You seem to have overlooked my question. I'll ask again.
The Night Heralds believe that the Dominion of the Black is destined to rule Golarion and want to be regarded as members of the Dominion once this inevitable event comes to pass. Then can I assume that they are not evil? I mean, they think it's impossible to stop the Dominion of the Black and thus they try to protect humanity by becoming members of the Dominion? In other words, can they be considered as the well-intentioned extremists?
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You seem to have overlooked my question. I'll ask again.
The Night Heralds believe that the Dominion of the Black is destined to rule Golarion and want to be regarded as members of the Dominion once this inevitable event comes to pass. Then can I assume that they are not evil? I mean, they think it's impossible to stop the Dominion of the Black and thus they try to protect humanity by becoming members of the Dominion? In other words, can they be considered as the well-intentioned extremists?
Wanting to help a hostile alien force take over a world is evil. They're not trying to protect humanity. They're trying to help the aliens destroy humanity. AKA: They're evil.
I'm sure that once Golarion is conquered by the Dominion of the Black, those who have fought the Dominion will become slaves and guinea pigs. But the Dominion of the Black is more likely than the Elder Mythos to notice and care about helpers and reward them. Then if the Night Heralds succeeded in persuading everyone on Golarion to surrender to the Dominion, would the people on Golarion live peacefully and happily under the just and fair rule of the Dominion?
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I'm sure that once Golarion is conquered by the Dominion of the Black, those who have fought the Dominion will become slaves and guinea pigs. But the Dominion of the Black is more likely than the Elder Mythos to notice and care about helpers and reward them. Then if the Night Heralds succeeded in persuading everyone on Golarion to surrender to the Dominion, would the people on Golarion live peacefully and happily under the just and fair rule of the Dominion?
No. The dominion would not rule anything CLOSE to just and fair. The people of Golarion would be food at best. If they were lucky.
It's not easy to differentiate among demon worshipers, qlippoth worshipers, Dominion worshipers, and Mythos worshipers. They are all chaotic evil and do chaotic and evil things. Can I simply think that, demon worshipers are evil, qlippoth worshipers are crazy, Dominion worshipers are crazier, and Mythos worshipers are the craziest?
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It's not easy to differentiate among demon worshipers, qlippoth worshipers, Dominion worshipers, and Mythos worshipers. They are all chaotic evil and do chaotic and evil things. Can I simply think that, demon worshipers are evil, qlippoth worshipers are crazy, Dominion worshipers are crazier, and Mythos worshipers are the craziest?
If you want; whatever works for you.
The Divinity Drive, which the Dominion has long coveted and would help the Dominion greatly, is on Golarion, and the Dominion even uplifted the ancient Osirians. And we also shouldn't forget about the countdown clocks. Thus can I assume that the Dominion of the Black is very highly interested in Golarion? Are they watching and recording every small detail of Golarion to prepare for the eventual harvest?
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The Divinity Drive, which the Dominion has long coveted and would help the Dominion greatly, is on Golarion, and the Dominion even uplifted the ancient Osirians. And we also shouldn't forget about the countdown clocks. Thus can I assume that the Dominion of the Black is very highly interested in Golarion? Are they watching and recording every small detail of Golarion to prepare for the eventual harvest?
It's unknown and unrevealed how much they're watching Golarion, exactly how interested they are in the planet, and what their future plans are now that we've told the Iron Gods story and Doomsday Dawn stories. I do like the Dominion of the Black a lot, and I suspect we'll be doing more with them in the future, but what those plans are and what those stories might be aren't ready to talk about.
For now, there's still a lot of mystery about the Dominion, and that's good.
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Is there other material (i.e. Rule of Fear, Prince of Wolves or other novels) one should read before reading Wes Schneider's novel Bloodbound for context? I asked Wes himself this on his Tumblr, but he's been kinda quiet over there.
Bloodbound, as with all of our novels, assume that they are potentially the first reader experience with the setting. While books like Rule of Fear would certainly give more context, the novel itself is self-contained enough—each has an extensive glossary at the end to give definitions to Proper Nouns.
Bloodbound itself isn't a sequel to Prince of Wolves, so there's no "must read" element there either.
I'm not sure how powerful a Xenomorph would be according to Pathfinder rules. Do you think a normal goblin warrior can kill a Xenomorph? What about Warchief Ripnugget? Do you think he(and his pet giant gecko Stickfoot) can kill a Xenomorph easily?
The Book of the Damned has the Voice of the Damned. Is there the Voice of the Righteous and the Voice of the Rivals, for the Chronicle of the Righteous and the Concordance of Rivals respectively?
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Thank you. Where in Golarion would the climate be most similar to Chicago's? Like if I wanted to "Golarion-ize" the insult "Go back to Chicago, you ugly, hook-nosed Swede!" to "Go back to _____, you ugly, hook-nosed Ulfen!" what city should I stick in that blank?
I suppose around the north shores of Lake Encarthan. Any of the cities there.
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I'm not sure how powerful a Xenomorph would be according to Pathfinder rules. Do you think a normal goblin warrior can kill a Xenomorph? What about Warchief Ripnugget? Do you think he(and his pet giant gecko Stickfoot) can kill a Xenomorph easily?
A normal goblin warrior wouldn't have a chance. If a single xenomorph can take out an entire crew of space truckers, and seeing as they make significant threats against well armed and well armored space marines, I'd probably say they're easily tough enough to crush Ripnugget as well. If I were to stat them up in Pathfinder, which I won't, I'd probably set them at CR 10 or thereabouts. They seem a bit tougher than vrock demons, in my head.
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The Book of the Damned has the Voice of the Damned. Is there the Voice of the Righteous and the Voice of the Rivals, for the Chronicle of the Righteous and the Concordance of Rivals respectively?
No.
I'm not a big fan of forced symmetry in design. The existence of one thing does not automatically ensure its opposite exists, and the more that type of thing happens, the more predictable and blah and dull the world gets I feel.
At first I thought Xenomorphs are not evil. They seemed more akin to wild animals to me. But then again, it seems that they are intelligent and actively malicious. Thus I think they are lawful evil now(lawful because they obey their queen fervently). And about Predators, I think they are lawful good because, while they are antagonists in the movie, they strictly follow the rules for their hunt. They believe in a fair fight above all else. They only kill armed warriors and never kill unarmed civilians. Thus can I assume that Xenomorphs are lawful evil, and Predators are lawful good?
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At first I thought Xenomorphs are not evil. They seemed more akin to wild animals to me. But then again, it seems that they are intelligent and actively malicious. Thus I think they are lawful evil now(lawful because they obey their queen fervently). And about Predators, I think they are lawful good because, while they are antagonists in the movie, they strictly follow the rules for their hunt. They believe in a fair fight above all else. They only kill armed warriors and never kill unarmed civilians. Thus can I assume that Xenomorphs are lawful evil, and Predators are lawful good?
Categorizing things into alignments is one of the internet's favorite things to do/argue about, and I generally try to avoid getting into those sorts of conversations because they tend to get too argumentative for my tastes. I prefer to let folks decide on their own what alignments xenomorphs, predators, Batman, Superman, James Bond, Jack Bauer, Godzilla, and all the rest are.
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If I were to stat them up in Pathfinder, which I won't, I'd probably set them at CR 10 or thereabouts.
Didn't you stat them up already?
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/aberrations/hive/
Yes, I get that the vin-number has been filed off, but it's obvious what they are.
Thank you. Where in Golarion would the climate be most similar to Chicago's? Like if I wanted to "Golarion-ize" the insult "Go back to Chicago, you ugly, hook-nosed Swede!" to "Go back to _____, you ugly, hook-nosed Ulfen!" what city should I stick in that blank?
Just an FYI, some of us are swedes from Chicago, and we DON'T like people insulting our noses. :-)
Just saying.
James, do you have a favorite city you've visited?
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Also: You have my lasting kudos, gratitude, and admiration for integrating (at least some of) the Mythos of the King into the Golarion setting - what more can we hope to see of it in Pathfinder 2? How about Nightgaunts as a PC-capable race (considering the strong precedent we already see in the likes of Merfolk, Strix, and Astomoi)?
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How much do you intend to develop the stuff in the Continuing the Campaign articles (like Ruthazek the new nascent demon lord) in the future?
Beyond the New Thassilon stuff, I dunno. Any and all of it, potentialy, but it's not just up to me. We'll see what ones the rest of Paizo and Pathfinder readers in general are most interested in exploring in the years to come.
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If I were to stat them up in Pathfinder, which I won't, I'd probably set them at CR 10 or thereabouts.Didn't you stat them up already?
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/aberrations/hive/
Yes, I get that the vin-number has been filed off, but it's obvious what they are.
I was not involved in the design and development of the hive and had no direct (or as far as I know, indirect) influence on them. So no... I didn't stat them up already.
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Dear James Jacobs,
Also: You have my lasting kudos, gratitude, and admiration for integrating (at least some of) the Mythos of the King into the Golarion setting - what more can we hope to see of it in Pathfinder 2? How about Nightgaunts as a PC-capable race (considering the strong precedent we already see in the likes of Merfolk, Strix, and Astomoi)?
Were you gone? :-P
There'll continue to be Lovecraftian elements in Pathfinder. Nightgaunts would make awful PC races, because that robs them of their mystique and fearful natures by humanizing them too much.
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How would one go about playing and/or how plausible is it to play a Pharasmin character (not necessarily a divine mage) who isn't completely intolerant of the undead? A "moralist", if you will, who would never personally create or actively encourage/assist the creation of undead and readily destroys them given the opportunity, but not a "dogmatist" who is utterly intolerant of those who do create or otherwise utilize the undead and wouldn't spare an undead being even if it begged for mercy and wasn't harming anyone?
On a related note, do Pharasmins (or anyone else, for that matter) draw a qualitative distinction between undead created by arcane/divine magic as opposed to those created by alchemy, or perhaps psychic/occult powers?
Of the Runelords, which one was the most obnoxious and difficult to be around, and how were they so difficult?
Xanderghul and Sorshen were peers for the long haul of Thassilon. Did they regard each other differently from their peers, and was their mutual respect for each other? I wouldn’t be shocked to hear that Xanderghul was incapable of showing respect to anyone else.
Was King Xin Mythic? I ask because I don’t think we’ve ever seen what Xin was capable of in his heyday. I remember him putting Xanderghul firmly in his place only to fall for one of Sorshen’s spells, which is impressive on her part. I’m not sure, but I think both Xanderghul and Sorshen were Mythic at this point.
Thanks for your answers to my questions.
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How would one go about playing and/or how plausible is it to play a Pharasmin character (not necessarily a divine mage) who isn't completely intolerant of the undead? A "moralist", if you will, who would never personally create or actively encourage/assist the creation of undead and readily destroys them given the opportunity, but not a "dogmatist" who is utterly intolerant of those who do create or otherwise utilize the undead and wouldn't spare an undead being even if it begged for mercy and wasn't harming anyone?
On a related note, do Pharasmins (or anyone else, for that matter) draw a qualitative distinction between undead created by arcane/divine magic as opposed to those created by alchemy, or perhaps psychic/occult powers?
By talking it over with your GM to make sure that sort of character would work with that GM's view of the world she wants to portray for that campaign, and ensuring that such a role wouldn't cause party strife.
How undead are created is irrelevant to the fact that they're blasphemies against the order of life-death-afterlife.
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Xanderghul and Sorshen were peers for the long haul of Thassilon. Did they regard each other differently from their peers, and was their mutual respect for each other? I wouldn’t be shocked to hear that Xanderghul was incapable of showing respect to anyone else.
Xanderghul, being all about pride, respected only himself.
Sorshen, being all about lust, may have thought Xanderghul looked good in his outfit but there were plenty of fish in that sea and he wasn't the best of them.
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Was King Xin Mythic? I ask because I don’t think we’ve ever seen what Xin was capable of in his heyday. I remember him putting Xanderghul firmly in his place only to fall for one of Sorshen’s spells, which is impressive on her part. I’m not sure, but I think both Xanderghul and Sorshen were Mythic at this point.
Thanks for your answers to my questions.
He was not mythic.
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How would one go about playing and/or how plausible is it to play a Pharasmin character (not necessarily a divine mage) who isn't completely intolerant of the undead? A "moralist", if you will, who would never personally create or actively encourage/assist the creation of undead and readily destroys them given the opportunity, but not a "dogmatist" who is utterly intolerant of those who do create or otherwise utilize the undead and wouldn't spare an undead being even if it begged for mercy and wasn't harming anyone?By talking it over with your GM to make sure that sort of character would work with that GM's view of the world she wants to portray for that campaign, and ensuring that such a role wouldn't cause party strife.
I'm not sure I see how someone being LESS dogmatic than expected would be expected to threaten more strife than being moreso.
What about in Pathfinder Society? How does my question apply there?
Hi James,
On a scale of 1 (least) to 10 (most), how interested would you be in making an adventure path that explores and is centered on Orv's Vaults?
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How would one go about playing and/or how plausible is it to play a Pharasmin character (not necessarily a divine mage) who isn't completely intolerant of the undead? A "moralist", if you will, who would never personally create or actively encourage/assist the creation of undead and readily destroys them given the opportunity, but not a "dogmatist" who is utterly intolerant of those who do create or otherwise utilize the undead and wouldn't spare an undead being even if it begged for mercy and wasn't harming anyone?By talking it over with your GM to make sure that sort of character would work with that GM's view of the world she wants to portray for that campaign, and ensuring that such a role wouldn't cause party strife.
I'm not sure I see how someone being LESS dogmatic than expected would be expected to threaten more strife than being moreso.
What about in Pathfinder Society? How does my question apply there?
You'd have to ask the Pathfinder Society folks... but I'd say don't do it since that's a kind of character concept that feels tailor made to troll other players, to be honest.
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You'd have to ask the Pathfinder Society folks... but I'd say don't do it since that's a kind of character concept that feels tailor made to troll other players, to be honest.I'm not sure I see how someone being LESS dogmatic than expected would be expected to threaten more strife than being moreso.
What about in Pathfinder Society? How does my question apply there?
Moreso than a character who'd be willing to make a lemming-run for the knife-edge of PvP every time another PC tries to cast animate dead, or even command undead or grasping corpse??? I'm sorry, but that makes no sense. Pharasmin doctrine, taken with utter scrupulosity, can be even more disruptive than that of many Demon Lords.
Will there be alignment domains and outsider subdomains in Second Edition? I know it is not completed yet but I really wish to know this, because I hate those domains very much.
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Moreso than a character who'd be willing to make a lemming-run for the knife-edge of PvP every time another PC tries to cast animate dead, or even command undead or grasping corpse??? I'm sorry, but that makes no sense. Pharasmin doctrine, taken with utter scrupulosity, can be even more disruptive than that of many Demon Lords.You'd have to ask the Pathfinder Society folks... but I'd say don't do it since that's a kind of character concept that feels tailor made to troll other players, to be honest.I'm not sure I see how someone being LESS dogmatic than expected would be expected to threaten more strife than being moreso.
What about in Pathfinder Society? How does my question apply there?
I never said it was the only inappropriate character for PFS. There are LOTS of inappropriate characters for PFS. But whatever... I feel like we've covered the topic. Let's move on to a new one.
Where can I see a map of Heidmarch Manor? Magnimar, City of Monuments and Shattered Star didn't have one. The only map I found was that in Seekers of Secrets. Is there no other map? I really wish we would be able to have a whole new map for the manor because the one in Seekers of Secrets looks old. Is Pathfinder Lodge Flip-Mat intended to represent Heidmarch Manor?
Who at Paizo put the most thought into Falcon's Hollow, and Darkmoon Vale in general?