To me, Asmodeus's evil feels pretty hard and reprehensible—the misogyny stuff alone, needless to say all the rest. But I guess as with all alignment-based issues, no two folks will ever have quite the same take?He doesn't engage in contracts with mortals often; that's for his underlings to do. He only gets involved in the big important stuff. Which, considering the multitude of worlds on which he's doing his thing (Golarion being but one of countless)... is still probably quite a lot from a mortal perception.
Ahh, I see. I haven't read about the misogyny bits. I'll read more lore!
How do the Osirian gods interact with the Inner Sea deities, if at all?
They don't today really. That pantheon has pretty much moved on to other worlds, and don't really have much of a presence in modern Golarion's faith.
How do the Osirian gods interact with the Inner Sea deities, if at all?
They'll still grant spells to Golarion worshipers though, right? I sure hope so, I play an inquisitor of Osiris in Mummy's Mask :/
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They'll still grant spells to Golarion worshipers though, right? I sure hope so, I play an inquisitor of Osiris in Mummy's Mask :/They don't today really. That pantheon has pretty much moved on to other worlds, and don't really have much of a presence in modern Golarion's faith.
How do the Osirian gods interact with the Inner Sea deities, if at all?
Any deity is capable of granting spells to a cleric on any world, as long as the deity is alive. Thor can grant spells to a deity on Golarion if you want, even though we haven't statted up Thor in print. For that matter, deities from other publishers' games, deities created in fiction, or deities you make up on your own can grant spells to clerics on Golarion. Or anywhere else, for that matter.
The only one who can say otherwise, really, is your GM I guess.
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So, the gods of Golarion don't mind sharing followers, or is this a cosmic thing that they have no choice about?
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So, the gods of Golarion don't mind sharing followers, or is this a cosmic thing that they have no choice about?
Forcing a mortal to worship you is slavery, not faith. The gods don't do that. In fact, this plot point is a key element of Iron Gods, and how a certain wannabe deity gets it all wrong.
Faith is an element of free will, and who you decide to worship isn't up to the gods.
Conversions and missionary work and all that DO still exist, but those are elements driven by worshipers, not the gods.
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Sorry, I didn't mean that at all, but I see what you mean: the Golarion deities aren't going to hold it against other pantheons if a Golarion worshiper freely chooses to worship them instead. Cool.
Why did the Osirion pantheon choose to move on?
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Sorry, I didn't mean that at all, but I see what you mean: the Golarion deities aren't going to hold it against other pantheons if a Golarion worshiper freely chooses to worship them instead. Cool.
Why did the Osirion pantheon choose to move on?
If we haven't said in the context of Mummy's Mask, then we haven't said. I wasn't SUPER involved with building that whole article and element, so I haven't put much thought into it, other than to imagine that they simply fell out of favor with folks on Golarion, who turned to worship of other deities.
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Ahh...I guess this line of questions came from the assumption that they left because they were compelled to by the rising influence of a different pantheon of gods. This is why I falsely assumed a sort of conflict may be there. I had never considered they could've left "jsut cuz", because they can. They are gods, after all :)
Speaking of other pantheons, can you think of areas of Golarion where the Norse or Greek/Roman pantheons may gain traction in line with certain cultures?
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Speaking of other pantheons, can you think of areas of Golarion where the Norse or Greek/Roman pantheons may gain traction in line with certain cultures?
There's certainly a Greek vibe over on Iblydos, but at this point we've got no plans to do much more with that. Maybe some day, but it'll likely be more like how you see us bring in one or two real-world deities to incorporate into a pantheon, as in the case of Lamashtu and the core pantheon.
But we're much more interested in building NEW stories as regards deities. That's more rewarding to me, personally, than aping information that other authors have done better over the centuries. :P
How do you determine what races get a racial language and which do not?
Does Paizo have some master list of languages?
Personal preference, tempered by a general but not binding design philosophy to not make up new languages all the time.
And yes, we have a master list of languages.
Does Paizo plan on sharing this master list by any chance? :P
Doesn't have to be in a book, could be a blog post, or a PDF or just a table on the website.I've been compiling a list of languages on my own, I wouldn't mind having an official list to see how many I missed out.
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How do you determine what races get a racial language and which do not?
Does Paizo have some master list of languages?
Personal preference, tempered by a general but not binding design philosophy to not make up new languages all the time.
And yes, we have a master list of languages.
Does Paizo plan on sharing this master list by any chance? :P
Doesn't have to be in a book, could be a blog post, or a PDF or just a table on the website.I've been compiling a list of languages on my own, I wouldn't mind having an official list to see how many I missed out.
Nope; it's a part of the living document that is our internal style guide/bible/thingy. But it's not like there's "hidden" information in there. The list would be the same as yours, assuming you pulled languages from every product we've published.
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What's your opinion on the Pathfinder Crossover books?
Like the Vampire Hunter D, Worldscape and Niobe books.Will the Worldscape ever be referenced outside the Worldscape comics?
I like them and would love to see more of them, but haven't been involved in any of their creation. Licensing issues and things make referencing this content outside of their current incarnations tricky. Not impossible, but tricky. Don't expect to see it.
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What finally made you guys decide to do Planar Adventures?
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What finally made you guys decide to do Planar Adventures?
We've been planning/hoping to do a Planar Book for a long time. I originally wanted to do the book the year after GameMastery Guide, but we decided instead to specifically NOT just follow along the release pattern Wizards of the Coast followed for 3rd edition D&D.
Furthermore, a planar book simply HAS to include story content. It is by its very nature NOT a world-neutral book, and for many years, the RPG hardcover line was driven by the requirement that these books had to be world-neutral. That's why you see us not call it the Boneyard or Axis or the Maelstrom in the GameMastery Guide; we went for mythological names instead.
Now that we've relaxed the restriction of world content in the hardcover line (as early back as Occult Adventures, but most recently full-on in books like Adventurer's Guide and Book of the Damned and Ultimate Wilderness), that actually lets us do a big hardcover planar book.
Just took forever to get there, but we got there eventually!
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Mr. Jacobs,
If I have stumbled upon a site that illegally distributes Paizo products (I sent you the link in a private message) what am I supposed to do with that information?
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Mr. Jacobs,
If I have stumbled upon a site that illegally distributes Paizo products (I sent you the link in a private message) what am I supposed to do with that information?
An email to customer service is the best solution.
(We do try to fight against these as they pop up, but it's not something I think we'll ever be able to completely stop... which is depressing and frustrating, but it is what it is.)
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Mr. Jacobs,
If I have stumbled upon a site that illegally distributes Paizo products (I sent you the link in a private message) what am I supposed to do with that information?
An email to customer service is the best solution.
(We do try to fight against these as they pop up, but it's not something I think we'll ever be able to completely stop... which is depressing and frustrating, but it is what it is.)
Unless you are already doing so, I will send the link to them.
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I like them and would love to see more of them, but haven't been involved in any of their creation. Licensing issues and things make referencing this content outside of their current incarnations tricky. Not impossible, but tricky. Don't expect to see it.What's your opinion on the Pathfinder Crossover books?
Like the Vampire Hunter D, Worldscape and Niobe books.Will the Worldscape ever be referenced outside the Worldscape comics?
I take it I shouldn't hold my breath for anything new for the Vampire Hunter class either.
What do you feel regarding the Vampire Hunter class from the Vampire Hunter D book? I personally liked it.
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What do you feel regarding the Vampire Hunter class from the Vampire Hunter D book? I personally liked it.
I'm glad folks who like it like it, but I haven't read it and wasn't involved in its creation, so I have no opinion about it other than to say Wes is a great writer so I'm sure it's cool.
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I know Archons are not you favorite outsider grouping to develop, however, I was wondering if there are any plans to complete the cycle and publish a CR 20 Archon somewhere.
Curious how that's like the only outsider race we've done that doesn't have a CR 20 "boss" huh?
In what I am sure is UNRELATED NEWS... Next year's "Planar Adventures" will have a bestiary chapter.
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Speaking of archons, do you even plan on statting up the other archons from 3E? (e.g., warden, sword, tome)
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Speaking of archons, do you even plan on statting up the other archons from 3E? (e.g., warden, sword, tome)
No. They're not open content, for one. And for another, I'm much more interested in doing new things these days rather than continuing to tread through D&D's stuff.
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Having finally gotten off my duff to see Blade Runner 2049...
Wow.
So, with that out of the way...
Your favorite bit of visual beauty it threw the viewer's way?
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James have you seen this? What chance does that Halfling have?
As you were not at Gencon while we were demoing the what turned out to be the very popular Starfinder tables, what PC have you created and we may one day see as an Iconic? Did you think Starfinder will be this well received? Are you writing anything Starfinder related in the near future?
What are the chances the next Pacific Rim will not suck?
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With Planar Adventures coming out later in the year(June), does that mean we might only get two Pathfinder hardcover books next year?
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You mentioned there will be new demi-planes but will Planar Adventures have any new planes and/or dimensions?
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Sorry to keep rambling about the crossover books. I know the characters and story elements are bound by licencing, but how about the RPG elements?
Can we expect to see any of the magic items or archetypes from these Crossover books used in other books?
Very unlikely.
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James have you seen this? What chance does that Halfling have?
As you were not at Gencon while we were demoing the what turned out to be the very popular Starfinder tables, what PC have you created and we may one day see as an Iconic? Did you think Starfinder will be this well received? Are you writing anything Starfinder related in the near future?
What are the chances the next Pacific Rim will not suck?
Please repost one question at a time per post. Thanks!
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Hi James,
1. Is there any more information you could give on the House of Sky in the Five Kings Mountains above tanglebriar? What kind of problems would they be dealing with, especially with Treerazer minions so close by? What kind of class levels would the ruler and his parliament possibly have? Would any of them worship Tanagaar? How would they aid in a fight against Treerazer, especially if a coalition of forces from Kyonin, Galt, and the River Kingdoms were working together to slay the demonboi once and for all.
No more information. Tanglebriar is one of the oldest parts of the setting, in that it was imported from my homebrew, but the Five Kings Mountains was made up fresh for Pathfinder, and I'm not 100% up to speed on how those two have ended up syncing up their stories. But the Treerazer situation is an elf thing, and the dwarves are pretty much not specifically getting into it because he's not yet focusing on the dwarves, so they're likely having a case of "It's not affecting me so we can take our time dealing with it."
A big Treerazer adventure/story is something I want to do some day, and I've a lot of ideas about it, but they're not ready for the public yet.
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3. If Mokravud wanted to bring down a city, how might he do it? Class levels suggestion for him as well?
By corrupting the city's rulers and movers and shakers by granting them twisted wishes, recruiting them to become traitors.
As for class levels... whatever works best for the story.
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4. Thanks for being so nice and answering these questions. I am near the resolution of a two-year campaign, and I am very solidly in the unexplored territory portion of the world, with little resource to guide me. Each tiny sentence that can help explain enemy motives and methodologies is an extreme boon. I found a small write up on Mokravud in Demons Revisited and it has help immensely. So thanks again.
No prob! Hope my answers helped a little... I tend to not want to get into the "help design adventures/campaigns" type discussions here, since I feel that folks tend to ascribe too much weight to my comments, when the BEST solution is to let the GM decide. But also, it's a time-management thing for me... I can't answer a constant stream of campaign design advice. I need to save that energy for my actual job. :P
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If I were to go about stating up Lukarayzyll, any suggested starting point? just general area would be great. I like the idea of a bone-spur covered demon.Also a small follow up
5. Vamollaroth, The Rancorous Wrath is a gargantuan 17 HD advanced hezrou. Does he also have any special abilities? he is described as being able to "vomit prodigious amounts of foul pollution and toxin..."
Are there any more named or special minions in the service of Treerazer unmentioned? If not specific answers, what kind of demons might he have as generals or servants that are called upon for specific tasks?
He does indeed have some special abilities, perhaps not limited to his stanky breath weapon, but until someone actually stats him up, I don't wanna say more, since I want to retain options for him to mesh with whatever story he ends up in.
There are PLENTY of more special and named minions who work for Treerazer. I don't THINK I've put Lukarayzyll into print yet—he's a unique bone-spur covered demon who served Treerazer in my homebrew. Maybe some day.
The easiest way would be to use a barbed devil, advance it to whatever HD works best for your story, and swap out his alignment and traits for demon stuff.
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You mentioned there will be new demi-planes but will Planar Adventures have any new planes and/or dimensions?
I doubt you'd consider them new, since you're pretty familiar with the past decade of our product, but yes, there are a few that we've said very little about before that most folks reading the book will interpret as brand new.
This isn't the place to do ALL NEW planes, since it's intended to be the "ground zero starting point" for folks interested in the Great Beyond.
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Just curious Mister Jacobs, but as you said, "this book (Planar Adventures) is more of a ground zero point" would there be a book coming in the future about planes that aren't know by all?
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Is it a coincidence that "Calistria" is an anagram for "satirical"?
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So since Planar Adventures is the "ground zero starting point" it is safe to assume that the material plane will be covered even though it is the plane we actually exist in?