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I think that assigning an alignment to the new alignmentless champion is absolutely defeating the purpose. The point of no longer forcing causes into alignments and having characters with no alignment at all is to open up possibilities. For example, I can absolutely see the case for Lawful evil Liberation paladins who are just demagogues.
I am curious to see the whole thing. Still waiting to see what direction to take for my formerly desacrator champion of Szuriel. I really hope that this changes will lead to "evil" champions being able to put a convincing face and being complex character with complex motivations and not just cackling avatars of fairy tale evil. So far there are definitely encouraging signs.
I am setting up top run my first game of 2E. I am mostly familiar with 1E and I'd like to help my players on the mechanical side but I am not necessarily well versed in the system yet. The player is interested in playing a cook, and he saw the Alchemical foods from treasure vault. I am sure he doesn't have things set in stone yet but he was inclined to play a barbarian.
The issue here is, he could of course get Alchemical crafting and produce food as downtime actions but I have the feeling that he would enjoy crafting them as infused reagents, or at the very least on a short rest kind of interval. What are all the options for it? Reclassing into Alchemist is an obvious one, multiclassing into alchemist archetype is another one. there are other archetypes but as far as I can see most of them lock you into creating a specific brand of alchemical items and none of that are food. Any other option?
Personally I disregard such notions. If you have your own brain and the ability to make your own choices you are able to shape your own morality.
Quite frankly I do not even assign evil impulses to full bred demons.
The real thing that risk pushing Tiefling towards evil is prejudice and societal expectations
I definitely feel the need for: -Protean Sorcerer Bloodline.
Hi, I am going to start playing Kingmaker on 2e and I already have a character in mind but being relatively new to 2e the concept is thematically solid but I am a bit lost about the build. The intention is to be a Human Champion(Desecrator) of Szuriel.
I was exploring the horse ally line of feats and it seems cool but it's really difficult for me at my level of experience with the system to understand how crippling it would be to spend 4 feats on a pet rather than my character. I am also struggling a lot with ancestry feats for humans. everything seems very good in theory, but not really working for me in practice.
Level 9 multitalented seems the better choice but I really have nowhere to go with it when I would literally kill for that kind of feat on other characters. I do understand that Desecrator is not the best class, but I am trying to figure out how to get something good out of it.
Both falling and rising are not much about actions taken as much as they are about a change of Heart. A paladin doesn't fall because he "performed the wrong action" as much as because his morality has bent to the point where certain actions become justified in his mind. When it comes to Rising, why the action was performed is way more important than what action was performed. Self serving "Good" actions are not Good.
Evil people and Antipaladin are bound to perform what could be considered technically good actions on a regular basis, either because they serve a nefarious purpose down the road or even just for keeping appearances. Rise requires repentance and amendment.
Also I got a Morrigna involved.
I think people are sleeping on the Swashbuckler. hear me out.
"Grit, luck, and panache represent three different means by which heroes can gain access to the same heroic pool, using it to accomplish fantastic feats. For characters with a mix of grit, luck, and panache, they pool the resources together into a combined pool. (Those who use panache and luck gain twice their Charisma bonus in their pool.) For feats, magic items, and other effects, a panache user can spend and gain luck points in place of grit or panache points, and vice versa." So since we gain grit from one and panache from the other we would get double the pool. Add to the mix all the extra feats from fighter. There are a lot of great stuff that can be thrown in the mix.
you can use dodging panache to never be in melee range
Swashbuckler initiative and Gunslinger initiative are basically the same for different weapons, except for the fact that the bonus to initiative is untyped therefore it stacks. Loads of attack at any range, can probably race for highest possible initiative in the game, full-round attack at any range, Max charisma for starknife attack and damage and firearm bonus damage (through focused aim), a pool of panache/grit that is disgusting and encourages you to just spend very liberally from it, gain dares, still get the bonus feat from the fighter class, at the same time you can take those feats as swashbuckler and access to the ability to swap them out as you progress in the class as per the class bonus feat description. What about the fighter? Lots of interesting options
Two-Weapon Warrior for better two weapon fighting, getting both a stab and a shot on attacks of opportunity and getting an attack of opportunity every time you get hit, there is an argument that you could do an opportune parry and reposte by both using your blade and your gun. Mobile fighter to become absolutely impossible to pin down in melee. I think it has a lot of potential and sounds like a lot of fun.
Hi, I am quite new to 2e having played mostly 1e and I am going to build a character for the Extinction Curse AP. I am well versed with rpgs having played every D&D edition, pathfinder 1e and many others but generally I take a couple of sessions to get in touch with a system. As such I want to avoid building something "wrong" or failing to notice good character options at character creation. Mind you, I don't need to be super min/maxed, just viable, not having redundant or incompatible feats, not getting things early that would have been a better choice later. For example I see many Oracle feats that give you an extra focus point but knowing your maximum number of points is 3 clearly you want to pick no more than two. My idea was to have an oracle of lore but I am not adamant about it, the main thing is that I want a caster focused build, so probably not battle. Is there any pointer you could give me, if not a full build, on building a Changeling(human) Oracle? More in the specific, if nobody has directions or a full build to suggest, there are specific issues I want to have clarified. 1) what is the most effective use of "1 free recall knowledge roll per turn"? not having played with the system I can't tell if it can be really impactful or just a quirk. 2) Should I build an extensive array of lores or should I go the opposite way, almost ignoring lores and relying on effects that give me lores on command? 3) what feats that increase my focus pool should I aim for? Getting a second point at level 2 seems great, but the level 4 and 6 feats that give focus points sounds better and I get the impression that getting 3 focus point giving feats is a total waste. 4) any consideration or pitfall I should look out for?
Honestly I am not even used to write for Heroic Characters.
But even when a character is good, why would they feel they are the ones who are supposed to stop the bad guy, why not the entire rest of the world? When I write a villain, their plan is always threatening the players directly.
Hi, I am in the process of building some villains and I wondered if there is any option, feat, class feature, archetype, prestige class, spell effect or anything else that allow to improve or override the save Dc from magical items or artifacts.
depends on how tied to that race/region/flavor the feat is. Is it something that has a vague thematic affinity but is generally a skill that anyone can pick up? sure.
Granted that I am willing to homebrew some equivalents in some cases, like a sect of Arcadian Necromantic Druids with an Aztec flavor that had access to the Shade of the Uskwood feat despite being nowhere near the Uskwood, but that is a setting and homebrewed exception, not an "every character could be picking up this feat"
I rarely expect my BBEG to be opposed because they are evil (as I am lax with alignments and sometimes my players end up being evil themselves and not swayed by heroic sentiments) so my BBEG introduction and motivation is usually a direct threat to the characters.
In one of my campaigns the BBEG was a nascent demon lord who deals with soul collection who was already defeated before the campaign started. To most of the world the resurrection of this Demon lord was an irrelevant event affecting the abyss and matters that are far far away from the concerns of the material plane.
In another, with body horror elements, the party was infected with an alien parasite and they were trying to find a cure before it took over.
There are many ways to do it but I would say as many Scabs are basically flesh golems you want the Item Creation feats Harvest Parts and Craft Construct, so you literally butcher monsters (or humans... really there is no restriction there) and use their parts to make your flesh constructs Another thing you would be interested in is Necrocrafts
I think the most thematic way to go for it would be to play an Alchemist with the Reanimator archetype, that takes care of controlling undeads since you can make them easily.
Running Savage tide again and had the first death of this new run. PC: Brizo, Human Magus 9
when the party arrives to the Wreck of the Wyvern and are confronted by the Kopru Druid Skephilipika. After a verbal confrontation Skephilipika dominates the Half-Orc Barbarian. Being capable of flying, Brizo bypasses him and engages the druid in combat.
Ok let's see.
what kind of summon was this? I assume Gate. Generally on general summons I don't treat them like actual people who have plans and a schedule but more like create a new creature of that type that start to exist upon summon and cease at the end of it.The heroes are open to negotiations concerning her repatriation, which are complicated by the fact that the Succubus would not accept dismissal as her body guard are mortals and not native to the abyss, they have one plane shift user and he used his daily cast of it to get the rest of the guards and himself there. I would add, dismissal being generally used as an hostile spell is probably not particularly pleasant. 100% a succubus would be fussy enough to not accept a Dismissal on those grounds alone.When queried about wether her bodyguards are there willingly and if they do not know that she will corrupt them fully, she is like "They are mine, by promises given freely, body and soul and in perpetuity. Why would I reduce their effectiveness as bodyguards by corrupting them? They already fight better then most Demons, and are far more loyal then all of them.". YMMV but to a succubus the term "corrupting" might actually be meaningless. I imagine a succubus, especially a high ranking one, has her history of backstabbing and paranoia, so winning her trust would not be easy, that being said it's not impossible. That being said based on how you want to play the succubus there are many things that could come into play.she might be overconfident in her beauty and charm to the point where she thinks it unfathomable that her people would betray her, she likely has people crawling at her feet all the time after all, why would they be any different. Succubus:"If I have pressing need of an orphanage to be burned down, I have other assets who would have fun doing this and even see it as a reward rather then a task, why misuse my guards? An asset is to be used for the purpose it is most effective for. Using them for "orphanage heating" would be like eating virgin brain soup with a fork." the burning down orphanages reference is a bit cartoonish villain for my taste. In my opinion a succubus motivations are usually about self inulgence. Evil for evil sake is not much into the succubus style. blatant disregard for others in pursue of fickle desires is more their thing. Is she too "nice" or too "rational"? Not at all, and definitely not as a display. As a matter of fact playing nice is definitely 100% in the succubus playbook.Don't confuse evil for not nice or chaotic for not rational. A succubus can be extremely nice to the people she cares for or even simply the people that don't pose an obstacle to her. it's anybody else that gets trampled without remorse. Them being chaotic may make her very fickle when it comes to maintaining her interests for long. But beside it a high level succubus is likely highly intelligent, enough to know what's best for her and insanely charismatic, definitely enough to get her best point across. Succubi are divas, the entire world is about them. It doesn't translate to random indiscriminate destruction and violence, those are reserved for the things that displease them, and for demons they generally have a level of sophistication that goes beyond base destruction. They are more adept at breaking hearts than breaking bones. they are not above asking their thralls to murder someone. but a person killed is someone who can no longer be enthralled, seduced, abandoned and left to endlessly long for her. In short, is not as fun. Given the chance a succubus will always chose to be loved and worshiped rather than feared.
This sounds amazing. I tip my hat. Thanks a lot. We actually played earlier. The group stumbled on an ogre ranger, found out that the giants are crossing red dragons and fire drakes (bigger than drakes, easier to dominate than red dragons) and they caught a glimpse of the flying fortress of Voltus starting to maneuver their way.
I am currently running 2 campaigns. One is a savage tide conversion, they just started Tides of Dread last session, went to the tar pits. The other is more homemade.
The father of the half-orc bloodrager pillaged Korvosa and he now wears the crown of fangs. He started to use the party to try and find the rest.
I would only retcon something impactful like character death only within minutes from it happening. If there was a mistake but we already had significant game time that assumes the character was dead the character remains dead, but in case of DM mistake I am likely to offer the party chances for a free resurrection, or based on the circumstances of the death a "you thought he died but he actually survived" kind of scenario if the player desires to bring the character back.
I was approached by a friend with the idea of playing a one-shot game of pathfinder and I had to build a level 3 character.
Basically the trick is Flurry nonlethal unarmed strike -> free Intimidate -> swift action for a falchion hit, second unarmed strike (lethal this time). The thing is... after the first session this is no longer a one-shot and I didn't really think about where to go after the first 3 levels. The campaign is one where the humans are the main antagonists and my character is positioned as a somewhat unsavory but trusted and respected member of the anti-human resistance (of course, my status as an anti-paladin is not in the open) The other time I went for a Brawler with intimidation feats I was going for a Jabbing style but it was a more agile, less armored and purely unarmed kind of character. Should I progress as a brawler with 1 antipaladin splash?
Is there a specific balance between the two that I should try to strike?
Hi, one of my players is going to play an Aasimar with the Halo alternate race trait. *Halo Some aasimars possess the ability to manifest halos. An aasimar with this racial trait can create light centered on her head at will as a spell-like ability. When using her halo, she gains a +2 circumstance bonus on Intimidate checks against evil creatures and on saving throws against becoming blinded or dazzled. This racial trait replaces the darkvision standard racial trait.* There is no mention of actions.
True, at the same time no all encounters require that kind of firepower. You generally get one encounter per rest that requires going all out, and that is what you do on that encounter.The difference between bard and oracle in terms of performances is bard gets twice the level. so by let's say level 13, when Shadowbard gets online you have 13 less uses. it's definitely significant.
Well, you are not factoring in charisma bonuses or runestone of power. also, really the Virtuoso and shadowbard are really useful when you get inspire Heroics at level 15, before that, I don't think it will get a whole lot of use.There is some space for Inspire Courage + Scathing Tirade, but if it is an encounter with one big target instead of one small one, Scathing Tirade alone seems like a better idea, if it is a whole bunch of people Scathing Tirade is probably not going to be that effective anyway
True. the thing is, I think Enchanter/Debuffer is the part that I should rather have in the backseat. We don't have another face, we don't have another buffer, we don't have another skill monkey. it's just, the Enchantments and debuffs already come in the bard package without having to invest in feats or other resources so... why not?
My first instinct was "But I am asking for a bard, why would you... oh... wait..." There is definitely a lot to love there.
Skills and Versatile performance: Going from 6+int + versatile performance to 4+int and on a smaller list of class skills.
Bardic Performance: loses suggestion, dirge of doom, frightening tune. Frightening tune is a lot to lose considering the potential in naval battle, and the best the oracle can do to obtain the same is Symbol of fear, which is great but its expensive and has a hp total limit.
Bardic Masterpieces: the wording on it makes it clear that you have to be a bard to learn them. Pageant of the peacock, House of the imaginary walls, Symphony of the Elysian Heart, The Sea is now my sky, there is a lot of good stuff in there. Spells: Trading spells with the Oracle seems like a bonus (and in a sense it is) but it's not that straightforward.
It is a great suggestion and I am really torn. But ultimately, in a party that already have a divine caster and has no skillmonkey, I think Bard is probably still the right choice.
To me there are 2 factors 1) Wording How well worded is the wish, it usually goes from ironclad and impossible to pervert to "I struggle to even understand what you really wanted".
2) does it improve the game? What happens if the wish goes wrong? is it an interesting set of consequences? is it something people will enjoy playing through? or will be something just utterly frustrating to everyone involved?
so sometimes a wish is poorly worded, opens up for dire interpretations, but the request is either innocuous or even quite interesting for the game development so it's better for the enjoyment of al that it comes to fruition, despite how badly the wish was formulated.
even after considering all the above there are alternatives to warping the wish against its user. 1) the fizzle
2) the benign warp The wish you asked for didn't come to fruition the way you expected. Doesn't mean it has to change in a bad way. Sometimes is not about how bad it would be to misinterpret the wish, sometimes is about how good it would be.
In the end it's all about having fun so that is the first question that I ask myself before asking for a roll.
And there isn't a clear straight forward answer. Sometimes is fun to just describe crazy stuff that your character does
Some other time players and NPCs have the most casual of conversations and one of them mentions something that unbeknown to them is relevant to the npc or the plot and I might ask a seemingly random diplomacy check, or a sense motive to catch the subtle doubt in an NPCs eyes. Sometimes the Charisma 7 Barbarian is belittling the Charisma 32 Sorcerer in a conversation and I remind him that he is some sort of Muscular Gollum talking to what seems to be the god of Rockstars and that the difference on how you talk and present yourself is probably making you feel very inadequate and self-conscious and shaking his confidence in his own words. But that's definitely not something that comes up a lot between people who have charisma within a 6 points of difference, nor is something that comes of as "interaction not allowed. I am retconning the scene"
It is also something that I encourage the player to do with me when it works on their behalf.
It goes with a bit of everything.
First of all the most important thing. Matters of Good and Evil are ultimately a matter of the GM personal Judgement. Asking for suggestions and exchanging ideas is great, that's what the board is for, but there is no such thing as the Right or Wrong answer here. Personally speaking, "Destroy X without concerning yourself with context, specific and consequences" to me is a poor code for anything in the Good spectrum. It is certainly very in line with the lawful part but it does risk having conflicts with maintaining a good behavior. A paladin can fully subscribe to that code, but if he encounters a situation in which: - Something is technically Undead or an Evil Outsider, but they are not Evil themselves, just part of an evil race. - Something is evil but to stop it is to clearly cause even more evil - Even worse, something is evil but is clearly attempting a difficult process of redemption then in these cases I thing a crisis of faith is in order.
I see it as on one side the Paladin risking to fall towards lawful neutral by unquestionably embracing his code by the book
no single bump on one side or the other should be a "You chose wrong, your paladin powers are revoked" unless it becomes a solid conduct swinging on a clear side.
A paladin that makes compromises and uses sound judgement is one that can balance himself between lawful adherence to the code and good morality. A good and permanent resolution of the crisis would be shifting his code.
but in general, IMO it is not a matter of a single episode that is a grey area, and Good, Evil, Law, Chaos are a gradient, not a binary code.
Hi Everyone
I have ideas on how to build it but I am undecided on which options to commit to nor if there are things about those options I am not considering and I also wanted to hear from the board for anything I might be missing. First of all I am pretty sure about the Alternate Racial Traits.
I intend to be a buff machine, probably getting Master performer and Grand master performer. I am a bit torn on going full Flagbearer-banner of the ancient kings route. For sure since I am going to be a mostly immobile fish with a 5ft. land movement it seems like the ideal role. Give people that can move bonuses while hugging my pole. my other roles are going to be party face and Enchanter Charisma is most likely going to be boosted to 20 unless there is a strong argument against it.
When it comes to bard spells that are enchantment and language-dependent the top of the list is suggestion, which is possibly one of my favorite spells anyway, and it sounds like the AP will be full of human pirates, monstrous humanoids, Giants, none of which is particularly immune to suggestion. Geas sounds like another great Language dependent enchantment for a campaign where you need to rely on having a crew. for equipment I already mentioned the banner of the ancient kings, but there is a lot of other very juicy stuff.
Then there is the issue of Archetypes. Basic Bard? Pretty decent but.... Diva seems pretty amazing and surprisingly Campaign appropriate, at least for what I understand. Gain bluff and intimidate bonuses on specific settlements? you could almost say specific ports. Reading how the infamy mechanics work and knowing that I am totally going to be the designated storyteller, that sounds perfect. Prima donna is definitely interesting although not sure how much use it will get Costume Profiency is covering what I feel is my main issue (being squishy while being able to walk away from enemies only 5ft. at a time without magic assistance) but at the same time I was thinking about dumping STR all the way to 7 so, maybe this needs me to reconsider?
Scathing Tirade seems pretty good in normal circumstances, amazing for the 5ft. fish that doesn't want enemies to get too close and Phenomenal on a ship where running in fear 30 ft. away from the screaming bard (and for 1d4 rounds more) likely means jumping overboard and taking yourself permanently out of combat.
Another other option is Dirge Bard
The part that hurts is losing Versatile Performance. Then there is the Sea Singer
Losing Versatile performance still stings.
Most of all I have too many options and can't take them all.
and obviously I can't have all the archetypes as they are incompatible. Feats are also a concern.
But most importantly? Is there any other option that I am overlooking?
I am trying to read everything I can find about Arcadia so far.
This is what I managed to put together of the geography. Valenhall is in the north, south of it is Degasi and to the east of it the land of northern lakes. On the eastern coast of Degasi there should also be the avistani colonies of Elesomare and Anchor's End, along with the ruins of the former colony of Canorus.
A Segada Protocol is mentioned as a treaty that regulates trade between the Avistani colonies and Degasi plus 3 other Arcadian nations, but it is not mentioned which nations they are. Is there anything I am missing nestled in some other book?
Hi, I am trying to wrestle with a little bit of a monsterbuilding issue that I am having. I am DMming in a new campaign and some constructs are heavily featured.
oh absolutely. Succubi are sustained by energy they steal through sexual means, but are creatures of desire and manipulation. that goes above and beyond just using sex for everything and they generally have the tools for itIt's like saying that Humans can eat and need to eat so everything they do have to relate to eating.
the crying themselves to death part is obviously hyperbole on my part but still. being rejected deals an amount of damage to a succubus equal to a two handed sword. Like, the rage you describe (although, maybe more focus on the pride than on anatomical bits)is a reaction that I can see.
Again, to many people the succubi are monsters not often played and in the bottom of the bestiary bin. I, for how often I feature them and I play them and I love to play with the themes they bring to the table is as if to many others they said: "The dragons now cannot be bigger than small dogs, they climb the wall like any common lizard but they can't fly. they don't care about gold and they cannot speak any human tongue"
Arguably the best course would be to remove both succubi an incubi from the game. I think succubi only keep making it in because tradition and They are from lore and incubi don't make it in because they are rape demons. Which is also based on the lore. Its not like they were made up just for D&D they are as they were in myths. but yes those myths are pretty well messed up. I think its a hard decision for a game designer to decide to keep them or not. Your gonna upset people either way. The myth of incubi as rape demons come from the old fashioned notion that women can't enjoy sex so can't possibly fall for the seductive male demon right? But there is plenty of space in the mythology that deny that idea and actually makes women being seduced and willingly consort with demons into a thing (which let's face it, it didn't certainly mean that women were treated better, quite the opposite) you are absolutely correct in saying that, no matter what, you are going to upset people, but that is the point. I am upset.
I think the entry has issues, and is an entry that has always had people that see issues in it and they have always voiced their opinions about it. I am merely doing the same.
Incubi were introduced in Bestiary 3. Succubi are about seductive lust, incubi are about violent lust. I'm unsure if these will get coverage in PF2 though, because literal Rape Demons might be considered to be a bit much. But they were mentioned in the Succubus entry, so maybe they'll show up, but it'll be kept mostly implied than outright stated, even the PF1 entry doesn't outright state they are rapists, but it's pretty clear that they are. That is kinda the entire point. Why do we have the Female demon = you want meMale demon = I'm just going to straight up rape you Is like people attracted to male cannot possibly have agency on their desire. If you like women, you must want them, if you like men, you cannot really want them, they will have to force themselves on you. Isn't it kinda f*#$ed up?
May or may not be related, but this eerily echoes off that rant about "Puritan regression" on an another thread... Perhaps. It is obviously a bit difficult to say being the one talking and directly involved. I think is more about "I feel strongly about this topic and these both relate to it" Like, I am a bit disturbed when I see a society that, especially in these last few days, is super comfortable talking about death, justify and glorify killing and the way they do it but somehow hold sex as a greater taboo than murder.
First of all. The GM needs to be upfront, is not just when it comes to the succubi, it's when it comes to anything that could be sensitive to the players. Then, if there is something the players are not comfortable with the GM should NOT run that. It's a game, it's supposed to be fun for everyone, if a GM makes it into something upsetting the Gm just failed their players.The concept of a succubus has nothing to do with being straight or gay.
Then someone can say "Hey, I am not comfortable with this theme and I would ask my DM not to feature this into our games" That is 100% legit.
Like really, this has nothing to do with trying to force people to play in situation they don't like to be in (which is never right)
"Any creature that could be sexually attracted " is probably written that way to exclude creatures like constructs or mindless undead. I mean, I can see that and I am definitely going to play it like that, although does not seem the intention as it is already listed as emotion mental and that by itself would already exclude them. Honestly that part is not how it should be and is a flavor issue but, mechanically, if you want to doctor that out is a very simple process. The one that is a bit more iffy mechanically is the "I take damage out of rejection" one which I mean, I suppose they balance tested the entry when considering that a succubus can be hurt by feelings. which is probably also the source of the beefiest succubus we have ever seen with 100 hp.
Honestly, it sounds like you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. oh no. I am definitely and admittedly making a mountain out of a mole hill. I care a lot about this particular bestiary entry more than any other, and quite frankly more than the vast majority of people should.I assume everyone has their pet peves, this is mine. I have literally played in games where "Roll for Kinsey score" was a thing done at chargen - d8-1, rolling an 8 means you're asexual. We even had racial mods (e.g. non-asexual elves were shifted towards bisexuality, dwarves away from it.) I can't imagine having to roll randomly for determining something so identity defining for a character but if it worked for you..
That absolutely you see, that is the job of the considerate DM. Like, I feature succubi a lot as I said, but that comes with my players being comfortable with it. In the cases they are not, I don't. Just like, I have friends who lost loved ones due to suicide, therefore I am not employing that in plots if I know that someone has a personal issue with it.This has always been and will always be what considerate DM should try to do. So saying your Iruxi, Cecaelia, Astomoi, Ghoran, Gathlain, Leshy, or Android must be sexually attracted to someone who lacks scales, lacks tentacles, isn't an ambulatory void, isn't a plant which does not reproduce, isn't a fae creature that grows from seeds from a tree, isn't a plant which reproduces through magic, or isn't a robot from space, etc. is kind of weird and is going to encroach on some people's comfort zones. but see that is the thing when it comes to succubi. Is not that they are objectively and universally attractive (although many illustrations sure try to push that)Is more that they invoke lust and passion in people. While in mythology there certainly are examples and stories of "Groomed" hot pinup succubi there is just as many if not more that empathize their inhuman nature, like being goatlike from the waist down and stuff like that. The point was never "That chick the hottest thing ever and since is so attractive to my hetcis tastes I am unable to control myself" but rather "this demon is robbing me of my sense of judgement and filling me with urges that my common sense tell me I shouldn't have" and now is demoted to "I guess succubi are hot if you are into that sort of thing" The succubus was supposed to have tentacles, or not, have scales, or not, look like a plant, or not hell literally all that you listed as weird and belonging to another alien kind of attraction are things succubi have been depicted having one time of the other.
again, as I said before, this is my pet peeve. Doesn't have to be the thing about anyone else. I am sure that someone else that doesn't have collections of mythology about succubi from the dawn of time to today in his collection but focuses rather on ... I don't know, Werewolves, or mermaids probably have similar rants about their focused creature. I am not here to say "Hey paizo. Change it to appease me and only me" but this is general discussion, so I am just having a general discussion on how I think Paizo is missing the point on what a succubus is supposed to be.
Definitely interested. But I have a full day of larp 2 saturdays a month (usually the 1st and the 3rd but last month one was moved to the 5th) I have to run a big event that will happen on the 20th so I got a bit carried away with that.
Hi, I made an interest check post a couple of weeks ago about a new game.
The game will be using a custom ruleset that I have created and can be found Here you will play as the ruler of a noble house. After the fall of your lieges you will find yourself suddenly as independent rulers among your peers and it will be up to you to decide to strike on your own, form alliances, start invading or peacefully try to unify the empire once again. Here is the Map that we will be using and here is a brief history of the empire and the setting. The ancient Empire of Glasya’s origins are lost between history and legend. The story says that when the race of men was young and still afraid of the dark a baby was abandoned in the woods and raised by the fair folk of the forest. Growing up with the wisdom of the forest dwelling creatures, and a sacred pact to not ever hurt the boy or his followers, he founded a city at the center of the great lake, Glasya, and for a thousand years the influence of the city grew, at the start people wanted the protection the boy and his bloodline offered to their subjects against everything that go bump in the night in the wildest corners of the land, then they came to revere and respect the wield of political power that the boy’s descendants, the Ericine dynasty, could command.
The area of the map occupied by the hexes 2413, 2314, 2414 will be the place where the old capital used to be. I would like to have a lot of players as such I will not really make much of a selection, but I would like to have good roleplayers so here is what we will do. I would like for you to have a declaration of intent, not a real process of character building (as I would like to have you confirmed and in an environment where you can talk with other players, establish ties and engage in a little bit of collaborative writing) so I would like to have from you a vague idea of what you aim to build. Like for example: "I would like to take some region in the mountains and make some sort of high economy mining community, with a regent very involved in commerce and being sort of a merchant prince." Or "I would like to be in the desert and create something with a Mesopotamian feel to it" or "I would like to make a land with very strong ties to a religion of my invention and with a mission to convert the empire to it" Remember, this used to be an empire, by definition it can host many different cultures under its roof.
the game itself will be run mainly on discord and I will create a server and send invites as soon as we have a few entrants.
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