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BookWyrm Con 2016 is back for our 4th year. April 16th and 17th. It is a free gaming convention held over 2 days at the Woodward Park Library in Fresno, California. Lots of Pathfinder, D&D, and tons of indie games. Sign ups are now live, so reserve your spots soon.

Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/bookwyrmcon

Warhorn page for signups is here: https://warhorn.net/events/bookwyrm-2016?src=listings

The warhorn page for BookWyrm Con 2015 is live. This is a free event, so secure your spot as soon as you can.

https://warhorn.net/events/bookwyrm-2015

BookWyrm Con is back for our third year. April 18th - 19th, 2015. Bookwyrm is a free gaming convention, held at a public library. Join us for two days of free gaming. Pathfinder Society, Pathfinder Card Game, D&D next, and lots of non core games.

BookWrym Con, April 18th and 19th (Saturday and Sunday.)
Woodward Park Library
944 East Perrin Avenue, Fresno, CA 93720

For more information, visit our facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/bookwyrmcon?fref=nf

and our warhorn page to sign up for games:
https://warhorn.net/events/bookwyrm-2015

I have 2 questions.

1. The E cost of spells only mentions fear. But do other emotions (say bard song inspire courage with a morale bonus)make you unable to cast?

2. If I take spell specialization in mind thrust 1, and then at level 4 psychic I take mindthrust 2 (switching out mindthrust 1 for a different spell) will my spell specialization now apply to mindthrust 2?

So honored to be in this awesome issue. So many great articles and ideas. And the art is just stunning.

And for the first time I was able to combine two of my favorite things, poetry and pathfinder.

Yes, lots of room for those who are still interested. And we welcome walk-ins.

Ok, so I decided to play my barbarian Kardok, who goes by Scrimshaw. I’m gonna share my characters bio, and then talk a tiny bit about how built him rules wise to try and fit that. I used to do this for new players when I ran games at the library, so they could see the how I was building characters. Let me know if you have any questions. I’d also love to hear your builds.

Bio: Scrimshaw is Kellid, a group of hardy people that live in in the area known as the Realm of the Mammoth Lords. He comes from a tribe called the Snow Mask.

He is very tall, 6’5, long hair. He is covered in strange writing that was clawed into him. While out hunting with his father, they became trapped in a snowstorm. Kardok says that something came out of the snows, something made of ice and shadow, and took his father. It left him covered in strange writing, and layered in scars.
When he became older, he left the Snow Mask tribe in the hope of finding out what it was that took his father, and to find someone to translate the writing on him. He joined the pathfinders for the same reason, to hopefully gain some leads.

He is quiet and stern, but loves to laugh. He takes his position as a pathfinder sword very seriously.

Build: So Scrimshaw is a barbarian. I maxed out his strength score to make it easier for him to hit things and to do more damage. His constitution score is pretty high, so he can take a hit and keep on fighting. His dex is not bad, to help with his low armour class. His intelligence and wisdom score are average. His charisma is very low, to reflect his stern personality and the scars all over his body.

For feats, I took power attack. This make it a bit harder to hit, but Scrimshaw does a lot more damage. As a human, I get a second feat. I took cleave. Cleave allows me to hit two people at the same time if they are next to each other.

If anyone has any questions about their character or the game, feel free to post it. Or if you want to bounce around character ideas, I'm all ears. Or eyes... as it were.

Said hello and forgot to introduce myself. Apologies. James here. Nice to meet everyone.

Hey everyone. Just posting to say hello and that I'm looking forward to the game.

BookWyrm Con 2014 is just around the corner. An all FREE gaming convention, with lots of pathfinder society play. February 22nd and 23rd (Saturday and Sunday). This is our second year. The turnout for last year was amazing, and we think it's going to be even bigger and better this year. This is a unique con brought to you by the Central Valley Pathfinder Society and the Fresno County Public Library.

Check out our facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/bookwyrmcon

Warhorn is here: https://www.warhorn.net/events/bookwyrm-2014

And here's a newspot from last years event: http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=9021971

Hope you guys don't mind me typing out my rolls. I don't get to RP anymore right now (schedule is too tight) so this is my only opportunity. I have a set of dice at my comp, and I enjoy chucking 'em to get my rolls. So unless there's any complaints or such, I'll continue rolling them in RL if it's alright with everyone.

Just discovered this area. Very cool. Until I ran into more Ami hot air. Turn the cooler on.

Hey everyone. Sorry for not posting soon, I am on vacation. I have settled on playing Hazim Al-Jabira, the elder of the Al-Jabira brothers.

What a great weekend it was, with an amazing turnout. I just wanted to thank everyone who helped put this together, and it was great meeting all of you. Library Administration was really pleased with it, and there was a great spot on one of the local news stations about it. Check it out: http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/html5/video?id=9021879&pid=null&section =null

And since people are talking food, I was able to get my hands on a huge coffee maker. So there will be tons of free coffee available for everyone.

Not to distract from Dennis' ego, but I have a question about the venue.

I have a 7 month old daughter, and it may prove difficult to get someone to watch her on the 10th, how well suited for children of her age would the library be, specifically where the games would be played. She's a good girl and usually pretty quiet and behaved, it's more of a question of if there's enough space near the tables.

I know it was mentioned that it was one of the biggest and nicest libraries in the central valley, so hopefully there's enough room.

Hello Dylos. I work for the library, and am helping concoct this madness known as the BookWyrm Con.

The meeting room we are in is huge and slightly seperated from the rest of the library. There should be plenty of room. The bathrooms are close by and I'm pretty sure there's a changing in there for the little ones. And the best thing about a free con is if you need to leave at anytime, it's no worries.

The main thing I'd mention is just keep in mind it is a public event and all the stuff that comes with that. But we hope you can make it.

TetsujinOni wrote:

Beckett, I think you missed the explanation I recall seeing earlier in the massive thread - the undead lord has some rules interpretation issues with the corpse companion that slow things down in even more significant ways than dominate-lite tactics while they are adjudicated.

I recall seeing a few speculations about flavor, but nothing really specific. Could you pont me a little closer to it? Thanks.

Wraith235 wrote:

I believe it has more to do with the inherent inter party conflict it breeds at conventions / open tables

Clerics / paladins of Sareanrae and Pharasma

Paladins oath against Undead

the Undead Lord is ALMOST unplayable with these characters in the same group because of the dynamics of opposition

I know I had to let one GM know What I was bringing to a game simply as a courtesy

And yet other classes, Necromancer, Oracle of Bones, Witches, Tieflings, and anything that can do basically (or literally) the exact same thing are not likewise banned? It seems really arbitrary to point a finger at the least culprit while other non-paladin/Saranrae/Pharasma friendly characters are a go. I do not currently have an Undead Lord, though I've been wanting to try one (and now will not be able to), I'd really like to know why, AND more importantly would like to know the reasoning so I can explain it to other players. The other bans are obvious, and this one, to me simply is not and I really do not feel it is deserved at all. So I'd really like to know why exactly.

:)

Beckett, thanks for asking this. I have been hoping for an answer to the ban of the Undead Lord as well. The original reasoning I had heard was due to evil flavor and flavor text. But I posted earlier that I can make the same cleric with the same domain, same god, same alignment, same variant channeling, same spells, and even a pet (with less animate undead.) So banning the UL for this seems a little heavy handed for me.

I've now noticed that people have mentioned issues with the corpse companion rules. But not totally sure yet.

I have a 3rd level Undead Lord I have to rebuild. As I was working on him today, I had a question.

I can rebuild my undead lord as a cleric. He would still worship the same god (zyphus), same alignment (neutral), have the same domain (undead), same channeling variant (undead), same spells, and even get a undead companion of sorts at 3rd level with lesser animate dead.

So why the ban? Does being a normal cleric somehow make him less "evil" than a UL, even though thier abilities are nearly identical? Is it just flavor text? The mehcanics for the UL (corspe companion) are sound and balanced, and not any more or less evil than a regular cleric build of zyphus. So is this a pure flavor text ban?

I totally get the summoner bans, but am I little unsure on this one, other than being a ban based purely on flavor, and more specificly, flavor text.

Hello,

I have some experience with this. From 2006 to about 2009 I hosted a Role playing program at my branch. It was on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. At the time, we used RPGA adventures (3.5). They were free, were easier for my DM's to prep, etc. Also, the RPGA was extremely gracious towards us, and let us receive promotional items like a store. Our numbers were staggering, with an average of about 40 players, and we even hit 90 once (which was a nightmare, to be honest.)

Overall, it was one of the best progams I've ever done. We stopped not long after 4th because Libraries stopped being supported, as well as cutbacks in my system towards programming.

My branch did order roleplaying materials, and the program really helped shaped our branch's collection. They have high check out numbers.

I've been considering starting it again, with Pathfinder Society, but just haven't quite gotten there yet. The number one thing to consider would be cost. Although inexpensive, they still cost, which is something to think about. Also, if you are going to do this, start talking to volunteers, you are going to need them to run games for you. They are extremely important.