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What's the inspiration behind the name Norogoinber?Are you trying to spell Norgorber? If so... when I created my pantheon of deities for my homebrew, I used real world human names for a few of the deities (Lydia, Sasha, and Malachi for example), but for the majority of them I made up nonsense words. Norgorber was one of those; I just liked the way it sounded.
If your question didn't have a typo, then I can't help you other than to potentially have my feelings hurt that you are making fun of a name I created. :-/
Oops auto-correct must have skipped a beat there... sorry for that. Yes I meant Norgorber... can you give us the inspiration behind him using Axis' underground as divine domain? I think it's cool, and I get it, as he's somehow a parasite of civilization or the corruption that acts as the oil between the rigid gears of the machine (i.e. no government can be completely free of hubris, corruption, bribery or immune to scandal)
However since all the other evil gods seem to have a home down south of the alignment equator, does he have, say, a cottage down in Abbaddon or something?
What? You don't have auto-correct set to accept all of the Golarion deities? :P
I don't know who put him in Axis, but it just makes sense he'd be there. Not every deity dwells in a realm that exactly matches their alignment. The purpose of putting him, the god of thieves, into the shadows of the largest city in the Great Beyond is intentional, since where else would the most audacious of thieves dare to live? He maintains hideouts in several other places though, but they're... secrets.
It's also been a bit of a hurdle transferring all the tools I need to run homebrew games into VTTs; wish there was an easier way to do that also.
What are those tools you use and how did you manage to transfer them to online (if you did)?
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What are those tools you use and how did you manage to transfer them to online (if you did)?It's also been a bit of a hurdle transferring all the tools I need to run homebrew games into VTTs; wish there was an easier way to do that also.
All the tools we all use to write home content. Writing programs for computers, drawing programs, CAD programs, but also pens, pencils, paper, and the like. Transfer of all that content from word documents and drawn documents is a pain, and I'm doing it barley at a "as I need it" pace.
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Question regarding Carrion Crown: Professor Lorrimor was a well-traveled wizard, so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine him visiting the Magaambya. Which of their branches would he be most interested in speaking with? The Cascade Bearers? Emerald Boughs? Rain-Scribes?
Dunno. I'm not well-versed enough in Carrion Crown or the Magaambya to answer that off the top of my head.
What impact does/will the Kingmaker cRPG have on the new hardcover coming up?
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What impact does/will the Kingmaker cRPG have on the new hardcover coming up?None. The new game from Owlcat is based on Wrath of the Righteous, and as such has no real connection to Kingmaker.
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I think there's been a miscommunication here (or the original post was edited as it was replied to), I think Ed was asking what impact/influence did the Kingmaker CRPG have on the upcoming P2 Kingmaker Hardcover?
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What impact does/will the Kingmaker cRPG have on the new hardcover coming up?None. The new game from Owlcat is based on Wrath of the Righteous, and as such has no real connection to Kingmaker.???
I think there's been a miscommunication here (or the original post was edited as it was replied to), I think Ed was asking what impact/influence did the Kingmaker CRPG have on the upcoming P2 Kingmaker Hardcover?
Ah; in that case, we're adding 3 new chapters to the campaign based on the computer game; a prologue, a new adventure in the middle based on the Season of Bloom event from the computer game, and a final chapter based on the computer game's "secret" ending called "Curse of the Lantern King." We're also changing the role of Tartuk in the Sootscales to be similar to the adjustment made in the computer game, and finally, adding a 128 page supplementary book that adds in several of the computer game's characters as companion NPCs.
A question about cyclops: Which regions, other than the Shackles, is it more common to find ancient ruins?
Was lichdom 'common' between the old cyclops? (As there is Vordakai and Giants Revisited mentions Terokar as another one)
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A question about cyclops: Which regions, other than the Shackles, is it more common to find ancient ruins?
Was lichdom 'common' between the old cyclops? (As there is Vordakai and Giants Revisited mentions Terokar as another one)
Lichdom was as common among cyclopes as it was among humans, pretty much. There's a cyclopes legacy in Iobaria and another in Iblydos, in addition to the Shackles.
Lichdom was as common among cyclopes as it was among humans, pretty much. There's a cyclopes legacy in Iobaria and another in Iblydos, in addition to the Shackles.A question about cyclops: Which regions, other than the Shackles, is it more common to find ancient ruins?
Was lichdom 'common' between the old cyclops? (As there is Vordakai and Giants Revisited mentions Terokar as another one)
I remember that
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In Arazni's Gods and Magic entry, it says she "scorns those who supplicate her," "She treats petitioners who honored her in her despised role as queen of Geb, or who pray to her only now that she has reclaimed her power, with pure contempt," and "she holds a deep-seated disdain for those who think that what she has become is worthy of veneration."
So how would a PC actually WORSHIP her to the point where she'd make them a Cleric or a Champion (Liberator) of her (since she allows CG worshipers despite technically being NE)? How would people have found out they CAN worship her without ticking that "pray to her only now that she has reclaimed her power" box, since it seems any faithful she would have otherwise had who WEREN'T Gebbites migrated to Iomedae along with the majority of Aroden's former church? That doesn't seem very conducive to recruiting new faithful or "keeping the faith" as it were, and honestly it sounds like that's something Arazni emphatically DOESN'T want anyway.
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I remember that ** spoiler omitted **Lichdom was as common among cyclopes as it was among humans, pretty much. There's a cyclopes legacy in Iobaria and another in Iblydos, in addition to the Shackles.A question about cyclops: Which regions, other than the Shackles, is it more common to find ancient ruins?
Was lichdom 'common' between the old cyclops? (As there is Vordakai and Giants Revisited mentions Terokar as another one)
Not really, no.
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In Arazni's Gods and Magic entry, it says she "scorns those who supplicate her," "She treats petitioners who honored her in her despised role as queen of Geb, or who pray to her only now that she has reclaimed her power, with pure contempt," and "she holds a deep-seated disdain for those who think that what she has become is worthy of veneration."
So how would a PC actually WORSHIP her to the point where she'd make them a Cleric or a Champion (Liberator) of her (since she allows CG worshipers despite technically being NE)? How would people have found out they CAN worship her without ticking that "pray to her only now that she has reclaimed her power" box, since it seems any faithful she would have otherwise had who WEREN'T Gebbites migrated to Iomedae along with the majority of Aroden's former church? That doesn't seem very conducive to recruiting new faithful or "keeping the faith" as it were, and honestly it sounds like that's something Arazni emphatically DOESN'T want anyway.
By respecting her and protecting those that would abuse others in ways she endured, by not "wasting" their time praying when they could be out doing things instead. She's a tough deity to worship, though, that's for sure.
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By respecting her and protecting those that would abuse others in ways she endured, by not "wasting" their time praying when they could be out doing things instead. She's a tough deity to worship, though, that's for sure.In Arazni's Gods and Magic entry, it says she "scorns those who supplicate her," "She treats petitioners who honored her in her despised role as queen of Geb, or who pray to her only now that she has reclaimed her power, with pure contempt," and "she holds a deep-seated disdain for those who think that what she has become is worthy of veneration."
So how would a PC actually WORSHIP her to the point where she'd make them a Cleric or a Champion (Liberator) of her (since she allows CG worshipers despite technically being NE)? How would people have found out they CAN worship her without ticking that "pray to her only now that she has reclaimed her power" box, since it seems any faithful she would have otherwise had who WEREN'T Gebbites migrated to Iomedae along with the majority of Aroden's former church? That doesn't seem very conducive to recruiting new faithful or "keeping the faith" as it were, and honestly it sounds like that's something Arazni emphatically DOESN'T want anyway.
I figured it had something to do with actions speaking louder than words, but wanted to make sure that was the intent. Thanks for the clarification, James!
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(If I can ask) What's your favourite piece(s) of updated art in Bestiary 2?
It's all great stuff, but I don't really have a favorite that immediately comes to mind.
That said, and while it's not my favorite single piece of art in the entire book, I'm particularly glad we got the chance to fix the error in the bestiary from 1st edition that made taiga giants look exactly like runeless rune giants.
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(If I can ask) What's your favourite piece(s) of updated art in Bestiary 2?It's all great stuff, but I don't really have a favorite that immediately comes to mind.
That said, and while it's not my favorite single piece of art in the entire book, I'm particularly glad we got the chance to fix the error in the bestiary from 1st edition that made taiga giants look exactly like runeless rune giants.
Ooo I'm excited to see them then.
Speaking of giants, which are your favourite?
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(If I can ask) What's your favourite piece(s) of updated art in Bestiary 2?It's all great stuff, but I don't really have a favorite that immediately comes to mind.
That said, and while it's not my favorite single piece of art in the entire book, I'm particularly glad we got the chance to fix the error in the bestiary from 1st edition that made taiga giants look exactly like runeless rune giants.
Ooo I'm excited to see them then.
Speaking of giants, which are your favourite?
Rune giants.
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James Jacobs:
If a paladin is tricked by a third party into marrying a succubus, and the succubus is (due to the bindings of the marriage oaths) unable to intentionally directly harm the paladin, what is the most paladin-y thing to your mind which the paladin can do in the situation?Edit:
To be clear, this isn't a gaming situation, with players involved. I'm asking purely out of interest as to your view from a story-telling perspective.Further Edit:
The succubus is assumed to be 'innocent' of setting the situation up, too. It's entirely on the third party that the paladin is in the situation.
Having the succubus be "innocent" in this assumption is the most unusual and unexpected part of the plot, and IT should be the focus of the story, not the paladin.
That said, how to resolve this from a story-telling perspective lies 100% on the storyteller. They might WANT the paladin to fall, for example. There's too many what-ifs going on here to just have one empirical "right answer."
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Greetings,
a question to further a little the bg of one of my characters:
when you get recruited to become a knight of Ozem, how much time passes for the training to end, and does a recruit work on the field before becoming a fullfledged knight?And a little cosmetics questions related: Precisely when does someone get the sword-mark? And does recruits wear a little of gold on their armor or that happens only with the knights?
Thank you for your time
I've not personally put any work or thought into the Knights of Ozem, so if we haven't already mentioned this in print, I'd suggest that it should be adjusted as makes the most sense for the story you and your GM are seeking to tell. Of course, in 2nd edition, the Knights are gone, replaced by the Knights of Lastwall, so the information we give about them could help to set the tone?
The Godclaw pantheon seems fairly unique to Hellknights, but are there any worshippers of the faith that aren't members of the Hellknights?
Have you ever been to germany?
If yes:
a) where?
b) favored dish/drink?
c) what puzzled you the most?
if no:
d) would you like to? Why(not)?
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What is the in-setting awareness for why Clerics can only use so many spells per day, say a Cleric or Sarenrae only being able to cure a disease once a day?
Depends on who you ask. There's probably some foolish ignorant impatient folks with agendas who believe in conspiracy theories like "The priests of the gods ration their miracles out to keep us peasants in line", but those would be outliers.
It's pretty well-accepted among all in-world folks that casting magic wears you out, in the same way that you can't chop wood all day long. Eventually you'll use up your endurance for wood chopping and need to come back the next day to continue.
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Have you ever been to germany?
If yes:
a) where?
b) favored dish/drink?
c) what puzzled you the most?if no:
d) would you like to? Why(not)?
I haven't been to Germany. I haven't been out of the USA. In fact, barring trips to Gen Con, I've never left the west coast—California, Washington, and Oregon.
I didn't even have a passport until a few years ago, but the combination of work schedule, the logistics for figuring out who'll keep my cat fed and watered, and my perception that a solo vacation out of the country would be scary and/or depressing has pretty much kept me rooted local. There ARE parts of the world beyond the west coast I'd love to some day visit... Germany's not super high on that list, but neither is it off the list, I guess.
I just bought the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition ruleset slipcase, the Masks of Nyarlathotep slipcase, Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors, and the Doors to Darkness hardcover. Have I gone crazy?
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I just bought the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition ruleset slipcase, the Masks of Nyarlathotep slipcase, Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors, and the Doors to Darkness hardcover. Have I gone crazy?
Only if you spent money that you need for shelter, food, medicine, and safety of yourself and those you love, I suppose. Those products are an amazing and excellent investment in quality entertainment. I own all of them myself... multiple copies of the rules, in fact.
No, I didn't do that. :-)
I missed the Pathmaker: Kingmaker runthrough on Twitch today. Guess it got postponed. I'm enjoying listening to last week's.
Any idea when Oblivion Oath is coming back?
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No, I didn't do that. :-)
I missed the Pathmaker: Kingmaker runthrough on Twitch today. Guess it got postponed. I'm enjoying listening to last week's.
Any idea when Oblivion Oath is coming back?
Had to cancel the Kingmaker stream because instead I was in a future product planning meeting to set the schedule for our 2021 product line. I suspect we'll get back to the Kingmaker stream in a few weeks—next week being Paizocon Online, after all.
I don't have any idea of when or if Oblivion Oath is coming back, but certainly NOT until well after we're all back in the office... which at this point is looking like it's gonna still be quite some time.
AKA Devils, daemons, demons, and other evil fiends? That's what these servants become in the afterlife, after all, so... Yup! Lots of chances.What's the afterlife like for faithful and successful servants of evil deities?A violent, dangerous, non-stop horror show of backstabbing and plotting and betrayal in which only the strongest or smartest or fastest or trickiest survive. AKA: They love it.Interesting... : )
Any chance of seeing such characters in a future adventure?
So you mean to say that successful worshippers of Evil's might get fast-tracked to fienddom, without an eternity or two of torture?
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So you mean to say that successful worshippers of Evil's might get fast-tracked to fienddom, without an eternity or two of torture?AKA Devils, daemons, demons, and other evil fiends? That's what these servants become in the afterlife, after all, so... Yup! Lots of chances.What's the afterlife like for faithful and successful servants of evil deities?A violent, dangerous, non-stop horror show of backstabbing and plotting and betrayal in which only the strongest or smartest or fastest or trickiest survive. AKA: They love it.Interesting... : )
Any chance of seeing such characters in a future adventure?
Correct. In the same way that successful worshipers of Goods might get fast-tracked to "celestialism," without an eternity or two of patient meditation.
James,
Do you think Norgorber is the type of deity to interact with mortals? Rarely, or a bit more frequently?
And ... do you think he'd be easier to get along with than some of the other evil deities?
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James,
Do you think Norgorber is the type of deity to interact with mortals? Rarely, or a bit more frequently?
And ... do you think he'd be easier to get along with than some of the other evil deities?
All of the Core deities would interact directly with mortals at about the same frequency—only very rarely, and typically in the format of backstory rather than direct interaction with PCs. For the most part, they leave that to their minions and worshipers.
He's one of the easier to get along with of the evils I guess... depending on which version you're talking to. The Skinsaw Man is not as easy to get along with as the others, for example. Unless you're a pattern killer doing his bidding, I suppose.
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Within Avistan, most lizardfolk dwell in camouflaged ring forts organized into loose confederacies common in the River Kingdoms and Varisia’s Mushfens. Eastern Avistan also hosts pockets of color-shifting lizardfolk. Most of the iruxi in the Sodden Lands along Garund’s eastern coast have fallen under the sway of the Terwa Lords, militaristic warrior kings and shamans whose rise has pressed other iruxi and their Lirgeni human neighbors east toward Jaha in the Mwangi Expanse. The flower of iruxi culture is Droon, a vast empire of dinosaur riders in southern Garund.
Where might a Sandstrider Lizardfolk be from? The Golden Road region?
Hey James,
What do you know/what can you tell me about Kaladurnae, first Runelord of Greed? My girlfriend decided to play a Shabti version of him for our Rise of the Runelords campaign so naturally I want him to appear in Shattered Star and Return of the Runelords. The only problem is that the information in the APs is contradictory.
In Shattered Star there are a lot of references to how the original Runelords
Even if you can't answer my specific question any information you can give about Kaladurnae would likely make her day!
Thank you in advance!
I'm getting ready to run Curse of the Crimson Throne, and it'll start directly after the end of my run of Rise of the Runelords.
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Within Avistan, most lizardfolk dwell in camouflaged ring forts organized into loose confederacies common in the River Kingdoms and Varisia’s Mushfens. Eastern Avistan also hosts pockets of color-shifting lizardfolk. Most of the iruxi in the Sodden Lands along Garund’s eastern coast have fallen under the sway of the Terwa Lords, militaristic warrior kings and shamans whose rise has pressed other iruxi and their Lirgeni human neighbors east toward Jaha in the Mwangi Expanse. The flower of iruxi culture is Droon, a vast empire of dinosaur riders in southern Garund.Where might a Sandstrider Lizardfolk be from? The Golden Road region?
Probably.
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Hey James,
What do you know/what can you tell me about Kaladurnae, first Runelord of Greed? My girlfriend decided to play a Shabti version of him for our Rise of the Runelords campaign so naturally I want him to appear in Shattered Star and Return of the Runelords. The only problem is that the information in the APs is contradictory.
In Shattered Star there are a lot of references to how the original Runelords ** spoiler omitted ** which occurred in -6420AR, but Return says that Kaladurnae died in -6448 AR. I know that the Runelords are your babies so I can hope that maybe you could shed some light on which is more accurate? (I know this can easily come down to GM fiat but I like to stick to canon where possible)
Even if you can't answer my specific question any information you can give about Kaladurnae would likely make her day!
Thank you in advance!
The Return of the Runelords has the most accurate dates. That AP was the first time I ever created an actual timeline of Thassilon and the first time I nailed down exactly how many runelords there were and what years their rules lasted from.
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Does Pharasma ever fast-track a soul through Judgement, just because they're too dangerous to risk they might be resurrected?
All souls are sent through Judgement as fast as they deserve. Those who aren't sent through super fast are either ones who are fated to become resurrected or turned undead or need to spend time as a soul in the Boneyard thinking things over or any other reason, but the concept of the process being so inefficient that it can be made faster, or that some souls get to cut corners, is a human construction of the understanding of processes that does not apply to the court and domain of a deity.
The idea of something "so dangerous that it can't be allowed to be resurrected" is not something Pharasma decides. That's something the rest of reality is responsible for doing. She's not here to make the world safer. That's the PCs' jobs! ;-)
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I'm getting ready to run Curse of the Crimson Throne, and it'll start directly after the end of my run of Rise of the Runelords. ** spoiler omitted ** In other words, I'm working out how to reflect the first couple of months after a loss in RotRL for CotCT. Thanks!
He'd go for a more traditional way, since that's all he knows and it worked for hundreds of years for him already, Earthfall (which isn't likely to happen again and he knows it) notwithstanding. Had there been no Earthfall, his rule would have continued for a few hundred more, so in his mind... it's a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
After his clash with the PCs, he's smart enough to realize that the new world he now lives in has things that can challenge him, so being flashy and direct would attract too much attention he knows he's not prepared to handle.