paizo.com Favorited Posts by werewolfpaladinpaizo.com Favorited Posts by werewolfpaladin2024-03-21T15:33:09Z2024-03-21T15:33:09ZRe: Forums: Announcements: New Physical Product Releases in December 2023werewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ws5?New-Physical-Product-Releases-in-December-2023#272023-12-01T23:12:45Z2023-12-01T23:05:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Archpaladin Zousha wrote:</div><blockquote>The 179 bytes thing? </blockquote><p>Something that's happened in previous months, particularly with new AP volumes where, after personalizing, the file is effectively empty if you actually download it. It's visible after personalizing because the page reports the file's size as something ridiculously small (usually 179 bytes for the "file per chapter" version).Archpaladin Zousha wrote:The 179 bytes thing?
Something that's happened in previous months, particularly with new AP volumes where, after personalizing, the file is effectively empty if you actually download it. It's visible after personalizing because the page reports the file's size as something ridiculously small (usually 179 bytes for the "file per chapter" version).werewolfpaladin2023-12-01T23:05:02ZRe: Forums: Announcements: New Physical Product Releases in December 2023werewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ws5?New-Physical-Product-Releases-in-December-2023#162023-12-01T03:06:16Z2023-11-30T19:59:31Z<p>Yeah, it looks like the Season of Ghost download is doing the 179 bytes thing again.</p>Yeah, it looks like the Season of Ghost download is doing the 179 bytes thing again.werewolfpaladin2023-11-30T19:59:31ZRe: Forums: Announcements: New Physical Product Releases for September 2023werewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43veb?New-Physical-Product-Releases-for-September-2023#62023-09-01T21:43:48Z2023-09-01T20:51:58Z<p>Also seeing multiple auth e-mails. All with the same order number, so I'm not worried yet.</p>Also seeing multiple auth e-mails. All with the same order number, so I'm not worried yet.werewolfpaladin2023-09-01T20:51:58ZRe: Forums: Announcements: Paizo Blog: Paizo Subscriptions Updatewerewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si3b&page=2?Paizo-Subscriptions-Update#912022-09-20T04:36:57Z2022-07-10T16:31:15Z<p>Add me to the chorus that is going to miss Pawns a lot. Since many APs have specific NPCs and AP-specific monsters, I relied on them to be able to provide a good visual representation on the tabletop. It's also nice that the pawns contrast with the players' minis, making it more obvious which side is which. I would frequently buy AP sets for APs I didn't intend to run just have the monsters and NPCs for other things. As in-person gaming started to ramp up again, I was hoping the line would start up again, even though the writing was on the wall.</p>
<p>I honestly don't have the pocketbook or the patience to invest in the blind-box model of Pathfinder minis and buying them as singles is even more prohibitively expensive. I get that the cost vs benefit calculation on Pawns went sideways for Paizo and there's nothing to be done at this point, but there's basically no good alternative at the moment to fulfill the same purpose that Pawns fulfilled.</p>Add me to the chorus that is going to miss Pawns a lot. Since many APs have specific NPCs and AP-specific monsters, I relied on them to be able to provide a good visual representation on the tabletop. It's also nice that the pawns contrast with the players' minis, making it more obvious which side is which. I would frequently buy AP sets for APs I didn't intend to run just have the monsters and NPCs for other things. As in-person gaming started to ramp up again, I was hoping the line would...werewolfpaladin2022-07-10T16:31:15ZRe: Forums: Quest for the Frozen Flame: Character concepts?werewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43i3h?Character-concepts#342022-04-08T01:24:24Z2022-04-07T22:13:04Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote>Playing a Sakorian god-caller is an /awesome/ fit for this one. </blockquote><p>I feel like it's going to be nice. Our GM is using free archetype as well, so I'm trying to figure out what to flesh it out with.keftiu wrote:Playing a Sakorian god-caller is an /awesome/ fit for this one.
I feel like it's going to be nice. Our GM is using free archetype as well, so I'm trying to figure out what to flesh it out with.werewolfpaladin2022-04-07T22:13:04ZRe: Forums: Quest for the Frozen Flame: Character concepts?werewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43i3h?Character-concepts#312022-03-25T19:55:20Z2022-03-25T16:10:26Z<p>Seriously looking at playing a human summoner with a Beast eidolon in a "god caller" vein. Thinking about the Beast eidolon being wolf-themed as some sort of "god of the hunt/pack". Still waiting on some details to be hammered down before I do too much work on the concept.</p>Seriously looking at playing a human summoner with a Beast eidolon in a "god caller" vein. Thinking about the Beast eidolon being wolf-themed as some sort of "god of the hunt/pack". Still waiting on some details to be hammered down before I do too much work on the concept.werewolfpaladin2022-03-25T16:10:26ZRe: Forums: Strength of Thousands: Pawn Collectionwerewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43h1k?Pawn-Collection#122022-05-24T19:48:39Z2021-12-08T18:40:49Z<p>This really is a shame. I may have an in-person Strength of Thousands game next year and would have for sure grabbed a Pawn collection to use with it.</p>This really is a shame. I may have an in-person Strength of Thousands game next year and would have for sure grabbed a Pawn collection to use with it.werewolfpaladin2021-12-08T18:40:49ZRe: Forums/Paizo: General Discussion: Let me make this clearwerewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43gyt&page=2?Let-me-make-this-clear#532021-09-16T14:47:32Z2021-09-15T15:34:00Z<p>I think the main thing I want to see is corroborated action. I don't want some big "we'll do better" post and have that be the end of it. I want to know what specific actions they're planning to take and either an employee group or something to corroborate that those steps are actually taking place.</p>I think the main thing I want to see is corroborated action. I don't want some big "we'll do better" post and have that be the end of it. I want to know what specific actions they're planning to take and either an employee group or something to corroborate that those steps are actually taking place.werewolfpaladin2021-09-15T15:34:00ZRe: Forums: Strength of Thousands: 2- Spoken on the Song Wind (GM Reference)werewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43fo1?2-Spoken-on-the-Song-Wind#142021-09-29T06:53:46Z2021-08-31T14:50:52Z<p>I'm planning to mix the semester long "downtime" with the events. So the investigation of Chapter One will take place during a single three-month semester which will cap off with the Study/Cram rolls. This gives me the ability to potentially provide bonuses or other benefits (or penalties) to their study rolls based on roleplay, etc. It might take Froglegs some time to determine that Oba hasn't "suffered" enough and send her thugs back to unlock the animals. The Anadi aren't going anywhere, so approaching them can happen at a relaxed pace as well. I'm planning to have Janatimo pitch it as a "look into this when you have time this semester." It gives them a deadline, but they don't have to chase it immediately.</p>
<p>Chapter Two's events are a little trickier and I'll need to read them again, but I'm planning on holding off a bit on the ones more directly related to the flooded manor like the flooded basement until a slightly later semester. Just on my gut, I might tackle them in the following order:
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<li>Ghost Stories & Oozing Into Trouble
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<li>Flooded Workshop & Tell a Tale
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<li>Fiery Debt & Finding Froglegs
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<li>Trouble From The Skies & Carving Trouble</ul></p>
<p>Carving Trouble definitely needs to go last. It directly pushes into Chapter 3. I moved Flood Workshop later in the order because it's a direct consequence of the manor flooding. This order also front-loads the Froglegs side story, making her seem to be a bigger threat. It makes that fourth semester kind of rough. Depending on their level, I might swap Fiery Debt and Tell A Tale, making the Tell a Tale invitation a "reward" for catching Froglegs. That also makes it so there's a combat-oriented event in each semester to keep the combat aficionados among my players happy.</p>
<p>If I put those pairs each in one semester, I'm look at 15 months of in-game time provided the characters don't need extra study downtime to keep their branch levels up. I need to discuss with my players whether they prefer milestone leveling or XP-based, but in either case, I'd look for them to hit 6th level during/after the third pair of events.</p>I'm planning to mix the semester long "downtime" with the events. So the investigation of Chapter One will take place during a single three-month semester which will cap off with the Study/Cram rolls. This gives me the ability to potentially provide bonuses or other benefits (or penalties) to their study rolls based on roleplay, etc. It might take Froglegs some time to determine that Oba hasn't "suffered" enough and send her thugs back to unlock the animals. The Anadi aren't going anywhere,...werewolfpaladin2021-08-31T14:50:52ZRe: Forums: Strength of Thousands: ...Okay, but what ABOUT Superstition Barbarian?werewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43gg3?Okay-but-what-ABOUT-Superstition-Barbarian#72021-09-10T19:02:31Z2021-08-27T18:17:57Z<p>If you're up for the work, that's up to you, but my gut tells me that, trusted player or no, a superstition barbarian has the potential to be more of a disruptive dynamic than an interesting one.</p>
<p>You're already going to have to come up with some reasoning for why hanging out at the Magaambya, a school dedicated to magic, isn't a violation of the instinct's anathema (much less becoming an actual student). I can think of at least one task in the first adventure that violates the anathema if participated in. There's at least one task in the second adventure that seems to rely on a ritual to complete. Sure, the Barbarian doesn't •have• to participate in either of those instances. </p>
<p>I guess a couple of questions you have to answer for yourself are:
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1. Are you willing to put in the extra work to work around this PC's anathema when the adventure requires adapting because of it?
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2. When you can't adapt the adventure to work around the anathema, is the player going to disengage because they can't participate in the plot without temporarily losing class features?</p>If you're up for the work, that's up to you, but my gut tells me that, trusted player or no, a superstition barbarian has the potential to be more of a disruptive dynamic than an interesting one.
You're already going to have to come up with some reasoning for why hanging out at the Magaambya, a school dedicated to magic, isn't a violation of the instinct's anathema (much less becoming an actual student). I can think of at least one task in the first adventure that violates the anathema if...werewolfpaladin2021-08-27T18:17:57ZRe: Forums: Strength of Thousands: ...Okay, but what ABOUT Superstition Barbarian?werewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43gg3?Okay-but-what-ABOUT-Superstition-Barbarian#52021-08-27T14:49:42Z2021-08-27T14:10:17Z<p>Teacher Ot has a decent amount of magic, relatively speaking, and his stat block feels more like he's a victim of being an important NPC in a low level adventure.</p>
<p>I agree with keftiu. What I told my players is that the primary requirement for a character in the campaign is that it needs to be someone with a desire to attend magic school. It seems like it would be hard to justify why a Superstition Barbarian would want to attend a school that's basically anathema to him. I feel for you, I think I have a player who is going to balk a little at the "you've got to have some spellcasting" 'restriction', but there are a number of options to make that happen.</p>
<p>I do have a potential Barbarian in my group, but he's playing an Animal Instinct Matanji Orc who was severely injured in a demon hunt and took an interest in healing. He's planning to take druid as his multiclass.</p>
<p>If your player is really set against spellcasting, there's quite a few feats in druid that have nothing to do with their spells as long as they're okay with putting up with the druid's anathema. Animal Companion, Poison Resistance, and Mature Animal Companion could be taken as your 4th,6th, and 8th level free feats and you've not gotten any spellcasting outside of the initial cantrips.</p>Teacher Ot has a decent amount of magic, relatively speaking, and his stat block feels more like he's a victim of being an important NPC in a low level adventure.
I agree with keftiu. What I told my players is that the primary requirement for a character in the campaign is that it needs to be someone with a desire to attend magic school. It seems like it would be hard to justify why a Superstition Barbarian would want to attend a school that's basically anathema to him. I feel for you, I...werewolfpaladin2021-08-27T14:10:17ZRe: Forums: Strength of Thousands: Paizo Blog: Strength of Thousands: Music Is Math Is Magicwerewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6shsd?Strength-of-Thousands-Music-Is-Math-Is-Magic#62021-08-26T02:45:37Z2021-08-24T19:25:06Z<p>I adore this story and I'm definitely going to share this with my players prior to the start of our Strength of Thousands campaign.</p>I adore this story and I'm definitely going to share this with my players prior to the start of our Strength of Thousands campaign.werewolfpaladin2021-08-24T19:25:06ZRe: Forums: Customer Service: Customer Service and Staff Appreciationwerewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43g5q?Customer-Service-and-Staff-Appreciation#92021-08-20T01:03:04Z2021-08-17T19:00:40Z<p>Indeed! Thanks for all the hard work you do in providing assistance to us all.</p>Indeed! Thanks for all the hard work you do in providing assistance to us all.werewolfpaladin2021-08-17T19:00:40ZRe: Forums: Strength of Thousands: 1 - Kindled Magic (GM Reference)werewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43fo2&page=2?1-Kindled-Magic#542021-09-07T08:23:38Z2021-08-16T15:13:37Z<p>I think three to four is about the reasonable limit of downtimes for second chapter. You could go as high as five, but I'd personally hesitate to go over four. </p>
<p>For my game, I'm not going to allow players to store up more than one starred (i.e. pending) advancement per branch. I can control that some with how many downtimes I provide. Since the players are level 2 during the second chapter, the most they can be is Rank 2 in Primary and Rank 1 in Secondary. So if I provide three downtimes, they can reach their limits in the branches or they can reach the limit in the primary and store up an advancement for the next level. Then, if the players are digging the downtimes and the events during them (especially looking forward to the surprise party with the Tzeniwe's kids), I might do a fourth. This, of course, presumes simple success on the majority of players' Study rolls. Since Cramming is super detrimental, I'm going to discourage it for their first downtime, even if they are eligible for a catch-up. By the time of the First Masking, I'd like my PCs to just be able to have the attendant dedication since they become attendants at that point, but I can't force that. My general mode of running downtime is going to be:
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<ul><li>1. Declare downtime and find out what PCs intend to do (Study or Cram).
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<li>2. Run narrative events, give players opportunities to interact with NPCs.
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<li>3. Let players roll their downtime checks with possible bonuses based on how the narrative portion went.</ul></p>
<p>I'm wary of frontloading too many downtimes in chapter two, just because it runs the risk of burning the players out on them as soon as they're introduced. Ultimately though, the appropriate answer is "as many downtimes as your players want to do".</p>I think three to four is about the reasonable limit of downtimes for second chapter. You could go as high as five, but I'd personally hesitate to go over four.
For my game, I'm not going to allow players to store up more than one starred (i.e. pending) advancement per branch. I can control that some with how many downtimes I provide. Since the players are level 2 during the second chapter, the most they can be is Rank 2 in Primary and Rank 1 in Secondary. So if I provide three downtimes,...werewolfpaladin2021-08-16T15:13:37ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path #152: Legacy of the Lost God (Extinction Curse 2 of 6)werewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/products/btq022by/discuss&page=2?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-152-Legacy-of-the-Lost-God#572020-02-26T20:14:24Z2020-02-18T18:57:21Z<p>I'm a little sad that there's no rules for catfolk in this issue, just the article. My partner's a big fan of catfolk and I was hoping there'd be rules so she could play one.</p>I'm a little sad that there's no rules for catfolk in this issue, just the article. My partner's a big fan of catfolk and I was hoping there'd be rules so she could play one.werewolfpaladin2020-02-18T18:57:21ZRe: Forums: Mummy's Mask: Paizo Blog: Mummy's Mask Player's Guidewerewolfpaladinhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lfxj?Mummys-Mask-Players-Guide#272014-03-07T21:06:27Z2014-03-07T20:53:15Z<p>I love the setup for this one. It's classic and fresh at the same time. Now to just find the time and a GM...</p>I love the setup for this one. It's classic and fresh at the same time. Now to just find the time and a GM...werewolfpaladin2014-03-07T20:53:15Z