Besmara will be in the Inner Sea Campaign Setting, but that book has no room to tackle the subject of subdomains at all.
Damn! I guess that will happen whenever you update Gods and Magic?
The crossbow is currently filling a really important niche—it's the strongest ranged simple weapon. Making it equal to a bow means it's a martial weapon, and suddenly all the classes that rely on it being a simple weapon are out of luck. The solution of having feats be able to "upgrade" crossbows is the only type of solution we'll be pursuing for them, since I don't see crossbows as being "worse" than bows at a baseline as a bad thing in the first place. They're SUPPOSED to be inferior to bows, whether or not that makes sense compared to the real world, that's the way it has to be for game balance and variety.
But... Van Helsing! ;_;
Besides, the repeating crossbow is an exotic weapon. Can we get larger magazines, pretty please? ;)
Besmara will be in the Inner Sea Campaign Setting, but that book has no room to tackle the subject of subdomains at all.Damn! I guess that will happen whenever you update Gods and Magic?
I'd put out ultimate magic as a prediction for where, but as it's a core book and setting neutral, i doubt it.
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Besmara will be in the Inner Sea Campaign Setting, but that book has no room to tackle the subject of subdomains at all.Damn! I guess that will happen whenever you update Gods and Magic?
That'd be a nice place to do just that. We have no plans to update Gods and Magic anytime soon, though.
Besides, the repeating crossbow is an exotic weapon. Can we get larger magazines, pretty please? ;)
Larger magazines for repeating crossbows aren't a bad idea. We don't have a big equipment book on the schedule for now, though—equipment isn't going to be a big part of either "Ultimate Magic" or "Ultimate Combat," but beyond that... we'll see.
Also, citing "Van Helsing" isn't sweetening the deal. Despite Kate Beckinsale being in the movie, I didn't really like that movie much at all.
Also, citing "Van Helsing" isn't sweetening the deal. Despite Kate Beckinsale being in the movie, I didn't really like that movie much at all.
Yeah, I wasn't talking about magazines *that* size. :p But the leather coat and awesome hat were really pretty sweet. Well, ahem, Solomon Kane totally would have used a repeating crossbow, if only it would have had a larger magazine. ;)
Also, citing "Van Helsing" isn't sweetening the deal. Despite Kate Beckinsale being in the movie, I didn't really like that movie much at all.
Aw . . . how can you not like a movie where the physiology of where a human's heart is has to be "reimagined" because you can't stake the actress through her implants?
(Van Helsing's werewolf form was pretty cool looking though)
Also, citing "Van Helsing" isn't sweetening the deal. Despite Kate Beckinsale being in the movie, I didn't really like that movie much at all.
Aw . . . how can you not like a movie where the physiology of where a human's heart is has to be "reimagined" because you can't stake the actress through her implants?
(Van Helsing's werewolf form was pretty cool looking though)
He's so totally a Shadow Lord! ^^
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I would HOPE it's dwarf.
Although I can understand the appeal of humans (they're easily the most versatile race, allowing for the widest variety of character concepts), I've been wondering for a while:
What's up with the dwarf hate? It seems like you dislike all of the other player races, to a certain extent, but with a special focus on the dwarves.
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Yup; Camazotz's other two realms are elsewhere. We talked about Camazotz a little bit in Pathfinder #18. He's also a real-world deity from Mayan myth—you can find more info about him here, on Wikipedia.
Did you know that Camazotz appears in a Call of Cthulhu scenario? He appears in a particularly brutal scenario perfect for tournament play...
How's that for parallel development? Also, do you follow current products in the world of Chaosium and the various licensees?
Yup; Camazotz's other two realms are elsewhere. We talked about Camazotz a little bit in Pathfinder #18. He's also a real-world deity from Mayan myth—you can find more info about him here, on Wikipedia.Did you know that Camazotz appears in a Call of Cthulhu scenario? He appears in a particularly brutal scenario perfect for tournament play...
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How's that for parallel development? Also, do you follow current products in the world of Chaosium and the various licensees?
Hey! I posted that a bit before. Great scenario. It would make a good one-off for PF, since the setting is so isolated-- the 1920s environment barely registers.
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I would HOPE it's dwarf.Although I can understand the appeal of humans (they're easily the most versatile race, allowing for the widest variety of character concepts), I've been wondering for a while:
What's up with the dwarf hate? It seems like you dislike all of the other player races, to a certain extent, but with a special focus on the dwarves.
I actually quite like all the other races. Elves and halflings and gnomes in particular are pretty neat. I've just never been a big fan of dwarves at all. I honestly wouldn't call it "hate," but of the seven core races, dwarves are easily my least favorite.
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Yup; Camazotz's other two realms are elsewhere. We talked about Camazotz a little bit in Pathfinder #18. He's also a real-world deity from Mayan myth—you can find more info about him here, on Wikipedia.Did you know that Camazotz appears in a Call of Cthulhu scenario? He appears in a particularly brutal scenario perfect for tournament play...
** spoiler omitted **
How's that for parallel development? Also, do you follow current products in the world of Chaosium and the various licensees?
I did indeed know that Camazots appears in a CoC game. That's not something I would actually call "parallel development" though.
I've been playing Call of Cthulhu since 1982 or thereabouts, in any event. And I've been buying CoC games ever since.
If the question have been asked before I apologize, but which of the iconics is your favourite?
Are you a morning or evening person?
How many languages do you speak? And is there a language you'd like to learn?
Why is it I never feel like writing when I have the chance? Why is it whenever I feel like writing I don't have time?
In avoiding the Banana Blight future where there are no bananas because they've all died, which tactic do you think will work best: selective breeding or genetic engineering?
Both have their downsides. With selective breeding it's that [science]bananas are triploid, essentially they only produce viable seeds as a fluke.[/science] With genetic engineering the downside is lots of money/time/research needed along with the "ewwwww it's clooooooooned" knee-jerk reaction. Both have their upsides. Selective breeding worked once before, when the pre-1970s species of (strongly flavored, sweet, tastes like the Runts flavor) banana was all but wiped out and our current (tasteless, starchy) commercial banana was created. Genetic engineering [science]can just insert the resistance genes and then mass-clone a bunch of plants, they just have to find the right genes and the right vector and we've already found a couple of really good vectors.[/science]
Soo... Which side will succeed first?
Do you have the "ewwwww it's clooooooooooned" reaction?
where could i find pathfinder mass combat rules?
Why hasn't anybody ever seen the ghost of a dinosaur?
Why hasn't anybody ever seen the ghost of a dinosaur?
I think this is one of the best questions in this entire thread!
James,
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "after we switch to 4e" and 10 being "right around the corner, suckas!" What's the likelyhood of seeing Book of the Damned: Horsemen of the Apocalypse soonish??
Soonish=before years end
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If the question have been asked before I apologize, but which of the iconics is your favourite?
Are you a morning or evening person?
How many languages do you speak? And is there a language you'd like to learn?
Merisiel.
Evening.
One (English). I'd LOVE to learn Japanese, since that'd let me watch Kurosawa movies even easier.
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Why is it I never feel like writing when I have the chance? Why is it whenever I feel like writing I don't have time?
In avoiding the Banana Blight future where there are no bananas because they've all died, which tactic do you think will work best: selective breeding or genetic engineering?
Both have their downsides. With selective breeding it's that [science]bananas are triploid, essentially they only produce viable seeds as a fluke.[/science] With genetic engineering the downside is lots of money/time/research needed along with the "ewwwww it's clooooooooned" knee-jerk reaction. Both have their upsides. Selective breeding worked once before, when the pre-1970s species of (strongly flavored, sweet, tastes like the Runts flavor) banana was all but wiped out and our current (tasteless, starchy) commercial banana was created. Genetic engineering [science]can just insert the resistance genes and then mass-clone a bunch of plants, they just have to find the right genes and the right vector and we've already found a couple of really good vectors.[/science]
Soo... Which side will succeed first?
Do you have the "ewwwww it's clooooooooooned" reaction?
I don't have the "ewwwwww it's cloooooooooned" reaction at all. That said, I DO have the "ewwwww it's a banaaaaaanaaaaaa" reaction... not a fan of them.
And as to why you never feel like writing when you have the chance? Maybe your muse is starving or bored?
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On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "after we switch to 4e" and 10 being "right around the corner, suckas!" What's the likelyhood of seeing Book of the Damned: Horsemen of the Apocalypse soonish??
Soonish=before years end
Book of the Damned 1 came out in 2009.
Book of the Damned 2 came out in 2010.
That's already looking like it might be a pattern, isn't it?
If I'm rich enough to buy multiple boats, I'd hope I'd be rich enough to buy a marina too.
My wife is the office manager at a yacht club here in the Puget Sound area. Good people. Most of the members are worker types, so they spend a lot of time doing maintenance themselves. Some take it to their "guy," drop it off for a week, then pick it up again with all maintenance completed for the half year or year.
That having been said, when you do buy a boat (and let's assume now that it is the first if you are to have many), do you know what you would want to name it?
Are you ready for the surge of friends you will have each year during Seafair? Fourth of July for fireworks over Lake Union? Would you participate in the Christmas light boat parades?
Who if any would you say was the coolest pirate? Fictional or factual, or both if you like?
Why do you think people are so keen on adding things to historical people, like the horns on Viking helmets? And why is it that most people either prefer the "tarted" up version or believe it to be the real one?
Doctors are quite common in the role of antagonist in various books and movies, as are dentists and nurses, why is that do you think?
What would you say is the most scary occupation a villain can have?
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That having been said, when you do buy a boat (and let's assume now that it is the first if you are to have many), do you know what you would want to name it?
Are you ready for the surge of friends you will have each year during Seafair? Fourth of July for fireworks over Lake Union? Would you participate in the Christmas light boat parades?
I'm still a long way away from naming it, but someone a few posts back suggested I name it after my favorite Pathfinder Iconic, Merisiel. And at this point, if I bought a boat tomorrow, that'd be what I'd do.
And if having a boat increases the circle of friends, that's a good thing, yeah? As long as they're GOOD friends and not BAD friends.
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "after we switch to 4e" and 10 being "right around the corner, suckas!" What's the likelyhood of seeing Book of the Damned: Horsemen of the Apocalypse soonish??Book of the Damned 1 came out in 2009.
Book of the Damned 2 came out in 2010.
That's already looking like it might be a pattern, isn't it?
Now that's a pattern I can get behind!
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Who if any would you say was the coolest pirate? Fictional or factual, or both if you like?
Why do you think people are so keen on adding things to historical people, like the horns on Viking helmets? And why is it that most people either prefer the "tarted" up version or believe it to be the real one?
Doctors are quite common in the role of antagonist in various books and movies, as are dentists and nurses, why is that do you think?
What would you say is the most scary occupation a villain can have?
Jack Sparrow.
Because some people are too creative for their own good.
Because we're afraid of doctors because of the fear that they'll tell you something really bad is going on with you that you didn't know about; fear of doctors is a sort of proxy fear for fear of disease or death.
Clown.
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What would you say is the most scary occupation a villain can have?
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Clown.
Clown originally meant a rough, rustic, foolish guy, often with a big club (Klunni, Norse = clumsy). Villain meant a poor peasant (person from the villa[ge])... They mean the same thing.
In other words, hicks. Clowns and Villains have been the same thing since a long time ago.
Facepaint and a fascination with kids doesn't really help, though.
I can't recall many villainous clowns in Golarion outside of the Carnival of Tears.
Who would be the fiend responsible for evil clowns in Golarion?
I suspect Norgorber's behind most of the clown-related activity in Golarion. He's the closest thing the gods have to a serial killer.
Upon being shown the pictures of Aldern Foxglove, Ironbriar and the other Norborger cultists while playing through the Skinsaw Murders, our group began referring comically to the lot of them as the "Insane Clown Posse".
So for the super bowl I had a raspberry Chocolate wine and I thought about how you only like raspberry drinks, and then wonder how I could turn my experience in to a question so that I could talk about raspberry chocolate wine. But i could not think of a question so that my question what should i ask you about?
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So for the super bowl I had a raspberry Chocolate wine and I thought about how you only like raspberry drinks, and then wonder how I could turn my experience in to a question so that I could talk about raspberry chocolate wine. But i could not think of a question so that my question what should i ask you about?
Sarah got some raspberry chocolate wine at the Paizo Holiday Party white elephant gift exchange. It looked a little creepy.
As for what question you should ask? The next one that comes into your head, of course!
In Pathfinder #1, on page 72, the opening of the article on Thassilon has a picture of a big bridge running into a mountain with a face carved into it, with what i think is a city at the mountain's base.
What is that a picture of, and what can you tell me about it/where can i read about it?
Ever play/run Masks of Nyarlathotep?
What would happen if Chuck Norris walked into a village of Murlocs?
My party and I are level 2 characters who have just defeated Gogmurt and his tiger and breached Thistletop. We hacked our way into the makeshift walls of the fortress and got rid of all the goblins in the barracks, as well as a token force that apparently heard us in the thorn maze and came to investigate. Our group consists of a barbarian, a rogue, a cleric, and an alchemist. The alchemist has exhausted his bombs and healing for the day, and is too blind to shoot anything and too weak to deal melee damage (he took the Old age adjustments to jack his mental scores up).
We hear the sounds of goblin dogs (we think) scratching behind a door just beyond the main entrance to the goblin fort. If we turn back, we are likely to be eaten by a grue. Or the Sandpoint Devil. If we push on, we will be short on rations, and we dare not sleep here. Do we kill and eat the alchemist, or press forward and spare his life?
Sweeping alignment changes do not bother us in the slightest.
thought of my question, Playing an Alchemist going to reach level 16 soon and I will be taking Transformation, the description says that you can cast spells, does that include Extracts or just making extracts, also are you still able to activate items with use magic devise?
I read a few posts back about making larger magazines for repeating crossbows, in my home game we have magazines of holding that have a max load of 50, you still have to fill it and running out of bolts still happens some times.
What's your thoughts on the upcoming Captain America movie?
Isn't the whole concept a bit silly? A super hero using a gun and a shield?
Lately there seem to be an growing interest in Alien/UFO movies. Movies like "I Am Number Four", "World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles", "Skyline", "Cowboys & Aliens", "Paul", "Apollo 18". Any thought on why?
Anyone of these movies you want to see?
Not including horror movies like Alien, or space opera like Star Trek, what's your top 5 UFO/Alien movies?
Did you like Pete Postlethwaite as an actor?
Speaking of actors aren't Keanu " Blank Face" Reeves and Meryl "I'm always crying and my nose is always red" Streep two of the most overrated actors? Any actors you feel are overrated?
Paizo staff doesn't come off as white, Christian, macho, homofobic. Do you have a policy or are you just sane or is it both?
I'm really happy you keep the message boards clean from abuse of such words as rape. Any thoghts on people abusing that word?
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In Pathfinder #1, on page 72, the opening of the article on Thassilon has a picture of a big bridge running into a mountain with a face carved into it, with what i think is a city at the mountain's base.
What is that a picture of, and what can you tell me about it/where can i read about it?
That's a picture of Runelord Alaznist's capital city, Xin-Bakhrakahn, at the base of Hollow Mountain just as the fall of Thassilon was hitting and her empire was being destroyed during Earthfall. That bridge, when it was intact, ran all the way to where Magnimar is today.
Hollow Mountain gets a 10 page entry in the upcoming "Dungeons of Golarion."
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Ever play/run Masks of Nyarlathotep?
I've started running it twice. Got about 1/5 the way in the first time, and 1/2 way the second.
I'm going to be starting it again for several folks here at Paizo, hopefully on the last Sunday of this month. (We were GOING to start it on the 13th... but then some of the players went and did things like schedule long vacations and what-not... the jackals!)
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My party and I are level 2 characters who have just defeated Gogmurt and his tiger and breached Thistletop. We hacked our way into the makeshift walls of the fortress and got rid of all the goblins in the barracks, as well as a token force that apparently heard us in the thorn maze and came to investigate. Our group consists of a barbarian, a rogue, a cleric, and an alchemist. The alchemist has exhausted his bombs and healing for the day, and is too blind to shoot anything and too weak to deal melee damage (he took the Old age adjustments to jack his mental scores up).
We hear the sounds of goblin dogs (we think) scratching behind a door just beyond the main entrance to the goblin fort. If we turn back, we are likely to be eaten by a grue. Or the Sandpoint Devil. If we push on, we will be short on rations, and we dare not sleep here. Do we kill and eat the alchemist, or press forward and spare his life?
Sweeping alignment changes do not bother us in the slightest.
Alchemists tend to give you heartburn. Otherwise, do what your bellies demand!
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thought of my question, Playing an Alchemist going to reach level 16 soon and I will be taking Transformation, the description says that you can cast spells, does that include Extracts or just making extracts, also are you still able to activate items with use magic devise?
I read a few posts back about making larger magazines for repeating crossbows, in my home game we have magazines of holding that have a max load of 50, you still have to fill it and running out of bolts still happens some times.
For the purposes of transformation, yeah, extracts count as spells. You can't activate spell trigger or spell completion devices, but you can activate normal magic items. Basically, the spell turns you into a fighter, so think of it that way as for what you can and can't do while under its effects.
A magazine of 50 crossbow bolts seems unnecessarily excessive, considering that bolts normally get transported in batches of 10...
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What's your thoughts on the upcoming Captain America movie?
Isn't the whole concept a bit silly? A super hero using a gun and a shield?
The concept of MOST superhero stories is a bit silly. That said, I've always been bored by Captain America. Among the various superbowl movie trailers... the one for Captain America was the least interesting. And that's saying something, considering that there was a trailer for "Transformers 3," sequal to my most hated movie of 2009.
Lately there seem to be an growing interest in Alien/UFO movies. Movies like "I Am Number Four", "World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles", "Skyline", "Cowboys & Aliens", "Paul", "Apollo 18". Any thought on why?
Anyone of these movies you want to see?
There's been alien/UFO movies all the time. They do seem to come in clots, though. Of the ones you mention, the ones I'm most interested in seeing are "Battle LA" and "Apollo 18." The one I want to see the MOST, though, is "Super 8." "Cowboys & Aliens" looks like it could be really cool too, but I'm looking forward to those other three a lot more. "Paul" could be funny... "Sean of the Dead" was brilliant, after all. I'll go see "I Am Number Four," but I don't expect much from it... I'm getting a vibe from it that makes me think it'll be this year's "Pusher" or "Jumper." And finally, "Skyline" already came out. I saw it, and thought it was perhaps the worst movie of 2010. TERRIBLE movie.'
As for why there's so many coming out this year... because Hollywood does that now and then. One idea comes along, then several other studios do the same thing. Kind of like how parallel development works in the RPG industry, I guess.
Not including horror movies like Alien, or space opera like Star Trek, what's your top 5 UFO/Alien movies?
I'm not sure I could actually compile that list, since my brain doesn't filter movies like "Alien" out of lists of Alien movies. Can't be done. What I CAN do is list my top six Alien/UFO movies and leave "Alien" off the number 1 spot, in which case that list would probably be:
2: John Carpenter's The Thing
3: District 9
4: War of the Worlds
5: The Day the Earth Stood Still
6: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Honorable mentions include: Fire in the Sky, Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers, V, X-Files: Fight the Future, It! The Terror From Beyond Space!, Forbidden Planet, The Arrival, Angry Red Planet, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, all of the Quatermass movies, The Thing From Another World, They Live, Starman, and The Abyss (even though that one's technically a USO movie)
Did you like Pete Postlethwaite as an actor?
Yup!
Speaking of actors aren't Keanu " Blank Face" Reeves and Meryl "I'm always crying and my nose is always red" Streep two of the most overrated actors? Any actors you feel are overrated?
David Hasslehoff.
Paizo staff doesn't come off as white, Christian, macho, homofobic. Do you have a policy or are you just sane or is it both?
Paizo's policy is to not be jerks, first of all. All else stems from that.
I'm really happy you keep the message boards clean from abuse of such words as rape. Any thoughts on people abusing that word?
Yeah... I wish people wouldn't. It only makes you look like an insensitive monster when you do.
Honorable mentions include: Fire in the Sky, Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers, V, X-Files: Fight the Future, It! The Terror From Beyond Space!, Forbidden Planet, The Arrival, Angry Red Planet, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, all of the Quatermass movies, The Thing From Another World, They Live, Starman, and The Abyss (even though that one's technically a USO movie)
Thanks for the list. I will check up some of those movies. The Abyss was a nice movie, but with a TERRIBLE ending. Same thing with the TV film "Intuders". Nice, but with a TERRIBLE 'halleluja' ending.
Did you like Contact (with Jodie Foster)?
I have a rules related Question... First time for every thing :-)
If you choose a monster as a cohort and add a Class level do you also follow the rules on pg 297 add class levels and add the ability adjustments?
Ever play/run Masks of Nyarlathotep?I've started running it twice. Got about 1/5 the way in the first time, and 1/2 way the second.
I'm going to be starting it again for several folks here at Paizo, hopefully on the last Sunday of this month. (We were GOING to start it on the 13th... but then some of the players went and did things like schedule long vacations and what-not... the jackals!)
The beauty of Masks is you'll get to kill their characters. About three times each. Revenge!
What's been your favorite chapter thus far? IMO, Cairo is hard to beat.
Silly question probably, but with all the trouble Nogrober and his cult have gone through to keep his origins a secret, does he even remember it himself anymore?
Which is your favorite godling in Golarion?
Is Nex still alive?
If you didn't have this work, what do you think you'd be doing now?