paizo.com Recent Posts by Rock Lordpaizo.com Recent Posts by Rock Lord2019-08-15T11:51:01Z2019-08-15T11:51:01ZRe: Forums/Organized Play: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Organized Play Preview: 2023 Interactive EventsRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sia4?Organized-Play-Preview-2023-Interactive-Events#102023-04-18T06:53:48Z2023-04-14T02:06:00Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Alex Speidel wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote> I’d be over the moon if this somehow led to more Tanglebriar/Treerazer stories. That’s one dangling plot thread I’d love to finally fully tackle. </blockquote>We're gonna have the low-level tables fight Treerazer in the special, I think it'll be fine. </blockquote><p><b><i>Excellent!</i></b>Alex Speidel wrote:keftiu wrote: I’d be over the moon if this somehow led to more Tanglebriar/Treerazer stories. That’s one dangling plot thread I’d love to finally fully tackle.
We're gonna have the low-level tables fight Treerazer in the special, I think it'll be fine. Excellent!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2023-04-14T02:06:00ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Corrupt the WishRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m7oa&page=80?Corrupt-the-Wish#39902021-05-26T05:50:09Z2021-05-26T05:50:09Z<p>Granted, but you are now unable to leave it, and will starve.</p>
<p>I wish more flavors of ice cream came in pint-sized containers rather than the super large-sizes.</p>Granted, but you are now unable to leave it, and will starve.
I wish more flavors of ice cream came in pint-sized containers rather than the super large-sizes.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2021-05-26T05:50:09ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Why the current interest in Iobaria?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs4376a?Why-the-current-interest-in-Iobaria#82020-10-02T20:28:04Z2020-10-02T20:28:04Z<p>I have a conspiracy theory that has a call-back all the way back to PFS v1 Season 0 and ties to several APs about the society's in-game interest and why they might be stretching their fingers into the region (reinforced by a thing James Case wrote in a blog not too long ago). I'll learn just how far off I am when scenarios for this winter drop.</p>
<p>Until then, I'll hold the reigns on the specifics, though.</p>I have a conspiracy theory that has a call-back all the way back to PFS v1 Season 0 and ties to several APs about the society's in-game interest and why they might be stretching their fingers into the region (reinforced by a thing James Case wrote in a blog not too long ago). I'll learn just how far off I am when scenarios for this winter drop.
Until then, I'll hold the reigns on the specifics, though.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2020-10-02T20:28:04ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: In SFS what is the base speed of a Formian character?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs433cv?In-SFS-what-is-the-base-speed-of-a-Formian#82020-07-28T22:00:40Z2020-07-14T15:51:26Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote>In SFS what is the base speed of a Formian character?</blockquote><p>African or European?
<p><span class=tiny><span class=messageboard-ooc>(sorry, couldn't resist)</span></span></p>Quote:In SFS what is the base speed of a Formian character?
African or European? (sorry, couldn't resist)Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2020-07-14T15:51:26ZRe: Forums: Online Play: Announcing Outpost III: Putting on the Ritz!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42xo9&page=2?Announcing-Outpost-III-Putting-on-the-Ritz#642020-03-07T05:33:56Z2020-03-07T05:33:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Ragi wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Two tables for "<a href="https://paizo.com/products/btpzgd7p?Starfinder-Society-Scenario-122-The-Protectorate-Petition" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Protectorate Petition</a>" and I'm the only one signed up? </p>
<p>Did everyone already run/played this one when it came out? Os is it the least popular low-level tier scenario for some other reason? </blockquote><p>If you don't mind someone who's GM'd it 3 times but has never gotten the chance to play it, I'm your huckleberry :)The Ragi wrote:Two tables for "The Protectorate Petition" and I'm the only one signed up?
Did everyone already run/played this one when it came out? Os is it the least popular low-level tier scenario for some other reason?
If you don't mind someone who's GM'd it 3 times but has never gotten the chance to play it, I'm your huckleberry :)Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2020-03-07T05:33:56ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Pathfinder Society (second edition) Character OptionsRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh3j&page=3?Pathfinder-Society-Character-Options#1252020-02-06T06:33:01Z2020-02-06T05:28:28Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Angel Hunter D wrote:</div><blockquote> Man, I really hope either PFS or an AP frees the other lords sooner, rather than later. It's one of the more interesting stories that's been taunting me. </blockquote><p>With Elemental Lords Lore being part of one of the PF2E Legacy Backgrounds, local betting is that our shared hope will, in fact, bear fruit. :)Angel Hunter D wrote:Man, I really hope either PFS or an AP frees the other lords sooner, rather than later. It's one of the more interesting stories that's been taunting me.
With Elemental Lords Lore being part of one of the PF2E Legacy Backgrounds, local betting is that our shared hope will, in fact, bear fruit. :)Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2020-02-06T05:28:28ZRe: Forums: Lost Omens Products: Paizo Blog: Miracles Happen!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh3e?Miracles-Happen#212020-01-30T09:05:01Z2020-01-30T09:04:23Z<p>These are all very neat!</p>
<p>...dare I say, <i>literally</i> lost omens, in a way? :P</p>These are all very neat!
...dare I say, literally lost omens, in a way? :PRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2020-01-30T09:04:23ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: The Windsong Testaments: Rage of CreationRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh26?The-Windsong-Testaments-Rage-of-Creation#372020-08-17T06:21:50Z2020-01-06T10:32:47Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Rysky wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">James Jacobs wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">thejeff wrote:</div><blockquote> I'm just now curious if there's any connection between those being the last world's Rovagug targeted and the 3 worlds that developed humans. </blockquote><p>The meta reason is that Androffa is the planet my homebrew is set on (although that's its ancient name—it's contemporary name has shortened to Droffa), Golarion is the planet that inherited a fair amount of lore from said homebrew, and Earth is where said homebrew was created.
<p>There's certainly an in-world reason too about the deeper connection between those three, but it's not one we've explored much more than this blog post. Yet. </blockquote>The only planets in existence that know how to make raspberry doughnuts. </blockquote><p>But all worlds have a version of Swedish Meatballs.
<p><i>"It's a strange thing, but every sentient race has its own version of these Swedish meatballs! I suspect it's one of those great universal mysteries which will either never be explained, or which would drive you mad if you ever learned the truth."</i></p>
<p>- G'Kar, Babylon 5</p>Rysky wrote:James Jacobs wrote: thejeff wrote: I'm just now curious if there's any connection between those being the last world's Rovagug targeted and the 3 worlds that developed humans.
The meta reason is that Androffa is the planet my homebrew is set on (although that's its ancient name—it's contemporary name has shortened to Droffa), Golarion is the planet that inherited a fair amount of lore from said homebrew, and Earth is where said homebrew was created. There's certainly an in-world...Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2020-01-06T10:32:47ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Races allowed in SFSRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42vtb?Races-allowed-in-SFS#132019-12-20T15:14:03Z2019-12-20T15:14:03Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Toxicsyn wrote:</div><blockquote> Looking forward to making a android strix. SilverHawks! </blockquote><p>Well, there's a "Flashback" :-PToxicsyn wrote:Looking forward to making a android strix. SilverHawks!
Well, there's a "Flashback" :-PRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2019-12-20T15:14:03ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Just ban weapon cords, for pity's sakeRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2q8ho&page=11?Just-ban-weapon-cords-for-pitys-sake#5072019-11-13T02:03:32Z2019-11-13T02:03:32Z<p><a href="https://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=223" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rat Morningstar</a></p>Rat MorningstarRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2019-11-13T02:03:32ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: PFS2 # 1-05 Trailblazer's Bounty GM threadRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42s6d&page=2?PFS2-105-Trailblazers-Bounty-GM-thread#632019-10-28T23:41:25Z2019-10-28T20:21:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lau Bannenberg wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Rock Lord wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Lau Bannenberg wrote:</div><blockquote><p>- Only the highest check counts towards success conditions (which I take to mean, discovery points).
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- You are summing up the results of ALL the checks (+2, +1, +0, -1). </blockquote>Lau, would it make a <a href="https://youtu.be/O5ROhf5Soqs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">difference</a> if it was 1 + 1 + 2 + 1, not 1 + <b>2</b> + 1 + 1? </blockquote><p>No, because my problem is that the instruction and the example just aren't in any way the same.
<p>The instruction says to take the highest result, not to sum the results. </blockquote><p>Apologies. I was sleep-deprived and thought it was a decent attempt at levity (you could say I was...on a roll?).Lau Bannenberg wrote:Rock Lord wrote: Lau Bannenberg wrote:- Only the highest check counts towards success conditions (which I take to mean, discovery points).
- You are summing up the results of ALL the checks (+2, +1, +0, -1).
Lau, would it make a difference if it was 1 + 1 + 2 + 1, not 1 + 2 + 1 + 1? No, because my problem is that the instruction and the example just aren't in any way the same. The instruction says to take the highest result, not to sum the results. Apologies. I was...Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2019-10-28T20:21:21ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: PFS2 # 1-05 Trailblazer's Bounty GM threadRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42s6d&page=2?PFS2-105-Trailblazers-Bounty-GM-thread#562020-11-02T18:22:19Z2019-10-28T09:57:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lau Bannenberg wrote:</div><blockquote><p>- Only the highest check counts towards success conditions (which I take to mean, discovery points).
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- You are summing up the results of ALL the checks (+2, +1, +0, -1). </blockquote><p>Lau, would it make a <a href="https://youtu.be/O5ROhf5Soqs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">difference</a> if it was 1 + 1 + 2 + 1, not 1 + <b>2</b> + 1 + 1?Lau Bannenberg wrote:- Only the highest check counts towards success conditions (which I take to mean, discovery points).
- You are summing up the results of ALL the checks (+2, +1, +0, -1).
Lau, would it make a difference if it was 1 + 1 + 2 + 1, not 1 + 2 + 1 + 1?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2019-10-28T09:57:22ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: 5-Nova Rubric DiscussionRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42jt0&page=3?5Nova-Rubric-Discussion#1242019-08-15T11:52:05Z2019-08-15T11:52:05Z<p>Here's an odd question - once someone sits down to perform a formal review using the rubric to assess a GM, how/where are the results reported?</p>Here's an odd question - once someone sits down to perform a formal review using the rubric to assess a GM, how/where are the results reported?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2019-08-15T11:52:05ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Starfinder Society, Paizo's Newest Organized Play ProgramRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljle&page=6?Starfinder-Society-Paizos-Newest-Organized#2612017-08-09T17:59:19Z2017-08-09T17:59:19Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Dark Helmet wrote:</div><blockquote>When will then be now?</blockquote><div class="messageboard-quotee">Thurston Hillman wrote:</div><blockquote> Soon™ </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-bigger>:P</span>Dark Helmet wrote:When will then be now?
Thurston Hillman wrote:Soon™
:PRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2017-08-09T17:59:19ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Corrupt the WishRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m7oa&page=78?Corrupt-the-Wish#38932017-07-15T07:30:52Z2017-07-15T07:30:52Z<p>Granted! Unfortunately, none of them have figured out how to pronounce "$&%!#-" yet, so the points will have to come later.</p>
<p>I wish I had the Starfinder core rulebook in my hands!</p>Granted! Unfortunately, none of them have figured out how to pronounce "$&%!#-" yet, so the points will have to come later.
I wish I had the Starfinder core rulebook in my hands!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2017-07-15T07:30:52ZRe: Forums: Starfinder General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Class Preview: The SolarianRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljyq&page=2?Class-Preview-The-Solarian#972019-10-28T10:02:24Z2017-07-15T04:18:50Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Zero the Nothing wrote:</div><blockquote><p> <span class=messageboard-bigger>The Solarian's Code</span>
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<i>
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There is no emotion, there is peace.
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There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
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There is no passion, there is serenity.
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There is no chaos, there is harmony.
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There is no death, there is the <b>Cycle</b>!</i></blockquote><p>_
<p>Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
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Through passion, I gain strength.
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Through strength, I gain power.
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Through power, I gain victory.
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Through victory, my chains are broken.
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The Cycle shall set me free.</p>Zero the Nothing wrote:The Solarian's Code
There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Cycle!
_ Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Cycle shall set me free.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2017-07-15T04:18:50ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Corrupt the WishRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m7oa&page=76?Corrupt-the-Wish#37802017-04-21T00:32:45Z2017-04-21T00:30:16Z<p>Granted! You gain eternal life and as a gift, knowledge of your future. For whatever you shall gain while alive on this planet, when it inevitably ends, you will live on, alone. That is, until one day when our sun goes nova and you are cooked at temperatures no material other than atomic hydrogen and helium were made to survive...and yet you will live on in anguish. Then you will spend countless millennia suffocating and freezing as your body drifts through the void of space while your organs implode, and yet you will live on. </p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>I still wish I had a pizza :(</p>Granted! You gain eternal life and as a gift, knowledge of your future. For whatever you shall gain while alive on this planet, when it inevitably ends, you will live on, alone. That is, until one day when our sun goes nova and you are cooked at temperatures no material other than atomic hydrogen and helium were made to survive...and yet you will live on in anguish. Then you will spend countless millennia suffocating and freezing as your body drifts through the void of space while your organs...Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2017-04-21T00:30:16ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Corrupt the WishRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m7oa&page=76?Corrupt-the-Wish#37702017-04-20T12:28:28Z2017-04-20T12:28:28Z<p>Granted! You break free out of the next window you lean against and plummet to your death.</p>
<p>I wish for a pizza.</p>Granted! You break free out of the next window you lean against and plummet to your death.
I wish for a pizza.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2017-04-20T12:28:28ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=1374?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#686532017-03-28T03:26:06Z2017-03-28T03:26:06Z<p>If someone asks a question that gets skipped over, should we presume it was skipped on accident and re-ask, or would you rather those people just quietly go away?</p>
<p>(this question asked with 0 malice - just honest curiosity)</p>If someone asks a question that gets skipped over, should we presume it was skipped on accident and re-ask, or would you rather those people just quietly go away?
(this question asked with 0 malice - just honest curiosity)Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2017-03-28T03:26:06ZRe: Forums: Miniatures: Paizo Blog: Three More to Go!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lj40?Three-More-to-Go#362016-09-21T04:21:29Z2016-09-21T04:21:29Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Cat-thulhu wrote:</div><blockquote> Spoilers so I don't derail this discussion. In regard to your spoiler Marco: •• spoiler omitted •• </blockquote><p>In reply to your spoiler or Marco's spoiler:
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Cat-thulhu wrote:Spoilers so I don't derail this discussion. In regard to your spoiler Marco: ** spoiler omitted **
In reply to your spoiler or Marco's spoiler: [Spoiler omitted]Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2016-09-21T04:21:29ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: So Much New Material!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lizf?So-Much-New-Material#482016-07-28T05:11:38Z2016-07-28T05:11:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">rknop wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Yeah, some of them are in previous sets — mostly NPC Codex, I think. (Same with <i>Serpent's Rise</i>.)</p>
<p>By the way: pretty soon we'll have enough new faces for Pathfinder Society Face Cards Volume 2! A pity that Face Cards aren't a thing any more.... I really like my PFS Face Cards. </blockquote><p>I concur fully.
<p>I wish I could find where my PFS Face Cards got off too... and kinda wish those were made available as a digital package too for those of us prone to losing things...</p>rknop wrote:Yeah, some of them are in previous sets -- mostly NPC Codex, I think. (Same with Serpent's Rise.)
By the way: pretty soon we'll have enough new faces for Pathfinder Society Face Cards Volume 2! A pity that Face Cards aren't a thing any more.... I really like my PFS Face Cards.
I concur fully. I wish I could find where my PFS Face Cards got off too... and kinda wish those were made available as a digital package too for those of us prone to losing things...Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2016-07-28T05:11:38ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Path of the Hellknight (PFRPG)Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9l39/discuss&page=7?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Path-of-the-Hellknight#3042016-07-21T03:56:01Z2016-07-21T03:56:01Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">David knott 242 wrote:</div><blockquote>Hellknight Aegis: Break your Hellknight armor to cast a cleric spell on yourself to remove harmful conditions. </blockquote><p>Here's a slightly odd one... the PRD/glossary states:
<div class="messageboard-quotee">PRD wrote:</div><blockquote>Items that have taken damage in excess of half their total hit points gain the broken condition.</blockquote><p>But Hellknight Aegis just states that you can "give your Hellknight armor the broken condition" to enact the feat's effect.
<p>RAW - Your armor is simply "broken" and a single casting of "Mending" would fix it.</p>
<p>RAI - Your armor is supposed to be at half hp until repaired?</p>David knott 242 wrote:Hellknight Aegis: Break your Hellknight armor to cast a cleric spell on yourself to remove harmful conditions.
Here's a slightly odd one... the PRD/glossary states: PRD wrote:Items that have taken damage in excess of half their total hit points gain the broken condition.
But Hellknight Aegis just states that you can "give your Hellknight armor the broken condition" to enact the feat's effect. RAW - Your armor is simply "broken" and a single casting of "Mending" would...Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2016-07-21T03:56:01ZRe: Forums: Advice: What to name my gunRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tq1t?What-to-name-my-gun#52016-06-13T18:03:15Z2016-06-13T09:42:28Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Vera Farseeker wrote:</div><blockquote> I named mine after my first sweetheart, Jane.</blockquote><p>The question becomes - would you accept a young woman in trade for her?Vera Farseeker wrote:I named mine after my first sweetheart, Jane.
The question becomes - would you accept a young woman in trade for her?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2016-06-13T09:42:28ZRe: Forums: Hell's Vengeance: Blog: I, Vigo, the Scourge of Carpathia, the Sorrow of Moldavia, Command You!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/store/blog/v5748dyo5liv3?I-Vigo-the-Scourge-of-Carpathia-the-Sorrow-of#32016-06-14T00:15:22Z2016-06-11T10:05:11Z<p>Vy am I drippings vith goo?</p>Vy am I drippings vith goo?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2016-06-11T10:05:11ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Supernatural Rays and Full AttacksRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qcst?Supernatural-Rays-and-Full-Attacks#162016-05-18T00:50:53Z2016-05-18T00:50:53Z<p>Raise thread!</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Advanced Player's Guide wrote:</div><blockquote>Unless otherwise noted, activating the power of a revelation is a standard action.</blockquote><div class="messageboard-quotee">Lunar Oracle: Moonbeam Revelation wrote:</div><blockquote>Moonbeam (Su): You can fire a ray of moonlight as a ranged touch attack at any creature within 30 feet.</blockquote><p>Would the <b>"as a ranged touch attack"</b> be the <b>"otherwise note"</b> for action economy in this case?Raise thread!
Advanced Player's Guide wrote:Unless otherwise noted, activating the power of a revelation is a standard action.
Lunar Oracle: Moonbeam Revelation wrote:Moonbeam (Su): You can fire a ray of moonlight as a ranged touch attack at any creature within 30 feet.
Would the "as a ranged touch attack" be the "otherwise note" for action economy in this case?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2016-05-18T00:50:53ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Society Scenario #7–99: Through Maelstrom Rift (PFRPG) PDFRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/products/btpy9mbd/discuss?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-7-99-Through-Maelstrom-Rift#92016-05-09T20:24:39Z2016-05-09T20:24:39Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lilith wrote:</div><blockquote> But who's going to be the element of Heart? </blockquote><p><a href="http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=164" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ma-Ti, of course :P</a>Lilith wrote:But who's going to be the element of Heart?
Ma-Ti, of course :PRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2016-05-09T20:24:39ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Pathfinders Against HumanityRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r6ew&page=2?Pathfinders-Against-Humanity#742016-05-08T03:46:17Z2016-05-08T03:46:17Z<p>We Be Goblins, you be ________ !</p>
<p>With the Bards on strike, we'll all have to make due with Inspire ______ !</p>
<p>In this round of the Ruby Phoenix Tournament, the Pathfinders will face off against ________ !</p>
<p>Aroden's last meal: ________ .</p>
<p>The secret true reason behind the Lirgen space program: _______ .</p>We Be Goblins, you be ________ !
With the Bards on strike, we'll all have to make due with Inspire ______ !
In this round of the Ruby Phoenix Tournament, the Pathfinders will face off against ________ !
Aroden's last meal: ________ .
The secret true reason behind the Lirgen space program: _______ .Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2016-05-08T03:46:17ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: An Argument for the Eldritch ArcherRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2szxs&page=2?An-Argument-for-the-Eldritch-Archer#512015-10-10T20:14:49Z2015-10-10T20:14:49Z<p>Overpowered =/= "broken", but...</p>
<p>RAW and using a 3,000gp rod, a 12th level magus with these arcana could fire an Intensified Shocking Grasp (10d6, not counting weapon damage on top of that) at ~500 feet.</p>
<p>Or, with an 11,000gp rod, three Maximized Scorching Ray arrows (24 + weapon damage each) also at ~500 feet.</p>
<p>To me, at least, that's pretty powerful damage output at a range difficult to fight back from for a very minimal cost for a PC.</p>
<p>Plus, those are just two quick examples that I came up with within a few seconds of seeing these arcana for the first time. I'm sure someone who's more rules-savvy than I could exploit them to a far greater extent.</p>Overpowered =/= "broken", but...
RAW and using a 3,000gp rod, a 12th level magus with these arcana could fire an Intensified Shocking Grasp (10d6, not counting weapon damage on top of that) at ~500 feet.
Or, with an 11,000gp rod, three Maximized Scorching Ray arrows (24 + weapon damage each) also at ~500 feet.
To me, at least, that's pretty powerful damage output at a range difficult to fight back from for a very minimal cost for a PC.
Plus, those are just two quick examples that I came...Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2015-10-10T20:14:49ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: An Argument for the Eldritch ArcherRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2szxs?An-Argument-for-the-Eldritch-Archer#492015-10-10T19:52:45Z2015-10-10T19:52:45Z<p>If anything, the two magus arcana in the book are way OP compared to the archer archetype. I was expecting the archetype to be legal and the arcana banned, not the reverse.</p>
<p>(and this coming from someone who loves the Magus class)</p>If anything, the two magus arcana in the book are way OP compared to the archer archetype. I was expecting the archetype to be legal and the arcana banned, not the reverse.
(and this coming from someone who loves the Magus class)Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2015-10-10T19:52:45ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: PFS, whole party buys combat trained horses..now what?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sxaz?PFS-whole-party-buys-combat-trained-horsesnow#172015-09-10T16:34:31Z2015-09-10T07:20:58Z<p>I can't help it... as soon as I saw the title of the thread, only one response popped into my brain:</p>
<p>"PFS, whole party buys combat trained horses..now what?"</p>
<p><b>"Now...we ride!"</b></p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>I can't help it... as soon as I saw the title of the thread, only one response popped into my brain:
"PFS, whole party buys combat trained horses..now what?"
"Now...we ride!"
[Spoiler omitted]Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2015-09-10T07:20:58ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Question about the bonus spells for Eldritch ScionRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rdtf?Question-about-the-bonus-spells-for-Eldritch#72015-08-07T07:10:02Z2015-08-07T07:10:02Z<p>Just came looking for an answer on this and found that the OP was marked as "answered in the errata", but I'm not finding it... am I blind and am just totally missing it somehow?</p>Just came looking for an answer on this and found that the OP was marked as "answered in the errata", but I'm not finding it... am I blind and am just totally missing it somehow?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2015-08-07T07:10:02ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Overheard at the Paizo officeRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2mjiz&page=146?Overheard-at-the-Paizo-office#72832015-07-16T22:46:10Z2015-07-14T21:14:27Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Sharaya wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Vic Wertz wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Sara Marie wrote:</div><blockquote><p> <b>sharaya: </b>Maybe we need a full sized iron maiden?</p>
<p><b>liz: </b>yes, please </blockquote>You mean like <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/A_typical_Iron_Maiden_Stage.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>? </blockquote>That wasn't what I had in mind initially, but that would work too :D </blockquote><p>My first thought upon reading the original post: <a href="https://youtu.be/rE3bc8rCy6Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Excellent!</a>Sharaya wrote:Vic Wertz wrote: Sara Marie wrote:sharaya: Maybe we need a full sized iron maiden?
liz: yes, please
You mean like this? That wasn't what I had in mind initially, but that would work too :D My first thought upon reading the original post: Excellent!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2015-07-14T21:14:27ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Post something cool that you know!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qomc&page=8?Post-something-cool-that-you-know#3992014-12-11T17:56:36Z2014-12-11T17:56:36Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">kinevon wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Acedio wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">James Risner wrote:</div><blockquote>Would you rule differently if the Orange Ioun said "add a spell to your spells known"? Because there was an often misused 3.5 feat called Extra Spell that said that. And the official FAQ was it only added spells you could already add normally. </blockquote><p>Well, it does actually say that:
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Orange Prism Ioun Stone wrote:</div><blockquote>Cracked: Wearer adds one cantrip <b>or</b> orison <b>(determined when the stone is created)</b> to his <b>list of spells known</b> or spells prepared. Price: 1,000 gp.</blockquote><p>The way its worded suggests to me that it just can add either a cantrip or orison to your existing spell list regardless of whether you cast orisons or cantrips normally.
<p>Edit: To be clear, I think your interpretation is logical, I just can't find it in the wording. </blockquote><p>Since all the interpretation in question does is give a similar ability as a trait, I don't think it is terribly overpowered to allow a 0 level spell from any list.
<p><a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits/magic-traits/two-world-magic" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Two-World Magic</a>, according to D20PFSRD, is the trait in question. </blockquote><p>Raise thread!
<p>What would you say about using this to give a caster whose class doesn't have cantrips •or• orisons a level 0 spell?</p>kinevon wrote:Acedio wrote: James Risner wrote:Would you rule differently if the Orange Ioun said "add a spell to your spells known"? Because there was an often misused 3.5 feat called Extra Spell that said that. And the official FAQ was it only added spells you could already add normally.
Well, it does actually say that: Orange Prism Ioun Stone wrote:Cracked: Wearer adds one cantrip or orison (determined when the stone is created) to his list of spells known or spells prepared. Price: 1,000...Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-12-11T17:56:36ZRe: Forums/Paizo: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Getting in Character at Gen ConRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lge5?Getting-in-Character-at-Gen-Con#82014-11-13T08:01:48Z2014-11-13T08:01:48Z<p>For amusement's sake, this <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qig7FaJSfto/Tz-jVlqk95I/AAAAAAAAAVo/5G7J0iZg-44/s1600/There-Is-a-Hell...-2010.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">album cover</a> is also a neat Nethys cosplay...</p>For amusement's sake, this album cover is also a neat Nethys cosplay...Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-11-13T08:01:48ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS: Request to Clarify "Weapon Master" Ability for Belkzen War DrummerRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2roa9?PFS-Request-to-Clarify-Weapon-Master-Ability#162014-11-07T00:11:02Z2014-11-07T00:11:02Z<p>Agreed!</p>
<p>\m/</p>Agreed!
\m/Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-11-07T00:11:02ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS: Request to Clarify "Weapon Master" Ability for Belkzen War DrummerRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2roa9?PFS-Request-to-Clarify-Weapon-Master-Ability#112014-11-06T17:36:18Z2014-11-06T17:36:18Z<p>Ooh! I hadn't thought of Battle Cry - that one would fit •very• well with this class, thematically!</p>Ooh! I hadn't thought of Battle Cry - that one would fit *very* well with this class, thematically!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-11-06T17:36:18ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS: Request to Clarify "Weapon Master" Ability for Belkzen War DrummerRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2roa9?PFS-Request-to-Clarify-Weapon-Master-Ability#52014-11-06T00:02:35Z2014-11-06T00:02:35Z<p>I second Exguardi's thoughts (including the appreciation for the response - I'm already eying making one of these!)</p>I second Exguardi's thoughts (including the appreciation for the response - I'm already eying making one of these!)Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-11-06T00:02:35ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Let's Play Calvinball!!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oeaa&page=7?Lets-Play-Calvinball#3022014-07-14T19:33:20Z2014-07-14T19:33:20Z<p>•plays chopsticks on a piano made of blueberry pie•</p>
<p>I win!</p>*plays chopsticks on a piano made of blueberry pie*
I win!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-07-14T19:33:20ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Give the person above you a nickname.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n80q&page=67?Give-the-person-above-you-a-nickname#33332014-07-14T19:32:42Z2014-07-14T19:32:42Z<p>Pinocchio's evil twin</p>Pinocchio's evil twinRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-07-14T19:32:42ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Give the person above you a nickname.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n80q&page=66?Give-the-person-above-you-a-nickname#32872014-07-09T21:22:18Z2014-07-09T21:22:18Z<p>Spice and everything nice?</p>Spice and everything nice?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-07-09T21:22:18ZRe: Forums: Local Play: Siege of Bloomington, May 11th!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qvee?Siege-of-Bloomington-May-11th#142014-05-09T07:16:36Z2014-05-09T07:16:36Z<p>Time to make a stand - two days!</p>Time to make a stand - two days!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-05-09T07:16:36ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: To Arms!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qxu9?To-Arms#342014-04-27T20:02:14Z2014-04-27T20:02:14Z<p>Ah, so apparently I <b>did</b> miss it, since I don't see it. Smurf me, I guess.</p>Ah, so apparently I did miss it, since I don't see it. Smurf me, I guess.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-04-27T20:02:14ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Corrupt the WishRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m7oa&page=56?Corrupt-the-Wish#27822014-04-27T20:01:08Z2014-04-27T20:01:08Z<p>Granted! Unfortunately they're only there because the potty on their tour bus is broken, and they leave immediately after dumping (and throwing away) their trash, leaving your town with only biodegradable memorabilia.</p>
<p>I wish more current/future-GMs would play this game.</p>Granted! Unfortunately they're only there because the potty on their tour bus is broken, and they leave immediately after dumping (and throwing away) their trash, leaving your town with only biodegradable memorabilia.
I wish more current/future-GMs would play this game.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-04-27T20:01:08ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Give the person above you a nickname.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n80q&page=60?Give-the-person-above-you-a-nickname#29832014-04-27T19:56:51Z2014-04-27T19:56:51Z<p>Send in the <s>clowns</s> clones?</p>Send in the clowns clones?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-04-27T19:56:51ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Let's Play Calvinball!!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oeaa&page=6?Lets-Play-Calvinball#2842014-04-27T19:55:30Z2014-04-27T19:55:30Z<p>It took almost 4 months, but I got an earthquake started near Chile and that sent all the points scattering across the planet again.</p>
<p>3.14 points to everyone who recovers one of the original points!</p>It took almost 4 months, but I got an earthquake started near Chile and that sent all the points scattering across the planet again.
3.14 points to everyone who recovers one of the original points!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-04-27T19:55:30ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: To Arms!Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qxu9?To-Arms#322014-04-27T19:50:25Z2014-04-27T19:50:25Z<p>...did I miss something here?</p>...did I miss something here?Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-04-27T19:50:25ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Season 6 - Year of the Robot???Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qsvd&page=3?Season-6-Year-of-the-Robot#1182014-03-25T04:15:15Z2014-03-23T23:34:13Z<p>"bah weep granah weep nini bong"</p>"bah weep granah weep nini bong"Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2014-03-23T23:34:13ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Corrupt the WishRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m7oa&page=51?Corrupt-the-Wish#25102013-07-25T10:16:25Z2013-07-25T10:16:25Z<p>Granted, but the misogynistic producers in hollywood decide to never let it see the light of day and destroy it, along with all clips and records of it ever existing in the first place, enacting infernal pacts to keep everyone involved from ever revealing its existence •urk•</p>
<p>I wish I could get <a href="http://youtu.be/jrEZv5JeGH8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a> to play whenever my Magus character "loads up" a shocking grasp spell into his blade.</p>Granted, but the misogynistic producers in hollywood decide to never let it see the light of day and destroy it, along with all clips and records of it ever existing in the first place, enacting infernal pacts to keep everyone involved from ever revealing its existence *urk*
I wish I could get this to play whenever my Magus character "loads up" a shocking grasp spell into his blade.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2013-07-25T10:16:25ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: Corrupt the WishRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m7oa&page=49?Corrupt-the-Wish#24172013-05-31T03:42:55Z2013-05-31T03:42:55Z<p>Granted! But the orange only reveals your most personal embarrassing secrets that you never wanted to tell anyone. It's alright in the end though, because the orange rots after a few days...</p>
<p>I wish I had better eyesight.</p>Granted! But the orange only reveals your most personal embarrassing secrets that you never wanted to tell anyone. It's alright in the end though, because the orange rots after a few days...
I wish I had better eyesight.Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2013-05-31T03:42:55ZRe: Forums: Television: Happy 20th Birthday BABYLON 5Rock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pi96&page=2?Happy-20th-Birthday-BABYLON-5#922013-02-28T18:51:33Z2013-02-28T18:51:33Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">magnuskn wrote:</div><blockquote> I straight up used the Drazi purple/green armband story in one of my homebrewn campaigns. Nobody of the philistines there had seen the show at this point. ^^ </blockquote><p>I am totally doing this now - thanks for the idea! :Dmagnuskn wrote:I straight up used the Drazi purple/green armband story in one of my homebrewn campaigns. Nobody of the philistines there had seen the show at this point. ^^
I am totally doing this now - thanks for the idea! :DRock Lord (alias of CanisDirus)2013-02-28T18:51:33Z