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Congrats to all those new coin holders, to Half the Sky on her 5th Glyph, and a thousand thanks and well wishes to Linda on the next chapter of her journey!

S. J. Digriz wrote:

We now know that the god who dies is not Pharasma. If it were, the psychpomp would not be able to present the book to her as a gift.

Actually we do not. The authors have clarified that nothing can be inferred from this book about which Core 20 deity dies.

Very true, but as a crackpot Sherlock wannabe, I have cleverly deduced through complete guessing and the ignoring of facts that the dead deity shall not be Arazni, Sarenrae, Pharasma, or Asmodeus. They are all present on the cover of the new book (three in stained glass, one as an official designated bird holder). I think I'm going to add Rovagug as a fifth 'not-gonna-die' deity as well, as I have just now decided that the purple and black rose looking thing below stained glass Sarenrae is Mr. Vagug himself.

We're on to you, Paizo. Your secrets are forfeit. Probably.

I never knew I needed a shark with a hat in my life so badly until this very moment.

Can we talk ancestries for a minute? Because I'm having a very "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY ACP" moment in my mind right now.

Alex Speidel wrote:

The map for this scenario has been changed, please note the new map.

Map question. ** spoiler omitted **

That was my first thought as well, but

Congrats to Heather, Gary, Noah, and Stephan! Y'all are rockstars.

Clowns, everywhere

A Thousand Clowns

I am intrigued by this clip, as well as plagued by a core memory that has been unlocked involving a flute-centric rap song from 1997. (okaaaayy~)

As for the evil playtest clowns, I can take 'em or leave 'em. So like 6/10. But I am 100% here for the Ringmaster of the Dark Celebration, who is obviously a 30-foot tall demonic Hugh Jackman with a goth remix of The Greatest Show blaring through tinny megaphones behind him.

Many congrats to Joel, Cy, and Terry!

Also, I can't wait to run a heist on Shiela Heidmarch. I'm foolishly presuming that's what it'll be all about. Possibly a bad idea, but I know a Summoner who is arrogant enough to think they can pull something like that off, so...

Ooh! Lemme at the leaderboards! I can't wait to get a whole lotta questions at least 40% wrong!

(Look, I'm not saying they aren't NOT space-faring fish that threw a rock at us, I'm just saying that it was a really big rock and fins can't maintain that kind of grip probably.)

*awards self 10 points for this "fact", putting me in the lead*

I'm currently wrapping up running this PbD, at the end of the final encounter. The PCs have defeated all of the undead (including wights spawned by the commanders), but are in rough shape. Do they need to get off the battle map to end the encounter and stop taking 8d6 fire each round?

The scenario says, "Once the PCs defeat the wights, they can move away from the area to escape the wildfire. When they’re out in the open..." It's not clear whether that means, "The PCs are able to leave the area," or "The PCs automatically and instantly leave the area."

I took this to mean that once the PCs defeat the wights, the encounter is over and it is assumed that they will get the heck out of there, as by this point in the battle the heat damage each round and the smoke is kind of insane to just stand around in (Assuming of course, none of their own are dying on the battlefield and need to be dragged away).

It probably helped that my group were all pretty fast and could easily get off the map within a round or two if they just ran for it.

Awesome stuff all around! Super jazzed I can now make a Tengu Geniekin Air Kineticist and finally go full Zapdos on the world.

Exciting news all around! Looks like a pretty fun future we got coming our way.

Thanks for the update, Jim. It is much appreciated.

Congrats to both Joe and Jeff!

I don't think I've yet met Taiwalei in my PFS adventures, but I've come to absolutely adore Safa after Season 3, and I'm super jazzed to see them as a Venture-Captain.

Very cool. I'm glad they just did some retcon on Gom-Gom rather than say Yoon lost her stuffed animal somewhere in the last 10 years, it's a really cool touch that she still has it.

Hope that ship didn't burn down on landing. :D

Wading into glorious battle shoulder to shoulder with Mahja Firehair?!

Count. Me. In.

It's already been confirmed that an older Yoon has stuck around as the Iconic Kineticist... which makes me wonder what else Baranthet might be.

I don't think they are replacing Yoon. That being said, an iruxi iconic of some manner (or one representing an archetype) seems like a great way of adding more ancestries to the cast!

Nope, they confirmed at the Kineticist announcement that Yoon was going to stay the Iconic (though older now).

Hah! Man, I 100% spaced on Yoon already being confirmed. XD

That said, I'm super happy with the obviously much better idea that Paizo had all along.

I am absolutely delighted to be wrong on my prediction of who Baranthet has become, and super jazzed to hear about more of the book at Paizocon!

After hearing stories from Grandmother about Wardens of Forests, Oceans, and Skies, I have a theory that Baranthet is the new Kineticist iconic.

I've met some people with hallucinatory breath, but then I politely offered them a mint and it was a little better. :D

I love the idea of a dragon just hanging out in "plain sight" with illusions keeping everyone away, or them just interacting with a dragon as if it was a merchant stall or something. "Yes, hello! I am normal merchant man, selling wares for your shiniest gold!"

I love the slow reveal of who Grandmother and Barenthet are as a people. Super curious to discover what this might be teasing for the future.

To quote a legendary Pirate Captain, "The code is more like guidelines."

I feel like keeping that in the back of your head will help a lot with an understanding of both the rules, and of the table variance you would see should you sit at a PFS table.

I'm already waiting with Baranthet for Grandmother's next story.

This is wonderful.

Whoa wait you mean the Society won?! Man, that felt like an easy bet too.

*pays bookie 200gp*

I love how each season is spring boarding off of the previous one. Very cool stuff!

This looks amazing now, and the potential to mix and match for some truly bonkers dragons is tantalizing.

If I had to summarize all this into one sentence, I'd probably say something like, "Looks like the fallout from the 'OGL incident' has allowed for an avalanche of errata to drop."

I'm sure I'd be over-simplifying things if I said that, but that's about where I'd put things right now.

Alright Paizo, color me very intruiged.

I love all the visits to Dacilane Academy, and I can not wait to prank as many players as possible! (That's probably how this plays out, right?)

I am incredibly basic when it comes to pie and do love me a good Chocolate Cream Pie!

Very cool.

I've found Warhorn to be an invaluable tool for both finding games and for setting up Society games at my FLGS. It does take a bit of getting used to where the search functions are, but once you've got that down you can find all kinds of games.

If there isn't some kind of Morris Day themed Elemental that is Music and Time with a Funky Aura, I will riot.

This looks fantastic. Super hyped to see Samsarans back in the mix, and the Tanuki looks great! And I can't wait to see what Ameiko's done with the place.

Congratulations Gregg on that 5th star!

Here's my strut, do do do
Strutting my way on over to you
You like my strut? I like yours too
Strutting my way on over to you

I like your strut, do you wanna go strutting strutting?
You like my strut, then lets go strutting
I like your strut, do you wanna go strutting strutting?
You like my strut, then lets go strutting right now

Thumpasaurus - Struttin'

What physical objects from the Lost Omens/Pact Worlds setting would you like to see them create?

Aeon stones! Immovable rods! Folding boats! All are now within my grasp!

Actually, now that we sort of have an idea of its physical description, The Starstone feels almost inevitable.

I don't know who that very tired looking electrified lady is, but I'm already planning on playing her as Lydia from Beetlejuice when I run this one!

VERY very cool. Kudos to Nicholas and Jimmy for putting this together!

Congratulations on your retirement, and thank you for all the games.

Pretty jazzed to see how this unfolds, both as the aftermath of Season 3 and the prologue of Season 4!

Congrats to everyone who picked up their 5th Glyph or Star, and to all the new Campaign Coin holders #858 to #863!

Congrats to Derek, Nathan, and Olivier!

I'm gonna stop flailing every time I see an ancestry ACP cost go down after I've bought it, and just make it part of my personality at this point. XD

Wait, ok one more *FETCHLING FLAIL* Alright, now I'm done.

Came for a story and got politics. Disappointing.

There's a werewolf attack in there too. At least that's what I got. Maybe drop another quarter in the claw machine and try again? I hear you can get something different every time.

And on the extreme end, there is this.

*stares in wonder*

...oh.

Hey folks, so I stumbled into a situation with my Witch (Fervor patron) that worked at the time, but I'm curious to see how far it could go. My reading over the rules makes me think it's viable, but IMO it's freakin' crazy so I wanted to see what thoughts were here.

Specifically this was with the Hex Cantrip Stoke The Heart. Here's how it went down.

Round 1: I moved up, cast Stoke The Heart on the Fighter, then cast Shield.

Round 2: I moved again, I Sustained STH on the Fighter, and cast STH on the Magus. The GM at this point was like, "Whoa hang on a sec..." but then decided since all I had done was Sustain a Spell and Cast a Spell, it was all good.

This was where the fight ended, but it got me thinking. Could I conceivably have continued the fight as described below?

Round 3: I Sustain STH on the Fighter, Sustain STH on the Magus, and cast it on the Ranger.

Round 4: I Sustain all three castings of STH and revel in the carnage.

Round 5: I Cackle to keep the Fighter's STH up, Move, and Sustain the Magus and Ranger.

I've read through the rules for Stoke the Heart, Witch's Hex Spells, Focus Spells, and the Sustain a Spell action. I scanned other threads here on the Sustain a Spell subject and didn't see anything definitive one way or the other.

Thoughts? Is there something glaringly obvious I've missed that makes this not viable?

We're just letting kids into the Maze of the Open Road now?! That is ridiculous, are we insane?! I love it, I can't wait to go!

I've got a Cleric itching to get back to Osirion and inflict some justice on those undead. Glad the wait isn't long! And more Arcadia (and replayables!) is always a good time.

(I really need to play more Starfinder, the headless spider-bot looks awesome!)

I've still got 10gp on

But I get why other dead types likely aren't recruited. I guess my Lich wannabe concept will have to be relegated to a home campaign somewhere.

Congrats Steven, Jocelyn, and Nicholas!!

Super excited for a new PFS2 replayable too!

West Side Store

Ooooh, what an excellent nugget to feed to my 5e friends.

I'm already setting characters aside to play both tiers! This looks awesome.