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James Jacobs wrote:
Coridan wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
Morain wrote:
Do you agree with this list: top 10 Godzilla movies?

Wow. Ten minutes long? No time to watch it. Instead, here's my list of top 10 Godzilla movies, from best at #1 to tenth best at #10.

1: Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidora: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2: Godzilla (1954)
3: Godzilla vs. Destroyer
4: Godzilla Final Wars
5: Destroy All Monsters
6: Godzilla vs. Gigan
7: Godzilla vs. Biollante
8: Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
9: Godzilla vs. Hedorah
10: Son of Godzilla

The top 5 are solid. Slots 6-10 are not, they might shift depending on my mood.

For shame on Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (70s) and Godzilla 1984 not making the list vs your number 9 & 10!

I'd probably put Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla on the list, frankly, in place of one of the lower ranking ones if I were to rewatch them all today. Like I said... slots 6-10 might shift, depending on my mood.

And Godzilla 1984 is fine... but it's not as good as the 10 I list, nor do I have as fond memories of that movie as I do of the 10 I list.

What about Godzilla 1998?


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Rysky wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:


I'd probably put Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla on the list, frankly, in place of one of the lower ranking ones if I were to rewatch them all today. Like I said... slots 6-10 might shift, depending on my mood.

And Godzilla 1984 is fine... but it's not as good as the 10 I list, nor do I have as fond memories of that movie as I do of the 10 I list.

What about Godzilla 1998?

And tangentially, do you have an opinion on the Animated Series that spun off of the '98 series? I recall reading that while the movie tanked in Japan, the animated series did well and TOHO approves of it far more than the movie.


James Jacobs wrote:
Nanatsusaya wrote:

** spoiler omitted **

Also, if you had a time bubble that allowed you enough time to write an entire AP without impacting anything else in your ridiculously busy schedule, where would the Valashmai Jungle rank in your list of preferred settings for said AP?

** spoiler omitted **

Valashmai Jungle would probably rank in at somewhere in the 10th to 13th place, mostly because I've already really scratched my jungle AP itch with Serpent's Skull and Savage Tide.

Spoiler:
Speaking of Nocticula and deities, given her attempt to curry favor in WotR, if Nocticula found herself in bed with say... Iomedae (perfectly innocent sleepover!), and had the opportunity to slay her, do you feel it would be more in-character for her to do so, or to do something such that Iomedae would know that Nocticula could have slain her and chose not to?

I suppose that makes a lot of sense. When you mentioned the events in Taldor and your disagreement over whether the nation should be reformed to fit in with other nations or return to their days of conquest and empire, it definitely sounded like one of the two might end up getting made anyway, even if it takes another 5+ years. Are there any stories you would rank in your personal top 5 that would probably never get made into an AP, even if you held onto the creative directorial reins for another 40-50 years? (That you care to share with us, of course, even if only in the broadest of strokes.)

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Rysky wrote:
What about Godzilla 1998?

That movie is not only my least favorite Godzilla movie...

...It's actually my least favorite movie.

Worst movie ever. In the history of movies.

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FallenDabus wrote:
Rysky wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:


I'd probably put Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla on the list, frankly, in place of one of the lower ranking ones if I were to rewatch them all today. Like I said... slots 6-10 might shift, depending on my mood.

And Godzilla 1984 is fine... but it's not as good as the 10 I list, nor do I have as fond memories of that movie as I do of the 10 I list.

What about Godzilla 1998?
And tangentially, do you have an opinion on the Animated Series that spun off of the '98 series? I recall reading that while the movie tanked in Japan, the animated series did well and TOHO approves of it far more than the movie.

I never watched the animated series because my hatred of the 1998 version prevents me from ever being interested in anything involving "Gino" (Godzilla-In-Name-Only) with the EXCEPTION of the scene in "Godzilla: Final Wars" where Godzilla kills Gino in a fight.

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Nanatsusaya wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
Nanatsusaya wrote:

** spoiler omitted **

Also, if you had a time bubble that allowed you enough time to write an entire AP without impacting anything else in your ridiculously busy schedule, where would the Valashmai Jungle rank in your list of preferred settings for said AP?

** spoiler omitted **

Valashmai Jungle would probably rank in at somewhere in the 10th to 13th place, mostly because I've already really scratched my jungle AP itch with Serpent's Skull and Savage Tide.

** spoiler omitted **

I suppose that makes a lot of sense. When you mentioned the events in Taldor and your disagreement over whether the nation should be reformed to fit in with other nations or return to their days of conquest and empire, it definitely sounded like one of the two might end up getting made anyway, even if it takes another 5+ years. Are there any stories you would rank in your personal top 5 that would probably never get made into an AP, even if you held onto the creative directorial reins for another 40-50 years? (That you care to share with us, of course, even if only in the broadest of strokes.)

Depends on the situation and Nocticula's current plans, but I doubt she'd be able to resist the opportunity.

We've got a LOT of Adventure Path ideas, and more keep coming to us. A Taldor AP is a possibility, but I wouldn't say it's in the category of "will get made anyway."

And I'm not going to rank my personal top 5 APs that would never get made into an AP, because that would give them momentum and would result in some folks clinging to them and crusading for them and that would create, however small, a tiny chance that my saying "This AP is lame and would never be made" might happen anyway.

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James Jacobs wrote:
Rysky wrote:
What kind of printer would you recommend?
I've always gone with Epson.

Having worked in the trade, I'd suggest you really need to prioritize what you want from a printer. Photo graphics, sharp text, or cheap per print output, which would be a BW laser printer.

Mr. Jacobs I've always found the HP printers to be AirPlay and Gloud Printing friendly. (we use them wirelesly at our house, since we have 3 geeks sharing them.) How are the Epsons with AirPlay and Google Cloud-Print?

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LazarX wrote:
Mr. Jacobs I've always found the HP printers to be AirPlay and Gloud Printing friendly. (we use them wirelesly at our house, since we have 3 geeks sharing them.) How are the Epsons with AirPlay and Google Cloud-Print?

My latest is a wireless printer, and it works flawlessly with my Mac. I haven't tried printing anything from my PC, nor have I tried printing anything from Google Cloud-Print (which until this post I've never heard of). Honestly... I almost never use a printer at home. I mostly bought this one because it's a scanner too. I suspect that the next time I use it will probably be for Paizocon... but then again, as with most of my work-related stuff I'll probably just use our printers here at Paizo.


James Jacobs wrote:
And I'm not going to rank my personal top 5 APs that would never get made into an AP, because that would give them momentum and would result in some folks clinging to them and crusading for them and that would create, however small, a tiny chance that my saying "This AP is lame and would never be made" might happen anyway.

I didn't even consider that, and it's totally true, isn't it? Hmm, different direction then. I loved reading about the Kingmaker game you played in that was set in Iobaria instead of the Stolen Lands. Which three APs do you see as the most 're-skinnable', and what alternative location do you feel would be the most interesting/intriguing way to re-skin them?

(The APs are all written superbly, but I find that a re-skin is a great way to use one mostly 'as-written' and still have plenty of surprises for any players at the table who might have read through it or even played it with another GM.)

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Nanatsusaya wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
And I'm not going to rank my personal top 5 APs that would never get made into an AP, because that would give them momentum and would result in some folks clinging to them and crusading for them and that would create, however small, a tiny chance that my saying "This AP is lame and would never be made" might happen anyway.

I didn't even consider that, and it's totally true, isn't it? Hmm, different direction then. I loved reading about the Kingmaker game you played in that was set in Iobaria instead of the Stolen Lands. Which three APs do you see as the most 're-skinnable', and what alternative location do you feel would be the most interesting/intriguing way to re-skin them?

(The APs are all written superbly, but I find that a re-skin is a great way to use one mostly 'as-written' and still have plenty of surprises for any players at the table who might have read through it or even played it with another GM.)

That's a weird question. When you 'reskin' an AP, you're doing a lot more than changing its location. It's a big project. I don't think any one AP really submits itself to be a better reskin candidate than the other as a result.


So, few questions regarding Nocticula's profane ascension ability.

Firstly, it notes that the can grant the ability to "a willing mortal" emphasis mine. That it wasn't written as "a willing creature" leads me to believe this was deliberate wording. Is this simply to imply it doesn't work on outsiders such as demons and only on mortal denizens of the material plane, or would it not work on a human or elf who had attained nine mythic tiers and achieved immortality through that method?

Continuing that line of questioning, would a mortal who's already recieved her ascension attaining immortality through mythic tiers interfere with it at all?

It also specifies that the effect can be removed by a wish or miracle spell; would you think that a character with an absurdly high intelligence or wisdom score(say, in excess of 30, putting making them far wiser and/or smarter than you or I could ever hope to be) could word the wish in such a way that it would remove Nocticula's hold over them(her telepathic bond, ability to cast sla's through them, and ability to remove the effect & inflict negative levels on them) while retaining the bonuses?

Further, were characters to accept her bond and at a later date to slay her- we'll assume she'd been killed once in the past year already for the sake of this question- would the bonuses persist after her death or would they end with her?


Is there any possibility of hex based maps of various locations of Golarion being created/sold?


James,

In your opinion, does a swordlord's disarming strike inflict extra damage based on Dexterity, such as the bonus to damage granted by the deft strike ability?

disarming strike wrote:


At 5th level, when a swordlord successfully disarms an opponent using a dueling sword, the swordlord also deals normal damage to the target, but without the normal Strength bonus to damage.
deft strike wrote:


A swordlord can add his Dexterity bonus (if any) on damage rolls made with an dueling sword instead of his Strength bonus. This bonus on damage rolls applies whether the swordlord is wielding an dueling sword one-handed or two-handed, though the swordlord does not apply 1-1/2 times his Dexterity bonus on damage rolls while fighting two-handed. A swordlord cannot use this ability if he is wielding a shield or an off-hand weapon, including armor spikes, unarmed strikes, or natural weapons.

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Mythic JMD031 wrote:
Is there any possibility of hex based maps of various locations of Golarion being created/sold?

We'll be doing hex maps now and then of areas in adventures; we just did one for the 3rd Wrath of the Righteous adventure, for example. But larger maps of the Inner Sea Region? No plans to do so.

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FormerFiend wrote:

So, few questions regarding Nocticula's profane ascension ability.

Firstly, it notes that the can grant the ability to "a willing mortal" emphasis mine. That it wasn't written as "a willing creature" leads me to believe this was deliberate wording. Is this simply to imply it doesn't work on outsiders such as demons and only on mortal denizens of the material plane, or would it not work on a human or elf who had attained nine mythic tiers and achieved immortality through that method?

Continuing that line of questioning, would a mortal who's already recieved her ascension attaining immortality through mythic tiers interfere with it at all?

It also specifies that the effect can be removed by a wish or miracle spell; would you think that a character with an absurdly high intelligence or wisdom score(say, in excess of 30, putting making them far wiser and/or smarter than you or I could ever hope to be) could word the wish in such a way that it would remove Nocticula's hold over them(her telepathic bond, ability to cast sla's through them, and ability to remove the effect & inflict negative levels on them) while retaining the bonuses?

Further, were characters to accept her bond and at a later date to slay her- we'll assume she'd been killed once in the past year already for the sake of this question- would the bonuses persist after her death or would they end with her?

It is indeed deliberate. She can't grant the ability to immortal creatures, nor would it work on a creature who achieved immortality through other means. Note that the druid's immunity to the bad effects of aging or the Sun Orchid Elixir won't do it; "immortal" in this case means "doesn't die of old age."

A mortal who gains her profane ascension first and then later becomes immortal keeps the profane ascension effects.

Nope; Nocticula's hold and the bonuses are essentially the same thing; it's her being in your head that grants the bonuses, not a simple change to your body or mind.

If she's killed, the effects of the profane ascension end immediately for all creatures across the multiverse who have it.

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Ral' Yareth wrote:

James,

In your opinion, does a swordlord's disarming strike inflict extra damage based on Dexterity, such as the bonus to damage granted by the deft strike ability?

disarming strike wrote:


At 5th level, when a swordlord successfully disarms an opponent using a dueling sword, the swordlord also deals normal damage to the target, but without the normal Strength bonus to damage.
deft strike wrote:


A swordlord can add his Dexterity bonus (if any) on damage rolls made with an dueling sword instead of his Strength bonus. This bonus on damage rolls applies whether the swordlord is wielding an dueling sword one-handed or two-handed, though the swordlord does not apply 1-1/2 times his Dexterity bonus on damage rolls while fighting two-handed. A swordlord cannot use this ability if he is wielding a shield or an off-hand weapon, including armor spikes, unarmed strikes, or natural weapons.

The swordlord's disarming strike would indeed add Dex damage if he was also using/had deft strike.


James Jacobs wrote:
FormerFiend wrote:

So, few questions regarding Nocticula's profane ascension ability.

Firstly, it notes that the can grant the ability to "a willing mortal" emphasis mine. That it wasn't written as "a willing creature" leads me to believe this was deliberate wording. Is this simply to imply it doesn't work on outsiders such as demons and only on mortal denizens of the material plane, or would it not work on a human or elf who had attained nine mythic tiers and achieved immortality through that method?

Continuing that line of questioning, would a mortal who's already recieved her ascension attaining immortality through mythic tiers interfere with it at all?

It also specifies that the effect can be removed by a wish or miracle spell; would you think that a character with an absurdly high intelligence or wisdom score(say, in excess of 30, putting making them far wiser and/or smarter than you or I could ever hope to be) could word the wish in such a way that it would remove Nocticula's hold over them(her telepathic bond, ability to cast sla's through them, and ability to remove the effect & inflict negative levels on them) while retaining the bonuses?

Further, were characters to accept her bond and at a later date to slay her- we'll assume she'd been killed once in the past year already for the sake of this question- would the bonuses persist after her death or would they end with her?

It is indeed deliberate. She can't grant the ability to immortal creatures, nor would it work on a creature who achieved immortality through other means. Note that the druid's immunity to the bad effects of aging or the Sun Orchid Elixir won't do it; "immortal" in this case means "doesn't die of old age."

A mortal who gains her profane ascension first and then later becomes immortal keeps the profane ascension effects.

Nope; Nocticula's hold and the bonuses are essentially the same thing; it's her being in your head that grants the bonuses, not a simple change to your body or mind....

Would a 20th level Monk of the Four Winds no longer qualify as mortal?

Monk of the Four Winds wrote:

Immortality (Su): At 20th level, a monk of the four winds no longer ages. He remains in his current age category forever. Even if the monk comes to a violent end, he spontaneously reincarnates (as the spell) 24 hours later in a place of his choosing within 20 miles of the place he died. The monk must have visited the place in which he returns back to life at least once.

This ability replaces perfect self.

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Tels wrote:
Would a 20th level Monk of the Four Winds no longer qualify as mortal?

Correct; he's immortal.

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Which would be the best representation of the war scythe for a Pathfinder character? The actual scythe is the first instinct for me, but I don't know if the straightening of the blade affects its stats any. Romphaia and fauchard would probably come close, but I'm not sure if the fauchard's...kosher. Most of Adventurer's Armory's weapons were reproduced in the Advanced Player's Guide and Ultimate Combat, so I'm concerned that weapons like the fauchard and flambard didn't make the cut and thus aren't balanced for Pathfinder proper.

But if I wanted to play a farmboy who straightened out Dad's scythe and began using it to cut down goblins instead of wheat, what would be the technical name of the weapon I'd write on the character sheet?

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If you didn't want to use the actual scythe, then I suppose a guisarme would be a not bad choice.


James Jacobs wrote:
A mortal who gains her profane ascension first and then later becomes immortal keeps the profane ascension effects.

I must admit, I had taken "willing mortal" to mean anything below the demigod range, not specifically those who can die of old age. The quoted part brings up other scenarios:

1) I assume the "Immortality" arcane discovery of a wizard, lichdom, vampirism, or the Eternal Youth grand discovery of an alchemist (four I can recall offhand) all qualify as "making you immortal" for the purposes of her profane ascension?

2) In the case where those immortal abilities are supernatural? For example, an alchemist's Eternal Youth ability is a Grand Discovery (listed in their class as supernatural), meaning that technically it can be taken away if the alchemist walks into any antimagic field. As a demigod, Nocticula would not be affected by the antimagic field, so could she then have the immortal alchemist walk into the field, their immortality is temporarily suppressed, she grants the profane ascension, and then they walk out again and have their immortality restored?

3) When you say they gain her profane ascension and later become immortal and keep the effects, I assume she can still forcibly revoke them, yes?

4) Why is she specifically limited to willing mortals who die of old age? What is it about immortality (or at least immunity to death by old age) that prevents her profane ascension from working in a flavour sense?

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Alleran wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
A mortal who gains her profane ascension first and then later becomes immortal keeps the profane ascension effects.

I must admit, I had taken "willing mortal" to mean anything below the demigod range, not specifically those who can die of old age. The quoted part brings up other scenarios:

1) I assume the "Immortality" arcane discovery of a wizard, lichdom, vampirism, or the Eternal Youth grand discovery of an alchemist (four I can recall offhand) all qualify as "making you immortal" for the purposes of her profane ascension?

2) In the case where those immortal abilities are supernatural? For example, an alchemist's Eternal Youth ability is a Grand Discovery (listed in their class as supernatural), meaning that technically it can be taken away if the alchemist walks into any antimagic field. As a demigod, Nocticula would not be affected by the antimagic field, so could she then have the immortal alchemist walk into the field, their immortality is temporarily suppressed, she grants the profane ascension, and then they walk out again and have their immortality restored?

3) When you say they gain her profane ascension and later become immortal and keep the effects, I assume she can still forcibly revoke them, yes?

4) Why is she specifically limited to willing mortals who die of old age? What is it about immortality (or at least immunity to death by old age) that prevents her profane ascension from working in a flavour sense?

1) If it prevents the character from dying of old age, then they're immortal, yes, and can no longer gain the effects of profane ascension.

2) Correct. Also, if a several thousand year old immortal suddenly had their immortality taken away... they might just crumble to dust in an instant!

3) Yes.

4) Once something is immortal (which is defined in the game as "doesn't die of old age," at least in my definition), it's no longer part of the standard soulstream. If something can live forever, its soul steps out of the cycle of life and death, and that causes some weird things to happen.

I honestly could see switching "Immortal" to define characters that just can't die save for very unusual circumstances... but frankly, that condition is SO rare that it won't really matter in 99.999943% of games.


James Jacobs wrote:

1) If it prevents the character from dying of old age, then they're immortal, yes, and can no longer gain the effects of profane ascension.

2) Correct. Also, if a several thousand year old immortal suddenly had their immortality taken away... they might just crumble to dust in an instant!

[..]

4) Once something is immortal (which is defined in the game as "doesn't die of old age," at least in my definition), it's no longer part of the standard soulstream. If something can live forever, its soul steps out of the cycle of life and death, and that causes some weird things to happen.

1) Even for an undead? Because it feels less like "immortality" for them and more like they're not necessarily immortal except in a technical sense. The reason they won't die of old age is because they're already dead (after all, they could have already died of old age as part of the process of becoming a lich...), not because their body no longer ages (which I suppose it would anyway, after a fashion - does a lich body rot and decay if not preserved?).

2) Does this give the process of aging a particular significance in terms of magic rather than just a biological process that can be halted by magic?

3) Is crumbling to dust what you think would/should happen? They wouldn't just start aging normally again (so if they were 50 when they walked in and were in there for two minutes, when they come out they'd be two minutes older) while inside the antimagic field? The lack of immortal inertia seems odd.

4) It definitely makes buying a Reincarnate (or casting it) every sixty years or so a much more palatable method. Does Reincarnate interfere with the cycle in any real fashion? Anybody capable of using it somehow who also stays out of trouble is technically able to live forever.

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James Jacobs wrote:
FallenDabus wrote:
Rysky wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:


I'd probably put Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla on the list, frankly, in place of one of the lower ranking ones if I were to rewatch them all today. Like I said... slots 6-10 might shift, depending on my mood.

And Godzilla 1984 is fine... but it's not as good as the 10 I list, nor do I have as fond memories of that movie as I do of the 10 I list.

What about Godzilla 1998?
And tangentially, do you have an opinion on the Animated Series that spun off of the '98 series? I recall reading that while the movie tanked in Japan, the animated series did well and TOHO approves of it far more than the movie.
I never watched the animated series because my hatred of the 1998 version prevents me from ever being interested in anything involving "Gino" (Godzilla-In-Name-Only) with the EXCEPTION of the scene in "Godzilla: Final Wars" where Godzilla kills Gino in a fight.

If... If you believe in redemption, give it a shot. TOHO's ignored GINO except for Final Wars, but seem to approve of Animated/'Zilla.

If you had to pick a move to introduce someone to the Godzilla/Kaiju genre, which would it be?


Do you have a favorite game that the critics rated poorly?

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James Jacobs wrote:
If you didn't want to use the actual scythe, then I suppose a guisarme would be a not bad choice.

Would the original scythe work? I'm just wondering if the scythe's particular stats as a weapon are affected by the angle of the scythe's blade. Like, if the blade's facing upward rather than at a 90% angle. does that give the weapon a different crit rating or damage die? If they aren't, then a regular scythe will work just fine.


Archpaladin Zousha wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
If you didn't want to use the actual scythe, then I suppose a guisarme would be a not bad choice.
Would the original scythe work? I'm just wondering if the scythe's particular stats as a weapon are affected by the angle of the scythe's blade. Like, if the blade's facing upward rather than at a 90% angle. does that give the weapon a different crit rating or damage die? If they aren't, then a regular scythe will work just fine.

Could be closer to a spear-like weapon...


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Thanks for your answers, now I have a few more.

1) How do you pronounce Alushinyrra?

2) I'm guessing that despite its name the Terrace of Favored Mistresses isn't populated by all succubi? Would it include other types of outsiders?

3) Would there be any interest in doing a bigger book like Cities of the Great Beyond, or something along those lines?

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Are Maraliths always female?


James Jacobs wrote:
Rysky wrote:
What about Godzilla 1998?

That movie is not only my least favorite Godzilla movie...

...It's actually my least favorite movie.

Worst movie ever. In the history of movies.

I agree that movie was bad.

I was surprised when I today noticed that there is a new Godzilla trailer out and that it apparently has been out since the 25th of February.

- Have you seen it and if yes what is your thoughts?

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Alleran wrote:

1) Even for an undead? Because it feels less like "immortality" for them and more like they're not necessarily immortal except in a technical sense. The reason they won't die of old age is because they're already dead (after all, they could have already died of old age as part of the process of becoming a lich...), not because their body no longer ages (which I suppose it would anyway, after a fashion - does a lich body rot and decay if not preserved?).

2) Does this give the process of aging a particular significance in terms of magic rather than just a biological process that can be halted by magic?

3) Is crumbling to dust what you think would/should happen? They wouldn't just start aging normally again (so if they were 50 when they walked in and were in there for two minutes, when they come out they'd be two minutes older) while inside the antimagic field? The lack of immortal inertia seems odd.

4) It definitely makes buying a Reincarnate (or casting it) every sixty years or so a much more palatable method. Does Reincarnate interfere with the cycle in any real fashion? Anybody capable of using it somehow who also stays out of trouble is technically able to live forever.

1) Undead are different than immortals, but they're also, to a certain extent, outside of the soul cycle. Just in a different way.

2) Why would it?

3) Yes. Because that's what happens in pretty much every story about an immortal who suddenly loses immortality.

4) Reincarnation is a part of the soul cycle, but keep in mind that the spell version is not as "pure" as the cycle version, which scrubs most/all of your past memories.

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You are a wonderful person and I enjoy reading your forum posts.

Yay!

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FallenDabus wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
FallenDabus wrote:
Rysky wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:


I'd probably put Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla on the list, frankly, in place of one of the lower ranking ones if I were to rewatch them all today. Like I said... slots 6-10 might shift, depending on my mood.

And Godzilla 1984 is fine... but it's not as good as the 10 I list, nor do I have as fond memories of that movie as I do of the 10 I list.

What about Godzilla 1998?
And tangentially, do you have an opinion on the Animated Series that spun off of the '98 series? I recall reading that while the movie tanked in Japan, the animated series did well and TOHO approves of it far more than the movie.
I never watched the animated series because my hatred of the 1998 version prevents me from ever being interested in anything involving "Gino" (Godzilla-In-Name-Only) with the EXCEPTION of the scene in "Godzilla: Final Wars" where Godzilla kills Gino in a fight.

If... If you believe in redemption, give it a shot. TOHO's ignored GINO except for Final Wars, but seem to approve of Animated/'Zilla.

If you had to pick a move to introduce someone to the Godzilla/Kaiju genre, which would it be?

I believe in redemption, but I also believe there's plenty more to look forward to or spend my time watching than something that already broke my heart. Fool me once, shame on me and all that.

The original Godzilla would be what I picked to introduce someone, because if they mock its age, then I know that they're not interested in the genre.

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Archpaladin Zousha wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
If you didn't want to use the actual scythe, then I suppose a guisarme would be a not bad choice.
Would the original scythe work? I'm just wondering if the scythe's particular stats as a weapon are affected by the angle of the scythe's blade. Like, if the blade's facing upward rather than at a 90% angle. does that give the weapon a different crit rating or damage die? If they aren't, then a regular scythe will work just fine.

Sure, why not?

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Seannoss wrote:

Thanks for your answers, now I have a few more.

1) How do you pronounce Alushinyrra?

2) I'm guessing that despite its name the Terrace of Favored Mistresses isn't populated by all succubi? Would it include other types of outsiders?

3) Would there be any interest in doing a bigger book like Cities of the Great Beyond, or something along those lines?

1) AH-loo-sha-NEER-ah

2) Yup. It's mostly succubi, but other things are there also.

3) Perhaps.

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Rysky wrote:
Are Maraliths always female?

Yes.

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Zark wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
Rysky wrote:
What about Godzilla 1998?

That movie is not only my least favorite Godzilla movie...

...It's actually my least favorite movie.

Worst movie ever. In the history of movies.

I agree that movie was bad.

I was surprised when I today noticed that there is a new Godzilla trailer out and that it apparently has been out since the 25th of February.

- Have you seen it and if yes what is your thoughts?

I've seen all those trailers and have been following this movie's path to the big screen for years. I'm VERY optimistic. The trailer is a work of art that brings tears of joy to my eyes.


James Jacobs wrote:
Zark wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
Rysky wrote:
What about Godzilla 1998?

That movie is not only my least favorite Godzilla movie...

...It's actually my least favorite movie.

Worst movie ever. In the history of movies.

I agree that movie was bad.

I was surprised when I today noticed that there is a new Godzilla trailer out and that it apparently has been out since the 25th of February.

- Have you seen it and if yes what is your thoughts?

I've seen all those trailers and have been following this movie's path to the big screen for years. I'm VERY optimistic. The trailer is a work of art that brings tears of joy to my eyes.

When a Tyrannosaurus cries, how does it wipe the tears away?


Wait, if immortals turn to dust within an antimagic field then does that mean that a runelord or other immortal wizard (Jatembe, Nex, etc) could be insta-killed with just that one unblockable spell?

Liberty's Edge

James, do you enjoy greek mythology?
If yes, what do you think are the alignment and classes of:
Teseus
Perceus
Heracles
Odisseus
Achilles


do metamagic feats work with Spell-Like Abilities


Is it canonically possible to play a...

*Cleric of Cayden Cailean who doesn't consume alcohol?

*An NE Fire domain druid who venerates Asmodeus?

*A member of a race with Light sensitivity who worships Sarenrae?


what's the youngest age someone can be when they join a church of a god

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Tels wrote:
When a Tyrannosaurus cries, how does it wipe the tears away?

We T-rexes are at the apex. We have nothing to cry about. So it's a moot question.

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AlgaeNymph wrote:
Wait, if immortals turn to dust within an antimagic field then does that mean that a runelord or other immortal wizard (Jatembe, Nex, etc) could be insta-killed with just that one unblockable spell?

Depends on how they became immortal, frankly.

And in most cases, it wouldn't do the dust thing. It does that only if it's cool for the scene.

Frankly, it's probably best to just assume that in most cases it doesn't do this, since there's not rules for it.

It's a GM call, in other words. If I were running Runelords, antimagic wouldn't "dust" Karzoug... but he'd be pretty annoyed by it anyway.

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Paladinosaur wrote:

James, do you enjoy greek mythology?

If yes, what do you think are the alignment and classes of:
Teseus
Perceus
Heracles
Odisseus
Achilles

I like it well enough. Love the original "Clash of the Titans" for example. But I don't know it well enough to be able to assign alignments to the heroes.

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xavier c wrote:
do metamagic feats work with Spell-Like Abilities

No.

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Axial wrote:

Is it canonically possible to play a...

*Cleric of Cayden Cailean who doesn't consume alcohol?

*An NE Fire domain druid who venerates Asmodeus?

*A member of a race with Light sensitivity who worships Sarenrae?

No.

Maybe.

Yes.

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xavier c wrote:
what's the youngest age someone can be when they join a church of a god

Depends on what you mean by "join."

If you mean "Make a conscious decision to worship," then whatever age they are when they can make choices for themselves, which varies.

If you mean "Youngest age they can be baptized," and then assume that baptism means you're in a church... then immediately upon being born.

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