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More a clarifying question than anything else: Since you don’t have much involvement with Starfinder, I should direct any questions about it to Rob McCreary, correct (except for questions about skittermanders, which go to Crystal, since they were her creation)?
Rob McCreary is the creative director of Starfinder. If you have skittermander-specific questions, he'll know who to send you to after that.
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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?
It's unlikely, since while the Great Beyond is more or less infinite in its scope to contain various planes, it wouldn't be a good idea to start adding entire new significant planes to the setting willy-nilly, any more than it's a good idea to just start bolting new nations onto the Inner Sea region. What you're suggesting is pretty much a campaign setting expansion.
That said, a book that presents more details on demiplanes is a cool idea, similar to how we used Inner Sea Faiths to expand on the contents of the hardcover Inner Sea Gods.
And I can say this as well. At least ONE of those demiplanes is gonna get more coverage in the support articles for Return of the Runelords...
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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?
The Material Plane has a planar stat block that's used as an example on the "How to read the planar stat blocks in the rest of this chapter," but that's it. There's not a specific entry for the Material Plane, because pretty much every other book we publish is already playing that role.
Keep in mind as well that a lot of this content is setting stuff. There's really not a lot to say about the Material Plane without focusing in on locations in the Material Plane, at which point there's an infinite amount of things to say... but those are campaign settings.
AKA: If you want the "Material Plane" chapter from Paizo... we've already published it as "Inner Sea World Guide" and all the other books we do.
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Whatever works best for the story.2. If an Incubus were to take class levels, which would he take? or might he jump straight to prestige class? Any kind of specializations i.e. eldritch archer magus or tattooed sorcerer as examples?
the books sort of list out that succubus will make good assassins or enchanters or that glaberzus will sometimes take levels to increase their prowess in mind magic, and more like cambion and marilith all have descriptions about class levels they would take, but incubus has no described characteristics.
I understand what fits story best, but as a whole, is there a thing they would pick? How do bloodlines work with something that is already abyssal?
That's like asking me "If you were to write a horror story about a nailgun and a disgraced clown, what would the clown look like and why does he use a nailgun to do his thing?" I can't answer that without creating the story, and I don't have time to create stories when answering questions. It's a personal limit that I'm imposing on myself in answering questions on this thread to help me manage time; sorry.
Oh, and please keep your posts here to actual questions; this isn't an appropriate place to reply to my answers or strike up a discussion. I don't expect that, and it clutters what's already a long and often hard to keep up with thread.
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During the shattered star campaign the acquisition of some of the shards grant story XP, but not all of them.
shards of greed, lust, and envy don't award XP for merely picking them up.
Is there a reason for this?
The Story XP awards are in there to balance the combat encounter rewards, but also to ensure the party stays on track for leveling up as the campaign progresses. We don't want to give out too many or too few; they're used to "patch holes" in the progression more than anything else.
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So in Planar Adventures the dimensions are not getting 6 pages like the planes are, correct?
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Since Starfinder is a thing, will this effect the chances of sci-fi, technology, aliens, and the other planets getting any more love in Pathfinder itself?
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I'm not Jason. You're in the wrong thread. Oops!Welcome back Jason :)
Now, please, don't hate me... but really, why you didn't specified a duration for the poisons in the design phase? "Until the weapon strike" means essentially that I can carry dozen of quivers of poisoned arrows, after all, just need to draw them.
Sorry, I was thinking of Bullman, because I was reading an article he wrote. But the question was for you (I never noticed if bullman has asked to close his topic, so my welcome was really for you) :)
If you prefer, I can ask to Jason, but I trust your answers as well :)Sorry for the inconvenience :)
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What sections/parts did you write for in Ultimate Wilderness?
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So in Planar Adventures the dimensions are not getting 6 pages like the planes are, correct?
The idea of a "dimension" is not very well defined in the game. I wish we could call "transitive planes" dimensions instead of transitive planes, frankly, but that ship's probably long-since sailed.
While we do have two demiplanes that include the word "dimension" in them (Dimension of Dreams, Dimension of Time), the word dimension will be treated more or less as flavor, since it's not a game term, really.
If instead you were asking about demiplanes, then no. There's 10 demiplanes in the book that get a page each; the rest will MAYBE get a sentence or just a name drop in the intro to the section. In future products, we'll certainly look at potentially expanding those entries out into longer articles... and in some cases, like Leng, we've done that already.
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Hi James, I really liked Zova's the New Iconics story. What book is Loper's story in? How does the class work? can you give us a hint? Do shifters shift like Metamorphs or like druids using a beast shape like ability?
Loper's story is from my homebrew setting; Ashwood is from my campaign, and Loper is the "big bad guy" of Ashwood there as well. His story in Golarion is pretty much what you've read in Zova's backstory at this point and nothing more.
As for how the class works, I suspect there'll be some more blog stuff about that in the future, and I'd rather let Zova take the spotlight until then.
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Is Loper some kind of undead werewolf?
Will Planar Adventures have any reprints from past articles(APs, campaign setting books, etc.)?
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Is Loper some kind of undead werewolf?
He's a werewolf ghost. Of course, both of those are templates. He has a base creature race and class levels too, but those haven't been decided yet.
(In my homebrew, he's sort of a cross between a werewolf and a wendigo and a ghoul with ties to the cult of Rovagug who adopted the name of a regional deity as his own after a group accidentally corrupted/dishonored their own ancestor's graveyard.)
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How will the celestial planes be covered in Planar Adventures? Specifically, will there be anything for good-aligned folk to do there?
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How will the celestial planes be covered in Planar Adventures? Specifically, will there be anything for good-aligned folk to do there?
The good planes will get the same amount of page space as the rest; all of them have a 6 page entry with a lot of hopefully compelling adventure hooks and stuff.
Whether or not there's anything for good-aligned folk to do there will be a challenge for adventure writers and GMs alike to answer. It's certainly more challenging to set an adventure in a place like Heaven than it is Hell, but it's hardly impossible.
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Is the Loper a vilkacis?
As soon as I saw the ghost werewolf I recognized it from the Carrion Crown AP. Took me a bit to track the critter down, though. (Though with a name like that, it must be mythological... huh, it's the Latvian word for werewolf. Okay then.)
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Is the Loper a vilkacis?
As soon as I saw the ghost werewolf I recognized it from the Carrion Crown AP. Took me a bit to track the critter down, though. (Though with a name like that, it must be mythological... huh, it's the Latvian word for werewolf. Okay then.)
Nope; Loper is something else. He may well have some of them working for him, but he himself is his own thing.
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Hey James welcome back to the boards!
I was just wondering if you had a favorite Queen of the Night, who that might be, and why?
Mahathahahahhhallalalala, although I can never remember how to spell her name. I like the fact that she's not a fallen angel but instead a fallen psychopomp.
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Have you played as a Shifter yet?
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That said, and to actually ask a question: what is the best part of working with Paizo, and why is it "having your character painted by Wayne Reynolds?" :D
That's not the best part of working at Paizo, although it's certainly nice! The best part is working in a creative environment with the smartest and most imaginative and most awesome people.
Do those planar infused/infected type feats from Planar Adventures have a name?
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What do you envision that the ritual to obtain a familiar looks like? 1st Edition D&D had a very simple description of burning incense in a brazier, which is a good start. But...it seems like so much more happens during the process. (Personally, I'm somewhat inspired by Steven Brust's interpretation in Jhereg). What is your take on it?
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James Jacobs , I seek a ruling from you on bardic masterpieces.
Would you let a player in a game you were running, trade out one of the spells added to spells known from the bard archetype Flame Dancer for a bardic masterpiece ? I am asking for a friend 8)
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James Jacobs , I seek a ruling from you on bardic masterpieces.
Would you let a player in a game you were running, trade out one of the spells added to spells known from the bard archetype Flame Dancer for a bardic masterpiece ? I am asking for a friend 8)
You should ask your GM instead. I am hesitant to answer questions like this that are half rules question, half implied "can I do this in my campaign" question. Sorry!
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What do you envision that the ritual to obtain a familiar looks like? 1st Edition D&D had a very simple description of burning incense in a brazier, which is a good start. But...it seems like so much more happens during the process. (Personally, I'm somewhat inspired by Steven Brust's interpretation in Jhereg). What is your take on it?
This has never come up in a game I've played or run, nor has it been a key part of any book I've written or developed, so I've never really thought about it. My take is to go with the 1st edition D&D version OR to swap in any sort of ritual from a movie or book you enjoyed that depicted it.