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I'm glad that Paizo is doing well and releasing lots of books; I love that there's so much lore being released to flesh out the setting and its peoples.

Thank you to all involved, and I look forward to your future releases!

I predict that we'll get the Fiend Keeper Archetype in the Mwangi Expanse book. Other than a Grippli-focused book (seems unlikely) it seems like that would be the best place to put the Archetype.

4 I admit to not being an expert, but what makes you think they don't have souls? Does it say that somewhere?

From the Ancestry Guide: "Leshy spirits are beings of pure vital essence without any of the otherworldly quintessence known as spiritual essence." Also, "Leshys value their lives, but they don’t hold the same fear of death that plagues other ancestries; they know that once their bodies fall, their spirits will return to the natural world." Also, "Leshys who lose their physical form incorporate the changes they experienced in life into their spirit. Even though a leshy’s spirit isn’t the same as the soul of many ancestries, resurrection magic can still restore it to their most recent body. Should the ritual fail, it’s usually because a leshy has shed too many of their memories and attachments, rather than due to Pharasma’s judgment."

1) Approximately when did Leshies start to be created on Golarion? During the Age of Serpents? After Earthfall?
2) What's Leshy anatomy like? Do they have bones? Joints? Organs? Do they breathe in carbon dioxide and move it to all of their cells with a circulatory system? If they're wounded, what do they bleed? How baffled would somebody who's only worked on mammals feel upon trying to heal a Leshy's wounds?
3) Where do Nature Spirits come from, and what do they do when they aren't incarnated as Leshies (or Green Men)?
4) Are deities in general disinclined to grant them power since they have no "soul" that will go to them after death? Are they unable to sign Infernal Contracts?
5) From Leshy Familiar flavour we know that Nature Spirits vary considerably in power. Is this fixed, or can a Nature Spirit that can only animate a Familiar body eventually grow to animate the most powerful Leshy bodies?
6) What are the Rituals like to incarnate Leshies? The costs one must pay are probably known, but is it notably difficult to actually manage this?
7) If you wanted to talk to a Leshy to custom-build them a body to suit them, how would you achieve this?
8) If a Leshy was targeted with a Reincarnate Ritual, would they only become a plant creature of some sort? Or could they become a soulless Human or other Ancestry and then go back to being a Nature Spirit upon death?

Thank you for your time and consideration!

IMO, while Battle Medicine isn't magical it is superhuman. It is an ability well-beyond what can be achieved in our world, and that's fine. I'd say that they're applying medicine that helps them draw in positive/negative energy to heal themselves with, or something along those lines; they were badly wounded, now they're notably less-wounded.

As for the one-day limitation for that particular medic/patient pairing: Each medic's medicine uses somewhat different ingredients, and using too much of the same type of medicine has negative health consequences that outweigh the positives, so they refuse to do so. (As for why a medic can only have a single type of medicine... one of the ingredients is their own superhuman energies, and these energies work with different ingredients better; they cannot prepare two different types effectively, nor can somebody else apply their medicines properly because the energy signatures conflict)

So, for roleplaying it.. medic applies a poultice, or has them drink some liquid, or they slap on a bandage... and then the wounds close up significantly. Not perfectly, even if they're brought to full hit points they're still notably damaged, but brought up to mostly-full functionality.

What I really don't like, and, can't understand at all, is why they decided to put so many choices only available by level 1.

Let's take a look at one of the most classic example, which is the human with tiefling heritage.

At lvl 1 the player is literally forced to choose between

- dark vision
- a lineage
- form of the fiend

Since they are all feats you can only choose during your character creation (lvl1).

So it's not possible to see a tiefling with a specific lineage but also dark vision, or some fiendish features.

But it's the same if you instead decide to to with fiendish features or even a lineage.

Ancestry feats are nice for what concerns progression, but there should be some rule to allow players to make characters with many lvl 1 feats ( probably removing the lvl 1 requirement could help, but I'd prefer something better).

I believe this is a case of "characters with all of those abilities at level one exist, but are outside the intended power level of the game so you cannot select them without GM permission" combined with "it makes negative sense to pick up such abilities after level 1; they should have been born with them".

So, similarly to playing a dragon, it's possible, but you need special permission due to it changing the expected power level.

Rysky wrote:

PossibleCabbage wrote:

If you wanted to do like a PG-13 Teddy Krueger thing, you would have the big bad be someone below the "I'm a demigod"

We actually have a Freddy Kreuger expy (though he is a demigod), The Nightripper.

"There he maintained the memories of his former life. His retention of his memories attracted Lamashtu's attention, and he was transformed from larva to a nascent demon lord."

What does "forget" mean?

If by forget they mean "erase, like a rotary hard drive" then there are literally zero consequences for signing that Asmodean contract.

No consequences to the signer beyond guilt for what they've unleashed upon others and people who find out treating them differently, but plenty of consequences to your spiritual child and to the multiverse in general.

The entire "erase personality and memories" deal of Pharasma's is part of why I think she's the worst person in the entire setting by a large margin.

As for what I'd want to see in an AP: A story where the accomplishments of the protagonists, while important, are just a small piece of the larger picture of the story being told in it. The protagonists are important, possibly even vital, to the success... but not even remotely close to sufficient, and there are plenty of other heroes both on-page and off who're contributing substantially.

Yes, the ideas and opinions are all appreciated. :) Thanks, everyone.

IMO, out-of-character strategizing is perfectly fine for a few reasons. One of them is that you're trying to roleplay characters who're generally a lot smarter, more experienced, and adept at teamwork than the players actually are. Unless they actually talk things out amongst each other their performance can drop way below what it should realistically be. Combine that with the players often having a lot less information than the characters do, such as body language of their companions, and it becomes even more important.

People who're making the game unfun for the others, though, are a completely separate issue and absolutely a big problem. I hope it's resolved well!

Does it make sense with in-universe logic for a leshy to be a sorcerer? If yes, what would be the source of their bloodline? Would it be from them being a nature spirit? An unusual circumstance from their body, such as it being from plant matter grown in the Abyss? An unusual circumstance from the ritualist who bound body and spirit together, such as them being a dragon?

Thank you for your time and consideration!

I've gone about 3 hours into the game and am so far not impressed. Luckily, I rented it.

It's not that the game itself is bad. The controls respond nicely, the bad guy AI adapts to you a little and it looks quite nice.

The problem is the characters and story is a little bland. The voice acting is a little weak and so far the story hasn't sucked me in.

SIDEBAR: You also don't control all 3 characters, which bugs the hell out of me, but is not a gamebreaker. The companion AI works suprisingly well. It's more of a personal gamer issue.

All in all, I'm glad I rented it. If I would have paid $60 for it, I might have been a little peeved. I'll probably pick it up when it drops to $20 or so.

SO NOT SAFE FOR WORK

For those of you who live under a rock or were at work all day like me and just found out.

Linky

Anyone play it? How is it?

If you have a Wii, I recommend this game. Just ignore the voice acting and you will be fine. I'm 25+ hours into it and I haven't even scratched the surface of what is here.

It's linear, so don't expect a "Bethseda type game" (Fallout or Elder Scrolls), but it reminds me of older Final Fantasies in a good way. The story is good, the RPG elements are good and the battle system is good.

Here's our party:

All level 3

Human Barbarian
Dwarf Cleric
Human Paladin of Erastil
Half-Elf Druid
Human Abjurer

We want to take him on, but we don't want the campaign to end if we can't do it.

Please no discussions/comments on "Do it or find out". We've been at this for 3 months and I want to move on. Our group is at a serious impass about this.

Thanks!

My buddy loaned me Oblivion on the basis that since I loved FO3, I'm going to love this game. What am I in for? Is it another 100+ hour game? Because FO:New Vegas comes out soon and I don't want to get involved in 2 of those games.

Inquiring BRAIINNNNSSSSS want to know.

Isn't he tho...

He sparkles just like Edward...

He's Smart just like Harry Potter...

And he has just enough "bad boy" vibe that you don't bring him home to mommy...because you're afraid she'll steal him.

Mmmmmm...Aberzombie....

*mwah*

Anyone else got this game? I've lost my 360 to my wife over this game.

Are there any plans to reprint/make a new edition of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting?

Is anyone out there in Paizoland playing this besides me? Dear god...it is wonderful.

Conan O'Brien or Jay Leno???

Please ignore all the political threads. I know this is going to draw the ire of some, but it is now getting ridiculous as the edition wars. Open, honest debate is one thing, but outright hating someone for their opinion is another.

We come here for friendship, our love of Pathfinder, being part of FaWTL and the occasional Hungry Jack recipe. Please let it remain so.

No ire. Just +1.

I really liked the New Deal. It put many Americans back to work! And who didn't like how FDR handled WW2???

Can anyone tell me what size mini 1/72 is? Does it compare to Reaper mini's or is it smaller/bigger?

Thanks!

This table is FREEKIN SWEET!!!

*bows before the paizo gods*

Can we get something like this...PWEEZE?????

This was brought up somewhere else, but where do YOU stand???

Cookies VS Brownies

Spidey Stuff

I wonder who

I was just wondering if its a good website to join up at?

I've just been thinking about adding the Armored Mage (light) rule to the base Wizard class at around level 6-8. I was just wondering if there is anyone who has tried that or has an opinion about it.

Does anyone out there know about an old set of minatures from a company called "Revenge Minatures"? (I might have the company wrong.)

According to one of my uncles they made Orcs and Dwarves (along with regular Napoleanic Military minis) and he was just wondering if they still existed.

Thank you!

Is anyone out there anticipating this game like I am? I have fond memories of playing Star Ocean and I can't wait for this one!!

Now that President Bush and his Cabinet are almost out of office, I'm curious to see what "grade" everyone would give him and the reasons why.....in a civil tongue. :)

Lets keep it only A (Best), B, C, D, E (Worst)

I personally would give him a C. The reasons behind it are that, even though I am a Democrat and didn't agree with his policies, he didn't flip-flop to try and please everyone and I can respect that. Also, not getting attack since 9-11 helps too. Where he failed with me was Iraq (we shouldn't have gone there and they shouldn't have lied to get us there), failure to work together with the Democrats (which in all fairness, we weren't all that good about that either) and giving America this "Us versus Them" attitude about Republicans and Democrats working together.

Anyone else??

Did anyone get this game for the 360??? If you did, how is the gameplay and is it worth buying at 60 dollars???

My uncle just bought himself a trebuchet....

No good will come of this.

My uncle just got a trebuchet (I think I spelled that right).

Medieval Fun Day just got more interesting this year with the war between the potato gun and trebuchet that is now going to happen.

Does anyone here think that a druid would WILLINGLY sleep in an inn?? (i.e. pay for a bed and sleep in it.) It is a subject of immense discussion amongst my D&D group with half of us saying that, while druids would PREFER to sleep outside under the stars and in trees, they also understand that a well defended city is safer than the outdoors. The other half's argument is that druids aren't all that fond of civilization and are quite at home with the "perils of the outdoors".

Tell me what you all think.

I'm just curious to see if anyone is from Michigan.

Okay, so this kinda off the wall, but I need some help

PLEASE GO TO:

www.nbc.com/americasgottalent

AND VOTE FOR MISS PUSSYKATT! She is from MI and has one of the most amazing acts I've ever seen live! I've met her at her shows and she is also an extremely nice person that really deserves this! I promise it only takes a second to vote for her! She is thrown in as a wild card and without your vote she will be out of the competition.

Feel free to lambaste me, but if you could do it while voting...that would be swell...

THANK YOU!!!!

Does anyone know any good ones out there???

My wife and I are always looking for more games we can play together that aren't FPS (since I win!) or Fighting games (since SHE wins :P). I know its probably kinda old, but we got Champions of Norrath on a whim, dusted (literally)our PS2 off, plugged it in and went to town!! What a GREAT game...even though it is the WoW universe!

Are there any character sheets on Paizo or do you know where I can find some?