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Heya i like many on the board have said love the witch.

But i dont like those dead levels are there no accumalitive bonuses or indeed extra class features kicking around to fill the void?

Loads have said this but:

Witch: term for a person thought to associated with magic. some people think that it is a word for medieval Wise Ones but these were Wise Ones or Cunning Folk. The original meaning, from old english, is one who paractises evil magic or an ugly women.

Warlock: Original meaning is traitor, betrayer or devil, in some texts it was used as another word for evil spirits. Current times it is used to desribe a male witch. Taking a negative view of witches.

I know that in this modern age Witch is used for someone who follows a wiccan or some other earth spirituality paths. However the original term IS female and evil.

I personally think they should use Wise One/ Cunning Folk. But seeing as their going Hexy then Witch is fine and its modern usage is gender neutral.

What does Psionics mean to you?

the use of the mind to directly influence the minds and matter around you.
i think fine control should be allowed at high levels for example if i lift a globe of water then use my mind to make all the atoms vibrate faster then it will start to boil.

How can I get you to buy a psionics book and use it in your campaign?

It has to have classes that are full of flavour and this flavour is reflected in the mechanics you give me. Id on't want you to faithfully replicate 3.5 i as a customer want something that works and can be used maybe not nesecarily easily but usefully in a game. I think people get too hung up on easy rules but when i first came to D&D the vancian magic annoyed me i was used to reading books by Robert Jordan, Melanie Rawn and other greats and the majority use a system where magic is used flowingly in a freeform manner but with limits either through strength in the magic ability or the stress of use. I want something similar the psipoints do work towards this but i think improvements can be made.

What is an absolute deal-breaker?

No book. Even if i hate the flavour ill buy the mechanics and if i hate the mechanics ill buy the flavour. And if i hate both ill write my own book and sell it to myself.

Loads of people made the point of how going nova is a problem, i have never had this problem and if a player wants to do it they stop pretty soon as the party isnt too happy. My solution would be(im still ironing out the details)taking the d20 WoD exhaustion system from Monte and toning it down a bit so it has slightly less impact i feel they approached it a bit too heavily and applying it to psionic powers. To those not familiar with it the system essentially increases the DC to initiate maintain and affect others with a power in proportion to the number and level of previous powers used. Im hoping this will prove an intresting twist. And if it doesnt work, meh!

Another idea is removing the concept of psipoints from vancian magic currently points are treated as liquidated spell slots. Maybe if we say you have a certain mumber of points per encounter or hour or something to make it more flowing.

Really when it comes down to it i have faith you guys will do the best you can.

Try Elements of Magic revised edition the system takes a whilhe to get used to but once youve got it is a powerful system but not overpowered.

The only problem is mana manegment in epic levels becomes irrelevant but really not many would run epic elements campaigns. I can tell you its a lot of fun, hard but fun.

I dont know how much people kow about it you can buy it at the EN world store, its published by them. essentially you have lists of spell types and then spending mana points in various lists creates spells e.g

invoke fire 1/gen 1 would cost 2 mana points and could deal cone damage 1d6 but if i increased general enhancments to invoke fire1/gen2 it could now be 1d6 dmg in 20ft for 2 rounds.

you can create spells for pretty much anything.

I realise this is an inadequate description so if ur intrested read reviews or buy the pdf its quite cheap.

and no i dont work for them :)

Not in the basic players handbook, as such races are not considered "standard races".

well then let us call on the powerful energy of fandom and ask has anyone adapted Tieflings and/or assamir for Pathfinder RPG?

Ill have a go but its sure to be a mess.

So is there any idea of when the additions (GM rules, prestige classes and artifacts/cursed items)?

also please can we see some knew prestige classes the DMG core ones are rubbish (in my opinion. I know its a lot to ask but lets face it you are demi-gods :)

We hope it will be available by 4PM Greenwich time.

I'm in the office, at 27°C... outside it is warmer, and with a clear blue sky. Vienna, Austria, 1:30 PM CET

Hope its earlier otherwise ill have to cut into my monthly peak time limit but suppose its worth it :)

Gamers Haven Podcast the one on Character death. pretty comprehensive.

Romani wrote:

what time zone though its 1230 here in UK (noon) :)

Paizo Standard Time is eight hours behind British Summer Time or Greenwich Mean Time (usually). (I'm not certain that the Americans put their clocks forwards/back at the precise same time of year as we do in the UK.)

cool thanks. looks like we gotta wait :)

what time zone though its 1230 here in UK (noon) :)

has a release time actually been declared?

or are we all hoping for rain?

I planning on running with a new group doing Burnt offerings using beta rules when they come out. are there any conversions for burnt offerings using Alpha 3 so i have a rough idea to do a on the fly conversion in the beta rules.

hope that made sense

I dont think epic levels should be included in the rule set. it just starts to get either improbable or plain annoying at epic levels. just go to 20 then roll another char for another adventure.

Thats good it balances the spell so you arent guarenteed to find a place however i think you may need to bump up the percentages a bit. ill test it out and come back to you.