paizo.com Favorited Posts by Lord Zoddpaizo.com Favorited Posts by Lord Zodd2019-06-07T19:12:03Z2019-06-07T19:12:03ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Chartered Company: Stone Bear ClanZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qzxv&page=3?Chartered-Company-Stone-Bear-Clan#1482014-11-01T15:38:57Z2014-10-31T22:02:31Z<p><b>Parents:</b></p>
<p>Don't let your kids dress up as Goblins for Halloween.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc><span class=tiny>This has been a public service announcement brought to you by Zodd</span></span></p>Parents:
Don't let your kids dress up as Goblins for Halloween.
This has been a public service announcement brought to you by ZoddZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-10-31T22:02:31ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Settlement: Tavernhold (CG)Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r5dj&page=5?Settlement-Tavernhold#2472014-10-02T22:33:16Z2014-10-02T20:01:53Z<p>Lets call it like it is. </p>
<p>We be Drunks.</p>Lets call it like it is.
We be Drunks.Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-10-02T20:01:53ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Chartered Company: Stone Bear ClanLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qzxv&page=3?Chartered-Company-Stone-Bear-Clan#1412014-08-07T17:17:26Z2014-08-07T00:45:37Z<p>SBC is now a group of homeless barbarians. I am glad that a lot of folks are wanting to help us find a new home. I for one am not in any hurry to join a new settlement, now that the Land Rush is over. We need to make sure that any new home is a great fit for us, and has leadership that is worthy of our respect and trust. Also a home that is alright with housing a bunch of rage fueled bringers of death.</p>
<p>I have come to realize that I need to take a break from PFO related things for a week or two to cleanse the palate. Summer is in full swing here in Seattle, so I am going to enjoy some nature.</p>
<p>Getting a post deleted by a forum moderator is a good indicator that I shouldn't be on these forums right now. Especially after a few ales haha. </p>
<p>So please direct any SBC related business to <a href="http://paizo.com/people/Ravenlute" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ravenlute</a>.</p>SBC is now a group of homeless barbarians. I am glad that a lot of folks are wanting to help us find a new home. I for one am not in any hurry to join a new settlement, now that the Land Rush is over. We need to make sure that any new home is a great fit for us, and has leadership that is worthy of our respect and trust. Also a home that is alright with housing a bunch of rage fueled bringers of death.
I have come to realize that I need to take a break from PFO related things for a week or...Lord Zodd2014-08-07T00:45:37ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Loin Cloth Wednesdays!Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r4p1?Loin-Cloth-Wednesdays#72014-07-19T12:37:35Z2014-07-16T17:55:54Z<p><b>Welcome to another installment of Loincloth Wednesdays!</b></p>
<p>Sorry for taking so long to get another one of these puppies posted.</p>
<p>Zodd touched his left arm for luck. A blood red tattoo of a bear claw was clearly visible on his well-muscled bicep. It was the symbol of the <b><a href="http://stonebearclan.guildlaunch.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Stone Bear Clan</a></b>, one that he wore proudly. Crouching behind the hill using the trees as concealment, Zodd waited with his fellow clan members. They were far from their home of <b><a href="http://freevalepfo.guildlaunch.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Freevale</a></b> and they needed to be careful not be seen until they wanted to be seen. </p>
<p>As he saw movement down the road the barbarian grinned. Finally, their patience would pay off. His companions noticed the wagon heading towards them as well and readied themselves. It looked like a merchant wagon with only two guards, easy prey. When the wagon got close enough Zodd didn’t need to say anything or signal his rage brothers, they knew when to pounce. He enjoyed feeling the air rush past as he sprinted down the hill toward the practically defenseless wagon, drawing his greatsword on the way. As usual he had went without any armor so that he could move freely and quickly, but since today was Wednesday he had taken it a step further and had stripped down to just a loincloth. He was glad to see that many of his companions had joined him in the proud tradition and ran toward the wagon wearing only loincloths. With so little to burden them, the barbarians were upon the guards before they could draw their weapons. </p>
<p>Before Zodd had a chance to demand they disarm and hand over their goods, he saw to his surprise a group of men arriving from the other side of the road. Many of them had worn cloaks and mean looking weapons. Their ugly and unkempt faces clearly marked them as bandits. Apparently his band of barbarians were not the only predators that saw this spot of the road as a good place for an ambush. The merchant guards kept their hands in the air and watched as the barbarians and bandits eyed each other warily.</p>
<p>Zodd spoke up first,</p>
<p>“This is ours to take, you were too slow and arrived second.”</p>
<p>The bandit leader laughed,</p>
<p>“Well pardon me if we didn’t want to prance around naked like you lot.”</p>
<p>Knocking his knuckles against his breastplate the bandit adds,</p>
<p>“If there is fighting and dying to be done, I want some steel between me and my enemies to make sure I am not the one dying. Now why don’t you boys piss off and let us professionals take care of this?”</p>
<p>Zodd’s knuckles popped as his fists clenched his two handed sword,</p>
<p>“The great Bear spirit protects me, I will take that over your heavy steel clothes any day. We were here first, that makes this wagon ours to loot. You should leave before you experience the power of the Stone Bear Clan first hand.”</p>
<p>The bandit spits to the side and glares at the large barbarian,</p>
<p>“Alright you naked fool, we will just kill the lot of you and then loot the wagon. We could use a good workout anyway.”</p>
<p>With that the bandit pulls out a hand crossbow and fires it at Zodd.</p>
<p>Roars of rage blasted from the group of barbarians as they all let the battle rage take over. Zodd didn’t feel the crossbow bolt as it bit into his shoulder and was upon the bandit leader just as the other man was drawing his longsword. Zodd felt the strength of the Bear burning through his veins and with a mighty swing of his greatsword disarmed the bandit leader by cutting the bandit’s arm off at the elbow. The bandit leader only had a moment to stare at the blood pumping from his arm stump in stunned disbelief before Zodd removed his head from his body.</p>
<p>The barbarians and bandits were so busy trying to kill each other that none of them noticed as the merchant wagon and its two guards quickly exited the area.</p>
<p>As the rage wore off and Zodd returned to his senses he noticed that there were not very many of his barbarian brothers left standing, but there were no bandits alive that he could see. As they went about looting the corpses of the fallen a barbarian trotted up and said,</p>
<p>“The merchant wagon is too far away to reach now.”</p>
<p>Zodd shrugs,</p>
<p>“Fighting those bandits was more fun anyway. We have done our ancestors proud this day. The legend of Loincloth Wednesdays continues.”</p>Welcome to another installment of Loincloth Wednesdays!
Sorry for taking so long to get another one of these puppies posted.
Zodd touched his left arm for luck. A blood red tattoo of a bear claw was clearly visible on his well-muscled bicep. It was the symbol of the Stone Bear Clan, one that he wore proudly. Crouching behind the hill using the trees as concealment, Zodd waited with his fellow clan members. They were far from their home of Freevale and they needed to be careful not be seen...Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-07-16T17:55:54ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Personal HousingZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qxeu&page=2?Personal-Housing#702014-07-15T22:57:32Z2014-07-15T19:14:14Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Dario wrote:</div><blockquote>What I think might be a workable compromise would be something along the lines of guild halls or company HQs. Whether in settlements or as PoIs, this provides a single structure benefiting an entire company of players.</blockquote><p>I like this idea, but obviously only if it can be destroyed just like any other Settlement building.
<p>It would be really cool to be able to go into other folks settlements and see how certain companies got enough money and resources to build and decorate their HQ.</p>Dario wrote:What I think might be a workable compromise would be something along the lines of guild halls or company HQs. Whether in settlements or as PoIs, this provides a single structure benefiting an entire company of players.
I like this idea, but obviously only if it can be destroyed just like any other Settlement building. It would be really cool to be able to go into other folks settlements and see how certain companies got enough money and resources to build and decorate their HQ.Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-07-15T19:14:14ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Supporting "classes" Why are the devs so stuck to this idea?Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r84i&page=4?Supporting-classes-Why-are-the-devs-so-stuck#1872014-07-03T18:04:36Z2014-07-03T17:56:15Z<p>Well now that this has turned into some sort of "Low Rep" shenanigans I will retire from this thread.</p>
<p>I tried to alleviate some concerns about the fact that one Settlement can't <b>fully</b> support all skills, and hopefully I have. For those of you that still have concerns, I urge you to keep an open mind and see how the game actually works.</p>Well now that this has turned into some sort of "Low Rep" shenanigans I will retire from this thread.
I tried to alleviate some concerns about the fact that one Settlement can't fully support all skills, and hopefully I have. For those of you that still have concerns, I urge you to keep an open mind and see how the game actually works.Lord Zodd2014-07-03T17:56:15ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Supporting "classes" Why are the devs so stuck to this idea?Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r84i&page=4?Supporting-classes-Why-are-the-devs-so-stuck#1532014-07-06T11:36:08Z2014-07-03T16:22:44Z<p>So far in this thread the only valid concern anyone has stated is that they are worried that this game mechanic will prevent them from playing with their friends. I haven't heard an actual reason why people believe this is true though, just that they are concerned that it will be the case. </p>
<p>There is absolutely <b>NOTHING</b> preventing you from playing the game with someone from a different settlement. Don't confuse Companies with Settlements. You can all be in the same company and call different settlements home. If you guys want to attack or defend a settlement, your company does a feud and there won't be any confusion on the battlefield. Heck you can even all thread bind your characters to the same place, if you are worried about having to run to meet up. </p>
<p>Please, explain to me how you can't play with your friends?</p>
<p>It also seems like people are thinking of Settlements in a way differently than me. I think of a Settlement as a resource. Something my character needs to train and support his skills. I need to defend this resource and maintain its upkeep to ensure my character has access to his maximum potential. I like this because it keeps me invested in something physical in the world besides just my character.</p>
<p>Lets look at some current, or as planned, facts of the game. The player towns are called Settlements, not Cities, for a reason. They are supposed to be small towns in the untamed lands of the River Kingdoms, like a settlement in the wild west. Thus they are limited on how many buildings they can have due to DI. Support buildings are one of those limiting choices a settlement needs to make when they use their DI. Most settlements will most likely have a lot of low tier support structures, but only a couple high tier ones. Along with some training buildings. This is the intended way a settlement will be set up. As such, for a company to be able to get all it's members access to training and support it will need to be involved in multiple Settlements. When enough like minded companies band together with enough Settlements then it becomes a Nation. (I am not sure about any actual in game Nation mechanics, but I hope there will be some). Now the companies in the Nation have to work together to support and defend their Settlements. If they need more Settlements to get training and support for skills then they will go to war and take someone else's Settlement. There are a limited number of Settlement hexes so Settlements are a limited resource that people will be fighting over all the time. If one of the Settlements in your nation is destroyed and it was the only one your nation had that supported top tier evocation spells, then you have 30 days to get it back or to reallocate some things in a different Settlement to gain that support again or you will have some unhappy spellcasters. That is very meaningful and just because there might be some other meaningful choices in the game, does not negate this one's very real value.</p>
<p>I personally do not see anything wrong with the intended game in the above paragraph. If you do, then explain specifically why and use facts, don't present vague feelings as an argument.</p>So far in this thread the only valid concern anyone has stated is that they are worried that this game mechanic will prevent them from playing with their friends. I haven't heard an actual reason why people believe this is true though, just that they are concerned that it will be the case.
There is absolutely NOTHING preventing you from playing the game with someone from a different settlement. Don't confuse Companies with Settlements. You can all be in the same company and call different...Lord Zodd2014-07-03T16:22:44ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Announcing a New Crowdforging ToolZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r6yf&page=2?Announcing-a-New-Crowdforging-Tool#722014-06-24T09:51:57Z2014-06-24T07:26:26Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lord Regent: Deacon Wulf wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Why would you inhibit more player customization and options? It makes very little sense to me why additional races (Especially Uncommon races such as Tiefling, Aasimar, and Dhampir) would be prohibited from player choice.</p>
<p>More choice and options = more diverse community. People like having the choice to play what best expresses them. In my opinion the more Race options we have the better. Cash Shop the races and make a profit Goblinworks, because I will buy every single one. I know for a fact that I won't be the only one either. </blockquote><p>I think it is more likely that having those races in the game is such a far off priority that they were down voted. Don't be sad dude, you are still #1 in PFO IdeaScale points.... for now.Lord Regent: Deacon Wulf wrote:Why would you inhibit more player customization and options? It makes very little sense to me why additional races (Especially Uncommon races such as Tiefling, Aasimar, and Dhampir) would be prohibited from player choice.
More choice and options = more diverse community. People like having the choice to play what best expresses them. In my opinion the more Race options we have the better. Cash Shop the races and make a profit Goblinworks, because I will buy...Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-06-24T07:26:26ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Announcing a New Crowdforging ToolZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r6yf?Announcing-a-New-Crowdforging-Tool#392014-06-23T14:42:47Z2014-06-23T14:38:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Caldeathe Baequiannia wrote:</div><blockquote><p> So, to turn those whingings into some positive suggestions:</p>
<p><ul><li>Turn off badges if possible. Crowdforging and social media seem incompatible.<li>Enable multi-choice polls<li>Have all suggestions either flow through GW or be anonymous<li>Don't be afraid to quickly kill questions that are utterly impractical or stupid. (Not just lock them, but remove them)</ul></p>
<p>(stopped saying if possible after the first one) </blockquote><p>After sleeping on it, I was thinking the exact same things would improve this tool immensely.Caldeathe Baequiannia wrote:So, to turn those whingings into some positive suggestions:
Turn off badges if possible. Crowdforging and social media seem incompatible.Enable multi-choice pollsHave all suggestions either flow through GW or be anonymousDon't be afraid to quickly kill questions that are utterly impractical or stupid. (Not just lock them, but remove them)
(stopped saying if possible after the first one)
After sleeping on it, I was thinking the exact same things would improve...Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-06-23T14:38:02ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Dissapointment Among the SilentZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r5sd&page=9?Dissapointment-Among-the-Silent#4272014-06-23T04:55:44Z2014-06-23T03:06:55Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Caldeathe Baequiannia wrote:</div><blockquote>Some people are afraid that every time they step outside (whether to visit another town, or to harvest, or to seek out a little PvE) they will be subjected to banditry and violence. <b>That fear is being reinforced with every passing minute on these boards.</b></blockquote><p>Why?!
<p>Where has there been even one post from anyone that said they will be attacking anyone they see for no meaningful reason?</p>
<p>If people are afraid of this, it is because they are giving into their baseless fears instead of facing them with rational deduction.</p>Caldeathe Baequiannia wrote:Some people are afraid that every time they step outside (whether to visit another town, or to harvest, or to seek out a little PvE) they will be subjected to banditry and violence. That fear is being reinforced with every passing minute on these boards.
Why?! Where has there been even one post from anyone that said they will be attacking anyone they see for no meaningful reason?
If people are afraid of this, it is because they are giving into their baseless...Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-06-23T03:06:55ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Crowdforging: Tower Capture MechanicsZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r6l7?Crowdforging-Tower-Capture-Mechanics#82014-06-19T21:58:36Z2014-06-19T21:25:11Z<p>Each tower requires a set number of capture points to be captured. Lets call it 50 for now. There are number of capture locations around the tower. Lets call it 10 for now. An unstealthed character has to interact with the capture location an action that takes a certain amount of time, interruptible time. Lets call it 1 minute. The ability to use a certain capture location is on a cool down for a certain amount of time after it is used. Lets call it 2 minutes. </p>
<p>In this scenario even with 10 different people able to capture the locations without being interrupted it would take 15 minutes. For one person if they were not interrupted it would take 50 minutes and he would have to rotate around to different capture locations.</p>
<p>Obviously the numbers are up for tweaking, but it rewards lots of people trying to capture while it doesn't make it impossible to slow them down by interrupting them.</p>Each tower requires a set number of capture points to be captured. Lets call it 50 for now. There are number of capture locations around the tower. Lets call it 10 for now. An unstealthed character has to interact with the capture location an action that takes a certain amount of time, interruptible time. Lets call it 1 minute. The ability to use a certain capture location is on a cool down for a certain amount of time after it is used. Lets call it 2 minutes.
In this scenario even with 10...Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-06-19T21:25:11ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Natural Selection has been favouring frequent PvP all alongZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r5gi?Natural-Selection-has-been-favouring-frequent#72014-06-10T20:29:02Z2014-06-10T19:59:13Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Caldeathe Baequiannia wrote:</div><blockquote>Don't get greedy. One or the other? </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-bigger><b>Zodd Smash!</b></span>Caldeathe Baequiannia wrote:Don't get greedy. One or the other?
Zodd Smash!Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-06-10T19:59:13ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Natural Selection has been favouring frequent PvP all alongZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r5gi?Natural-Selection-has-been-favouring-frequent#52014-06-10T20:29:12Z2014-06-10T19:53:15Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Caldeathe Baequiannia wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Zodd Zerker wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Caldeathe, your face looks especially good for punching.</p>
<p>•Cracks knuckles•</p>
<p>Come here a sec...</p>
<p></blockquote>Couldn't I just offer you a nice summer meade? Or Summer Glau, if that works better </blockquote><p>I just wanted to test the information, FOR SCIENCE!
<p>But I guess I will take one mead and one Glau and call it good.</p>Caldeathe Baequiannia wrote:Zodd Zerker wrote:Caldeathe, your face looks especially good for punching.
*Cracks knuckles*
Come here a sec...
Couldn't I just offer you a nice summer meade? Or Summer Glau, if that works better I just wanted to test the information, FOR SCIENCE! But I guess I will take one mead and one Glau and call it good.Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-06-10T19:53:15ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Reputation system is evil: mathematical proofZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r5g8?Reputation-system-is-evil-mathematical-proof#32014-06-12T06:17:48Z2014-06-10T19:21:28Z<p>I got 717 hours to gain 6500 rep. Well 6504 rep to be exact.
<br />
666 gives 5994 rep.
<br />
Granted I could have done my math wrong. For example does the .25 increase happen on the beginning of the 4th hour or after?</p>
<p>I did this in excel so I could visually see the data. It looks like this:</p>
<p>Hour | Rep Gain
<br />
———————-
<br />
1 | 1
<br />
2 | 1
<br />
3 | 1
<br />
4 | 1
<br />
5 | 1.25
<br />
6 | 1.25
<br />
7 | 1.25
<br />
8 | 1.25</p>
<p>etcetera etcetera</p>
<p>So it caps out at 10 on hour 145, for a total of 784 Rep gained at that hour.</p>
<p>Anyway, I have concluded that it is not that busy at work today.</p>I got 717 hours to gain 6500 rep. Well 6504 rep to be exact.
666 gives 5994 rep.
Granted I could have done my math wrong. For example does the .25 increase happen on the beginning of the 4th hour or after?
I did this in excel so I could visually see the data. It looks like this:
Hour | Rep Gain
---------------
1 | 1
2 | 1
3 | 1
4 | 1
5 | 1.25
6 | 1.25
7 | 1.25
8 | 1.25
etcetera etcetera
So it caps out at 10 on hour 145, for a total of 784 Rep gained at that hour.
Anyway, I have concluded...Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-06-10T19:21:28ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Ryan: The Core Rhetorical Challenge Facing GoblinworksZodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r4ts&page=3?Ryan-The-Core-Rhetorical-Challenge-Facing#1422014-06-08T19:00:10Z2014-06-08T18:42:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">APersonOnAComp wrote:</div><blockquote>I just wonder if the message he is sending is clear enough if people like me had to dig quite a bit to have our fears assuaged.</blockquote><p>I think that Ryan's point was that when it comes to folks that have a lot of doubts, GW is going to have to prove the game works and has meaningful PvP before they play. That is a realistic goal. We can all shout until we are blue in the face about how PFO won't be a murder sim, but until GW delivers a product that <b>proves</b> it won't matter for those people.APersonOnAComp wrote:I just wonder if the message he is sending is clear enough if people like me had to dig quite a bit to have our fears assuaged.
I think that Ryan's point was that when it comes to folks that have a lot of doubts, GW is going to have to prove the game works and has meaningful PvP before they play. That is a realistic goal. We can all shout until we are blue in the face about how PFO won't be a murder sim, but until GW delivers a product that proves it won't matter for...Zodd Zerker (alias of Lord Zodd)2014-06-08T18:42:48ZForums: Pathfinder Online: Loin Cloth Wednesdays!Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r4p1?Loin-Cloth-Wednesdays#12014-07-16T18:20:56Z2014-06-04T16:27:18Z<p>Welcome to an installment of:</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-bigger><b>Loin Cloth Wednesdays!</b></span></p>
<p>Zodd groans as he wakes up. Pressing his hand to his head the barbarian tries to will the hangover headache away.</p>
<p>Movement next to him in the bed causes him to crack his eyes open. Upon seeing a buxom lass curled against him, Zodd grins. He didn't remember leaving the tavern last night with her or what her name was, but he supposed he could make up for that. Gently running his hand through her tangled hair the scarred barbarian leans over to wake her with a kiss to her temple.</p>
<p>Some time later Zodd leaves his house wearing only a loin cloth and his sword strapped to his back. He had noticed that his green hat was on the floor of his bedroom, so today must be Wednesday. Which meant that it was another chance to try to get more of his friends in <a href="http://freevalepfo.guildlaunch.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Freevale</a> to embrace the proud <a href="http://stonebearclan.guildlaunch.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Stone Bear Clan</a> tradition of Loin Cloth Wednesdays. </p>
<p>Striding purposefully through the town, his bare feet slapping on cobblestones, Zodd keeps his squinted eyes peeled for signs of life in the light of the rising sun. Almost everyone had participated in the keg race last night and it was possible that no one else was awake yet.</p>
<p>He decides to stop by the tavern first to harass any of his friends that had stayed there the entire night. Of course, it might not hurt to get an ale to chase away his hangover as well. </p>
<p>Outside of the tavern Zodd notices something that causes him to burst into laughter. A keg barrel was turned on it's side and inside was curled the familiar sleeping form of Grickin <span class=messageboard-ooc>(Kobold Cleaver)</span> with a first place ribbon stuck to his cheek. Zodd had no idea how the little fellow managed to win every single keg race they had in Freevale, but he suspected there might be some kind of magic trickery involved.</p>
<p>While puzzling about how he might go about catching the little rascal in the act of using magic, the hairs on the barbarian’s neck stand on end. Instinct has his sword in his hand as Zodd swivels around to face whatever was sneaking up on him. In the shadows of a building he catches the gleam of evil red eyes and the shine of razor sharp teeth. </p>
<p>A little voice squeaks,</p>
<p><i> Goblins sneak and goblins spy,
<br />
Goblins listen for baby’s cry, </i></p>
<p>More voices, from sources around him that Zodd couldn't see, quietly sing along,</p>
<p><i> Find the crib and climb beneath,
<br />
Draw the blade and lick your teeth.</i></p>
<p>Zodd wasn't sure which god he had pissed off enough that he had to deal with a Goblin raiding party this early in the day, but he wasn't going to waste any time lamenting his luck. The barbarian takes a deep breath and bellows as loud as he can,</p>
<p>“To arms! Freevale is under attack!”</p>
<p>Not waiting to see if any of his clan mates woke up to help, Zodd lunges forward with his two handed sword swinging down at the grinning goblin he could see in the shadows. The creatures red eyes widened in disbelief as four feet of steel cleaved into it.</p>
<p>The other hidden goblins raise their voices as they start up a new song,</p>
<p><i>You will scream and you will run
<br />
Goblins chase you down for fun
<br />
Goblins hide where you can’t spy
<br />
Goblins snatch and gouge your eye</i></p>
<p>Zodd whirls his head from side to side trying to find more of the little monsters. He doesn't notice the goblin that launches itself from a nearby roof until it sinks its rusty dagger into his shoulder with a gleeful cackle.</p>
<p>The barbarian roars in pain and anger. Zodd welcomes the hot fury that rushes through his veins. Any trace of his hangover disappears as the spirit of the bear floods his body with rage. Zodd's vision becomes a haze of red and he loses himself in combat.</p>
<p>The next thing he knows, Zodd sees goblin corpses strewn all over the ground except for one that was still speared on the sword held firmly in his hands. The creature's little green hands were clutching at the blade while it coughed blood. Zodd raises an eyebrow as the goblin manages to cough one more verse,</p>
<p><i>Stabby day, stabby day
<br />
Glad to see you here today
<br />
We’re glad you came this way
<br />
It’s a stabby day</i></p>
<p>With a snort of disgust Zodd kicks the goblin off his sword and looks around. </p>
<p>The citizens of Freevale filled the streets, weapons in hand. He noticed with wry humor that most of them had entered the fight straight from sleep and so were only wearing their underwear. Zodd supposed that was about as close as he was going to get to having his fellow towns folk participate in Loin Cloth Wednesday.</p>
<p>Heading back to the tavern for a well deserved drink Zodd is not surprised to see that Grickin is still fast asleep, snoring softly, in the winning keg barrel.</p>Welcome to an installment of:
Loin Cloth Wednesdays!
Zodd groans as he wakes up. Pressing his hand to his head the barbarian tries to will the hangover headache away.
Movement next to him in the bed causes him to crack his eyes open. Upon seeing a buxom lass curled against him, Zodd grins. He didn't remember leaving the tavern last night with her or what her name was, but he supposed he could make up for that. Gently running his hand through her tangled hair the scarred barbarian leans...Lord Zodd2014-06-04T16:27:18ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: The Northern CoalitionLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r47p&page=4?The-Northern-Coalition#1532014-06-04T15:49:59Z2014-06-03T03:39:47Z<p>Dwarves just hold their breaths and walk along the bottom when they are underwater. Duh.</p>
<p>Though seeing a Dwarf dog paddle to shore wearing those yellow duck floatees would be amazing!</p>Dwarves just hold their breaths and walk along the bottom when they are underwater. Duh.
Though seeing a Dwarf dog paddle to shore wearing those yellow duck floatees would be amazing!Lord Zodd2014-06-03T03:39:47ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Chartered Company: Stone Bear ClanLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qzxv&page=3?Chartered-Company-Stone-Bear-Clan#1252014-06-03T02:47:37Z2014-06-03T02:44:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Ravenlute wrote:</div><blockquote> Barbarian Bump! </blockquote><p>It is like a fist bump, but to each other's faces.Ravenlute wrote:Barbarian Bump!
It is like a fist bump, but to each other's faces.Lord Zodd2014-06-03T02:44:10ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: VIKTORBEARWOLF!!!!!Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r4gg?VIKTORBEARWOLF#182014-06-02T23:54:23Z2014-06-02T22:40:49Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">BrotherZael wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Screw that noise!</p>
<p>GIVE THE BULLYMONG FUR TO <i>ME</i> AND I'LL GIVE <i>YOU</i> A SHOTGUN!!! </blockquote><p>Nice Borderlands 2 reference :)BrotherZael wrote:Screw that noise!
GIVE THE BULLYMONG FUR TO ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU A SHOTGUN!!!
Nice Borderlands 2 reference :)Lord Zodd2014-06-02T22:40:49ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: VIKTORBEARWOLF!!!!!Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r4gg?VIKTORBEARWOLF#92014-06-02T21:45:24Z2014-06-02T21:20:43Z<p>If you don't reapply then your name will be forever associated with making a big mistake.</p>
<p>Like, "Gpunk sure did pull a Victorbearwolf today."</p>
<p>You don't want that.</p>If you don't reapply then your name will be forever associated with making a big mistake.
Like, "Gpunk sure did pull a Victorbearwolf today."
You don't want that.Lord Zodd2014-06-02T21:20:43ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: The Northern CoalitionLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r47p&page=3?The-Northern-Coalition#1122014-06-03T01:06:33Z2014-06-01T18:36:43Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Hobs wrote:</div><blockquote>though personally, I would lend a healing hand to anyone I know is from the Northern Coalition if I saw them in need.</blockquote><p>I might help someone too, but I won't feel obligated to. This was an important point of distinction I was trying to make.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Hobs wrote:</div><blockquote>you mean some prearranged PvP activity that the UNC is mutually interested in enjoying with you</blockquote><p>Yes. This is what I mean.
<p>Don't worry, I won't just attack anyone else in the NC without out making sure they are ok with it first.</p>Hobs wrote:though personally, I would lend a healing hand to anyone I know is from the Northern Coalition if I saw them in need.
I might help someone too, but I won't feel obligated to. This was an important point of distinction I was trying to make. Hobs wrote:you mean some prearranged PvP activity that the UNC is mutually interested in enjoying with you
Yes. This is what I mean. Don't worry, I won't just attack anyone else in the NC without out making sure they are ok with it first.Lord Zodd2014-06-01T18:36:43ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What time will the 1st Draft be decided?Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r44o?What-time-will-the-1st-Draft-be-decided#72014-06-01T14:12:17Z2014-06-01T07:30:35Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lord Regent: Deacon Wulf wrote:</div><blockquote> The Lord Regent demands they post it already. </blockquote><p>Come on man, don't refer to yourself in the third person... by your made up title no less.
<p>Lord Zodd disapproves of such things :p</p>Lord Regent: Deacon Wulf wrote:The Lord Regent demands they post it already.
Come on man, don't refer to yourself in the third person... by your made up title no less. Lord Zodd disapproves of such things :pLord Zodd2014-06-01T07:30:35ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: To Ryan Dancey - One Player's ConcernsLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r40g&page=3?To-Ryan-Dancey-One-Players-Concerns#1332014-05-31T05:27:01Z2014-05-30T20:43:36Z<p>I don't understand what this thread is trying to accomplish. I am not being dismissive, I am genuinely unsure what Hobs wants Ryan to do.</p>
<p>Do you not want Ryan to talk to us anymore, or do you want him to hire a lawyer to proof read any statement he makes to ensure that it can't be misinterpreted? Do you just want him to be nicer, to baby your feelings?</p>
<p>Yes, we all gave GW money. So what? I have given plenty of money to other companies to play their games and I never felt entitled enough to address the CEO personally. </p>
<p>Be thankful that Ryan cares so much about this game that he is engaged in the community. I am not saying that you shouldn't voice concerns, just make sure that they are valid ones.</p>
<p>If the only thing you guys are complaining about is that the CEO of the company, making a game that you really <b>really</b> want to play is not being as clear or as nice as you want him to be when he regularly communicates with you...</p>
<p>You need to go take a walk in a park and reflect about life.</p>I don't understand what this thread is trying to accomplish. I am not being dismissive, I am genuinely unsure what Hobs wants Ryan to do.
Do you not want Ryan to talk to us anymore, or do you want him to hire a lawyer to proof read any statement he makes to ensure that it can't be misinterpreted? Do you just want him to be nicer, to baby your feelings?
Yes, we all gave GW money. So what? I have given plenty of money to other companies to play their games and I never felt entitled enough to...Lord Zodd2014-05-30T20:43:36ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: The State of the CommunityLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r308&page=3?The-State-of-the-Community#1202014-05-28T18:03:43Z2014-05-28T16:36:16Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Snorter wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Fidelis •Bringslite• wrote:</div><blockquote> Maybe what we need is: 3 months into EE a big "Fair" with competitions in multiple things. Categories to be determined by what is available and measurable at that time. Have some fun. Burn off some of this venom so that we don't carry it longer than we have to. </blockquote>I propose a <b>dunking stool</b> be set up, since so many people seem to need a good coolin' off. </blockquote><p>You mean that fun device that has a person sitting above a pool of water and they get dropped in when someone with good aim hits a target with a ball?
<p>Yes, that is a must.</p>Snorter wrote:Fidelis *Bringslite* wrote: Maybe what we need is: 3 months into EE a big "Fair" with competitions in multiple things. Categories to be determined by what is available and measurable at that time. Have some fun. Burn off some of this venom so that we don't carry it longer than we have to.
I propose a dunking stool be set up, since so many people seem to need a good coolin' off. You mean that fun device that has a person sitting above a pool of water and they get dropped in when...Lord Zodd2014-05-28T16:36:16ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Beetles, Buzzards, and the Bountiful Byproducts of WarLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r33z?Beetles-Buzzards-and-the-Bountiful-Byproducts#302014-05-28T19:00:16Z2014-05-28T15:52:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Ravenlute wrote:</div><blockquote><p> This actually sounds like a fun "game" some of the Stone Bear Clan might have to try if they come upon a fight. Like tag, but not. Just run around the fighters trying not to get hit while waiting for one to drop then dive in and out while attempting to loot the body. The one who comes away with the best stuff wins and dying is an auto forfeit. XD</p>
<p>Obviously not as common practice but it could be entertaining one day.</p>
<p>Hmm, gives me the idea that I might be able to come up with various "games" for members to consider playing instead of just all out fighting when they come across a group of strangers. </blockquote><p>How messed up would it be to be in the middle of a fight for your life and suddenly a group of barbarians show up and start dancing around you and your enemy waiting for one of you to fall?
<p>I am in full support of this idea. I hope that there is a /dance emote in the game so that I can literally dance around the people fighting.</p>Ravenlute wrote:This actually sounds like a fun "game" some of the Stone Bear Clan might have to try if they come upon a fight. Like tag, but not. Just run around the fighters trying not to get hit while waiting for one to drop then dive in and out while attempting to loot the body. The one who comes away with the best stuff wins and dying is an auto forfeit. XD
Obviously not as common practice but it could be entertaining one day.
Hmm, gives me the idea that I might be able to come up with...Lord Zodd2014-05-28T15:52:58ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Magistry: a shadow guild?Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r38t?Magistry-a-shadow-guild#282014-05-28T15:44:06Z2014-05-28T15:38:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kobold Cleaver wrote:</div><blockquote><p> S%+!, the jig is up!</p>
<p>•Rides mammoth to freedo—</p>
<p>...</p>
<p>Hey, what happened to my mammoth? </blockquote><p><i>While out for a stroll Zodd sees a giant bird tearing at a mammoth's corpse with its razor sharp beak. Nearby A kobald is running wildly in circles arms flailing in panic. An elephant is sneaking away with what appears to be bits of a destroyed voting booth stuck to its hide.</i>
<p>What is happening here?</p>
<p><i>Zodd sits down and retrieves a bottle of ale from his backpack.</i></p>
<p>This is too entertaining to miss.</p>Kobold Cleaver wrote:S%+!, the jig is up!
*Rides mammoth to freedo—
...
Hey, what happened to my mammoth?
While out for a stroll Zodd sees a giant bird tearing at a mammoth's corpse with its razor sharp beak. Nearby A kobald is running wildly in circles arms flailing in panic. An elephant is sneaking away with what appears to be bits of a destroyed voting booth stuck to its hide. What is happening here?
Zodd sits down and retrieves a bottle of ale from his backpack.
This is too...Lord Zodd2014-05-28T15:38:21ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Naming of Settlements and Companies Going ForwardLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r2m8&page=2?Naming-of-Settlements-and-Companies-Going#542014-05-24T19:30:53Z2014-05-23T06:25:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Papaver wrote:</div><blockquote> My point is that I don't want to be forced to RP. </blockquote><p>Choose a name that isn't lame. They aren't asking for much.
<p>Don't act like they are violating some imaginary rights you feel entitled to having.</p>Papaver wrote:My point is that I don't want to be forced to RP.
Choose a name that isn't lame. They aren't asking for much. Don't act like they are violating some imaginary rights you feel entitled to having.Lord Zodd2014-05-23T06:25:17ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Forsaken like raceLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r1oq?Forsaken-like-race#112014-05-18T16:10:37Z2014-05-18T07:53:50Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Pax Feydred wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Vwoom wrote:</div><blockquote> To be honest I'd say let's get the dwarves, gnomes, half orcs, etc done before we worry about the Umm exotic. </blockquote>Is this a required response to every idea someone has? It kind of shuts down the conversation by stating the obvious and IMHO is kinda rude. </blockquote><p>Keeping people grounded in reality isn't rude.Pax Feydred wrote:Vwoom wrote: To be honest I'd say let's get the dwarves, gnomes, half orcs, etc done before we worry about the Umm exotic.
Is this a required response to every idea someone has? It kind of shuts down the conversation by stating the obvious and IMHO is kinda rude. Keeping people grounded in reality isn't rude.Lord Zodd2014-05-18T07:53:50ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Current MilestoneLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r1tl?Current-Milestone#62014-05-18T10:58:25Z2014-05-18T07:51:53Z<p>It certainly excites my body :)</p>
<p>Wait, why is Ryan "Mother Flipping CEO of Goblinworks" Dancey posting on these forums at 10pm on a Saturday?</p>
<p>Look Ryan, if you don't have a solid Pathfinder group that you are gaming with every Saturday deep into the night, I will be your DM. I live in Seattle, it isn't an empty promise.</p>It certainly excites my body :)
Wait, why is Ryan "Mother Flipping CEO of Goblinworks" Dancey posting on these forums at 10pm on a Saturday?
Look Ryan, if you don't have a solid Pathfinder group that you are gaming with every Saturday deep into the night, I will be your DM. I live in Seattle, it isn't an empty promise.Lord Zodd2014-05-18T07:51:53ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Hope Final Product Looks Much Better Than the Current ProductLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r1qh?Hope-Final-Product-Looks-Much-Better-Than-the#72014-05-19T12:51:35Z2014-05-16T21:57:06Z<p>It is sad, but I have had friends tell me that they won't pay to play Early Enrollment with me because they don't like the graphics.</p>
<p>But that is ok, I won't play Elder Scrolls Online with them because I think it is same old, same old boring MMO. So I guess that makes us even.</p>It is sad, but I have had friends tell me that they won't pay to play Early Enrollment with me because they don't like the graphics.
But that is ok, I won't play Elder Scrolls Online with them because I think it is same old, same old boring MMO. So I guess that makes us even.Lord Zodd2014-05-16T21:57:06ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Seeking Religious Company And A Bar!Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r1hj?Seeking-Religious-Company-And-A-Bar#82014-05-15T18:29:29Z2014-05-15T15:55:29Z<p>Whoever owns the tavern needs to be just like <a href="http://dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/McAnally" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mac</a> from the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.</p>Whoever owns the tavern needs to be just like Mac from the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.Lord Zodd2014-05-15T15:55:29ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Unattended itemsLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r1fu?Unattended-items#72014-05-15T13:28:08Z2014-05-14T19:25:37Z<p>I am pretty sure that most MMOs avoid this so they don't have to worry about people throwing a bunch of stuff on the ground and slowing down the server and/or client is it keeps track of every item and renders them all for everyone.</p>I am pretty sure that most MMOs avoid this so they don't have to worry about people throwing a bunch of stuff on the ground and slowing down the server and/or client is it keeps track of every item and renders them all for everyone.Lord Zodd2014-05-14T19:25:37ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: The Exodus - Choose North, Choose LifeLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r0yl&page=3?The-Exodus-Choose-North-Choose-Life#1122014-05-14T15:19:46Z2014-05-14T15:18:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Nihimon wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Andius wrote:</div><blockquote>... a group with intelligent leadership and similar goals. TEO and TSV are both lead by group think now, so neither qualify.</blockquote><p>Andius, you really didn't need to do this.
<p>You didn't need to throw a tantrum and <i>demand</i> that everyone ignore their own judgment and listen to you because <i>reasons</i>.</p>
<p>You didn't need to ragequit TEO when you didn't get your way.</p>
<p>You didn't need to call everyone an idiot because they disagreed with you when you didn't have any argument better than "your idiots if you don't see it".</p>
<p>And you didn't need to stomp around the forums attacking people who would have been happy to stay friends.</p>
<p>The community will judge us all. They'll judge the intelligence of TSV's and TEO's leadership, and I'm not even slightly worried about what that judgment will be. But they'll also judge you for the way you've behaved, and that <i>should</i> worry you. </blockquote><p>Well sure, he didn't <b>have</b> to do those things, but it certainly makes the forums more fun to troll when I am at work.
<p>Besides, everyone knows that conflict breeds creativity and innovation.</p>Nihimon wrote:Andius wrote:... a group with intelligent leadership and similar goals. TEO and TSV are both lead by group think now, so neither qualify.
Andius, you really didn't need to do this. You didn't need to throw a tantrum and demand that everyone ignore their own judgment and listen to you because reasons.
You didn't need to ragequit TEO when you didn't get your way.
You didn't need to call everyone an idiot because they disagreed with you when you didn't have any argument better...Lord Zodd2014-05-14T15:18:22ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: The Exodus - Choose North, Choose LifeLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r0yl&page=2?The-Exodus-Choose-North-Choose-Life#922014-05-14T07:39:46Z2014-05-13T23:55:43Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Pax Bringslite wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Xeen wrote:</div><blockquote><p> This is Andius' thread for his planned Company/Settlement. Lets be gentlemen and leave it on subject.</p>
<p>Thanks
<br />
Xeen </blockquote>You're right. :( </blockquote><p>Oh great, is Xeen suggesting to people that we be polite and respectful of the OP's intention?
<p>Is today opposite day?</p>Pax Bringslite wrote:Xeen wrote:This is Andius' thread for his planned Company/Settlement. Lets be gentlemen and leave it on subject.
Thanks
Xeen
You're right. :( Oh great, is Xeen suggesting to people that we be polite and respectful of the OP's intention? Is today opposite day?Lord Zodd2014-05-13T23:55:43ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Is there a place for weird "Fantasy" environments in Pathfinder Lore?Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r0z7?Is-there-a-place-for-weird-Fantasy#322014-05-13T19:14:59Z2014-05-13T18:29:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">AvenaOats wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I suppose the question of the ubiquitous exotic becoming mundane is also a reflection of both how many "rules" it breaks and how common or uncommon it is?</p>
<p>If there's one rare purple forest then why is it different? Or a single solitary (inaccessible so they say) floating island mysteriously hanging in the air... luring adventurers. </blockquote><p>I am with you. I don't expect there to be a lot of crazy stuff in PFO.
</p>
If they do put something like that in the game, I am hoping that their is at least a Bard to sing me a ballad explaining why it is in the game.</p>AvenaOats wrote:I suppose the question of the ubiquitous exotic becoming mundane is also a reflection of both how many "rules" it breaks and how common or uncommon it is?
If there's one rare purple forest then why is it different? Or a single solitary (inaccessible so they say) floating island mysteriously hanging in the air... luring adventurers.
I am with you. I don't expect there to be a lot of crazy stuff in PFO.
If they do put something like that in the game, I am hoping that their is...Lord Zodd2014-05-13T18:29:58ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Is there a place for weird "Fantasy" environments in Pathfinder Lore?Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r0z7?Is-there-a-place-for-weird-Fantasy#222014-05-13T16:18:20Z2014-05-13T15:04:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">AvenaOats wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Coming back to Richard Bartle's quote-unquote: "If it's unexpected, then it needs to be explained to sustain immersion" quip.</p>
<p>I'm not sure I really could handle purple forests in the River Kingdoms.
<br />
Is it a different type of chlorophyll as per seaweed? And why (light levels)?</p>
<p>The devs have got to put the overtime in for such creations imo and then to see the final result if that is atmospheric or not. </blockquote><p>Sustain immersion? Have you looked in any of the 4 Beasteries that Pathfinder has? Hundreds of pages of creatures you have never even dreamed of. ALL of those things are in this world.
<p>A purple forest is nothing.</p>
<p>I have been a DM and anytime a player questions something like this I just say, "because magic."</p>
<p>That does the trick, because Pathfinder is full of crazy magicks.</p>
<p>If there was a small purple forest in the River Kingdoms it could be because some elves thought it would be pretty and so they dedicated a few hundred years to creating the forest using their Fey magic.</p>
<p>Or as someone already stated it could be where a meteorite struck that was actually an alien craft containing foreign bacteria that caused the local fauna to turn purple.</p>AvenaOats wrote:Coming back to Richard Bartle's quote-unquote: "If it's unexpected, then it needs to be explained to sustain immersion" quip.
I'm not sure I really could handle purple forests in the River Kingdoms.
Is it a different type of chlorophyll as per seaweed? And why (light levels)?
The devs have got to put the overtime in for such creations imo and then to see the final result if that is atmospheric or not.
Sustain immersion? Have you looked in any of the 4 Beasteries that...Lord Zodd2014-05-13T15:04:48ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Great Player vs Player momentsLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r0o5?Great-Player-vs-Player-moments#262014-05-11T19:12:43Z2014-05-11T18:58:54Z<p>Here is another fun story about a situation that can only happen in an open PvP sandbox game.</p>
<p>This one took place in Shadowbane as well. My guild was contracted to help attack a city. It looked like it was going to be a hopeless effort as the guild that was about to be sieged joined the big, bad nation ran by the Black Watch. Which of course meant that we could expect significantly more people showing up to defend the city then we could handle. I talked with the guild leader that had hired us and we decided that we would still attack, since it would still be fun and would give his guild some siege experience. </p>
<p>As we were setting up the trebuchets and I saw more and more red dots show up on my mini map, indicators of TBW summoning in more and more members of their nation, I came up with a crazy idea. I consulted the guild leader I had a contract with and after he laughed he consented to it.</p>
<p>I messaged Legs, the leader of the TBW, and made a comment about how the defending guild had only joined his nation today for help defending their city and would probably leave the nation tomorrow. Legs said that he knew that, but he was bored and wanted to fight someone. I couldn't be more happy at this response as it let me segue perfectly into the crazy idea I had earlier. </p>
<p>I challenged Legs to single combat. If he won, I would take my Mercs home. If I won he would take his guild members home. I had nothing to lose, and I had always wanted to test myself against the leader of the biggest nation on the server.</p>
<p>We squared off against each other in front of the gates of the city. Dozens of defenders watching from atop the walls and dozens of attacks huddles around trebuchets a good distance back. Just me and and my nemesis. Somehow none of the other players present interfered, I kept expecting to see assassins stabbing me in the back from stealth, but it never happened.</p>
<p>We fought for what seemed like hours, but was probably only a couple minutes. It was a very intense fight where we were using every trick we had learned and some that were formed on the spot. Legs was dodging most of my attacks and I was parrying enough of his attacks that our health bars were creeping down at a snails pace. It quickly became apparent that his sheer number of attacks were taking more of a toll than my powerful slower hits, due to his dodge. I realized that if the fight continued as it was, I was going to lose. As my health dropped precariously to zero I was keeping an eye on the cool down for my Battlerage. It didn't look like I was going to get it in time so I switched stances to defensive stance and used a cool down power to increase my parry chance, but didn't let me attack. As I parried almost everything that little rogue through at me, I prepared to unleash a rapid combo as soon as my Battlerage popped. Finally with barely enough hitpoints to survive one hit I hit my battlerage, which upped my maximum hitpoints during the effect, also healing me. I switched to offensive stance and did a serious of attacks that reduced his dodge chance, then I hit him with my most powerful attack. If he dodged it, he would be able to reduce the rest of hitpoints rapidly. If he didn't then it should be enough damage to kill him.</p>
<p>As his corpse hit the ground there was a moment of stunned silence, then the chat box was filled with exclamations of surprise and /cheers.</p>
<p>Legs got summoned back and after coming out front of the city gates to thank me for the great fight, we bowed to each other and he took his troops home.</p>
<p>We won the siege fairly easily after that.</p>Here is another fun story about a situation that can only happen in an open PvP sandbox game.
This one took place in Shadowbane as well. My guild was contracted to help attack a city. It looked like it was going to be a hopeless effort as the guild that was about to be sieged joined the big, bad nation ran by the Black Watch. Which of course meant that we could expect significantly more people showing up to defend the city then we could handle. I talked with the guild leader that had hired...Lord Zodd2014-05-11T18:58:54ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Let PVP into your heartsLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r07a&page=2?Let-PVP-into-your-hearts#902014-05-10T20:50:27Z2014-05-10T05:38:37Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Being wrote:</div><blockquote>I have an uneasy feeling that the team is rushing things for some reason.</blockquote><p>I certainly hope not. That goes against everything that GW has said they are about. The whole reason they went with crowd funding was to avoid being rushed by investors in development. I am excited to play even if it is a very basic, massively incomplete game for EE, but I DO NOT want to rush them in any way. I have played too many MMOs that failed due to rushed development.
<p>That being said, we should try to keep to the main objective of this thread which is to promote a good attitude about PvP in this game.</p>
<p>Everyone has had some great advice. In addition to what has been stated so far I would suggest:</p>
<p><b>Play a character build that is fun for you.</b> Do not worry about if it is the best PvP templated build. Play what you want and play with people that are ok with you playing what you want. The moment that you find yourself playing the third of template Alpha K in the party and only do what you are told, make sure to ask yourself if that is what you want out of the game. A lot of people end up worrying about winning in PvP battles and lose sight of actually having fun.</p>Being wrote:I have an uneasy feeling that the team is rushing things for some reason.
I certainly hope not. That goes against everything that GW has said they are about. The whole reason they went with crowd funding was to avoid being rushed by investors in development. I am excited to play even if it is a very basic, massively incomplete game for EE, but I DO NOT want to rush them in any way. I have played too many MMOs that failed due to rushed development. That being said, we should try...Lord Zodd2014-05-10T05:38:37ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Let PVP into your heartsLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r07a&page=2?Let-PVP-into-your-hearts#832014-05-11T01:40:40Z2014-05-09T20:22:05Z<p>It is all about having integrity. You will know if you discover something that isn't in the spirit of the game. If you do, have the integrity not to abuse it. Don't be one of those people that does something they know is wrong, but feels like they should get away with it because it is possible. If you can't tell for sure if something is working as it is intended, ask. </p>
<p>If everyone goes into the game with this attitude, the concept of exploits won't ever even be an issue. </p>
<p>For people that have the wrong attitude, don't expect to get away with it.</p>It is all about having integrity. You will know if you discover something that isn't in the spirit of the game. If you do, have the integrity not to abuse it. Don't be one of those people that does something they know is wrong, but feels like they should get away with it because it is possible. If you can't tell for sure if something is working as it is intended, ask.
If everyone goes into the game with this attitude, the concept of exploits won't ever even be an issue.
For people that have...Lord Zodd2014-05-09T20:22:05ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Great Player vs Player momentsLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r0o5?Great-Player-vs-Player-moments#32014-05-26T01:16:16Z2014-05-09T15:58:41Z<p>I have many such memories. I will share the greatest one of them first.</p>
<p>As I have mentioned in other posts, I ran a Mercenary guild named Pain For Hire in Shadowbane on the Dread server. This was 11 years ago, but I remember it like yesterday. A guild named The Black Watch was the head guild of the largest nation on the server. They had been going about laying siege to other nation's capitols and were thus far undefeated.</p>
<p>A guild called The Legion was the head guild of a nation that ruled a large island to the north of the island that my guild ruled over. They had helped us at the beginning of the game so I had offered their leader a Contract that we would fulfill at no cost in return. Earlier on, no one took the idea of hiring Mercs seriously, but when The Black Watch decided to siege The Legion's capitol you bet that the leader contacted me and mine to help defend it.</p>
<p>I got 30 high level PvP hardened members of my guild in three formations and we got positioned behind the the line of the enemy, so that they were between us and the city. There were a little over 100 of them lined up waiting for their trebuchets to tear down the city gates. The Legion and their allies were positioned on the other side of the gates inside the city, by all appearances waiting for the gates the fall and to defend the city in the choke point to make up for their fewer numbers, they had around 80 players. In actuality I had devised a plan with the leader of The Legion that would catch The Black Watch by surprise. I lead my 30 Mercs charging up at the command center of the enemy and as they turned around to fight us, I signaled The Legion and they came pouring out of their gates and attacked form the other side of the enemy. </p>
<p>Being a rather large minotaur that had bee-lined for The Black Watch leader, I died fairly quickly and spectaularly as every enemy caster in sight lit me up. I only managed to cleave into TBW's leader once with my axe before I was ripped apart by magic. Side note here of interest, I had actually adventured with TBW's leader, by the name of Legs, on the first day of launch and had maintained good relations with him ever since. We often found ourselves facing each other in battle and we had a mutual respect for each other that was healthy and good natured.</p>
<p>While I had died, The Legion had won the day. The Black Watch was finally defeated. My mercenary group was no longer a joke and we got consistent contracts after that night.</p>I have many such memories. I will share the greatest one of them first.
As I have mentioned in other posts, I ran a Mercenary guild named Pain For Hire in Shadowbane on the Dread server. This was 11 years ago, but I remember it like yesterday. A guild named The Black Watch was the head guild of the largest nation on the server. They had been going about laying siege to other nation's capitols and were thus far undefeated.
A guild called The Legion was the head guild of a nation that ruled a...Lord Zodd2014-05-09T15:58:41ZForums: Pathfinder Online: Great Player vs Player momentsLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r0o5?Great-Player-vs-Player-moments#12014-05-15T16:16:18Z2014-05-09T15:32:43Z<p>It has become apparent to me that there are many individuals interested in Pathfinder Online, but are worried about the element of PvP that can happen anywhere.</p>
<p>I have played a lot of MMOs and I can honestly say that the most memorable moments in any game that I have had is from Open world PvP. The sense of achievement from successfully defeating a particularly difficult Raid boss with a good team of 24 people is genuinely awesome, but it pales in comparison to meaningful, large scale PvP battles.</p>
<p>I made this thread for people to share any PvP moments they have had that really stand out as epic memories. I know there haven't been that many MMOs that had more than just small scale arena battles, but I hope I am not the only one with stories to share.</p>
<p>Please do not post anything about how you had a bad experience with PvP. Lets keep this thread positive and a place where we can point for people to go that are worried about the PvP aspect of PFO and show them that it will bring about glorious memories.</p>It has become apparent to me that there are many individuals interested in Pathfinder Online, but are worried about the element of PvP that can happen anywhere.
I have played a lot of MMOs and I can honestly say that the most memorable moments in any game that I have had is from Open world PvP. The sense of achievement from successfully defeating a particularly difficult Raid boss with a good team of 24 people is genuinely awesome, but it pales in comparison to meaningful, large scale PvP...Lord Zodd2014-05-09T15:32:43ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Some updates on the StoreLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r09n?Some-updates-on-the-Store#32014-05-09T19:09:26Z2014-05-09T03:11:23Z<p>Thank you for the unofficial heads up. I was going to check out how to give my Buddy account to someone, but now I will wait until it is all good to go. I wasn't in a hurry, so being patient is easy.</p>
<p>Also, I gotta say, I am amazed at how much you folks at GW actually talk to the community. It is almost like you care about more than getting our money. Crazy.</p>Thank you for the unofficial heads up. I was going to check out how to give my Buddy account to someone, but now I will wait until it is all good to go. I wasn't in a hurry, so being patient is easy.
Also, I gotta say, I am amazed at how much you folks at GW actually talk to the community. It is almost like you care about more than getting our money. Crazy.Lord Zodd2014-05-09T03:11:23ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: UNC Policy Discussion ThreadLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qe5h&page=6?UNC-Policy-Discussion-Thread#2672014-05-09T06:04:41Z2014-05-09T02:57:05Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Urman wrote:</div><blockquote>Perhaps some of the companies represented here understand that they will go to war over resources or other reasons. Perhaps they believe, rightly or wrongly, that there's no advantage in declaring a state of conflict with another group until the conflict is needed and they have a good chance of success.</blockquote><p>While I am sure that some companies are playing it safe, it makes for a very one sided forum game at the moment. Poor UNC is getting picked on by everybody. When the truth is that once the game is actually running people are going to have full scale wars to worry about and bandits are going to be low on their list of concerns.
<p>"Blarg! That scoundrel Bluddwolf and his wolf litter robbed some of our merchants today. I don't have time to worry about that right now though because I have to lead 100 people to siege an enemy settlement tonight."</p>Urman wrote:Perhaps some of the companies represented here understand that they will go to war over resources or other reasons. Perhaps they believe, rightly or wrongly, that there's no advantage in declaring a state of conflict with another group until the conflict is needed and they have a good chance of success.
While I am sure that some companies are playing it safe, it makes for a very one sided forum game at the moment. Poor UNC is getting picked on by everybody. When the truth is that...Lord Zodd2014-05-09T02:57:05ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: UNC Policy Discussion ThreadLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qe5h&page=6?UNC-Policy-Discussion-Thread#2632014-05-09T06:04:46Z2014-05-09T02:35:40Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Bluddwolf wrote:</div><blockquote>When would you attack another for personal gain, or more importantly, for the gain of your settlement?</blockquote><p>Everyone is too busy playing buddy buddy right now. Just wait for the game to start and these guys will be backstabbing each other in no time. As soon as there is a dispute over who gets to gather resources out of which hex, people will start wars.
<p>Maybe the companies that are represented on the forums here actually think that they can be friends with everyone and they will only have to worry about "bandits". I look forward to them realizing the truth, that you can barely trust the people in your own company, let alone the folks from others.</p>Bluddwolf wrote:When would you attack another for personal gain, or more importantly, for the gain of your settlement?
Everyone is too busy playing buddy buddy right now. Just wait for the game to start and these guys will be backstabbing each other in no time. As soon as there is a dispute over who gets to gather resources out of which hex, people will start wars. Maybe the companies that are represented on the forums here actually think that they can be friends with everyone and they will...Lord Zodd2014-05-09T02:35:40ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Settlement Cross-training - allowable?Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qyx8&page=3?Settlement-Crosstraining-allowable#1202014-05-08T12:20:58Z2014-05-07T19:53:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Giorgo wrote:</div><blockquote>Reading Tork and Nightdrifter speak the language of math, to me is like watching two Wizards speak the language of magic. :)</blockquote><p>Math teachers should start telling kids that if they want to grow up to run their own city in an MMO then they need to do their math homework.Giorgo wrote:Reading Tork and Nightdrifter speak the language of math, to me is like watching two Wizards speak the language of magic. :)
Math teachers should start telling kids that if they want to grow up to run their own city in an MMO then they need to do their math homework.Lord Zodd2014-05-07T19:53:17ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: Identifying "new players" and limiting "free accounts"Lord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qycs?Identifying-new-players-and-limiting-free#302014-05-02T23:30:03Z2014-05-02T16:25:24Z<p>The best way for players to learn how to play a game and the dangers involved, is not to give them special treatment. Especially not special treatment that announces to everyone else how weak and easy to kill they are.</p>
<p>What makes a player a newb is ignorance, not gear or levels. Provide easy access to pertinent information and they will be able to make informed decisions. For example have players start with a journal of some local Pathfinder in their inventory. In it will be information about surviving in the River Kingdoms.</p>The best way for players to learn how to play a game and the dangers involved, is not to give them special treatment. Especially not special treatment that announces to everyone else how weak and easy to kill they are.
What makes a player a newb is ignorance, not gear or levels. Provide easy access to pertinent information and they will be able to make informed decisions. For example have players start with a journal of some local Pathfinder in their inventory. In it will be information...Lord Zodd2014-05-02T16:25:24ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: AwakeningLord Zoddhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qyf3?Awakening#102014-05-02T16:32:47Z2014-05-02T06:42:22Z<p>While Pathfinder Online is doing a great job of bringing an intense, real threat for their players by making their game an open PvP world, do not make the mistake of thinking the game should be a perfect model of realism. </p>
<p>There is very limited benefit for PO being concerned about player's bodies when they log out. There are numerous negatives involved. Extra load on the server, keeping track of those bodies and what nefarious acts might happen to them. Players staying in game past a healthy cut off point, so they can log out in a safe zone. The stress of being at work, away from the game while the gods know what is happening to your character. The feeling of rage as you log in to find that you had been killed and 25% of your equipment destroyed and some of the rest looted, and you had been completely helpless to prevent it.</p>
<p>The only logical argument for having the game keep track of your character while you are logged off is for realism and roll playing purposes. I ask you to please remember the medium in which this gaming experience is being delivered. They have already stated that PO will not be like a tabletop experience and for very good reason... it can't be. You won't be able to assign a watch as your party makes camp for the night. So what? The game still has plenty and more to offer. Respect the limitations at hand. It is not even VR, there is no reason to get overzealous.</p>
<p>The team at Pathfinder Online has done an awesome job of engineering rewards and consequences in this game. The consequences of logging off should fit into their design properly. Such heavy consequences, as the concept of "sleepers" present, for not being logged in do not meet those illustrated design goals. Simple as that.</p>
<p>I suggest the community drops the whole topic of "sleepers" and moves on to more productive concerns. Or if that game experience is one that you thrive for, I have heard about a game named Rust that is intentionally designed for your tastes. Perhaps trolling that game's forums would be a better use of your time.</p>While Pathfinder Online is doing a great job of bringing an intense, real threat for their players by making their game an open PvP world, do not make the mistake of thinking the game should be a perfect model of realism.
There is very limited benefit for PO being concerned about player's bodies when they log out. There are numerous negatives involved. Extra load on the server, keeping track of those bodies and what nefarious acts might happen to them. Players staying in game past a healthy...Lord Zodd2014-05-02T06:42:22Z