What does the Fox say?Chaos reigns.
Ha! My girlfriend gave the same answer. Awesome.
1) How uncomfortable (on a scale of 1-10) did Antichrist make you?
2) How do you like the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre? I'm assuming a decent amount based on Hook Mountain Massacre...
3) Who do you think
4) Who do you think is the best fighter in the ASOIAF universe?
5) Have you read GRRM's account of how Jaime Lannister would fare against Cthulhu? Here's a link if you haven't and want to read it.
5a) If so, how'd you like it?
6) Have you checked out the ASOIAF Roleplaying Game by Green Ronin?
6a) If so, how'd you like it?
James,
1)If you had to guess at this point, how would you say elves feel about psionics/psychic magic? Are the elves of Castrovel more likely to be familiar(tolerant?) to that kind of power?
2) What is your main source of inspiration for your elven characters (Tolkien, Greyhawk, Warhammer, Warcraft, etc)?
3) Can I (eventually) have a Kyonin/Treerazer APG? Please?
Feels like a silly question, but for skills like Craft, Profession, and Perform, which have multiple, individual skills (Craft Weapons, Craft Bows, Perform Oratory, Perform Dance, etc), if I apply Skill Focus for, say, Craft, does it apply to all Craft skills or just one Craft skill I have?
Thanks.
1)Why does the star titan Kaiju do so much more physical damage(4d12+27) then the Kaiju in the Bestiary 4 even though he is only CR26?
2)Have you seen the new Carrie movie?
3)Have you seen any new movies?
4)The Elohim says it creates permanent demi-planes in it's description but lacks any ability to make a permanent demi-plane, so can we assume it's ability is permanent unlike the spell's version?
5)What is your favorite holiday?
Are there monsters in the bestiary 1, 2, 3 or 4 that never will be used in a Adventure Path again because the team finds them silly or lost the love for that creature? (or maybe because there is another monster in a later bestiary that took over its role?)
And if yes, can you name some examples?
Have you or anyone else at Paizo played League of Legends?
Have you heard the song Get Jinxed? That song's catchier than Pokémon (joke courtesy of one Shagg, Youtube Let's Player)
COME ON, SHOOT FASTER, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EDITING: Would you consider Treerazer a giver of lame names? Seriously, Blackaxe... it's mind-boggling how much something can be exactly what it says on the tin.
I FELL INTO A BURNING RING OF EDIT: Has Asmodeus ever been in any relationships?
Sweet! Thanks a bunch, Alexander. While I realize that this is NOT a question for James (you know, the purpose of this thread), do you have a link or should a quick search get me there?
That's okay; technically I violated the thread's topic too by responding to you! (Twice, even. ;-P )
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My (possibly inappropriate) artist contact-info questions got me thinking: how much has art influenced your passion and dedication to the hobby/lifestyle that is roleplay gaming?
If it isn't altogether obvious, it has driven my love of rpgs to the point that I, as an artist, genuinely enjoy byzantine rules structures and legal-style wording despite the enormous disparity between the two methods. They are, as I see it, intrinsically linked in the beautiful constructs that are rpgs.
Art has played a HUGE influence on my passion and dedication to the hobby. The 1st edition Monster Manual remains one of my favorite books to this day due to the huge amount of art in there.
Art is perhaps the most important part of making RPGs awesome, since the human body is so based and dependent on vision. If there's no art and it's not compelling... getting someone to read the words is a lot, lot tougher.
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What is the most dangerous place in the Multiverse?
If it's not the same thing, what is the most dangerous realm/region of the Abyss?
The most dangerous place in the Great Beyond varies, depending on the person. For the average human, though, it'd definitely be the Negative Energy Plane.
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Sorta, his father was bodyjacked by a Yithian when he impregnated his mother, the resulting baby ie the main character has some unique powers and abilities because of it.Did you ever play Call of Cthulhu : Dark Corners of the Earth for the Xbox? If so what kind of creature ** spoiler omitted **I've played it; great game! Just downloaded it for my PC to re-play it, but it plays kinda buggy on modern machinery alas.
And... wasn't the main character a human? It's been a while...
Ah! Right!
Well... turns out we have stats for Yithians in the game... so that should be easy enough!
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If they weren't or you got permission which would you like to do most?Yes... but a lot of them are entangled by copyrights and the like.Are there are any other Mythos stories or creatures you'd like to develop or incorporate into Golarion?
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(Dang, broke my Demon combo)
Ramsey Campbell's contributions, no contest. Things like Glaaki and Y'golonac and the Insects from Shaggai and Byatis and so on.
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How are the Realms separated? Or is just one big jigsaw map?When using Plane Shift or an Amulet of the Planes is the Abyss considered just one plane, or can you specify which Layer you wish to go to?The Abyss is one plane. We don't have "layers" in our setting, really; that's a D&D construction for the most part. You can certainly try to aim at a specific Abyssal realm though.
The realms are separated by space; they're all essentially giant caverns in the quintessence that makes up the underground of the Outer Sphere... but the distances involved are so vast that the realms might as well be in other universes. Portals and the like that connect them help to navigate, of course.
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Could a Wizard cast Shrink item on a bunch of stuff, and then put it in a box, then cast shrink item on the box to shrink it all even further?
Just had the idea to shrink a huge mound of gold down till it fit in a treasure chest, then put it into a treasure chest, and then shrink it down so that when someone cast dispel magic, the whole thing would explode as the gold all expanded. Thought it would be a funny joke to play on my PCs, or for my Wizard in Kingmaker to do as a prank on thieves or something.
You can only shrink an item with shrink item once.
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What does the Fox say?Chaos reigns.Ha! My girlfriend gave the same answer. Awesome.
1) How uncomfortable (on a scale of 1-10) did Antichrist make you?
2) How do you like the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre? I'm assuming a decent amount based on Hook Mountain Massacre...
3) Who do you think ** spoiler omitted **
4) Who do you think is the best fighter in the ASOIAF universe?
5) Have you read GRRM's account of how Jaime Lannister would fare against Cthulhu? Here's a link if you haven't and want to read it.
5a) If so, how'd you like it?
6) Have you checked out the ASOIAF Roleplaying Game by Green Ronin?
6a) If so, how'd you like it?
1) HA! Well done getting the reference. As for the scale, with a 1 being unbothered at all and a 10 being completely derailed and as uncomfortable as I've ever been watching a movie... Antichrist would rate a 9.9.
2) I am a huge fan of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It was a significant influence on Hook Mountain... the idea there was that I wanted to do a classic British/Hammer Horror type adventure for "Skinsaw" and a classic American exploitation horror for "Hook Mountain."
3) Hasn't that more or less been revealed in the latest book?
4) If by "ASOIAF" you mean "A Song of Ice and Fire," then that depends on the book! Currently, as things stand, I'd probably nominate...
5) HA! Cool... tagged that to read later. Thanks!
6) I have! It looks fun but haven't had a chance to play it yet.
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James,
1)If you had to guess at this point, how would you say elves feel about psionics/psychic magic? Are the elves of Castrovel more likely to be familiar(tolerant?) to that kind of power?
2) What is your main source of inspiration for your elven characters (Tolkien, Greyhawk, Warhammer, Warcraft, etc)?
3) Can I (eventually) have a Kyonin/Treerazer APG? Please?
1) I don't have to guess. They approve of psychic magic; they approve of all magic!
2) Probably a mix between Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Warcraft, and mythology.
3) We'll see! :)
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Feels like a silly question, but for skills like Craft, Profession, and Perform, which have multiple, individual skills (Craft Weapons, Craft Bows, Perform Oratory, Perform Dance, etc), if I apply Skill Focus for, say, Craft, does it apply to all Craft skills or just one Craft skill I have?
Thanks.
You have to pick which specialty you apply the Skill Focus to. It doesn't apply to all of them.
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1)Why does the star titan Kaiju do so much more physical damage(4d12+27) then the Kaiju in the Bestiary 4 even though he is only CR26?
2)Have you seen the new Carrie movie?
3)Have you seen any new movies?
4)The Elohim says it creates permanent demi-planes in it's description but lacks any ability to make a permanent demi-plane, so can we assume it's ability is permanent unlike the spell's version?
5)What is your favorite holiday?
1) I don't have those books at hand to compare... but probably because he's got fewer attacks to go around and has to put all his eggs into one basket.
2) Nope.
3) Just saw Captain Phillips last week; VERY good. And just saw The Last Days on Mars last night... also VERY good.
4) I would say that its ability to create permanent demiplanes would be something best handled by story, not stats. But feel free to have its spell-like abilities be permanent if you want, I guess.
5) Christmas.
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Are there monsters in the bestiary 1, 2, 3 or 4 that never will be used in a Adventure Path again because the team finds them silly or lost the love for that creature? (or maybe because there is another monster in a later bestiary that took over its role?)
And if yes, can you name some examples?
Not really. Turns out, we've gotten pretty good at publishing only the stuff we like!
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Have you or anyone else at Paizo played League of Legends?
Have you heard the song Get Jinxed? That song's catchier than Pokémon (joke courtesy of one Shagg, Youtube Let's Player)
COME ON, SHOOT FASTER, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EDITING: Would you consider Treerazer a giver of lame names? Seriously, Blackaxe... it's mind-boggling how much something can be exactly what it says on the tin.
I FELL INTO A BURNING RING OF EDIT: Has Asmodeus ever been in any relationships?
I have not, and I'm not sure if anyone else has, but I assume at least one person has.
Nope.
Not at all. Sometimes obvious names are the exact right names.
I doubt it.
Sir Jacobs, I'm tracking sins in Runelords, my player who is childhood friends with Ameiko insisted on carrying her out of the glassworks, even had to win a CMD to grapple. Which sin/virtue should this qualify for a mark in?
- With Mythic having answered how spells are granted, how do you see artifacts coming about? Are they something that mythical item crafters can make in principle, only with more time and money and investment than it would make sense to put a price tag on, or are they solely the work of even greater powers than full-on deities? Or in other words, does it make sense to assume that Mythic NPC spellcasters might have made unique artifacts under their own power?
- Would it make sense to let Mythic PCs create artifacts by going through sufficiently epic challenges to do so?
- If so, how much effort would be appropriate for minor artifacts? Scale of an adventure, of an AP, or more?
- Concerning items like Staves of the Magi, which regain charges by absorbing spells, is the intent that NPCs (such as Arazni) equipped with them rely on their enemies to cast spells which they can then absorb, or is it in-line with the idea of the item that the user might cast spells on themselves (or directly at the staff) to recharge it in a "controlled" manner with less risk for lethal overload?
Will there be a Game Designer contract-contest for 2014? Is there any other avenue for gainful employment at Paizo inventing new Pathfinder(TM) spells, equipment, Feats, etc. or writing; and if so, where are the submission guidelines...We do the RPG Superstar contest every year... or have so far. We haven't made any announcements about the next one... but Stay Tuned!
There's not a lot of other ways to gain employment at Paizo, other than working a lot to get your work published by other companies, seeking us out out at conventions to chat with us and attend our seminars, and then apply for job positions as they open up.
We aren't currently accepting submissions at all for any of our print lines. All of those products are outlined by us and assigned by us to freelancers.
Alright, then what in your opinion is the best way to get work as a Freelancer? I'm sure you're tired of people mobbing you at con's hoping that you'll hire them... Obsequiousness does not become me; but, I can write! ;-D
Has Asmodeus ever been in any relationships?I doubt it.
Do you think Asmodeus would require a prenuptial agreement?
For the purpose of avoiding NPC romance shenanigans, how effective would playing a kobold, goblinoid or tiefling be?
Okay, some tieflings are worse than others, but let's assume bog-standard.
(Romance is not something I'd want to get entangled in while playing games, no I haven't played Mass Effect)
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- With Mythic having answered how spells are granted, how do you see artifacts coming about? Are they something that mythical item crafters can make in principle, only with more time and money and investment than it would make sense to put a price tag on, or are they solely the work of even greater powers than full-on deities? Or in other words, does it make sense to assume that Mythic NPC spellcasters might have made unique artifacts under their own power?
- Would it make sense to let Mythic PCs create artifacts by going through sufficiently epic challenges to do so?
- If so, how much effort would be appropriate for minor artifacts? Scale of an adventure, of an AP, or more?
- Concerning items like Staves of the Magi, which regain charges by absorbing spells, is the intent that NPCs (such as Arazni) equipped with them rely on their enemies to cast spells which they can then absorb, or is it in-line with the idea of the item that the user might cast spells on themselves (or directly at the staff) to recharge it in a "controlled" manner with less risk for lethal overload?
Artifacts are created by unique situations, deities, mythic charcters, demigods, and the like. We haven't yet built rules for crafting them, because we don't really want PCs crafting them. They're something, like monsters, that should remain under the control of the GM. That said... the legendary item ability lets players KIND of create artifacts.
Up to you. I would probably say yes... but only as the near-culmination of a campaign.
The scale should be AP level.
The intent is merely to give powerful NPCs artifacts. How they use them is up to the GM.
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Alright, then what in your opinion is the best way to get work as a Freelancer? I'm sure you're tired of people mobbing you at con's hoping that you'll hire them... Obsequiousness does not become me; but, I can write! ;-DWill there be a Game Designer contract-contest for 2014? Is there any other avenue for gainful employment at Paizo inventing new Pathfinder(TM) spells, equipment, Feats, etc. or writing; and if so, where are the submission guidelines...We do the RPG Superstar contest every year... or have so far. We haven't made any announcements about the next one... but Stay Tuned!
There's not a lot of other ways to gain employment at Paizo, other than working a lot to get your work published by other companies, seeking us out out at conventions to chat with us and attend our seminars, and then apply for job positions as they open up.
We aren't currently accepting submissions at all for any of our print lines. All of those products are outlined by us and assigned by us to freelancers.
The best way is to seek work with 3rd party publishers these days. Work hard, make a reputation for yourself, maintain a cool and even-headed presence on our boards, visit with us at conventions if you can, and once you have some published credits to your name, send us an email with that list of credits and let us know you're interested in working for Paizo. Be warned... it's a VERY competitive arena!
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For the purpose of avoiding NPC romance shenanigans, how effective would playing a kobold, goblinoid or tiefling be?
Okay, some tieflings are worse than others, but let's assume bog-standard.
(Romance is not something I'd want to get entangled in while playing games, no I haven't played Mass Effect)
That depends entirely on your GM. And honestly, if you'd rather not have that element involved with your character and your GM does put those elements into the game... you need to tell your GM you're not interested rather than try to do end runs with weirdo characters! :P
I highly doubt that even Shameless Shayliss would bother hitting on a kobold.
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My (possibly inappropriate) artist contact-info questions got me thinking: how much has art influenced your passion and dedication to the hobby/lifestyle that is roleplay gaming?
If it isn't altogether obvious, it has driven my love of rpgs to the point that I, as an artist, genuinely enjoy byzantine rules structures and legal-style wording despite the enormous disparity between the two methods. They are, as I see it, intrinsically linked in the beautiful constructs that are rpgs.
Art has played a HUGE influence on my passion and dedication to the hobby. The 1st edition Monster Manual remains one of my favorite books to this day due to the huge amount of art in there.
Art is perhaps the most important part of making RPGs awesome, since the human body is so based and dependent on vision. If there's no art and it's not compelling... getting someone to read the words is a lot, lot tougher.
Ha! Being a guy that just happens to be blind, I find this statement extremely amusing. Sure, when I still could see, the images were extremely important to me, but now I find that a rich description is much more applicable. Different strokes and all!
Anyways, for the question. Have you ever played an RPG with someone who was blind? It’s one of the few hobbies that I find I can still enjoy.
Mr. James Jacobs,
Something was wondering. Is Ileosa full on gay, bi, or does she sleep with whoever the situation requires? IE, want to be queen? Sleep with the king. Want a bendable but skilled and devoted bodyguard? Sleep with that lady over there who is both skilled, gullible, and happens to be gay.
Also, do any of the nations have signature weapons?
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My (possibly inappropriate) artist contact-info questions got me thinking: how much has art influenced your passion and dedication to the hobby/lifestyle that is roleplay gaming?
If it isn't altogether obvious, it has driven my love of rpgs to the point that I, as an artist, genuinely enjoy byzantine rules structures and legal-style wording despite the enormous disparity between the two methods. They are, as I see it, intrinsically linked in the beautiful constructs that are rpgs.
Art has played a HUGE influence on my passion and dedication to the hobby. The 1st edition Monster Manual remains one of my favorite books to this day due to the huge amount of art in there.
Art is perhaps the most important part of making RPGs awesome, since the human body is so based and dependent on vision. If there's no art and it's not compelling... getting someone to read the words is a lot, lot tougher.
Ha! Being a guy that just happens to be blind, I find this statement extremely amusing. Sure, when I still could see, the images were extremely important to me, but now I find that a rich description is much more applicable. Different strokes and all!
Anyways, for the question. Have you ever played an RPG with someone who was blind? It’s one of the few hobbies that I find I can still enjoy.
I hope you didn't take offense... my comment was NOT meant to insult anyone, but was more of a generalized statement about how influential art is. But yeah... a great reason for us or ANY company to not lie back and be lazy... great and rich descriptions are ALWAYS good.
I've never played an RPG with someone who's blind, but I've gamed with folks who were deaf before. Different challenge, but the experience was something I cherished; it taught me a lot about how folks game and interact with the rules and all that.
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Mr. James Jacobs,
Something was wondering. Is Ileosa full on gay, bi, or does she sleep with whoever the situation requires? IE, want to be queen? Sleep with the king. Want a bendable but skilled and devoted bodyguard? Sleep with that lady over there who is both skilled, gullible, and happens to be gay.
Also, do any of the nations have signature weapons?
As written, Ileosa is a lesbian, but she's also pretty opportunistic and would do a lot for power... including marry a really old man who CERTAINLY won't e a live for much longer!
And yes. There are signature weapons out there, although not in a really official way. More like THEMED weapons. Like guns in Alkenstar, or rapiers in the Shackles.
And yes. There are signature weapons out there, although not in a really official way. More like THEMED weapons. Like guns in Alkenstar, or rapiers in the Shackles.
What would it be for Thuvia and Rahadoum?
Just how far did you chase that pige...er, I mean, archaeopteryx?
Is the Skrik Nettle (Kingmaker bestiary ap monster) one of the monsters that will never see the light of day again? Or is there still a chance it will make it into a hardcover Bestiary one day?
Of the core deities, which ones would be likely to have had flings with mortals?
You know, besides the obvious ones (Zon-Kuthon, Shelyn, Calistria).
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Is the Skrik Nettle (Kingmaker bestiary ap monster) one of the monsters that will never see the light of day again? Or is there still a chance it will make it into a hardcover Bestiary one day?
There's always a chance. We try to mix up the reprints in a bestiary with new stuff, and there's always more reprints than we need.
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Of the core deities, which ones would be likely to have had flings with mortals?
You know, besides the obvious ones (Zon-Kuthon, Shelyn, Calistria).
ummm... besides the obvious ones (and I wouldn't say Zon-Kuthon is an obvious one at all), there isn't an obvious one by definition, and there for there's no way to answer the question since they're all equally likely or unlikely.