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Thanks Diego, I guess I misread the order. Cheers!

The order information for this subscription order seems to show the book was sent on the 11th of april. I'm just curious how long I should wait before alerting customer service that it might have been lost in the mail or delayed for some reason?

Well now Owen K. C. Stevens is from Paizo Publishing as well o.o, and Green Ronin - my information appeared to be inaccurate, my apologies.

Hey guys, it's that time of year again; ComicPalooza is coming to Houston, Texas and we've extended ourselves to include four days of comics, gaming(getting bigger this year!), pop culture, and more!

Unlike previous years instead of using the WarHorn Site to register for games, we've been given a new site and interface to use from ComicPalooza's own Joe Charles. The Website for sign up for players will be provided at the bottom after some basic information about the convention.

Set at the George R Brown Convention Center, in downtown Houston, ComicPalooza is one of the(if not the) largest Pop-Culture convention in houston. They've decided this year to finally extend to the fourth day of the convention giving us an added number of days and timeslots to game and enjoy various panels, shows, and guests beyond the normal weekend days a convention usually takes up.

This years guests include Adam Daigle, from Paizo and Owen K. Stevens from Super Genius Games.

As always I ask that if any of you happen to have some spare time and you're planning to come to the convention, i could always use a GM or two to fill in a slot.

Website for Comic Palooza:

http://www.comicpalooza.com

Website for Cpal gaming:

http://www.comicpaloozagames.com

Spreadsheet for the Schedule:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoFFN8DXGaX4dGhTZlRscTRZVGJCWW pKYUNRLTVxSUE&usp=sharing

After a spectacular turn out at Space City Con 2, the organizer from Space City con has put into motion a "Winter Gaming" convention in January. For those of you who cannot make it to Owl Con in February, this may be the convention for you.

Details:

When?
January 3rd -5th 2014

Where?
Houston Marriott Westchase
2900 Briarpark Dr. Houston, Texas
77042

What?
A Houston Gaming/Sci-Fi convention, the Winter month variant has a focus on Gaming for all ages.

Who?
If interested in GMing for this convention, contact Marc Vanderbrink (Tha's me.) Mvandebrink@houstonpfs.com, I'll be working on setting up warhorn as the coming weeks set upon us.

This thread will be updated as more information becomes available.

Welcome! In advance, we don't cover any position induced insanity brought about by the following, and not limited too: Having to organize everything yourself, answering questions, dealing with troublesome players, becoming a Pathfinder Society speech box, contracting elder things living in your head, falling between planes, or being caught at the epicenter of a reality-warping demonic incursion.

@.@ Plane leaves tomorrow morning bright and early at 6 am, probably be in indy at about 9 or 10, depending on the airline.

Pathfinder Society Signups for Comicpalooza 2013 (May 24th-26th) in Houston, Texas are now open. I need several Judges still for this convention; This year I intend to offer Bone Keep, but only if we exceed 50 tables covered. I am however offering Eyes of the Ten from start to finish for all of you who are looking to play through the Seeker arc.

We'll have demos for Sanctioned APs, Shattered Star Part 1, and Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition, I am fielding all three former Exclusives, as well as S4's exclusive Day of the Demon. It's an ambitious schedule, despite the fact that there is apparently another Convention in texas that same weekend with gaming as well.

ComicPalooza 2013 Warhorn

There will be contact information for me if you are going to GM, and convention information posted within the day.

- Marc

Much appreciated.

Interesting boon for the winter holidays.

1. D - All creatures will suddenly become able to use Shocking Grasp at will to test the veracity of such statements and claims (along with gaining ALL THE RANKS in Knowledge Arcana and Engineering) that their +1 Longbow is infact a Blaster. If it works after it was thoroughly shocked. it's not a blaster. Either it stops treating it like a blaster, or it gets the shock again.

2. D. reanimate the Hungry Orphans as Attic Whisperers, and the little old ladies as Witches with the vampire template at youthful peak. Vampires and Attic Whisperers... It'll be FUN they Said! Kill the little old ladies and the orphans they said; No harm done << Right.

3. D. Give a brief overview, then warn them of their fate, that all the players sitting there at the table are notorious for dying, and that by sittting down at the table, their soul is thus forfiet in the event of death.

4. A. - only by virtue that the dice won't kill them, as I haven't killed them yet. And so long as they don't put themselves at too much risk they should be fine. These days, even furries get to live. S4 dahs brutal.

5. Taking a Sixth Option (Audit the Sheet, if it takes longer then five minutes to fix. Pregen and dice go.)

6. C. Suddenly all monsters gain targeted Gaze-based GM Fear that wasn't revealed by a knowledge check. Surprise!

That's going to be a very busy weekend for everyone involved.

I'm going to point out here, that Chelaxians have a fair amount of difference between themselves and the ilk of the Shadow Lodge - for very obvious reasons.

Chelaxians are all about order.

Shadow Lodge Faction members are typically watch dogs - they're in it to make sure the Decemvirate doesn't overstep their boundaries and begin sending pathfinders to their doom over something that may not be worth it.

Granted, this involves a fair amount of shady activity. But in the end; here's the question you need to ask yourself Nunspa; Are you fighting for the good of the society as a whole? Or are you fighting for the good of the pathfinders who truly make up the society's influence?

If your answer is the second, you're a member of the Shadow Lodge, and that's a noble goal in and of itself. If your answer is the former, then you're a member of the Grand Lodge, at the end of the day - it's two sides of the same coin, essentially fighting for the same thing; though one faction (Grand Lodge) is more about completing excess tasks for the Decemvirate, where as the other is about the wellbeing of your fellow pathfinders... Not everyone has the same methods as you do; or views for that matter. That's something you have to accept.

Go forth in shadow or in Light my friend,

The Pathfinder Society needs you to watch out for your fellow pathfinders.

Congratulations Crystal and Lissa :D I have a feeling there'll be plenty more of these in the next few months. And it'll still be a happy occasion every time!

O.o; My boss is an owl. Well he's not a Drow-bee. I guess i'll be fine :3. Looking forward to Owl Con after the holidays; and meeting Mike in Person for the first time :3 I just didn't think i'd be a lieutenant by then ~.~

- Thanks for having me everyone -

Give me will saves.

Congratulations Rob

Congratulations Kelly! Now we have a captain and we're fully fledged :O

Congratulations!

Myron Pauls wrote:

The biggest problem with this approach is that you don't really get a good feel for the character. If you suddenly start playing at level 10 (or whatever), you might find that some feat/spell/ability isn't as great as you thought it would be. After learning this the hard way, I always make sure to play each of my characters at least once per level.

Is that legal though? I'm pretty sure that you have to assign the xp to a charcter (or number) at the time you GM, do you have to level your character when you get enough xp, or can you leave him at a lower level?

You assign it to a character that can legally accept it; or one that approaches that level first. I had a number of Credits sitting on my desk for my -3 but there was sort of a concern whether or not he would get up that high by the time I had another character ready (what with starting a new PFS lodge in my area, and running a large number of low-level scenarios for new comers and people ready to start fresh characters).

I've run into an issue where there was a question as to whether or not someone could apply GM credit to a character that had that credit from another game; the answer to this question from the best of my knowledge (at that time and now) is no. You cannot apply that credit.

(Incase that ever comes up for you :3)

Provided I keep my pace up << i'll be 3 stars before OwlCon in February; it'd be nice to organize Comicpalooza 2013 with three stars and shooting for number four by then ~.~ I think we've got.. one three star GM in this area..... Maybe.

Welcome to the new world of responsibilities that come with being a Venture officer; i'm sure the pathfinder society groups in Colombia will benefit from your presence there, good luck Daniel!

Pellet Blast as a spell, has damage types for bypassing Damage Reduction based on the type of pellet; and it does piercing damage. The question I have is does the Damage from Pellet Blast count as Magic for purposes of bypassing Damage Reduction as (DR/5 Magic)?

Spell quoted from the PRD.

Thanks

PELLET BLAST
School conjuration (creation); Level magus 4, sorcerer/wizard 3, summoner 3
Casting time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M (a handful of metal pellets or handful of cold iron, silver, or adamantine pellets; see descriptions for cost)
Range 30 ft.
Area cone-shaped burst
Duration instantaneous
Saving throw Reflex half; Spell Resistance no
This spell creates an explosion of conjured metal pellets, striking everything within its area and dealing 1d8 points of piercing damage per two caster levels, maximum 5d8. This damage is subject to damage reduction. If the material component is made of cold iron (costing 50 gp), silver (costing 20 gp), or adamantine (costing 100 gp), the resulting blast can overcome damage reduction of the appropriate type. The pellets disappear after the spell is cast and the damage is dealt.

It's rather humorous to see people obsessed with the "Holy X" (For table tops, the Holy Foursome, for MMOs, the Holy Trinity). Party makeup has become extremely variable; In Pathfinder Home Games, it's easier to get a legitimately solid party without having dedicated X. For example, a friday night home game I play in, has no healer. A Sorcerer, A Human Fighter with a Gnomish Battle Ladder (This is a thing.), A Paladin (who has already been thrown into an insane asylum), and a Rogue.

We lost the Sorcerer when he decided to Rage Quit over an in character remark about his hardly opaque greed, and picked up nothing. I believe we're scheduled to get a Ranger; but there is no dedicated healer, we currently have no actual caster; aside from the Rogue (which I play) which has a moderate UMD for his level.

Nothing short of a party of 4 Orcs with character levels (First encounter of the session), to a Demon-possessed Cleric/Oracle[Not sure which at this point] (recent encounter), has managed to put us down. Several encounters between the two have yet to kill us. While this doesn't disprove the trinity or foursome; it does lend credence to the fact that in pathfinder; having a party of Jacks, as opposed to a group of Aces, is equally as feasible.

Congratulations on your fifth star Mike :O

DM ALL THE SLOTS!

Just my thoughts on the last encounter's odd mechanics.

<< at the rate i'm going, Rassiel (Magus) will be 12th level by the time Owl Con rolls around.

I'm surprised at the growth on this project - it goes to show that the community at large that makes up the base of Paizo's pathfinder franchise is more than willing to put its money where its collective mouth is. Not that spending money on books, accessories, and attending paizo con and the like isn't proof enough of that, but honestly - it's nice to see the community come together over something like this. As of this posting just about 16k in funding has been accrued.