Is there a black blade (or comparable) archetype out there in any Paizo source for divine casters? I haven't seen one, but I recognize that I don't know everything or own every possible source.
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Okay, so here's my in-progress campaign... and bear with me, it's in the Rise of the Runelords board on purpose. First, the world's background is LPJ's Obsidian Apocalypse campaign setting (post apocalyptic world ruled by the undead), but with a custom map (search for Artaria fantasy map on Google to see this marvelous piece of art). The village at the center of the campaign is a reskinned lovechild of Hommlett (yep, T1-4, folks. RPG history lesson) and Sandpoint. The Moathouse from ToEE is the point at which RotR gets scrambled into this omelette, with Nualia's misfit gang being the occupying force there (the encounters from the Glassworks and Thistletop will be laid in there). The events of the rest of ToEE will occur there, and when ToEE is laid waste, the events of RotR will proceed as printed, but supplemented with Mythic strands. Should the party succeed and defeat RotR, their path will lead them to a converted Dragon Mountain, then to A Paladin in Hell to recover the tragically slain Rufus from back in Hommlett. *phew* Just had to get all that said to... someone. I'm curious if it spurs any suggestions/ideas/recommendations/nerdrage. Anybody want to throw rocks at my glass house?
Because I'm That Old Guy, and this is my version of yelling, "Get off my lawn!," at all the little whipper-snappers in the apartment complex... So, the nice thing about social media in general and Facebook in particular is that, when something pisses you off, you can simply disassociate yourself from it. The Pathfinder RPG forum (https://www.facebook.com/groups/20416871387/) falls into that category for me. I am no longer a member of said discussion board. I wasn't a particularly prolific or popular member of said board, so I'm sure that my absence will not even be noticed, much less considered to be of any significance... but it is, because I left in protest of censorship. A short sequence of events: a meme, popular among roleplaying gamers, was posted to the group. It discussed the popular "Zombie Jesus" idea in terms explicit to the roleplaying community, countering that Jesus was, in fact of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game ruleset, a lich, not a zombie. Some members of the forum didn't like the meme and protested as such in the comments. The poster of said meme, in deference to the protesters, deleted it. I subsequently posted my objection to the deletion; I argued that the deletion was unnecessary and in itself offensive, because the discussion in the PFRPG forum was not an appropriate place to interject real-world religious objection. I'd quote my original post here, but the administration of that board deleted it. I don't even have the text I posted, because it was deemed so offensive, it had to be destroyed. In the spirit of fairness, I did compare the religious bullying by the objectors to jihad. Offensive, maybe; humorous, definitely, but fair, given the definition of "jihad" as "a struggle against nonbelievers." I spoke in defense of the original poster's right to free speech, and also to the right of the objectors' free speech, although I did (and do) object to the placement of said speech as being intentionally inflammatory. I don't understand the grounds of the deletion of my post, but I'm glad it happened. The administrators of the forum have made their statement very clearly: "People who think as Jason Thigpen does are not welcomed here."
Hey, all... About to embark on Pathfinder Society gaming, and need a quick hand. Remember the Beginner Box Bash? I GM'd that at a small store con locally, and as such, have the GM Boon that comes along with it. Having never played PFS before, and with no local support for PFS, I never thought about it again until a friend of mine certified and decided to run a game. Now, I have this boon, but want to make sure I'm legal in all necessary ways... Does the boon need to somehow be registered to me to be legal, or is the mere presence of the boon attached to my character sheet sufficient?
Here are a few observations from which you might benefit: 1. If you are an expert in the field at hand, say so. If you are not, you should likewise say so. Owning your (verifiable) expertise will usually (but not always) garner you respect. Admitting your inexperience will usually (but not always) win you some tolerance.
2. Use words, sentences, and paragraphs clearly marked with punctuation. Your input makes more sense when it can be read and... well, made sense of. 3. Know the difference between facts (which can be objectively proven or disproven) and opinions (which are subjective, and are a lot like the orifices through which we excrete solid waste in that everybody has one, no one wants yours shoved in their face, and everyone else's stinks). 4. Ignore the jerks. You validate their existence when you respond to them. 5. Mind your own business. If you're having trouble telling whether you're trolling or not, here's a clue: If you're responding to a message that was not in any way intended for you, then you're almost certainly trolling. It wouldn't hurt you to be civil. Reference the following from the bottom of the posting screen:
And now? Now, I pummel myself with all the doubting madness of how stupid it was to post so early and why I didn't have <name a random acquaintance here> proof it beforehand and how it should've been sexier somehow and how I'm sure I've jinxed myself by submitting while sick and... How `bout I just breathe, get some sleep, and start putting my archetype to paper, hmm? How about you?
... What I had MEANT to say was, "I have no excuses this year. My Wondrous Item is being edited as we speak, and new archetype ideas are simmering on the back burner while I cut up the appropriate ingredients for the Super-Stew to come in Round 4."
Time to start gearing up! So, here's a question: I'm looking at Table 15-29: Estimating Magic Item Gold Piece Values because I know that one of the many failings of my entry last season was that I arbitrarily assigned a gp value to it without even so much as glancing at the table to price it properly... and that was probably the very least of what was wrong with it. Still, upon review, I can't get even an idea of how it should have been priced. My question lies under the Spell Effect section. My item channeled a character's "rounds of usage per day" power - in this case, a bard's Performance - into a different usage, effecting a summoning spell. Which exact spell effect would be created is determined by a skill check against Perform. Can anyone give me an idea of how to go about pricing such an item?
I need a bit of help. My bard has classed over to aberrant sorcerer because he became host to a green slime. The spell effects he will be manifesting are all going to be transdimensional (teleport/dimension door/etc) and touch-delivered acid or madness effects. The touch delivery stuff is where I need help. I seem to remember, way back in ancient antiquity, a chart that offered point-buy spell customization: 1d4 dmg = .25 point value, 1d6 dmg = .5 point value; touch spell = .25 point value where a ray = .5; the total number when all features are added up = the new spell's level or something similar. Does anyone here recall where I might have seen that, or know of a current version of the same? |