Having an Image of Saint German is not same as been a white Nationalist. Her intention was to create doubt on Erik Monas ideas. This is a low move on her part.You must not be familiar with Jessica's twitter profile. She is not shy about calling people out for their anti-Semitism, intentional or not. If she thinks someone leans toward white nationalism, she'll say so. Her whole thread was examples of management not listening or taking feedback seriously. The occult images are just one more example of that.I think she worded it intentionally the way she did, to have plausible deniability, while still managing to imply it. That's a common tactic for people who gaslight others, and she does it with a handful of things we know about in that statement, like the 'Paizo indebted to the Mob' bit. Its consistent with her behavior re: Arenanet, which we also have the receipts for in terms of how she described something we saw happen firsthand.I trust Erik Mona's statements about his own hobbies and that he isn't a Nazi, and that leads me into noting that Jessica in particular seems to have a tendency of trying to play things up in order to strengthen her position once she's decided her opposition 'deserves it' for opposing her, which is a major red flag for me Wait. When she points out the connection between Nazism and Theosophy in her post, it is clear that her intention is to create doubts regarding Erik Mona's ideas. only a very cruel or stupid person can believe that the Publisher of Páizo can have any kind of connection with these ideas. You remembered the fact that she has a right to be annoyed, great but where is the right of a person studying the occult to have an image of Saint German? Shall we now forbid people from being able to express their passions due to the ignorance of others? Should I then ask my boss to remove her crucifix as it represents the extermination of my indigenous ancestors?
You must not be familiar with Jessica's twitter profile. She is not shy about calling people out for their anti-Semitism, intentional or not. If she thinks someone leans toward white nationalism, she'll say so. Her whole thread was examples of management not listening or taking feedback seriously. The occult images are just one more example of that.I think she worded it intentionally the way she did, to have plausible deniability, while still managing to imply it. That's a common tactic for people who gaslight others, and she does it with a handful of things we know about in that statement, like the 'Paizo indebted to the Mob' bit. Its consistent with her behavior re: Arenanet, which we also have the receipts for in terms of how she described something we saw happen firsthand.I trust Erik Mona's statements about his own hobbies and that he isn't a Nazi, and that leads me into noting that Jessica in particular seems to have a tendency of trying to play things up in order to strengthen her position once she's decided her opposition 'deserves it' for opposing her, which is a major red flag for me Having an Image of Saint German is not same as been a white Nationalist. Her intention was to create doubt on Erik Monas ideas. This is a low move on her part.
Unbelievable. A lady who hasn't worked for Paizo for years takes advantage of an unfair dismissal (which unfortunately occurs in many private companies) and starts a series of posts accusing people like Erik Mona, Tonya, Jeff and Jason without any kind of proof. In the end this lady will be responsible for destroying a company that in my humble opinion has always been helping to defend the causes of minorities. Something that in the toxic environment of TTRPG is of extreme importance. If what this lady is saying is true, as a Latin Americam (Brazilian) I consider myself an idiot to have narrated Age of Worms, Kingmaker, Age of Ashes, Abomination Vaults and 14 PFS scenarios. All products of a company where the President is a Homophobe, the Publisher is a Nazi, and the Director of Game Design is a stalker of women. You're asking me to be patient, ok maybe I'm being rushed into my statments . But isn't it the least bit strange that the same lady who made these accusations works as a consultant in the company that competes directly with Paizo?
Unbelievable. A lady who hasn't worked for Paizo for years takes advantage of an unfair dismissal (which unfortunately occurs in many private companies) and starts a series of posts accusing people like Erik Mona, Tonya, Jeff and Jason without any kind of proof. In the end this lady will be responsible for destroying a company that in my humble opinion has always been helping to defend the causes of minorities. Something that in the toxic environment of TTRPG is of extreme importance. If what this lady is saying is true, as a Latin Americam (Brazilian) I consider myself an idiot to have narrated Age of Worms, Kingmaker, Age of Ashes, Abomination Vaults and 14 PFS scenarios. All products of a company where the President is a Homophobe, the Publisher is a Nazi, and the Director of Game Design is a stalker of women.Learn to separate the art from the artist. Please teach me how to separate things. For example I already spent weeks preparing the first SoT book. Perhaps the most exciting moment in my life as a GM. Being able to narrate an adventure that dialogues almost perfectly and responsibly with countless elements of my country's culture.
Unbelievable. A lady who hasn't worked for Paizo for years takes advantage of an unfair dismissal (which unfortunately occurs in many private companies) and starts a series of posts accusing people like Erik Mona, Tonya, Jeff and Jason without any kind of proof. In the end this lady will be responsible for destroying a company that in my humble opinion has always been helping to defend the causes of minorities. Something that in the toxic environment of TTRPG is of extreme importance. If what this lady is saying is true, as a Latin Americam (Brazilian) I consider myself an idiot to have narrated Age of Worms, Kingmaker, Age of Ashes, Abomination Vaults and 14 PFS scenarios. All products of a company where the President is a Homophobe, the Publisher is a Nazi, and the Director of Game Design is a stalker of women. .
I saw both statements . But i must insist. Why should i trust Jessica Price? Sorry but i am not naive and i think you should not be too. In the context in which she cited the case of Saint German's painting, it is obvious that her aim was to create doubt about Erik Mona's intentions.
You would be right if we were in the 1930s but in 2021 I guarantee that the Waldorf schools (using principles of Theosophy) that I know in Brazil have absolutely no relationship with Nazism.
I saw both statements . But i must insist. Why should i trust Jessica Price? By the way, To associate Theosophy with Nazism is an evil move on the part of this lady.
I understand the sadness of seeing such a dear employee get fired in this way. This is one of the reasons why I chose the public service (In Brazil, civil servants have job stability) . But unfortunately this situation is inherent in the capitalist mode of production. That said, what amazed me about this whole situation is Jessica Price's statements regarding Erik Mona, Jason Bulhman, etc.
What is the the end goal of all of this? Shut down Paizo? Should i belive in what Jessica Price is saying ? I am so exited to begin GM SoT(as a Brazilian i was so happy with the Mwangi Book). But if what that women said is truth, in a moral princible , i can no longer play Pathfinder . What if she is a liar? Just a vindict person. I must admit that i am complety confused with this whole situation. I am not a subscriber but i have bought 70% of the digital books of second edition and for a highschooll teacher in brazil i spent a lot of money in pdf. Sorry for my bad english.
Today I started the preparations to GM the Adventure Path: Strength of Thousands (I still don't have the book), i'm doing all the prep for the Mwangi Expanse Setting . I already have 6 players (one of than is the Venture Captain of the Pathfinder Society Brazil) i'm excited and ready to embark on this exciting (“Not Exotic”) journey. As a citizen from Brazil, and knowing that the history of my country is deeply intertwined with the history of the African continent, having the opportunity to build, together with my players, an adventure with the elements that the book Mwangi Expanse offers is perhaps the most exciting moment in my life as a GM. I would also like to thank the foundry staff and the pathfinder community who provide such wonderful tools for the game to run smoothly allowing the immersion of the story to be maintained. The classes will start soon !!! Thank you Paizo Sorry for my bad english.
For anyone curious, I just found out if you watch to the very last seconds of the new video they posted about the AP you can see a little low-res image of the cover of 3 with Belcorra looking spooky. Still not a great image since it's a tiny screenshot on a youtube video but at the very least we can say she's not an ancient hag and much more a fancy, beautiful woman in a poofy dress thanks , but that image represent Belcorra as a ghost. What i would like to see is the image of Belcorra before she became undead.
Thanks , one day i will earn this tag. I just began as a gm for the Pathfinder Society Brasil... The experience has been incredible .... playing with people from all over Brasil. https://pt-br.facebook.com/pfsbrasil/
I think paizo staff need to listen to what the community are saying I understand you points and as a GM i agree with most of then. What i am trying to say is that from the perspective of my experiance running Age of Ashes AP, the spellcasters was consideraly underpowerd when the campaign reached 12 level. I dont know how to solve this issues but thats is a perception that a lot of people are having with PF2. I think is wise for paizo to adress this problem. Once again i agree with your points that we must be carefull and not come back to the issues that previous editions had. Sorry for my bad english
The spellcarters problem must be solved. I hope Secrets of Magic adress this issue, I think paizo staff need to listen to what the community are saying. I ran Age of Ashes AP and the disparate of power between the martial classes and magical classes was huge. We came to a point that in every session the wizard of the group was complaining about how he was not having fun.... Things that MUST BE SOLVED in my opinion (i dont know how). 1 - Incapacitation Trait 2 - Low level damage spells are useless at higher level 3 - Range of the Spells 4 - Number of spells slots. 5 - Something to boost spell DC and Spell Attack. And this is very sad , because every other aspect of the game was praised by all member of the group. Sorry for my bad english.
I pray for all the Gods in Golarion that you are right. The opression must end. Pray with me fellow wizards....
I would love to see a variant rule for non vancian magic. Some magic iten that increase spell DC. There is a lot of us that are not satisfied with the nerfing of the spellcarters. I love pathfinder 2e but i almost give up the game because a lot of my player was totally crushed by the lack of power that magic has in this system. And please adress the problem with the INCAPACITATION TRAIT. Sorry for my bad english. Once again i love Pathfinder 2e but the problem of magic must be solve.
What do you think about this small modification in the incapacitation trait rule? "An ability with this trait can take a character completely out of the fight or even kill them, and it’s harder to use on a more powerful character. If a spell has the incapacitation trait, any creature of more than twice the spell’s level treats a CRITICAL FAILURE check to prevent being incapacitated as a FAILURE. If any other effect has the incapacitation trait, a creature of higher level than the item, creature, or hazard generating the effect gains the same benefits." Spells with this characteristic would have a more powerful effect but without the possibility of eliminating a monster or PC permanently. This would somewhat mitigate the problem of damage spells by facilitating memorization at higher levels (although it is still distressing due to the small number of slots). Do you think this interpretation is incorrect and the low level spells with the incapacitation trait would become to powerful?
Thanks for all the advices , i brought this issue on the APG discussion and receive a reply from Mark Seifter Design Manager. He said this: "Everything Ssalarn and others have said is accurate. But maybe this will help kayman: Incapacitate does prevent disappointing fight-enders against bosses, yes, but it was even more so created to protect the players and their characters from weird situations with multiple low level incapacitation enemies. If you get attacked by 8 harpies in PF1, or 8 mummies, even if every character in your party of 4 only needs a 5 on the d20 to save, the chances each character will fail and get incapacitated is about 5 in 6, meaning the chances everyone is incapacitated (and eats a coup de grace, TPKing) is about 50/50. And we saw that happening in those types of encounters a lot unless the GM pulled punches or used other methods to help save the PCs (you can likely see the pattern yourself if you check online reviews for any adventures you remember that have such an encounter). Over the course of a long game, PCs are the ones most likely to benefit from effects like this that make things a little more likely for survival (since monsters don't need to survive an encounter but PCs need to keep surviving each encounter in the campaign). So you could also try to remind your players that this benefits them." I think this argument is very reasonable and when i showed to my players they felt the same.
You probably know how players are ... They love to complain. Especially when they played with a overpowered wizard for 20 years. I came here to see if i could find some advice without breaking the game with a house rule. Thanks for the reply.
Thanks for the reply . I will bring your argument for my players.
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