paizo.com Favorited Posts by Romaqpaizo.com Favorited Posts by Romaq2022-09-07T17:10:53Z2022-09-07T17:10:53ZRe: Forums: Advice: Assistance for Pathfinder vs. Religious Objections re: violence & magicRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sqd0?Assistance-for-Pathfinder-vs-Religious#152015-08-03T19:26:18Z2015-08-03T14:13:13Z<p>I agree with much of the sentiment expressed here. Yes, the Bible is rife with violence. Yet the point for me was to explore anything I may have missed. Some both inside and outside of our family believe Asperger's Syndrome is involved, which adds to the complexity and layering of working with "Middle" on positive, constructive social activities.</p>
<p>I'm already GM'ing RotRL for a very happy group, but I'm sinking huge gobs of time on it to make it the best experience I can. Making an entirely new campaign from scratch without the experience to back me or much to guide me while keeping the RotRL campaign going... that is quite a bit to juggle.</p>
<p>If I didn't live on the West Coast from where he lives in the Great Lakes area, I could just drop in on him and see how he is doing. If he had things together to have Internet on his PC, we could play Civilization in a "peaceful" mode, I think. But I want to at least explore what options I can.</p>
<p>Dad died last Monday night, and he did quite a bit to help "Middle" along. Now "Young" and I need to carry that forward. Thank you for the honest evaluation and some ideas to work from. If I could just walk away, I would. And I may yet have to, but it doesn't come without an emotional cost.</p>I agree with much of the sentiment expressed here. Yes, the Bible is rife with violence. Yet the point for me was to explore anything I may have missed. Some both inside and outside of our family believe Asperger's Syndrome is involved, which adds to the complexity and layering of working with "Middle" on positive, constructive social activities.
I'm already GM'ing RotRL for a very happy group, but I'm sinking huge gobs of time on it to make it the best experience I can. Making an entirely...Romaq2015-08-03T14:13:13ZForums: Advice: Assistance for Pathfinder vs. Religious Objections re: violence & magicRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sqd0?Assistance-for-Pathfinder-vs-Religious#12015-08-04T23:32:24Z2015-08-03T03:58:23Z<p>I have two brothers, "Middle" and "Young" while I'm "Old". "Young" and I live WAY out of our home state. He and I would like to have better contact with "Middle", perhaps by playing Pathfinder play-by-post. "Middle" doesn't have Internet besides his iPhone paid by "Young" on a family account. "Middle" also likes to write.</p>
<p>One idea I am considering is running Pathfinder play-by-post, of interest to the three of us and we would keep in better contact. Unfortunately, "Middle" is Jehovah's Witness, and he claims his faith prevents him even from "playing pretend" with 1) Magic in any form, or 2) Violence.</p>
<p>It is not my interest to start a religion war, but I would appreciate help from someone who may actually •be• Jehovah's Witness, and who could clarify if my brother may be misunderstanding his church's teachings. It may be possible my brother misunderstands, or is simply taking his church's instructions further than they were intended to go. Again... no religion bashing here. I'm not JW, "Young" isn't JW, we are simply seeking a way to keep "Middle" spending time with us being entertained in a role-play game I happen to have rules for. My hope is that I can point him to something that clarifies his church's teaching in a way that allows him to more fully enjoy what Pathfinder has to offer.</p>
<p>Baring that, I have two considerations:</p>
<p>1) The Iron Gods game mechanics allowing for more Science Fiction type games. I would have to cut all appearances of magic for advanced technology as presented in those supplemental books and use the Game Mastery Guide's advice on a low (no) magic level campaign.</p>
<p>2) I would also invoke some equivalent of the League of Peoples series by James Alan Gardner. Violence against a sentient being is strictly forbidden.</p>
<p>Ideas? Suggestions?</p>I have two brothers, "Middle" and "Young" while I'm "Old". "Young" and I live WAY out of our home state. He and I would like to have better contact with "Middle", perhaps by playing Pathfinder play-by-post. "Middle" doesn't have Internet besides his iPhone paid by "Young" on a family account. "Middle" also likes to write.
One idea I am considering is running Pathfinder play-by-post, of interest to the three of us and we would keep in better contact. Unfortunately, "Middle" is Jehovah's...Romaq2015-08-03T03:58:23ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: The Demons ComethRomaqhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lej2&page=2?The-Demons-Cometh#542015-07-04T08:27:38Z2015-07-04T07:26:36Z<p>Thank'ee! My intent is to have a medieval waif, "I saw momma eat dad!" In my head, Tilly was more preteen. I don't know if I will get to play the scenario or not,or how much a spoiler it is. In my use of the image for RotRL, it isn't the same "Tilly". I will go with "young teen who saw way too much.</p>Thank'ee! My intent is to have a medieval waif, "I saw momma eat dad!" In my head, Tilly was more preteen. I don't know if I will get to play the scenario or not,or how much a spoiler it is. In my use of the image for RotRL, it isn't the same "Tilly". I will go with "young teen who saw way too much.Romaq2015-07-04T07:26:36ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Questions about Iconic Character Art?Romaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s3od&page=3?Questions-about-Iconic-Character-Art#1502015-03-28T09:43:34Z2015-03-27T23:13:12Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Vic Wertz wrote:</div><blockquote><p>While "Garundi" can mean "somebody from the continent of Garund," it •also• refers to people of a specific ethnicity—see page 14 of the Inner Sea World Guide. Quinn's ethnicity is Mwangi, not Garundi... and since he's actually from Galt, he's not Garundi in the •regional• sense either—he's Avistani.</p>
<p>(At least, unless James Jacobs or James Sutter correct me....) </blockquote><p>I think it is safe to say, "It's complicated, and that's ok." I am very VERY pleased with the part about putting pregens spread across the table with WAR's art and letting the new player look at and invest in someone they see they can be, regardless if their ethnicity or background outside of the game. That way they can understand too, their "ethnicity" and "background" may be complicated, not the typical Tabletop RPG player, but "that's ok." Everyone is welcome to the table. And WAR's artwork affirms that.Vic Wertz wrote:While "Garundi" can mean "somebody from the continent of Garund," it *also* refers to people of a specific ethnicity—see page 14 of the Inner Sea World Guide. Quinn's ethnicity is Mwangi, not Garundi... and since he's actually from Galt, he's not Garundi in the *regional* sense either—he's Avistani.
(At least, unless James Jacobs or James Sutter correct me....)
I think it is safe to say, "It's complicated, and that's ok." I am very VERY pleased with the part about putting...Romaq2015-03-27T23:13:12ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Questions about Iconic Character Art?Romaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s3od&page=3?Questions-about-Iconic-Character-Art#1402018-01-11T07:53:27Z2015-03-27T19:37:34Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">James Jacobs wrote:</div><blockquote>Seoni's attire is, in my mind, more typical of a Varisian outfit than Thassilonian. That said, Varisian history is intermingled with Thassilon, so I'm also sure there's echoes of that in her outfit as well. </blockquote><p>When Darsadi (Half-elf Varisian Sorc) wants to dress fancy, it is more like Seoni's attire and having reference to things like Mongolia/ East Asian attire is VERY useful for me as references. Darsadi has no problem being "cheese-cakey". If you've got it, flaunt it. I love the tagline for a sorcerer, "Work is for ugly people."
<p>When Darsadi goes to the field, she wears something much more like the Iconic hunter Adowyn: dress for function, and she has her hair up to not get caught on anything or used against her in a grapple. And Darsadi loves hats!</p>
<p>I must say if Seoni were dressed to look more like Adowyn, I couldn't tell she's a Sorceress. Regardless of how practical or "realistic" I would personally consider Seoni's attire, I KNOW for a fact you can lay out each Iconic: Wizard, Sorcerer, Summoner, Monk, Fighter... each and every one WAR has done to date. Ask someone who never heard of Pathfinder what "this" image is, and I'm pretty sure they'll guess it. And if they are interested at all in playing Fantasy Tabletop RPG, they'll know what they want to play off a WAR pregen image before they even know what the class & stats are.</p>
<p>One look at Seoni... just one... and I knew, "Ok, that's mine. Let's roll!"</p>
<p>Thank you, WAR! The only regret I have in buying my 2015 PaizoCon tickets is that I know you won't be there as the Guest of Honor. But I look forward to the day when you'll be available to make it. :) And if I had the funds, I'd pay the tickets and pay you to go. You are expensive, but you are very worth it. :)</p>James Jacobs wrote:Seoni's attire is, in my mind, more typical of a Varisian outfit than Thassilonian. That said, Varisian history is intermingled with Thassilon, so I'm also sure there's echoes of that in her outfit as well.
When Darsadi (Half-elf Varisian Sorc) wants to dress fancy, it is more like Seoni's attire and having reference to things like Mongolia/ East Asian attire is VERY useful for me as references. Darsadi has no problem being "cheese-cakey". If you've got it, flaunt it. I...Romaq2015-03-27T19:37:34ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Questions about Iconic Character Art?Romaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s3od&page=3?Questions-about-Iconic-Character-Art#1102015-03-30T04:38:32Z2015-03-27T05:14:31Z<p>My understanding of http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/Mwangi vs Garundi is like the distinction between someone who is Korean vs. Asian. The nationality for Pharasma is "Garundi" from what I recall reading.</p>My understanding of http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/Mwangi vs Garundi is like the distinction between someone who is Korean vs. Asian. The nationality for Pharasma is "Garundi" from what I recall reading.Romaq2015-03-27T05:14:31ZRe: Forums: Rise of the Runelords: Community Created Stuff (may contain spoilers)Romaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2i3wa&page=22?Community-Created-Stuff#10982016-10-23T05:32:03Z2015-02-03T06:17:57Z<p>I found the maps WAY too expensive to print for their limited use. Had I to do it over again, the only map I would have printed is Sandpoint, which I have on 20"x30" cardstock from the image in the interactive .PDF. I "printed" the map using GIMP is "insane high resolution", I cropped out the page and other stuff I did •NOT• want, and then I went for the correct size of 20"x30" at 150 dpi resolution. Take to CostCo, print, and I have a VERY nice, sturdy map of Sandpoint to use over and over and over, and it's been great.</p>
<p>For the rest of the maps, I plan to use the ones from http://hero339.deviantart.com/ which are insane with detail and realistic effect. But the plan is to show ONLY what the group needs to see on a monitor I display in everyone's view, and my group now knows they might really want to have their PC's map their way around to avoid getting lost, since they won't have that big handy sheet of exposed rooms to guide them around.</p>
<p>When we hit combat in larger areas where position matters, I'm using one of those huge Chessex battle mats as a "tablecloth" to cover the seam between the three 2'x4' tables I'm using, and they will be free to sketch out the map as suits them. They can see what's in the room from the monitor, and I can tell them from the book it's a 20' x 30' room. A quick scratch on the battle mat... GO! That saves me from painstaking drawing of rooms that I'm not happy to have in presentation, then I have to hide them for fog-of-war, and actually few of the rooms require combat anyway. Hero339's maps have the detail I want, the limited size of the monitor lets me hide everything, so I hope it's all good. I'll post here how it turns out.</p>I found the maps WAY too expensive to print for their limited use. Had I to do it over again, the only map I would have printed is Sandpoint, which I have on 20"x30" cardstock from the image in the interactive .PDF. I "printed" the map using GIMP is "insane high resolution", I cropped out the page and other stuff I did *NOT* want, and then I went for the correct size of 20"x30" at 150 dpi resolution. Take to CostCo, print, and I have a VERY nice, sturdy map of Sandpoint to use over and over...Romaq2015-02-03T06:17:57ZRe: Forums/PaizoCon: General Discussion: PaizoCon 2015 Tickets Available Now!Romaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rw09?PaizoCon-2015-Tickets-Available-Now#22015-02-11T22:47:48Z2015-01-17T03:12:53Z<p>Thank you so very much for how you arranged the tickets to include the banquet as either separate or as part of the ticket with a bit of discount. My wife and I are locked and loaded! Now to get the hotel sorted out...</p>
<p>Oh! One thing. DEAR DESNA PLEASE publish a "Tentative timeline of events" PDF showing all events within the same time block. I really want to avoid participating in the event lottery and score tickets to THEN figure out there is a seminar I would prefer to attend, but I essentially took a lottery ticket from someone who would have had a better chance had I not selected it in the lottery. I want to avoid that sinking feeling of, "I have this ticket now, and I know I'm not going to use it, someone else should have it."</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>Thank you so very much for how you arranged the tickets to include the banquet as either separate or as part of the ticket with a bit of discount. My wife and I are locked and loaded! Now to get the hotel sorted out...
Oh! One thing. DEAR DESNA PLEASE publish a "Tentative timeline of events" PDF showing all events within the same time block. I really want to avoid participating in the event lottery and score tickets to THEN figure out there is a seminar I would prefer to attend, but I...Romaq2015-01-17T03:12:53ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Paizo Blog: Improvements Are A-Comin'Romaqhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lgqn&page=2?Improvements-Are-AComin#792014-11-21T06:29:05Z2014-11-18T04:33:43Z<p>I have not played PFS in some months because of my situation with my wife. I am running Rise of the Runelords (AE) and those sessions are enough for her for now. I don't want to wear out her good graces. So I may have missed a few things. The big thing I have not been able to have my primary character Darsadi enjoy: A merchant faction rather than being •forced• to be Sczarni (which as a Varisian she hates with a hatey-hate-hate) or Qadiran. Now she can just be the new merchant faction, which is not yet updated on http://paizo.com/pathfinderSociety/factions. I can't tell you how pleased I am on her behalf!</p>
<p>That said, in developing material for your faction, •PLEASE for love of Desna have your marketing staff take a look at how each faction leader would "sell" their faction to a local recruit. The early retired scenarios for beginners had the newly minted Pathfinders introduced to each faction's leader. Unfortunately, most of the faction leaders acted like cartoon clowns. If I were inclined to join a given faction, the faction leaders were too busy written as over-hamming it up to introduce themselves as why anyone in their right mind would look to •THEM• as the leader of their faction. Each of those faction leaders should not only introduce themselves at the top of their game, proving •WHY• they are the faction head by being awesome to the new recruits... those faction heads should be able to clearly make a case as to why I should consider being in •their• faction rather than anyone else's.</p>
<p>So have a team of your marketing people "become" each faction head and explain in a half-page or full page document how they got their position, what they are looking for in recruits and what they and their faction can do to benefit the recruit. Don't just give me a set of traits and what classes might find Dark Archive useful, then paste some half-baked wannabe like Zarta at the top. She •played• at being seductive and to me, came off as a clown. On one page, the new leader of Dark Archive scare the hell out of me while still convincing a paladin Dark Archive is the right faction for them. It's a tough call on a single page to do that. That's what good marketing is supposed to be able to do, and if I were to join Dark Archive, I would have the leader that inspires genuine fear while totally seducing with promise of power. Silver Crusade, Grand Lodge... each of them.</p>
<p>I want to bring you new people who have never played PFS or Tabletop RPG's before, have no clue. When they ask, "Which faction is right for me," I don't want to ask them what class they are interested in and help them pick a trait buff that matches the class. What I want to do is have them look over each faction on a page same as they do with the Iconic pregens... you know how awesome and inspiring the artwork for those are? Give me an image of each faction head that demands I follow their leadership! And then you have one page around that image to sell me on playing that faction regardless of race/ class issues where possible. Faction trait bonus yeah-yeah whatever. But who the hell is that tough soldier looking guy (Ambrus Velsin), what is his credibility leading Grand Lodge, and what would he have to say that would inspire me to follow him into the Worldwound and trust him to lead me back out to glory? Patton's Speech as portrayed in the movie. Only have a real marketing person with the chops put it together and have Ambrus Velsin compel me to be in Grand Lodge. Do this with each of your faction leaders.</p>
<p>Because if this "faction business" means anything other than check-marks in boxes and traits on a character sheet, you guys need to do a better job telling me what those factions are really all about in the world of Golarion and within Pathfinder Society, and each faction leader deserves better treatment than being some two-dimensional ham-acting clown.</p>
<p>Anyway, I got that off my chest. I just hope things behind the scenes at home resolve to where my wife and I can get back to regularly playing PFS. I miss that. I miss Darsadi.</p>I have not played PFS in some months because of my situation with my wife. I am running Rise of the Runelords (AE) and those sessions are enough for her for now. I don't want to wear out her good graces. So I may have missed a few things. The big thing I have not been able to have my primary character Darsadi enjoy: A merchant faction rather than being *forced* to be Sczarni (which as a Varisian she hates with a hatey-hate-hate) or Qadiran. Now she can just be the new merchant faction, which...Romaq2014-11-18T04:33:43ZForums: Rise of the Runelords: Low Level Ambush on return from the Foxglove hunt. (SPOILER for Copper Ferrets)Romaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rlq4?Low-Level-Ambush-on-return-from-the-Foxglove#12020-04-28T17:11:02Z2014-10-16T04:31:42Z<p>A PC in our group, Klyan, decided to drop in at the Fatman's Feedbag on her own to check out the local "toughs". The night was still young, and people mostly ignored her. She decided to talk with Jubrayl and see if he had anything "fun" going on she could join. He dismissed and pointedly ignored her. As she was leaving, she passed her slight-of-hand check against his perception and scored a scroll, then sat back down at her table.</p>
<p>Soon enough, Jubrayl saw Kylan playing with the scroll without reading it, which is the only reason he saw fit to allow her to leave the Feedbag alive, but he was annoyed. So he told Klyan he wanted the Pixie's Kitten shut down, he didn't care how, and that he would have Gaia Acari follow up.</p>
<p>Gaia did, but that's another story. Particular with •this• thread, Jubrayl is still pissed, but just enough to get the point across rather than kill Kylan outright.</p>
<p>We are still AGL 1, 4 PCs plus Foxglove and three of his menservants to manage the horses while they hunt on foot in Tickwood. The party, according to the map, has to cross a bridge at the west end of Tickwood, which seems a reasonable and safe spot to ditch the horses for the hunt and leave them in the care of the menservants.</p>
<p>On the way back too the bridge, however, it appears the menservants are a bit bloodied, gagged and tied together while an Encounter waits for the party to return. All they ask is a toll for crossing the bridge back. Say that fine boar there and some of those shiny buttons off the Govner's coat. That'll do.</p>
<p>If the encounter defeats the group, they'll simply make off with the boar and the buttons, and whisper a message to Kylan to take care what business she meddles in, and then to mention aloud, "And now you know who the traitor is." And a run off not to be seen unless the party encounters them on the road again at some future date.</p>
<p>If the party wins the encounter without killing all the bandits, Jubrayl still wants to get the "don't screw with me again" message across, as well as hint, "a traitor is among you" just to screw with the group, but it has to be done in such a way Jubrayl can't be charged with any wrong doing.</p>
<p>So I need to plan for how this works if the bandits are brought back to trial at Sandpoint. Can they just sit & rot for 1d6 weeks for attempted banditry if they refuse to speak? I've thought of Jubrayl being upset with them for failing to humiliate the group and murdering them in jail, but •then• you have the problem of "Speak with the Dead" and other such messy business.</p>
<p>Ideas? Suggestions? My goal is not to punish Kylan. What the player did was accept extraordinary risk attempting to infiltrate the Sczarni faction, but Jubrayl is no idiot and there is no way he's going to, "Why sure strange person to town! Come on in and join my gang of little bandits!" Uhm... no. And if she can't deal with a couple of goons, Kylan isn't worth wasting time on anyway from Jubrayl's perspective.</p>
<p>Also, I want Foxglove to have a reason to look more closely at Jubryl.[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>So I have this opportunity to grab my group by the nose and make this Jubrayl thing personal. Suggestions?</p>A PC in our group, Klyan, decided to drop in at the Fatman's Feedbag on her own to check out the local "toughs". The night was still young, and people mostly ignored her. She decided to talk with Jubrayl and see if he had anything "fun" going on she could join. He dismissed and pointedly ignored her. As she was leaving, she passed her slight-of-hand check against his perception and scored a scroll, then sat back down at her table.
Soon enough, Jubrayl saw Kylan playing with the scroll...Romaq2014-10-16T04:31:42ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Legends—Rise of the Runelords #1: Burnt OfferingsRomaqhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy91vs/discuss&page=3?Pathfinder-Legends-Rise-of-the-Runelords-1-Burnt-Offerings#1172014-04-21T14:15:33Z2014-04-21T11:12:49Z<p>Ick! Well, they •could• have named the tracks something more interesting than that, I suppose. Except, of course, it could potentially give spoilers. Ok, I'll go with that. Thank you! I really don't want to buy the download version for a CD I already have. :D</p>
<p>Thanks, and cheers!</p>Ick! Well, they *could* have named the tracks something more interesting than that, I suppose. Except, of course, it could potentially give spoilers. Ok, I'll go with that. Thank you! I really don't want to buy the download version for a CD I already have. :D
Thanks, and cheers!Romaq2014-04-21T11:12:49ZRe: Forums: Website Feedback: The Heartbleed bugRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qvil?The-Heartbleed-bug#32014-04-09T17:46:05Z2014-04-09T14:08:07Z<p>We can change our passwords, but if we do NOT confirm this issue is resolved, changing to a new password is worthless.</p>
<p>So... someone from Paizo, we really need a Blog entry on this issue, and pretty damned pronto saying Heartbleed either does not apply or HAS BEEN fixed and Paizo strongly suggests everyone change their passwords.</p>
<p>I can just imagine Paizo is busy with things, and short staffed, and so on. But the credibility and cash of Paizo depends on a secure store. I would •not• want to be the company that ... well, one word... just one:</p>
<p>Target</p>We can change our passwords, but if we do NOT confirm this issue is resolved, changing to a new password is worthless.
So... someone from Paizo, we really need a Blog entry on this issue, and pretty damned pronto saying Heartbleed either does not apply or HAS BEEN fixed and Paizo strongly suggests everyone change their passwords.
I can just imagine Paizo is busy with things, and short staffed, and so on. But the credibility and cash of Paizo depends on a secure store. I would *not* want to...Romaq2014-04-09T14:08:07ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Starting a Solo campaign with my wifeRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2prgz?Starting-a-Solo-campaign-with-my-wife#352013-10-14T15:53:10Z2013-10-14T12:55:17Z<p>Prolog
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The first thing I remember that day was the sound of terrified screaming. I was asleep, and at this point I can't be sure if the screams were of people or animals. I was a tad busy at that moment because the tent collapsed and my cage was smashed. Fortunately I wasn't pinned in the debris and I was able to slip out. I couldn't quite see, but I could smell blood and terror. My mistress! Lady Mai Reika was casting at this … thing. I couldn't really tell what it was, but I saw the flash of light and power. I didn't understand then, so I can't say now what spell was used. But I saw her clearly in the powerful light that enveloped her and took her life. My Lady died, and to the screams of everyone else around I added my own.</p>
<p>In the midst of the clan of metal, the incantations, the terror and the booming sounds of raw power, I could swear I sensed more than saw to shapes in the distance. I recall a huge man in dark iron appearing to argue with a woman riding an elk. He laughed at her, and pointed at one of those tribal women. The woman grabbed a warhammer and began to scream and beat the monster that killed my Lady Reika. The Woman on the Elk shook her head, upset, and then she saw me.</p>
<p>I saw her eyes, and somehow it was if I was looking into a field of stars and the eyes were twin moons. I thought how all this must be a dream, and then I wondered to think I knew what a dream was. And THEN I wondered how it was I thought to wonder. It was all a dream, and in this dream I was a great sorcerer. I turned towards the beast as he was laughing and casting his spell to destroy the brave tribal woman who sought to slay him with a hammer. I knew how to disrupt his spell, and I could sense how weak he really was after the battle to destroy our small party. I cast … I can't remember what I cast in this dream, but I could feel the power flow from within me. I weakened him even as I disrupted his spell. He hesitated as the raging woman pounded the beast. I cast some spell of power again as the woman roared her defiance and smashed her foe. Together, we destroyed the beast in a flash of light and fury. Then the woman collapsed. In the dream, I felt myself weak, and my vision wavered. I looked for the Man of Iron and the Lady of the Elk, but they were gone as if they were never there. I wanted to look for them, I wanted to understand what happened. But I found dreams are odd like that. My wavering vision was lost to me, and in the darkness behind my closed eyes I could feel the cold seeping into my very bones. “So very cold,” I thought, and then I woke from the dream.
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Things you should know as we begin the campaign:
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1) You are several days ride away from Hillcross where your father was going to collect his pay for getting the party there safely.
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2) You and your father served as guides for Lady Mai Reika, a Pathfinder from Tian Xia who arrived last month over the Ice Stair eager to pay for expedited passage Hillcross.
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3) She did not state her business, and as your father Et would say, “Our only business is to see them safe at Hillcross. We are People, and we People have our own worries without meddling in the affairs of those weak savages.”
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4) You know your Dad may not have quite practiced what he preached, as he would be called in to council both with those he guided and with the Greattusk, and sometimes even the Bearpelt elders. But he was careful to pretend he knew nothing, and he encouraged you to pretend along with him.
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5) Lady Reika was a sorceress who had a ferret named Romaq as a companion. The ferret was often quite curious and playful, but he did not appear to be very different from any other small beast.
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6) At this moment, you remember as some sort of dream your camp being destroyed by some walking beast. You saw your mounts slaughtered, and the guards as well as your father being savaged by the beast. You saw Lady Reika being destroyed by the beasts obscene magic, and at that point everything became dream-like. In a red haze, you grabbed your warhammer to attack the beast. You felt power flow through you, as if you were made of iron. The beast laughed at you, echoing in the distance. You knew you would die, but you demanded the beast follow you to death. The beast was distracted by someone in the camp casting more of that foul magic, and you continued to strike the foe. The beast tried to cast as you continued to hammer him, not letting up your fury. In a flash of light and heat, the foul creature vanished. It was over, and you felt the embrace of nothingness claim you as the world faded to black.
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7) In your slumber, you feel tiny claws gently scratching your face, a wet nose and a tiny tongue licking your cheek. A soft voice begs you to wake up.</p>Prolog
The first thing I remember that day was the sound of terrified screaming. I was asleep, and at this point I can't be sure if the screams were of people or animals. I was a tad busy at that moment because the tent collapsed and my cage was smashed. Fortunately I wasn't pinned in the debris and I was able to slip out. I couldn't quite see, but I could smell blood and terror. My mistress! Lady Mai Reika was casting at this … thing. I couldn't really tell what it was, but I saw the flash...Romaq2013-10-14T12:55:17ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Starting a Solo campaign with my wifeRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2prgz?Starting-a-Solo-campaign-with-my-wife#342013-10-14T13:51:29Z2013-10-14T11:26:08Z<p>I've invested quite a bit of time learning more about Golarion. The Quests book mentioned the destroyed Shield of Aroden, which I could read more about in the ISWG. So... I have a chunk of wood from one of the pallets at work to make a nice prop for that. I got the Racebuilder license for Hero Lab and built up a "Ferret Sapien", so "Romaq" the character is an awakened ferret. As soon as I can sort out how to have Hero Labs handle a Mounted Fury Barbarian with a proper scaled 'medium' Mammoth. I already have the map, she doesn't know it but she passed not getting lost... she doesn't read this forum so I'm safe to post here. The opening scene is written in my mind. She comes to with a ferret licking her face and begging her to wake up. All the company pack animals are slaughtered, everything is in disarray, and everyone is dead or dying. She gets a moment to say goodbye to her dying father, then she, the newly awakened ferret and her baby mammoth Huff are off on the adventure to find out about the mysterious chunk of wood.</p>
<p>She did not get to say goodbye to her real life father, and I already talked with her about that so she's ok. I also have NPCs (that glorious NPC Codex) she will encounter and try to force her to stay with them. Her role is to be 'barefoot & pregnant', that is a woman's role as a Kellid. Her father was there to protect her, but now he's gone.</p>
<p>She should make it to Hillcross within several game days, then she gets to decide among Magnimar, Nerosyan and Karcau as destinations, and each is a glorious bucket of 'adventure'. Or she could ditch the wood as it isn't her problem, and take up jobs building up XP while exploring and fighting nasties. I'm nervous, but reading all this material has me pretty confident in the adventure I can put together in Golarion.</p>
<p>As far as 'romantic' interest, I'm not sure how that will pan out. She is likely to run up against her first major villain who will sweet talk her, but in otherwise typical Kellid fashion will play "Gaston" from Beauty & The Beast. My read of 'Kellid' pretty much has her trapped if she seeks any romance there, and the campaign will be over with her 'barefoot & pregnant'. I don't think she'll go for that at all.</p>
<p>Once I get her heading towards some destination of her choice and away from "Gaston the Kellid", we shall see. My read of her is that she won't take to it, but I am willing to be surprised. This is •her• story, though Romaq will be busy trying to get published in the Pathfinder Chronicles and get himself a field promotion out of it. Fun fun!</p>I've invested quite a bit of time learning more about Golarion. The Quests book mentioned the destroyed Shield of Aroden, which I could read more about in the ISWG. So... I have a chunk of wood from one of the pallets at work to make a nice prop for that. I got the Racebuilder license for Hero Lab and built up a "Ferret Sapien", so "Romaq" the character is an awakened ferret. As soon as I can sort out how to have Hero Labs handle a Mounted Fury Barbarian with a proper scaled 'medium' Mammoth....Romaq2013-10-14T11:26:08ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: When is metagaming GOOD metagaming?Romaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pv3c?When-is-metagaming-GOOD-metagaming#92013-06-18T15:12:31Z2013-06-16T07:29:52Z<p>I'm new to the game. My female Sorc Darsadi Callinova saw the Big Evil Guy about to behead several women. Me the guy player put brains in neutral said to have Darsadi take her quarterstaff and hit the BEG for damage. The guys at the table blinked, they asked me my AC and my HP, and I realized I'd dun screwed up. :p GM asked me what my class was. "Sorc." "And what does a Sorc do?" "Cast spells." He was gentle about it, and respectful, and he told me it is my character and I can do what I want, but that Darsadi's HP could drop to 0 within two rounds. Then he asked me what I wanted to do, and it was totally my call.</p>
<p>I'm very glad to be with a class-act PFS group, and that is where some meta-gaming hand-holding help a n00b like me remember I'm playing to the class and the character.</p>I'm new to the game. My female Sorc Darsadi Callinova saw the Big Evil Guy about to behead several women. Me the guy player put brains in neutral said to have Darsadi take her quarterstaff and hit the BEG for damage. The guys at the table blinked, they asked me my AC and my HP, and I realized I'd dun screwed up. :p GM asked me what my class was. "Sorc." "And what does a Sorc do?" "Cast spells." He was gentle about it, and respectful, and he told me it is my character and I can do what I want,...Romaq2013-06-16T07:29:52ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Starting a Solo campaign with my wifeRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2prgz?Starting-a-Solo-campaign-with-my-wife#252013-10-12T15:10:20Z2013-06-15T11:53:15Z<p>Ok, back from vacation and rested. I worked out a plan. When discussing my ideas with a person at a PFS game, he suggested that Gorum and Desna hate one another. Seeing 'a' god would be rare. Seeing two together at a time would be more rare than rare. I understand that, which is why I am making the story hook in the form of a dream Garrah (my wife's PC) experiences. Did it really happen? Was it luck? Who can say, and does it really matter?</p>
<p>So Garrah is 'out there', some big fight happens. How do we get to this big battle? Originally, I thought of World Wound demons destroying her home village. The problem is destroying Garrah's home town is rather impersonal for the fact she expects it to be destroyed, and has no need to care. I want my wife to care. I want her to be emotionally hurt by the battle, to be angry about it and emotionally invested as a plot hook. Them bastards are gonna pay! I mean... "Barbarian", right?</p>
<p>My wife also has memories of hunting with her real life father, and she lost him a few years ago. So I can see Garrah's story of traveling with her father before "the event". Why are they traveling? Kellid scouts will guide a Tian party from Icestair to Hillcross per http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/Icestair</p>
<p>Garrah's father Dron leads a Tian party. The Tian party is an Arcane Sorceress Hiriko who happens to have a sable ferret companion, Romaq. The party is ambushed by a single babau. The demon attacks and kills Dron first as he's on watch, and rips through the party. Hiriko attempts to defeat the demon, but ... looking at the stats for that thing, it looks like it only takes one to ruin your day.</p>
<p>Garrah remembers the initial attack and vision of her father as he suffers a particularly gruesome death that Garrah blocks from her mind. Before she blacks out, she sees a huge man in spiked armor, and a stately woman riding an elk beside him. She screams in anger as they argue unconcerned of the fight, and her vision fades to red, and then to black.</p>
<p>Garrah awakens to a small peeping sound as that of a clucking chicken, and a wet, fuzzy nuzzling and licking upon her cheek. Somehow she understands she is being asked to wake up, and danger is about. Then she sees it is that ferret looking expectantly, and while she doesn't hear him speak with an actual voice, he chuffs and makes whining noises and she clearly knows, "We are in danger, we need to get to my friend!"</p>
<p>I plan to write that as prose to give to my wife, and then drop her on a map of the aftermath of the battle. She has wounds and acid burns she recalls nothing about. The Ferret will have the Awakened template applied and he can speak clearly, though nobody else can hear him beyond typical ferret noises, and she can not understand any OTHER ferrets. I'm considering having the babau sufficiently wounded that she can finish him off, and the only reason he hasn't killed her is that he was so weakened as to be at '0' but stable, and that in the 'red-out' period just before the game start, Garrah and Romaq were able to bring the babau to that point by Desna granting awakening to the ferret and 'extraordinary' power both until her 'rage' ran out, and let what come may. Gorrum thought it would be fun to watch the battle, as he was complaining to Desna about how it would be over too quickly. Desna blessed the woman and the ferret with luck, but the luck ended in a stalemate. Both deities have moved on by the time the game actually starts to avoid the notice of the other gods and charges of 'meddling' in affairs far too humble to be worth their notice in the first place.</p>
<p>So I have a level 1 Barbarian and a level 1 ... well, I don't have "Spellthief" in Hero Lab, so I'm thinking to alternate between Sorc and Rogue applied to the Awakened Weasel template, starting off with Sorc. Or starting us both out at level 2 to make up for the fact it's only the two of us, and I've a DMPC that should really be kept out of the front-and-center action. Anyway...</p>
<p>So I drop these two on the mat with a torn up camp, dead bodies, and somewhere on the map is Hiriko's body and a "mostly dead" babau. As I understand how it works, once 'killed' the babau returns to the demonic plane, correct? Any recommendations for slighting the stats of the babau to where they have a chance to imprison it? I don't want it to return to the Demonic plane because I want another demon to try to track the party down later, so I don't want word to get back to the 'powers that be' any time soon. Is there a containment trap I should look for that would work?</p>
<p>Hiriko's body has a http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChekhovsGun in the form of a shiny bracelet of http://paizo.com/prd/spells/comprehendLanguages.html (specifically, •TIAN•) along with a note to get the bracelet to ... there is a half-orc bard in the NPC Codex. I need to get that and I will use that bard from the Codex, but I'll place her in Wyvernsting. The Chekhov's Bracelet has a small bell, and I see the small bell as having a "bag of holding" effect. Within the bell is an artifact that can later be used as a key piece to make weapon of some sort, later to be determined, in repelling the World Wound invasion.</p>
<p>Some spying is in effect so the demons are aware of the artifact, and they will make 'some' effort to prevent the artifact from being used in the weapon, but at this time not a big deal of effort to stop them. The one babau should have been more than plenty. It doesn't report back, send another (or one geared for tracking) to discover what happened.</p>
<p>From this initial game, Garrah and Romaq have to recover enough supplies to make it to some place nearby and decide what to do. They will have the bracelet, they will know to look for this half-orc in Wyvernsting, and that half-orc will likely try to capture and interrogate them to find out about the Tians she is expecting.</p>
<p>I plan to RP out the journey with side adventures and travel time so we can both get a feel for how our characters work independently and as a team. I can also throw in natural, non-magical battles for working up a few levels before we reach Wyvernsting. By that time, I hope to get a better idea of what my wife Carol will want to do. Will she want to take the Chekhov's Bracelet to a particular city such as Absalom or Magnimar to let them deal with it so she can explore somewhere else? Will she want to hurry and get the artifact to the weapon and get back to kicking demonic butt? I don't want to fixate on too much ahead not knowing where our interests will take us, but I'll keep notes here and see what suggestions people might have while we take this journey together.</p>
<p>Thank you for following the journey with me. :)</p>Ok, back from vacation and rested. I worked out a plan. When discussing my ideas with a person at a PFS game, he suggested that Gorum and Desna hate one another. Seeing 'a' god would be rare. Seeing two together at a time would be more rare than rare. I understand that, which is why I am making the story hook in the form of a dream Garrah (my wife's PC) experiences. Did it really happen? Was it luck? Who can say, and does it really matter?
So Garrah is 'out there', some big fight happens....Romaq2013-06-15T11:53:15ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Starting a Solo campaign with my wifeRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2prgz?Starting-a-Solo-campaign-with-my-wife#212013-10-12T15:09:43Z2013-05-18T23:49:06Z<p>Thank you, Roguerouge. I plan to throw "romantic" options out there, but I'm not sure she will take those. I'll have to see.</p>
<p>Carol was raised in Kamloops, BC. On a cursory reading of Steppes, the Kamloops area fits that mode. Throw some wolly mammoths in there, I think you have a close enough approximation of the Realm of the Mammoth Lords. So Garra (Carol's PC) has no 'village', they just camp and move around.</p>
<p>My current thinking is to have her go a session of 'daily life' where she starts, and has a few battle encounters to get her XP up and to get to know her clan. For some reason she leaves, and it doesn't necessarily have to be everyone but her in the camp gets killed. Perhaps she gets sent on a quest for the camp. I need to consider options because I want her to care about 'home' rather than, "Well, they are all just going to die so my character leaves so I don't have to care about the NPCs."</p>
<p>By having Garra start with her familiar people, she gets an opportunity to get some XP and gear in.</p>
<p>I'm still thinking of the line, "So Gorrum and Desna were taking a walk along the Steppes when they came across..."</p>
<p>Is it unreasonable they would do that?</p>Thank you, Roguerouge. I plan to throw "romantic" options out there, but I'm not sure she will take those. I'll have to see.
Carol was raised in Kamloops, BC. On a cursory reading of Steppes, the Kamloops area fits that mode. Throw some wolly mammoths in there, I think you have a close enough approximation of the Realm of the Mammoth Lords. So Garra (Carol's PC) has no 'village', they just camp and move around.
My current thinking is to have her go a session of 'daily life' where she...Romaq2013-05-18T23:49:06ZForums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Starting a Solo campaign with my wifeRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2prgz?Starting-a-Solo-campaign-with-my-wife#12013-10-14T15:48:57Z2013-05-14T12:56:04Z<p>My wife is enjoying Pathfinder Society. Originally she had a Druid, but she didn't care for being a 'hippy'. Then she went with a Ranger character, but that really didn't grab her interest.</p>
<p>Then she went Barbarian.</p>
<p>And she liked it.</p>
<p>While we are playing PFS, she has a Barbarian for it, my wife would like to continue playing in a Solo-Campaign. http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19905354/Lessons_from_DMi ng_with_my_GF is fantastic inspiration, and I'm going to just go with it. It is our opportunity to learn together, as well as spending time with one another.</p>
<p>I did ask her questions to get a general feel for what she is looking for. She likes the play and balance with Pathfinder Society, so the content and tone will be in keeping with 'as if' we were playing a Legal published PFS game, just no chronicle sheets or credit. We are using Hero Labs and Pathfinder rules.</p>
<p>My wife is starting out as a Level 1 Kellid, and both of us are reading up to become familiar as much as possible with Mammoth Lands people and lore. I have the Inner Sea World guide as well as People of the North. She picked Garra for her name, I believe it is pronounced with the stress on Gar-RA, as if she is in the process of ripping someone's head off. It suits her fine. :)</p>
<p>I am building a ferret that will do a Sorc/ Rogue multi-class. I'm not quite clear on the best way to go about that, but as a DMPC I plan to have to be carried, and while I may be able to cast I certainly can't be a meat shield. That's Garra's job. Mine as the DMPC will be to handle magic and advise when Garra needs 'int' power. I'm going to see if I can make it work. If it fails, I'll learn through failing.</p>
<p>I do have a copy of, "The Noble Wild" for Pathfinder, but I'm not comfortable with how it handled some of the things. It didn't come across as "Pathfinder-y". I asked her why she's a fighter, given how in her Kellid culture women don't do that. She replied she was the only child and learned how to fight like a boy. Creatures attacked her village, and she doesn't remember much of the battle as she was in a rage. She was the only one left alive, and that is where her story starts.</p>
<p>My plan is for her to awaken with a ferret who chirps at her, but she understands what he has to say and he claims his name is Romaq. He doesn't know any more than she does, but both of them have the wounds of battle. Romaq knows he has 'unusual power', it is new, and he has insight he didn't have. In something of a dream, a man and woman happen upon the battle. The man in iron glories in the fighting. The woman takes pity on the barbarian maid in this dream, and calls upon the ferret to help. Both the maid and the ferret awaken with this hazy memory, but nothing is clear. And thus the story begins.</p>
<p>I still have to cook up the ferret stats and get the campaign details together. Both of us have to know the Kellid people and the region. Romaq will be smart enough to grasp money, he'll know he needs it, and that he can't possibly carry it. I think I'm going to have to give him Supernatural Abilities to convert standard wands and magic consumables into forms he can use. Mage Hand is a given. I'm glad as a level 0 it is at will.</p>
<p>I welcome discussion and advice pertaining to Kellid culture and if it is thought Ferrets of some form would be in the climate. I could also use advice on how to create a "Ferret Spellthief" I can maintain in Hero Lab, and how to handle the campaign so it is workable for a single-player campaign. While their shared dream will not explicitly state it, I am planning it as Gorum 'blessing' Garra with battle ferocity on a whim and as a joke upon the Kellid people. Desna, taking pity and mercy, awakened the ferret as a magic guardian and companion. Together, Garra and Romaq begin their adventure.</p>My wife is enjoying Pathfinder Society. Originally she had a Druid, but she didn't care for being a 'hippy'. Then she went with a Ranger character, but that really didn't grab her interest.
Then she went Barbarian.
And she liked it.
While we are playing PFS, she has a Barbarian for it, my wife would like to continue playing in a Solo-Campaign. http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19905354/Lessons_from_DMi ng_with_my_GF is fantastic inspiration, and I'm going to just go with...Romaq2013-05-14T12:56:04ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Society Scenario #4–15: The Cyphermage Dilemma (PFRPG) PDFRomaqhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8v0m/discuss?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-4-15-The-Cyphermage-Dilemma#152013-04-23T20:37:30Z2013-04-20T22:58:00Z<p>The "GameMastery Map Pack: Boats & Ships" is out-of-print. Offering it as a PDF means simply extracting the image out of the PDF and using •THAT•. I'd rather buy the print version if you folks would be so kind as to keep it in print.</p>
<p>Two things that would be great on new editions of these scenarios:</p>
<p>1) Links to where you sell the product suggested within the PDF, making it trivial to GET to them.</p>
<p>2) Putting a 'vote for re-runs' or some sort of 'put your money where your mouth is' thing on out-of-print maps. I'm new at this, so I don't have the huge collection of stuff and I'll have to get it over time. If you were to publish a bunch of stuff calling for a map pack you no longer offer in print, that would be silly. Find some way to see what demand there is for another run of the product and offer it if you can find the demand to put it back on the store.</p>
<p>3) Revise your Cyphermage PDF to suit the "Cabins" product you •DO• offer.</p>
<p>I'm ready with money, and I find it annoying I can't buy what CyperMage Dilemma suggests I use.</p>The "GameMastery Map Pack: Boats & Ships" is out-of-print. Offering it as a PDF means simply extracting the image out of the PDF and using *THAT*. I'd rather buy the print version if you folks would be so kind as to keep it in print.
Two things that would be great on new editions of these scenarios:
1) Links to where you sell the product suggested within the PDF, making it trivial to GET to them.
2) Putting a 'vote for re-runs' or some sort of 'put your money where your mouth is' thing on...Romaq2013-04-20T22:58:00ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: How does one become a GM?Romaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pmji?How-does-one-become-a-GM#442013-04-05T12:55:00Z2013-04-03T23:00:08Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">kmal2t wrote:</div><blockquote><p> One...does not simply become a GM.</p>
<p></blockquote><p>I did.kmal2t wrote:One...does not simply become a GM.
I did.Romaq2013-04-03T23:00:08ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: I have confusion over a "permission to purchase" questionRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2plqr?I-have-confusion-over-a-permission-to#122013-03-25T04:13:36Z2013-03-25T03:22:46Z<p>That is her complaint: $10 here, $10 there, and it is quickly adding up.</p>
<p>But as we are all starting out low-level, we'll do the best we can with what we have for the moment in the core rule set. :)</p>That is her complaint: $10 here, $10 there, and it is quickly adding up.
But as we are all starting out low-level, we'll do the best we can with what we have for the moment in the core rule set. :)Romaq2013-03-25T03:22:46ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: Starting to GM for Pathfinder Society.Romaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pkzx?Starting-to-GM-for-Pathfinder-Society#252013-03-20T21:48:57Z2013-03-20T12:09:24Z<p>Thank you. I did purchase the Paizo GM screen, and I have been able to pick up some other goodies from the local game shop. There's a Freebie Table Tent PDF for PFS.</p>
<p>I will see how well I can do with my approach to creating the maps using colored pencils and an outline of the map sucked out of the PDF. I will also be very deliberate in doing a copy + paste of the PDF text portions, then munching the text into a script. I want to keep it flexible so I can drop unnecessary blocks. I don't want to "wall-o-text" bore people to death with reading. For that, they can just read my posts in the forums here.</p>
<p>But the last run of the series is very much more "theater of the mind", save for the four maps.</p>
<p>I do hope Paizo will do a Season 5 'update' to the Intro to PFS series, and I do hope they will work with the authors to have it 'budget conscious.' In addition to being a good intro to PFS players, a bit of love towards the GM just starting out would be a huge help. Sticking to Beginner Box (or at least Bestiary 1), having the FIRST scenario maybe using the dungeon of the BB flip-mat, touches like that would help a great deal.</p>Thank you. I did purchase the Paizo GM screen, and I have been able to pick up some other goodies from the local game shop. There's a Freebie Table Tent PDF for PFS.
I will see how well I can do with my approach to creating the maps using colored pencils and an outline of the map sucked out of the PDF. I will also be very deliberate in doing a copy + paste of the PDF text portions, then munching the text into a script. I want to keep it flexible so I can drop unnecessary blocks. I don't want...Romaq2013-03-20T12:09:24ZForums: Homebrew and House Rules: Refactoring Noble WildRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pbca?Refactoring-Noble-Wild#12016-07-18T22:01:21Z2012-12-28T15:36:47Z<p>I have purchased the Pathfinder version of The Noble Wild from Paizo as found here: http://paizo.com/products/btpy8d08</p>
<p>It appears there are various threads on the book as well as some input from the author, Lee Garvin who appears on the message board, but does not appear to be active lately.</p>
<p>Reflecting on the book, it doesn't appear very "Pathfinder-y." I'm new to D&D in general, and very new to Pathfinder, but the tone of the book does not seem to tie in with Pathfinder lore. I understand it wasn't originally written with Pathfinder in mind, and it was meant more as a 3.5e splat-book. As I understand it, the numbers were 'tweaked' just to make it mesh better with Pathfinder, and that's about it. I don't mind being corrected on this perception, I'm simply trying to get a feel for where my perception of Noble Wild does not seem to mesh with my perception of PFRPG.</p>
<p>Part of the problem is the "Serve or Challenge" question posted as a 'primary law' for Noble animals. To the Orc: Serve or Challenge Humans! Uhm... no. To the Humans: Serve or Challenge Elves! I don't think so. The Noble Wild character I have in mind is a ferret. Rather my personna is that of a ferret. I do not serve humans, I do not challenge them. To my ferret ears the "Serve or Challenge" question was posed by some moron God who simply lacks a clue on what •MY• interests are, and said deity can go take a flying leap back into the void it crawled out of. I don't 'serve' humanoids, though I may join them where we have mutual benefit, or I may choose to hire one or negotiate a contract with one. I certainly have better things to do than 'challenge' them.</p>
<p>The 'magic transparency' issue seems rather odd to me as well, unless it is some aspect of, "We can't let humanoids know we exist!" Well, we do. I'm me, and I don't give a rat's backside who knows I'm 'awakened', or whatever it is you two-legged creatures call it. If Noble animals exist at all, certainly as described in, "The Noble Wild", then while it may not be 'common' knowledge, the notion of trying to keep it a 'secret' is damned silly and it is a waste of my time. Don't waste my time.</p>
<p>So the aspect of magic of Noble Animals being transparent compared to any other arcane power feels horribly unnatural. It's the same magic that does the same thing.</p>
<p>There are various other aspects to the book, but the reason I started this thread was to see who reading the boards has an interest in the topic, and perhaps may share some of my concerns. The ferret persona comes very natural to me and I have a very good idea of how my ferret PC would view things. What I would like, somehow, is to have some sort of map or plan that takes The Noble Wild and modifies the content in a reasonable way that makes it a natural extension of the Pathfinder world. Some way that when you look at the whole thing, one would go, "Why yes, of course this makes sense in the Pathfinder campaign setting." The Noble Wild doesn't quite seem to be there, yet that is where I would like my ferret PC to be.</p>
<p>Thank you for considering this with me, and perhaps Lee Garvin would take an interest in this towards a new Pathfinder edition of his book that is well received by the Pathfinder community.</p>I have purchased the Pathfinder version of The Noble Wild from Paizo as found here: http://paizo.com/products/btpy8d08
It appears there are various threads on the book as well as some input from the author, Lee Garvin who appears on the message board, but does not appear to be active lately.
Reflecting on the book, it doesn't appear very "Pathfinder-y." I'm new to D&D in general, and very new to Pathfinder, but the tone of the book does not seem to tie in with Pathfinder lore. I understand...Romaq2012-12-28T15:36:47ZRe: Forums: Beginner Box: One/ One on OneRomaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ojg1?One-One-on-One#92013-01-03T03:25:17Z2012-11-05T07:07:24Z<p>Here is what I have:</p>
<p>My wife and I are interested, and we can easily play a game just her and I. Both of us want to understand the rules so we are not slowing down and fumbling during our game nights with a larger group on 'Regular Pathfinder' (no beginner box stuff).</p>
<p>We look at our Beginners Box purchase as a way to get the material and mechanics down cold, as well as to know what tools and strategy work with the iconic characters of the game.</p>
<p>But the 'out-of-the-box' campaign is geared for four players plus a GM. We are both 'n00bs'. I am not clear how best to rework the 'out-of-the-box' Black Fang campaign for one-on-one.</p>
<p>If someone would recommend adjustments on monster counts and monster stats, as well as 'Cover-Your-Assets' gear for each Level One Iconic Character to bring, I would like something that makes this a challenge to each single Iconic character without the 'as-is' dungeon being a death sentence.</p>Here is what I have:
My wife and I are interested, and we can easily play a game just her and I. Both of us want to understand the rules so we are not slowing down and fumbling during our game nights with a larger group on 'Regular Pathfinder' (no beginner box stuff).
We look at our Beginners Box purchase as a way to get the material and mechanics down cold, as well as to know what tools and strategy work with the iconic characters of the game.
But the 'out-of-the-box' campaign is geared...Romaq2012-11-05T07:07:24ZRe: Forums: Andoran: Welcome my Andoran brothers and sisters!Romaqhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2of1a&page=2?Welcome-my-Andoran-brothers-and-sisters#642012-10-13T03:04:07Z2012-10-12T13:00:48Z<p>OOC Request:</p>
<p>My wife and I are new to Pathfinder. We have only played four 3.5e games with a human female sorceress for me, and a female elf druid for my wife. Reading over Pathfinder Factions, my character "Dar Kangel" would be Andoran in her soul. She'd wear Andoran knickers.</p>
<p>I would like to plan ahead for both my wife and I to have characters with backgrounds that fit into the world of Golarion. The names of these characters are not important, but I would like to be well versed in the world and where our characters fit into it.</p>
<p>My "Dar Kangel" character seems to fit "Half-Elf" better than full human, and I would 'like' for her to have a ferret companion or familiar. I would also 'like' for her to have "Draconic Heritage", though I have yet to sort the details of how that works in Pathfinder. I would also 'like' for her to be from a merchant family. This character is a combination of Mattie Ross from True Grit (2010), particularly where Ross out-horse-traded the horse trader Col. Stonehill. I also have a mix of Honor Harrington, Victor Cachet from the Honor Harrington novel series and Gretchen Richter from the Ring of Fire series. "Imperious bloodline (sorcerer)" fits the character, though I have to work out the practical details.</p>
<p>My wife's character Talytha is more in Dar's shadow, and that is where she wants to be as a faithful companion. "Wild shadow (ranger)" seems to fit, though again, I will have to hammer out the specifics of character creation, race, and so on. My wife is not familiar with elves, and has no particular affinity for them.</p>
<p>The two characters need not be related, though having them related would also help for the purpose of background. Sister? Niece? Step-sister? And that is where this group comes in.</p>
<p>If someone has 'unused background NPCs' in their story line they would not mind sharing, and would be interested in helping mentor a couple of newbs, I would like help in preparing the background for our two characters. We can change the names, and our characters would be 'on their own' at this point, having their own adventures. Dar would be the one to write home and keep in contact with 'family'. From a practical perspective, I would like to have our two characters fit into the world of Golarion, know who they are, how they relate to the world and their place in it. I would be very happy to share how our group furthers the Cause of Freedom in the world, and provide fodder to the person mentoring for them to use as, "Oh, just got a letter, here is what is happening blah-blah" as it fits with what they are doing.</p>
<p>In addition to the game mechanics, which I will sort out as quickly as I can, I need to know what stories in the Pathfinder world I should read as background to Andoran faction so I can get up to speed. Would anyone be willing to talk me through and help weave me in? We would both be low level, likely level 1 when we finally get to actually play in a group. We are just starting out, so if we just have new names for the characters, and we happen to be nieces of someone's character that is willing to mentor us, that would be just fine.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your time and consideration in helping my wife and I enjoy this game.</p>OOC Request:
My wife and I are new to Pathfinder. We have only played four 3.5e games with a human female sorceress for me, and a female elf druid for my wife. Reading over Pathfinder Factions, my character "Dar Kangel" would be Andoran in her soul. She'd wear Andoran knickers.
I would like to plan ahead for both my wife and I to have characters with backgrounds that fit into the world of Golarion. The names of these characters are not important, but I would like to be well versed in the...Romaq2012-10-12T13:00:48Z