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James, how come violating a monk vow is so punishing for the class? I mean, I'd expect that they'd lose the extra Ki points from the vow, but this somehow also drains all their Ki to 0 and prevents them from regaining it at all? That's really harsh, especially considering it might be for a vow like Fasting or Silence that, at max, only gives you 3 extra points of Ki by late game. And why is an Atonement spell alone not enough? Why do they have to atone, THEN wait an entire extra month? That's potentially a LOT of adventuring time during which they're missing out on this feature. I dunno, I'm probably wrong, but it seem that monks already have some problems with everything cool they do requiring Ki, sometimes 2 or 3 points of it at a time. For them to lose it all the instant they take single, minor step out of bounds just seems, well, mean.
Because the monk gains all of his powers as a result of his unwavering focus on the self and his ethos. In pure game terms... the monk gains his powers as the result of his lawful alignment. When the monk loses that lawful alignment (which is what violating a vow essentially does), he's no longer got "unwavering focus" and as a result loses his mojo.
Atonement isn't enough because that spell repairs damage to faith, not damage to your own spiritual self. Atonement is basically the gods forgiving you. Forgiveness from a god isn't gonna help a monk, when the one he needs forgiveness from is in fact himself.
As for the concept of monks having "problems with everything cool," that's a different thread's topic... but for what it's worth, the idea that a monk is an offensive class and NOT a defensive class is where so many folks are misunderstanding the class, in my opinion.
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How do you pronounce "ghaele?"
This question is the result of our table pronouncing it like 4 different ways last night =P
I've always said:
GAY-lee, but with a bit of a slur between the syllables so if you say it slow, it sounds more like:
GAY-ell-ee
Kinda like saying Gaelic but without the hard "K" at the end.
James, how come violating a monk vow is so punishing for the class? I mean, I'd expect that they'd lose the extra Ki points from the vow, but this somehow also drains all their Ki to 0 and prevents them from regaining it at all? That's really harsh, especially considering it might be for a vow like Fasting or Silence that, at max, only gives you 3 extra points of Ki by late game. And why is an Atonement spell alone not enough? Why do they have to atone, THEN wait an entire extra month? That's potentially a LOT of adventuring time during which they're missing out on this feature. I dunno, I'm probably wrong, but it seem that monks already have some problems with everything cool they do requiring Ki, sometimes 2 or 3 points of it at a time. For them to lose it all the instant they take single, minor step out of bounds just seems, well, mean.Because the monk gains all of his powers as a result of his unwavering focus on the self and his ethos. In pure game terms... the monk gains his powers as the result of his lawful alignment. When the monk loses that lawful alignment (which is what violating a vow essentially does), he's no longer got "unwavering focus" and as a result loses his mojo.
Atonement isn't enough because that spell repairs damage to faith, not damage to your own spiritual self. Atonement is basically the gods forgiving you. Forgiveness from a god isn't gonna help a monk, when the one he needs forgiveness from is in fact himself.
As for the concept of monks having "problems with everything cool," that's a different thread's topic... but for what it's worth, the idea that a monk is an offensive class and NOT a defensive class is where so many folks are misunderstanding the class, in my opinion.
Not trying to start an argument here, but couldn't the fact that Atonement can be cast by an oracle or druid imply that it doesn't have to be about a god's forgiveness or a restoration of faith? The spell says it "Removes the burden of misdeeds from the subject", which kind of sounds like it should help heal a self-inflicted 'spiritual wound'. It's flavor text, but it definitely sounds important.
Also, what about when upholding his vow requires him to break with being lawful? Say you swear your loyalty and friendship to a party member or NPC, but said person might die or otherwise suffer if you don't pick them up and move or otherwise help them physically, thus violating a vow of celibacy. I realize it's not necessarily a very common example, but it does seem to be one of the less restrictive vows and, therefore, one of the more common ones people might take. How would you handle that?As for the last part, yeah, I've been to the general boards, I'll leave the "what's a monk good for" topic elsewhere.
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Not trying to start an argument here, but couldn't the fact that Atonement can be cast by an oracle or druid imply that it doesn't have to be about a god's forgiveness or a restoration of faith? The spell says it "Removes the burden of misdeeds from the subject", which kind of sounds like it should help heal a self-inflicted 'spiritual wound'. It's flavor text, but it definitely sounds important.
Also, what about when upholding his vow requires him to break with being lawful? Say you swear your loyalty and friendship to a party member or NPC, but said person might die or otherwise suffer if you don't pick them up and move or otherwise help them physically, thus violating a vow of celibacy. I realize it's not necessarily a very common example, but it does seem to be one of the less restrictive vows and, therefore, one of the more common ones people might take. How would you handle that?
As for the last part, yeah, I've been to the general boards, I'll leave the "what's a monk good for" topic elsewhere.
I was merely attempting to give an in-game reason to justify the rules, frankly.
If the rules don't work for your game, by all means change them. Likewise, if my in-game reason doesn't work... use a different one. I'm not gonna play the "keep coming up with new explanations game each time the previous one doesn't work" game though. ;-)
Does "undersized weapons" affect unarmed damage ? The monster rule specifically mentions manufactured weapons, while the centaur description explains the reason for the rule is that their upper torsos are those of med-sized humans. One could argue that their lower bodies allow them to put additional force into their blows, but that seems more cognate to their strength bonus.
Either way, how does this affect monktaurs ? They essentially treat their unarmed strikes as manufactured weapons whenever it's convenient, but what about when it's inconvenient ?
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Does "undersized weapons" affect unarmed damage ? The monster rule specifically mentions manufactured weapons, while the centaur description explains the reason for the rule is that their upper torsos are those of med-sized humans. One could argue that their lower bodies allow them to put additional force into their blows, but that seems more cognate to their strength bonus.
Either way, how does this affect monktaurs ? They essentially treat their unarmed strikes as manufactured weapons whenever it's convenient, but what about when it's inconvenient ?
Yes; undersized weapons affects unarmed strikes. The centaur's fists are the same size as a human's fists, after all. (And yeah, I know that you can use all body parts to make unarmed strikes... but the rules just work SO much better and are so much simpler if we treat unarmed strike as a manufactured weapon in this case... unarmed strike IS on the manufactured weapon charts, after all!).
A monk centaur would treat their unarmed strikes as if they were Medium sized as a result.
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Good evening James, are you getting excited about GenCon?
Anyway, how do you pronounce Lemure (the devil), I've always pronounced it like Lemur (the animal), but that sounds weird.
Anyway, with the upcoming Mythic rules you now have the ability to stat up the various power players of Golarion. With that in mind what CR would Nex be? Is there any chance of seeing a Nex stat block in the near future? For example next month...
Also since you've stated that the Starstone is a source of mythic power, and Aroden used it to become a deity, was he first catapulted into demigod territory and it took some time for him to become a true deity? The fact that he walked Golarion for some time after becoming a deity seems to imply this since true deities don't walk the mortal world.
What was Aroden before he became a deity? As in his class, I figure he was a wizard or cleric, perhaps a mystic theurge?
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Good evening James, are you getting excited about GenCon?
Anyway, how do you pronounce Lemure (the devil), I've always pronounced it like Lemur (the animal), but that sounds weird.
Anyway, with the upcoming Mythic rules you now have the ability to stat up the various power players of Golarion. With that in mind what CR would Nex be? Is there any chance of seeing a Nex stat block in the near future? For example next month...
Also since you've stated that the Starstone is a source of mythic power, and Aroden used it to become a deity, was he first catapulted into demigod territory and it took some time for him to become a true deity? The fact that he walked Golarion for some time after becoming a deity seems to imply this since true deities don't walk the mortal world.
What was Aroden before he became a deity? As in his class, I figure he was a wizard or cleric, perhaps a mystic theurge?
Not really—Gen Con is not something that excites me as much as it kinda makes me nervous and sick to the stomach and frustrated and more. Not a fan of conventions...
Nex would be above CR 20 in power, but beyond that I'm not ready to say. He's very much Erik Mona's pet NPC, so Erik would be the one to ask, and he'll probably say "I don't know yet and might never know." His stats are NOT scheduled to be printed anytime soon.
And it's a common misconception that Aroden used the Starstone to become a deity—he did not. His act of raising the Starstone and the Isle of Kortos helped put him into demigod level, and it was numerous other things he did in the thousands of years to follow that eventually boosted him into true deity level. He was a demigod while "walking Golarion," and that's something that plenty of other demigods (Arazni, Treerazer, Lorthact, Ydersius, etc.) have done and still do.
Aroden was a wizard before he became a deity.
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Not really—Gen Con is not something that excites me as much as it kinda makes me nervous and sick to the stomach and frustrated and more. Not a fan of conventions...Nex would be above CR 20 in power, but beyond that I'm not ready to say. He's very much Erik Mona's pet NPC, so Erik would be the one to ask, and he'll probably say "I don't know yet and might never know." His stats are NOT scheduled to be printed anytime soon.
And it's a common misconception that Aroden used the Starstone to become a deity—he did not. His act of raising the Starstone and the Isle of Kortos helped put him into demigod level, and it was numerous other things he did in the thousands of years to follow that eventually boosted him into true deity level. He was a demigod while "walking Golarion," and that's something that plenty of other demigods...
I already knew about Dictionary.com (very useful tool), but I had no idea that the name had a real world origin, and it turns out I've been saying it wrong. Thanks.
As for the misconception. It is an easy one to make, I just read up on Aroden again and while it doesn't say that the test of the starstone made him a deity, it is very easy to make that connection since the backstory jumps straight from that point to him becoming a deity.
What sort of deeds was it lead to him becoming a deity?
. I'm also kinda fond of "At Your Door," for its inclusion of TED Klein stuff, but there are some folks who don't like it.
Hi James,
What book is this in?
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As for the misconception. It is an easy one to make, I just read up on Aroden again and while it doesn't say that the test of the starstone made him a deity, it is very easy to make that connection since the backstory jumps straight from that point to him becoming a deity.
What sort of deeds was it lead to him becoming a deity?
Since we haven't yet (and currently don't plan to) listed what you need to do to become a full-on deity, I'm in no real hurry to list all the things Aroden did to do that. One of them would have been the first defeat of Deskari in Sarkoris a while back, when he drove the demon lord and his armies out of Sarkoris, through Mendev, and into the big lake.
Since we haven't yet (and currently don't plan to) listed what you need to do to become a full-on deity, I'm in no real hurry to list all the things Aroden did to do that. One of them would have been the first defeat of Deskari in Sarkoris a while back, when he drove the demon lord and his armies out of Sarkoris, through Mendev, and into the big lake.As for the misconception. It is an easy one to make, I just read up on Aroden again and while it doesn't say that the test of the starstone made him a deity, it is very easy to make that connection since the backstory jumps straight from that point to him becoming a deity.
What sort of deeds was it lead to him becoming a deity?
Does Mythic Adventures (or one of the Mythic Golarion books that's coming out) talk about what what needs to be done to make you a Demigod?
And it's a common misconception that Aroden used the Starstone to become a deity—he did not. His act of raising the Starstone and the Isle of Kortos helped put him into demigod level, and it was numerous other things he did in the thousands of years to follow that eventually boosted him into true deity level. He was a demigod while "walking Golarion," and that's something that plenty of other demigods...
Huh, that's odd. He literally lifted up the Starstone and became a demigod. However, he could have just touched the starstone and become a real god right then before the citadel was completed?
Definitely wasn't voluntary. Eiseth, the Whore Queen, chased him out of Hell, and onto the Material Plane because she believes he was going to betray her. She's spent centuries hunting him down, and the implication is that if she gets word he's still alive (he faked his death), and where he is, she's going to unleash her wrath on him.That STILL might be voluntary.
Treerazer was not "chased" out of the Abyss. He was forcibly exiled. It could be in Lorthact's case that in fleeing Eiseth he sought out a Material Plane world to hide out on purpose, hoping that'd be one of the last places she looked for him, in which case he would still be a non-native outsider and, in fact, would probably be VERY concerned about being banished back to Hell, which would go a long way toward explaining why he's in such deep cover.
Could he dimensional anchor himself?
And it's a common misconception that Aroden used the Starstone to become a deity—he did not. His act of raising the Starstone and the Isle of Kortos helped put him into demigod level, and it was numerous other things he did in the thousands of years to follow that eventually boosted him into true deity level. He was a demigod while "walking Golarion," and that's something that plenty of other demigods...
...I swear that it is somewhere at least stated in the form of "Aroden raised the starstone from the sea and became a god." I thought I had heard from you or one of the other staff that he was already a god/demigod when he did it... I guess we don't have a whole lot about the life and times of Aroden, so it makes sense for a lot of people to be confused, even if you have the story down pat in-house.
(also I imagine he didn't raise the starstone with his bare hands so much as with a high-level Move Earth spell or something)
(also I imagine he didn't raise the starstone with his bare hands so much as with a high-level Move Earth spell or something)
He might have been a Mythic Wizard and used the new terraform spell to accomplish this.
James, are you looking forward to the outcry from the 'non-evil undead' crew now that the Wrath of the Righteous Player's Guide refers to animating the dead as a 'major' evil act? Or that animating dead is, apparently, equally as evil as 'knowingly slaying on innocent'?
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Do any of the major deities of Golarion have a celibate priesthood?I would suspect so. Off the top of my head, the ones that'd be most likely to have celibate sects (ha!) would be Irori, Asmodeus, and maybe a few other lawful deities or demigods. I'm not sure off the top of my head if we've mentioned any in particular in the articles Sean's written for the deities though.
Don't know if it's been mentioned already, but Gozreh has followers that are celibate (though this is a personal choice of the individual priest, rather than a doctrinal requirement). The idea is that they're effectively "married" to Gozreh, and even "embrace" him/her while writhing about in the water or atop high mountains while naked.
Quick Question, James
I'm trying to price some magic items that function similarly to class features. Table 15-29: Estimating Magic Item Gold Pieces doesn't seem to have an entry for class features, unless I'm mistaken.
How do you estimate the gp cost of such a magic item? Like, where does the 25,000 gp price tag for the ring of evasion come from, or the price for something like Bracelet of Mercy, which grants also grants a specific class feature while it is worn.
. I'm also kinda fond of "At Your Door," for its inclusion of TED Klein stuff, but there are some folks who don't like it.Hi James,
What book is this in?
Ah! Great ! Thanks. I missed it because I don't tend to run the modern era stuff. I'll pick it up at your recommendation. Sometimes I wish Chaosium had a subscription service like Paizo does. Looking forward to my August package with its demony goodness (or badness) :)
Thanks James.
Mr. James Jacobs,
What would Nethys's opinion of Dragon Shamans (the 3.5 class) be?
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Does Mythic Adventures (or one of the Mythic Golarion books that's coming out) talk about what what needs to be done to make you a Demigod?
Yes.
In that in order to be a demigod, you need only to be able to grant spells to your followers, and Mythic Adventures lets you do that if you want.
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He was a demigod while "walking Golarion," and that's something that plenty of other demigods (Arazni, Treerazer, Lorthact, Ydersius, etc.) have done and still do.Isn't Ydersius a full deity? I think he's referred to as a demigod a few times in the Serpent's Skull AP, but the Pathfinder Wiki mentions that he offers five or even six domains (Chaos, Evil, Nobility, Scalykind, War, and a notation of Animal as well). Or is the number of domains an error, and he's supposed to only grant four?
And is Arazni still a demigod after what she went through with Tar-Baphon and Geb? Or is she some other sort of mythic individual now in her undead state?
One of them would have been the first defeat of Deskari in Sarkoris a while back, when he drove the demon lord and his armies out of Sarkoris, through Mendev, and into the big lake.The book Liar's Blade talks about how the imprisonment of Kholerus (an extremely powerful nascent demon lord and possibly Deskari's "son") was involved with that defeat of Deskari. Assuming that the various things he did were accomplishing his Mythic "trials" to continue increasing in power, did that play a part in the overall trial?
Will anything in Wrath of the Righteous mention something about Kholerus? Or are there no plans to incorporate it?
Ydersius is a demigod. As is Arazni.
Ydersius should only grant 4 domains.
The events in Liar's Blade do not play a part in Wrath of the Righteous at all.
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And it's a common misconception that Aroden used the Starstone to become a deity—he did not. His act of raising the Starstone and the Isle of Kortos helped put him into demigod level, and it was numerous other things he did in the thousands of years to follow that eventually boosted him into true deity level. He was a demigod while "walking Golarion," and that's something that plenty of other demigods...Huh, that's odd. He literally lifted up the Starstone and became a demigod. However, he could have just touched the starstone and become a real god right then before the citadel was completed?
Turns out, there's all sorts of odd and mysterious things about the Starstone.
Also turns out, we've played pretty fast and loose in print with the definition of "god."
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Definitely wasn't voluntary. Eiseth, the Whore Queen, chased him out of Hell, and onto the Material Plane because she believes he was going to betray her. She's spent centuries hunting him down, and the implication is that if she gets word he's still alive (he faked his death), and where he is, she's going to unleash her wrath on him.That STILL might be voluntary.
Treerazer was not "chased" out of the Abyss. He was forcibly exiled. It could be in Lorthact's case that in fleeing Eiseth he sought out a Material Plane world to hide out on purpose, hoping that'd be one of the last places she looked for him, in which case he would still be a non-native outsider and, in fact, would probably be VERY concerned about being banished back to Hell, which would go a long way toward explaining why he's in such deep cover.
Could he dimensional anchor himself?
Yup. And then hope it doesn't get dispelled or something like that.
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And it's a common misconception that Aroden used the Starstone to become a deity—he did not. His act of raising the Starstone and the Isle of Kortos helped put him into demigod level, and it was numerous other things he did in the thousands of years to follow that eventually boosted him into true deity level. He was a demigod while "walking Golarion," and that's something that plenty of other demigods......I swear that it is somewhere at least stated in the form of "Aroden raised the starstone from the sea and became a god." I thought I had heard from you or one of the other staff that he was already a god/demigod when he did it... I guess we don't have a whole lot about the life and times of Aroden, so it makes sense for a lot of people to be confused, even if you have the story down pat in-house.
(also I imagine he didn't raise the starstone with his bare hands so much as with a high-level Move Earth spell or something)
Turns out, the exact timing of when Aroden went from mortal to demigod to full-on deity is obscure and confusing and not something that we've really nailed down yet.
My take: He became a demigod when he raised the Starstone, then became a full-on deity later after doing a lot of other stuff.
Remember: "god" can mean "deity" or "demigod." If we DO ever publish rules on how to become a full deity and all that, we'll nail the terminology down better.
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Quick Question, James
I'm trying to price some magic items that function similarly to class features. Table 15-29: Estimating Magic Item Gold Pieces doesn't seem to have an entry for class features, unless I'm mistaken.
How do you estimate the gp cost of such a magic item? Like, where does the 25,000 gp price tag for the ring of evasion come from, or the price for something like Bracelet of Mercy, which grants also grants a specific class feature while it is worn.
That's because it's best not to create magic items that duplicate class features. I know that some exist, such as the ring of evasion, but as a general rule, it's not a great idea to farm out class abilities as magic items.
The best way to price it out is to make it really expensive, or even better, make the item an artifact, since it's best if class abilities come from classes, not magic items.
How would you say the witch class would fair in the worldwound?
Hi James,
With the Wrath of the Righteous coming out, I figured I would throw a horror movie/evil outsider question at you.
If you were to recommend a horror movie (or several horror movies) that best capture the feel of the "big 3" evil outsiders, what movies would you pick for:
1. Devils?
2. Demons?
3. Daemons?
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If Castruccio Irovetti was killed, what type of rakshasa do you think he would reincarnate as?
He could come back as ANY of them. Whatever one works best for the story you want to tell. (AKA: This isn't something I've ever even considered putting any thought into, frankly, and as such any thought I'd put into it now would be starting at ground zero, which means it could work for any rakshasa.)
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Interesting. Of the domains listed for Ydersius, since he'd need to lose some to get him down to four, which ones would you remove?
Ydersius is a demigod. As is Arazni.Ydersius should only grant 4 domains.
Actually... Looks like I was mistaken.
Ydersius is a full deity. He grants 5 domains. Chaos, Evil, Nobility, Scalykind, and War.
He's an unusual case, though, in that he's decapitated. He still functions as a full deity, but he's crippled in many ways due to his decapitation more than metaphorically separating his mind from his body.
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Hi James,
With the Wrath of the Righteous coming out, I figured I would throw a horror movie/evil outsider question at you.
If you were to recommend a horror movie (or several horror movies) that best capture the feel of the "big 3" evil outsiders, what movies would you pick for:
1. Devils?
2. Demons?
3. Daemons?
Wow. Interesting question! Rather than answer with movies that are about devils and demons and the like (since those words are essentially synonyms when used outside of Pathfinder or similar RPGs)... I'm instead gonna name a movie whose villain captures the feel and theme of the fiend mentioned.
1) Devils (corruption of the soul): Breaking Bad
2) Demons (destruction of the body, the works of humanity, and hope): The Mist, or John Carpenter's The Thing
3) Daemons (consumption of the soul and of identity): Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Hey James!
Mr. Jacobs?
JJ? Can I call you JJ?
Oh gawrsh, I'm so nervous!
Hi there! Loro here! Gee, um... I'm your biggest fan! Love your work! Oh golly gee willikers!
I guess, that, well, you see... what I wanted to ask is...
What kind of plans does the paizo crew have on the horizon concerning new classes? Would love to see something completely unique and interesting besides the usual stereotypes of "studied caster, spontaneous caster, melee, caster/melee hybrid, etc..." and see something totally off the wall.
I was always a huge fan of concepts that went in a totally opposite direction and gave us something brand new.
The Binder from Tome of Magic, The Warblade and Swordsaint from Tome of Battle, to name a few... (Filthy non-pathfinder products... I know!)
Any chance of a hint or confirmation that we might be seeing something with a completely unique resource system or class mechanics in the near future?
Thanks!
Oh! I couldn't help but notice you order that navy blue sweater off of amazon.com the other day when I was admiring your hair in the bushes behind your office. Stunning! I took the liberty of sneaking in through the back door of the kitchen and changed your order to a V-neck in order to accentuate your chin. Hope you don't mind! Best friends forever!
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Hey James!
Mr. Jacobs?
JJ? Can I call you JJ?Oh gawrsh, I'm so nervous!
Hi there! Loro here! Gee, um... I'm your biggest fan! Love your work! Oh golly gee willikers!
I guess, that, well, you see... what I wanted to ask is...What kind of plans does the paizo crew have on the horizon concerning new classes? Would love to see something completely unique and interesting besides the usual stereotypes of "studied caster, spontaneous caster, melee, caster/melee hybrid, etc..." and see something totally off the wall.
I was always a huge fan of concepts that went in a totally opposite direction and gave us something brand new.
The Binder from Tome of Magic, The Warblade and Swordsaint from Tome of Battle, to name a few... (Filthy non-pathfinder products... I know!)Any chance of a hint or confirmation that we might be seeing something with a completely unique resource system or class mechanics in the near future?
Thanks!
Oh! I couldn't help but notice you order that navy blue sweater off of amazon.com the other day when I was admiring your hair in the bushes behind your office. Stunning! I took the liberty of sneaking in through the back door of the kitchen and changed your order to a V-neck in order to accentuate your chin. Hope you don't mind! Best friends forever!
Whoa...
Ahem.
No plans at this point that we've announced regarding new classes... but stay tuned!
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No plans at this point that we've announced regarding new classes... but stay tuned!
Ooh. It teases us, precious!
Tangentially, are you in favor of more classes that use the spellcasting mechanic, or less classes that use the spellcasting mechanic? Or both!
Spells already eat up a *ton* of page and design space, so it almost seems like a waste not to have a new class take advantage of that already-done-work, but, at the same time, classes that find new ways to make relevant use of feats (or even enhanced use of feats), or skills (such as a rogue's enhanced options for trapfinding, modifying Perception and Disable Device, or a bard's options enhancing their uuse of the Perform skills) seems like a place that could be expanded upon with a non-magical PC-capable specialist in the Heal skill, or Knowledge skills (combat sage granting bard-like bonuses?), etc.
Hi james i was wondering is the age of worms ap collected somewhere i always read about it but have no idea where to get it..i took i hiatus from rpgs about 10 years..
second awhile back i asked for your help in naming a volcano..you pretty much told me that i would get greater satisfactiion if i named it myself..you were right...in salute to the great writer richard matheson who passed recently im calling it the black matheson named after the famous explorer dolan matheson
dont know if you a fan of richard matheson..hail hail a fallen horror king
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No plans at this point that we've announced regarding new classes... but stay tuned!Ooh. It teases us, precious!
Tangentially, are you in favor of more classes that use the spellcasting mechanic, or less classes that use the spellcasting mechanic? Or both!
Spells already eat up a *ton* of page and design space, so it almost seems like a waste not to have a new class take advantage of that already-done-work, but, at the same time, classes that find new ways to make relevant use of feats (or even enhanced use of feats), or skills (such as a rogue's enhanced options for trapfinding, modifying Perception and Disable Device, or a bard's options enhancing their uuse of the Perform skills) seems like a place that could be expanded upon with a non-magical PC-capable specialist in the Heal skill, or Knowledge skills (combat sage granting bard-like bonuses?), etc.
Personally? My desire for a swashbuckler class is pretty well documented on these boards.
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Hi james i was wondering is the age of worms ap collected somewhere i always read about it but have no idea where to get it..i took i hiatus from rpgs about 10 years..
second awhile back i asked for your help in naming a volcano..you pretty much told me that i would get greater satisfactiion if i named it myself..you were right...in salute to the great writer richard matheson who passed recently im calling it the black matheson named after the famous explorer dolan matheson
dont know if you a fan of richard matheson..hail hail a fallen horror king
At this point, the only way to get Age of Worms is to track down the 12 issues of Dungeon Magazine that published it. Wizards of the Coast owns it, and they'd be the ones to decide if they wanted to compile it or not. I do know that we sell back issues of Dungeon here at paizo.com... click here! Looks like we've got PDFs for all 12 parts, but not print copies.
Yay! Good job and congrats! And yeah; I'm a fan of Richard Matheson. Almost bought a book of his today, in fact, but decided to buy some Dan Simmons and a Cthulhu anthology and a Dying Earth anthology instead.
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1. Do you like prepared casters or spontaneous casters more?
I prefer prepared--spontaneous casters are really just prepared casters who are forced to prepare the same spells every day, and I feel like if I learn something about a particular spell combination, then with a wizard I can improve the next day, while with a sorcerer it doesn't matter what I learn.2. What are the top 5 ways in which daemons are more awesome than both demons and devils?
1) My two favorite spellcasting classes are bards and clerics... so I guess I like the two caster types the same.
2) The top five ways daemons are better than devils are:
a) They look cooler and have more variety in appearance.
b) They're scarier in theme.
c) They haven't been overdone.
d) They're evil without being distracted by following laws.
e) There's less known about them, so there's more to explore.
They're not better than demons, though, so I can't think of 1 way there, let alone five. ;-)
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Hello!
I was wandering if you could explain how mythic tiers effect challenge ratings for encounters. I know, for example, that a group of PCs who are level 5 and have a single mythic tier should be able to handle CR 8 encounters with success. So it would seem that every mythic tier adds at least as much power as a regular level to the PCs.
However, a CR 30 creature should be very hard to fight even for a party of level 20 PCs with 10 mythic tiers. How does this work?
Coming to think of that, when I read Baba Taga's stat block, she's a level 20 witch with 10 mythic tiers. Some things make her more powerful than a PC of the same level - like a couple of artifacts she has and maybe some stat bonuses. But certainly PCs of that power level will also have some tricks of their own.
So how can a single level 20 + tier 10 mythic creature can be a threat to, say, four level 20 + tier 10 mythic PCs?