Did you watch The Conjuring 2? If yes what did you think of it?, what did you like about it? and what did you not like about it?
I just saw it this weekend.
I LIKED: That it's an R-rated horror movie that isn't all gore that still made a huge pile of money, which means that studios will continue to release more and more horror movies, which means that even if most of them are no good, there'll still be more good ones overall.
I DID NOT LIKE: The noisy audience.
OVERALL: It was mostly underwhelming and disappointing to me. Not TERRIBLE but not spectacular, like the first one.
Really? From what I heard is was better than the first movie. What was underwhelming and disappointment to you? And what were you expecting when you went to watch this movie?
If goku( from dragonball z) was on Golarion do you think he would be a god?
I haven't watched any Dragonball Z, but no, I don't think he would be.
Base on Goku being powerful enough to destroy planets, and solar systems with relative ease and being several thousand times faster than light(even before becoming a super saiyan god) do you think he can challenge some of the demigods and gods?
Would also like to see powerful fey like the Glaistig that have elemental kineticist powers but for air, fire, and water. Would like them to around the same CR as well.
Angels can change there sex a will. They aren't male or female by default.
You are probability tired of me asking this. But it has been about a year sense i asked. Is that "romance of the inner sea book" more likely of happening now?
Have you ever considered architecture within Heaven? I feel like archons and angels would create structures that are perfectly symmetrical and would use lots of round shapes.
Heaven is a tricky place... there's a reason everyone studies Inferno and Purgatory in college but not Paradiso... it's easier for us to envision Hell than it is Heaven.
Don't you think it has at least something to do that in that work, Satan is a far more interesting and evocative character than God?
I think the REASON Satan is more interesting and evocative is because of the same reason I list above. Satan is easier to grasp, and thus easier to identify with and understand.
Isn't that the point of Jesus? God lowered himself down to be like humans. So humans could identify with him.(at least one of the reasons anyway)
I'm not interested in turning this thread into a real-world religious debate/discussion, because my views on religion would, I strongly suspect, offend you. Best we keep this thread to other questions.
Have you ever considered architecture within Heaven? I feel like archons and angels would create structures that are perfectly symmetrical and would use lots of round shapes.
Heaven is a tricky place... there's a reason everyone studies Inferno and Purgatory in college but not Paradiso... it's easier for us to envision Hell than it is Heaven.
Don't you think it has at least something to do that in that work, Satan is a far more interesting and evocative character than God?
I think the REASON Satan is more interesting and evocative is because of the same reason I list above. Satan is easier to grasp, and thus easier to identify with and understand.
Isn't that the point of Jesus? God lowered himself down to be like humans. So humans could identify with him.(at least one of the reasons anyway)
In my own opinion, I have always found it difficult to bring together being in a party and any evil alignment. If you are evil, altruism isn't normally on the horizon, so a party is normally made of frightened underlings too scared to disobey and psychotic bosses who rule with an iron hand.
It's not a common trope, but there are many evil characters in media who have love, friends, and even morals.
Chaotic Evil, yeah I can see not working out to well in a group for long periods of time. Those are the kinds of weird villains who make awkward relationships of the "Ohh you're interesting. I'll save you for another day!" variety commonly.
Then you have Lawful Evil people who have professional relationships and likely a strong moral compass, just not pointed in the same direction as a good character.
Then neutral evil has a lot of variability. In Way of the Wicked I'm playing a very bad man who wants nothing more than to see the society of Talingarde crumble and be devoured by the woods. He also is falling in love with another party member and they moved into the same living quarters.
In real life we have people like Adolf Hitler, who was undoubtedly evil, but still managed to supposedly find love. Andrew Jackson is another example of a highly immoral and evil person who found a lot of success in his relationships.
What Andrew Jackson are you talking about? i think there is more then one.
My problem with the Cleric is not that it is bad. But that it is boring and lacking in flavor. Look at the new occult classes there class abilities are overflowing with flavor and are interesting. Even the Oracle and Shaman have flavorful and fun class abilities.
I would like to put something up for discussion and maybe get a Paizo representative tell me his point of view on the matter.
First, i'll say that me and my group play APs exclusively and we love them. We use foundry VTT and the quality and ease of play are amazing.
However, i have noticed in the last APs i read (haven't read all of them) that they are packed with the subsystems (chases, victory points etc.)
In the first Myth Speaker adventure, there are 5 chases, a few victory points games and more. The book is absolutely packed with them.
It got me wondering if this is maybe too much and if the general player base actually enjoy them.
From out experience, every time we enter one of these subsystems, the immersion that was built in the game tends to break. We are being taken out of the fantasy world and brought into an arcade where you score points.
They also became more convoluted over time. Instead of the GM being in the game, he is tasked with keeping track of points and stuff like this:
"Failure You barely control the boat. The fisher takes a –1
penalty to their next check to Gather Fish during this run.
Increase the DC of subsequent checks to Sail by 1 for the
rest of this run."
I know you can change everything in the game to suit your needs, but if i already paid for something, i would like to make the most use out of it.
And because so much of the book real-estate is used for these subsystems i feel like i'm left with much less story, world, NPCs and fun encounter and exploration in the book.
I might be a minority here, but i am really curious if most players that use APs enjoy these so much that so many are needed in a single adventure.
Was wondering if anyone could explain to me how Heh Shan Bao what happened to Heh Shan Bao throughout the story.
I understood that after the failed ritual he got trapped in him own mindscape, but i don't really understand if he is possessed by Kugaptee or has his own free will.
Also he disappears after speaking with the PCs, where does he go?
How did he become a yohoi and how did the corrupted Willowshore came to be?
It might all be written in the book, but i was really confused about the his transitions throughout the adventure.
My players will soon step into Karahai to relight the lantern and i'm wondering how other GMs ran this part.
How did your players get in and move about the fortress without being seen? It is said that during the day there are merchants in the periphery path while during the night most of the NPCs are asleep, making the player to possibly miss every interesting encounter.
About the terror points. How would the players know to haunt and scare the the fortress NPCs without me outright telling them they can do it?
The book gives an example of setting up a grisly scene with a body, but why would they do it on their own volition?
It feels weird guiding them into doing stuff their character wouldn't naturally do on their own.
Also, it is said that the fortress is shielded against incorporeal creatures.
They can't pass through walls and require 3 actions to pass through doors.
However, i didn't see anywhere that implies the players are incorporeal and can pass through objects. Did i maybe miss it?
I was reading the 3rd adventure and i could use some help clearing up something regarding the governer's mindscape.
It mentions that it's his own mindscape with it's own townfolf. Kinda like a weird replica of our mindscape.
It is said the people there don't recognize us, but if the PCs are also residents of Willowshore, shouldn't they also be represented there? so when the PCs enter, they see a clone of themselves?
Is there a logical in-game explanation to give my players (that will surely be intrigued by it)?
Hey all, i just started reading book 1 and excited to start playing, but i'm kind of confused about the whole reset when it comes to the PCs.
So from what i understand for 114 years, the resets went smoothly.
Now, at the 115th time, due to the disruption of Mago Kai and the death of Ugly Cute
the influence of Kugaptee grew and found its way into the mindscape by manifesting monsters at the final days of summer during the festival.
In every previous reset, the PCs, being the abductees, wake up at the normal clearing and life goes on as normal before the next reset.
Every other villagers also resets at that time to continue the new cycle.
What i don't understand is how come this time the PCs wake up in a different clearing after being abducted the day before, but every other villager resets as normal?
I understand the monsters, not being part of the reset cycle, do not reset and continue to rampage after the reset, But the PCs should still reset to the clearing they were at before the first reset.
After all, they were abducted in the day before the reset, so even if they were taken to a different clearing, shouldn't they reset at the usual clearing like every other cycle?
I am currently running Age of Ashes as a GM and both me and my players are having a blast going through it.
As usual, the art is amazing.The NPCs/monsters are really high quality and i really enjoy incorporating them into our session by showing my players what they are up against.
That being said, I was wondering if you considered adding a PDF dedicated only for the art shown in the book? just like the interactive maps.
I don't know how many people use the pictures from the books to show their to their players, but i feel like its a shame not to show them in their original state, without background, name tags or having been cropped.
