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I'm planning on imposing a penalty on specific activities or events the offended party would be interested in or capable of meddling in, such as Trade Commodities or Establish Diplomatic relations for certain noble houses or Celebrate Holiday for certain religions.

I may tell the players the source of the penalty if it's as obvious as a chruch not sanctioning an event or sending a representative or keep it a secret if it's the meddling of politicians. A successful Intrigue activity should reveal the source if it's hidden.

Varn is described as a swordlord in the non-crunchy bits as well ("a low-ranking but eager-to-impress swordlord named Maegar Varn," page 40)

Perhaps he's so low-ranking that he hasn't taken the name or sworn the oath yet.

For myself, I'm going to play it that Jamandi's ploy includes having a loyal, but technically non-Aldori controlling the lands opposite the likely front of the coming civil war. Thus Varn is complicit in, and benefiting personally from, the political war games in Brevoy. Maybe after the dust settles he'll take the Aldori name, or maybe he gets to keep his little kingdom...

Haven't come across anything glaring yet, though I was considering K&V's changes to some building to make sure every activity could be supported...

The Parchlands are in the Meraz Desert east/southeast in Casmaron.

From Okeno, you could sail east to Ayesh (pop 40k) or Sadiyeh (pop 14.5k), to stock up, but you'd be adding 500 miles to your trek to get to the edge of the Meraz and the smaller Sadiyeh might not have what you need or might charge a premium.

You could go around the southern end of that penninsula and go as far as Heger (pop 12.5k) or Husanah (pop 14k, not a port city) in Al-Zabrit, but crossing 200 extra miles of desert belonging to the native horse tribes might complicate your journey in addition to the issues smaller population towns have when it comes to supplies.

Which leaves the 'best' way: Katheer (pop 132k). Landing in Katheer, you're going to be able to get the best deal on supplies. You can travel 250ish miles upriver on the Pashman to a natural pass between the Northern and Southern Zho mountains, and then another 230ish miles in the highlands (importantly not desert) to reach the western edge of the Meraz, starting the real journey much closer to the Parchlands than coming in from the south.

Updated with links from the activities, structures, and feats tables to each respective description (player request).

Ah, I see some of the changes I attributed to n8_fi may have come from that other document of your's, Vance. Once again, apologies.

It looks like you haven't seen our original patch.

That's where the 10 trained skills to start and most of our XP fixes are.

I did see it in this version, but the 10 total skills are mentioned on page nine under 'Leadership Bonuses,' and there's no mention of where the other 6 skills are taken from (it says to pick 4 additional ones).

Now this one (which I hadn't seen before) does make it clearer that there are 2 skills from each of the charter, homeland, and government.

But, the lack of clarity is why I DM'd you about it in April.

Just Modified the Kingdom sheet for use with these rules.

Sources
1. Vance and Kerenshara's Comprehensive Pathfinder 2e Kingdom Building Rule Analysis and Changes
2. n8_fi's Kingdom Rules 2e, Revised (pet project: feedback wanted)
2b. Additional credit should go to Paul Zagieboy for his contributions to n8_fi's stuff
3. Deriven Kingdom Building House Rules

In addition to n8_fi's fine additions, I'll probably steal/borrow from Leopolitan's Kingmaker Warfare Rules Addition / Rewrite (No Kingdom Rules Required) when I start working on the warfare.

Something of a changelog...

Then I apologize for my cynacism.

Cannot tell if that's sarcasm or an AI response, what with the filename being a significant part of it...

After reading through the rules changes that Vance & Kerenshara put together, I combined them with what I liked from n8_Fi's re-hash with a splash of DerivenFirelion's thread's suggestions. Rewrote it all to suit my table, and put it through inDesign for beautification.

Still have the Warfare section to update and some art to add before I print and bind it for my table, but we're using it as is, and I figure someone else might like it too.

Here's a PDF

I did cut down and redistribute the number of homebrewed feats slightly so that there were four per kingdom skill (1st, 7th, 11th, and 15th levels). I also removed the limit on claiming hexes since I found my group self-regulated against the increased control DC.

If you spot mistakes, have suggestions (layout, content, whatever), or criticisms, I'm still working on this doc, so changes can and will be made.

For some things, the degree of success of failure is known, but perhaps not what the effect is. Is Unrest or Ruin going to increase by some amount? Is a hostile army going to get a bonus? etc.

I'll likely steal or adapt these for my current game (still pre-stag lord).

I may assign each of the friendly NPCs or kingdom leadership roles two kingdom skills. Putting an NPC in a leadership role would grant the proficiency increase to one of the two skills, just like PCs get. This might encourage including them in the kingdom.

Steal all the things from this board. DMDudemeister's changes (Venture Capital, Hargulka's Monster Kingdom, etc.), the old tyme stolen lands map, party themes, additional hexploration descriptions, etc.

To update this, anyone care to double check these newer traits:

Working backwards:

-Is this worth a focus point?
This depends on what else you have that costs a Focus Point, and what your familiar is capable of. It's basically trading a Focus Point for an action, and since you can get Focus Points back between fights (usually), this seems pretty good.

-It allows my Familiar to act without me spending an action to control it?
Yes, but it also removes the traits from the action you would normally use to control it, which could save you from someone's reaction.

-so it works for one turn then I can't use it again?
Correct, but you can use it again if you have more Focus Points to spend on other rounds.

-How does this ability work?
As a free action on your turn, your patron grants your familiar its two actions, and you lose a Focus Point. (this was simply included for completeness. I think you understand the ability fairly well)

Cheers.

Here's some photos of my map, printed on a large banner and covered with blank paper hexes: LINK

Thank you for the link.

Any word on when PF1 will be compatible with v11?

Just their physical bodies.

I'd be quite tempted to have them make Will saves or Charisma checks as ages pass while they guard the Yellow King waiting for their companions to return. Every hour in the real world, a day would pass in the dream. Each day in the dream, a new check. Each passed check increases the DC. Each failed check doubles the relative time difference for the character and the yellow king. A few failed checks and they're practically standing still as the caravanserai seems to speed up around them. The few travelers that come through are blurs, and the sands shift quickly to alternately engulf and reveal parts of the buildings. By the time the rest of the party rejoins the dream, the character left there has grown old (and taken a lot of insanity damage).

Linkified for you

This takes you to the project page. Select the middle tab (looks like a megaphone) for the updates. The most recent update is displayed first.

For anyone else that might want the full map...

For anyone else that might want the full map...

I started making this Indian Jones style map that I could put on the monitor screen, but the pandemic unraveled my group before I finished it.

It doesn't look like much, but it's animated when played in powerpoint.

Neat idea

If you want to feel good about this kickstarter, just look at the starfinder masterclass miniatures kickstarter.

Since I can't get rid of the security update on the folder, here are the files in the folder:

1. Stolen Lands SL-6P.docx
2a. Rivers Run Red RRR-6P.docx
2b. Rivers Run Red Mods RRR Mod.docx
4. Blood for Blood BB-6P.docx
3. The Varnhold Vanishing VV-6P.docx
5a. War of the River Kings WotRK-6P.docx
5b. War of the River Kings Mods WotRK Mod.docx
6. Sound of a Thousand Screams SoaTS-6P.docx

If you have attempted to get to my linked file(s) above and found that you needed to ask permission, you have my apology. I was not regularly checking the e-mail address attached to the account.

I have now removed the google security update from hundreds of my shared files, so hopefully no one will have to ask permission to view them.

If you have attempted to get to my linked file(s) above and found that you needed to ask permission, you have my apology. I was not regularly checking the e-mail address attached to the account.

I have now removed the google security update from hundreds of my shared files, so hopefully no one will have to ask permission to view them.

Yeah, I made my own gun customization system awhile back using the Borderlands games for inspiration

Too comprehensive. Why make a single ritual when you can make a system to create any ritual?

I altered the Sanity & Madness rules for my Strange Aeon campaign and I felt it worked out well.

Way late to the party, but here's my take on it for my Strange Aeons campaign: LINK

Made a thing for my players for an upcoming Zeitgeist adventure path.

I took the Shadowrun Life Modules and converted them / used them for inspiration for my own purposes

Thought I'd post it here for imaginary points and the off chance someone else can make use of it: Here

Late to the party, but maybe someone will get some use out of this list.

34: An empty box labeled 'invisible tape'
35: A broken rubik's cube
36: A pair of dulled wire snipers
37: A bar of Dr. Squatch brand soap with a bite taken out of the corner
38: A dozen mechanical pencils with no graphite
39: A sac of used instant coffee pods
40: Several ration bars that are fuzzy with some sort of microbe

Finished the genetech and started on the long work to correct/finish/overhaul explosives. Hopefully I'll post an update on Friday and maybe even start spellchecking...

As the city is quite dense and revolves around the number 5, design it so the buildings are no more than 55 feet apart (thus allowing the shoggoth to reach them from one side or the other).

The strange architecture of the city could easily provide improved cover from anything more than 30 feet above the skyline. Perhaps the towers are wider at the top, shift horizontally as they ascend, or are draped in semi-frozen, surprisingly strong gauzy cloth that is easily mistaken for mist or haze from the ground.

Or, perhaps there are flocks of things half glimpsed in the strange boreal sky. The pink clouds are actually swarms of Vampiric Mists being herded by Egophages.

Or throw a few Larva of the Outer Gods up there to keep the players grounded.

This has turned into a bit of a major update. I'm adding a few more books' worth of stuff, updating a few things, overhauling sensors, and some other minor changes. The linked doc is just an early work in progress. I'll update again when it's more complete.

Nice reference. I shall rewatch it this weekend.

Does this work for you? or do you need just room D6, or a bunch of blood in that room?

My first thought is to have a passing Leng merchant in a small airship (like the noodle vendor in 'The 5th Element') casually dip down while on his way elsewhere.

Note to self: implement house rule for Weapon Focus groups by weapon properties...

Don't know if this old gem helps on the tentacle front since you're polymorphed and not 'natural'
James said...

To all appearances ninja division took the money that was supposed to be for a particular project and instead used it as a general investment in their company...

According to Ninja Division's 2018 reply to the Iowa Attorney General's inquiry about possible fraud around their Super Dungeon Explorer kickstarter ( here), they almost certainly robbed Peter to pay Paul:

Raising the funds needed was attempted (and continues to be attempted) through profits of non-Super

Dungeon projects as well as outside investor funding.

ND has been able to design and produce an expansion for Super Dungeon Explorer since then, despite being $750K behind on the base game and having multiple late kickstarters, such as our Starfinder miniatures.

The lack of laws and punishments for PCs is an issue with the setting, but it is born from the mechanics. The need to have high level police to be able to take down high level PCs that might be resisting arrest takes the shine off those PCs. Why would a world need PCs when the police are even stronger?

With the power increase from level to level, you either need to have an impotent police force (which just invites PCs to run roughshod over them), or a leveled police force (then your PCs aren't really needed).

This isn't an issue in shadowrun, because it does not have nearly as fast a power progression, and its combat is far deadlier (can't speak to 6th edition, but it was in the previous 5 editions).

If you make combat grittier in Starfinder, maybe every critical hit bypasses stamina and goes directly to HP, then even a group of level 1 police NPCs might be able to challenge high level PCs. Then you can make PCs worry about shoot-outs in broad day light or wonder where that mini-missile landed when it missed its target and flew out the 50th floor window.

OP is kinda sus