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With the addition of the 2e Pathfinder playtest, does that mean that we will not be getting any further Shifter archetypes? And as a small side-question, considering the Shifter's wildshape system had a major revision with hour shifting periods, should certain archetypes, such as the Fiendflesh Shifter, that only get a few minutes of shifting per day in their specific, not get updated too?
You deserve some serious appreciation, Variel. Managing to update this guide so frequently, while the Shifter class is undergoing changes, is really commendable.
Your idea of self-censorship's nature is a little askewed. It isn't merely changing an aspect of your work because you dislike it. That would be such a mundane act that nobody could feasibly define it as an act of censorship at all. Self-censorship is the act of censoring your own work. This is done out of fear of, or deference to, the sensibilities or preferences (actual or perceived) of others. So it is less about whether you dislike as the artist dislike it, and more about whether your audience dislikes it. I am hardly surprised that some could be opposed to seeing artists compromise their integrity over something as fickle as the public opinion.
The combination of "They didn't say anything at the time" and the backlash of "there's no proof!" we see here is particularly nasty.Not to mention ubiquitous and predictable. Yeah, people saying that there is no proof and that jumping to conclusions is dangerouc, could be rather predictable when there IS no proof and people are jumping to dangerous conclusions.
And now I’m deeply disappointed in the Paizo community... I am sure the Paizo community is crushed by your disappointment. And of course our juridical systems aren't tilted in the favor of the accusor. It is considered to be a fundamental human right and article 11 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights explicitly states that everyone should have the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Because the presumption of innocence is and has been the corner-stone of any enlightened juridical system and society, and has been so since the early Roman Republic and from that moment forward. Only in the darkest reaches of the medieval era did we fall back into the presumption of the inherent guilt of accused.
Thank you, Marc! My group is usually quite mature and we try to use our good sense of judgement on 3rd party material, so this is really helpful! I will have to bring the spell-less ranger up at my next session.
The worst thing about it is that it would be so amazingly easy to make, that it marvels me that Paizo has not done so yet. The hunter is a pretty ideal frame for it, so releasing an archetype that replaces its spell-casting for another class feature would pretty much fix it.
A pet-based class without magic. I just want to tell a story about a boy and his overprotective murder-pet.
I dig all of these.
Metamorph Alchemist is #1 for me. Such a cool idea, but should have alchemy returned. Hold on, I don't mean to inject into the discussion, but what is this about a shapeshifter coming out soon? What is the source? I have been dying to play a proper shapeshifter, since I looked at the meta-morph, but the mechanical side of things was just a bit too lack-luster for me.
Earlier this year, I was making my very first wizard for a private campaign and I decided that I would want to use an archtype that caught my eye. Namely the Exploiter Wizard. My GM at the time, made a ruling that the Exploiter Wizard's Arcane Reservoir class ability only allowed the wizard to account his wizard levels instead of arcanist levels for the purpose of the Arcane Reservoir's maximum pool, but not for the daily recovery of daily points. Meaning that he would be stuck with 3 points per day, no matter his level. At the time I thought nothing at in, seeing as my GM was far more experienced and claimed that he was correct. The campaign didn't last for too long, the GM seemed fonder of tormenting his players rather than allowing us to have pleasant role-playing experience. It was all rather chaotic. Nevertheless, now that I am looking back at the Exploiter Wizard, I was reading up on the Exploiter Wizard's Arcane Reservoir ability again and while the language seems to be a little vague, I am not seeing anything that would lead to such a ruling. What is the forum's thoughts? Are the wizard levels only used for the purpose of the maximum pool or also for the daily recovery of points?
This is going to get bloody. When do people learn?
I will not pretend that I am worried about the consequences of a Trump presidency, primarily because I suspect that most of the man's initial rhetoric was done to win the nomination within the party and as far as I have seen, he is already commiting a lurch to the left in the few policy announcements that has been released since he became the President-elect. That being said, he announced that homosexual civil unions is a "settled law" yesterday.
Could we get some more details on the Undead Master wizard archtype? I am interested, for reasons.
The issue is, rather, that an alchemist need to use his extracts to produce potions with the BP feat. So, seeing as this archtype trades them away, it becomes a remnant of the base-class and is totally useless to the metamorph.
After peering at the Metamorph archtype for the alchemist class, I notice that nothing replaces the bonus Brew Potion feat.
Is this an error?
Urgathoa, The Pallid Princess. My number one greatest fear is, and will no doubt continue to be, to cease being and my sentience ending. Beyond that, I am rather self-indulgent, so her hedonistic ideals fit me rather well. If I ever should archive undeath as a necromancer, I most likely wouldn't be the type that would run around, raising mindless ghouls or skeletons left or right, I would barricade myself up in a library and remain there, reading till' the world comes to an end. Other like-minded undead would be welcome.
I am loving the working it.
Wha-... Are you sure that you are playing Pathfinder? Are you sure you truly wish to continue to play with a friend that is willingly ruining other player's enjoyment of the game? This whole set-up is just so strange to me, for some reason. People being resurrected by deities? Fire damage immunities by level 3? Ruling over 200 orc soldiers? I can only say that your manner of playing the game is so exotic, that I can hardly relate to it at all.
I am not too certain about the LN label of the character, and while I understand the perspective you are attempting to reason from, I vehemently disagree. While having good and noble intentions is all well and good, it should be the actions of the character that defines him. So, if he in his attempt to rule the world and drive out all who oppose him is willing to commit great acts of evil, then it seems to me that he is the very definition of LE. While he thinks it is all for the "greater good", it seems evident that he is a force of evil.
If this game is going down, then I wish to have the last comment!
Sarcon. Look into my eyes and you will see the truth. How do I talk without lungs? How do I move without muscles? How do I feel without nerves? How do I think without a brain?
Victor lets out a sharp whistle to the rest of the party, he removes his glove and directs a single finger-bone down towards the well and the conveniently placed ladder.
You'll have to rip it from my cold, de-... You would most likely do it, so I am not going to tempt fate.
Victor pauses to remove his mask, and stares for a moment at the two tied up skeletons. Perhaps in a sense of a common connections, then he rolls his shoulder-bones and continues in after Sarcon. He keeps a healthy watch over his own shoulder and around the yard.
Or sufficient measures of undead guardians. Not that I have any interest in an army of the undead or anything.
Victor uses a couple of moments on gather the neat little pile of scrolls that he had created during the week, he quickly shoves them all into the countless crevices and folds of his loose hanging robes, strips on his mask and continues to the gate of the Keep. He remains there, until the rest of the group is ready to move out. One could easily mistake him from a statue, as he stands there leaned back against the wall.
I think a 8500 gold magical full-plate more than covers the wounded feelings.
Urrgghhhh... This is not the game-play tab. I personally blame Fate, she rolled here first.
Victor uses a moment to flicker through one of his books, as he looks for any rumors or tales of magical armor left by fallen heroes or destroyed scoundrels. He is kinda picky, so he only looks for the finest of full-plates.
Hmh. Do you think the heroes are going to try to steal our our castle if we leave it?
To avoid seeing the game rot away, might I make a proposal? What are people interested in searching for in the wilderness this week?
Victor taps his fingers against his chin. "I have not heard of such a spell, however, we might very well be able to locate some manner of relics that will attune both our Lady and you to the Plane of Negative Energy.
I seem to recall some manner of rule having to do with familiars and how they leave their masters, if said masters should become undead. I have been scouring the internet for any reference to it, but nothing is coming up. Could I possibly be misremembering it?
I happen to be a student of Public Administration and Politics. Uhhh... I guess I would be a student at the University of Egorian. All they do is teach evil buerocrats and nobles.
That is a rather interesting artifact indeed. It is nearly a shame that I am not a spontaneous caster. Nonetheless, these spells are now mine!
Quick side question: How reliable is the post system in this town?
Smooth-worn bone grinds against rock as Victor dumps himself into his cold stone throne. His spine comes to rest against the throne’s back, as he supports his cranium with the ridge of his hand. He sits there for a moment, merely waiting for Crystal to abandon the immediate vicinity of the throne-room before he continues.
Victor works himself into a fervour, his arguments and verses nearly being spit out.
The empty void that once contained his eyes and is currently provides a rather excessive peak into the inside of his empty cranium, tilts downwards slightly. With a tone of a slightly engrossed yet dry academician, he begins muttering in a controlled yet curious air: ”Your physical facial features have not changed in any radical manner, with the possible exception of having gained a marginally more outstanding set of cheekbones. The femininity of your facial skull structure seems to have been remarkably well preserved, considering the usual effect of undergoing even a short-time span under the effect of rigor mortis.” His skeletal fingers grasps at the crest of her wrist, and even if he was stopped from, touching her, he still proceeds with the same analytical scrutiny. “Sanguine vampiris usually has a rather visible effect on the skin; however, you seem to have escaped the worst ramifications and implications. That could be chalked down to your early stage, but I will have to keep an eye out for it. Your emotional instability is no doubt a consequence of the bloodlust or a direct ramification of how your own self-image is adapting to sanguine vampiris. Peculiar, to say the least.”
<.< >.> Both Crystal and Victoria are rather crossed with me.
They are? Why don't they seek out some templates of their own?
On the first day, a proposal from Victor arrives that states that he needs a steady supply of corpses, both ancient and newly made. He would prefer to have the harvested corpses of those half-orcs and orcs they murdered earlier. The proposal is given to both Crystal, Victoria and Sarcon by a Crystal-zombie. - Victor, while still feeling under the weather due to the fact that he cannot escape the feeling that he just lost the chance at incredible power, uses most of his time propped in his tower room, crafting scrolls and studying the tome he successfully managed to steal from the vampire.
There are certain paizo created templates that could be utilized, such as this one:
Or if you would care to be a non-magical construct, then there is the clockwork template:
I also believe there is classes that could be taken instead, seeing as our sadistic GM insists on STEALING MY SPELLCASTING LEVELS, so the effect would be the same:
There is another base class, 3rd party, but I cannot seem to locate it at the moment.
I just realized that I took a level penalty due to this template. Which hinders me from taking 3rd level spells.
3rd levels spells! Yeeeeeeees!
Yeeeeeeees!
My skull and collarbone is itching to get back into the struggle between good (read: Us) and the foolish mob (read: them).
Question. Did he state when he would be back?
A fate truly worse than hell.
So. Did our GM perish? |
