWAYS the werewolf. Even when she's not.

I'm not clear what else we are given to expect based on past performance. :(

Miracles, that's what you should expect. They basically do with a fairly minimal staff what corporations ten to twenty times their size with ample time and money can't manage to get sorted out. That they pull it off and still manage to be friendly, helpful, and customer-oriented makes me suspect that they have some kind of elixir that they give new hires to ascend them to the level of demigods.

This is going to end badly for me, I suspect.

So we have Aneon's pets being disturbed by Yel. Yel is bothered by how the machines around Jacinthe seem to be annoyed at her presence. Jacinthe knows Zith from prior haunts and wants to impress him. Zith dropped his usual life of crime for a life of confidence games because Aneon owes him and being in jail won't let him collect.

My wife and I are driving roundabout from southern Nevada, and I've driven every year I've gone.

Tips for the trip:
Get a little ice chest to keep drinks in. You'll be glad for something cool to drink when you're passing through an uninhabited stretch.
Take a break every couple hours. You can get thousand-mile-stare going really easily if you don't break up the drive some.
Don't let your car drop below a quarter of a tank of gas; over the years of use, the bottom of the tank accumulates a layer of gunk.
Never stop at the first gas station off the freeway in a town; the price will almost always be significantly higher, because they're expecting tired and harried drivers to just want to get gas and go.

Tips for Paizocon:
Bring deodorant. Seriously, you'll need it, and you may well want to offer it to other people. Paizocon is generally better than most when it comes to gamer funk, but every year it gets a bit worse.
Stay hydrated. There's usually water available, avail yourself of it regularly. It also works wonders for cleaning maps off.
Bring an extra change or two of clothes, particularly socks. Believe it or not, Seattle is actually amazingly dry during the summer months, and it can actually get fairly warm.
Parking is paid. So is hotel internet. Budget for it if you need it, or find workarounds.
The dealer's room /will/ threaten your wallet. Budget for it, up your Will save to resist it, or pay the price. >.>
Remember that bribing your GMs can actually work at a convention. Caffeine in the morning to help offset the hangovers, alcohol in the evenings in preparation for the evening's celebrations.
Don't be afraid to be a bit wacky and weird. We're all geeks, we're all weird, and it's better to be remembered as The Funny Weird Guy than That Boring Dude.
Wanted in a game and didn't make it? If you've got that slot open, drop by at the start - you wouldn't believe how often people fail to turn up for their game slots, and you could score a spot at the table without winning the lottery.

Most importantly? Have fun!

This is me, shaking my fist at the people who /did/ get into this game. :D

Sara Marie: Christopher you are a genius

You know it's dangerous to let him get his ego inflated this soon.

My wife and I should both be in attendance.

I know that Zoebeck (and some other places) are famous for their clockworks, but I'm wondering if there are any cities / organizations that are famous for applying the principles of clockworking to creating actual life. If so, where could I read up on these guys?

If they don't exist, where do you think the best place for them would be?

Thanks!

My suggestion, off the top of my head, is that the kingdoms of the west may well have delved into this kind of biothaumaturgy during the period before or during the wars that created the Wastes, or possibly something in the deepest recesses of the caverns.

Then, since it's a good question, I asked the man who would know best, and Wolfgang was kind enough to answer as follows:

Huh, interesting question. There's the ooze magic of Caelmarath, and lots of other wild experiments in the west, but... If anyone succeeded with it, chances are it is buried in the wastes somewhere....

So there you have it - the West is the place you want, abominations and all.

Location: Pillar Station, geosynchronous orbit over rogue planet Pinnacle

The marking of a new year is cause for celebration for most of the galaxy, but for the inhabitants of the Pinnacle 'system', it passes by almost unremarked upon. In the wake of the Sith War, there is too much to do, too many threats left facing the galaxy, for time off for something so common to even be considered. Here, in the secretive stronghold of a little-known branch of the Jedi Order, there is only vigilance and industry.

Not only Jedi dwell here; numerous specialists also live in the station, on the frozen world below, or in one of the small orbiting stations or starships. Pilots, shipbuilders, engineers, scientists, and all the minor details that make up the response teams of the Jedi Sentinels live in the eternal dark of the interstellar void, ready to respond to the call of the Masters of the Sentinels, should the Seers detect a disturbance in need of correction.

So it is that one such small response team is aboard Pillar this day, waiting for their sponsoring Master to contact them with a mission.

The game opens in one of the station's cantinas, a place subdued and peaceful compared to the usual rowdiness of stationside cantinas...

Players can note where they are and what they're doing, and interact if they like.

Fnord sets sail in a Viking longboat.
Fnord is the original steampunk.
Fnord defeated the Tarrasque with nothing but a pair of chopsticks and a sleeping squirrel.
Fnord is allergic to being allergic.
Fnord knows what you're thinking and is ashamed for you.
Fnord is why blonde jokes exist.
Fnord can divide by zero.
Fnord is an omniscient, omnipotent deity who hates everyone.
Fnord lives with the dust bunnies under your bed.
Fnord knows the real reason why birds fly south for the winter.
Fnord knows how free will works.
Fnord taught Chuck Norris how to roundhouse kick.
Fnord knows how to make an atom out of only two quarks.
Fnord caused the heat death of the universe.

Fnord never was.
Fnord may yet be.
Fnord is what happens when a total lie has a kid with the absolute truth.

I think you can sum up my 'stupid movie' list with: "99% of the trash that has been produced by Hollywood in the last decade."

On the other hand, there's a movie that didn't get much attention as far as I know, many years ago, called The Wizard of Speed and Time, by Mike Jitlov. It's cool because instead of piling shiny special effects on for eye-candy, he actually worked them into the movie's story. Oh, and it's clearly a remarkably low-budget film that nevertheless is still a hundred times more awesome in execution than a hell of a lot of professional films.

Mostly, if I go to the movies, it's a month or so after the release, to minimize the rest of the audience, and I take along (or, actually, get dragged by) a number of people who think my MST3K behaviors are funnier than the film itself. ;p

If you really *need* to do something with this, I'd personally suggest making it a noncombat encounter, perhaps something akin to the Foxglove Manor haunts. Perhaps whoever gets affected picks up a feeling of lonely confusion and despair, or hears a small child crying someplace they can't find, or something along those lines.

I like kobolds. They make awesome sidekicks, minions, and soldiers, to say nothing of architects and trapmakers.

And of course, the aforementioned kobold is clearly an awesome one.

"I don't need mind-altering substances. I AM a mind-altering substance."
"She thought I'd be moody. She mistakes the ability to type coherently for moodiness. I'm as moody as a gerbil on LSD."
"I am rapidly developing an allergic reaction to otaku and similar japanophiles."
"There's something wrong with the fact that I use one of my best friends as a benchmark for 'is this a dangerous item?' by asking myself if I'd ever want to see it in his hands."
"I just spent a couple of hours methodically hunting down and extracting every last salable item from a smallish dungeon a few miles from the Imperial city. At one point, I stashed all my personal gear on a dead bandit so I wouldn't accidentally sell anything I wanted to keep. I think this qualifies my character as an adventurer."
"If you ask me, football is just another bloodsport that they took the blood out of."