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Removed a harassing post.

Sounds like a mischaractisation of the removed post. There are plenty of harassing posts on this forum that subtract from this being a safe place.. yet you remove a Rysky post?

Reason #2453 Why the Paizo forums are not a safe space.
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ornathopter wrote:

Considering real people with hearing aids will switch them off to avoid hearing unpleasant sounds (or just when someone's being annoying) I don't see why a player character with hearing aids shouldn't switch them off to avoid an auditory effect. That just seems like a sensible in character decision - from the other way around, why would someone with the ability to just turn off most sounds for themselves opt to listen to someone trying to hypnotize them?

Would you kindly point out the rule that lets PCs turn off their hearing aid as a Reaction to avoid an Auditory effect?

probably the same action as an abled person to apply earplugs to themselves.

Can I get some writer insight on why Codas are limited to Bards only? And for the sake of using, does having the Bard Archetype count the PC as a Bard?

Hello friends,

I have been working on getting into a Pathfinder 2e game. Since my internet currently sucks I have been working on making characters and learning the rules until I can find work and get better internet.

I have been running into some troubles that I find HIGHLY discouraging. I have been trying to figure out how to make a good character and have come to the conclusion that the system is designed to make it impossible to make either a good or bad character. I feel very constrained, like I have training wheels that prevent me from failing. This also means that I can’t succeed as well. This make me feel like what is the point of making any choice for a character at all.

Looking into it further I keep reading things saying that teamwork is what is important in Pathfinder 2e. I find this idea difficult to believe. In my experience, one player/character usually has to carry the rest of the party a good 80% of the time. Relying on other players/characters will get the entire party killed. Most players/characters act independently of all the others in the party against the same enemy, but there is no coordination or planning, and very few player use abilities or spells to help their comrades unless the spell/ability they were using on themselves had additional targets beyond just themselves. I have a hard time seeing this work in game.

This keeps bringing me back to the same conclusion. What is the point of making a character and playing if your character can be replaced with any other character or at least any other character that fills the same roll with no difference.

So can any of you tell me what I am missing, or shed some light on this conclusion. I for obvious reasons can’t spend any money with WoTC. And Fantasy RPGs are my passion.

Sounds like this is a group issue, instead of a game issue.

Flying Ooze maybe my first Venture.

As a survivor of Covid, I am personally glad that Paizo is keeping the community safe, also by making the Cons Online, it raises the accessibility for those of us who have trouble travelling (For reasons of geography and disability)

The Inheritor wrote:

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It demonstrably cannot. You cannot play as a commoner as happened in a hilarious thread on the old D&D forums or the story of a troll blessed with a ring of sustenance that enabled him to pursue pursuits other than sating his hunger.

I am confused. I regularly play commoners.

Sure, PF2E Cannot pull the same RULE Interactions as 1st Edition, That is not the same as being able to tell the same stories?

There was a rather memorable thread back on the old D&D forums where a player used the commoner NPC class and the rules for the game to play a fully supported campaign where they just did daily commoner tasks. Deciding where your 2+int skill points went at each level was interesting because you should probably level up your profession but a couple of points in craft could save you some coppers in the future. PF2 can't do this without major house rules, 3.x and PF1 could handle it from the outset.

Or maybe your brawly fighter is a great at the plough, maybe your alchemist is working their trade at a tavern? If you don't get hung up on the lack of mechanics telling you that you are a commoner, you might be able to get on with being a commoner. They're not lesser people. They're people. Some of them are skilled enough to be PC leveled. If you don't like that.. ask your GM if you can take less skill trainings or ability bonuses.

Currently petitioning Audible to carry it! Looking forward to it!

I would love to see how these feats go with the current lot of mechanics, spells like Grasping Claw and the likes do change how i see things.

You need to click the "Defocus" button. Focus will only show you threads you've looked at already.

Oh cheers!

Link to screenshot.

These forums appear empty to me, when I've had other users confirm there are indeed posts here?

If you love channeling. Holy Vindicator, Personally the most powerful Paladin I've ever played. Adding your Channel dice to your AC and/or Damage? Yes Please!

Tonya Woldridge wrote:

redeux wrote:

Hello, hope everyone at Paizo enjoyed the holidays!

Was just wondering if Shipping has finished? My order (36699193) is still pending and I am unsure if I am supposed to be patient or if I need to create a new thread.

Thanks kindly!

Shipping was completed, so please email Customer Service so we can help resolve your order issue. Thank you!

Hello Tonya,

I have mailed CS multiple times now in the last two weeks about my shipment that was returned to Paizo mid-transport two weeks ago and besides an initial response saying "I will see if someone can have a look" I haven't heard anything again. Can you perhaps expediate that? I'm paying a lot of money for fast shipment, so the books can get to Germany quickly, and this has become really irritating now.

Stuff like this is why I dont want the Customer Support forums to go away.

Tarondor's Guide to the Pathfinder Second Edition Wizard was updated in December 2021.

Looking forward to your next fighter guide:)

How about this, There is a System in place for additional Forum Titles. Where the subscriptions are mentioned.

Having banned people have a [color=red]Banned[/color] Tag

It'd ease things a lot around here. Too often we're left wondering if some bigot is still there, waiting to pounce.

I second this idea.

As a Disabled gamer, thank you for this.

Brian Bauman wrote:

...change to make volunteer posts in the Organized Play forums use avatar names rather than the volunteers' names.

So, the public faces of the organized play campaign are no longer identifiable?

They are perfectly able to identify themselves if they choose to.

I am sorry. Whilst I felt I had a concern, said concern was one out of ignorance. I jumped as to not lose my train of thought. I'm going to take the next few days to be more passive in my approach and just read and learn from the forums and try to be better when I return to posting. I should have more faith in the moderation of this forums.. but paizo is not quite in my good books yet.

Just to be sure then, this won't become a trend then?

The Inheritor wrote:

I have a concern that a trend of early and fast locking may become a trend? And as such be weaponised by trolls to stifle discussion?(a clear win for some of previous trolls) If we instead say, suspend rule breakers instead of halting conversations. We might catch more bigots that way.. which is honestly a win my book

I'm sure moderation will show discretion on when to actually close a thread. Rule breakers will show their colors whether or not a particular thread is closed. Heather specifically stated that there were other threads that were similar, so not sure why you'd open another one?

At the point the thread was closed the topic had moved to whether or not bolding text was an offensive thing to do. Its usefulness had run its course.

I'd also refer you to the "Better Thread Titles" thread.

Edit: several typos

Thank you, but no thank you. I feel this is a legitimate concern about something that could spiral into a Dangerous policy fast. After all, moderation is to keep healthy conversations safe, not silence victims with legitimate concerns.

Gday folks,
I am making this thread to express my dissatisfaction with the locking of the previous thread which was made for the express purpose of commentary on the state of forum moderation.
amusingly circular!

I have a concern that a trend of early and fast locking may become a trend? And as such be weaponised by trolls to stifle discussion?(a clear win for some of previous trolls) If we instead say, suspend rule breakers instead of halting conversations. We might catch more bigots that way.. which is honestly a win my book

Michael K Williams was as epic as ever, also my first exposure to Jonathan Majors. Very recommend. Great Tv

Can I ask if you have any way to detect transphobic sock puppets, because I'm afraid this policy may just see an increase in them.

Just remember. You are Valid.

The Inheritor wrote:

Where are ya Jeff?

Accountability in your position requires some visibility Jeff.

Accepting the Union isn't closure Jeff, it's just the beginning.

Your tone is coming off really insulting and bordering on intimidation. I'm not sure if you're aware, but this is how I'm reading it as I'm casually scrolling through the forums...

There are better ways to ask questions, if you care about getting real answers to them that is.

If asking for accountability is intimidating.. maybe he should be afraid.

Where are ya Jeff?

Accountability in your position requires some visibility Jeff.

Accepting the Union isn't closure Jeff, it's just the beginning.

I kinda wish rather space used by this could have gone on more Tattoos

Vivisectionist Alchemist in 1E! Also Wrong Section :) (And you Hexposted)

At this point I'm wondering what will satisfy people. What, precisely, do people want here?

I wish for the umbrella that is protecting the abusers to be stripped away, and the space be made safe.

My understanding is that Jason Buhlman confirmed that he did make advances, but not instructing his team not to communicate with her afterwards, just saying that the working relationship suffered.

He did mention it -may- have played a part in the communication breakdown.

Me thinks Jason is lucky to escape Legal action for this, I am curious why he still has a job. However. Is the type of person Paizo wants on staff? The sort of workplace they want to encourage? Where managers can make sexual advances on people, and when rebuffed cut them out of the process..

their abuse at the tables by people who aren’t interested in representing adventurers of all capabilities"

Im sorry, what?

2nd Edition
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The Major Curse of the Lore Oracle says that you cannot communicate "with your allies" Is this verbal communication? Can you speak to your enemies? Can you Nod yes or No?

Seeing as Grand Bazaar does not have any 1st or 2nd level Tattoos, Can we get an Errata for this feat?

How many Tattoos are in this book? Many 1st and 2nd level ones?

If you look below the submit post button, there is a guide on formatting, but here is the example for spoilers. open and close with [ and ]

spoiler=Movie plot spoiler]This is a spoiler, such as revealing who really did frame Roger Rabbit.[/spoiler

keftiu wrote:

Ashanderai wrote:

They did reveal in the Discord that it will have a flaw to Dexterity, though.

I still think it is going to be a golem, animated object, Tsukomogami, or something similar.

/I/ know that they're different, but I still can't imagine they'd want the confusion of Automatons in one book and a different kind of construct in a book pretty soon after.

Actually...

I have a Mighty Neeeeeeeed! Spoilers :D

Anyone get this book yet?

Can a Tiny PC Sprite Inventor use medium sized armor like a gundam?

The Inheritor wrote:

Gday Tonya, curious! Do you have any plans or Direction as the new Community Director, what about things we should look forward to?

Also.. what does a Community Director do in your eyes?

Right now, my plans are around settling in, getting the lay of the land for the communities other than Org Play (getting to know you all :) ), and supporting the CS team. Since the first step is understanding the different groups and what they need, I'm making lots of Diplomacy (gather information)/Society rolls.

One of the big tasks I've been given is to look at our convention presence. As we are hoping to have an in-person PaizoCon this year, but have been digital the past two, there are lots of back plan things we've got to decide.

For me, a community director is a supporter who builds bridges/links between groups, helps others get the tools/resources they need, fills communication gaps, and strengthens the whole.

Can you further clarify what you mean by different groups?

Gday Tonya, curious! Do you have any plans or Direction as the new Community Director, what about things we should look forward to?

Also.. what does a Community Director do in your eyes?

I'm sorry, I will make myself a little clearer here. If you quote a post that needs to be removed, I have to remove your post as well, regardless of how well thought out your post may be. I've had to remove a lot of really great comments because people are just quoting one bad post and then quoting each other. Whenever possible, it's best to try and say your piece as a separate entity. Far too many times, especially in the last week, I have thought, "if only they hadn't quoted that."

In the past, Mods have trimmed quotes from posts. Can we get that again? Or is that extra effort too much?

H2Osw wrote:

James Jacobs wrote:

thejeff wrote:

WormysQueue wrote:

Filthy Lucre wrote:

People keep saying that the setting and the rules are tied together but I don't see any evidence of this.

I see it this way: It starts with the goblins being promoted to a Core Ancestry, and that happened solely due to the popularity Goblins gained within the Golarion setting. Also a whole chapter being dedicated to the setting.

It continues with sidebars in the Monster Manuals that specificially point to Golarion.

But more importantly, apart from the pure rulebooks, you now also have the Lost Omen line with books like the Character and the Ancestry Guide that would both have mostly been treated as setting-neutral books in the first edition.

Is that really from popularity within the Golarion setting or popularity in general? How would anyone really tell the difference?

From my position: It really is from Golarion. Rules are great fun, but without stories to back up the rules, they're just rules. Think of the rules as the cameras and sets and CGI programs and practical effects that make up a movie. Those things were both used to make your FAVORITE movie and your LEAST FAVORITE movie. It's the artists who use the rules to make stories that folks can enjoy that build attachments. That's how it's always seemed in my head. We couldn't do this thing without rules, but we wouldn't STILL be doing this thing without stories.

Dwarves > Goblins, prove me wrong.

I can prove that statement wrong to me, but not to you. Nor would I want to. We offer choices in Pathifnder because we know that for every gamer, the best choice is different.

We love our Loreannosaurus Rex

I've been giving Jason Bulmahn some consideration, and I've come to the opinion that he should no longer have authority over people anymore in said workplace, considering he has admitted to making romantic advances towards at least one Coworker who reported to him, and when that did not work out, Cut her out of the system.

It's good that he admitted to this(thats a first step), and apologized, but what don't we see here? He seems unsure if he had done it to anyone else.

I understand the tactic of withholding with your dollars and your subscriptions, and you should do what you feel you need to do, but it’s the people who help us keep the lights on that every organization listens to the most. If you like playing Pathfinder and Starfinder, games with diversity and inclusion baked in, I invite you to consider being one of those people.

This is a disgusting statement on so many levels. Are you honestly trying to spin this as a Marketing campaign? Earning a few bucks over suffering.

These people are withdrawing their subs so you WILL listen. So you understand what Paizo has done is wrong. Your words are hollow, as is the company's promise of inclusivity if these problems are not addressed. Now not the time to split the community but become accountable to them. Paizo has betrayed us. Do better.

To put it bluntly are we getting this part of the story only from Jessica price? Since honestly I wouldent believe Jessica price if she said water was wet so I would like other sources besides her since something clearly has happend.

If you insist, Crystal Frasier and Diego Valdez have also spoken up, as has others. I would very much recommend taking a peek for yourself instead of jumping on a very serious thread to question the credibility of marginalized people.. Search for the Paizo Hashtags.

I'm still reeling this in. I've gone to bat for Paizo to help spread the message of their general inclusiveness, their positive product and Vibrant staff so many times..

I feel Betrayed. Not only that, I can't even imagine the pain Paizo has caused to its Staff. Things =NEED= to change.

A lot going through my head right now but I'll try to be coherent.

I'm not here involved in the forums and discussions just because of the systems. Finding the Paizo forums led me to becoming genuinely happy for the first time in my life, I had found purpose, I had found friends, I had found family, all of it interwoven together.

I have my subscriptions as a way to support the people who I look up to and admire, the editors, the artists, the freelancers, and what they do. If I just wanted the rules I wouldn't have to pay anything, I could just use Archives of Nethys and you wouldn't see a cent from me.

I have my subscriptions to support the people making the books and to voice "Hey, we need more of this!" (I am terribly lacking writing reviews though, and that needs to be alleviated), similar to being a patron on Patreon. The people actually pushing for awesome things, for good things, to make theirs and other's dreams come true, I wish to support. The writings espouse inclusiveness and joy and fantasy and the supporting that I am more than glad to do. More inclusiveness please, it's not a quota, keep going.

You take that away however, you take them away however, and there's no reason for me to continue supporting this company with my wallet, or for me to be here.

Hard same.