He's fighting Bugbears and frost giants in Asgard.
I think it is great that you guys are introducing a starter box, what will be the biggest challenges with this undertaking?
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Now that my team the Dragons thrashed the Roosters 32 - 8 in the Rugby League Grand-final I have some questions:
As you predicted this are your prophetic powers greater than or equal to Paul the Octopus? ?
In that case can you apply your powers and tell me who will win the Rugby Union World Cup, Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, France, or Argentina (the US does have a team but it never makes it past the first pool)?
My powers are indeed vast; they arise from a complete and total disinterest in sporting events, allowing me to have insights into outcomes I have no stake in nor desire to know more about. But it is not a power to be used lightly, lest I accidentally DO somehow become involved in a sporting event. Thus, I cannot prophecize so soon upon the winner of the Rugby Union World Cup. I apologize if this has caused you any trouble with shady loan sharks or the mob.
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With the extensive community collaboration that Paizo has built up with play testing, do you worry that design by the everyman may have a similar negative impact as the scene from the Simpson's episode where Homers brother Herb lets Homer design his companies new car?
It's easy to mistake our playtest process as "design by the everyman." We do not do playtests to get ideas. We do playtests to test our own ideas. Sometimes, folks who post on those threads DO have nifty ideas, and they can and do seep through to final products now and then, but for the most part we're looking for feedback on things we've already built, and use that feedback to make what we've built better. The playtest results help us design a stronger game, but they do not DESIGN the game.
Herb letting Homer design the company's new car is a great example WHY we don't use the playtest results to determine our choices.
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Do you think that the rise in the number Pathfinder dedicated podcasts, (especially the excellent Chronicles pod cast) will give impetus to Paizo to start its own official podcast?
Who has the best radio voice (not face for radio) at Paizo?
Is there a position of Media manager at Paizo, do you have a person coordinating all of Paizo's media output (Tweets,Youtube,Podcast interviews and so on)?
We just hired a guy to handle all of our marketing stuff (the illustrious Mr. Savage); the fact that until then we didn't have someone dedicated to marketing (which is the category a podcast falls into) is why we don't yet have a podcast. Hopefully, that might someday change now that we've got the staff to take care of it.
Erik Mona's got the best radio voice at Paizo.
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James,
Where do you come up with all these answers (especially for the nonsensical ones ... some great responses so far)?
And is there an App for that?
All of the answers provided by this service come from my brain. With assists, now and then, from the Internets.
No app yet. If there were, I could send that app to work for me at Paizo and I could stay at home and play video games.
Will there ever be Exoskeleton undead? Just like skeletons except they're made from creatures with an exoskeleton rather than an endoskeleton?
I could imagine the empty eyeless husk of a giant beetle to be really scary.
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What does the F stand for in F. Wesley Schneider's name?
I am guessing Fandango.
Do T-Rexs get grumpy when dragons trespass on their territory?
Will there be a cage match to settle the trespass?
If I were to put money on it who would win?
What is the most fun way to annoy Fandango Wesley Schneider?
Does Fandango answer questions like you do?
Would they be of the same quality and profoundness?
Do people sing the spider man theme tune but change the lyrics when Fandango is around so it goes
"Schneiderman,Schneiderman
Does whatever a Schneider can
Edits text, any size,
Catches errors just like flies
Look Out!
Here comes the Schneiderman."?
I can't say (he'd stab me); yes (see previous post); probably; Wes and I know each other's weaknesses so it'd be a close fight; calling him Fandango is a pretty fun way; no; no; they do now.
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Is he any relation to The Tick's sidekick Arthur?Mothman hasn't posted for a while - do you think he has become lazy or he is really a very large barn owl as the scientists and skeptics believe.Mothman, being a cryptid, is not something that mortals can predict or comprehend.
Nope. Arthur's a poser!
3000+ posts, what will you do now?
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Will there ever be Exoskeleton undead? Just like skeletons except they're made from creatures with an exoskeleton rather than an endoskeleton?
I could imagine the empty eyeless husk of a giant beetle to be really scary.
You can already sort of do that with the skeleton template if you want. That said, there's been PLENTY of undead vermin over the years. We've published more than a few; the deathweb from Pathfinder #4 comes to mind.
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With the extensive community collaboration that Paizo has built up with play testing, do you worry that design by the everyman may have a similar negative impact as the scene from the Simpson's episode where Homers brother Herb lets Homer design his companies new car?It's easy to mistake our playtest process as "design by the everyman." We do not do playtests to get ideas. We do playtests to test our own ideas. Sometimes, folks who post on those threads DO have nifty ideas, and they can and do seep through to final products now and then, but for the most part we're looking for feedback on things we've already built, and use that feedback to make what we've built better. The playtest results help us design a stronger game, but they do not DESIGN the game.
Herb letting Homer design the company's new car is a great example WHY we don't use the playtest results to determine our choices.
+1!
While that is indeed the witty answer, it's incorrect. A Buddhist, like Dirty Harry, knows that ketchup is gross on hot dogs.Make me one with everything.What did the Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor?Hold the ketchup.
Is it wrong that I mourn my favourite Hot Dog vendor has closed....
Where I could get a footlong bun with a Kransky sausage at one end and Knackwürste at the other, with mustard, tomato sauce, melted cheese, bacon bits and sauerkraut jammed into the bun.
You can already sort of do that with the skeleton template if you want. That said, there's been PLENTY of undead vermin over the years. We've published more than a few; the deathweb from Pathfinder #4 comes to mind.
Ah, the deathweb... Gargantuan and made of cardboard. Oh wait... ask a question....
If the deathweb is included in a latery bestiary, will you fix it to be actually scary this time? :p
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What is your opinion of Boardwalk Empire?3000+ posts, what will you do now?Take a break to go build the chair I just bought from Fred Meyer so that when Boardwalk Empire comes on later this evening, I can watch in greater comfort.
I think that it's absolutely brilliant. But then I kind of think that about most things Scorsese's involved with.
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You can already sort of do that with the skeleton template if you want. That said, there's been PLENTY of undead vermin over the years. We've published more than a few; the deathweb from Pathfinder #4 comes to mind.Ah, the deathweb... Gargantuan and made of cardboard. Oh wait... ask a question....
If the deathweb is included in a latery bestiary, will you fix it to be actually scary this time? :p
Nope. We'll fix it to be even lamer. Folks will read it and immediately unsubscribe from all of our products, and I'll probably have a flaming garbage can thrown throw my office window.
On a more serious note... yes, if we update the deathweb to Pathfinder, we'll make it CR-appropriate, just as we did with all of the other monsters who weren't CR-appropraite, such as the roper, the rakshasa, and the ogre mage. The fact that Pathfinder undead can actually gain bonus hit points rather than how 3.5 undead could not will help.
While that is indeed the witty answer, it's incorrect. A Buddhist, like Dirty Harry, knows that ketchup is gross on hot dogs.Make me one with everything.What did the Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor?Hold the ketchup.
sweeeeeeeet.
which is ironic, because hotdogs are made from the bungholes of pigs.
Since my wife is in labor can you reveal something cool about an upcoming product?
Diapers don't require the use of safety pins any more.
It is not ketchup's fault. It is the hotdog vendors. They have a special kind of ketchup that is gross. Try Heinz.
Mr. Jacobs.
Have you seen Kung Fu Killer aka White Crane Chronicles starring David Carradine (RIP)?
Sincerely Yours,
tgampa
aka John John Jimmy John Tommy John "Gibberling" Edgar Gibbons (not really)
Why does George Lucas keep rereleasing the Star Wars movies only making them worse every time instead of just making something new?
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What's your favorite bit of witty NPC banter from Dragon Age: Origins?I can't remember any in particular... but it was probably not safe for work. And probably involved Morrigan.
Ah, Morrigan. Say no more.
I was fond of Alistair's ramblings, especially when he presented my character with a rose and asked me if I knew what it was.
The option I chose was "Your favorite weapon?"
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Would you consider doing stand-alone campaign settings based on works of bestselling authors, like WotC did Wheel of Time RPG and Green Ronin Song of Ice and Fire?
Maybe... if the author and the time was right. But it'd be a weird, special side-thing, not the major focus of what we're normally doing, because those types of projects (licensed projects) tend to take a lot longer than normal what with the approval process and all.
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Have you ever used anything out of Unearthed Arcana? What do you think of gestalt rules and Item Familiar in particular?
I haven't used many rules from Unearthed Arcana. The gestalt rules look actually quite good, especially if you're running a game with only one or two players. Haven't read the item familiar rules.
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What's your favorite bit of witty NPC banter from Dragon Age: Origins?I can't remember any in particular... but it was probably not safe for work. And probably involved Morrigan.Ah, Morrigan. Say no more.
I was fond of Alistair's ramblings, especially when he presented my character with a rose and asked me if I knew what it was.
The option I chose was "Your favorite weapon?"
HA! Awesome; that was indeed a good one.
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Were you able to bring yourself to play a Dwarf in Dragon Age: Origins? If so, which origin?
Where would you have inserted a dinosaur (or more than one) as an enemy in Dragon Age: Origins?
Absolutely not. I played a female elven rogue. Were I to play the game again, I'd play a mage. No game has yet been so unbelievably awesome that I'm interested in looking at a dwarf for 90 hours.
And there WERE dinosaurs, of a sort, in Dragon Age; brontos and the little velociraptor worm-face critters. No need, in other words, to insert dinos. Bioware already knows dinosaurs improve quality.
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Were you able to bring yourself to play a Dwarf in Dragon Age: Origins? If so, which origin?
Where would you have inserted a dinosaur (or more than one) as an enemy in Dragon Age: Origins?
Absolutely not. I played a female elven rogue. Were I to play the game again, I'd play a mage. No game has yet been so unbelievably awesome that I'm interested in looking at a dwarf for 90 hours.
And there WERE dinosaurs, of a sort, in Dragon Age; brontos and the little velociraptor worm-face critters. No need, in other words, to insert dinos. Bioware already knows dinosaurs improve quality.
D'oh. I forgot the brontos.
I am, per usual, humbled by the James Jacobs.
*prostrates self*
Why does George Lucas keep rereleasing the Star Wars movies only making them worse every time instead of just making something new?Because they keep making mountains of money, despite the fact that the newer movies are not what fans of the series want.
That's a good point.
Do you think they will make mountains of money too with the re-release of both trilogies in 3D starting in 2012, or will they flop and finally put an end to both the 3D fad and Star Wars re-releases?
What are your views on dubbing foreign shows versus subtitles?
In the absence of an official release: Fansubs - Yes or No?
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Do you think they will make mountains of money too with the re-release of both trilogies in 3D starting in 2012, or will they flop and finally put an end to both the 3D fad and Star Wars re-releases?
They'll keep making mountains of money, while movies that geeks say they want will continue to tank (see "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World").
The 3D "fad" is already starting to die. Until more filmmakers (like Cameron, who really knows what he's doing) figure out how to use 3D as a tool and not a gimmick, it will continue to live in its cycle of ups and downs as it has for decades.
On Smuggler's Shiv...
Is it safe to eat a goat that's been sucked dry by the chupacabra?
What foods would you serve to players to drag their tastebuds into RPing along with their eyes and ears?
Have you ever tasted goat?
What foods would you serve to players to drag their tastebuds into RPing along with their eyes and ears?
One of the first two Curse of the Crimson Throne books has a recipie for a varisian chickpea simmer. It's pretty good.