paizo.com Recent Posts in A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My Chestpaizo.com Recent Posts in A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My Chest2012-11-15T21:55:40Z2012-11-15T21:55:40ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestHeathanssonhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#352012-11-15T18:49:09Z2009-04-11T16:44:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">tallforadwarf wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Heathansson wrote:</div><blockquote> I still like my penguistirges. They're stirges that followed the same evolutionary trail from flyer to swimmer as a penguin....</blockquote><p>Dude.
<p>That is both sick and awesome in equal, huge, measures. I need to figure out a way of getting this into my games without upsetting my penguin-loving wife....</p>
<p>Peace,</p>
<p>tfad </blockquote><p>Use it to your advantage.
</p>
Err.....no, I need not meddle in affairs of the heart.</p>tallforadwarf wrote:Heathansson wrote: I still like my penguistirges. They're stirges that followed the same evolutionary trail from flyer to swimmer as a penguin....
Dude. That is both sick and awesome in equal, huge, measures. I need to figure out a way of getting this into my games without upsetting my penguin-loving wife....
Peace,
tfad Use it to your advantage.
Err.....no, I need not meddle in affairs of the heart.Heathansson2009-04-11T16:44:48ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestArcmagikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#342009-04-11T16:25:26Z2009-04-11T16:25:25Z<p>As someone that once lived in Phoenix for many years I would definitely for the most part equalate desert with fire. Atleast most D&D culture in the deserts seem to follow the path of "It heats up so much during the day that it remains warm at night" which can certainly be true part of the year.</p>As someone that once lived in Phoenix for many years I would definitely for the most part equalate desert with fire. Atleast most D&D culture in the deserts seem to follow the path of "It heats up so much during the day that it remains warm at night" which can certainly be true part of the year.Arcmagik2009-04-11T16:25:25ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestChubbs McGeehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#332009-04-11T09:44:48Z2009-04-11T09:44:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Samuel Weiss wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Tequila Sunrise wrote:</div><blockquote> Just once, I’d like to see tropical monsters/spells/whatever be the focus of the fire-based theme instead of the desert. I’m sick of the usual ‘venomous amazonian snake women who wear garishly bright bikini tops’ tropical theme and the ‘burn baby, burn!’ desert theme. </blockquote>I would be happy with a hot desert theme that was not Pharaonic Egyptian or pseudo-Arab. </blockquote><p>Wow, you mean actually creating a new civilisation rather than re-imagining an ancient, real world one!
<p>You're expecting someone to actually do some work?!</p>Samuel Weiss wrote:Tequila Sunrise wrote: Just once, I’d like to see tropical monsters/spells/whatever be the focus of the fire-based theme instead of the desert. I’m sick of the usual ‘venomous amazonian snake women who wear garishly bright bikini tops’ tropical theme and the ‘burn baby, burn!’ desert theme.
I would be happy with a hot desert theme that was not Pharaonic Egyptian or pseudo-Arab. Wow, you mean actually creating a new civilisation rather than re-imagining an ancient, real...Chubbs McGee2009-04-11T09:44:48ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestBill Lumberghttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#322009-03-08T17:23:24Z2009-03-08T17:23:24Z<p>Thanks for the responses on sunset. I had not considered the distance from the equator.</p>
<p>The one time that I was in a nearly equatorial country I noticed that darkness fell much more quickly that what I am used to seeing. The fact that I was in the tropics at the time made me wonder about whether humidity had anything to do with it.</p>Thanks for the responses on sunset. I had not considered the distance from the equator.
The one time that I was in a nearly equatorial country I noticed that darkness fell much more quickly that what I am used to seeing. The fact that I was in the tropics at the time made me wonder about whether humidity had anything to do with it.Bill Lumberg2009-03-08T17:23:24ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestMairkurion {tm}https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#312009-03-03T15:18:39Z2009-03-03T15:18:39Z<p>Penguistirges you say...</p>Penguistirges you say...Mairkurion {tm}2009-03-03T15:18:39ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestTurin the Madhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#302009-03-03T13:09:29Z2009-03-03T13:09:29Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">tallforadwarf wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Heathansson wrote:</div><blockquote> I still like my penguistirges. They're stirges that followed the same evolutionary trail from flyer to swimmer as a penguin....</blockquote><p>Dude.
<p>That is both sick and awesome in equal, huge, measures. I need to figure out a way of getting this into my games without upsetting my penguin-loving wife....</p>
<p>Peace,</p>
<p>tfad </blockquote><p>That'd be the point, to upset people whilst slurping the CON out of their characters! ^_^tallforadwarf wrote:Heathansson wrote: I still like my penguistirges. They're stirges that followed the same evolutionary trail from flyer to swimmer as a penguin....
Dude. That is both sick and awesome in equal, huge, measures. I need to figure out a way of getting this into my games without upsetting my penguin-loving wife....
Peace,
tfad That'd be the point, to upset people whilst slurping the CON out of their characters! ^_^Turin the Mad2009-03-03T13:09:29ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My Chesttallforadwarfhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#292009-03-03T12:56:07Z2009-03-03T12:56:07Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Heathansson wrote:</div><blockquote> I still like my penguistirges. They're stirges that followed the same evolutionary trail from flyer to swimmer as a penguin....</blockquote><p>Dude.
<p>That is both sick and awesome in equal, huge, measures. I need to figure out a way of getting this into my games without upsetting my penguin-loving wife....</p>
<p>Peace,</p>
<p>tfad</p>Heathansson wrote:I still like my penguistirges. They're stirges that followed the same evolutionary trail from flyer to swimmer as a penguin....
Dude. That is both sick and awesome in equal, huge, measures. I need to figure out a way of getting this into my games without upsetting my penguin-loving wife....
Peace,
tfadtallforadwarf2009-03-03T12:56:07ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestChris Mortika (RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#282009-03-03T12:40:38Z2009-03-03T12:40:37Z<p>Here's what I understand him to be saying:</p>
<p>Imagine to people, one at the equator, in northern Brazil, and her friend 23 degrees north of the equator, in Mexico. At noon on March 23rd, the sun is directly overhead the woman in Brazil. To the man in Mexico, it's south of true overhead, 67 degrees from the horizon.</p>
<p>To both people, the sun sets at 6:00 pm. But to the person on the equator, the sun needs to move a greater distance (90 degrees, instead of 67) so it needs to move faster. When it sets, it's going straight down. To the person 23 degrees farther north, it hits the horizon at an angle, and slides in obliquely.</p>
<p>Now, I admit, I'm confused. At the summer solstice, things are a little different. The sun is directly overhead of the man in Mexico at noon. What happens then? The planet is tilted with the Northern hemisphere pointing towards the sun, so the sun will set north of the equator, and the man in Mexico should see the sun drop straight east to the horizon. Is this not the same as the way it behaved for the woman in Brazil in March?</p>Here's what I understand him to be saying:
Imagine to people, one at the equator, in northern Brazil, and her friend 23 degrees north of the equator, in Mexico. At noon on March 23rd, the sun is directly overhead the woman in Brazil. To the man in Mexico, it's south of true overhead, 67 degrees from the horizon.
To both people, the sun sets at 6:00 pm. But to the person on the equator, the sun needs to move a greater distance (90 degrees, instead of 67) so it needs to move faster. When it...Chris Mortika (RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16)2009-03-03T12:40:37ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestNevynxxxhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#272009-03-01T21:41:02Z2009-03-01T21:38:25Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Draconic Mage wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Bill Lumberg wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Isn't it also true that darkness falls more rapidly in deserts than elsewhere because of the low humidity?</p>
<p>I expect paizonians to be able to answer just about any questions. </p>
<p>Also, for those of you who want an non-Arab/Egyptian desert adventure look for "Fortune Favors the Dead" from Dungeon issue 78-80 or so. </blockquote><p>I believe the fast nightfall is for those areas on the equator. Since the sun is more overhead, you do not have the angle of the earth causing the extended twilight you find in areas further north or south of the equator. It becomes more pronounced beyond the tropics and at the (ant)arctic circles, you can have perpetual twilights bookending the perpetual sunrise/sunsets.
<p>On-topic, it would be interesting to mix it up a little. The mixed cultures of Tatooine from Star Wars comes to mind. </blockquote><p>I am probably miss reading that •really badly• but where are you that night falls with the sun overhead? :)
<p>Or put another way, the sun is in the same plane as the equator, so the curve of the earth can't have anything to do with it, for that the sun would have rise/set in the north/south.....</p>
<p>edit: then again, wikipedia thinks I'm wrong.</p>Draconic Mage wrote:Bill Lumberg wrote:Isn't it also true that darkness falls more rapidly in deserts than elsewhere because of the low humidity?
I expect paizonians to be able to answer just about any questions.
Also, for those of you who want an non-Arab/Egyptian desert adventure look for "Fortune Favors the Dead" from Dungeon issue 78-80 or so.
I believe the fast nightfall is for those areas on the equator. Since the sun is more overhead, you do not have the angle of the earth causing...Nevynxxx2009-03-01T21:38:25ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestDraconic Magehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#262009-03-01T21:17:56Z2009-03-01T21:17:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Bill Lumberg wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Isn't it also true that darkness falls more rapidly in deserts than elsewhere because of the low humidity?</p>
<p>I expect paizonians to be able to answer just about any questions. </p>
<p>Also, for those of you who want an non-Arab/Egyptian desert adventure look for "Fortune Favors the Dead" from Dungeon issue 78-80 or so. </blockquote><p>I believe the fast nightfall is for those areas on the equator. Since the sun is more overhead, you do not have the angle of the earth causing the extended twilight you find in areas further north or south of the equator. It becomes more pronounced beyond the tropics and at the (ant)arctic circles, you can have perpetual twilights bookending the perpetual sunrise/sunsets.
<p>On-topic, it would be interesting to mix it up a little. The mixed cultures of Tatooine from Star Wars comes to mind.</p>Bill Lumberg wrote:Isn't it also true that darkness falls more rapidly in deserts than elsewhere because of the low humidity?
I expect paizonians to be able to answer just about any questions.
Also, for those of you who want an non-Arab/Egyptian desert adventure look for "Fortune Favors the Dead" from Dungeon issue 78-80 or so.
I believe the fast nightfall is for those areas on the equator. Since the sun is more overhead, you do not have the angle of the earth causing the extended twilight...Draconic Mage2009-03-01T21:17:56ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestNevynxxxhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#252009-03-01T21:12:45Z2009-03-01T21:11:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Stebehil wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Bill Lumberg wrote:</div><blockquote> Isn't it also true that darkness falls more rapidly in deserts than elsewhere because of the low humidity?</blockquote><p>Hm, I thought that this has something to do with the proximity to the equator, which quite some deserts are close to. But if sunlight <b>refracts</b> in the water in the atmosphere, this might be a factor as well.
<p>Stefan </blockquote><p>Sorry! Couldn't resist. Yes, it does, and that's why you get twilight, so a different atmospheric composition, leaving to a different refractive index could should give varying lengths of twilight....then again IANAWM....Stebehil wrote:Bill Lumberg wrote: Isn't it also true that darkness falls more rapidly in deserts than elsewhere because of the low humidity?
Hm, I thought that this has something to do with the proximity to the equator, which quite some deserts are close to. But if sunlight refracts in the water in the atmosphere, this might be a factor as well. Stefan Sorry! Couldn't resist. Yes, it does, and that's why you get twilight, so a different atmospheric composition, leaving to a different...Nevynxxx2009-03-01T21:11:18ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestStebehilhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#242009-03-01T21:01:22Z2009-03-01T21:01:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Bill Lumberg wrote:</div><blockquote> Isn't it also true that darkness falls more rapidly in deserts than elsewhere because of the low humidity?</blockquote><p>Hm, I thought that this has something to do with the proximity to the equator, which quite some deserts are close to. But if sunlight reflects in the water in the atmosphere, this might be a factor as well.
<p>Stefan</p>Bill Lumberg wrote:Isn't it also true that darkness falls more rapidly in deserts than elsewhere because of the low humidity?
Hm, I thought that this has something to do with the proximity to the equator, which quite some deserts are close to. But if sunlight reflects in the water in the atmosphere, this might be a factor as well. StefanStebehil2009-03-01T21:01:22ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestHeathanssonhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#242012-11-15T18:49:08Z2009-03-01T21:01:22Z<p>Tome of Horrors had some.</p>Tome of Horrors had some.Heathansson2009-03-01T21:01:22ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestStebehilhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#232009-03-01T20:58:42Z2009-03-01T20:58:42Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">veector wrote:</div><blockquote> Dire Penguin! Now that is a monster just squealing to be written up! </blockquote><p>They will have to wait until the giant dire space hamsters are redesigned for pathfinder. (Or was it giant space dire hamsters? Well, ask a gnome for particulars.)
<p>Stefan</p>veector wrote:Dire Penguin! Now that is a monster just squealing to be written up!
They will have to wait until the giant dire space hamsters are redesigned for pathfinder. (Or was it giant space dire hamsters? Well, ask a gnome for particulars.) StefanStebehil2009-03-01T20:58:42ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestHeathanssonhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#222012-11-15T18:49:08Z2009-03-01T20:52:10Z<p>I still like my penguistirges.
<br />
They're stirges that followed the same evolutionary trail from flyer to swimmer as a penguin.
<br />
So the group comes up on the rocky desert shore of Antarctica and 200 (what they metagamingly reckon to be) penguins come hobbling up to them; then they skewer their shins with their proboscii, knocking them down and pwning them with hundreds of bloodsucking needlebeaks...</p>I still like my penguistirges.
They're stirges that followed the same evolutionary trail from flyer to swimmer as a penguin.
So the group comes up on the rocky desert shore of Antarctica and 200 (what they metagamingly reckon to be) penguins come hobbling up to them; then they skewer their shins with their proboscii, knocking them down and pwning them with hundreds of bloodsucking needlebeaks...Heathansson2009-03-01T20:52:10ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestSamuel Weisshttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#212009-03-01T20:44:30Z2009-03-01T20:44:30Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">veector wrote:</div><blockquote> Dire Penguin! Now that is a monster just squealing to be written up! </blockquote><p>Of course it does.
</p>
What else are we going to feed the shoggoths?</p>veector wrote:Dire Penguin! Now that is a monster just squealing to be written up!
Of course it does.
What else are we going to feed the shoggoths?Samuel Weiss2009-03-01T20:44:30ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestBill Lumberghttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#202009-03-01T19:27:14Z2009-03-01T19:27:14Z<p>Isn't it also true that darkness falls more rapidly in deserts than elsewhere because of the low humidity?</p>
<p>I expect paizonians to be able to answer just about any questions. </p>
<p>Also, for those of you who want an non-Arab/Egyptian desert adventure look for "Fortune Favors the Dead" from Dungeon issue 78-80 or so.</p>Isn't it also true that darkness falls more rapidly in deserts than elsewhere because of the low humidity?
I expect paizonians to be able to answer just about any questions.
Also, for those of you who want an non-Arab/Egyptian desert adventure look for "Fortune Favors the Dead" from Dungeon issue 78-80 or so.Bill Lumberg2009-03-01T19:27:14ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestTurin the Madhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#192009-03-01T18:52:50Z2009-03-01T18:52:50Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kevin Andrew Murphy wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Samuel Weiss wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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Yes, I would love to see ... an entirely new and unique desert culture. </blockquote><p>"Granted!" says the efreet. "You shall see the deserts of Araby no more!"
<p>You find yourself in some sort of grand temple. The air hangs thick with smoke and around you is the cacophonous din of bells and cymbals.</p>
<p>Rows upon rows of ancient supplicants, withered crones with haggard expressions, hunch before mechanical devices, what appear to be some sort of prayer wheels. They tap the glowing disks on the devices again and again, watching the wheels turn, transfixed by images of bells and fruit and the omens they read therein.</p>
<p>Occasionally you hear a cry of elation, but most of the portents appear to be dire.... </blockquote><p>Casino .... the hidden Gawd of Gambling perhaps ...
<p>In Golarion, only the gnome gawd Nivi Rhombodazzle explicitly has "concern" on matters of gambling. I sense a theological possibility...</p>Kevin Andrew Murphy wrote:Samuel Weiss wrote:
Yes, I would love to see ... an entirely new and unique desert culture.
"Granted!" says the efreet. "You shall see the deserts of Araby no more!" You find yourself in some sort of grand temple. The air hangs thick with smoke and around you is the cacophonous din of bells and cymbals.
Rows upon rows of ancient supplicants, withered crones with haggard expressions, hunch before mechanical devices, what appear to be some sort of prayer wheels....Turin the Mad2009-03-01T18:52:50ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My Chestveectorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#182009-03-01T17:24:33Z2009-03-01T17:24:32Z<p>Dire Penguin! Now that is a monster just squealing to be written up!</p>Dire Penguin! Now that is a monster just squealing to be written up!veector2009-03-01T17:24:32ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestSamuel Weisshttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#172009-03-01T04:27:26Z2009-03-01T04:27:26Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Studpuffin wrote:</div><blockquote> You guys are forgetting Antarctica. Its the world's largest desert, afterall! </blockquote><p>Not forgetting it per se.
<p>Just not embracing a penguin-based adventure path, Lovecraft's dire penguins notwithstanding.</p>Studpuffin wrote:You guys are forgetting Antarctica. Its the world's largest desert, afterall!
Not forgetting it per se. Just not embracing a penguin-based adventure path, Lovecraft's dire penguins notwithstanding.Samuel Weiss2009-03-01T04:27:26ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestStudpuffinhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#162009-03-01T03:51:47Z2009-03-01T03:51:47Z<p>You guys are forgetting Antarctica. Its the world's largest desert, afterall!</p>You guys are forgetting Antarctica. Its the world's largest desert, afterall!Studpuffin2009-03-01T03:51:47ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestSamuel Weisshttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#152009-03-01T02:44:47Z2009-03-01T02:44:47Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kevin Andrew Murphy wrote:</div><blockquote><p> "Granted!" says the efreet. "You shall see the deserts of Araby no more!"</p>
<p>You find yourself in some sort of grand temple. The air hangs thick with smoke and around you is the cacophonous din of bells and cymbals.</p>
<p>Rows upon rows of ancient supplicants, withered crones with haggard expressions, hunch before mechanical devices, what appear to be some sort of prayer wheels. They tap the glowing disks on the devices again and again, watching the wheels turn, transfixed by images of bells and fruit and the omens they read therein.</p>
<p>Occasionally you hear a cry of elation, but most of the portents appear to be dire.... </blockquote><p>Woot!
</p>
XP!
<br />
GP!!!
<br />
New Magic Items!!!!!</p>
<p>•rolls init, calls dibs, and wades into the crowd until the blood laps at his ankles•</p>Kevin Andrew Murphy wrote:"Granted!" says the efreet. "You shall see the deserts of Araby no more!"
You find yourself in some sort of grand temple. The air hangs thick with smoke and around you is the cacophonous din of bells and cymbals.
Rows upon rows of ancient supplicants, withered crones with haggard expressions, hunch before mechanical devices, what appear to be some sort of prayer wheels. They tap the glowing disks on the devices again and again, watching the wheels turn, transfixed...Samuel Weiss2009-03-01T02:44:47ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestKevin Andrew Murphy (Contributor)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#142009-03-01T02:30:55Z2009-03-01T02:30:55Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Samuel Weiss wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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Yes, I would love to see an Anasazi-like culture featured in an adventure path.
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Or any American-Meso-American desert cultures
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Or an Australian desert culture.
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Or a Kalahari desert culture.
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Or even a Gobi desert culture for just a bit of difference.</p>
<p>And not just weak knock-offs, but something with creative additions.</p>
<p>Or even an entirely new and unique desert culture. </blockquote><p>"Granted!" says the efreet. "You shall see the deserts of Araby no more!"
<p>You find yourself in some sort of grand temple. The air hangs thick with smoke and around you is the cacophonous din of bells and cymbals.</p>
<p>Rows upon rows of ancient supplicants, withered crones with haggard expressions, hunch before mechanical devices, what appear to be some sort of prayer wheels. They tap the glowing disks on the devices again and again, watching the wheels turn, transfixed by images of bells and fruit and the omens they read therein.</p>
<p>Occasionally you hear a cry of elation, but most of the portents appear to be dire....</p>Samuel Weiss wrote:Yes, I would love to see an Anasazi-like culture featured in an adventure path.
Or any American-Meso-American desert cultures
Or an Australian desert culture.
Or a Kalahari desert culture.
Or even a Gobi desert culture for just a bit of difference.And not just weak knock-offs, but something with creative additions.
Or even an entirely new and unique desert culture.
"Granted!" says the efreet. "You shall see the deserts of Araby no more!" You find yourself in some sort of...Kevin Andrew Murphy (Contributor)2009-03-01T02:30:55ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestSamuel Weisshttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#132009-02-28T18:47:24Z2009-02-28T18:47:24Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Zeugma wrote:</div><blockquote><p> What about the Cinderlands, in Varisia?
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Or, for a real world example, you could have an Anasazi-like culture in south-western Aracadia! Snakes as messengers between the First World and the Other Worlds! Sinister flautist spirits! Holy painted-clay spirit masks! Those great Princess Leah hairdos!
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I'm all for more cliff palaces like the Anasazi built! Kaer Maga whets my appetite for cliff-dwelling people and cities, and not just for dwarves! Those exclusionary xenophobes always make the lintels too low! </blockquote><p>What about them?
</p>
A brief interlude in the Cinderlands and . . .</p>
<p>Yes, I would love to see an Anasazi-like culture featured in an adventure path.
<br />
Or any American-Meso-American desert cultures
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Or an Australian desert culture.
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Or a Kalahari desert culture.
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Or even a Gobi desert culture for just a bit of difference.</p>
<p>And not just weak knock-offs, but something with creative additions.</p>
<p>Or even an entirely new and unique desert culture.</p>Zeugma wrote:What about the Cinderlands, in Varisia?
Or, for a real world example, you could have an Anasazi-like culture in south-western Aracadia! Snakes as messengers between the First World and the Other Worlds! Sinister flautist spirits! Holy painted-clay spirit masks! Those great Princess Leah hairdos!
I'm all for more cliff palaces like the Anasazi built! Kaer Maga whets my appetite for cliff-dwelling people and cities, and not just for dwarves! Those exclusionary xenophobes always...Samuel Weiss2009-02-28T18:47:24ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: A Couple Things I Need to Get Off My ChestKevin Andrew Murphy (Contributor)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jc8u?A-Couple-Things-I-Need-to-Get-Off-My-Chest#122009-02-28T08:56:17Z2009-02-28T08:56:17Z<p>Honestly, I don't have a problem with the depiction of deserts=fire.</p>
<p>The hottest place on earth, not counting the insides of volcanoes, is Death Valley, California. Or at least it was until I googled it and found that El Azizia, Libya, was recorded as 2 degress hotter, at 136 rather than 134.</p>
<p>The hottest major city, depending on the year, bounces back and forth between Phoenix, Arizona and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. All deserts.</p>
<p>There's also a little bit of old alchemical thinking behind this, which is important if you're going to be portraying anything magical.</p>
<p>(Puts on hat with moons and stars and prepares to address the Athenaeum.)</p>
<p>In addition to the Four Elements (fire, water, earth and air) and the Four Humours (black bile, yellow bile, blood and phlegm), the alchemists also believed in the Four Qualities (hotness, coldness, wetness and dryness).</p>
<p>Fire and yellow bile were both believed to be composed of dryness and hotness, but not in equal measure: Fire is hot and dry with dryness predominating; Earth is dry and cold with coldness predominating; Water is cold and wet with wetness predominating; and Air is wet and hot with hotness predominating—and contrawise with the four humors which have the same qualities but with the opposite ones predominating.</p>
<p>This goes back to Aristotle and probably before.</p>
<p>(Bows to the Athenaeum and removes pointy hat.)</p>
<p>From a magical perspective, for a place to be sacred to fire, having it be hot is nice, but what's more important is that it be as dry as possible. And dry generally means desert.</p>Honestly, I don't have a problem with the depiction of deserts=fire.
The hottest place on earth, not counting the insides of volcanoes, is Death Valley, California. Or at least it was until I googled it and found that El Azizia, Libya, was recorded as 2 degress hotter, at 136 rather than 134.
The hottest major city, depending on the year, bounces back and forth between Phoenix, Arizona and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. All deserts.
There's also a little bit of old alchemical thinking behind this,...Kevin Andrew Murphy (Contributor)2009-02-28T08:56:17Z