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Adding to 's question, what is the weirdest thing you've ever eaten at a gaming night with your friends? ('Con Food is always weird, so I guess that doesn't count.)
For a while, a friend of mine was doing a tradition of picking up a weird new food item at the Asian market every session. The weirdest thing he brought to the table was something I didn't try—raw pickled duck eggs. No thanks.
Hi James,
two question regarding the Absolom map:
- is the big round thingy in the midlle of the foreign quaters the Irorium?
- I don't think any building in the foreign quaters is big enough to be the Grand Lodge, does that mean it Lodge is not in that quater or did the artist just forgot to draw it, where on the map should the Lodge be?
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Hi James,
two question regarding the Absolom map:
- is the big round thingy in the midlle of the foreign quaters the Irorium?
- I don't think any building in the foreign quaters is big enough to be the Grand Lodge, does that mean it Lodge is not in that quater or did the artist just forgot to draw it, where on the map should the Lodge be?
The Absalom map shows an area that's about 35 times as huge as the map of Korvosa, which was physically four times the size. That means that the "buildings" shown on the Absalom map are not buildings at all, anymore than an overland map shows individual trees in a forest.
In other words, with the possible exception of the central cathedral and one or two castles... none of the shapes on the Absalom map show individual buildings at all. I some day hope to revise/rebuild the Absalom map to be more accurate... but for now, the Absalom map is really only good for showing the basic locations of the various districts. It shouldn't be used at ALL to set actual building shapes.
Do you like me? Or do you just find me annoying?
Can I work with you some day? What would it take for me to get there?
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James, my cart has over $150 of stuff. How do I appease the wife before hitting buy? She is immune to flowers and chocolates. Has resistance to unexpected gifts (she will know something is afoot). I have not been able to get a good result on Knowledge(women) to find her vulnerability...
I would normally resort to a FLGS, but the nearest one is months away. I need help!
Have you ever gone as a T-Rex for Halloween? If not, get some jumping stilts to make you both taller and scarier as you chase down the children to eat (their candy) if you make a T-Rex costume.
EDIT: I just noticed "A complete system covering vehicle combat, including wagons, boats, airships, and more" in the Ultimate Combat description = awesome!
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Halflings of Golarion came out in Feb, Faiths of Purity comes out in April, while Humans of Golarion comes out in June, which means March and May don't have a Player's Companion. Yet June, July and August have books, will there be a Player's Companion in Sept, as that's my birthday???
If not, anything awesome coming out in Sept?
There's plenty awesome coming out in September. We haven't announced anything past August yet, though.
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Do you like me? Or do you just find me annoying?
Can I work with you some day? What would it take for me to get there?
I think you're probably a bit too concerned/focused on the rules side of things. That's good and all... but in my opinion, the rules should ALWAYS be secondary to the game. When rules work best, they're invisible. When they don't work, they should be flexible; the rules won't have their feelings hurt at all if we make ad hoc rulings, after all.
Another thing—passion is great for hobbies... but don't let it run so hot that you lose sight of the fact that it's supposed to be a game. It's supposed to be fun. And that means that sometimes, it's best to leave a pointless argument alone.
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But can't that just lead to a Dread Wraith T-rex, using the template from Green Ronin's Advanced Bestiary?who wins, wraith or t-rex?Alas... the wraith. The T-rex can't hurt him, and the wraith's touch attacks will make short work of him.
Depends on the GM. And depends on how that GM interprets the Advanced Bestiary.
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James, my cart has over $150 of stuff. How do I appease the wife before hitting buy? She is immune to flowers and chocolates. Has resistance to unexpected gifts (she will know something is afoot). I have not been able to get a good result on Knowledge(women) to find her vulnerability...
I would normally resort to a FLGS, but the nearest one is months away. I need help!
Have you ever gone as a T-Rex for Halloween? If not, get some jumping stilts to make you both taller and scarier as you chase down the children to eat (their candy) if you make a T-Rex costume.
EDIT: I just noticed "A complete system covering vehicle combat, including wagons, boats, airships, and more" in the Ultimate Combat description = awesome!
Tell her that it's not REAL money if you buy it on the internet. It's just electrons!
And yes, I have gone as a T-Rex for Halloween. Or, at least, I tried to. It ended up looking more like Shark Man, alas.
Yup; the vehicle combat rules, if they pan out the way I hope they will, will work for most any type of vehicle. From horseback to race cars. You'll just need stats for the vehicles to have at it!
Do you like me? Or do you just find me annoying?
Can I work with you some day? What would it take for me to get there?
You have to do everything I say without question. Now if you reply with a question you have already failed.
Once you take care of that I might consider you for the Wraithstrike Apprenticeship Academy(WAA), and there are no crybabies before anyone tries to make fun of the name.
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Tell her that it's not REAL money if you buy it on the internet. It's just electrons!
Unfortunately, that would work in her favor as well. I get annoyed when she buys from the iTunes store. Plus she buys enough online already...
cool so we'll be able to play charioteers any time soon?We'll see come Gen Con when the book comes out.
YAY! More incentive to attend. My wife wanted to buy new furniture, I wanted Gen Con. I won the argument, but did I really win?
Soon I can see how well the official rules work compared to mine. Why weren't trains mentioned? They are a staple for my steampunk needs...
James
What's the best Message board alias you've come across?
Also as someone who loves the class archetypes, is this something you see as continually evolving or do you think there's a "finite" amount of archetypes in the tank before it gets old (if so are we close/not etc)?
Where can I get the best sushi at PaizoCon?
Btw, I am still waiting for my live scorpions.:)
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Tell her that it's not REAL money if you buy it on the internet. It's just electrons!Unfortunately, that would work in her favor as well. I get annoyed when she buys from the iTunes store. Plus she buys enough online already...
cool so we'll be able to play charioteers any time soon?We'll see come Gen Con when the book comes out.YAY! More incentive to attend. My wife wanted to buy new furniture, I wanted Gen Con. I won the argument, but did I really win?
Soon I can see how well the official rules work compared to mine. Why weren't trains mentioned? They are a staple for my steampunk needs...
Again... the vehicle chase rules will (should!) work with any vehicles.
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James
What's the best Message board alias you've come across?
Also as someone who loves the class archetypes, is this something you see as continually evolving or do you think there's a "finite" amount of archetypes in the tank before it gets old (if so are we close/not etc)?
No one's using it here, but someone somewhere (I forget who and where) used a picture of Donald Sutherland from the end of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" as an avatar. That's pretty dope. Those of you who've seen the movie know the shot I'm talking about.
I absolutely think there's a finite amount of archetypes. Just because they're easier to apply and qualify for and create than prestige classes doesn't mean we'll never hit saturation on them. Where that point is... I'm not sure. But I suspect we'll be pretty close to it by the time we get done with Ultimate Combat.
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Where can I get the best sushi at PaizoCon?
Btw, I am still waiting for my live scorpions.:)
There's a place called "Blue C Sushi" in Bellevue that's pretty good conveyor belt style sushi. As for "made to order" sushi, there's actually quite a few good places in and around Bellevue. Alas, I can't remember any of the restaurant names off the top of my head, since I've been to so many.
I absolutely think there's a finite amount of archetypes. Just because they're easier to apply and qualify for and create than prestige classes doesn't mean we'll never hit saturation on them. Where that point is... I'm not sure. But I suspect we'll be pretty close to it by the time we get done with Ultimate Combat.James
Also as someone who loves the class archetypes, is this something you see as continually evolving or do you think there's a "finite" amount of archetypes in the tank before it gets old (if so are we close/not etc)?
Before that time comes are we likely also to see more "culture specific" archtypes - such as the Aldori Swordlord for Fighters, as I think these Golarian specific archtypes add alot of flavour and uniqueness to "regional" classes; a Shoanti Cinder Witch would be very different from a Shackles Brine Sister (using witches as an example).
I would feel comfortable around my house with some decapitated goblins keeping my feet warm. Would Paizo be interested in making goblin head fuzzy slippers?
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Have you ever bought a Games Workshop product?
If yes, what was it?
If nay, why not?
If maybe, why so vague?
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Before that time comes are we likely also to see more "culture specific" archtypes - such as the Aldori Swordlord for Fighters, as I think these Golarian specific archtypes add alot of flavour and uniqueness to "regional" classes; a Shoanti Cinder Witch would be very different from a Shackles Brine Sister (using witches as an example).I absolutely think there's a finite amount of archetypes. Just because they're easier to apply and qualify for and create than prestige classes doesn't mean we'll never hit saturation on them. Where that point is... I'm not sure. But I suspect we'll be pretty close to it by the time we get done with Ultimate Combat.James
Also as someone who loves the class archetypes, is this something you see as continually evolving or do you think there's a "finite" amount of archetypes in the tank before it gets old (if so are we close/not etc)?
Absolutely. There'll be a lot of them in "Inner Sea Magic," for starters. There'll be more showing up here and there as well.
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Have you ever bought a Games Workshop product?
If yes, what was it?
If nay, why not?
If maybe, why so vague?
Yup. Plenty, but mostly just Call of Cthulhu supplements and copies of White Dwarf that contained Call of Cthulhu stuff. I've bought a few Warhammer things over the years, but not much at all; I'm not really into miniatures gaming that much.
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What can we do to make you less stressed at Paizo-Con?
Linked Question: What can we do to get you to play in more games [or run more games] at Paizocon?
Not much, alas. My dislike of convention isn't really something that can be fixed by attempts to fix it, and paradoxically, attempts to fix it only make me more uncomfortable.
As for getting me to run or play in more games at Paizocon... also not much. I'm already there for the whole time, so apart from convincing us to extend the convention's length, there's not much expansion to my gaming schedule available there.
So if someone were to -- hypothetically of course -- steal the T-Rex from the Walking with Dinosaurs arena show, upload a copy of your GMing, RPG, & (unclassified) Paizo info into it's T-800 brain, would you allow it to take your place at Cons?
What if it was allowed to chew on aggravating players?
If cyber-JacobsRex was busy doing his thing, if you were able to completely disguise yourself as anyone else, and if you could pose as just another con attendee... could you enjoy the Con then?
{asks the hermit slaad who does not like crowds}
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So if someone were to -- hypothetically of course -- steal the T-Rex from the Walking with Dinosaurs arena show, upload a copy of your GMing, RPG, & (unclassified) Paizo info into it's T-800 brain, would you allow it to take your place at Cons?
What if it was allowed to chew on aggravating players?
If cyber-JacobsRex was busy doing his thing, if you were able to completely disguise yourself as anyone else, and if you could pose as just another con attendee... could you enjoy the Con then?
{asks the hermit slaad who does not like crowds}
It's not a matter of being recognized. It's more simply the fact that I'm not a fan of crowds. So being transplanted into a cybernetic dinosaur wouldn't make much of a difference.
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It's not a matter of being recognized. It's more simply the fact that I'm not a fan of crowds.So if someone were to -- hypothetically of course -- steal the T-Rex from the Walking with Dinosaurs arena show, upload a copy of your GMing, RPG, & (unclassified) Paizo info into it's T-800 brain, would you allow it to take your place at Cons?
What if it was allowed to chew on aggravating players?
If cyber-JacobsRex was busy doing his thing, if you were able to completely disguise yourself as anyone else, and if you could pose as just another con attendee... could you enjoy the Con then?
{asks the hermit slaad who does not like crowds}
I think there are drugs for that now....
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If / when Paizo has official rules for Epic play, where'd you like an AP utilizing those rules to be headed? The Abyss? The Hells? Or...?
Unclear. Because part of figuring out post 20th level play would be figuring out what "campaign setting" would support it.
Pretty much the only thing we know about it is that we won't be calling it "epic levels," in fact.
Dear Mr. Jacobs-a-saurus,
Given the phenominal velocity achievable by a panguin's exceptionally aerodynamic body, what method do you think is best suited to launch said panguin (jodi sized, and therefore amiri sized, we speculate) hard enough to serve as a T-Rex sized suppository?
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Dear Mr. Jacobs-a-saurus,
Given the phenominal velocity achievable by a panguin's exceptionally aerodynamic body, what method do you think is best suited to launch said panguin (jodi sized, and therefore amiri sized, we speculate) hard enough to serve as a T-Rex sized suppository?
Assuming you mean "penguins," then I'd first ask if you were talking about the little jerks, the big emperor penguins, or the giant albino ones beyond the Mountains of Madness. Size makes a difference... but catapults should work whatever the size.
Assuming you mean "penguins," then I'd first ask if you were talking about the little jerks, the big emperor penguins, or the giant albino ones beyond the Mountains of Madness. Size makes a difference... but catapults should work whatever the size.Dear Mr. Jacobs-a-saurus,
Given the phenominal velocity achievable by a panguin's exceptionally aerodynamic body, what method do you think is best suited to launch said panguin (jodi sized, and therefore amiri sized, we speculate) hard enough to serve as a T-Rex sized suppository?
Let's go with an emperor panguin. King of all panguins for the king of all dinosaurs, it only seems fair.
Well, I didn't vote for them...Alright then, We'll make Studpuffin roll in vaseline and use him.Puffins aren't penguins.
Also, I already rolled in vaseline.
*puts on a helmet*
Close enough.
*readies the catapult* now we just need that pesky Jacobs-A-Saurus to come back, he said the catapult would be sufficient.
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Well, I didn't vote for them...Alright then, We'll make Studpuffin roll in vaseline and use him.Puffins aren't penguins.
Also, I already rolled in vaseline.
*puts on a helmet*
Close enough.
*readies the catapult* now we just need that pesky Jacobs-A-Saurus to come back, he said the catapult would be sufficient.
Shuh! I don't, like, do catapults. I'm not a penguin. Besides, that's grody.
*leaves*
Well, I didn't vote for them...Alright then, We'll make Studpuffin roll in vaseline and use him.Puffins aren't penguins.
Also, I already rolled in vaseline.
*puts on a helmet*
Close enough.
*readies the catapult* now we just need that pesky Jacobs-A-Saurus to come back, he said the catapult would be sufficient.
Shuh! I don't, like, do catapults. I'm not a penguin. Besides, that's grody.
*leaves*
FINE FINE A CANON.
Premadonna.
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Well, I didn't vote for them...Alright then, We'll make Studpuffin roll in vaseline and use him.Puffins aren't penguins.
Also, I already rolled in vaseline.
*puts on a helmet*
Close enough.
*readies the catapult* now we just need that pesky Jacobs-A-Saurus to come back, he said the catapult would be sufficient.
Shuh! I don't, like, do catapults. I'm not a penguin. Besides, that's grody.
*leaves*
FINE FINE A CANON.
Premadonna.
*Handwalks away, thus having flipped the bird*
;)