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Dear James Jacobs,
When you say 'winter' do you mean Pacific Northwest IE Seattle winters or Minnesota winters?
I've never been to Minnesota, so why would I mean Minnesota winters?
When I say "winter" I mean "winters as I've experienced them in my life living in northern California and the Pacific Northwest." Lots of rain, some wind, overcast skies, not a lot of snow at all on average, fog and wind. Cool but not freezing temperatures.
West coast/Pacific Northwest winters are one of the many reasons I've lived here all my life and have never been all that interested in moving elsewhere.
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So if Crazy Ghost Xin successfully wakens his clockwork army and starts conquering Varisia(and the world!), does he plan to rule those areas or is he mad enough that clockwork contructs basically pull "Let's destroy all meatbags!" thing?
That's not a canonical ending we expect to happen, and as such it's pretty much 100% in the hands of the GM to decide.
If this happened at my table as a result of a TPK from Shattered Star, I'd either ignore the results for future games I run or I would set up the very next campaign to be one where the PCs fight against a growing clockwork army as they try to undo the failures of the prior group.
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So Harrow deck of many things in Crimson Throne hardcover, what is difference between The Twin card's duplicate and The Waxwork's cards duplicate? I mean The Twin card creates one opposite alignment duplicate that shows up to work with Ileosa, Waxwork creates 1d6 opposite alignment duplicates around radius of mile where at least one of them will show up to work with Ileosa. So like, is The Twin duplicate only one that comes with copy of PC gear while Waxwork duplicates don't come with any equipment, or is the only difference that you can potentially intercept duplicates from Waxwork before they help Ileosa?
How would you roleplay a PC with low Int and Wis (8 and 9 respectively), but with a 16 Cha?
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So Harrow deck of many things in Crimson Throne hardcover, what is difference between The Twin card's duplicate and The Waxwork's cards duplicate? I mean The Twin card creates one opposite alignment duplicate that shows up to work with Ileosa, Waxwork creates 1d6 opposite alignment duplicates around radius of mile where at least one of them will show up to work with Ileosa. So like, is The Twin duplicate only one that comes with copy of PC gear while Waxwork duplicates don't come with any equipment, or is the only difference that you can potentially intercept duplicates from Waxwork before they help Ileosa?
The twin duplicate manifests like a mirror of opposition and is thus fully outfitted with magical duplicates of the PC's gear. The waxworks duplicates do not come with gear, but there's more of them, and they don't all automatically side with Ileosa.
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How would you roleplay a PC with low Int and Wis (8 and 9 respectively), but with a 16 Cha?
As a vapid airhead, maybe? A talented actor/actress or singer or musician who's great at performance or art but isn't really that smart or observant, and doesn't pick up on social cues (due to the low Sense Motive). Or as a very likable and well-meaning figurehead type leader who relies upon advisors to make the hard decisions.
If good or neutral, they'd be friendly but kinda goofy and/or dumb or impulsive; a loyal friend who's always making bad decisions.
If evil, as a self-centered egotist who lashes out with style whenever plans fall apart, and who does their best to take credit for others' decisions while making awful ones of their own that they can still convince their followers and admirers are the right ones.
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That last description sounds somewhat familiar.
I was wondering why Lamashtu didn't make a bigger push to block Nocticula's ascension (or did she and it was just too late)?
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I was wondering why Lamashtu didn't make a bigger push to block Nocticula's ascension (or did she and it was just too late)?
It's not really something she's concerned about, especially since Nocticula has never really directly opposed Lamashtu. I suspect if it were Pazuzu doing this, Lamashtu would have had something to say. But in Nocticula's case... Lamashtu isn't all about being a micromanager and tyrant who demands obedience of her lessers. That's Asmodeus's (Lawful Evil) thing. And in fact, the chaos caused by Nocticula's ascension is probably a desirable thing in Lamashtu's three eyes.
Have you met Ningauble Of The Seven Eyes and Sheelba Of The Eyeless Face? If not, you should look them up. :-)
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Have you met Ningauble Of The Seven Eyes and Sheelba Of The Eyeless Face? If not, you should look them up. :-)
I've known about them since I first learned about them in the early 80s from Deities & Demigods, and have since read all of the Fafhrd/Mouser stories. So, yup. I've met them.
Have you seen Alita Battle Angel? If so what did you think?
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Have you seen Alita Battle Angel? If so what did you think?
I had a ticket to see it last weekend but had to cancel due to the snowpocalypse. I'm going to try to see it tomorrow or Sunday now, but they're predicting more snow for the weekend. So ... we'll see.
Dear James Jacobs,
When you say 'winter' do you mean Pacific Northwest IE Seattle winters or Minnesota winters?
I've never been to Minnesota, so why would I mean Minnesota winters?
I apologize in advance for using quotes, Mister Jacobs. But I wanted to ask you...are you not from Minnesota? Or am I confusing you with James Lowder?
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I apologize in advance for using quotes, Mister Jacobs. But I wanted to ask you...are you not from Minnesota? Or am I confusing you with James Lowder?Dear James Jacobs,
When you say 'winter' do you mean Pacific Northwest IE Seattle winters or Minnesota winters?
I've never been to Minnesota, so why would I mean Minnesota winters?
You must be. I'm from Point Arena, California. I've only been to Minnesota once, during a layover on a plane trip from Seattle to Indianapolis one Gen Con many years ago, and as such never got outside even and was only in state for about an hour.
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Is there any remarkable relationship between Qlippoth and the Elder Mythos? Did one spawn the other, do they share a common ancestry? Both seem to predate material plane life and probably the pantheon of gods. Both seem to have similar goals of returning the multiverse to a state of nothing or chaos.
Nope. The qlippoth are very much a deep Outer Sphere thing, while the Elder Mythos stuff is mostly Inner Sphere, with a VERY strong focus on the Material Plane (with some Dimension stuff with Dreamlands and Time and Leng). They don't share a common ancestry. They do share a thematic one, though, in that both are inhuman things with weird shapes and associations with chaos and evil.
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In Wrath of the Righteous; Baphomet snatches the Herald of a true god and makes that creature far more powerful than it was previously. Was that just a story thing, or is there an story explanation of how a demon lord empowered a creature beyond what a god did, and is there a limit to how powerful a demon lord can create/empower a creature?
It's just part of the story.
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I think I'm cheating the forum rules here but I have a lot of questions about angels and specifically Solars and their relationship to the gods. If you could ramble for a bit about solars in general, that'd be great. I'll repost all this in separate questions if you want but I'd rather just give you some talking points.
Do gods directly empower/sponsor a Solar angel, and is there a limit to how many solars a god can maintain? How many solars exists in the Golarian pantheon; why are solars NOT the "herald" of gods that have them (why are Herald's CR 15 unique creatures when gods could build on a solar/empyrean templates)?
I don't have much to say about solars. I'm not off the top of my head familiar with what we said about them in Chronicle of the Righteous. I don't think there's a limit to the number that can exist; that was a 1st edition D&D thing, as far as I know. We don't say how many exist in the Great Beyond.
Heralds are what they are, at a CR 15 tier, SPECIFICALLY to make them things that you can conjure via greater planar ally. You can't do that with solars; you need gate to conjure them.
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If you were to stat up Arazni prior to her defeat and subsequent lich transformation, would she about the same as she currently is stated? Was she always a Wizard?
Arazni's "before she was a lich" status is REALLY complicated. Keep an eye out on Tyrant's Grasp for some more hints and info there. I'm not quite ready to talk more about that stuff though, to avoid spoiling some of that Adventure Path before the books are out.
How many iconics are there now? Are there stat blocks for each available somewhere? I'm thinking of putting together a HeroLab portfolio for 'em all, just for the fun of it. :-)
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If you were to stat up Arazni prior to her defeat and subsequent lich transformation, would she about the same as she currently is stated? Was she always a Wizard?Arazni's "before she was a lich" status is REALLY complicated. Keep an eye out on Tyrant's Grasp for some more hints and info there. I'm not quite ready to talk more about that stuff though, to avoid spoiling some of that Adventure Path before the books are out.!!!!!!!!! >:-))
Do you regret adding mythic to the game? Will we see more mythic stuff in the future? Will we ever see official class levels above 20? Do you like extremely high level play?
I regret not being more involved with the creation of mythic rules as they interact with high level play.
Probably not; we'll see.
I doubt it.
Yes.
Please keep questions to one per post going forward, though.
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Is there a particular reason why greater planar ally was set as the benchmark and not Gate? It’s the difference between an 8th and 9th level spell. It still requires the approval of their patron diety regardless to have a herald show up. Maybe Arazni and Hand of the Inheritor wouldn’t have been killed if they were stronger and the clerics calling them a little more powerful/wise/experienced.Idon't have much to say about solars. I'm not off the top of my head familiar with what we said about them in Chronicle of the Righteous. I don't think there's a limit to the number that can exist; that was a 1st edition D&D thing, as far as I know. We don't say how many exist in the Great Beyond.
Heralds are what they are, at a CR 15 tier, SPECIFICALLY to make them things that you can conjure via greater planar ally. You can't do that with solars; you need gate to
Because gate doesn't really have a top limit, and greater planar ally does, and since it's lower level it'll be cast more often, so all of that made good sense to give that spell an iconic type of creature to conjure.
Arazni and the Hand would still have been killed, since their deaths are ones that we made happen for story reasons.
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How many iconics are there now? Are there stat blocks for each available somewhere? I'm thinking of putting together a HeroLab portfolio for 'em all, just for the fun of it. :-)
There's one iconic for every class, but since they stand in for PCs, they could have stats from any level between 1 and 20. We have sample stats for some of them for a few levels as pre-gen characters for organized play, but we don't actually have them set up as recurring characters in the world. That's the job your PCs have in the game.
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Have you seen Alita Battle Angel? If so what did you think?
Just saw it today. Amazing effects, really cool character design, cool actors, loved the design and look of Alita, very well directed...
...but the cringiest and awfullest dialogue and writing I've seen in a movie in a long time. I'd love to see a sequel, but only if they pry the screenwriting out of Cameron's clutches and give it to someone who knows how to write dialogue and non-cliched support characters. The awful writing did a really good job at making me not like the movie overall, which is a shame.
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Would you be willing to, and if so please do, rank the following NPC characters at the height of their power (regardless of their current living/dead/absent status, and regardless of whether they would be bbeg) in order of personal power in terms of “end of AP bbeg” from greatest to least:
Xanderghul
Baba Yaga
Nex
Geb
Tar Baphon
Alaznist
Jatembe
Sorshen
Karzoug
Zutha
My preference, which isn't the same as canon, since I don't make that decision on my own, would be:
Alaznist
Baba Yaga
Xanderghul
Sorshen
Jatembe
Tar Baphon
Nex
Geb
Karzoug
Zutha
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My mistake, regardless is there an approximate CG analog?Hellknights aren't lawful evil paladins. Most Hellknights are lawful neutral.Lawful good = Paladin
Lawful evil = Hellknight
Chaotic good = ???
Chaotic evil = Antipaladin
As in: A class or prestige class that is a CG martial-themed option? Not really.
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Paizo drow are taller than humans, right? I can't remember if it was Paizo or D&D drow who were shorter than humans.
Elves (including drow) are a little taller than humans on average in Pathfinder. So are half orcs and half elves. Dwarves, halflings, and gnomes are shorter. Humans are in the middle intentionally.
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You are suddenly transported into Golarion and are gifted with a divine or arcane magic using class of your choice at 20th level. What everyday spells (with any metamagic feat attached) fill your 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th level slots? You have only 19 in INT/WIS/CHR.
Cleric of Desna.
9th level spells are all miracle.8th level spells are all greater planar ally.
7th level spells are all greater teleport.
6th level spells are all heal.