Hello again,
Just to clear up a point of personal confusion... when Aroden raised the Starstone (and the Isle of Kortos too?), was the Starstone already sitting there/nearby on the sea floor? Or did he transport it from some other original Golarion location?
Thanks and happy New Year/vacation :)
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So when will we see more of Frost giants or Fire Giants. Do they worship Thrym and Surtur in Golarion? Will we ever see a Frost Giant Citadel at the "roof of the world"? Or what about a giant city like in the 10th adventure of "Age of Worms"? I love giants and their one of my favorite monsters, I realize we had a lot of giants in Pathfinder AP issue #4 but don't you think it's time we feature them again?We do a bit with frost giants in the module "Witchwar Legacy."
On Golarion, giants have a small pantheon of deities. A significant amount of the world's frost giants actually worship the demon lord Kostchtchie, and I suspect quite a few fire giants worship arch devils. Gods and Magic has more details about the giant gods, though.
Oh! Monte Cook's adventure we published also has a significant amount of giant stuff in it.
What was the name of Monte Cook's adventure? I may have it if it's in the modules line.
A 1st level pixie barbarian will die more or less in the first fight
Mesa gonna die???!
Yep.
*meteor swarm*
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What was the name of Monte Cook's adventure? I may have it if it's in the modules line.So when will we see more of Frost giants or Fire Giants. Do they worship Thrym and Surtur in Golarion? Will we ever see a Frost Giant Citadel at the "roof of the world"? Or what about a giant city like in the 10th adventure of "Age of Worms"? I love giants and their one of my favorite monsters, I realize we had a lot of giants in Pathfinder AP issue #4 but don't you think it's time we feature them again?We do a bit with frost giants in the module "Witchwar Legacy."
On Golarion, giants have a small pantheon of deities. A significant amount of the world's frost giants actually worship the demon lord Kostchtchie, and I suspect quite a few fire giants worship arch devils. Gods and Magic has more details about the giant gods, though.
Oh! Monte Cook's adventure we published also has a significant amount of giant stuff in it.
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James,
If a swarm creature has the ability to smite good can it use it on all good creatures that it can engulf in its initial attack? Does this seem like overkill to you?
Swarm damage is a weird case; swarm damage doesn't make attack rolls to hit, for one, and that's one of the main ways smite helps an attack. I'd say that swarm damage and smite don't really work together... if you want them to, then in order for a swarm to smite every legal target it's swarming over, it'd have to be able to make multiple smites in a day for sure. A fiendish swarm with this in effect would only be able to smite one creature it's swarming over.
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Are Gearsmen of Numeria more Clockwork Golem or Eberron Warforged? Also, is Brigh any relation to these mysterious Gearsmen?
Gearsmen are robots, but since no one in Golarion's ever heard the word "robot" before, they made up a new word for these guys.
There are no warforged in Golarion, in any event.
I thought that was the case from my reading of the Campaign Guide, but many thanks for the confirmation.
Spoiler:Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha {begins setting plans in motion}Spoiler:As an additional note, the main Earthfall meteorite shower was much further to the west, out where the Azlanti homeland was... From the point of view of your campaign, there could be other lumps of mysterious rock out there somewhere...
;)
Hush you! There are eyes everywhere! {holds up Dire Iowan PotatoE}
1. Why does my cat always kick all dice from my desk to the floor?
2. What sauce would you recommend to a cat roast?
Cross-posting this from another thread as it looks useful: (Removed James Jacobs quote)
So, if anyone else was wondering about the Moon domain absence, there it is... :)
You could always hope for a sub-domain.
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why is the matterial plane called that if its mainly empty space?
and what music should i play when my players face a CR lv+5 encounter?
1) Tradition. I'd rather call it the Universe, but that's weird on one level since the universe is so big, it's bizarre calling something that fits inside of most of the other planes of existence the Universe.
2) Try something nice and big and destructive, like THIS!
And then when the encounter's over, you can play THIS!
Have you had a chance to see The Kings Speech or TRON, what did you think?
I am debating about seeing Animal Kingdom as it looks very depressing.
What happened to fireblast rods and what might they be?
How was new years, anything crazy happened, I worked all night so I am hoping some one did cool, it would be ok if you made something up.
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Have you had a chance to see The Kings Speech or TRON, what did you think?
I am debating about seeing Animal Kingdom as it looks very depressing.
Saw "Tron Legacy"; fun movie! Neat effects! Has some weird/lazy/confusing writing here and there, but not nearly enough to lessen the fun... although the 3D stuff was kind of annoying in that it made the film too dark and muddy looking.
Haven't seen "The King's Speech" yet, but hope to.
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What happened to fireblast rods and what might they be?
How was new years, anything crazy happened, I worked all night so I am hoping some one did cool, it would be ok if you made something up.
Umm... fireblast rods? Need more info!
No need to make anything up. I spent New Years even playing video games (Warcraft and the expansion for Fallout: New Vegas) and watching some Mythbusters. T'was deeeelightfully low-key and low-stress!
What happened to fireblast rods and what might they be?
How was new years, anything crazy happened, I worked all night so I am hoping some one did cool, it would be ok if you made something up.
Umm... fireblast rods? Need more info!
No need to make anything up. I spent New Years even playing video games (Warcraft and the expansion for Fallout: New Vegas) and watching some Mythbusters. T'was deeeelightfully low-key and low-stress!
On the back cover of the APG it says something about fireblast rods
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On the back cover of the APG it says something about fireblast rods
Hmmm. They're an error.
The fireblast rod was an item that ended up getting cut from the book because it was really pretty silly and unnecessary... alas, it got cut after the back cover text was written and apparently no one noticed it was still on the back cover. When the book gets reprinted, the mention of fireblast rods on the back cover will be replaced by something that IS in the book.
On the back cover of the APG it says something about fireblast rodsHmmm. They're an error.
The fireblast rod was an item that ended up getting cut from the book because it was really pretty silly and unnecessary... alas, it got cut after the back cover text was written and apparently no one noticed it was still on the back cover. When the book gets reprinted, the mention of fireblast rods on the back cover will be replaced by something that IS in the book.
Was it a fantasy flamethrower? For dealing with swarms perhaps?
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Was it a fantasy flamethrower? For dealing with swarms perhaps?
I'm not 100% sure what it was, aside from the fact that it wasn't worth keeping around.
Sometimes when things are cut from a manuscript... in fact, USUALLY when things are cut from a manuscript, it's because they're worth keeping around.
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James,
In your humble opinion, What new pathfinder product is coming out that you can't wait to get your hands on?
P.S. Happy New Year!!!
That's kind of a trick question, since by the time I'm done working on a project and it's off to the printer, I'm kind of sick of it and can certainly wait to see it come out. The projects that I'm really eager to see out are more or less all projects we haven't yet announced, so I can't really mention them.
One of my favorite issues of Dragon was the issue dealing with astrology, along with articles on the sun and moon.
Would it be possible for there to be a Golarion version of this? Are there constellations in Golarion to which an astrological connection can be made?
In a post above, you were quoted as saying a Moon domain wouldn't ever really be created because it would cause to much aggravation with having to re-do other(Desna specifically) deities domains? well, what about doing a Moon domain for a peoples who worship the moon itself? tie it into lycanthropy somehow?
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One of my favorite issues of Dragon was the issue dealing with astrology, along with articles on the sun and moon.
Would it be possible for there to be a Golarion version of this? Are there constellations in Golarion to which an astrological connection can be made?
In a post above, you were quoted as saying a Moon domain wouldn't ever really be created because it would cause to much aggravation with having to re-do other(Desna specifically) deities domains? well, what about doing a Moon domain for a peoples who worship the moon itself? tie it into lycanthropy somehow?
Astrology will probably play a role in the upcoming Jade Regent adventure path. No guarentee... but keep an eye out there! There are certainly constellations above Golarion; we listed them already, in fact, back in Pathfinder #14's article about outer space.
As for the moon domain... we already have deities associated with the moon and deities associated with lycanthorpy. That doesn't necessarily mean we HAVE to have a moon domain. After all... we don't have a Birth domain, yet we have a goddess of birth. We don't have a Dream domain, but we have a goddess of dreams. We don't have a Cities domain, and yet we have a god of the city.
Domains aren't supposed to be tailor-made for deities, in other words. They're supposed to cover a wide range of possibilities, but not EVERY possibility. There is, in other words, such a thing as TOO many domains, and I think Pathfinder already pushes that limit.
So does pathfinder have huge dead deity bodies floating in the astral just like regular D&D? Say could I go find arodens dead body in the astral?Nope. There are dead deity bodies in the multiverse, but they're not just located in the Astral Plane. They can be anywhere. Aroden's body, if it still exists, is not anywhere that anyone knows about though.
::post necromancy::
...Does this mean Aroden went Outside? Did he leave/fall out of/get forced out of the multiverse and die Outside of space and time?
Where did my voice go? I got this cold and now I sound like Louis Armstrong with COPD. Should I try singing?
I've been missing for two months. Was I missed?
Have you seen any of the RPGSuperstar items yet? Anything good?
Why am I still unemployed? I haven't stopped sending resumes or getting interviews. Do I have bad breath? Am I that short? Is my smile that scary? At this point could putting the time I spent as a professional psychic actually hurt my resume?
Hello James,
You often use Tome of Horrors and Advanced Bestiary monsters in the AP's. Problem is, the description is sometimes rather short. For other monsters I can alwaysys use descriptions and/or pics from Bestiary, Monster Manuals (or for myth-creatures from a Google search) but for the two sources above it is sometimes: “you fight...some....monster-thingy”.
Pics of a Troll I can find everywhere but things like the tentamort from RotRL 1 are hard to imagine.
Would you think about the following:
Plan A:
giving ToH and AB monsters the highest prio for art in AP's?
or Plan B:
The read out texts for rooms are sometimes really long and extensive, but the monsters in the room don't get read-aloud text, sometimes the descriptions are really short, would you consider forcing your Writers to add at least two sentences of Description to every NPC/monster?
Another question:
Carrion Crown will feature the first all-girl party, could we get one Adventure as a swimsuit edition? Pretty please?
I imagine the 3 white-hairs bursting through a dungeon door in the iconic Charlie's Angels pose wearing bikinis with Seelah standing on the side with full-plate and a disapproving look holding up a manual about proper protection :-)
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...Does this mean Aroden went Outside? Did he leave/fall out of/get forced out of the multiverse and die Outside of space and time?
What Aroden was up to is relatively sill shrouded in mystery, but what happened to him AFTER he died is even MORE shrouded.
Where did my voice go? I got this cold and now I sound like Louis Armstrong with COPD. Should I try singing?
Either that, or talking to crocodiles or other rumbly animals.
I've been missing for two months. Was I missed?
You were indeed missed. ESPECIALLY by the spiders!
Have you seen any of the RPGSuperstar items yet? Anything good?
I haven't yet looked at any of the RPG Superstar entries. That's a rabbit hole I'm not yet ready or capable of falling into... that's what those handy judges are for! :)
Why am I still unemployed? I haven't stopped sending resumes or getting interviews. Do I have bad breath? Am I that short? Is my smile that scary? At this point could putting the time I spent as a professional psychic actually hurt my resume?
Professional psychics can usually never hurt. Even when they channel the spirit of Miscaquamus or open a portal into some hell-scape, things are never boring.
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Hello James,
You often use Tome of Horrors and Advanced Bestiary monsters in the AP's. Problem is, the description is sometimes rather short. For other monsters I can alwaysys use descriptions and/or pics from Bestiary, Monster Manuals (or for myth-creatures from a Google search) but for the two sources above it is sometimes: “you fight...some....monster-thingy”.
Pics of a Troll I can find everywhere but things like the tentamort from RotRL 1 are hard to imagine.Would you think about the following:
Plan A:
giving ToH and AB monsters the highest prio for art in AP's?
or Plan B:
The read out texts for rooms are sometimes really long and extensive, but the monsters in the room don't get read-aloud text, sometimes the descriptions are really short, would you consider forcing your Writers to add at least two sentences of Description to every NPC/monster?
When we use monsters from non-core books, we generally do try to provide a description of the monster. There's never enough room to provide a LOT of description, though, and in those cases, we try to have artwork of the monster. Sometimes, neither solution is viable, and that's when we have to rely upon the creativity of the GM to fill in the blanks. As for the tentamort... he now lives in the Bestiary 2, so that problem's more or less solved.
As for read aloud texts... we NEVER include monster descriptions in there. Doing so not only bloats the length of those texts (and despite what some GMs might think, listening to the GM read text is almost NEVER as fun as listening to the GM actually run the game, so we do our best to keep those texts short as possible), but also causes more problems than it solves, especially since the way monsters react to the approach of a group of PCs is different depending upon their stealth, their previous interactions with the dungeon, their direction, their own powers of observation, the time of day, etc. Too many variables; by putting monsters directly into the read-aloud text, we limit what the monsters are doing in the room if the GM is doing the normal thing and just reading the text aloud. I know I've run afoul of that trap before—accidentally revealing monster info about a room because it was "hidden" in the read-aloud text.
Another question:
Carrion Crown will feature the first all-girl party, could we get one Adventure as a swimsuit edition? Pretty please?
I imagine the 3 white-hairs bursting through a dungeon door in the iconic Charlie's Angels pose wearing bikinis with Seelah standing on the side with full-plate and a disapproving look holding up a manual about proper protection :-)
If we do a swimsuit edition of our iconics, we wouldn't limit the art to the girls.
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Has there been any rules written about what to do when someone in your adventuring party gets pregnant? I'm in a game where 2 of the PC's are now with child and I'm wondering if there have been any rules written about how this will affect the party and their ability to participate in the game.
Yes... but not yet for Pathfinder in any core books.
Getting a character pregnant in an RPG is beyond the limit of many gamers' level of comfort, but that said, it can also be a REALLY fun way to expand a character's story. One of my characters got pregnant in a campaign Julia Martin was running for a bunch of us back in my WotC days, and that brought a whole new interesting level of mayhem to the table, that's for sure.
As for the exact rules for it... Julia used some homebrew rules for how it all worked. That's my preferred solution.
Dear Tom Rex,
What forms of bribery and/or sacrifice are most enticing to the Creative Director of Paizo? Is there a chart, forms, or manual somewhere to clarify these things... too much or too little of a bribe is often considered an insult.
Also, is it possible to have a puffin/penguin/tengu NPC of some import in the upcoming Carrion Crown or Jade Regent APs? I'm certain it would lead to even greater sales!
This message brought to you by the People's Front for Tengus.
Is the Dev's blog a transparent attempt by SKRrrr, Blueman and the other guy to get more people to post to them and steal your cool?
Are you impressed that they have to combine their powers like the Constructacon Devastator to attempt to defeat you?
Seriously though are there any questions that have floated through the thread that are worth passing on to the Devs?
Have you had a chance to see The Kings Speech or TRON, what did you think?
I am debating about seeing Animal Kingdom as it looks very depressing.
Saw "Tron Legacy"; fun movie! Neat effects! Has some weird/lazy/confusing writing here and there, but not nearly enough to lessen the fun... although the 3D stuff was kind of annoying in that it made the film too dark and muddy looking.
Haven't seen "The King's Speech" yet, but hope to.
I agree with your assessment of Tron Legacy - except I didn't have that much of a problem with the 3D.
The Kings Speech is probably the movie I enjoyed the most this year, so full of quality acting and great writing.
I just wish that when they make scifi movies that they could approach the acting and the writing with the idea that a good scifi movie needs more than special effects and that a well acted and well developed script would produce the types of classics that are loved forever.
I made chicken soup, do you want some?
Dear Tom Rex,
What forms of bribery and/or sacrifice are most enticing to the Creative Director of Paizo? Is there a chart, forms, or manual somewhere to clarify these things... too much or too little of a bribe is often considered an insult.
Also, is it possible to have a puffin/penguin/tengu NPC of some import in the upcoming Carrion Crown or Jade Regent APs? I'm certain it would lead to even greater sales!
This message brought to you by the People's Front for Tengus.
Tom is still researching this complex and important subject, but here's a short list of things that Tom has found are particularly effective at bribing and/or enticing the boss:
1) Pictures of Merisiel.
2) Anything HP Lovecraft related.
3) Kind words about stuff he wrote.
4) Cute lizard pictures.
5) Dinosaurs, particularly bits of breaking news he might not have noticed (this is not as easy as it sounds, though, because he has a pretty reliable network of informants in this area).
As for Carrion Crown... there'll be tengu NPCs. Not necessarily in load-bearing roles, but they'll be represented, particularly toward the last half of the AP.
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Hmm, on the subject of villains, a draconic villain (mysterious oriental dragon???) as a lead player in Jade Regent could be good...
:D
Dragons will play a role in Jade Regent... although not necessarily as villains.
If you're looking for dragons as villains, maybe look toward the AP that's coming AFTER Jade Regent. And yes, that's the first AP #10 hint I believe I've given out. And since it's still months early to be properly hinting about AP #10... it's still subject to being proven inaccurate in 5 months or so...
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Is the Dev's blog a transparent attempt by SKRrrr, Blueman and the other guy to get more people to post to them and steal your cool?
It could be. I certainly considered that. See this coming Thursday for my reaction, in fact.
Are you impressed that they have to combine their powers like the Constructacon Devastator to attempt to defeat you?
Me Grimlock not impressed with lesser transformer antics!!!
Seriously though are there any questions that have floated through the thread that are worth passing on to the Devs?
Yup. I've done just that for some of the questions. Can't point to any in particular. There's thousands of posts in this thing, after all...