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Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:
So are you ready to take arms against the Burning Legion? If so, have you answered Illidan's call to "Be Prepared!"?

Nah.

I've mostly lost interest in World of Warcraft. My interest was momentarially rekindled by the last expansion, and I had fun while playing it, but then stopped playing for several months and then when I changed out my debit card, never bothered to re-up my subscription.

I might play it again though... dunno. If I do, I'll probably shift realms again back to Kilrogg where I started when the game first launched and rejoin some friends there on that server, since a big part of the reason I lost interest was several guilds in a row that I had no "click" with, either because the people in the guild changed out from friends to strangers or because time zone/schedule things made me not be able to play with friends.


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Fair enough. I'll remember to put this on my list of things never to mention on this thread again.

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Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:
Fair enough. I'll remember to put this on my list of things never to mention on this thread again.

You asked "was I ready for the expansion" and I answered that. You did not ask "do you still like Warcraft?"

I'm pretty sure I'll try out Warcraft again once the expansion comes out, actually. Depending on what else I've got vying for my attention at the time, video game wise. I wouldn't put WoW on the no-fly list just yet.


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Were you aware of the section on the Temple of Desna's First Dream in Occult Realms? It has a minor smattering of info about Belimarius's Earthfall-survival method.

(This isn't a facetious question - I know stuff sometimes gets published without your involvement.)


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How do you, Mister James Jacobs feel about Demon Hunters from World of Warcraft?

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Thomas Seitz wrote:
How do you, Mister James Jacobs feel about Demon Hunters from World of Warcraft?

I was a huge fan of demon hunters when they first showed up in the world and had hoped they would be an element of the game at launch 12 or whatever years ago. I'm glad they're finally getting around to putting them in the game, but after playing my current character for all that time, I'm not really interested in playing new characters, so it's a little bit of the "too little, too late" for me.


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Understood. Thank you Mister James Jacobs. :)


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As I recall your main is a Hunter. Does the fact that Survival is now the melee and traps spec interest you? (If you log back on now, your Hunter will get a free spear ranked according to your existing ilevel)


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Mr. James Jacob,

If a player asked to play an Occultist, but instead of normal implements, they asked if the character could use parts of their body as their implements would you allow it?

I ask because I have this idea for a character who is undergoing the Hive corruption and channels his psychic magic through his newly mutated parts. For instance using Living Armor as an abjuration implement and Living Weapon for a transmutation implement.

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Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:
As I recall your main is a Hunter. Does the fact that Survival is now the melee and traps spec interest you? (If you log back on now, your Hunter will get a free spear ranked according to your existing ilevel)

The thing I like most about the hunter is the dynamic between the melee pet and the ranged attacks. I've never liked the various melee builds for hunters, but I do like the fact that they made this an option again.

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The NPC wrote:

Mr. James Jacob,

If a player asked to play an Occultist, but instead of normal implements, they asked if the character could use parts of their body as their implements would you allow it?

I ask because I have this idea for a character who is undergoing the Hive corruption and channels his psychic magic through his newly mutated parts. For instance using Living Armor as an abjuration implement and Living Weapon for a transmutation implement.

At this point, I've not really read up much on any of the occult classes, and thus wouldn't allow a player to change the way the class works like that because I would want to be more familiar with the baseline class.

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As it is suggested here, is the inclusion of Spring Attack as a bonus feat for the Gendarme a typo (since none of the prerequisites for this feat are bonus feats)?

If not, and a character doesn't meet the prerequisites, and has no other bonus feats to choose from, what happens?


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If Nocticula did ascend to godhood, would she gain an additional domain she could then grant to followers?

If so, which domain would be most likely?


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Belltrap wrote:

If Nocticula did ascend to godhood, would she gain an additional domain she could then grant to followers?

If so, which domain would be most likely?

Same, but which two would she get since shed lose Evil?


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1) Does Cheliax have a volunteer army, or a conscript one?

2) Is the average Chelish soldier closer to Lawful Evil, or Lawful Neutral?

3) Could the Chelish army be described as excellent, fearsome, well-trained legions or masses of cannon fodder who die in droves at their Majestrix's every whim?

4) How integrated are devils into the Chelish army?

5) Is the Chelish Citizen's Group a phenomenon just specific to Kintargo, or are their pro-Thrune civillian militias scattered throughout Cheliax?

6) Does the average Chelish citizen have more sympathy for House Thrune, or for the Glorious Reclamation? Or in other words: would the GR face resistance from peasants and commoners, or would they be more likely to get supported by them?

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So uh, my players have started suspecting that since Siheidron ritual was carving rune on body before killing person, that someone is planning to break the dam to flood the town(I have really been bringing up the unnatural amount of rain :'D) and kill everyone with Siheidron tattoo and consider going to Skull Crossing after Valley of Broken Trees but before Fort Rannick.

So umm, should I have flood happen after Valley of Broken Threes or have them arrive at dam before Black Magga breaks through it?

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James, would Pazio consider doing a yearly product that would give a yearly cannon advancement of the Golarian Timeline for those who might want to use it? I really think that it would be interesting. I understand why Pazio does not advance the timeline in modules and Ap's
for sales reasons but an alternate advancement of the time line would be fun.

On a different note would Pazio consider doing an AP that featured characters from the Pazio Fiction line?

Are there any plans to do a book on Inner sea Militaries?


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Just so you know Lou, Iron Gods has at least two characters from Reign of Stars in it, also Serpent's Skull has Eando Kline, noted Pathfinder from the early days of pathfinder fiction, so yes, there is an occasional crossover.

Did you, James, Tim Pratt or Tim Hitchcock write the stat blocks for Zernebeth and Redfang for Iron Gods. :-)


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James not a question but more a comment. Been playing the new Demon Hunter on WoW and it's a lot of fun with great story. I fully suggest you make one name it after one of the evil iconics :)

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The Diplomat wrote:

As it is suggested here, is the inclusion of Spring Attack as a bonus feat for the Gendarme a typo (since none of the prerequisites for this feat are bonus feats)?

If not, and a character doesn't meet the prerequisites, and has no other bonus feats to choose from, what happens?

I have absolutely no idea. Go with your GM's ruling. If this is for PFS and you feel it's going to complicate things... don't play a gendarme. Play something else and save the gendarme for a home game where your GM feels empowered to make decisions.

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Belltrap wrote:

If Nocticula did ascend to godhood, would she gain an additional domain she could then grant to followers?

If so, which domain would be most likely?

If she ascends to deity level (she's already at the demigod level, and thus at "godhood"), she would grant 5 domains. She'd be chaotic neutral, and as such she'd grant Chaos as one of those five domains. What the other four would be isn't something that's appropriate to design/reveal here. If we DO ever get the chance to explore this story further in print, that's the time that revelation comes out.

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Axial wrote:

1) Does Cheliax have a volunteer army, or a conscript one?

2) Is the average Chelish soldier closer to Lawful Evil, or Lawful Neutral?

3) Could the Chelish army be described as excellent, fearsome, well-trained legions or masses of cannon fodder who die in droves at their Majestrix's every whim?

4) How integrated are devils into the Chelish army?

5) Is the Chelish Citizen's Group a phenomenon just specific to Kintargo, or are their pro-Thrune civillian militias scattered throughout Cheliax?

6) Does the average Chelish citizen have more sympathy for House Thrune, or for the Glorious Reclamation? Or in other words: would the GR face resistance from peasants and commoners, or would they be more likely to get supported by them?

Check out Hell's Rebels, Hell's Vengeance, and the new Cheliax book for more details... but fast answers are as follows...

1) Both.

2) Low ranking members, I suspect there's a fairly even split between lawful neutral and lawful evil. Higher rank you get, the more things skew to evil.

3) They're excellent, fearsome, and well-trained. They use militias for fodder.

4) Sporadically. The devil side of things is more a church side and not state side.

5) Chelish Citizen's Group is a Kintargo only thing, but militias are not. There are militias similar to the CGC in other regions/cities, but they're called other things.

5) Neither. The average Chelish citizen doesn't have too much sympathy for Thrune, but they're afraid of and resent the Glorious Reclamation for stirring things up and making things worse as far as day-to-day living goes. The Glorious Reclamation is unlikely to face resistance from peasants, but they will NOT get much support. Other than what's detailed in the AP.

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CorvusMask wrote:

So uh, my players have started suspecting that since Siheidron ritual was carving rune on body before killing person, that someone is planning to break the dam to flood the town(I have really been bringing up the unnatural amount of rain :'D) and kill everyone with Siheidron tattoo and consider going to Skull Crossing after Valley of Broken Trees but before Fort Rannick.

So umm, should I have flood happen after Valley of Broken Threes or have them arrive at dam before Black Magga breaks through it?

I would reward the PCs for being pro-active, and give them a chance to stop the flood before it happens. Let them get to the dam and confront the ogres and trolls there. If they defeat them AND if they deal with the problems inside the dam, then Black Magga stays in the Storval Deep and they save the region from a flood; grant them XP as if they'd defeated Black Magga even though she never shows up.

If the PCs attempt this and they get in over their head becasue they aren't high-enough level or whatever, have Black Magga smash through the dam during the fight. Have her destruciton kill the ogres and trolls that are about to TPK the PCs but then let them watch as the flood pours down along with Black Magga; in this case they need to fix the dam still but also have to race back to town to save them from the flood and monster.

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Lou Diamond wrote:

James, would Pazio consider doing a yearly product that would give a yearly cannon advancement of the Golarian Timeline for those who might want to use it? I really think that it would be interesting. I understand why Pazio does not advance the timeline in modules and Ap's

for sales reasons but an alternate advancement of the time line would be fun.

On a different note would Pazio consider doing an AP that featured characters from the Pazio Fiction line?

Are there any plans to do a book on Inner sea Militaries?

Not at this time.

And we touched upon some Pathfinder Tales elements in Wrath of the Righteous, but that's as much as you can expect to see us cross those lines. What's good for a novel is not good for an adventure, and vice versa. Plus, if the two DO cross paths, one of the two (novel or adventure) has to end up the "winner" and the one that matters—aka, does the story get solved by the main characters (novel wins) or by your PCs (adventure wins). That's a conflict that D&D's settings (particularly Forgotten Realms) wrestled with often, usually in favor of the novel winning, and it made for unsatisfying adventures. No thanks.

Nope. We don't have a robust-enough rules set for mass combat to justify a book about armies.

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captain yesterday wrote:

Just so you know Lou, Iron Gods has at least two characters from Reign of Stars in it, also Serpent's Skull has Eando Kline, noted Pathfinder from the early days of pathfinder fiction, so yes, there is an occasional crossover.

Did you, James, Tim Pratt or Tim Hitchcock write the stat blocks for Zernebeth and Redfang for Iron Gods. :-)

Oh! Iron Gods is an even better example of novels and AP crossover. In that case, Sutter and I sat down and talked it through and decided this was a case where characters from the novels would "lose" in that one, with the characters from the novels not having really any real agency in the plot.

As for Eando Kline... he's always been sort of a crossover NPC anyway; there's not one single author who can really claim him as their sole invention (Erik came up with his name, but he's had MANY writers write him), and as such he's already kind of in a "forever NPC" spot.

As with most adventure content things, the authors take the first stab at statting up the NPCs, but in both those cases I did some HEAVY revision and rewriting of them both.

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The Minis Maniac wrote:
James not a question but more a comment. Been playing the new Demon Hunter on WoW and it's a lot of fun with great story. I fully suggest you make one name it after one of the evil iconics :)

As mentioned above... I really don't enjoy playing alternate characters. I've got my main character, a hunter night elf with a dinosaur pet, and playing other characters feels hollow to me.


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James Jacobs wrote:

I've been dancing around the topic not because I have nothing to say, but because I know what sort of information and details you are looking for about succubi and that topic isn't one I can really talk about on these boards without risking offending someone. Check out the succubus chapter in Demons Revisited for my thoughts on the topic.

Succubui are NOT "lust incarnate." They're demonic spirits formed from lustful souls. We don't have a "lust incarnate" creature int he game because including graphically sexual content in Pathfinder is not part of our goal for the game.

EDIT: IF the USA (and by extension lots of folks on these boards) weren't so knee-jerk freakout prone about talking about sex, then we wouldn't have restrictions on these boards about the topic, and I could go into further detail about succubi and their "mating" habits. But since that's not the world we live in, and since as creative director I have to speak for the company on matters Pathfinder related, I simply do not feel comfortable breaking the company's decision about how the topic of sex is handled. I'm not interested in going too far on this subject only to have posts start getting blocked or getting a "talking to" from management. And based on your post history and the tenor and nature and theme of where your questions generally go and what they're about, I can't help but feel that is the direction you want me to go.

And I can't. This is not the place, and since I represent Paizo and Paizo's decisions are what they are, there ISN'T a place for me to publicly go on about the details of succubus sexual activities. As much as the subject of how sex and magic and supernatural elements interest me or you or anyone. Maybe some day if I'm not working for Paizo OR if Paizo changes its policy on adult content of that nature involving Pathfinder, that'll change, but that's not today. Sorry.

Fortunately the Internet and fiction and mythology are full of inspiring stories and pictures about the subject.

I see…quite a lot actually. A pity we don’t have someone like Cersei to take care of those annoying Sparrows for us. (On the plus side, we don’t have someone like Cersei. Then again, we did arm some sketchy people during the Cold War, which bit us in the towers.) Thankfully, Demons Revisited was very informative. ;)

Anyhow, thank you very much for your through and thoughtful response, and a belated thanks for answering my other questions as well (I should thank you more). I have some follow-up questions, that I hope you’re able to answer.

1. When you mention getting a “talking to,” has that happened before? And recently?

2. Would PM be a permissible place to go on about the details of succubi, and similar topics?

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AlgaeNymph wrote:

Anyhow, thank you very much for your through and thoughtful response, and a belated thanks for answering my other questions as well (I should thank you more). I have some follow-up questions, that I hope you’re able to answer.

1. When you mention getting a “talking to,” has that happened before? And recently?

2. Would PM be a permissible place to go on about the details of succubi, and similar topics?

1) Yes, but not recently. And not regarding me talking about sexual themes, but as a result of me answering rules questions that folks then used to stoke rules arguments and be disruptive in PFS or here on the boards. That's the reason why I don't really answer rules questions anymore, because doing so gives the impression that "Paizo doesn't have its house in order."

2) No. Because you can assume that anything that's written on the internet is not only permanent, but can some day be used against you by your enemies, even enemies you don't have yet. I can and will chat about subjects like this on my personal time with interested parties, but my personal time is not a resource I afford to folks on these boards as a general rule—apart from periodically answering questions on this thread or elsewhere on the messageboards when I'm not actually at work (as is the case right now).

No insult intended by either of the above. It's just the way things are.


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Which Shensen would be most at home in modern-Day Earth?

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The Doomkitten wrote:
Which Shensen would be most at home in modern-Day Earth?

Of ALL the Shensens I've played... I guess the one from Fallout?

If you're limiting it to the ones that have appeared in print in RPGs, then probably the Golarion one.

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Hey James, bit of a discussion that I'm hoping you can help us settle.

If a character takes the Animal Ally feat, and later takes a level of druid, does the Animal Companion gained from the feat stack with the class even if the chosen animal for the druid doesn't appear on the Animal Ally list?

I've asked around, and on one hand, people cite the FAQ, saying that because they're not compatible, they don't stack and you end up with two animal companions, one of your character level -2 (Animal Ally), and one of your druid level (1 in this case). However, others (including a Venture Captain I posed this question to) said that because the feat specified that the two stack, and since specific trumps general rulings in Pathfinder, they stack without a problem.

I'm hoping you can settle the debate and give us a final answer on the matter.

Thanks!

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What's the craziest or most memorable start/first encounter to an adventure you've played in or run?

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Can a noble use an anchor for a coat of arms or symbol if they're from a land-locked nation without looking weird?

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1. Is a Hellknight allowed to overlook infringement of the law if it doesn't relate to her/his immediate interest? For example a Hellknight of the Chain not breaking off his pursuit of a fugitive to help the locals with a group of Rebels? Is a Hellknight allowed to not immediately punish unlawful action if it falls outside of her/his expertise, perhaps with the justification that it will still be punished but the proper way?

2. Could a thief who has no predilection for sailing still worship Besmara? Would Besmara welcome such worship?

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James Jacobs wrote:

I would reward the PCs for being pro-active, and give them a chance to stop the flood before it happens. Let them get to the dam and confront the ogres and trolls there. If they defeat them AND if they deal with the problems inside the dam, then Black Magga stays in the Storval Deep and they save the region from a flood; grant them XP as if they'd defeated Black Magga even though she never shows up.

If the PCs attempt this and they get in over their head becasue they aren't high-enough level or whatever, have Black Magga smash through the dam during the fight. Have her destruciton kill the ogres and trolls that are about to TPK the PCs but then let them watch as the flood pours down along with Black Magga; in this case they need to fix the dam still but also have to race back to town to save them from the flood and monster.

Yeah, I was leaning towards that being the cooler option. I'm bit at loss about what to do though, since team's martials are capable of one shotting ogres with 30 hp(they are capable of getting over 100 damage per round together) and highest level ogre is apparently Malagus who still would need backup :'D So I'm not sure that adding few dozens ogres and trolls would help much, maybe it will, maybe it won't...

I'm considering adding trolls with class levels (and other lower leveled ogres) from monster codex and have them arrive at battle before Black Magga shows up. It would be cool to have her join the fight, but yeah since that would cause the dam to burst, I can't do that unless I have to. Or should I just do stuff like buffing Malagus? Maybe have ettin join the fight as well against pcs?

BTW, they current plan of retaking Fort Rannick is "burn the barrack, smoke the lizards, etc on multiple course of days and lure them out to take in smaller groups". I'm kinda wondering if Jagrath and Lucrecia would at that point just send all the ogres(and themselves) to PC hunt party since burning the barrack and smoking out shocker lizards already wipe out most of the lower leveled ogres? Any advice on what I should do if they do go out with that plan since Jagrath and Lucrecia aren't stupid?

Or maybe I should have rest of surviving Ogres ambushing players' (and black arrows + Shalelu and Orik. Yeah they hired him for a job) since they don't yet know about the traitor.(they channeled energy giving them chance to hide the tattoo, rolled really well on it so even the player that has +19 to perception didn't notice it before they gave them equipment and they rolled really well on bluff too) Would at least make for fun fight since everyone would have space to move and sorcerer would get chance to fly and fire ball them... Well, for all I know, they chance the mind and decide to go for assassinating leaders after distraction anyway when Black Arrows suggest that.


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Is it possible for a Lawful Neutral separatist cleric of Iomedae to come to the conclusion that since arcane magic could be used to summon demons, that all arcane practioners must either renounce their powers or die to do the following.

1. Continue to receive spells and powers from Iomedae, or perhaps some other lawful god associated with proper causes such as Torag?

2. To found a separatist cult of "witch" (using the figurative term as opposed to the game class construct) burners? Presumably this cult would find itself at odds with the main church, but keeping itself alive by means of sympathetic informers inside.

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GhostwheelX wrote:

Hey James, bit of a discussion that I'm hoping you can help us settle.

If a character takes the Animal Ally feat, and later takes a level of druid, does the Animal Companion gained from the feat stack with the class even if the chosen animal for the druid doesn't appear on the Animal Ally list?

I've asked around, and on one hand, people cite the FAQ, saying that because they're not compatible, they don't stack and you end up with two animal companions, one of your character level -2 (Animal Ally), and one of your druid level (1 in this case). However, others (including a Venture Captain I posed this question to) said that because the feat specified that the two stack, and since specific trumps general rulings in Pathfinder, they stack without a problem.

I'm hoping you can settle the debate and give us a final answer on the matter.

Thanks!

I cannot help you settle this, because I do my best to avoid getting entangled in rules arguments. The CORRECT answer comes from your GM, after all. And if this is indeed a PFS issue, my suggestion is to just not use Animal Ally at all with your character (or frankly, ANY rules element that causes frustration at the table instead of fun) and focus on simpler characters. Save the more unusual and complex builds for home games.

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JoelF847 wrote:
What's the craziest or most memorable start/first encounter to an adventure you've played in or run?

The one where the PCs woke up in a wrecked caravan in the woods with no memories, each bearing a tattoo of a serpent on their bodies, and were immediately attacked by mercenaries trying to bring them to justice, probably. That was act 1 of a 3 act campaign I ran several years ago that more or less transformed into Serpent's Skull's plot. Act 2 of that campaign transformed into Curse of the Crimson Throne. Act 3 is not all that compatible with Golarion, so it's probably going nowhere.

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Archpaladin Zousha wrote:
Can a noble use an anchor for a coat of arms or symbol if they're from a land-locked nation without looking weird?

Probably not, unless said land-locked nation had lots of water stuff. The River Kingdoms are land-locked but theres' lots of call for anchors there, for sure... but still... yes it would probably be weird.

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IDTheftVictim wrote:

1. Is a Hellknight allowed to overlook infringement of the law if it doesn't relate to her/his immediate interest? For example a Hellknight of the Chain not breaking off his pursuit of a fugitive to help the locals with a group of Rebels? Is a Hellknight allowed to not immediately punish unlawful action if it falls outside of her/his expertise, perhaps with the justification that it will still be punished but the proper way?

2. Could a thief who has no predilection for sailing still worship Besmara? Would Besmara welcome such worship?

1) For the most part, no, but it depends on the order's restrictions and the individual Hellknight's personality.

2) Yes and Yes. There's much more to piracy or sea monsters or strife than sailing a ship.

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CorvusMask wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:

I would reward the PCs for being pro-active, and give them a chance to stop the flood before it happens. Let them get to the dam and confront the ogres and trolls there. If they defeat them AND if they deal with the problems inside the dam, then Black Magga stays in the Storval Deep and they save the region from a flood; grant them XP as if they'd defeated Black Magga even though she never shows up.

If the PCs attempt this and they get in over their head becasue they aren't high-enough level or whatever, have Black Magga smash through the dam during the fight. Have her destruciton kill the ogres and trolls that are about to TPK the PCs but then let them watch as the flood pours down along with Black Magga; in this case they need to fix the dam still but also have to race back to town to save them from the flood and monster.

Yeah, I was leaning towards that being the cooler option. I'm bit at loss about what to do though, since team's martials are capable of one shotting ogres with 30 hp(they are capable of getting over 100 damage per round together) and highest level ogre is apparently Malagus who still would need backup :'D So I'm not sure that adding few dozens ogres and trolls would help much, maybe it will, maybe it won't...

I'm considering adding trolls with class levels (and other lower leveled ogres) from monster codex and have them arrive at battle before Black Magga shows up. It would be cool to have her join the fight, but yeah since that would cause the dam to burst, I can't do that unless I have to. Or should I just do stuff like buffing Malagus? Maybe have ettin join the fight as well against pcs?

BTW, they current plan of retaking Fort Rannick is "burn the barrack, smoke the lizards, etc on multiple course of days and lure them out to take in smaller groups". I'm kinda wondering if Jagrath and Lucrecia would at that point just send all the ogres(and themselves) to PC hunt party since burning the barrack and smoking out shocker lizards already wipe out...

Interesting... but this isn't intended to be a two-way long-term discussion thread. Let's keep the posts here to your questions and my answers; thanks! (There may be questions in that post, but I'm semi-rushed for time at the moment and walls of text tend to not be things I can mine for questions at those times...)

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Will Mr. Wertz really get that angry if you feed Abadar to a deity-eating ultragod?

...is it safer not to find out?

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Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:

Is it possible for a Lawful Neutral separatist cleric of Iomedae to come to the conclusion that since arcane magic could be used to summon demons, that all arcane practioners must either renounce their powers or die to do the following.

1. Continue to receive spells and powers from Iomedae, or perhaps some other lawful god associated with proper causes such as Torag?

2. To found a separatist cult of "witch" (using the figurative term as opposed to the game class construct) burners? Presumably this cult would find itself at odds with the main church, but keeping itself alive by means of sympathetic informers inside.

It's possible, yes, but sort of the line of reasoning that an insane person would get obsessed with. It wouldn't be long before such a fanatic would find themselves losing their powers if they let their hatred of arcane spellcasters propel them to commit evil acts. Which hatred tends to do in short order.

1) Yes, unitl the seperatist crosses the line into evil too far. At which point Torag wouldn't touch them at all, and in fact, acting in an evil way when you supposedly worship a good deity is kind of chaotic, so if ANYONE were to start trying to seduce the character with power it'd be a chaotic evil god. Probably Pazuzu, since he's into the corruption element.

2) A cult of "anything" burners would head into evil territory even faster and would cause more harm than good. See the repercussions of the Third Crusade of Mendev for an example.

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Kalindlara wrote:

Will Mr. Wertz really get that angry if you feed Abadar to a deity-eating ultragod?

...is it safer not to find out?

I'm not so much concerned about Vic's reaction to the reaction to all the players who have Abadar worshipers. That type of stunt is the type of thing that "fired" a lot of Forgotten Realms plans when TSR did the Time of Troubles.

If I'm gonna do something like this to Golarion, I'm going to spend a few years dropping hints and doing foreshadowing about the POSSIBILITY of such an event in the future, rather than just springing it out of the blue.


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James Jacobs wrote:
Axial wrote:

1) Does Cheliax have a volunteer army, or a conscript one?

2) Is the average Chelish soldier closer to Lawful Evil, or Lawful Neutral?

3) Could the Chelish army be described as excellent, fearsome, well-trained legions or masses of cannon fodder who die in droves at their Majestrix's every whim?

4) How integrated are devils into the Chelish army?

5) Is the Chelish Citizen's Group a phenomenon just specific to Kintargo, or are their pro-Thrune civillian militias scattered throughout Cheliax?

6) Does the average Chelish citizen have more sympathy for House Thrune, or for the Glorious Reclamation? Or in other words: would the GR face resistance from peasants and commoners, or would they be more likely to get supported by them?

Check out Hell's Rebels, Hell's Vengeance, and the new Cheliax book for more details... but fast answers are as follows...

1) Both.

2) Low ranking members, I suspect there's a fairly even split between lawful neutral and lawful evil. Higher rank you get, the more things skew to evil.

3) They're excellent, fearsome, and well-trained. They use militias for fodder.

4) Sporadically. The devil side of things is more a church side and not state side.

5) Chelish Citizen's Group is a Kintargo only thing, but militias are not. There are militias similar to the CGC in other regions/cities, but they're called other things.

5) Neither. The average Chelish citizen doesn't have too much sympathy for Thrune, but they're afraid of and resent the Glorious Reclamation for stirring things up and making things worse as far as day-to-day living goes. The Glorious Reclamation is unlikely to face resistance from peasants, but they will NOT get much support. Other than what's detailed in the AP.

1) So are Chelish citizens drafted and have to serve a certain amount of time in the army?

3) So are we talking Roman-esque legions and phalanxes?

4) So probably deployed by Asmodean clerics and Devil binders working alongside the army?

5) So the Dottari maintains order in towns and cities, and the Chelish army is the main military...what niche do the militias fill?

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What types of non-fiction do you read for inspiration and cool facts that later crop up in your game design/writing?

Are there any particular websites/news sources at the top of your list (and what are they)?

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Axial wrote:

1) So are Chelish citizens drafted and have to serve a certain amount of time in the army?

3) So are we talking Roman-esque legions and phalanxes?

4) So probably deployed by Asmodean clerics and Devil binders working alongside the army?

5) So the Dottari maintains order in towns and cities, and the Chelish army is the main military...what niche do the militias fill?

1) Not sure off the top of my head. It's probably not official, but if you don't volunteer you get in trouble. Never really considered it, and I'm not sure if we addressed the issue in the Cheliax book.

3) Sort of, yeah.

4) Usually, yes.

5) Militias fill the niche of bolstering the dottari, and in some smaller towns or villages are the only peacekeeping force.

Paizo Employee Creative Director

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JoelF847 wrote:

What types of non-fiction do you read for inspiration and cool facts that later crop up in your game design/writing?

Are there any particular websites/news sources at the top of your list (and what are they)?

I don't read much non-fiction at all, but when I do, its usually about cryptozoology, dinosaurs, biographies of interesting artists/writers, or true crime stuff.

Wikipedia is the top of my list. I use it daily as a starting point (but never as the ONLY point of research).

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Okai, I'll write just the questions without wall of text pondering then:

1) What would you recommend to make players arriving at Dam during ogre/troll fight fun and challenging? Should I have majority of them fight each other and few buffed ones(either from monster codex, templates, mythic ranks, I haven't figured out yet) or should I have them fight large amount of ogres and trolls who are also fighting each other?

(thats of course assuming they are joining the fray instead of watching from afar and deciding to pick off stragglers or doing something more creative)

2) Players are planning to lure out ogres from Fort over course of days after doing initial attack to weakspots(lizards, barracks, etc). Would it'd be good idea to have Jagrath & Lucrecia and rest of ogres hunt them down or ambush them because they haven't discovered the traitor? I feel like they are too smart to just let players kill rest of the ogres by "luring them out" if they strike, burn the barrack and smoke the lizard.

Thats basic of those two. I got new questions not related to campaign at the moment, just something I'm wondering about:

3) So how was Xanesha going to involve Nualia in the whole "collect greedy souls" thing? I mean her thing seem to be Wrath rather than Greed... Would she have had Nualia have goblins do siheidron ritual when they finally raid the town or did she do mistake in thinking she can make Nualia into tool?

4) So would have Aldern actually died to goblins at start of adventure if PCs weren't there? He is rather high level after all. If he would survive and would survive Sandpoint being burned by Nualia + Malfeshnekor's goblin army, would he just become Skinsaw Man in Magnimar instead?

5) So are Runelords sinful with all sins(with focus on their own sin), or just sinful in particular one they embody? Or Are they like "Karzoug is super greedy, somewhat sinful in other ones and not sinful at all regarding sins that are Greed's opposition schools?"

6) How does Karzoug and players survive Mhar's erupting and exploding the mountain anyway? If players can survive it, can any of named npcs at Xin-Shalast or Spire survive?

7) Out of curiosity, what would Karzoug do to servants of other Runelord in other sections of Runeforge? Would he just kill them all or force them to switch sides to him?

Silver Crusade

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James Jacobs wrote:
Kalindlara wrote:

Will Mr. Wertz really get that angry if you feed Abadar to a deity-eating ultragod?

...is it safer not to find out?

I'm not so much concerned about Vic's reaction to the reaction to all the players who have Abadar worshipers. That type of stunt is the type of thing that "fired" a lot of Forgotten Realms plans when TSR did the Time of Troubles.

If I'm gonna do something like this to Golarion, I'm going to spend a few years dropping hints and doing foreshadowing about the POSSIBILITY of such an event in the future, rather than just springing it out of the blue.

*begins scouring over books for portents foreshadowing the Coinhoarder's end*

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