paizo.com Recent Posts by tcavagnepaizo.com Recent Posts by tcavagne2023-11-19T21:12:22Z2023-11-19T21:12:22ZForums: Customer Service: please cancel subscriptiontcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u7a4?please-cancel-subscription#12017-02-25T00:30:24Z2017-02-25T00:30:24Z<p>Please cancel my adventure path subscription. Thank you in advance!</p>Please cancel my adventure path subscription. Thank you in advance!tcavagne2017-02-25T00:30:24ZRe: Forums: Advice: How do I solo Pathfinder?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tync?How-do-I-solo-Pathfinder#102016-10-18T22:14:34Z2016-10-16T01:20:30Z<p>Paladin! Why does no one ever suggest paladin? Tank with the ability to heal yourself as a swift action once you get Lay On Hands. Take a non-horse mount for more versatility in combat, or the Sacred Servant archetype for (slightly) improved spellcasting.</p>
<p>Alternatively, ask your GM if you can gestalt magus/monk (both with quarterstaff-focused archetypes - I forget what they're called). Most overpowered character I've ever played.</p>
<p>If you're playing a spellcaster, take Improved Familiar when you get high enough level, and find a familiar that can heal you!</p>Paladin! Why does no one ever suggest paladin? Tank with the ability to heal yourself as a swift action once you get Lay On Hands. Take a non-horse mount for more versatility in combat, or the Sacred Servant archetype for (slightly) improved spellcasting.
Alternatively, ask your GM if you can gestalt magus/monk (both with quarterstaff-focused archetypes - I forget what they're called). Most overpowered character I've ever played.
If you're playing a spellcaster, take Improved Familiar when...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2016-10-16T01:20:30ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=1283?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#641212016-08-19T23:41:50Z2016-08-19T22:24:42Z<p>Are there any countries in southern Avistan with a standing army? Specifically wondering about Ustalav, but if there are any especially large or impressive ones nearby, I'd love to know.</p>Are there any countries in southern Avistan with a standing army? Specifically wondering about Ustalav, but if there are any especially large or impressive ones nearby, I'd love to know.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2016-08-19T22:24:42ZForums: Customer Service: Cancellation requestmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2turn?Cancellation-request#12016-08-19T05:21:41Z2016-08-19T05:21:41Z<p>Please cancel my adventure path subscription. It was made in error.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>Please cancel my adventure path subscription. It was made in error.
Thanks!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2016-08-19T05:21:41ZRe: Forums: Website Feedback: My Downloads Page/Humble Bundle Downloads Issuesmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2th4m&page=5?My-Downloads-PageHumble-Bundle-Downloads-Issues#2142016-02-26T04:43:03Z2016-02-26T03:00:52Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Chris Lambertz wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Likely the last update of the day, but it's good news!</p>
<p>The Tech Team has ordered some new hardware for our personalizing service, which should help alleviate the issues people are encountering. Our System Administrator Lissa Guillet will be working on getting this set up overnight, and we hope to be in better shape this weekend. We also have our Technical Manager Cort Odekirk in tonight monitoring the site's status.</p>
<p>Our Community Manager and Customer Service are out for the night, and will resume on the emails and social media queries tomorrow. </blockquote><p>That's good news. Thanks, Chris, Lissa, Cort, and everyone else at Paizo who are working so hard on this!
<p>As for those being jerks on here ... they're trying to fix it. Can't we all just calm down a bit?</p>Chris Lambertz wrote:Likely the last update of the day, but it's good news!
The Tech Team has ordered some new hardware for our personalizing service, which should help alleviate the issues people are encountering. Our System Administrator Lissa Guillet will be working on getting this set up overnight, and we hope to be in better shape this weekend. We also have our Technical Manager Cort Odekirk in tonight monitoring the site's status.
Our Community Manager and Customer Service are out for...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2016-02-26T03:00:52ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=1202?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#600972016-01-30T16:36:38Z2016-01-30T00:58:54Z<p>Hey James, is it a coincidence that Pangolais, the capitol of a Kuthonite country, is anagrammable to "pain" and "algos" (Greek for "pain")? I know someone at Paizo must like Greek, because of your company's name ...</p>Hey James, is it a coincidence that Pangolais, the capitol of a Kuthonite country, is anagrammable to "pain" and "algos" (Greek for "pain")? I know someone at Paizo must like Greek, because of your company's name ...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2016-01-30T00:58:54ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Sakhil Abilitiesmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t7m0?Sakhil-Abilities#32015-12-28T17:20:06Z2015-12-28T17:20:06Z<p>Yup ... just being dumb. Apparently I've forgotten how to use a bestiary. Thank you!</p>Yup ... just being dumb. Apparently I've forgotten how to use a bestiary. Thank you!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2015-12-28T17:20:06ZForums: Rules Questions: Sakhil Abilitiesmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t7m0?Sakhil-Abilities#12015-12-28T17:13:14Z2015-12-28T17:13:14Z<p>I'm absolutely in love with the new sakhil race of outsiders in Bestiary 5. I want to use a pakalchi in my game. But I have some questions about its abilities. Maybe it's just me, but I can't find info about them anywhere (checked the Bestiary, Core Rule Book, SRD website, everything ...).</p>
<p>The abilities in question are "easy to call," "emotional focus," and "skip between" (all listed under SQ), and "spirit touch" (listed under Special Attacks).</p>
<p>Anyone have any idea where to find info on these, or am I just dumb?</p>I'm absolutely in love with the new sakhil race of outsiders in Bestiary 5. I want to use a pakalchi in my game. But I have some questions about its abilities. Maybe it's just me, but I can't find info about them anywhere (checked the Bestiary, Core Rule Book, SRD website, everything ...).
The abilities in question are "easy to call," "emotional focus," and "skip between" (all listed under SQ), and "spirit touch" (listed under Special Attacks).
Anyone have any idea where to find info on...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2015-12-28T17:13:14ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=511?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#255412012-11-26T21:41:09Z2012-11-26T21:41:09Z<p>James,</p>
<p>Where on Golarion would you set an adventure involving a cult of Barbatos (the Archdevil)? I'm hoping for somewhere I can go all backwoods-horror on my players. Do you have a specific town or region you'd pick?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>James,
Where on Golarion would you set an adventure involving a cult of Barbatos (the Archdevil)? I'm hoping for somewhere I can go all backwoods-horror on my players. Do you have a specific town or region you'd pick?
Thanks.Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2012-11-26T21:41:09ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!katherinethegreat (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=509?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#254402012-11-23T20:09:31Z2012-11-23T20:09:31Z<p>Did you have a good Thanksgiving, James?</p>
<p>Since Golarion is round like Earth... Have the people of Golarion discovered how time zones work? Does teleporting to Tian Xia give you jet lag?</p>Did you have a good Thanksgiving, James?
Since Golarion is round like Earth... Have the people of Golarion discovered how time zones work? Does teleporting to Tian Xia give you jet lag?katherinethegreat (alias of tcavagne)2012-11-23T20:09:31ZRe: Forums: Advice: Putting the Players in a Corner - The Un-Fun of an Inevitable, Lingering Deathmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2p6iq?Putting-the-Players-in-a-Corner-The-UnFun-of#22013-02-11T21:08:12Z2012-11-21T06:56:31Z<p>Here's a side-quest idea:</p>
<p>One or more PCs contracts the horrible disease. Symptoms worsen. Time is running out. A couple days before the PC's impending death, when his friends are becoming desperate, a nymph/angel/demon/whatever -looking creature approaches them. "I can heal you," she says, "in exchange for a small favor in a few months. Nothing you can't handle."</p>
<p>When the PCs accept, she heals the PC in question. He is back to full health. The only difference is a new tattoo on his arm, in the shape of a vine looping around his forearm.</p>
<p>When a few months have passed and you've gone further with your intended storyline, the nymph/angel/demon/whatever reappears and asks for the favor. You can tie this into your current quest or make it something completely new (if the PCs have just finished their current task). If the PCs try to refuse the offer or cheat their healer, the vine tattoo acts as a <i>mark of justice</i> that first begins constricting the PC's arm in warning, and then takes effect one day later if the PC hasn't resumed the quest.</p>
<p>The fun part is that if the PCs keep getting in trouble and dying, the healer can keep popping up and telling the PCs the favor she seeks will be "just a little greater." I used this once over the course of a campaign, having the nymph reappear half a dozen times (the PCs kept getting themselves in trouble), and eventually the PCs had to travel to Hell to regain something stolen from the nymph. It was loads of fun.</p>Here's a side-quest idea:
One or more PCs contracts the horrible disease. Symptoms worsen. Time is running out. A couple days before the PC's impending death, when his friends are becoming desperate, a nymph/angel/demon/whatever -looking creature approaches them. "I can heal you," she says, "in exchange for a small favor in a few months. Nothing you can't handle."
When the PCs accept, she heals the PC in question. He is back to full health. The only difference is a new tattoo on his arm, in...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-11-21T06:56:31ZForums: Advice: Trickster Archetype NPCkatherinethegreat (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2p5fg?Trickster-Archetype-NPC#12012-11-13T06:21:05Z2012-11-13T06:21:05Z<p>I want to make a trickster-type NPC for the PCs to fight in a game. The setting is Ancient-Chinese style, and the NPC should be CR 14, with a CN alignment. I'm interested in either a Sun Wukong (monkey-king) style trickster, or something similar to the Trickster from "Supernatural." I want him to be able to survive a few fights with them so he can become a recurring obstacle.</p>
<p>Hopefully he'll have some melee abilities, as well as spells. The most important thing is that he have flashy tricks up his sleeve that will amuse the PCs while making their lives difficult.</p>
<p>Any suggestions for good class combinations, or Bestiary entries to start from? Spells/special abilities I should look at giving him? He can be any race or monster type, as long as he's able to appear as a humanoid.</p>I want to make a trickster-type NPC for the PCs to fight in a game. The setting is Ancient-Chinese style, and the NPC should be CR 14, with a CN alignment. I'm interested in either a Sun Wukong (monkey-king) style trickster, or something similar to the Trickster from "Supernatural." I want him to be able to survive a few fights with them so he can become a recurring obstacle.
Hopefully he'll have some melee abilities, as well as spells. The most important thing is that he have flashy tricks...katherinethegreat (alias of tcavagne)2012-11-13T06:21:05ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=468?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#233742012-10-04T19:44:08Z2012-10-04T19:44:08Z<p>How on earth do you pronounce "dweomer"?</p>
<p>I want to use a dweomercat in my game on Saturday, but I have no idea how to pronounce it.</p>How on earth do you pronounce "dweomer"?
I want to use a dweomercat in my game on Saturday, but I have no idea how to pronounce it.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-10-04T19:44:08ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: NPCs on the March!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ldxt?NPCs-on-the-March#402012-10-02T15:54:22Z2012-10-02T15:54:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jason Bulmahn wrote:</div><blockquote>(Now where are my Argon... err.. Bulmanaughts!) </blockquote><p>So you'd name your ship the <i>Bulmahn</i>?Jason Bulmahn wrote:(Now where are my Argon... err.. Bulmanaughts!)
So you'd name your ship the Bulmahn?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-10-02T15:54:22ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!katherinethegreat (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=440?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#219922012-09-04T20:56:31Z2012-09-04T20:56:31Z<p>What's the word for "from Irrisen"? (e.g. China is to Chinese as Irrisen is to...)</p>
<p>Do any of the Paizo staff play the iconics in their home games? Have you played Merisiel in a game?</p>What's the word for "from Irrisen"? (e.g. China is to Chinese as Irrisen is to...)
Do any of the Paizo staff play the iconics in their home games? Have you played Merisiel in a game?katherinethegreat (alias of tcavagne)2012-09-04T20:56:31ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: NPC Codex (OGL)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/products/btpy8v3a/discuss&page=5?Pathfinder-Roleplaying-Game-NPC-Codex#2022012-08-30T21:44:01Z2012-08-30T21:44:01Z<p>Since the core rules line is supposed to be world-neutral, how will this book fit in? Will the NPCs be getting names and backstories, or will they be "Generic Wizard 10" and so forth? And how will this work with the Iconics—is there new Golarion stuff in here?</p>
<p>Just curious. I'll be buying this either way, because a GM can never have too many stat blocks at her disposal.</p>Since the core rules line is supposed to be world-neutral, how will this book fit in? Will the NPCs be getting names and backstories, or will they be "Generic Wizard 10" and so forth? And how will this work with the Iconics--is there new Golarion stuff in here?
Just curious. I'll be buying this either way, because a GM can never have too many stat blocks at her disposal.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-08-30T21:44:01ZRe: Forums: Conversions: I Know What Yoda Is!Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ojzz&page=2?I-Know-What-Yoda-Is#642014-06-30T15:12:31Z2012-08-26T22:14:23Z<p>Required, lichdom is not. Afraid of horses, Yoda is not. Insulted, Yoda is at being called a mite.</p>
<p>Ten levels in the psion class and ten levels in the quinggong monk class, Yoda has. Mythic rules, Yoda also uses.</p>Required, lichdom is not. Afraid of horses, Yoda is not. Insulted, Yoda is at being called a mite.
Ten levels in the psion class and ten levels in the quinggong monk class, Yoda has. Mythic rules, Yoda also uses.Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2012-08-26T22:14:23ZForums: Advice: Irrisen Rooftop Chasemalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oqv8?Irrisen-Rooftop-Chase#12012-08-26T18:27:41Z2012-08-26T18:27:41Z<p>Hi, guys! I'm working on the next session of my game right now. The PCs are in Algidheart in Irrisen. According to the Campaign Setting:</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Inner Sea World Guide said wrote:</div><blockquote>The city of Algidheart is composed of buildings stacked one atop another that stretch across a confusing jumble of bridges spanning a narrow portion of the river, soaring to staggering, vertigo-inducing heights. A maze of stairs, ladders, ramps, flyway bridges, and wooden platforms connect the buildings to each other.</blockquote><p>Obviously, this is the perfect environment for an urban chase scene. I want to use the chase mechanics from the GameMastery Guide (as seen in Curse of the Crimson Throne: Edge of Anarchy) to have the PCs chasing a couple of White Witches who have information on a few kidnap victims. The problem is coming up with skill checks. I need:
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1) Ideas for cool setting-appropriate chase obstacles for a winter-witchy city.
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2) Something for everyone. The PCs are rogue, paladin, fighter, cleric, and magus. None of them have mounts or wear heavy armor, so that shouldn't be an issue. I want to make sure they're all included and interested.</p>Hi, guys! I'm working on the next session of my game right now. The PCs are in Algidheart in Irrisen. According to the Campaign Setting:
The Inner Sea World Guide said wrote:The city of Algidheart is composed of buildings stacked one atop another that stretch across a confusing jumble of bridges spanning a narrow portion of the river, soaring to staggering, vertigo-inducing heights. A maze of stairs, ladders, ramps, flyway bridges, and wooden platforms connect the buildings to each other.
...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-08-26T18:27:41ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!katherinethegreat (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=422?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#210602012-08-13T05:16:43Z2012-08-13T05:16:43Z<p>A few questions about stacking enchantment spells:</p>
<p>1) Can you use <i>charm person</i> on someone who is already charmed? If so, what happens—does the first charm wear off, or does the person simply think he is best friends with both casters?
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2) Can you use a <i>dominate person</i>-type spell (<i>magic jar</i>, etc.) on someone who has already been dominated? Does this transfer complete control of the target to the most recent caster?
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3) Therefore, if my ally has been affected by an enchantment spell, is it possible for me to cast an enchantment spell on him and then release him so that he regains his original personality/opinions?</p>
<p>Thanks for answering all these questions, James. You're pretty awesome.</p>A few questions about stacking enchantment spells:
1) Can you use charm person on someone who is already charmed? If so, what happens--does the first charm wear off, or does the person simply think he is best friends with both casters?
2) Can you use a dominate person-type spell (magic jar, etc.) on someone who has already been dominated? Does this transfer complete control of the target to the most recent caster?
3) Therefore, if my ally has been affected by an enchantment spell, is it...katherinethegreat (alias of tcavagne)2012-08-13T05:16:43ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Artists will depict your RPG characters/monsters!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nfh0&page=12?Artists-will-depict-your-RPG-charactersmonsters#5822012-08-11T15:10:22Z2012-08-11T15:10:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">g0atsticks wrote:</div><blockquote> How are these found once they are completed. Its early and I bet I'm just over looking something silly. Thanks in advance. </blockquote><p>Ruloc posts them in this thread. He posts a list every time, so you can see how far you have moved up the list. You are pretty far down, so it'll probably be a month or two.g0atsticks wrote:How are these found once they are completed. Its early and I bet I'm just over looking something silly. Thanks in advance.
Ruloc posts them in this thread. He posts a list every time, so you can see how far you have moved up the list. You are pretty far down, so it'll probably be a month or two.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-08-11T15:10:22ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: What do you think are the scariest/most disturbing evil outsider lords in published Paizo material?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ogzl?What-do-you-think-are-the-scariestmost#432012-08-09T17:19:54Z2012-08-09T17:19:54Z<p>Shivaska! She's my favorite. She looks like a big four-armed choker, likes ticking clocks, and her temples are sometimes orphanages/workhouses. Eek.</p>Shivaska! She's my favorite. She looks like a big four-armed choker, likes ticking clocks, and her temples are sometimes orphanages/workhouses. Eek.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-08-09T17:19:54ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Artists will depict your RPG characters/monsters!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nfh0&page=12?Artists-will-depict-your-RPG-charactersmonsters#5712012-08-09T16:37:45Z2012-08-09T16:37:45Z<p>Ruloc, everything you've done so far has been fantastic!</p>
<p>Can I request an illustration of my BBEG for an upcoming game? Her name is Phamena, and she's a <a href="http://subidaipfblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/dark-slayer2.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">dark slayer</a> witch with the Arcane Trickster prestige class. She is size Small, wears a big hooded cloak, and only comes out at night. She carries very little gear, but wields a kukri. Her favorite spells are <i>vampiric touch</i> and enchantment spells. She's a ruthless killer with an air of mystery, and if she isn't planning on killing someone she meets, she will use magic to make them forget they met her.</p>
<p>I hope this is enough to go on! Thanks for doing these :)</p>Ruloc, everything you've done so far has been fantastic!
Can I request an illustration of my BBEG for an upcoming game? Her name is Phamena, and she's a dark slayer witch with the Arcane Trickster prestige class. She is size Small, wears a big hooded cloak, and only comes out at night. She carries very little gear, but wields a kukri. Her favorite spells are vampiric touch and enchantment spells. She's a ruthless killer with an air of mystery, and if she isn't planning on killing someone she...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-08-09T16:37:45ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=417?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#208482012-08-07T22:18:17Z2012-08-07T22:18:17Z<p>Hey, James,
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What would you do about a ghost NPC with an animal companion/familiar/mount? I want to make a ghost cavalier who rides a ghostly horse, but I don't know how to do it. Do I give the horse the ghost template too? Treat it as a <i>phantom steed</i>? Something else?
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Thanks in advance.</p>Hey, James,
What would you do about a ghost NPC with an animal companion/familiar/mount? I want to make a ghost cavalier who rides a ghostly horse, but I don't know how to do it. Do I give the horse the ghost template too? Treat it as a phantom steed? Something else?
Thanks in advance.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-08-07T22:18:17ZRe: Forums: Homebrew and House Rules: The Hangover... Pathfinder Style...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oiys?The-Hangover-Pathfinder-Style#102012-07-24T16:21:21Z2012-07-24T16:21:21Z<p>Richard's ideas are slightly better, because they're less drastic effects, but again, this is like you're trying to DM from the player's seat. One of the main problems with this is that your character is immune to it. The other is that it's not GM-suggested, and thus (1) you don't even know if your GM will like it and (2) it's one player imposing rules on the others, which never ever turns out well.</p>
<p>Hangover-type games or interludes can be fun when they're GM designed, but shouldn't happen often enough to have a table. It's better when the GM can make up the drunken antics herself (I had one the other week; my PCs attempted to get a man drunk to get information from him, ended up blacking out themselves, and woke up shirtless, painted green, in a field far from home, one of them handcuffed to a young woman, missing minor items, with a tiger watching them.) But it only works when you do it in a way that's easily reversible—not putting someone out of the game for a couple days—and that won't make anyone angry or permanently change their character.</p>Richard's ideas are slightly better, because they're less drastic effects, but again, this is like you're trying to DM from the player's seat. One of the main problems with this is that your character is immune to it. The other is that it's not GM-suggested, and thus (1) you don't even know if your GM will like it and (2) it's one player imposing rules on the others, which never ever turns out well.
Hangover-type games or interludes can be fun when they're GM designed, but shouldn't happen...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-24T16:21:21ZRe: Forums: Advice: Fantasy Shop Types?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oipd?Fantasy-Shop-Types#302012-07-24T16:01:45Z2012-07-24T16:01:45Z<p>How about some Ustalav-specific things, like a Harrower, Varisian crafts, a shop that sells monster-hunting gear (you can even tie this in to the Order of the Palatine Eye and have the shopkeeper be a member of the Order). Don't forget the embalmer and the gravestone shop.</p>How about some Ustalav-specific things, like a Harrower, Varisian crafts, a shop that sells monster-hunting gear (you can even tie this in to the Order of the Palatine Eye and have the shopkeeper be a member of the Order). Don't forget the embalmer and the gravestone shop.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-24T16:01:45ZRe: Forums: Homebrew and House Rules: The Hangover... Pathfinder Style...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oiys?The-Hangover-Pathfinder-Style#72012-07-25T04:22:24Z2012-07-24T15:56:50Z<p>Yeah. Don't do this to your poor DM. He'll hate you after the first one or two, I can guarantee it. And the other players...</p>Yeah. Don't do this to your poor DM. He'll hate you after the first one or two, I can guarantee it. And the other players...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-24T15:56:50ZRe: Forums: Advice: ARG level adjustmentmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oijw?ARG-level-adjustment#82012-07-22T19:31:26Z2012-07-22T19:31:26Z<p>Jubal, when applying this sort of thing to PCs, I usually either give the other PCs extra racial traits (if I'm feeling particularly nice) or just handwave it (on the understanding that Tom and Dick know Harry's drow noble character is going to be a bit more powerful, but they chose to play humans anyway). As long as your gaming group is pretty nice and mature, they should be fine with either solution.</p>
<p>Then again, you can always give them roleplaying boons: Remember that the drow noble, the duergar, and a lot of the funny-looking fantastic races you create are going to have social stigma attached. So the new race might be more powerful, but that character is going to get charged more for equipment, snubbed at taverns, and might get attacked in the street in extreme cases.</p>Jubal, when applying this sort of thing to PCs, I usually either give the other PCs extra racial traits (if I'm feeling particularly nice) or just handwave it (on the understanding that Tom and Dick know Harry's drow noble character is going to be a bit more powerful, but they chose to play humans anyway). As long as your gaming group is pretty nice and mature, they should be fine with either solution.
Then again, you can always give them roleplaying boons: Remember that the drow noble, the...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-22T19:31:26ZRe: Forums: Advice: ARG level adjustmentmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oijw?ARG-level-adjustment#52012-07-22T16:14:43Z2012-07-22T16:14:43Z<p>I also have trouble with this. I know there's not supposed to be an LA for PCs, which I'm fine with, but what about increasing an NPC's CR? Does anyone have any ideas for this?</p>I also have trouble with this. I know there's not supposed to be an LA for PCs, which I'm fine with, but what about increasing an NPC's CR? Does anyone have any ideas for this?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-22T16:14:43ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=408?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#203532012-07-21T19:21:43Z2012-07-21T19:21:43Z<p>I just watched Dinotopia again (the 3-part miniseries) and remembered how awesome it was. Have you seen Dinotopia? And if so, do you love it?</p>I just watched Dinotopia again (the 3-part miniseries) and remembered how awesome it was. Have you seen Dinotopia? And if so, do you love it?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-21T19:21:43ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition (PFRPG)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/products/btpy8tc0/discuss&page=25?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-Rise-of-the-Runelords-Anniversary-Edition#12392012-07-18T12:49:39Z2012-07-18T12:49:39Z<p>I'm not ready to write a review yet, but I have to say, this is gorgeous. Is the new font set and stat block header style going to be a regular thing? I really like it!</p>
<p>Also, the picture of Aldern is fantastic.</p>I'm not ready to write a review yet, but I have to say, this is gorgeous. Is the new font set and stat block header style going to be a regular thing? I really like it!
Also, the picture of Aldern is fantastic.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-18T12:49:39ZRe: Forums: Advice: Creative Puzzle/Investigation Ideas NeededGoblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oh4j?Creative-PuzzleInvestigation-Ideas-Needed#82012-07-16T08:39:10Z2012-07-16T08:39:10Z<p>Wow, so many good ideas! I love the incarcerated man's vault, Caleb and Dudemeister! Pophyrogenitus' beaurocratic maze idea is great, not quite what I'm looking for with this situation, but I will probably use it at some point. And Third, the pipe and the puzzle are both great. I could also see the monster in the puzzle being a nasty underwater Lovecraftian horror in a pool (no cage), and every time they guess a wrong letter the room fills with a couple inches of water, until there's finally enough for the monster to swim out and try to eat their legs...</p>
<p>Man, I don't know if I can pick. I might have to create more situations later on so I can use all of these.</p>Wow, so many good ideas! I love the incarcerated man's vault, Caleb and Dudemeister! Pophyrogenitus' beaurocratic maze idea is great, not quite what I'm looking for with this situation, but I will probably use it at some point. And Third, the pipe and the puzzle are both great. I could also see the monster in the puzzle being a nasty underwater Lovecraftian horror in a pool (no cage), and every time they guess a wrong letter the room fills with a couple inches of water, until there's finally...Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-16T08:39:10ZForums: Advice: Creative Puzzle/Investigation Ideas NeededGoblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oh4j?Creative-PuzzleInvestigation-Ideas-Needed#12012-07-16T00:39:15Z2012-07-16T00:39:15Z<p>So I wrote myself into a corner—I promised a puzzle for next week's session, because I don't plan ahead very well. I'm absolutely terrible at coming up with puzzles. I'm sure you guys are better than me, so here's the situation:</p>
<p>The PCs need help from an NPC who is in prison. He knows some information about the location of their mutual friend/mentor who was kidnapped, but he's not telling, and they aren't torturing him because they're all Lawful Good. So I plan on the NPC coming up with a deal: Solve a puzzle or an investigation for him and he'll give them the information he knows. Unfortunately I don't know what kind of puzzle to make.</p>
<p>Optional Background Info: The NPC in question turned himself in to the prison (he's actually hiding from the big bad, whom he used to work for), so he's not going to ask them to spring him out of prison or anything.</p>
<p>Setting is Lands of the Linnorm Kings, PCs are level 2 (human paladin, half-elf rogue, halfling ranger, and human sorcerer). I'd love to hear any idea; I'm a bit desperate.</p>So I wrote myself into a corner--I promised a puzzle for next week's session, because I don't plan ahead very well. I'm absolutely terrible at coming up with puzzles. I'm sure you guys are better than me, so here's the situation:
The PCs need help from an NPC who is in prison. He knows some information about the location of their mutual friend/mentor who was kidnapped, but he's not telling, and they aren't torturing him because they're all Lawful Good. So I plan on the NPC coming up with a...Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-16T00:39:15ZRe: Forums: Advice: Running for a Large Groupmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ofw4?Running-for-a-Large-Group#152012-07-11T02:41:28Z2012-07-11T02:41:28Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">xanthemann wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Any advice on 14 players? Some are inexperienced, but others are. Currently we are about to run a new campaign of half and half, good vs evil, player vs player with 2 game masters. It sounds good, but I suspect things to get a bit out of hand.
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Don't get me wrong. There was a time with AD&D 2nd Ed that I ran 14 experienced players through a custom dungeon of my own design and it went very well. This new group...I have some concerns. </blockquote><p>If it's player vs. player, I think most of the time they can probably keep each other busy. Having two GMs is good, but remember that most of the time, they won't even need a GM to adjudicate most of the pvp battles (presumably there are no monsters, and they can roll to-hit against each other's AC without having a fight).xanthemann wrote:Any advice on 14 players? Some are inexperienced, but others are. Currently we are about to run a new campaign of half and half, good vs evil, player vs player with 2 game masters. It sounds good, but I suspect things to get a bit out of hand.
Don't get me wrong. There was a time with AD&D 2nd Ed that I ran 14 experienced players through a custom dungeon of my own design and it went very well. This new group...I have some concerns.
If it's player vs. player, I think most of...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-11T02:41:28ZRe: Forums: Advice: Running for a Large Groupmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ofw4?Running-for-a-Large-Group#82012-07-10T16:49:49Z2012-07-10T16:49:49Z<p>Great advice so far, guys! Thanks!</p>
<p>Ossian, those character sheets are fantastic. I want to use them all the time now. Just so you guys know, though, I don't have a fancy phone/tablet/apple anything...Kind of a luddite. :/</p>Great advice so far, guys! Thanks!
Ossian, those character sheets are fantastic. I want to use them all the time now. Just so you guys know, though, I don't have a fancy phone/tablet/apple anything...Kind of a luddite. :/malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-10T16:49:49ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask Feiya ALL your questions hereGoblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ofus?Ask-Feiya-ALL-your-questions-here#62012-07-10T11:39:45Z2012-07-10T11:39:45Z<p>Good to see you on the boards, Miss Feiya!</p>
<p>1) Did you enjoy your time in Ustalav? Who was your favorite adventuring companion there?
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2) As a fellow adventurer with a fox companion, I wonder if you have any entertaining stories of Daji's antics? Does he get into trouble a lot, or is he a well-behaved fox?</p>Good to see you on the boards, Miss Feiya!
1) Did you enjoy your time in Ustalav? Who was your favorite adventuring companion there?
2) As a fellow adventurer with a fox companion, I wonder if you have any entertaining stories of Daji's antics? Does he get into trouble a lot, or is he a well-behaved fox?Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-10T11:39:45ZForums: Advice: Running for a Large Groupmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ofw4?Running-for-a-Large-Group#12012-07-10T10:17:40Z2012-07-10T10:17:40Z<p>Hello, lovely Paizo folks! I'm running a game starting in about a month and need a little advice. There are going to be five players, and I'm used to GMing for 2 or 3. I've been GMing for a few years but have never had a group of this size before.</p>
<p>I'm worried that 1) because this group is mostly new players, combat is going to take forever. Any advice on how to speed up combat with a large group?
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And 2) I'm worried that in a larger group role-play will have to play second violin to roll-play. In a small group, each character gets a lot of face-time, and party splits aren't too hard because there are fewer people to get bored (and the group I usually run for, who unfortunately just graduated, are at least as interested in hearing each other's stories as they are playing their own). How can I make sure that role-play and character development is still important in a large group?</p>
<p>One thing I had thought of was that if the party splits, the two or three who are in a different place could role-play and talk amongst themselves. I would feel okay doing this with experienced players, but I don't know about new players. Thoughts?</p>
<p>If anyone needs more information, the setting is Land of the Linnorm Kings, hopefully eventually crossing over into Irrisen, and I'm only planning on going levels 1-6, medium XP track. Game should last about a year (real time).</p>Hello, lovely Paizo folks! I'm running a game starting in about a month and need a little advice. There are going to be five players, and I'm used to GMing for 2 or 3. I've been GMing for a few years but have never had a group of this size before.
I'm worried that 1) because this group is mostly new players, combat is going to take forever. Any advice on how to speed up combat with a large group?
And 2) I'm worried that in a larger group role-play will have to play second violin to...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-10T10:17:40ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path #59: The Price of Infamy (Skull & Shackles 5 of 6) (PFRPG)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/products/btpy8tc6/discuss?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-59-The-Price-of-Infamy#312012-07-09T08:02:32Z2012-07-09T08:02:32Z<p>To echo Sincubus: Not that I'm complaining, but why is Paizo giving us two lovely APs instead of one this month? :)</p>To echo Sincubus: Not that I'm complaining, but why is Paizo giving us two lovely APs instead of one this month? :)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-09T08:02:32ZRe: Forums: Rise of the Runelords: New Runelords Player's Guide Art Seems Racy to Somemalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2of18&page=2?New-Runelords-Players-Guide-Art-Seems-Racy-to#672012-07-07T11:13:53Z2012-07-07T11:13:53Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Bob790 wrote:</div><blockquote><div class="messageboard-quotee">malebranche wrote:</div><blockquote>The problem, in general, is that artists think it's okay to objectify women in the <i>very center</i> of the cover of a product that is not specifically a porn magazine. This is never done to illustrated men in RPG products. It is always done to women.</blockquote><p><a href="http://paizo.com/image/product/catalog/PZO/PZO9009_180.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Not many </a><a href="http://paizo.com/image/product/catalog/PZO/PZO9012_180.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">but enough to </a><a href="http://paizo.com/image/product/catalog/PZO/PZO9038_180.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">disprove never.</a>
<p>I'm only guessing here. I don't feel objectified by these pictures, if only because I will never look anything like them. </blockquote><p>Okay, but you have to look at the <i>intent</i> of those pictures. Those men are showing their muscles—they're showing how awesome they are. If we just had women with bared midriffs, arms, and shoulders (like Amiri), then I would say that's fine, because those women are also just baring their muscles—the artist is showing how awesome they are. That doesn't count as cheesecake or beefcake, then, and doesn't objectify the subject, and thus isn't relevant.Bob790 wrote:malebranche wrote:The problem, in general, is that artists think it's okay to objectify women in the very center of the cover of a product that is not specifically a porn magazine. This is never done to illustrated men in RPG products. It is always done to women.
Not many but enough to disprove never. I'm only guessing here. I don't feel objectified by these pictures, if only because I will never look anything like them. Okay, but you have to look at the intent of those...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-07T11:13:53ZRe: Forums: Rise of the Runelords: New Runelords Player's Guide Art Seems Racy to Somemalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2of18&page=2?New-Runelords-Players-Guide-Art-Seems-Racy-to#622012-07-07T17:54:56Z2012-07-07T08:40:25Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">bigkilla wrote:</div><blockquote> If you don't like it do not buy it or look at it. Easy </blockquote><p>This is a problematic attitude. We do have a choice what we want to buy or look at—for example, I can not visit porn websites or buy magazines that objectify women. That's fine. But if you want to be a gamer, you have to buy RPG products, and it would be sad if all people offended by this kind of thing just stopped buying gaming products. Not to mention that that's not really fair to those of us who really enjoy gaming, and therefore <i>have</i> to look at this kind of thing.
<p>Now, if there was an alternate cover, or you could buy a lite version of every pdf, then maybe your comment would be reasonable.</p>bigkilla wrote:If you don't like it do not buy it or look at it. Easy
This is a problematic attitude. We do have a choice what we want to buy or look at--for example, I can not visit porn websites or buy magazines that objectify women. That's fine. But if you want to be a gamer, you have to buy RPG products, and it would be sad if all people offended by this kind of thing just stopped buying gaming products. Not to mention that that's not really fair to those of us who really enjoy gaming,...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-07T08:40:25ZRe: Forums: Rise of the Runelords: New Runelords Player's Guide Art Seems Racy to Somemalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2of18&page=2?New-Runelords-Players-Guide-Art-Seems-Racy-to#552012-07-07T04:48:31Z2012-07-07T04:48:31Z<p>Odraude, I did not intend to offend you. In fact, I think I stated that I don't think male gamers are all shallow and horny—I think that's a misconception the art plays into.</p>
<p>It's not that the eye candy bothers me in itself, as I said. It's that the eye candy is so one-sided (i.e., only applies to women), in the gaming industry, in advertising, in movies and novels, basically everywhere in our society.</p>
<p>And I do think Paizo does a better job than other companies at this. I applaud their portrayal of Seela and Lini, to name just a couple. But it could get better. So it's not that this one piece of art crosses the line in a horribly offensive, I'm-never-buying-from-Paizo again sort of way. Because in reality, it's not the worst thing I've ever seen—but it does play into stereotypes and helps reinforce the problem of gender inequality in our society. And every single tiny piece of cheesecake adds to that in a tiny way. So until we achieve equilibrium, I'm not going to be okay with this sort of thing. Pointless cheesecake is not helping anything.</p>Odraude, I did not intend to offend you. In fact, I think I stated that I don't think male gamers are all shallow and horny--I think that's a misconception the art plays into.
It's not that the eye candy bothers me in itself, as I said. It's that the eye candy is so one-sided (i.e., only applies to women), in the gaming industry, in advertising, in movies and novels, basically everywhere in our society.
And I do think Paizo does a better job than other companies at this. I applaud their...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-07T04:48:31ZRe: Forums: Rise of the Runelords: New Runelords Player's Guide Art Seems Racy to Somemalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2of18?New-Runelords-Players-Guide-Art-Seems-Racy-to#502012-07-07T23:01:49Z2012-07-07T02:04:39Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">HangarFlying wrote:</div><blockquote> If the clothing Lyrie is wearing is so objectionable, why are we hearing about this now? Her <a href="http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/2012/march/v5748dyo5ld8g?Pathfinder-Battles-Preview-Burnt-Offerings" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mini preview</a> was released about five months ago to much praise. </blockquote><p>I suspect this is because not everyone pays terribly close attention to the minis blogs, and also because her boobs weren't right in the middle of a product cover staring us in the face.HangarFlying wrote:If the clothing Lyrie is wearing is so objectionable, why are we hearing about this now? Her mini preview was released about five months ago to much praise.
I suspect this is because not everyone pays terribly close attention to the minis blogs, and also because her boobs weren't right in the middle of a product cover staring us in the face.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-07T02:04:39ZRe: Forums: Rise of the Runelords: New Runelords Player's Guide Art Seems Racy to Somemalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2of18?New-Runelords-Players-Guide-Art-Seems-Racy-to#492012-07-07T18:37:13Z2012-07-07T02:00:58Z<p>Have to agree with theJeff and GeraintElberion: It's the context.</p>
<p>Like Geraint said, if you want to show a woman whose personality or job is that she uses sex to get ahead—fine, she can be as porny as you want. Want to illustrate a fey who lives in the wilderness and doesn't culturally wear clothes? She <i>should</i> be illustrated naked.</p>
<p>The problem is that this character is not a prostitute, or a priestess of Calistria, or a creature of the wilderness. She's a woman living in a pseudo-medieval town. If a real woman wore that in the Medieval era, she'd be raped or beaten.</p>
<p>The problem, in general, is that artists think it's okay to objectify women in the <i>very center</i> of the cover of a product that is not specifically a porn magazine. This is never done to illustrated men in RPG products. It is always done to women.</p>
<p>So this means that (1) our culture still believes that women are valuable people only if they cater to male ideals—they either have to be a sex symbol or a man-in-woman's-body, and there is no in-between, while men can be valuable in many ways—and (2) artists like this assume that mostly men will be reading this product, and thus they need to appeal to the male gaze, which assumes that (3) male RPG gamers are shallow and horny. So it's not just objectifying one woman, it's degrading the hobby and stereotyping male gamers.</p>
<p>Sorry for the rant, but I think this is important.</p>Have to agree with theJeff and GeraintElberion: It's the context.
Like Geraint said, if you want to show a woman whose personality or job is that she uses sex to get ahead--fine, she can be as porny as you want. Want to illustrate a fey who lives in the wilderness and doesn't culturally wear clothes? She should be illustrated naked.
The problem is that this character is not a prostitute, or a priestess of Calistria, or a creature of the wilderness. She's a woman living in a pseudo-medieval...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-07T02:00:58ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask Lem all your questions heremalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2oddk?Ask-Lem-all-your-questions-here#412012-07-06T16:14:28Z2012-07-06T16:14:28Z<p>Why do you look so surprised in your avatar picture?</p>Why do you look so surprised in your avatar picture?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-06T16:14:28ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=397?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#198082012-07-06T16:12:02Z2012-07-06T16:12:02Z<p>Hey, James, couple questiions:
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1) What on earth happened to the Rise of the Runelords Player's Guide cover? Specifically, the adventurer who might as well be naked.
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2) Is Paizo aware that fans don't actually want to see stuff like that? It's offensive, and honestly it just makes gaming awkward.
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If you're not aware, I thought I'd let you know. It's not just women—my gaming group is all guys, and they're not too jazzed about it.</p>Hey, James, couple questiions:
1) What on earth happened to the Rise of the Runelords Player's Guide cover? Specifically, the adventurer who might as well be naked.
2) Is Paizo aware that fans don't actually want to see stuff like that? It's offensive, and honestly it just makes gaming awkward.
If you're not aware, I thought I'd let you know. It's not just women--my gaming group is all guys, and they're not too jazzed about it.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-07-06T16:12:02ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Irrisen—Land of Eternal Winter (PFRPG)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/products/btpy8w7f/discuss?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Irrisen-Land-of-Eternal-Winter#362012-06-29T00:34:23Z2012-06-29T00:34:23Z<p>Yes! Finally! Thank you!</p>Yes! Finally! Thank you!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-06-29T00:34:23ZRe: Forums: Advice: Teaching our Newest Player (DM Advice)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ocly?Teaching-our-Newest-Player#202012-06-26T01:48:47Z2012-06-26T01:48:47Z<p>Good advice, guys! I like the idea of starting him at 1st level—that would be good, because I haven't started a game at 1st level in a long time. I was thinking of starting the others out at 3rd or 4th.</p>
<p>What do you guys think the easiest classes are? I think he'd probably want to play a paladin, but I'm not sure how difficult that is (with all the healing, spells, divine bond, smiting, etc).</p>Good advice, guys! I like the idea of starting him at 1st level--that would be good, because I haven't started a game at 1st level in a long time. I was thinking of starting the others out at 3rd or 4th.
What do you guys think the easiest classes are? I think he'd probably want to play a paladin, but I'm not sure how difficult that is (with all the healing, spells, divine bond, smiting, etc).malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-06-26T01:48:47ZRe: Forums: Advice: Teaching our Newest Player (DM Advice)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ocly?Teaching-our-Newest-Player#42012-06-25T07:33:16Z2012-06-25T07:33:16Z<p>Really not keen on the beginner box, because I think it will alienate/bore the other players. I know that as an experienced player, I wouldn't want to play a game from the beginner box, so I don't want to make them do that. I'm looking for ways to incorporate one new player into a group of experienced players.</p>Really not keen on the beginner box, because I think it will alienate/bore the other players. I know that as an experienced player, I wouldn't want to play a game from the beginner box, so I don't want to make them do that. I'm looking for ways to incorporate one new player into a group of experienced players.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-06-25T07:33:16ZForums: Advice: Teaching our Newest Player (DM Advice)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ocly?Teaching-our-Newest-Player#12012-06-25T07:22:42Z2012-06-25T07:22:42Z<p>I've been gaming with a group of experienced players, but some of them have graduated college and moved away, and I'm currently acquiring new players for the fall. I've DMed for advanced and fairly new players before, but now I have a guy coming in who has never played an RPG or a video game before. I've never taught anyone Pathfinder from scratch, and I'm wondering if you guys have any suggestions. Do I tell him to read the rulebook? Do I try to explain the whole character sheet? Do I deal with rules one by one as they come up in game?</p>
<p>Where do I start, O DMs of the internet? And how do I go about teaching this guy without boring the more experienced players in the group?</p>I've been gaming with a group of experienced players, but some of them have graduated college and moved away, and I'm currently acquiring new players for the fall. I've DMed for advanced and fairly new players before, but now I have a guy coming in who has never played an RPG or a video game before. I've never taught anyone Pathfinder from scratch, and I'm wondering if you guys have any suggestions. Do I tell him to read the rulebook? Do I try to explain the whole character sheet? Do I deal...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-06-25T07:22:42ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Module: Dawn of the Scarlet Sun (PFRPG)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/products/btpy8rgh/discuss&page=4?Pathfinder-Module-Dawn-of-the-Scarlet-Sun#2002012-06-21T14:45:34Z2012-06-19T19:46:20Z<p>I just read through this and it sounds interesting, I'm excited to try it out.</p>
<p>The one thing I'm not keen on so far is the propaganda. It feels like the whole purpose of putting the module out was to sell minis. I really hope the mini-pictures gimmick isn't going to find its way into other published products (even if they have a set—please don't taint the new Rise of the Runelords with this!). Really not a fan of the tacky sales attempt.</p>I just read through this and it sounds interesting, I'm excited to try it out.
The one thing I'm not keen on so far is the propaganda. It feels like the whole purpose of putting the module out was to sell minis. I really hope the mini-pictures gimmick isn't going to find its way into other published products (even if they have a set--please don't taint the new Rise of the Runelords with this!). Really not a fan of the tacky sales attempt.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-06-19T19:46:20ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition (PFRPG)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/products/btpy8tc0/discuss&page=14?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-Rise-of-the-Runelords-Anniversary-Edition#6992012-06-10T05:46:57Z2012-06-10T05:46:57Z<p>Sorry if this has been asked, but how much will the PDF cost for us non-subscribers?</p>
<p>The anticipation is KILLING me. This is my favorite AP ever.</p>Sorry if this has been asked, but how much will the PDF cost for us non-subscribers?
The anticipation is KILLING me. This is my favorite AP ever.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-06-10T05:46:57ZRe: Forums: Advice: Safest character to play?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o7w3?Safest-character-to-play#212012-06-03T14:33:16Z2012-06-03T14:33:16Z<p>I'd say paladin. Good melee, sounds like you could use another frontliner, and he can heal himself <i>as a swift action.</i></p>I'd say paladin. Good melee, sounds like you could use another frontliner, and he can heal himself as a swift action.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-06-03T14:33:16ZForums: Advice: DMing for Experienced PlayersGoblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o7nx?DMing-for-Experienced-Players#12012-06-02T02:56:24Z2012-06-02T02:56:24Z<p>I've discovered over the last few years, after DMing with both new players and experienced players, that I actually prefer DMing for noobs. They don't know the rules yet, but they are more willing to try methods other than combat. They run away from really hard encounters and regroup rather than fight to the death. They bargain with people rather than fight them. They let the villains finish their speeches.</p>
<p>The group of experienced players I've had over the past few years is a lot different. They're nice people, and generally good at role-playing, and they know all the rules. But they always try to kill any creature they can detect as evil, they are less likely to be creative in their approaches, and worst of all they seem to think they're entitled to win every time. When they lose a battle, they get disappointed, and even when they've been warned by numerous NPCs (and even their own Sense Motive checks) that the villain is much more powerful than them, they try to kill him anyway. I've been trying to give them some challenges that aren't just hack-and-slash challenges, because frankly those bore me if they're the only thing we do, but they still treat every challenge as if they can—and should—be able to beat it to a pulp, and if they can't they get really disappointed.</p>
<p>How can I get my experienced players to act more like the new players? I've asked them some questions and it seems they acted like the newbies when they first started playing. How can I get that attitude back?</p>I've discovered over the last few years, after DMing with both new players and experienced players, that I actually prefer DMing for noobs. They don't know the rules yet, but they are more willing to try methods other than combat. They run away from really hard encounters and regroup rather than fight to the death. They bargain with people rather than fight them. They let the villains finish their speeches.
The group of experienced players I've had over the past few years is a lot different....Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2012-06-02T02:56:24ZRe: Forums: Advice: Help in pseudo-reverse learning... kinda.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o600?Help-in-pseudoreverse-learning-kinda#82012-05-25T15:30:02Z2012-05-25T15:30:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Crysknife wrote:</div><blockquote><p>Reshaping the flesh golem may be your best bet, but if you want to go barbarian look into invulnerable rager, it gives you more DR. Also, beast totem for natural attacks, pounce and additional AC, superstition to make him more impervious to spells and make him high level if you want the players to avoid him.</p>
<p>Alchemist (vivisectionist, beastmorph or masterchymist) may all fit too.</blockquote><p>Depends whether you want him to be the experimenter or the experimentee. If the guy's just been kept in a dungeon his whole life, experimented on by someone else, I can't really see him being an alchemist, or even very intelligent. If he's experimenting on HIMSELF, though...Master Chymist or Beastmorph are very fun.Crysknife wrote:Reshaping the flesh golem may be your best bet, but if you want to go barbarian look into invulnerable rager, it gives you more DR. Also, beast totem for natural attacks, pounce and additional AC, superstition to make him more impervious to spells and make him high level if you want the players to avoid him.
Alchemist (vivisectionist, beastmorph or masterchymist) may all fit too.
Depends whether you want him to be the experimenter or the experimentee. If the guy's just been...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-05-25T15:30:02ZRe: Forums: Advice: Help in pseudo-reverse learning... kinda.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o600?Help-in-pseudoreverse-learning-kinda#62012-05-25T02:15:24Z2012-05-25T02:15:24Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Tyrantherus wrote:</div><blockquote><p> 1. Definitely will take the time to look up. Rogue is probably a fairly obvious choice, although what are your thoughts on perhaps a ranger?</p>
<p>2. The rage theme really fits into this character, but I feel that he needs to be very durable, at least healthwise, compared to most other characters. Picture this guy as someone who was locked up in the bottom of a prison, his very muscle tissue being able to be spotted, yet this muscle is so huge that just some of the muscles in one arm is about the equivalent of a normal mans chest. Its going to be a person the party is going to want to avoid at all costs or else they will literally be thrashed to pieces.</p>
<p>3. I'll have to look over other archetypes for the paladin, although the Sacred Servant is somewhat close to what I am looking for. All the same, multiclassing may be another viable option, just to get the proper feeling for the character.</blockquote><p>1. I wouldn't take ranger, and here's why: Ranger gets either an animal companion or a terrain bond, neither of which sound really appropriate for this guy. They get spells, too, and a bunch of other abilities that don't seem to really fit the "aristocrat" feel. If I'm off base on the flavor, though, I think ranger is a fun class, and has great combat potential depending on the combat style you pick.
<p>2. There is a feat from the APG, I believe it's called "Raging Vitality," that allows you to have an extra +2 bonus to Con while raging. Additionally, since it sounds like this guy is someone's lab experiment, you might want to give the NPC no gear—instead of gear, give him a +4 bonus to Constitution. Make up for the loss of loot by putting some expensive equipment in the lab that the PCs could sell.</p>
<p>You might also look up the Flesh Golem in the Bestiary.</p>
<p>3. How about paladin/sorcerer/eldritch knight or paladin/sorcerer dragon disciple? I don't know how high level you are going for, but at mid- to high-level these are great builds because they allow you to exploit your Charisma to the fullest. You get to use Cha for basically everything.</p>Tyrantherus wrote:1. Definitely will take the time to look up. Rogue is probably a fairly obvious choice, although what are your thoughts on perhaps a ranger?
2. The rage theme really fits into this character, but I feel that he needs to be very durable, at least healthwise, compared to most other characters. Picture this guy as someone who was locked up in the bottom of a prison, his very muscle tissue being able to be spotted, yet this muscle is so huge that just some of the muscles in one...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-05-25T02:15:24ZRe: Forums: Advice: Help in pseudo-reverse learning... kinda.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o600?Help-in-pseudoreverse-learning-kinda#22012-05-24T22:02:01Z2012-05-24T22:02:01Z<p>These are NPC ideas, right?</p>
<p>1. Make a rogue with the "knife-fighter" archetype (Ultimate Combat), I think, only replace the word "knives" with "darts" when looking at its special abilities.</p>
<p>2. Try a barbarian—when he "hulks out," that's equivalent to the barbarian's rage class feature.
<br />
A tip about barbarian: When making their stat blocks, just go ahead and factor the rage in. A barbarian will rarely enter combat without his rage on, and he will usually have enough rounds of rage available to either trounce the PCs or get trounced—battles don't usually last too long.</p>
<p>3. If you're looking for a neutral-aligned spellcaster with melee abilities, I suggest the Magus. If you're trying to make a gritty (but still LG) paladin, check out the "Sacred Servant" paladin archetype from the APG.</p>
<p>If making non-caster NPCs is hard for you, remember that you can just "re-skin" stat blocks from the Bestiary or GameMastery Guide. Your players will never know the difference between a human gladiator that's using the boar's stat block (just replace Gore with Greatsword) and a human gladiator that's using an actual human fighter stat block, I promise.</p>
<p>If you want more tips, or need someone to design specific NPCs for you, I'd be happy to help. I love this kind of thing.</p>These are NPC ideas, right?
1. Make a rogue with the "knife-fighter" archetype (Ultimate Combat), I think, only replace the word "knives" with "darts" when looking at its special abilities.
2. Try a barbarian--when he "hulks out," that's equivalent to the barbarian's rage class feature.
A tip about barbarian: When making their stat blocks, just go ahead and factor the rage in. A barbarian will rarely enter combat without his rage on, and he will usually have enough rounds of rage available...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-05-24T22:02:01ZRe: Forums: Conversions: So, you get sucked through a Vortex into Golarion...Character threadmalebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2num2?So-you-get-sucked-through-a-Vortex-into#502012-05-22T03:11:33Z2012-05-22T03:11:33Z<p>I dunno. I'm most qualified to be an elf bard (high Int, high Cha, lots of skill points, violin, love of stories and ballads and ancient lore), but I might end up with a couple levels of barbarian. I'm not terribly strong, but I have good Con, and if there are evil people around and I'm allowed to smash them, I'm definitely going to start learning how to do that.</p>I dunno. I'm most qualified to be an elf bard (high Int, high Cha, lots of skill points, violin, love of stories and ballads and ancient lore), but I might end up with a couple levels of barbarian. I'm not terribly strong, but I have good Con, and if there are evil people around and I'm allowed to smash them, I'm definitely going to start learning how to do that.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-05-22T03:11:33ZRe: Forums: Advice: Should he be evil?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o4lv?Should-he-be-evil#172012-05-17T19:26:38Z2012-05-17T19:26:38Z<p>I'd say no. Having sex with her once is probably not helping her further her evil plans or whatever; he is not hurting anyone but himself by having sex with the succubus. I'd argue that a neutral character would be just fine doing this. I'd be surprised if a LG character wanted to do this—and I might ask him twice to be sure he's really acting in character—but I would not dock his alignment for it. Unless he starts having a real relationship with her (though if he's trying to redeem her that's perfectly acceptable).</p>
<p>The only question I ask when trying to determine whether something is an evil act: "Will this hurt anyone other than you?"</p>I'd say no. Having sex with her once is probably not helping her further her evil plans or whatever; he is not hurting anyone but himself by having sex with the succubus. I'd argue that a neutral character would be just fine doing this. I'd be surprised if a LG character wanted to do this--and I might ask him twice to be sure he's really acting in character--but I would not dock his alignment for it. Unless he starts having a real relationship with her (though if he's trying to redeem her...malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-05-17T19:26:38ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=364?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#181672012-05-12T17:37:08Z2012-05-12T17:37:08Z<p>Two things:</p>
<p>1) Have you been watching Grimm? If so, what did you think of this week's Bigfoot episode?</p>
<p>2) How does one become a third-party publisher? More specifically, would applying for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatibility License allow me to sell products on paizo.com, or is there another way to apply for that?</p>Two things:
1) Have you been watching Grimm? If so, what did you think of this week's Bigfoot episode?
2) How does one become a third-party publisher? More specifically, would applying for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatibility License allow me to sell products on paizo.com, or is there another way to apply for that?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-05-12T17:37:08ZRe: Forums: Advice: A Vampire Campaign, need some tips!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o3mf?A-Vampire-Campaign-need-some-tips#22012-05-12T04:32:04Z2012-05-12T04:32:04Z<p>Vampires are pretty powerful for their CR (it's basically impossible to deal lasting damage to them, especially at low levels). If a vampire is going to take on the party alone, I would make him party CR+3 (or one level higher than the party, plus the vampire template). If you want him to kill a couple PCs, I'd say party CR+4. If you have a pair of vampires, make them both party CR+1.</p>
<p>I haven't been able to find a program for that, unfortunately.</p>Vampires are pretty powerful for their CR (it's basically impossible to deal lasting damage to them, especially at low levels). If a vampire is going to take on the party alone, I would make him party CR+3 (or one level higher than the party, plus the vampire template). If you want him to kill a couple PCs, I'd say party CR+4. If you have a pair of vampires, make them both party CR+1.
I haven't been able to find a program for that, unfortunately.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-05-12T04:32:04ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: NPC Codex (OGL)malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/products/btpy8v3a/discuss?Pathfinder-Roleplaying-Game-NPC-Codex#52012-04-23T21:54:49Z2012-04-23T21:54:49Z<p>This just replaced Shattered Star as the thing I'm most excited about.</p>This just replaced Shattered Star as the thing I'm most excited about.malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-04-23T21:54:49ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!malebranche (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=350?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#174982012-04-21T20:12:56Z2012-04-21T20:12:56Z<p>Remember back in Second Darkness and Legacy of Fire, when you used to put the mini-adventures in the back of the book? My group always really enjoyed those, and it was nice to have a little extra something in case we were behind on XP. Is there a chance that we'll see mini-adventures in future APs, or have you at Paizo decided you don't like them?</p>Remember back in Second Darkness and Legacy of Fire, when you used to put the mini-adventures in the back of the book? My group always really enjoyed those, and it was nice to have a little extra something in case we were behind on XP. Is there a chance that we'll see mini-adventures in future APs, or have you at Paizo decided you don't like them?malebranche (alias of tcavagne)2012-04-21T20:12:56ZRe: Forums: Advice: How to convince my friend multiclassing Witch/Ranger is a bad idea.Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nvhl?How-to-convince-my-friend-multiclassing#452012-04-02T21:24:32Z2012-04-02T21:24:32Z<p>I don't know what you're freaking out about. It sounds like your friend just wants to make a character he thinks is cool and have fun playing with you. That's the point of the game, right? If your friend's not worried about it, let him be. Rule 0.</p>I don't know what you're freaking out about. It sounds like your friend just wants to make a character he thinks is cool and have fun playing with you. That's the point of the game, right? If your friend's not worried about it, let him be. Rule 0.Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2012-04-02T21:24:32ZForums: Advice: Motivating a PCGoblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n78o?Motivating-a-PC#12011-11-29T22:04:56Z2011-11-29T22:04:56Z<p>I'm running a homebrew game with 4 really well-thought-out PCs. They have decent backstories and personalities, and know what interests them.</p>
<p>Well, mostly.</p>
<p>One of them, the player who is usually most engaged and grabs all the plot hooks, is currently playing a fighter. His backstory: He used to be a bodyguard, but failed and his former employer died. So he hightailed it out of the country. The game is taking place a couple hundred miles away from where this happened. Now his PC is kind of an alcoholic, kind of doesn't like to discuss his past, and is kind of impossible to find a plot hook for.</p>
<p>He goes along with the plot hooks everyone else takes, but I get the sense the character is not that enthusiastic about them.</p>
<p>I like the character and think he has potential, but I don't know how to motivate him! What can I do to interest this character?</p>I'm running a homebrew game with 4 really well-thought-out PCs. They have decent backstories and personalities, and know what interests them.
Well, mostly.
One of them, the player who is usually most engaged and grabs all the plot hooks, is currently playing a fighter. His backstory: He used to be a bodyguard, but failed and his former employer died. So he hightailed it out of the country. The game is taking place a couple hundred miles away from where this happened. Now his PC is kind of...Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2011-11-29T22:04:56ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Out your secrets, then hug someone!Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n5ar&page=3?Out-your-secrets-then-hug-someone#1222011-11-20T21:33:56Z2011-11-20T21:33:56Z<p>I hide that I'm a literary snob from my roommate who reads trashy novels. (•hugs• for lynora, for being the exact opposite of me)</p>
<p>I hide that I'm a lesbian from my parents. Everyone else knows, though.</p>
<p>I hid it from everyone when I was sexually assaulted by a guy in college.</p>I hide that I'm a literary snob from my roommate who reads trashy novels. (*hugs* for lynora, for being the exact opposite of me)
I hide that I'm a lesbian from my parents. Everyone else knows, though.
I hid it from everyone when I was sexually assaulted by a guy in college.Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2011-11-20T21:33:56ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: I'm Christian, Unless You're GayGoblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n5a0&page=3?Im-Christian-Unless-Youre-Gay#1092012-04-06T03:53:11Z2011-11-20T21:21:18Z<p>As someone who's gay and lived in an extremist Christian community for most of her life, I can say that I really appreciate this article. It goes back to something Gandhi said:</p>
<p>"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."</p>
<p>...which is something I think we all need to work on. Whether we claim to be Christians or Buddhists or Muslims or Pagans or whatever, we all need to remember that just claiming to be virtuous does not actually make you virtuous. You have to act on it.</p>As someone who's gay and lived in an extremist Christian community for most of her life, I can say that I really appreciate this article. It goes back to something Gandhi said:
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
...which is something I think we all need to work on. Whether we claim to be Christians or Buddhists or Muslims or Pagans or whatever, we all need to remember that just claiming to be virtuous does not actually make you...Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2011-11-20T21:21:18ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=248?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#123612011-11-20T20:27:55Z2011-11-20T20:27:55Z<p>Are you a fan of were-beasts?</p>
<p>Do you think the "bestow curse" spell could support turning someone into a were-swan, like in Swan Lake?</p>
<p>I noticed that in the Guide to Darkmoon Vale, the writer mentioned a new breed of werewolf that is immune to silver, but we never got stats. Are we ever going to see those?</p>Are you a fan of were-beasts?
Do you think the "bestow curse" spell could support turning someone into a were-swan, like in Swan Lake?
I noticed that in the Guide to Darkmoon Vale, the writer mentioned a new breed of werewolf that is immune to silver, but we never got stats. Are we ever going to see those?Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2011-11-20T20:27:55ZRe: Forums: Advice: DMing Vanquished VillainsGoblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n0ox?DMing-Vanquished-Villains#82011-10-22T16:29:06Z2011-10-22T16:29:06Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lincoln Hills wrote:</div><blockquote> Lots of helpful stuff. </blockquote><p>Wow, this was really useful. Thanks! And I love Helic's idea about mooks (maybe second-in-commands) that are confident they'll be raised later.Lincoln Hills wrote:Lots of helpful stuff.
Wow, this was really useful. Thanks! And I love Helic's idea about mooks (maybe second-in-commands) that are confident they'll be raised later.Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2011-10-22T16:29:06ZForums: Advice: DMing Vanquished VillainsGoblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n0ox?DMing-Vanquished-Villains#12011-10-21T22:59:09Z2011-10-21T22:59:09Z<p>So, I've been DMing for 3 or 4 years now, and my players are pretty happy with my style—the one thing I can't seem to do right is role-playing a conquered enemy. After they've been knocked unconscious, grappled and tied, or forced to surrender, it's difficult to tell how they would act toward the PCs. How can I keep them from giving up all their information and still make them seem intimidated? How hostile should I play them? How does it vary between different types of villain?</p>So, I've been DMing for 3 or 4 years now, and my players are pretty happy with my style--the one thing I can't seem to do right is role-playing a conquered enemy. After they've been knocked unconscious, grappled and tied, or forced to surrender, it's difficult to tell how they would act toward the PCs. How can I keep them from giving up all their information and still make them seem intimidated? How hostile should I play them? How does it vary between different types of villain?Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2011-10-21T22:59:09ZRe: Forums: Advice: Advice on building The Unlikely PaladinGoblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m3bn?Advice-on-building-The-Unlikely-Paladin#172011-07-23T14:15:17Z2011-07-23T14:15:17Z<p>A similar character I played recently...</p>
<p>Instead of having a mount, I took the Sacred Servant archetype so I could get access to the fire domain! That was fun. I burned the bad guys until they would repent.</p>
<p>As a goblin worshiper of Sarenrae, I was all about repentance. I refused to believe anyone could be evil forever, so I had a habit of just manacling the defeated bad guys and dragging them around with me until they got sick of me and said they had repented.</p>
<p>My GM let me dump wisdom down to 6, so I was naive, helpful, and trusting. And I did not kill a single person.</p>A similar character I played recently...
Instead of having a mount, I took the Sacred Servant archetype so I could get access to the fire domain! That was fun. I burned the bad guys until they would repent.
As a goblin worshiper of Sarenrae, I was all about repentance. I refused to believe anyone could be evil forever, so I had a habit of just manacling the defeated bad guys and dragging them around with me until they got sick of me and said they had repented.
My GM let me dump wisdom down...Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2011-07-23T14:15:17ZRe: Forums: Advice: Help creating a PCGoblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2min2?Help-creating-a-PC#42011-07-08T11:05:39Z2011-07-08T11:05:39Z<p>Suggest taking ranger, I do. I've GMed SD twice and can tell you (not really a spoiler) that Urban Ranger or Infiltrator would be great archetypes to take.</p>
<p>I would not suggest taking a mount. Dangerous and deceiving, horses are. Plus you won't be able to take them to most of your encounter sites.</p>
<p>Suggest the following, I would:
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Str 18, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 11, Wis 18, Cha 13 (racial adjustments included).</p>
<p>Hope this helps, I do, young padowan.</p>Suggest taking ranger, I do. I've GMed SD twice and can tell you (not really a spoiler) that Urban Ranger or Infiltrator would be great archetypes to take.
I would not suggest taking a mount. Dangerous and deceiving, horses are. Plus you won't be able to take them to most of your encounter sites.
Suggest the following, I would:
Str 18, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 11, Wis 18, Cha 13 (racial adjustments included).
Hope this helps, I do, young padowan.Goblin Yoda (alias of tcavagne)2011-07-08T11:05:39ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!tcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=158?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#78882011-08-23T19:06:49Z2011-05-23T05:19:50Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">James Jacobs wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">tcavagne wrote:</div><blockquote> When will we get a book about fairies, James? </blockquote>Is that something the public wants? If so, probably a year after we realize that (since it takes about a year from the "Let's do this book" stage to the "Yay, it's in print!" stage). </blockquote><p>From several threads on the forum and interest between my own groups, yes!
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Thanks for considering our opinion. You guys are a great company :)</p>James Jacobs wrote:tcavagne wrote: When will we get a book about fairies, James?
Is that something the public wants? If so, probably a year after we realize that (since it takes about a year from the "Let's do this book" stage to the "Yay, it's in print!" stage). From several threads on the forum and interest between my own groups, yes!
Thanks for considering our opinion. You guys are a great company :)tcavagne2011-05-23T05:19:50ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!tcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=158?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#78852011-08-23T19:06:49Z2011-05-23T04:56:14Z<p>When will we get a book about fairies, James?</p>When will we get a book about fairies, James?tcavagne2011-05-23T04:56:14ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Top 10 ways to mess with your players as DMtcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l79v&page=3?Top-10-ways-to-mess-with-your-players-as-DM#1432010-08-31T22:46:42Z2010-08-31T22:47:10Z<p>Also, how about an NPC eldritch knight (evil) who pretends to be a paladin?</p>Also, how about an NPC eldritch knight (evil) who pretends to be a paladin?tcavagne2010-08-31T22:47:10ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Top 10 ways to mess with your players as DMtcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l79v&page=3?Top-10-ways-to-mess-with-your-players-as-DM#1422010-08-31T22:37:17Z2010-08-31T22:41:26Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">MisterSlanky wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Malaclypse wrote:</div><blockquote> There are fun and no-fun ways to mess with your players. Believable illusions, red herrings, exhaustion can be fun, but using suggestion and charm on players is just wrong. Taking away control of their characters away from players upsets them and ruins immersion.</blockquote><p>Which is why you should take the player aside, let them know what the charm means their character, and trust that your good "roleplaying" friend can play their own character while charmed/suggested.
<p>You don't have to take away control. </blockquote><p>I hate to take these spells out, so I'm inclined to agree with MisterSlanky. I never use these spells in combat, though—only to add to the plot. When the PCs meet the BBEG for the first time, I roll will saves vs. charm and say "She's stunningly beautiful—just your type" or "You get the feeling he's a trustworthy guy." When they finally fight the BBEG, they eventually realize I used charm on them—this allows them to keep playing their character realistically without feeling like they've lost control.MisterSlanky wrote:Malaclypse wrote: There are fun and no-fun ways to mess with your players. Believable illusions, red herrings, exhaustion can be fun, but using suggestion and charm on players is just wrong. Taking away control of their characters away from players upsets them and ruins immersion.
Which is why you should take the player aside, let them know what the charm means their character, and trust that your good "roleplaying" friend can play their own character while...tcavagne2010-08-31T22:41:26ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Character concepts you've had to say "No" totcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2kx8g&page=3?Character-concepts-youve-had-to-say-No-to#1072010-08-31T11:25:36Z2010-08-31T11:27:36Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Abraham spalding wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">LordRiffington wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Samnell wrote:</div><blockquote>A cat that can talk. Not a cat person. A regular has-no-hands cat. With sorcerer levels.</blockquote><p>I'd totally allow that, assuming it would fit into the campaign.
<p>Granted, I'd require the player to take Still Spell, because I can't see a cat casting spells with somatic components.</blockquote>It uses its tail. </blockquote><p>In the game I'm running, the boss's pet is an awakened cat wizard. Granted, it's an "enchanted forest with evil fairies" type game, the boss is an old, mad version of Rapunzel, and the cat also has an animated spellbook that can cast of its own accord. Still, I can see this being a fun PC concept. She certainly makes a great villain.Abraham spalding wrote:LordRiffington wrote: Samnell wrote:A cat that can talk. Not a cat person. A regular has-no-hands cat. With sorcerer levels.
I'd totally allow that, assuming it would fit into the campaign. Granted, I'd require the player to take Still Spell, because I can't see a cat casting spells with somatic components.It uses its tail. In the game I'm running, the boss's pet is an awakened cat wizard. Granted, it's an "enchanted forest with evil fairies" type game, the boss is an...tcavagne2010-08-31T11:27:36ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!tcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=7?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#3332011-08-23T19:06:49Z2010-08-30T01:13:26Z<p>Dear all-knowing James Jacobs,
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I have never understood why the cleric (and now oracle) have a d8 and a 3/4 BAB and the sorcerer and wizard are stuck with d6es and 1/2 BABs. Can you unravel this mystery?</p>Dear all-knowing James Jacobs,
I have never understood why the cleric (and now oracle) have a d8 and a 3/4 BAB and the sorcerer and wizard are stuck with d6es and 1/2 BABs. Can you unravel this mystery?tcavagne2010-08-30T01:13:26ZRe: Forums: Advice: Writing a Horror adventure, Need some help.tcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l6lj?Writing-a-Horror-adventure-Need-some-help#132010-08-20T22:41:43Z2010-08-20T22:42:40Z<p>I always find my best inspiration comes from reading.
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Try "The Rats in the Walls" and "The Lurking Fear" by H.P. Lovecraft. They're creepy, not outright horror, which makes them a lot scarier, IMO.</p>I always find my best inspiration comes from reading.
Try "The Rats in the Walls" and "The Lurking Fear" by H.P. Lovecraft. They're creepy, not outright horror, which makes them a lot scarier, IMO.tcavagne2010-08-20T22:42:40ZRe: Forums: Advice: Male witchestcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l5o4?Male-witches#212010-08-15T03:05:03Z2010-08-15T03:05:03Z<p>I recently made a male witch. He started out as a street kid who was down on his luck, but then he met a stray cat who clearly had the ability to help him cast spells. So he started stealing scrolls and teaching them to the cat. This made him the leader of a street gang, because the other kids thought he was a sorcerer descended from dragons (he's a pretty good liar). He's since reformed; this was just the best way I could think of to create a male witch.</p>I recently made a male witch. He started out as a street kid who was down on his luck, but then he met a stray cat who clearly had the ability to help him cast spells. So he started stealing scrolls and teaching them to the cat. This made him the leader of a street gang, because the other kids thought he was a sorcerer descended from dragons (he's a pretty good liar). He's since reformed; this was just the best way I could think of to create a male witch.tcavagne2010-08-15T03:05:03ZRe: Forums: Advice: Advice for New Pathfinder GM: Moduletcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l5i4?Advice-for-New-Pathfinder-GM-Module#52010-08-12T23:53:29Z2010-08-12T23:53:29Z<p>The first mod I ever GMed was Hangman's Noose. It is a fabulous module, and my players will respect me forever because of how I did Jarbin Mord's voice.</p>The first mod I ever GMed was Hangman's Noose. It is a fabulous module, and my players will respect me forever because of how I did Jarbin Mord's voice.tcavagne2010-08-12T23:53:29ZRe: Forums: Advice: Considering GMing, need advicetcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l3ri?Considering-GMing-need-advice#272010-08-12T23:47:56Z2010-08-12T23:47:56Z<p>I promise you, GMing is nowhere near as scary as it seems. Really, all you're doing dips entertaining your friends. The point is that the experience should be fun for all of you, including the GM. When planning the game, keep that in mind. Have fun making quirky NPCs. Do their voices and accents; no one cares if you're doing the Italian accent wrong as long as you do it flamboyantly wrong.</p>
<p>To take a lot of the pressure off yourself, remember this one tip... The rules aren't important. They're there to facilitate your game, not to stress you out. There are probably one or two people in your group who know the rulebook backward and forward and would be happy to help you out whenever you need it. Of course you should read the book and try to have a general idea of the rules, but don't stress too much. Once you've been GMing for a while, you'll find that you remember the rules better by using them.</p>
<p>If you really are worried about your lack of rules knowledge, make yourself a little notebook or cheat sheet to hide behind the GM screen.</p>
<p>The most important thing is to have fun. Remember, you're roleplaying, not roll-playing. The dice don't own you, and ultimately you're the GM and what you say goes. Your gaming group will be supportive of any little flaws as long as you're having fun, and if they're not, you shouldn't be gaming with them anyway.</p>I promise you, GMing is nowhere near as scary as it seems. Really, all you're doing dips entertaining your friends. The point is that the experience should be fun for all of you, including the GM. When planning the game, keep that in mind. Have fun making quirky NPCs. Do their voices and accents; no one cares if you're doing the Italian accent wrong as long as you do it flamboyantly wrong.
To take a lot of the pressure off yourself, remember this one tip... The rules aren't important....tcavagne2010-08-12T23:47:56ZRe: Forums: Advice: How do I keep my PCs from killing each other?tcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l5d7?How-do-I-keep-my-PCs-from-killing-each-other#92010-08-11T18:47:00Z2010-08-11T18:54:01Z<p>Thanks for the advice, guys! Very helpful. I'm just a bit concerned about CG and LE working together—their backstories are quite different and dramatic, and they're going to play a large part in the storyline. I'm not quite sure how to get both of them to work together to protect the rogue, especially if he's on the run from a rather large and dangerous organization. If I can get them to ally against this group, though, I think I have nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>In response to Doug:
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No worries there; there's never been any jerkery with this group. I'm worried about character disagreement, not player disagreement.</p>Thanks for the advice, guys! Very helpful. I'm just a bit concerned about CG and LE working together--their backstories are quite different and dramatic, and they're going to play a large part in the storyline. I'm not quite sure how to get both of them to work together to protect the rogue, especially if he's on the run from a rather large and dangerous organization. If I can get them to ally against this group, though, I think I have nothing to worry about.
In response to Doug:
No worries...tcavagne2010-08-11T18:54:01ZForums: Advice: How do I keep my PCs from killing each other?tcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l5d7?How-do-I-keep-my-PCs-from-killing-each-other#12012-11-15T22:46:18Z2010-08-11T16:57:40Z<p>I'm running a campaign starting in a few weeks. It's set in a home brew world, and the premise is an airship race around the world. I made a players' guide to explain the setting, and even included a bunch of campaign traits that I THOUGHT would get my players to be willing to work together from the get-go. I didn't anticipate any problems, because I've been DMing for these guys for a while and they've always been inclined to play good guys before.</p>
<p>This time, though, they all created their characters separately and emailed them to me at roughly the same time. When I opened my email, I found a chaotic good summoner, a total neutral rogue... And a lawful evil fighter.</p>
<p>These are good role-players, and I'm afraid their characters are going to take issue with each others' decisions and attack each other. Any advice?</p>I'm running a campaign starting in a few weeks. It's set in a home brew world, and the premise is an airship race around the world. I made a players' guide to explain the setting, and even included a bunch of campaign traits that I THOUGHT would get my players to be willing to work together from the get-go. I didn't anticipate any problems, because I've been DMing for these guys for a while and they've always been inclined to play good guys before.
This time, though, they all created their...tcavagne2010-08-11T16:57:40ZForums: Advice: howDoIKeepMyPCsFromKillingEachOthertcavagnehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l5cv?howDoIKeepMyPCsFromKillingEachOther#12010-08-11T16:21:20Z2010-08-11T16:26:38Z<p>I'm going to start running a home brew campaign in a few weeks. I'm pretty excited, because it's my first time running game in my home-brewed world (though I'm a pretty experienced DM). I also have experienced players.</p>
<p>The problem is in how the characters were created. I stupidly assumed these guys were going to create characters that would work decently together, because they've all been attracted to playing good guys before. Unfortunately, they all created totally different characters, and they sent the concepts to me around the same time, so I had no way to warn them of the others' alignment choices. </p>
<p>Now I've got a LE fighter, a TN rogue, and a CG summoner on my hands. The campaign centers around an airship race, so they're going to be living together on a tiny airship.</p>
<p>How do I keep them from killing each other? Especially because they're such good role-players and will actually take issue with the others' alignments.</p>I'm going to start running a home brew campaign in a few weeks. I'm pretty excited, because it's my first time running game in my home-brewed world (though I'm a pretty experienced DM). I also have experienced players.
The problem is in how the characters were created. I stupidly assumed these guys were going to create characters that would work decently together, because they've all been attracted to playing good guys before. Unfortunately, they all created totally different characters, and...tcavagne2010-08-11T16:26:38Z