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>I know I am one of 12 gamers that prefers linux to Windows
13, although the statistics have become much better than that you know...
your closer to 1 in 12 than the 12th.

Pathfinder online is now developing with Unity, The new version, Unity 4 directly supports Linux.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/unity-4-0-game-engine-adds-linux-support -mecanim-animation-fla/
It also support iOS and Android.

There are a few indie games out using it already.

>Given that every modern Mac can run Windows without emulation
Kinda... but try running league of legends like this, you better be running on it on deep blue if you don't want to lag feed.

>I agree, a full game in Java would be crazy.
minecraft has done pretty well.. let's not get to big for our britches
that said, when their's a more responsive cross platform option, sure lets use that.

>I love Linux people. They see themselves and the five friends....
/pimpslap LazarX

I wasn't planning on using dreams for this particular one, I'm already using dreams for Splatter, and I think the individual ghosts manifest in their own characteristic ways. For charlatan, he needs some form of interaction with the players to attempt to portray himself as a good guy, just before swallowing their souls.

In my game, we never got to the point that dreams could even be used, one of my players cast detect evil immediately after picking up his journal, a bit to quickly perhaps... stupid public forums ;-). Anyways so now RAW says that charlatan just sits there grinning at them lets them channel him to death.
This seemed pretty lame to me, but luckily I've got a big party (6) so I've got an extra CR to dump into every encounter anyway, which gives me a little poetic license that I exploit/enjoy...

So.... I let Charlatan do his thing, now that he's detected he starts talking, convincing the PC's he's there buddy, on their side, all that.
The PC's of course don't buy this since they just found him with detect EVIL, so they immediately begin throwing everything they have at him.

Enter cockroach swarm. As Charlatan talks roaches begin creeping in from the walls, swarming in a pool about his feet. (sort of a representation of corruption I thought, and gives the handy effect of an easy point of damage or two on the haunted).

At this point had charlatan barf his chains of symbols like a web and wrap up the PC, wipe his mouth and keep talking to the PC's, turned out to be one of my favorite encounters, although the PC's still took him down relatively easily.