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How much of d20 Future and Star Wars d20 are OGL? There's a lot in them that I wouldn't mind seeing Paizofied.

I've heard that writers are only allowed to make up one name with an apostrophe in it as long as they work for Paizo. Have you used your apostrophe yet?

Oh, so ghouls don't belong in an inn? I didn't know the Rusty Dragon was an anti-undead establishment. You'll be hearing from our level 12 mohrg lawyer.

Do you allow the Leadership feat in your campaigns? Would you ever give an NPC Leadership?

Are Prophets of Kalistrade tolerated in Rahadoum?

Who runs the @Paizo Twitter account?

What do you think would be the best class(es) to represent a character based on Robin Hood? Rogue, ranger, fighter, swashbuckler, duelist...?

If they existed in the same continuity, how do you think Calistria and Corellon Larethian would view each other?

Do you like charau-ka to look like chimpanzees like in their Ecology article, or like baboons in the ISWG? Or both?

What's your favorite multiclass combination?

Does the name "Golarion" have a meaning in-universe? What culture gave the planet that name?

And because the First World is a brand new addition to the cosmology that has no real analogy to anything in previous editions of D&D

Wasn't there a Realm of Faerie in D&D that's sort of analogous to the First World?

Speaking of fey, what was the reason for not including the Seelie and Unseelie Courts in Pathfinder?

Are the islands that are left of Azlant completely barren, or are there any native cultures living there (other than the Sun Temple Colony)?

About how much space does the Azlanti archipelago take up? Is it Greenland-sized? Australia-sized?

Will the Occult Bestiary include updates of any creatures from the Psionics Handbook?

What creature type would you make Ridley from Metroid? Dragon, magical beast, monstrous humanoid?

1) How do you feel about 3E's divine "aspects", like from the Miniatures Handbook or your Demonomicon articles? And if I were to use them in my game, would you recommend making them mythic?

2) If you could bring Iggwilv into Pathfinder, would you still make her CR 30, or would you tone her down compared to her mother Baba Yaga? (I love the dimensional occultist witch archetype, btw.)

Asking both questions because I'm looking at Savage Tide thinking of running it and both feature in the AP.

I'm Hiding In Your Closet wrote:

Who came up with Proteans as Chaotic Neutral incarnate? I'd like to give whoever it was a metaphorical pat on the back, because I was never satisfied with Slaadi, and think Proteans are superior in every way (redacted).

Wes and I pretty much came up with it, and then had Todd run with the idea to flesh out our initial concepts of them being primal serpent like entities with the heads of prehistoric sea monsters.

Also... let's all avoid badmouthing other companies if we can. Thanks! :-)

I think proteans and slaadi complement each other very nicely. Proteans are chaos focused outward, destabilizing orderly systems; slaadi are chaos focused inward, existing for their own hedonistic desires. Both exist in my campaign.

And the fact that the primordial chaos gods of ancient Egypt had the heads of snakes and frogs seems too on-the-nose to be a coincidence.

Darius Darrenbar wrote:

James

How well do you think Thri-Kreen (or Mantisfolk in general) would fit into Golarion? I got this bizarre idea for introducing them as fleshwarped Red Mantis Assassins among other things but barring that what would be a good way to introduce them as a normal race?

They, like pretty much all the classic D&D monsters we can't touch, would fit in quite well. I'm not gonna go into where I think they'd fit though. That's up to you folks to decide for your home games as you see fit.

I gave their cousins the tohr-kreen an empire on Castrovel close to the formians and said the thri-kreen are exiles living on Golarion and Akiton.

I could see this book being of considerable use to space-based adventures, especially concerning Verces and Eox. I'd also like to combine it with Dreamscarred's psionics rules for adventures on Castrovel or Akiton.

I've been waiting for this a long time :)

I hope there are more "...of Golarion" books featuring "savage" races, though, like hobgoblins or whatnot.

So, uh... anyone else super stoked to read about the gods of ancient Osirion?

Wait, woah, woah.

Zon-Kuthon is the kytons' "prisoner"?

I'd be fascinated to learn more of this!

Will we see desert elves? Ouat dwarves? I'm really curious about non-human options in this book.

Nice "Day of the Tentacle" figurine!

What gods, if any, do bugbears typically worship?

Do bugbears and hobgoblins revere the goblin hero-gods?

Not sure if this falls under what you're looking for, but: market prices for animals, magical beasts, and other trainable monsters other than plain ol' horses and ponies, like in the 3.0 "Arms & Equipment Guide".

Actually "Arms & Equipment Guide" would be a pretty good model for this sort of book IMO.

I'm glad I bank with a credit union.