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Haladir, (hope I'm not bugging JJ)
From my perspective, not really. You're basically talking Charisma scores and self-promotion (diplomacy and bluff checks). van Gogh had a huge Int mod and no Cha to speak of, and didn't invest much in ranks. Warhol was a famous schmoozer.
The house painter is a professional painter, so profession (painter). He just does it as a living. Paint the wall, paint the cart, schlock the cabinets, etc. He's more like a scribe using a big brush.
The Artist is a Craft (painter) who makes specific works of art, just like a jeweler does with gems. Landscapes, portraits, illustrations, etc. His analogues are sculptors, woodcarvers, jewelers, and so forth. It' sounds funny to call them a Craftsman, but that's what they are doing...making specific items, although its art instead of tools or finished products.
Should there be a charisma factor in the price? Yeah. There used to be a feat in 3.5 that made your items 'artistic' and upped the sale price for them, but I don't remember what it was. Maybe JJ knows some rules for being 'avant-garde' in your crafting.
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Yah... please take discussions to their own threads. Makes it hard to sift through questions when there's large posts with no questions.
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This is absolutely how I would divide it.Actually, the Craft might be the portrait painter, and profession might be the professional. I'm just used to putting blue collar work into Craft and white collar into Profession. But Artist painters create objects, and professionals cover and recover existing items.
Could be either interpretation I guess.
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I always made the distinction between Craft (painting) and Profession (artist) to be: Craft is the skill you use to create a particular work. Profession is how well you are at getting clients/patrons, managing you studio and/or apprentices, buying paint & materials, and (most importantly) selling your work. My example is: Vincent Van Gogh Had a very high Craft (painting) skill and a low Profession (artist) skill. Andy Warhol had an OK Craft (painting) skill and a very high Profession (artist) skill.
Am I in the right ballpark there?
Craft is the skill that makes things you can touch and use.
Profession is the skill that just makes money.
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Hey JJ, have you seen this infograph on lake monsters of the US?
Yup! It's lovely!
Did you travel for the holiday? We did, but it's only an hour's drive. Did you get to hang out with family? That's more important for me than the food - and the food is consistently pretty awesome.
Craft is the skill that makes things you can touch and use.
Profession is the skill that just makes money.
I've always explained it in terms of economics: Craft skills create goods while Profession skills describe services.
Anyway, its almost Christmas time JJ, and people are harassing me for my Christmas wishlist. What should I do?! What should I ask for?!
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Are there any Lawful Insane characters on Golarion, other than Zon-Kuthon and Kazavon?
Come to think of it, what exactly makes them Lawful, as opposed to Neutral or Chaotic Evil?
Absolutely. There's as many as there needs to be.
What makes them lawful is their behavior.
Over-analysis of alignments only leads to insanity too, by the way.
I've always took their Lawful to mean Discipline, which ya kinda need when you worship a God of Pain and Suffering.
I've always took their Lawful to mean Discipline, which ya kinda need when you worship a God of Pain and Suffering.Are there any Lawful Insane characters on Golarion, other than Zon-Kuthon and Kazavon?
Come to think of it, what exactly makes them Lawful, as opposed to Neutral or Chaotic Evil?
Absolutely. There's as many as there needs to be.
What makes them lawful is their behavior.
Over-analysis of alignments only leads to insanity too, by the way.
and the God of Safewords
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and the God of SafewordsI've always took their Lawful to mean Discipline, which ya kinda need when you worship a God of Pain and Suffering.Are there any Lawful Insane characters on Golarion, other than Zon-Kuthon and Kazavon?
Come to think of it, what exactly makes them Lawful, as opposed to Neutral or Chaotic Evil?
Absolutely. There's as many as there needs to be.
What makes them lawful is their behavior.
Over-analysis of alignments only leads to insanity too, by the way.
Seeing as how the second part of his Alignment is Evil, I don't think they have those.
and the God of SafewordsI figure that's more Shelyn, Arshea, and Lymnieris' thing.
Srsly folks, if you're getting into that sort of relationship, you want a LG partner! ;)
LN all the way. It's the right kind of danger ;)
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LN all the way. It's the right kind of danger ;)
and the God of SafewordsI figure that's more Shelyn, Arshea, and Lymnieris' thing.
Srsly folks, if you're getting into that sort of relationship, you want a LG partner! ;)
Man, I've got a follow-up to this but I really don't want to derail James' thread with porniness.
Again, that is. >_>
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Did you travel for the holiday? We did, but it's only an hour's drive. Did you get to hang out with family? That's more important for me than the food - and the food is consistently pretty awesome.
I did. I traveled about 100 feet north to hang out at Wes's place. Does that count?
I haven't actually visited family during Thanksgiving for over a decade... I do my family stuff down at Christmas.
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Craft is the skill that makes things you can touch and use.
Profession is the skill that just makes money.
I've always explained it in terms of economics: Craft skills create goods while Profession skills describe services.
Anyway, its almost Christmas time JJ, and people are harassing me for my Christmas wishlist. What should I do?! What should I ask for?!
You should ask them for a pet tarantula.
Hey James, hope you're doing well!
Question:
The final revelation for oracles with the Heavens mystery includes the following line, "Should you die, you are reborn 3 days later in the form of a star child, who matures over the course of 7 days (treat as the reincarnate spell)."
What is a star child and does it have any effect on the ability or does it just work exactly like reincarnate? Thanks for your time :)
You should ask them for a pet tarantula.
I think that would terrify me more than my gift-givers.
Hey James are there plans for expanding on the outer sea region of Golarion? Like beyond Tian Xia. I am curious about the rest of the planet, what other cultures and races and civilizations exist?
Thank you very much for your time and response.
I am trying to set up a campaign with metterak the dragon prince in it and was curious what level a 4 person campaign should be at to fight a cr24 like him
I'm not sure Metterak is official Golarion stuff. Try King Daralathyxl, from Dragons Revisited. Prior to the publication of Bestiary 4, he was the second most powerful creature in the setting, second only to the gold dragon Astarathian.
1)Any chance that Lord Varklops would be of the dragon type instead of magical beast?
2)Any chance of there being a plant based Kaiju?
3)If you are not taking part in looking over the ACG playtest then are you going to work on the book itself?
4)Other then the swashbuckler, what class interests you most?
5)Will you see Disney's Frozen?
Hello James!
Wanted some clarification on Wrath of the Righteous. The party has recently just started to besiege a certain citadel in Book 2. It mentions certain NPCs accompany them along with this (and they have befriended another NPC within). Do the NPCs that come along (and they befriend inside) count against their experience?
The first book explicitely says early on they don't but I've seen no such caveat in the second book. I just want to make sure I'm not skimping them experience they'll need and wanted to know what the intention was.
So, as far as Golarion is concerned, is Psychic magic a different source of magic (the difference between Arcane and Divine) or just a different style of magic (the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer)?
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Hey James, hope you're doing well!
Question:
The final revelation for oracles with the Heavens mystery includes the following line, "Should you die, you are reborn 3 days later in the form of a star child, who matures over the course of 7 days (treat as the reincarnate spell)."
What is a star child and does it have any effect on the ability or does it just work exactly like reincarnate? Thanks for your time :)
What exactly a "star child" is is left to the player and the GM. I've always envisioned it as something like an adult version of the thing from the end of 2001. In any event, it's pretty much just flavor text with no rules attached to it.
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Hey James are there plans for expanding on the outer sea region of Golarion? Like beyond Tian Xia. I am curious about the rest of the planet, what other cultures and races and civilizations exist?
Thank you very much for your time and response.
There are always plans to do this. We expanded on Iobaria a little more in Reign of Winter, for example. We'll continue to explore other continents now and then as Adventure Paths and other developments make sense for it.
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I'm not sure Metterak is official Golarion stuff. Try King Daralathyxl, from Dragons Revisited. Prior to the publication of Bestiary 4, he was the second most powerful creature in the setting, second only to the gold dragon Astarathian.I am trying to set up a campaign with metterak the dragon prince in it and was curious what level a 4 person campaign should be at to fight a cr24 like him
Doesn't really matter if he's official or not. The question was, at its core, "what level should my group be to face a CR 24 encounter?"
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1)Any chance that Lord Varklops would be of the dragon type instead of magical beast?
2)Any chance of there being a plant based Kaiju?
3)If you are not taking part in looking over the ACG playtest then are you going to work on the book itself?
4)Other then the swashbuckler, what class interests you most?
5)Will you see Disney's Frozen?
1) We haven't said in print what Lord Varklops is... so he could be anything.
2) Of course there's a chance. Biolante is awesome, after all.
3) I just playtested the swashbuckler yesterday and provided a lot of feedback to the team, and have a meeting with them later in the afternoon to talk more about it. But that'll probably be about it as far as my direct work on the book. I might be recruited to help edit some of it later, but I'm not going to be involved in the direct design or development at all.
4) I'm intrigued by the investigator, the shaman, and the brawler.
5) Probably not. Should I?
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Hello James!
Wanted some clarification on Wrath of the Righteous. The party has recently just started to besiege a certain citadel in Book 2. It mentions certain NPCs accompany them along with this (and they have befriended another NPC within). Do the NPCs that come along (and they befriend inside) count against their experience?
The first book explicitely says early on they don't but I've seen no such caveat in the second book. I just want to make sure I'm not skimping them experience they'll need and wanted to know what the intention was.
Nope. NPCs should not count against experience. The point of having NPCs along is to help the PCs and to build the story. The PCs shouldn't feel "punished" by having friendly NPCs along... and if the GM finds that having the NPCs along makes the fights too easy, those NPCs should find other things to do.
The main intent of the NPCs is to give the PCs NPC friends, and to act sort of as "insurance" against the unpredictable nature of how any one group will interact with the difficulty of an adventure.
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So, as far as Golarion is concerned, is Psychic magic a different source of magic (the difference between Arcane and Divine) or just a different style of magic (the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer)?
As far as Golarion is concerned, there isn't yet such a thing as psychic magic, so I can't answer this question.
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Will you increase the differences between Arcane and Divine magic in future products. Because divine magic just seems to copy Arcane magic in my opinion
Magic is magic. Whether or not it's "arcane" or "divine" only really says what sort of class uses it; there's not really much of a distinction between the two in exactly how it interacts with the world. By design, since we do not want two fundamentally different magic systems.
I am just about to begin Sword of Valor and I had a question on the NPCs from book 1. Each of my NPCs were atleast friendly, several are Helpful. Would you suggest that the NPCs seek out the PCs and volunteer or would you require the PCs to ask the NPCs to come with them?
Also I have a question about how you would handle one of the encounters:
Thanks
I think Frozen is a great movie but I just remembered you don't like singing so I am not sure you would like it. Though I really liked how the snow queen's abilities worked and what she could do with them. I wish the sorcerer class worked more like that.
1)Other then the demon lords, old ones, and kaiju, what monsters did you design in the Bestiary 4?
2)Will the Advanced Class Guide book have new options for all the classes or just the 10 new ones?
3)Is the dimension of time still cannon in pathfinder since the great beyond book is 3.5? What about the other demi-planes mention in the great beyond book such as the fleshwarren, the lost, freehold of the rouge angel, crypt of the dying sun, prison of the laughing fiend, mnemovore, the machine armory, or the circle between?
4)Do you know who came up with those demi-planes?
5)Are there any musicals you can watch?
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I am just about to begin Sword of Valor and I had a question on the NPCs from book 1. Each of my NPCs were atleast friendly, several are Helpful. Would you suggest that the NPCs seek out the PCs and volunteer or would you require the PCs to ask the NPCs to come with them?
Also I have a question about how you would handle one of the encounters:
Spoiler:My party currently has a Paladin, Ranger, Barbarian and Inquisitor, and I'm concerned with their ability to fight the swarms on their way to Drezen. I'm not sure if I should change the encounter or do something else since the immunity to weapon damage is going to be a significant impediment to this group
Thanks
I would have the NPCs seek the PCs out and volunteer if the PCs don't ask them before hand to accompany them. UNLESS I got the idea that the players hated having the NPCs along in the previous adventure, in which case I would not force them on the party, as much as I think having NPCs helps the story.
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I think Frozen is a great movie but I just remembered you don't like singing so I am not sure you would like it. Though I really liked how the snow queen's abilities worked and what she could do with them. I wish the sorcerer class worked more like that.
1)Other then the demon lords, old ones, and kaiju, what monsters did you design in the Bestiary 4?
2)Will the Advanced Class Guide book have new options for all the classes or just the 10 new ones?
3)Is the dimension of time still cannon in pathfinder since the great beyond book is 3.5? What about the other demi-planes mention in the great beyond book such as the fleshwarren, the lost, freehold of the rouge angel, crypt of the dying sun, prison of the laughing fiend, mnemovore, the machine armory, or the circle between?
4)Do you know who came up with those demi-planes?
5)Are there any musicals you can watch?
1) I designed the demon lords, Great Old Ones, kaiju, and dinosaurs.
2) I'm not sure what we've revealed or not about that book yet, so I'm not gonna say more yet...
3) The Dimension of Time is still out there, as are the other ones, but for now we're not doing much with them.
4) Todd Stewart came up with the bulk of them. The Dimension of Time's been in the game for decades though.
5) Not really. I suppose animated movies like Aladdin or Nightmare Before Christmas are bearable.
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Wards, you say? Interesting. Does this mean Jatembe and his Magic Warriors have some connection to the Riftwardens?
None at all.
It just means that was the off-the-cuff spur-of-the-moment don't-read-anything-into-it reply I had. If I had plans to make him into a demigod, I would refresh my memory as to what we've actually said about him and the traditions we started. Since there are no such plans, I felt it was okay to reply. Guess not.
(shrug)
1)Who should I ask about the Advanced Class Guide?
2)Will we ever find out who that angel is?
3)The description of the angel from the freehold of the rouge angel makes it sound like he is more neutral then evil or am I reading too much into it?
4)Is(are) there any being(or beings) like the mythical sandman in pathfinder?
5)How about a father time like entity? After all there might not be any gods in the dimension of time but that doesn't mean there isn't anyone in charge.
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1)Who should I ask about the Advanced Class Guide?
2)Will we ever find out who that angel is?
3)The description of the angel from the freehold of the rouge angel makes it sound like he is more neutral then evil or am I reading too much into it?
4)Is(are) there any being(or beings) like the mythical sandman in pathfinder?
5)How about a father time like entity? After all there might not be any gods in the dimension of time but that doesn't mean there isn't anyone in charge.
1) Anyone on the design team (Jason, Sean, or Stephen). Note that with the playtest being in full swing... that's all they're really talking about, and after that they're probably not gonna have a lot of time or ability to chat more about it.
2) Dunno.
3) Dunno.
4) The Eldest of the First World are in large part inspired by the Endless of the Sandman comics.
5) There are certainly deity-level entities in the dimension of time. Again... we haven't done much with this realm yet. AKA: I've not thought about it much at all, so I don't have much more to say about it now.