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It's really shocking to me that people are saying "why bother, the Champion exists" since a thing I have wanted since the original PF2 playtest is "the ability to play a Champion without being beholden to a God." Not just for atheist champions, but for like animist champions (but definitely also for those), or reincarnationist champions, or ancestor-worshipping champions, or "I don't even think about religion" champions. Not a reskinned oracle or something, an actual honest to goodness martial with good defensive abilities.

I figure the Guardian should be the class I have been wanting.

And hopefully now with Guardian they'll drop the "Champion is the Heavy Armor class" bent and let them focus on doing Champion stuff.

… as has been repratedly told to you by others and the numerous blogs and official posts since the formation of ORC and the Remaster was announced.

The Raven Black wrote:

Count Ranalc is CN. And he is very much a god of darkness and shadow.

While this is true, how much one can worship Count Ranalc is debatable given how he's vanished. I believe his faithful could still draw power from him whole he was in exile, but now that he's seemingly GONE gone, I don't remember if they specified what, if anything, changed. The Eldest are weird like that. And The Count was a d*** anyway, even by Eldest standards. Up there with The Lantern King! :P

He can still grant power, this is specially called out.

AoN ;ink

silversarcasm wrote:

Arazni is not still undead and hasn't been for 2e! At the end of 1e the radiant fire severed her connection to her soul cage, freeing her from her lichdom and leading to her ascension to a full goddess!

Oh, so does this mean she has been fully true resurrected? Without any connection to undeath at all?

she’s a deity.

Her statblock is: deity

Archpaladin Zousha wrote:

keftiu wrote:

ornathopter wrote:

Yes! Do we think the Commander will be a sort of Warlord type, iterating on some of the ideas they had with the Envoy? And Guardian - the name makes me think it's a defensive type, but that's so open ended, and really it doesn't HAVE to be that.

I'm hoping for a Warlord from the Commander, a proper aggro-drawing tank in the Guardian, and for this mystery book to basically just have the stealth subtitle of "Hey, 4e Actually Had Some Good Ideas" :p

Cole Deschain wrote:

Your heresy has been noted ;)

Why are you excommunicating her?! She's RIGHT!!! :P

I'm seemingly getting two of my 4e favorites here: a Warlord class and a big metaplot event driven by divine murder!

Folks, I am feasting. If only the Godsrain mutated those it touched...

... Isn't that the Examplers?

Novels are back yay!

Liane is writing also yay!

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Option 1 worked for me! Thanks!

Just because someone evil doesn’t give an okay to use Slurs against, fictional or not. That’s like, kinda low bar basic right there.

Game rules aka stuff that isn’t flavor isn’t copyrightable.

What changes have been made to ghouls? I hear that Ghoul Fever might have been removed given its ties to DnD Ghouls.

The ghoul was actually showcased in this new blog.

ooo

Perpdepog wrote:

The lamia is a mythological creature. I think them being lion-bodied is a D&D-ism, but them being snaky shouldn't be off the table.

The snake-bodied lamia appeared (with that name) in a mildly pornographic painting from 1890. It's clean.

The lion-bodied lamia showed up in a mildly pornographic woodcut in Edward Topsell's “The History of four-footed beasts and serpents”, back in 1658. Also clean.

I've seen the Edward Topsell woodcut, unfortunately it's more sphinx than kittytaur.

TheCowardlyLion wrote:

Perpdepog wrote:

The lamia is a mythological creature. I think them being lion-bodied is a D&D-ism, but them being snaky shouldn't be off the table.

But I love my kitty Lamia ;_;

Just make them a kind of sphinx.

Hmmm...

The lamia is a mythological creature. I think them being lion-bodied is a D&D-ism, but them being snaky shouldn't be off the table.

But I love my kitty Lamia ;_;

I don't think lawyers and pinkertons work like that.

(Rename to use in your own games all the power to ya, still thinking on what to do with Lamia)

I am very curious about whatever that three headed white and gold stag thing is on the side of the box

One of the new Remaster Archons

They aren't, that's kinda the point of the Gap

I think we’re in agreement Holy.

I was disagreeing with the previous post on implementing instincts that characters could NOT ignore.

They already cover this with the “you probbaly/others probbaly think” sidebars.

Aside from that I don’t see, nor want, Paizo to implement an enforced genetics/instincts mindsets. Players can take care that easily enough on their own through plying that specific character, like they always have. And if they “step outside”, that’s the entire point of playing a free willed creature in a fantasy game. Have fun.

The Skinsaw Murders, it was the 2nd Pathfinder adventure path issue.

How Starfinder players react to pictures like the one of the Quai Dau To.

"Is that playable?"

P2 players too

The Fist of the Ruby Phoenix Tournament AP goes over it some.

Dagon is from Mesopotamian mythology.

His lovecraft incarnation was a massive Deep One, not a Great Old One.

I would love some alternative worship methods.

it is historically accurate that people would worship horribly destructive gods, but not be doomsday or maniacs. The Goddess Sekhmet was a goddess of war and of destruction. But she was worshiped to keep her placated.

So I would like ways to worship Rovagug in order to keep him quiessent.

Or worship to Lamashtu as a a goddess of motherhood and creation by monstrous races who would not necessarily have the same view of her as malevolent force.

People already do that in setting and always have.

How strange, I have the opposite perception, Shelyn has had more followers than any other deity in games I’ve played and Ran. She’s incredibly popular on her own.

So I guess just different circles have different deities they favor.

YlothofMerab wrote:

The Raven Black wrote:

Awesome.

Something of an OGL Blue Dragon feel but with weird aspects I like.

New is good.

I'm using the multiple blue dragons that live in Thuvia as some big bads in my current game, so I'm glad we have a new version to utilize.

If conspirator dragons were an option when I came up with Deyrubrujan I would have totally made her one rather than the blue I had available at the time.

Is there anything stopping her from having a blue dragon suit?

I do love the play on words for the title

… You necroed a thread to white knight in a very fetishizing way.

The books absolutely have Asian writers, what were you wanting, Paizo hire an Asian Creative Director for just this Adventure Path?

Anyway, not the uplifting and supportive post you thought you had.

Eldritch Yodel wrote:

Also, whilst the Metallics and Chromaticsv aren't ac thing in the Monster Core (as sure, "Blue dragon" can't be copyrighted, "evil blue dragon which breathes a line of electricity, lives in the desert, has a smug personality, and it's a set of a specific five types of evil color based dragons" is a fair bit more specific), they're not getting ret con'd out the setting, it's just that it'll take more time to work out what to do with them.

This. After all, Blizzard Entertainment's WarCraft Universe has Dragons of various colors (as well as some not labeled with a color name), but they aren't the same as D&D Dragons (although their Blue Dragons do have a lightning attack). Although I don't think Hasbro would want to go after them now that they are coming under the Microsoft umbrella . . . .

Blue are frost and arcane.

The Greens are nature so they use poison and lightning (under the Nature tag in WoW for damage types)

… other than Rise of the Runelords what APs take place in Sandpoint?

obryn wrote:

I'm interested in subscribing, but I'm wondering what the commitment is for the subscription, and what the terms are for cancellation? I'm game to give this a shot - it seems really cool - but don't want to be stuck perpetually paying $14/month if I end up not enjoying the product. :)

Thanks!

-O

14$ a month? are we talking about the adventure path subscription here? Mine is bloody 32$ a month (cover price plus PDF)

The post you’re responding to is over 16 years old. Prices have gone up just a bit since then.

The insults, the talking down, and the arrogance, as was pointed out.

First, I have nothing but respect for Paizo as a corporate entity and believe they are sincere in their actions. I take them in good faith. That being said, I find this whole "burn it all down" mentality perplexing. I get it though, fear is a great motivator...

Second, for every legal opinion, you'll find five variants... I never bother arguing law, I argue facts (albeit case theory is fine but it has to be clear it's only theory till the evidence is weighed). It's the only sincere means of discussion to determine outcomes. The judiciary often have unpredictable mindsets. I blame the robes...

Third, I hate being denigrated as a nobody (although I find it a convenient tool sometime to be underestimated). But I sincerely hate that anyone would denigrate anyone else as a nobody. Each person brings something to the table, whether that law student or that person who just loves CourtTV or the person who just "likes" things a certain way. TheCowardlyLion's dismissal of me having value caught me the wrong way at the wrong time but I stand behind my response. I claim no more knowledge or insight than the person who reads this, nor did I in my posts until my value was questioned then I simply stated my biographical facts, my history as a person (emphasis on person). I have my bona fides, as I'm certain you do as well.

Fourth, I stated my opinion that SF is a superior ruleset than what it will be evolving into and I decry the upcoming changes as they are unnecessary and frivolous and will weaken what is already a great game. If that bothers you, I suggest you look inward as to why that bothers you...

You have not argued any facts, just your arrogance and opinions.

As for denigration of being a nobody, it is a fact. You are a nobody the same as me and most everyone else here in regards to the matter, as you were not involved with ORC, Paizo, or Legal groups involved. Claiming more understanding or knowledge of the situation that isn't your ballpark that you have nothing to do with is a blatant stain, not an accomplished brag.

You claim to have a legal background... that is completely unrelated to the current situation and talk down about it and those involved, you're confusing your opinions for what is happening/happened/ needs to happen.

In short your pontifications are neither pleasant nor agreeable nor applicable. Look at how you've presented yourself in this discussion, what are you attempting to accomplish?

Yeah I don't play either P1 or 5e but if I had to pick as a publisher... I'd go with the one making money.

It's the opposite of watering down in my opinion.

And pretty sure Paizo and their lawyers have a better grasp of the legal situation than a random forum poster.

ow I'm afraid it'll just be a series of books for avid PF collectors more so than its own game.

If anything the amount of books released for SF will increase, look at their current publishing rate in comparison to PF.

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The Sea’s Revenge (curse, divine, necromancy): A creature that slays a <redacted> is subjected to a mariner’s curse spell with a save DC of 17. The curse ends if the <redacted> is buried in a calm sea or after 1 week passes.

Crouza wrote:

There is also a pretty sizeable contingent of people who believe vehemently that Dinosaurs should be as they have always been portrayed, as giant scaly lizards essentially, and reject the idea of feathered dinosaurs. As it is a rather niche issue, people who believe this can proliferate all areas of society, including the art world. It's possible one of Paizo's artists felt this way when drawing the art, and there simply wasn't any time to care enough to get a new piece done from this artists.

That is tantamount to a deliberate dissemination of misinformation tbh. Imagine if we still reconstructed iquanadon like the original reconstruction.

Also for fun here is a cool gif on the changes to the reconstruction of iguanadon over the years courtesy of Your Dinosaurs are Wrong:
iguanadon

I demand this absolute chonk be statted up

Je'Daii Ranger wrote:

I need Starfinder tales novels and/or Starfinder comics. NEED!

You are aware of the following correct?

StarFinder: Angels of the Drift
and
The Paizo Product page, which doesn't appear to have been updated since it came out.

It is worth noting, these are out and in circulation already. I have gotten the first few though a local comic store, and they continue coming.

You’re responding to a 4 year old post, Angels just came out this year.

I remember RPGs before the great "everything must be monetized!"

Before the Dawn of civilization?

And subs existed long before Paizo.

They already are, they’re under the picture. Jessé Suursoo

Probably when the current run sales out.

Infinite lets you use Golarion.

ORC lets you use Pathfinder.

Right?

There's Other RPGS in the Gamer life Forums.

But this is the Pathfinder/Starfinder forums so I would also suggest places like Reddit, you might get more traction there.

I don't think I understand the concern? Or I'm misunderstanding.

Paizo publishes/is publishing setting and adventure content all over the world of Golarion. And beyond.

Shisumo wrote:

Cyder wrote:

It feels the remaster was super rushed

That's because it was, for reasons entirely out of Paizo's control.

Kinda get it, but "entirely" is a bit...They did have a choice to go entirely away from dnd stuff with 2e, was there a big rush to put it out under ogl, no other alternative?

Pretty sure they, and literally everyone with a functioning brain, wasn't expecting WotC to set themselves on fire in order to flail about and tear down what's been built up for over 3(?) decades.

As far as I know cutting off DND/OGL influences completely wasn't on the table before that since such a drastic shift would alienate the playerbase.

Then WoTC did a big string of dumb-dumbs aaaand here we are.

I just hope all these ancestries are classified as "rare"

Aren't centaurs kinda everywhere?

since this is 2e compatible....where are dwarf, elf, orc, gnome?

In the P2 Core book

Does it not being reprinted cause any issues with just using the previous version?

The only thing I can think of would be PFS... which doesn't allow variant rules to begin with.

I believe the goal is to have them map to the four Traditions, "True Dragon families" aren't going to be a thing anymore.

Because I can get more value for my shrinking dollar by looking for games with a little more fiscal discipline.

… isn’t Archives of Nethys free?