Also will there ever be a catfolk race as a player race for pathfinder (or something similar?)Yes.
That needs to be rephased.
"Will there ever be a race of of Hawt Catgirls as a player character race for Pathfinder?"
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Serious question, sorry.
The written rules around stealth are really somewhat confusing in my estimation. That's not meant as an indictment, I think they are playable if somewhat nebulous, which is better than a lot of other rules systems have done. With very rare exception, you and the other good folks at Paizo seem to stay away from the threads that revolve around clarification of the stealth rules. Do you guys do this on purpose? Is there any chance we'll ever see any stealth issues cleared up in errata/faqs, or are we all destined to simply run things as best we can?
Sincerely intending no offense by asking, it's just something I'm honestly curious about.
JM
Personally, I don't find the rules for stealth all that confusing. You make a Stealth check, and whoever might see or hear you gets to make a Perception check. It's easy to get so caught up in modifiers and conditions and circumstances, but when I game, I just tend to play it by ear and ask for the sneaky PC to roll his Stealth or Perception check and roll the opposing roll and apply whatever modifiers I think are needed and that's that.
It's a game with a referee. If players would rather argue with the referee than play the game, that's not the game's fault.
If stealth is a concern for you and it's confusing, I would post to one of the rules forums and tag the question with the FAQ flag. And tag as many other questions about stealth that you see. Those FAQ flags are how we know we should answer the questions. We'll get to them eventually; if it appears like we're avoiding an issue, chances are really good we're not, but we just haven't gotten to answering them yet.
But in the meantime, my advice is to just let common sense dictate when a Stealth roll is required, and let the result of the check indicate what Perception DC is needed to notice it. The game's only as complex as you let it get.
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To add to this question... I have a player who would leap at the chance to playtest any catgirl you came up with. She would be perfectly candid and truthful about how traits played, things went, the usefulness of things, balance, etc. Almost as though she didn't have the emotions necessary to sugarcoat the bad or overstate the good... ::offers one sociopath for playtesting::Also will there ever be a catfolk race as a player race for pathfinder (or something similar?)Yes.That needs to be rephased.
"Will there ever be a race of of Hawt Catgirls as a player character race for Pathfinder?"
When and If we playtest a catgirl race, I'll shoot you a message. :)
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Having just started reading through Souls for Smuggler's Shiv, I was struck by the many similarities to Lost. Was this a conscious inspiration to you when you were writing it?
Also, on an unrelated note, do you prefer Chicago style or New York style pizza?
Lost was in its final season ramp-up when I wrote "Souls for Smuggler's Shiv," and I still think it was one of the best written and most interesting TV shows I've ever seen. It was a HUGE inspiration for writing the adventure.
West-coast style. With things like salmon or artichoke hearts on them. With firm crust that isn't overwhelming; pizza should be about the toppings until you get to the crust, at which point the crust should be delicious enough that you eat it because it's good. But the pizza slice itself shouldn't flop and dangle limply, nor should it be so hideously greasy that it stains through the cardboard it sits on or require multiple paper towels to sop up before it's edible.
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Mr. Jacobs,
I have several questions for you.
1. My favorite campaign setting of all time has been Spelljammer. Do you see Pathfinder doing anything along those lines?
2. At what age do you think it is ok for kids in this day and age to play Pathfinder? I started at ten and have not looked back.... I am old now haha
3. What was your favorite game or campaign?
1) Nope; Spelljammer's treatment of outer space is too fantastical. In Golarion (and thus, in Pathfinder) outer space is like it is in the real world. It's not a safe place, and physics works out there normally. We'll probably eventually get around to detailing other planets, though, but commonplace space travel, if we ever do that, will feel more science fiction than fantasy.
2) I started playing D&D in 5th grade, as did my whole class. I was about 9 or 10 at the time. So yeah; 9 or 10 is a good age to start.
3) My favorite game constantly switches back and forth between Call of Cthulhu and Pathfinder. My favorite campaign would probably be one I ran in college, where the PCs were all Shoanti tribals who were protecting their frozen homeland from an invasion by lawful neutral expansionists who had firearm technology.
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I did do this, actually, the thread I created is here, and has been clicked by 40 people, which is the reason for my question. I know it's sort of a big post with a lot of questions, but I have seen questions with ~10 clicks get answered, while this one has not. That's the main reason I asked. I really appreciate your answer, again.
JM
Well, keep in mind that we only just started the FAQ process, and that in that time we've been handling a lot of conventions; Jason just got back from a week out east with Dragoncon, for example.
The posts are flagged. I'll let Jason and Sean know about them if they don't already; they might be already working on a Stealth FAQ. The key for rules clarifications and FAQ questions is to be patient. We don't answer FAQs based on the number of times the post gets flagged. We answer them based on how much we interpret the rules as needing to be clarified. In the case of stealth, we feel that the rules are much clearer there than they are for other issues, so we're dealing with those other issues first, I suspect. Or perhaps the designers feel that the stealth FAQ is a particularly complex one that'll take some time to sort out.
Patience is the key, in any case.
A lot of local gamers I've talked to as well as a fair amount of internet gaming friends consider Pathfinder to be the true continuation of D&D as opposed to 4e.
How does it feel knowing that your work was so successful and well done??
If I promised to make you some Chicken, Shrimp, & Andouille Sausage Gumbo, or maybe some Crawfish Étouffée, then would you come to Philadelphia and bring me cool Paizo stuff? You could even bring Bulmahn, or maybe Teter.Do you like cajun cuisine?Yes.
Yo! If your cooking you may get me to the east coast! Of course I still have yet to make it to Texas for Daigle's Crawfish boil.
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If I promised to make you some Chicken, Shrimp, & Andouille Sausage Gumbo, or maybe some Crawfish Étouffée, then would you come to Philadelphia and bring me cool Paizo stuff? You could even bring Bulmahn, or maybe Teter.Do you like cajun cuisine?Yes.
Might get Bulmahn out there... but not me.
When and If we playtest a catgirl race, I'll shoot you a message. :)To add to this question... I have a player who would leap at the chance to playtest any catgirl you came up with. She would be perfectly candid and truthful about how traits played, things went, the usefulness of things, balance, etc. Almost as though she didn't have the emotions necessary to sugarcoat the bad or overstate the good... ::offers one sociopath for playtesting::Also will there ever be a catfolk race as a player race for pathfinder (or something similar?)Yes.That needs to be rephased.
"Will there ever be a race of of Hawt Catgirls as a player character race for Pathfinder?"
Have you ever heard a sociopath giggle? I just have, it's reeeeeally creepy. She says she'd be delighted to playtest a catgirl for you.
Pretty damn good.A lot of local gamers I've talked to as well as a fair amount of internet gaming friends consider Pathfinder to be the true continuation of D&D as opposed to 4e.
How does it feel knowing that your work was so successful and well done??
Do you have groupies yet?? if not, i suggest summoning some asap.
Worgen or Goblin??
Horde or Alliance?? Personally, I've liked some of the stories behind the Horde, but I have a lot of Ally friends.
Favorite leader of the Horde?(Thrall, Sylvannas, etc?)
Same for the Alliance.
Favorite overall Warcraft NPC??
what five heroes from other D&D worlds/games would you love to bring into Golarion??(Mort, Elminster, etc)
Five villains?
I love the shamanistic culture in WoW, but i find recreating the feel of the Shaman class to be very tricky in D&D(3.5 or Pathfinder). Will we ever see a solid Shaman base class, PrC or Archtype??
What about a Death Knight, which has its roots in both D&D and WoW??
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1) At what point do you think a game has transgressed to being a "Monty Haul" game?
2) Have you played in such a game?
3) Did you enjoy it?
1) At the point that the GM loses interest in running the game because the players have lost interest in anything but gathering new bonuses to their stats.
2) Yes.
3) No.
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Do you have groupies yet?? if not, i suggest summoning some asap.Pretty damn good.A lot of local gamers I've talked to as well as a fair amount of internet gaming friends consider Pathfinder to be the true continuation of D&D as opposed to 4e.
How does it feel knowing that your work was so successful and well done??
No groupies yet. Although I haven't checked the office for over 24 hours...
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I love the shamanistic culture in WoW, but i find recreating the feel of the Shaman class to be very tricky in D&D(3.5 or Pathfinder). Will we ever see a solid Shaman base class, PrC or Archtype??
What about a Death Knight, which has its roots in both D&D and WoW??
There are several shaman options in the APG for druids, and there'll be more in Ultimate Magic.
And the Golarion version of a death knight is a graveknight; they're statted up in one of the bestiaries for one of the Council of Thieves APs; I think #25 or #26?
To be honest... none. I'd rather build up Golarion's own heroes and villains.what five heroes from other D&D worlds/games would you love to bring into Golarion??(Mort, Elminster, etc)
Five villains?
Respectable answer, and a worthy one at that.
How about your five favorite D&D heroes period?? and your five favorite villains?? non-Demon Lord, Deity, etc.
Is there any chance Paizo could ever get back the material you guys created for Dragon and Dungeon from WotC??
Do you think it might be possible to buy back said material??
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To be honest... none. I'd rather build up Golarion's own heroes and villains.what five heroes from other D&D worlds/games would you love to bring into Golarion??(Mort, Elminster, etc)
Five villains?
Respectable answer, and a worthy one at that.
How about your five favorite D&D heroes period?? and your five favorite villains?? non-Demon Lord, Deity, etc.
My five favorite D&D heroes are all from novels, pretty much, since the game supplements leave that job to the PCs.
Gord, Silvara, Laurana, Alias, and Tasslehoff.
My favorite non-Demon Lord, non-deity villains would be:
Iggwilv, Eclavdra, Eli Tomorast, Balabar Smenk, and Dragotha.
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Any of your novels to be published by Pathfinder Tales?
Until I actually write a novel and finish one, it's too soon to say. I'd certainly LOVE to write one for Pathfinder Tales, and I do have one brewing in my head already, but it's not going on any schedules until it's done and the guys read it and think it's worth printing.
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Did you submit an entry to the WotC campaign/setting contest?
I did. It was a frozen world. I'm pretty sure in hindsight that it didn't make it far because R&D was looking for a new setting that was more of a kitchen sink where ANYTHING and EVERYTHING could get thrown in there. Which is kind of unfortunate, since they already had two of those settings that worked great (Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms). Ah well. I got to help write Frostburn so a fair amount of my ideas about frozen stuff got in print in D&D anyway!
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Did you submit an entry to the WotC campaign/setting contest?I did. It was a frozen world. I'm pretty sure in hindsight that it didn't make it far because R&D was looking for a new setting that was more of a kitchen sink where ANYTHING and EVERYTHING could get thrown in there. Which is kind of unfortunate, since they already had two of those settings that worked great (Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms). Ah well. I got to help write Frostburn so a fair amount of my ideas about frozen stuff got in print in D&D anyway!
I didn't know you were involved in Frostburn. Coolio. Any of your entry stuff going to make it in future Pathfinder products? Would be perfect to expand the upcoming Witchwar mod by Vaughn.