how secretive is the secret project Jason is working on?Probably not as secret as it SHOULD be since he keeps bragging about it.
You mean the introductory game? ;)
James, when you play We Be Goblins, what will your character be like?Bard! So I can sing GOBLIN SONGS!
But YOU HATE MUSICALS!!! :-)
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So despite the flavor text, they're not Fallen Angels?Is this how we got erinyes?What happens when a good and evil outsider gets that special feeling for each other? What if it's a near-divine copulation? Has this ever happenned in Golarion?I'm sure it's happened before in Golarion, or more likely, the Great Beyond. It's not been something we've covered in any books yet. And if the special feelings the two outsiders have for each other are genuine... then I suspect one of the two will change alignment to match the partner.Nope.
Erinyes come into being like all other devils. (See Book of the Damned 1)
That is, in fact, what devils are (more or less).
There's a big difference between fallen angels and angel/devil hybrids.
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But YOU HATE MUSICALS!!! :-)James, when you play We Be Goblins, what will your character be like?Bard! So I can sing GOBLIN SONGS!
There's a vast gulf of difference between something that sings a song because it knows the song before hand and a whole group of people spontaneously bursting into song instead of regular dialogue.
What stands out in your mind as the single most memorable death of any PC you've ever run in any game, any system, any time?The time Mike McArtor's characer was killed three times (two of those times in successive combat rounds) by the same dragon.
Nice. :-D
Have you ever tempted to participate to the RPG Superstar while using a false identity ?
And, is there a chance to see someday an AP located in the Hold of Belkzen or is the place a bit too orcish ?
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Have you ever tempted to participate to the RPG Superstar while using a false identity ?
And, is there a chance to see someday an AP located in the Hold of Belkzen or is the place a bit too orcish ?
Nope. Not worth a) the stress, or b) getting fired.
We already touched on Belkzen in an AP already:
And even though that was only for 1 adventure... it kinda still counts. We're unlikely to go back to the Hold of Belkzen anytime soon... but we'll see!
Nope. Not worth a) the stress, or b) getting fired.Have you ever tempted to participate to the RPG Superstar while using a false identity ?
And, is there a chance to see someday an AP located in the Hold of Belkzen or is the place a bit too orcish ?
I'd figure it would be harder on the ego if one were an employee and/or a "big in the scene" and doesn't dent the 32.
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I'd figure it would be harder on the ego if one were an employee and/or a "big in the scene" and doesn't dent the 32.Nope. Not worth a) the stress, or b) getting fired.Have you ever tempted to participate to the RPG Superstar while using a false identity ?
And, is there a chance to see someday an AP located in the Hold of Belkzen or is the place a bit too orcish ?
That, and if one of us DID win, then that'd be REALLY lame. Not only would it kill RPG Superstar dead dead dead, but it'd rob us even of getting one more RPG Superstar out of the deal.
It's just a terrible terrible idea.
James...
What Will I Be?
Will I Be Pretty?
Will I Be Rich?
James,
I am busy converting S4 Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth to PFRPG and playing in the end game adventures of STAP. One burning question has bothered me for decades. Who is Drelnza's father, or was daughter just a term of enderment used by Iggwilv? I have always felt it was the later, and that perhaps she was a favored apprentice.
That's a very good question. It's not canon... but I would be tempted to say Zagig was Drelnza's father. I'd have to double check the timeline to confirm that, though...
We DO know that Drelnza is human, though, which means her father, like Iggwilv, was human. So that rules out Graz'zt.
I am NOT trying to hijack...but I totally agree with James here. Zagig makes a great, if not logical choice. As far as 'canon' goes, I am not sure it has ever actually been determined.
I remember hearing once of a DM determining that the father was actually Tsojcanth, the alleged priest-king what-have-you the caverns were named after. Apparently he had something to do with banishing Tharizdun.
A good bet to get more weigh in would be to skip over to canonfire and ask that bunch.
Why was swallow whole not included in the list of druid ability's for wild shape/beast form? I'm asking because the ability fits the flavor of one of my characters. Was it a balance issue?
what rule or concept did not get into the final version of pathfinder that you miss and/or wish would have worked into the final version?
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Why was swallow whole not included in the list of druid ability's for wild shape/beast form? I'm asking because the ability fits the flavor of one of my characters. Was it a balance issue?
It's a logic issue. What happens if a halfling druid wildshapes into a tyrannosaurus, swallows an ogre, and then one round later, while the ogre is still alive inside of him, he reverts to halfling form?
Not something we really wanted to mess around with.
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what rule or concept did not get into the final version of pathfinder that you miss and/or wish would have worked into the final version?
Breath of life should have been called cure deadly wounds.
And I wish there was a table of the various types of bonuses and how they stack. That table finally gets into print in Ultimate Magic, at least!
AKA: Not much. I'm VERY pleased with how the PFRPG turned out.
Is there ever going to be a "Poetry of Golarion" book or something like that? I'm thinking sort of a Pathfinder Tales book which is a gathering of poems, but it could even be something different, with poems grouped by race, faith, or different criteria (I would very much like to read poems written by Lichs or Rakshasas, false epic-like prophecies by Devils, poetry of the Nymphs, of the Red Mantis Assassins, death-chants of the Daemons, legendary hymns of the Angels... and so on, you get the idea).
Perfect example of music used WELL in a movie. Assuming you're talking about the Hitchcock movie I think you're talking about.James...
What Will I Be?
Will I Be Pretty?
Will I Be Rich?
You are indeed the man who knew too much, Mr. Jacobs. It's why we come to you with our questions.
Is Squealy Nord the cutest widdle piggy ever?
[EDIT] Also, could we get the back story write-ups of the remaining three Advanced Player's Guide iconics soon, please?
are you guys going to do an Aberrants revisited, or a Lovecraftian monsters revisited, not that they need revisiting I just want more of them?
also how did you decide which Icons to kill?
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Is there ever going to be a "Poetry of Golarion" book or something like that? I'm thinking sort of a Pathfinder Tales book which is a gathering of poems, but it could even be something different, with poems grouped by race, faith, or different criteria (I would very much like to read poems written by Lichs or Rakshasas, false epic-like prophecies by Devils, poetry of the Nymphs, of the Red Mantis Assassins, death-chants of the Daemons, legendary hymns of the Angels... and so on, you get the idea).
That's an interesting idea... we've certainly had poetry show up in our products before, and Wayfinder's had some pretty excellent poetry as well. Not sure an entire book of poems is something that would ever get greenlit, as intriguing as that might be to some of us.
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Is Squealy Nord the cutest widdle piggy ever?
[EDIT] Also, could we get the back story write-ups of the remaining three Advanced Player's Guide iconics soon, please?
Hopefully, yeah. Those things are among the more difficult blog posts we create, to be honest. It's one thing to hammer out a few paragraphs about some art or some behind the scenes stuff, but it's quite another to actually create content. And since blog posts often get forgotten or whatever until the last second... usually there's just no time to do something that requires several hours of work.
Anyway, at this point, I think I'm just gonna write the last three myself. Maybe one of these nights when I can't get to sleep or whatever.
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are you guys going to do an Aberrants revisited, or a Lovecraftian monsters revisited, not that they need revisiting I just want more of them?
also how did you decide which Icons to kill?
I would LOVE to do a Lovecraft monster book. And we do revisited books like two or three times a year. So at some point, I think chances are pretty good that those two will meet.
As for killing iconics for the art for "Undead Revisited," I just picked the 10 what I think needed killing. In some cases, the undead in question made sense to want to kill specific iconics. But in others, I just wanted to lash out at specific bearded characters.
what are the chances of you writing a complete adventure path by yourself?Zero.
Don't you kind of do that anyway?
Who is it that cooks up the meta-plot behind the various APs? Is that not you?
Do you think Fringe could work as an RPG?
Dark*Matter would be a good example.
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what are the chances of you writing a complete adventure path by yourself?Zero.Don't you kind of do that anyway?
Who is it that cooks up the meta-plot behind the various APs? Is that not you?
Well... sorta, yeah.
Shackled City: No real metaplot; Chris Youngs an Chris Perkins came up with the basic idea but the direction of the adventure path was kind of organic and left to the writers.
Age of Worms: Erik Mona.
Savage Tide, Rise of the Runelords: Me
Curse of the Crimson Throne, Second Darkness, Legacy of Fire, Council of Thieves, Kingmaker: Me and Wes.
Serpent's Skull: Me (this was about the point where Wes started doing a lot more manager stuff).
Carrion Crown: Wes.
Jade Regent: Me, with Rob helping (Rob gets to tackle the one after this!).
Once the adventures start coming in, though, the developer often does a fair amount of additional writing or rewriting for adventures. Usually, this isn't that much, not more than a few thousand words spread out through the whole thing. Sometimes, though, an adventure requires a lot more rewriting, at which point the developer generally (but not always) takes a co-author credit.
Carrion Crown is the first AP since the start that I didn't do the outline to, and I only developed the first one. Rob and Wes are carrying the show there.
It's probably already been asked, but any thoughts of having an entire AP set in the other planes ala "Lost in Space"/ST: Voyager where the 1st level PCs have to struggle to get back to Golarion while dealing with level-appropriate outsiders on their home turf.
Legacy of Fire?
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It's probably already been asked, but any thoughts of having an entire AP set in the other planes ala "Lost in Space"/ST: Voyager where the 1st level PCs have to struggle to get back to Golarion while dealing with level-appropriate outsiders on their home turf.Legacy of Fire?
Ah. Little more clarification:
1st level PCs somehow find themselves on the Outer Sphere (The Boneyard?) or one of the myriad demiplanes (First World?). To get back home, they have to travel through the various planes where they discover a long-dead evil is rising and, coincidentally, to get back home, they must defeat said evil as well.
1st level PCs somehow find themselves on the Outer Sphere (The Boneyard?) or one of the myriad demiplanes (First World?). To get back home, they have to travel through the various planes where they discover a long-dead evil is rising and, coincidentally, to get back home, they must defeat said evil as well.
Ah, I see. Well, maybe not "getting home as a goal" but I will definitely second the question: Is there a lengthy planar quest in the offing James?
Do you think Fringe could work as an RPG?Yeah! Dark•Matter does a pretty good job at that kind of game, but Delta Green for Call of Cthulhu does an even better job at it.
Damn. Now I'm kinda jonesing to start up a Delta Green Fringe-inspired campaign. Hmm.
Delta Green? What is that? Never heard of that one.
The Iconics have backgrounds? In the blogs? I'll have to see if I can find them....navigating this websites always brings me issues...
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If you do ya gotta let me in on it!Do you think Fringe could work as an RPG?Yeah! Dark•Matter does a pretty good job at that kind of game, but Delta Green for Call of Cthulhu does an even better job at it.
Damn. Now I'm kinda jonesing to start up a Delta Green Fringe-inspired campaign. Hmm.
Will do!
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It's probably already been asked, but any thoughts of having an entire AP set in the other planes ala "Lost in Space"/ST: Voyager where the 1st level PCs have to struggle to get back to Golarion while dealing with level-appropriate outsiders on their home turf.
Outsiders are skewed very heavilly toward the higher CRs. This is because, traditionally, the outer planes are where folks go once they "outgrow" the material plane.
As a result, a low level planar adventure is kinda tough to build.
More to the point, though, if we do an outer planar adventure, we have to use a lot of space and energy and time detailing wherever it is the adventure takes place. Setting adventures in the Inner Sea region, that's not as big a deal, since we have the Inner Sea World Guide and lots of support books already.
And finally... since we HAVE put so much work into the Inner Sea, we want to make dang sure we get our money's worth out of it.
All reasons why we aren't going to be doing a plane-hopping AP anytime soon.
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Do you think Fringe could work as an RPG?Yeah! Dark•Matter does a pretty good job at that kind of game, but Delta Green for Call of Cthulhu does an even better job at it.
Damn. Now I'm kinda jonesing to start up a Delta Green Fringe-inspired campaign. Hmm.
Delta Green? What is that? Never heard of that one.
The Iconics have backgrounds? In the blogs? I'll have to see if I can find them....navigating this websites always brings me issues...
Yup; as Kthulhu mentioned, it's a setting created by Pagan Publishing, set in the modern day. I happen to really like it. It's a lot edgier even than what Chaosium does, which is saying something. Good times.
And yup; we've done several "Meet the Iconics" posts for our iconics. All you need to do to get them is just type "Meet the Iconics" into the search window here on our website.
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For some reason Captain Ron popped into my head... So will you get an eye patch to wear for the pure awesomeness involved?HA! 30 BONUS POINTS for mentioning Captain Ron. That movie is AWESOME.
Was thinking of giving Cabin Boy a mention, but your poor (and lucky) interns prolly have enough work to do already.
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Yup; as Kthulhu mentioned, it's a setting created by Pagan Publishing, set in the modern day. I happen to really like it. It's a lot edgier even than what Chaosium does, which is saying something. Good times.
+1
Delta Green is phenomenal, and has been an obsession of mine for years. Just finished a 2 1/2 year-long campaign of DG and, given the right group, I suspect I could play that game forever and never get bored.
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Delta Green is phenomenal, and has been an obsession of mine for years. Just finished a 2 1/2 year-long campaign of DG and, given the right group, I suspect I could play that game forever and never get bored.
I guess I'm just not a fan of a mass organized effort against the Mythos. Too much of a Lovecraft purist.
So any Word on the Ultimate Combat Play-test 2.0 ... is it possibly going to be out in this week ... or later down the road? And is it going to be for the Gunslinger only or is it going to include new versions of the Ninja and Samurai as well ???
Delta Green is phenomenal, and has been an obsession of mine for years. Just finished a 2 1/2 year-long campaign of DG and, given the right group, I suspect I could play that game forever and never get bored.I guess I'm just not a fan of a mass organized effort against the Mythos. Too much of a Lovecraft purist.
DG is tiny and outnumbered by bad guy agencies and cults. It's more X Files (though it predates that show, actually) than CSI: or The Unit or some such, since the organization is cell based. Anyone who likes DG, however, might like the more structured world of The Laundry novels. (Also made into a game by Cubicle 7). Author is Charles Stross...
You have read them, James, right? Good stuff. Best Summoner archetype I can remember...
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How can I convince my DM that a T-rex is a perfectly viable option for a Druid Companion in Kingmaker?
Can I feed my DM to Tom if she refuses to change her mind?
Which is better for said T-rex to wear a bowler hat or a fedora?
If I want to make a plush toy dragon Eidolon for my Gnome Summoner is the Web evolution a viable way to simulate a Bubblegum breath weapon?
Would a Molten Fudge breath weapon be considered fire damage?
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Delta Green is phenomenal, and has been an obsession of mine for years. Just finished a 2 1/2 year-long campaign of DG and, given the right group, I suspect I could play that game forever and never get bored.I guess I'm just not a fan of a mass organized effort against the Mythos. Too much of a Lovecraft purist.
Not even Lovecraft was a Lovecraft purist. Sure, there's a lot of crap Lovecraft pastiche and clutter out there, but there's also a LOT of really great mythos stories and products that expand what Lovecraft was doing.
Just sayin'.
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So any Word on the Ultimate Combat Play-test 2.0 ... is it possibly going to be out in this week ... or later down the road? And is it going to be for the Gunslinger only or is it going to include new versions of the Ninja and Samurai as well ???
No word. It'll be out when it's ready.