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A variant of a question I had asked, of the Empyreal lords, who sponsors the most Holy Orders and Knights Militant on Golarion? Are there any renowned Orders of significance.
Bonus question, did you see Mr. Montgomery Burns invoke 'By Lord Cthulhu's briney beak' in the Simpsons tonight?
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1. How would you design a Wild Hunt like enemy or force?
2. I have an idea for an Arctic Redcap, who wears a blood-soaked wool coat that grants the effects of rage. Good idea or bad one?
1) See Bestiary 6 in a few months.
2) Shrug. Redcaps have a real-world mythological history, and there's not a lot to support arctic redcaps that wear wool. Still, the game benefits from having variety. My preference for variety in this case, though, would be to either design a from-the-ground-up arctic themed fey, or to look to Inuit mythology for inspiration about a new fey.
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What are your most recent non-Paizo projects? Any chance that you'll show up on Patreon or something like it?
My most recent non-Paizo thing was a short essay for one of Kobold's collections. The Sandy Petersen Mythos book is my largest non-Paizo thing since Elder Evils for Wizards of the Coast.
I've considered starting up a Patreon, perhaps for some short story fiction or Unspeakable Futures development that could perhaps some day lead to a kickstarter, but haven't started one up yet in part due to being busy with other stuff and in part due to nervousness about the whole thing. Would folks be interested in me doing something like that?
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What are your most recent non-Paizo projects? Any chance that you'll show up on Patreon or something like it?My most recent non-Paizo thing was a short essay for one of Kobold's collections. The Sandy Petersen Mythos book is my largest non-Paizo thing since Elder Evils for Wizards of the Coast.
I've considered starting up a Patreon, perhaps for some short story fiction or Unspeakable Futures development that could perhaps some day lead to a kickstarter, but haven't started one up yet in part due to being busy with other stuff and in part due to nervousness about the whole thing. Would folks be interested in me doing something like that?
Count me in!
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Hello James,
A variant of a question I had asked, of the Empyreal lords, who sponsors the most Holy Orders and Knights Militant on Golarion? Are there any renowned Orders of significance.
Bonus question, did you see Mr. Montgomery Burns invoke 'By Lord Cthulhu's briney beak' in the Simpsons tonight?
Varies widely, but there are plenty of holy orders and knights on Golarion. The Knights of Ozem and the Eagle Knights and the Hellknights are the three that immediately come to mind. None of those three are directly sponsored by Empyreal lords, really. The knights of Ozem are linked to Iomedae and the Empyreal Lords to Andoran and a powerful agathion named Talmindor and the Hellknights to themselves but take inspiration from Hell. Every lawful good deity and demigod, and some neutral good and lawful neutral ones, have paladin orders as well, while most faiths have orders of warpriests and crusader types.
Haven't watched the Simpsons in many years.
Hi James!
I saw you mentioned the freelance work you are doing for Sandy Peterson.
Can you tell us more about it? Is it a product using the Chaosium rules, or a OGL Pathfinder rules? Can you tell us what the product is about?
Thanks in advance!
What are your most recent non-Paizo projects? Any chance that you'll show up on Patreon or something like it?My most recent non-Paizo thing was a short essay for one of Kobold's collections. The Sandy Petersen Mythos book is my largest non-Paizo thing since Elder Evils for Wizards of the Coast.
I've considered starting up a Patreon, perhaps for some short story fiction or Unspeakable Futures development that could perhaps some day lead to a kickstarter, but haven't started one up yet in part due to being busy with other stuff and in part due to nervousness about the whole thing. Would folks be interested in me doing something like that?
Most interested! Your work is quite good.
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Hi James!
I saw you mentioned the freelance work you are doing for Sandy Peterson.
Can you tell us more about it? Is it a product using the Chaosium rules, or a OGL Pathfinder rules? Can you tell us what the product is about?
Thanks in advance!
It's for Sandy's company, Petersen Games—the same company that did Cthulhu Wars. They kickstarted a big Pathfinder Mythos book a while back, and since then, I've been fortunate enough to join the group working on bringing that book to life! It's not a Chaosium book.
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Thank you James.
I guess I was looking for other more unique, Empyreal Lords' sponsored Holy Orders other than those you stated (which are wildly known) as those above are already well defined.
Whats your cartoon fix then these days?
Ah, well, I don't create new content on this page. When and if we do more with new Empyreal Lord holy orders, we'll do so in a book in print.
I don't really have a regular cartoon fix. Archer, I guess, when it has a season going, and Venture Brothers, with periodic binges on entire Family Guy seasons when they're complete, but that's pretty much it.
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Count me in!What are your most recent non-Paizo projects? Any chance that you'll show up on Patreon or something like it?My most recent non-Paizo thing was a short essay for one of Kobold's collections. The Sandy Petersen Mythos book is my largest non-Paizo thing since Elder Evils for Wizards of the Coast.
I've considered starting up a Patreon, perhaps for some short story fiction or Unspeakable Futures development that could perhaps some day lead to a kickstarter, but haven't started one up yet in part due to being busy with other stuff and in part due to nervousness about the whole thing. Would folks be interested in me doing something like that?
I don't know much about H.P. Lovecraft and Cthulhu, and the only thing I know about these is via the lens of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting, which occupies the first place in terms of hobby dollars and free time priorities (i.e. the hours in the week leftover after all the pesky real world duties have been performed).
With that said, I'll read it if it's part of Golarion, and I've been hoping for something from you in the Pathfinder Tales line for a long time now...
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What are your most recent non-Paizo projects? Any chance that you'll show up on Patreon or something like it?My most recent non-Paizo thing was a short essay for one of Kobold's collections. The Sandy Petersen Mythos book is my largest non-Paizo thing since Elder Evils for Wizards of the Coast.
I've considered starting up a Patreon, perhaps for some short story fiction or Unspeakable Futures development that could perhaps some day lead to a kickstarter, but haven't started one up yet in part due to being busy with other stuff and in part due to nervousness about the whole thing. Would folks be interested in me doing something like that?
Yeah, you can count me in for $01 o $15 bucks/ month. Maybe even $20 depending on what kind of content would be offered. I'm VERY interested in Unspeakable Futures :)
I'm having a little trouble grasping the concept of "orders" in Golarion. Orders of knighthood, military orders, religious orders. Maybe there's other kinds. They seem somewhat akin to medieval European (military, mostly) orders, but also ... different somehow. I sometimes get a sense that somewhere along the way (not necessarily just in Pathfinder, maybe it dates back to some version of 'that other game') somebody just thought "hey, the Knights Templar were pretty cool, let's throw something like that in here". There was a background history that led to the European orders, though, including the existence and historical development of "knights" in the first place, and I'm not sure if there was such a history in Golarion. Is there any such background postulated, maybe in a "developer's guide" somewhere, or have things just pretty much evolved from "let's have an order of knighthood" without such considerations?
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James,
I) Is there a quasi-deity group for celestials?
II) Do you think that a Peace deity in a RPG can work or would it be too problematic to build characters that worship said deity?
I) Probably, but we haven't done much with that category at all and no plans to do so anytime soon.
II) I don't think it'd be problematic at all.
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They kickstarted a big Pathfinder Mythos book a while back, and since then, I've been fortunate enough to join the group working on bringing that book to life! It's not a Chaosium book.Is it set in Golarion? can you provide a link for this? thanks!
It's not a Paizo book, and so it has nothing to do with Golarion.
1. Does Andoran have anything resembling the right to religion? As in, its citizens have the right to worship any gods they like even if their Evil like Rovagug, Asmodeus, etc? The sourcebooks don't really cover this.
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I'm having a little trouble grasping the concept of "orders" in Golarion. Orders of knighthood, military orders, religious orders. Maybe there's other kinds. They seem somewhat akin to medieval European (military, mostly) orders, but also ... different somehow. I sometimes get a sense that somewhere along the way (not necessarily just in Pathfinder, maybe it dates back to some version of 'that other game') somebody just thought "hey, the Knights Templar were pretty cool, let's throw something like that in here". There was a background history that led to the European orders, though, including the existence and historical development of "knights" in the first place, and I'm not sure if there was such a history in Golarion. Is there any such background postulated, maybe in a "developer's guide" somewhere, or have things just pretty much evolved from "let's have an order of knighthood" without such considerations?
"Order" means one of two things in the game. It could mean the mechanical rules element for a cavalier, or it could be a generic word as used in the English language to denote a group in world. In that context, we mix and match that word with things like faction, religion, group, society, organization, and more as a synonym with no rules baggage attached to it. There isn't a centralized set of design guides or anything like that. We've done a LOT of work on all sorts of these things though in our products. Sometimes in articles in Pathfinder Adventure Path. Sometimes as Player Companions. Sometimes in the Campaign Setting Line. The upcoming Adventurer's Guide focuses on lots of these groups/guilds/orders/whatever, but mostly in the context of player options they offer.
There is no "developer's guide" out there, and if there were, it would be for developers, not the public.
When we want a group of knights, we just start building them. The Hellknights are the ones we've done the most work on. Check out "Path of the Hellknight" for the most detailed info for them.
But as for a "concept" that you're looking for? Doesn't exist.
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1. Does Andoran have anything resembling the right to religion? As in, its citizens have the right to worship any gods they like even if their Evil like Rovagug, Asmodeus, etc? The sourcebooks don't really cover this.
Andoran is all about freedom, and that includes the freedom to worship who you will. When that worship threatens freedom or peace, it's not tolerated. Pretty much means that if you want to worship an evil religion in Andoran you have to be sneaky about it.
I've considered starting up a Patreon, perhaps for some short story fiction or Unspeakable Futures development that could perhaps some day lead to a kickstarter, but haven't started one up yet in part due to being busy with other stuff and in part due to nervousness about the whole thing. Would folks be interested in me doing something like that?
I've been slightly nervous about supporting people via patreon. However, Unspeakable futures development and other creative output would be good to see. Also your thoughts on "theory" would be very interesting. I'd be very interested in supporting it if your patreon project included the occasional "musings" about game design/world creation/the RPG industry/etcetera. (Generic thoughts, rather than Golarion/Paizo related stuff).
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What are your most recent non-Paizo projects? Any chance that you'll show up on Patreon or something like it?My most recent non-Paizo thing was a short essay for one of Kobold's collections. The Sandy Petersen Mythos book is my largest non-Paizo thing since Elder Evils for Wizards of the Coast.
I've considered starting up a Patreon, perhaps for some short story fiction or Unspeakable Futures development that could perhaps some day lead to a kickstarter, but haven't started one up yet in part due to being busy with other stuff and in part due to nervousness about the whole thing. Would folks be interested in me doing something like that?
I'm all in for Unspealable Futures.
There is no "developer's guide" out there, and if there were, it would be for developers, not the public.
When we want a group of knights, we just start building them.
I did not suggest that a developer's guide, if it existed, should be made public. I simply asked if a background for "orders" or "knighthood" existed.
That second paragraph is pretty much what I expected. I'll re-read "Path of the Hellknight", thanks for that reference.
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What CR-range would Outsider "lords" of the following types be?
Rakshasa Immortals
Oni Daimyos
Asura Ranas
Kyton Demagogues
Sakhil Tormentors
Unique Divs besides Ahriman? If those exist?
Manasaputra Kumatras
Psychopomp Ushers
Protean Lords
Primal Inevitables
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Hey James!
1. Elder Gods, do they exist in Golarion?
2. Sidthe, any chance of them becoming a race?
3. I had a character come in from Greyhawk, where he worshiped Kelanen, who would be the Golarion equiv? (He is LN, but a fighter)
4. New campaign, we are in a backwoods forest region of Golarion (dont exactly know where, yet). My PC got sorta picked to be the cleric, and of the domains the DM said were available to him, I choose Animal and Healing. Any Good aligned Golarion demi-deities or such match these?
What exactly are spell componants? (somatic, verbal, etc)
Personally, I like thinking of them as focus aids to help keep the magic on track (just like counting on fingers is easier than without, and how people will mumble their count), but other ideas have been presented, some don't make sense.
For example, somatic componants have been described as doing sign language, but this doesn't make sense as it implies magic can only be cast by 5 fingered people. Of course, if that sign language was actually created to aid spellcasting, rather than being a requirement of, than that makes more sense, but it also means that those without human style hands can have their own version that works equally well, but this also means that a human could design an alternative to make it harder for others to idenify their spells.
So how do you see the componants?
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What CR-range would Outsider "lords" of the following types be?
Rakshasa Immortals
Oni Daimyos
Asura Ranas
Kyton Demagogues
Sakhil Tormentors
Unique Divs besides Ahriman? If those exist?
Manasaputra Kumatras
Psychopomp Ushers
Protean Lords
Primal Inevitables
Haven't really decided for any of those yet.
Haven't really decided for any of those yet.What CR-range would Outsider "lords" of the following types be?
Rakshasa Immortals
Oni Daimyos
Asura Ranas
Kyton Demagogues
Sakhil Tormentors
Unique Divs besides Ahriman? If those exist?
Manasaputra Kumatras
Psychopomp Ushers
Protean Lords
Primal Inevitables
Do you think this question was a subtle trick to get you to indirectly confirm none of these will appear in Bestiary 6?
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Hey James!
1. Elder Gods, do they exist in Golarion?
2. Sidthe, any chance of them becoming a race?
3. I had a character come in from Greyhawk, where he worshiped Kelanen, who would be the Golarion equiv? (He is LN, but a fighter)
4. New campaign, we are in a backwoods forest region of Golarion (dont exactly know where, yet). My PC got sorta picked to be the cleric, and of the domains the DM said were available to him, I choose Animal and Healing. Any Good aligned Golarion demi-deities or such match these?
1) Not as a category that is identified as "Elder Gods." In a way, every deity that isn't an Outer God is an Elder God, though, so if you want to have the Elder Gods in your game, then just use that phrase to indicate "Deity level powers that exclude the Outer Gods."
2) Since I have no idea what your'e talking about when you say "Sidthe," I'll say "Very Unlikely."
3) There's not really an obvious example. Gorum would be a not bad choice for the swordplay element, but he'd be a terrible choice for a lawful neutral character. Iomedae might work well, since she's about swordfighting. Kurgess might also be a good choice; he's about bravery,competition, and sport, so you COULD have him include swordfighting in a competition sort of way. Frankly, the best solution would be to have him continue to worship Kelanen. We can't use him in print because he's copyrighted material, but deities can reach worshipers anywhere in the universe and the amount of worshipers they have on a world doesn't really impact much in their power, so feel free to keep worshiping Kelanen with the character. THAT would be my preference if I were in your shoes or if I were your GM.
4) That doesn't mesh with how I run things. A GM should tell you what gods are available to choose from, not what domains. That feels like the GM isn't really invested in the deities or the faiths of the world, which if I were playing a cleric, would frustrate me. None of the core deities of the setting grant those two domains. In fact, very few deities grant that combo; a glance through the deity tables in Inner Sea Gods confirms it. There are none.
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What exactly are spell componants? (somatic, verbal, etc)
Personally, I like thinking of them as focus aids to help keep the magic on track (just like counting on fingers is easier than without, and how people will mumble their count), but other ideas have been presented, some don't make sense.
For example, somatic componants have been described as doing sign language, but this doesn't make sense as it implies magic can only be cast by 5 fingered people. Of course, if that sign language was actually created to aid spellcasting, rather than being a requirement of, than that makes more sense, but it also means that those without human style hands can have their own version that works equally well, but this also means that a human could design an alternative to make it harder for others to idenify their spells.
So how do you see the componants?
This is all described in the Core Rulebook on page 213 under the section titled "Components."
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Do you think this question was a subtle trick to get you to indirectly confirm none of these will appear in Bestiary 6?Haven't really decided for any of those yet.What CR-range would Outsider "lords" of the following types be?
Rakshasa Immortals
Oni Daimyos
Asura Ranas
Kyton Demagogues
Sakhil Tormentors
Unique Divs besides Ahriman? If those exist?
Manasaputra Kumatras
Psychopomp Ushers
Protean Lords
Primal Inevitables
I do now. Every day, the internet teaches me that I should trust it less.
We've seen from several responses on this very thread that elves in Golarion sleep. It made a certain sense for elves to be immune to magical sleep when they themselves did not sleep at all, but clearly that isn't the case in Golarion. I was curious what the lore explanation is for why Golarion's elves are immune to magical sleep.
1) Not as a category that is identified as "Elder Gods." In a way, every deity that isn't an Outer God is an Elder God, though, so if you want to have the Elder Gods in your game, then just use that phrase to indicate "Deity level powers that exclude the Outer Gods."
2) Since I have no idea what your'e talking about when you say "Sidthe," I'll say "Very Unlikely."
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1. What I more meant was if Nodens or any of those will show up as deities that are worshiped. Domains, the whole bit. Obviously they arent commonly worshipped....
2. Tuatha Dé Danann, aes sídhe, daoine sídhe: a type of Irish/Celtic "elf".
3. That is a great answer, thanks!
4. I agree, but I was hopeful there was some minor deity that matched. Oh well. thanks.
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...4. New campaign, we are in a backwoods forest region of Golarion (dont exactly know where, yet). My PC got sorta picked to be the cleric, and of the domains the DM said were available to him, I choose Animal and Healing. Any Good aligned Golarion demi-deities or such match these?...4) That doesn't mesh with how I run things. A GM should tell you what gods are available to choose from, not what domains. That feels like the GM isn't really invested in the deities or the faiths of the world, which if I were playing a cleric, would frustrate me. None of the core deities of the setting grant those two domains. In fact, very few deities grant that combo; a glance through the deity tables in Inner Sea Gods confirms it. There are none.
He's not a current deity in Golarion any longer, but, given that Curchanus was a god who reigned over beasts, travel, and endurance, is it possible that he embodied the Animal and Healing domains (in addition to Travel) prior to his demise at the hands of Lamashtu? The myths and legends of Curchanus seem to imply that humanity had a stronger bond with animals before Lamashtu's theft of his dominion over beasts, and they only saw mankind with suspicion and mistrust afterward. So, perhaps in a caretaker role during Curchanus's hey-day, his followers could access the Healing domain to look after one another as well as the animals in their care?
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When did you decide to transition the Erinyes Queens current moniker to Queens of the Night?
Thankies, btw ^w^
Months ago. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time, but it got pushed to the forefront again when we put them on the deity tables in Inner Sea Gods. That book went to print too soon to do the change, but going forward, myself and pretty much everyone else here have been eager to fix it ASAP. I believe Adventurer's Guide is gonna be the first point where we mention them in print again in this context.
And semi-clear credit where credit is due... it was Amanda and/or Wes who came up with the "Queens of the Night" name for them. (As with a lot of the things we create here, it can get tricky keeping track of who came up with what after the fact.)
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We've seen from several responses on this very thread that elves in Golarion sleep. It made a certain sense for elves to be immune to magical sleep when they themselves did not sleep at all, but clearly that isn't the case in Golarion. I was curious what the lore explanation is for why Golarion's elves are immune to magical sleep.
Elves have always slept in Golarion; that's the assumption for all living creatures, and when it's not the case, we'll say in print. (That's why you see beds on maps of elven buildings, for one thing.) We don't have an official lore reason for this yet as far as I know, but my preference is that elves are simply more in tune with their subconscious minds and can control when they do or don't sleep more easily than most other races.
The notion that elves don't sleep but instead "trance" or whatever is 100% Forgotten Realms/D&D, and as such is non-open content intellectual property of Wizards of the Coast. But since D&D is such a powerful flavor in the industry, often when that game introduces a flavor element, it's easy for gamers to assume that is the way it works across all gaming.
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1) Not as a category that is identified as "Elder Gods." In a way, every deity that isn't an Outer God is an Elder God, though, so if you want to have the Elder Gods in your game, then just use that phrase to indicate "Deity level powers that exclude the Outer Gods."
2) Since I have no idea what your'e talking about when you say "Sidthe," I'll say "Very Unlikely."
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1. What I more meant was if Nodens or any of those will show up as deities that are worshiped. Domains, the whole bit. Obviously they arent commonly worshipped....
2. Tuatha Dé Danann, aes sídhe, daoine sídhe: a type of Irish/Celtic "elf".
3. That is a great answer, thanks!
4. I agree, but I was hopeful there was some minor deity that matched. Oh well. thanks.
1) Nodens is a deity from real-world mythology/religion; he wasn't someone Lovecraft made up, and as such he's always felt outside of the actual "Lovecraft mythos" to me. He certainly behaves differently than most of his other deities, and as such, it was something of a no-brainer to omit Nodens from what we use of Lovecraft's writings in print. Not everything he wrote is appropriate for everything, in other words. Beyond Nodens, I'm pretty sure NONE of the other creatures that we gamers quantify as "Elder Gods" as far as Lovecraft is concerned were created by him—that element is mostly apocryphal and was added into the game by other authors like August Derleth and Brian Lumley... writers whose works are not yet in the public domain anyway. So... no, no plans to include Nodens or the rest anytime soon. If you want a deity to fill the role of "anti-Outer God alien deity who is friendly to humans" then go with Desna. She's all about that.
2) No. We've got elves already. We might look to using the word for a name for a monster at some point in the future, but there's no particular plans to do so now.
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He's not a current deity in Golarion any longer, but, given that Curchanus was a god who reigned over beasts, travel, and endurance, is it possible that he embodied the Animal and Healing domains (in addition to Travel) prior to his demise at the hands of Lamashtu? The myths and legends of Curchanus seem to imply that humanity had a stronger bond with animals before Lamashtu's theft of his dominion over beasts, and they only saw mankind with suspicion and mistrust afterward. So, perhaps in a caretaker role during Curchanus's hey-day, his followers could access the Healing domain to look after one another as well as the animals in their care?...4. New campaign, we are in a backwoods forest region of Golarion (dont exactly know where, yet). My PC got sorta picked to be the cleric, and of the domains the DM said were available to him, I choose Animal and Healing. Any Good aligned Golarion demi-deities or such match these?...4) That doesn't mesh with how I run things. A GM should tell you what gods are available to choose from, not what domains. That feels like the GM isn't really invested in the deities or the faiths of the world, which if I were playing a cleric, would frustrate me. None of the core deities of the setting grant those two domains. In fact, very few deities grant that combo; a glance through the deity tables in Inner Sea Gods confirms it. There are none.
Nah. Plus, he's dead anyway. So even if... it wouldn't help.
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2) No. We've got elves already. We might look to using the word for a name for a monster at some point in the future, but there's no particular plans to do so now.2. Tuatha Dé Danann, aes sídhe, daoine sídhe: a type of Irish/Celtic "elf".
We did. :-)
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We did. :-)2) No. We've got elves already. We might look to using the word for a name for a monster at some point in the future, but there's no particular plans to do so now.2. Tuatha Dé Danann, aes sídhe, daoine sídhe: a type of Irish/Celtic "elf".
Oh yeah! That's right! Thanks!
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When did you decide to transition the Erinyes Queens current moniker to Queens of the Night?
Thankies, btw ^w^
Months ago. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time, but it got pushed to the forefront again when we put them on the deity tables in Inner Sea Gods. That book went to print too soon to do the change, but going forward, myself and pretty much everyone else here have been eager to fix it ASAP. I believe Adventurer's Guide is gonna be the first point where we mention them in print again in this context.
And semi-clear credit where credit is due... it was Amanda and/or Wes who came up with the "Queens of the Night" name for them. (As with a lot of the things we create here, it can get tricky keeping track of who came up with what after the fact.)
Okies, Thankies :3
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Elves have always slept in Golarion; that's the assumption for all living creatures, and when it's not the case, we'll say in print. (That's why you see beds on maps of elven buildings, for one thing.) We don't have an official lore reason for this yet as far as I know, but my preference is that elves are simply more in tune with their subconscious minds and can control when they do or don't sleep more easily than most other races.
The notion that elves don't sleep but instead "trance" or whatever is 100% Forgotten Realms/D&D, and as such is non-open content intellectual property of Wizards of the Coast. But since D&D is such a powerful flavor in the industry, often when that game introduces a flavor element, it's easy for gamers to assume that is the way it works across all gaming.
It is interesting to note that Pathfinder RPG rules allow for the swapping of "Elven Immunities" for another ability (including but not limited to Blightborn, Dreamspeaker (which mentions prescient reverie, by the way: they lose immunity to sleep but can use dream 1/day and add +1 to DC of their own sleep spells), Elemental Resistance, Lightbringer, Memories Beyond Death, Perfect and Slender).
Therefore, sleep immunity in Pathfinder may no longer be the 'norm' in some parts of Golarion, depending on elven bloodlines and affinities.
If you had to take a guess, in which parts of Golarion would you place elves that are 90%+ immune to sleep?
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It is interesting to note that Pathfinder RPG rules allow for the swapping of "Elven Immunities" for another ability (including but not limited to Blightborn, Dreamspeaker (which mentions prescient reverie, by the way: they lose immunity to sleep but can use dream 1/day and add +1 to DC of their own sleep spells), Elemental Resistance, Lightbringer, Memories Beyond Death, Perfect and Slender).
Therefore, sleep immunity in Pathfinder may no longer be the 'norm' in some parts of Golarion, depending on elven bloodlines and affinities.
If you had to take a guess, in which parts of Golarion would you place elves that are 90%+ immune to sleep?
It's still the norm. The whole "swapping racial abilities" is pretty much a PC only thing. We almost never use those options when making NPCs.
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Could an elf's sleep immunity be related to their interplanetary origins, whence alternative day hours occurred and thus sleep magic is not able to key in properly due to their ancestors' different sleep cycles / pineal gland's melatonin production?
Nah... that'd just mean they're on a different day/night cycle, and would open up all sorts of complications about tracking different day/night cycles for creatures from other planets, which as annoying as that would be for Pathfinder, would be a cluttering of obnoxiousness to an epic degree for Starfinder.
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James,
As I've said previously, Inner Sea Gods and Inner Sea Faiths are two of my all time favorite gaming books, period.
I'd like to add Paths of the Righteous to the list as well. What a fantastic book that's filled with awesome PrC after awesome PrC and *tons* of character inspiration!
Since I know you said you had a fair amount to do with that book, allow me to thank you once again for such an amazing edition to my list of favorites.
If there any future, similar books, what are the chances you'll be involved? Hopefully beyond a distant approval or the like.
Sir James, after finally playing Mummy Masck, I have come into contact with the Osirian gods. These are gods that Golarion shares with Earth, as well as the Elder Mythos. I'm not sure if this question has ever been made, and if it did, I'm sorry for that, but...
1) Has the idea of implementing other "Earth Pantheons" (such as the Greek gods or those from Hinduism) into Pathfinder ever occurred?
2) If not, is there some conflict with lore that prevents this from happening?
3) If you could ever implement one of these pantheons, which would you prefer?