Search Posts
FWIW, I flagged it yesterday.
There's currently a thread in Off-Topic about the Scientists' March on Washington, which has been open for a day and a half without being locked. Can I presume then that the ban on political topics has been lifted, and I would be free to create a thread about, say, the March for Life going on right now?
Trump voters aren't bogeymen who are going to come into your house and drink your milk. But amazingly, insinuating that specific people on the boards are an imminent physical threat based on who they voted for doesn't violate the Community Guidelines
Did you not see the election thread before it got nuked? Insults and name-calling were routine, but when it came from the pro-Hillary camp, it was allowed to stand unchallenged. It didn't take long for the whole thread to devolve into a "Hillary or GTFO" dumpster fire. Yes, I am technically allowed to post, but when I know it means I will be subject to insults and abuse that is implicitly approved by the mods, why would I want to?
So you think political discussions should be open, so they can serve as a marketing tool for the particular ideology that Paizo endorses? Do you realize that there are lots of people with differing, even contradictory, ideologies that would like to participate as full members of the community, and not be treated as second-class citizens? I would rather have no political discussion at all, or full and open discussion, than set up a political echo chamber where I, and people like me, can be set up as an ideological punching bag. I don't want to participate in a community where I'm treated as a roadblock, or an enemy to be overcome, or "damaging" because of how I might have voted, without a chance to defend myself or present my own perspective.
I think there IS value in having political discussions among people brought together for other reasons, because you'll get a bigger cross-section of views than in spaces created specifically for politics. Of course, that advantage is moot if only one side feels comfortable participating because insults and name-calling against them are allowed to stand, while their civil disagreement is secretly moderated away.
I think we need to address moderation policies before we bring back political threads. I've had multiple posts get memory-holed (moderated away without acknowledgement) for no good reason, while other posts that clearly broke community guidelines (but happened to align with majority/staff-endorsed views) remained. Moderation either needs to be more transparent, or the community guidelines need to be expanded to explicitly describe which beliefs are sacrosanct, and which are not allowed to be expressed.
Bah, you are all like little babies. I still use apothecary units at work.
Some ideas I haven't had the chance to use:
When I was getting out of the Pokémon TCG, I sorted all my cards by rarity, made signs with the prices listed, and left them with my mom to sell at our garage sale while I went to some school event. Probably at least $50 worth, easy. I come home, and my mom tells me she sold them all. For $5. "But he was really nice!"
Depending on when we start, I have a couple of level 5's that might free up soon. I also have a level 4 Bloodrager available, and I think a level 3 credit blob that could be anything.
Kind of hard to accomplish when you have contempt for a segment of the population.That's very true. And I think it's part of the reason that the map ended up being so red. Liberal contempt for anyone who doesn't agree with them completely is a real thing, and it was a large factor. Exactly. When you mainstream classism and racism against rural and blue-collar whites, don't be surprised when they fight back. And after the violence against Trump supporters in places like San Jose, it's no surprise they didn't make themselves known to the pollsters.
HIllary couldn't keep enough of the black or hispanic votes to win. The swing states were decided by independants. I think the "angry old white people" rhetoric doesn't fit here. Indeed, Trump out-performed Mitt Romney in terms of the black AND Hispanic vote. If the "angry white people" couldn't mobilize to keep Obama out of the White House, there's obviously something else in play here. Protip: Don't listen to the "experts" who thought Trump had no chance of winning, to figure out how he won. They clearly don't understand the forces at work here.
I think if it's used "as a quarterstaff," you could apply weapon-specific feats (like Weapon Focus (quarterstaff)) to it.
I saw the picture of the results board. The handwriting looked like "Matt" to me. I don't know who Matt is, but sure, why not?
Still debating between voting third-party, or writing in Harambe (PBUH).
I guess you better hope they didn't early vote, otherwise your vandalism will be for naught. You're right. I better do a couple more to be safe. Thanks for the tip!
To balance it out, I'm going to the parking lot here at work and slashing the tires of the first car I see with a Hillary bumper sticker. What a party animal!
To balance it out, I'm going to the parking lot here at work and slashing the tires of the first car I see with a Hillary bumper sticker.
Hey, I just got your PM. I'm definitely interested in doing Part II so I can finish the series. What does the party currently look like?
Stalward Defender, if you qualify. Or one or two levels of Fighter for the bonus feats, to spend on Shield Focus or Dodge. Or if you don't use a shield, a level of Bloodrager so you can use wands of shield in the first round of combat.
But you generally have to commission such a ring, as you can't assume a ring with the right revelation will just be lying around on the market, waiting for you... so you need to know a high level oracle , of the right mystery, and with Forge Ring feat... can be a whole adventure to track down. This is for PFS, so all magical items can be found to purchase if you have the gold (and the fame, but that's usually not relevant).
I theorycrafted the same combination for an archer Oracle, and planned on using a Ring of Revelation to pick up Woodbond. It's a pretty cheap way to pick up a sweet bonus.
Since Wayfinders are magical items themselves, I wouldn't allow a player to use one as a bonded amulet. However you could get a mundane look-alike compass as your bonded amulet, and call it a Wayfinder, but the reskinning rules mean that everyone would recognize that it isn't really.
Just note that you roll the 1d4 twice, rather than rolling once and doubling it.
After Penn of "Penn & Teller" lost 100 pounds eating just potatoes, I have decided to start the diet tomorrow. I have bought two bags of potatoes, and they were very inexpensive. I boiled them tonight, and tomorrow I will eat them. I will report my findings on here, and I will finally prove whether or not it really works. You are welcome. From what I read, he didn't just switch to all potatoes. He only did that for two weeks to reset his sense of taste, so that vegetables would taste better after.
Bloodrager is your friend.But if you need a casting stat of 10+spell level to cast spell, wouldn't someone with 9 or less in their casting stat be unable to cast even a 0 level spell? I've played casters who just barely qualified to use magic before. And it takes more creative thinking to be effective at higher levels. But it is possible. But playing a caster who can't use magic at all seems... Well, sub-optimal would be an improvement.But there's no stat requirement for activating wands. It's not a terrible idea if, say, an 8-Int 2HW fighter wants to take a 1-level dip into Wizard just to be able to use wands of shield or magic missile or whatever he might find on an adventure. True, but that +2 to Will saves could make Wizard more attractive.
But if you need a casting stat of 10+spell level to cast spell, wouldn't someone with 9 or less in their casting stat be unable to cast even a 0 level spell? I've played casters who just barely qualified to use magic before. And it takes more creative thinking to be effective at higher levels. But it is possible. But playing a caster who can't use magic at all seems... Well, sub-optimal would be an improvement. But there's no stat requirement for activating wands. It's not a terrible idea if, say, an 8-Int 2HW fighter wants to take a 1-level dip into Wizard just to be able to use wands of shield or magic missile or whatever he might find on an adventure.
Another idea to consider is skipping the TWF route and taking a 2-level dip into Brawler instead. That would let you do a flurry of blows with monk weapons (which includes some good one-handed weapons), so you wouldn't be splitting your Weapon Focus and weapon enchantments between two weapons. Plus Martial Flexibility, free IUS, and a boost to Reflex saves.
I've a Paladin 2/Brawler 2/Swashbuckler (Noble Fencer) 1 in PFS right now, who's going for 2 levels of Medium next, followed by Fighter (Brawler). He flurries with Unarmed Strikes while in full plate and heavy shield, and thanks to Snake Style, his Unarmed Strikes are piercing weapons for Swashbuckler goodies. Also thanks to Snake Style, he can use Sense Motive in place of touch AC as an immediate action, and the Noble Fencer Swashbuckler archetype lets him essentially use derring-do on those checks. Medium and Fighter levels are for cranking up the attack and damage bonuses. Saves are through the roof.
Instead of rolling and percentiles, why not just give the option of, say, a level 2 character with a rare magical item, a level 3 character with an uncommon magical item, or a level 4 character with only a common magical item? Eliminate the randomness, and let people pick what they prefer from a short list (similar to the Priority system of character gen in Shadowrun).
Elven Curved Blade only works for a Unchained rogue. For anyone other Dexterity build its specific one-handed weapons. But with 14 Strength, you don't even need Dex-to-damage. My wife plays a fighter with an ECB like that, and still does amazing amounts of damage, even when not getting crits. For a magus, sure, you need a one-handed weapon for spell combat. But for a bard, a two-handed weapon works fine. And a tengu or half-elf can get proficiency without spending any feats.
Get an Elven Curved Blade, and 14 Strength. You can still Power Attack with the 1.5x bonus for going two-handed, and you probably won't miss the few points of damage you're losing compared to a high-Strength fighter.
Does anyone here play this? I only just started a few weeks ago, and I'm curious if anyone here has tips for new players.
He's got enough wilderness survival skills that I think Ranger would be more appropriate. Something like an Inquisitor of Erastil might also be appropriate, given the mission of the colony. Inquisitor would also fit a little better with the social skills, although there isn't really another use for Charisma.
The headline here tries to make it seem as if there is any serious legislative push in the country to put guns in the hands of anyone and everyone, which is in no way true.It absolutely is true - it's abundantly clear that the NRA and similar groups are engaged in a legislative effort to remove restrictions on where guns may be carried. Their end goal is to remove those restrictions entirely. [Citation needed] The NRA has supported a number of background checks and other policies well short of full legalization of everything. Why are you lying? This screenshot from their website's "Act" section argues against a supposed loophole that doesn't actually exist. Dude, even the ACLU came out against this stuff. It takes next-to-nothing to put someone on a terror watchlist, or start an investigation on spurious grounds, and it's almost impossible to get yourself off of one of those lists. Do you really want every FBI agent with a grudge to be able to deprive anyone they want of a constitutional right with no kind of oversight? You're using a criminally loose definition of "loophole" here. The rest of us refer to it as "due process".
Secondly, if encouraging such an environment is an instant bannable offence, it should be mentioned in the damned community guidelines to prevent further incidents such as this. Eh, the Community Guidelines don't mean much if they're selectively enforced. The last post I had moderated away (without any kind of notification in the thread or otherwise) was calling out someone who compared certain styles of RPG campaigns to genocide. That comparison wasn't deleted, despite being a clear violation of the Community Guidelines, but my response to it was.
By default, you can't take feats more than once. It has to specify that it's allowed. I think it's just a matter of prioritizing. My Occultist is casting-focused, so he only has enough transmutation focus for +2 to a stat, even though he could afford more. A bonus to Perception from the divination implement is nice, but I can make that up in other areas (including the extra senses, with the Darkvision spell). Instead, he almost maxes out the evocation implement. But for a martial-focused occultist, you'd prioritize the stat boost over blasting, no matter how juicy it is.
Extend Spell would be much better as a rod, even if you have to buy a few of them. Why are you trying to Extend a round/level spell? Most combats last 3 rounds or less, so it's kind of pointless.
Extend Spell would be much better as a rod, even if you have to buy a few of them. |
