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If at the conclusion to Wrath of the Righteous,
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1)Is the reason we haven't gotten rules on psychic magic is because of people being split between old psionic rules and new rules/different mechanics, or people at Paizo having different ideas of how to do it, or something else?
2)You mention awhile ago that if you did do psychic magic you would want classes based on real world names/ideals such as Fakir, Psychic, Mesmerist, Mystic, Swami, Medium, Seer, Telepath. Would any of these class ideas still be a possibility?(other then Psychic)
3)What would a Fakir be in pathfinder?
4)What would make a good name(s) for a psychic warrior type class?
5)Are there other good names for psychic related classes?
6)Which ones listed above(Q#2) would be full progression spell casters, which would be bard level, and which would be other?
7)Why do you think the term "Esper" is too sci-fi to be used for a class name in Pathfinder?
8)Psychic magic would be it's own category of magic, correct?
9)Other then Vudra, are there any places on Golarion that have a lot of psychic magic users?
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1)Is the reason we haven't gotten rules on psychic magic is because of people being split between old psionic rules and new rules/different mechanics, or people at Paizo having different ideas of how to do it, or something else?
2)You mention awhile ago that if you did do psychic magic you would want classes based on real world names/ideals such as Fakir, Psychic, Mesmerist, Mystic, Swami, Medium, Seer, Telepath. Would any of these class ideas still be a possibility?(other then Psychic)
3)What would a Fakir be in pathfinder?
4)What would make a good name(s) for a psychic warrior type class?
5)Are there other good names for psychic related classes?
6)Which ones listed above(Q#2) would be full progression spell casters, which would be bard level, and which would be other?
7)Why do you think the term "Esper" is too sci-fi to be used for a class name in Pathfinder?
8)Psychic magic would be it's own category of magic, correct?
9)Other then Vudra, are there any places on Golarion that have a lot of psychic magic users?
1) Nope. We do a limited number of rules expansions a year, and so far we haven't had the time to do psychic magic stuff is the reason.
2) Anything is possible.
3) I'd have to do research into the real world traditions first.
4) Dunno.
5) Absolutely.
6) Who knows?
7) Because the term "ESP" is a very recent creation. It has no resonance or tradition in fantasy or historical stories of the era Pathfinder focuses on.
8) Could be.
9) The Darklands. And it's not Golarion, but Castrovel. Other places for sure.
Sorry those are vague, but I'm not really eager to start spitballing or brainstorming psyhic magic stuff here, since it creates the false impression that it's something Paizo is going to do soon.
This rekindled the Psychic/Psyonic discussion.
You guessed there was a reason, isn't it?
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This rekindled the Psychic/Psyonic discussion.
You guessed there was a reason, isn't it?
I suspected that was behind it.
Nothing has changed since the last fifty plus times the topic came up though.
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Inner Sea Gods is a PHENOMENAL book! Thank you so much! Do you think the Evangelist is too powerful, in that the prestige class doesn't replace class features so much as supplement them? I think a lot of people will flock to the prestige class as it allows you to continue gaining spell levels and capstone abilities along with a prestige class.
Well that discussion isn't the only reason I am also really interested in Castrovel and Vudra as well. I feel that without those rules we will not see those area's done, at least in great detail anyway. Also the rules for psychic magic would help for other campaign ideas and would mesh well with high technology or modern day settings.
1)I don't remember anywhere that the darklands is big on psychic magic, so were is that info found?
2)Will the Iron Gods AP explain why the humans of that space ship were on/around Golarion to begin with and what made them crash?
3)Are the "unleashed" style books replacing the "revisited" ones?
4)So do you have a character in mine when you play the final version of the Swashbuckler?
5)Are there any Kaiju that will work together weather to fight a greater threat or in general?
Hi, James Jacobs!
1) Being physically attractive seems like it would be a common request by worshipers of supernatural entities. I've been considering allowing a few of the Boons granted by the Demonic Obedience feat to represent such an increase in physical attractiveness. For example, followers of Nocticula and Socothbenoth both gain the ability to cast charm person and followers of Socothbenoth get an increase to their mind-affecting spell DCs. I thought this would be easier than granting inherent Charisma bonuses and the like, which are typically reserved for higher-level PCs/NPCs. Does this seem like a decent explanation?
2) Socothbenoth seems to share his sister's lustful nature, but his portfolio actually has the sin of Pride. What about him makes him embody or represent pride?
3) What are a few personality traits you would emphasize with Socothbenoth if a follower of his contacted him via spells for guidance? For example, Baphomet is described as being 'dominant but personable' torward his worshipers.
4) Would you allow a demon lord worshiper to use the Demonic Obedience feat in place of the Deific Obedience feat to gain entry to the Exalted Prc?
Thanks for any answers you can provide!
This seemed like something that you would find either amusing. Thoughts?
Also, today's my birthday. What are you getting me? (Note, I live three hours in the future in East Coast land.)
James,
Quick question on formatting the names of elementals. Is the size of an elemental always capitalized or is it considered part of its name?
For example, when referring to the creature medium fire elemental, is it cased like that? Or is it cased like Medium fire elemental?
Thanks!
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Inner Sea Gods is a PHENOMENAL book! Thank you so much! Do you think the Evangelist is too powerful, in that the prestige class doesn't replace class features so much as supplement them? I think a lot of people will flock to the prestige class as it allows you to continue gaining spell levels and capstone abilities along with a prestige class.
We'll see, I suppose, but frankly... if that means more folks play religious characters and get into the game world and its religions... I'm okay with that.
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Well that discussion isn't the only reason I am also really interested in Castrovel and Vudra as well. I feel that without those rules we will not see those area's done, at least in great detail anyway. Also the rules for psychic magic would help for other campaign ideas and would mesh well with high technology or modern day settings.
1)I don't remember anywhere that the darklands is big on psychic magic, so were is that info found?
2)Will the Iron Gods AP explain why the humans of that space ship were on/around Golarion to begin with and what made them crash?
3)Are the "unleashed" style books replacing the "revisited" ones?
4)So do you have a character in mine when you play the final version of the Swashbuckler?
5)Are there any Kaiju that will work together weather to fight a greater threat or in general?
1) Into the Darklands. And the fact that many of the creatures that live there are either from the Psionics Handbook (neothelids, intellect devourers) or have psychic magic friendly elements (seugathi, aboleths, etc.).
2) Yes.
3) And if they were, would that be bad or good?
4) Not yet.
5) Yes. Not sure who yet, but yes.
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Hi, James Jacobs!
1) Being physically attractive seems like it would be a common request by worshipers of supernatural entities. I've been considering allowing a few of the Boons granted by the Demonic Obedience feat to represent such an increase in physical attractiveness. For example, followers of Nocticula and Socothbenoth both gain the ability to cast charm person and followers of Socothbenoth get an increase to their mind-affecting spell DCs. I thought this would be easier than granting inherent Charisma bonuses and the like, which are typically reserved for higher-level PCs/NPCs. Does this seem like a decent explanation?
2) Socothbenoth seems to share his sister's lustful nature, but his portfolio actually has the sin of Pride. What about him makes him embody or represent pride?
3) What are a few personality traits you would emphasize with Socothbenoth if a follower of his contacted him via spells for guidance? For example, Baphomet is described as being 'dominant but personable' torward his worshipers.
4) Would you allow a demon lord worshiper to use the Demonic Obedience feat in place of the Deific Obedience feat to gain entry to the Exalted Prc?
Thanks for any answers you can provide!
1) Sure!
2) The fact that he thinks he's the hottest dude in the Abyss. Nocticula lusts for all sorts of partners... but Socothbenoth is constantly disappointed they're not as sexy as he thinks HE is.
3) Arrogant and proud and eager to push taboos and make followers delve into areas and tasks and situations that make them uncomfortable.
We all know that you are the enemy of monstrous player races and the sole reason kobolds have a -4 penalty to strength.
However, since I expect the next book to contain a "T-Rex" playable race thanks to your forked tongue in the ears of the Paizo staff that remain loyal to the chosen race (which is mine, in case you guys forgot again), what are your thoughts on re-skinning the T-Rex to be a kobold? I suppose you won't allow it in PFS, of course.
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This seemed like something that you would find either amusing. Thoughts?
Also, today's my birthday. What are you getting me? (Note, I live three hours in the future in East Coast land.)
I'm in pretty deep radio silence mode on Godzilla-related stuff these days, even if it's something like this that has little to do with the actual movie... so I didn't watch.
Alas... by the time I read this, it was tomorrow. I'll have to try again next year.
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Since it would be an especially powerful miracle (and thus not limited by the "safe wish" wording), could a miracle then grant up to the +5 total (assuming the deity approves of the increase, such as perhaps Nethys with presumably INT but not STR) in one hit? Or would it still need to be successive?Can miracle grant inherent bonuses like wish?I allow it to do so in my games. So... yes! (It falls under the category of especially powerful miracles. And it should be something your deity approves of... some ability score increases might not be ones some deities approve of at the GM's option.
That's up to the GM, but I would say no... you'd need 5 miracles in a row, just like wish.
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James,
Quick question on formatting the names of elementals. Is the size of an elemental always capitalized or is it considered part of its name?
For example, when referring to the creature medium fire elemental, is it cased like that? Or is it cased like Medium fire elemental?
Thanks!
Paizo house style is to always capitalize the sizes when they refer to creature sizes... so yeah. It's upper case in this case.
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Spoiler:Dear Mister Jacobs, We all know that you are the enemy of monstrous player races and the sole reason kobolds have a -4 penalty to strength.However, since I expect the next book to contain a "T-Rex" playable race thanks to your forked tongue in the ears of the Paizo staff that remain loyal to the chosen race (which is mine, in case you guys forgot again), what are your thoughts on re-skinning the T-Rex to be a kobold? I suppose you won't allow it in PFS, of course.
Ummmm... kobolds are meant to be things players fight in large groups at 1st level, not viable PC choices for characters. Their role is not the one you want it to be. Sorry.
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Followup Question: Why are T-Rexes inherently jealous of kobolds? Is it the arm thing?
Bad. We taste bad. It's explicitly in our book, dammit!
Mmmmmmm Cajun Cabold...
Bonus! You get a nice pair of shoes out of the deal!
1)Is the reason we haven't gotten rules on psychic magic is because of people being split between old psionic rules and new rules/different mechanics, or people at Paizo having different ideas of how to do it, or something else?
2)You mention awhile ago that if you did do psychic magic you would want classes based on real world names/ideals such as Fakir, Psychic, Mesmerist, Mystic, Swami, Medium, Seer, Telepath. Would any of these class ideas still be a possibility?(other then Psychic)
3)What would a Fakir be in pathfinder?
4)What would make a good name(s) for a psychic warrior type class?
5)Are there other good names for psychic related classes?
6)Which ones listed above(Q#2) would be full progression spell casters, which would be bard level, and which would be other?
7)Why do you think the term "Esper" is too sci-fi to be used for a class name in Pathfinder?
8)Psychic magic would be it's own category of magic, correct?
9)Other then Vudra, are there any places on Golarion that have a lot of psychic magic users?
1) Nope. We do a limited number of rules expansions a year, and so far we haven't had the time to do psychic magic stuff is the reason.
2) Anything is possible.
3) I'd have to do research into the real world traditions first.
4) Dunno.
5) Absolutely.
6) Who knows?
7) Because the term "ESP" is a very recent creation. It has no resonance or tradition in fantasy or historical stories of the era Pathfinder focuses on.
8) Could be.
9) The Darklands. And it's not Golarion, but Castrovel. Other places for sure.
Sorry those are vague, but I'm not really eager to start spitballing or brainstorming psyhic magic stuff here, since it creates the false impression that it's something Paizo is going to do soon.
Cool. JJ just promised us Paizo is going to do a psyhic magic book a bit later on!
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Hi James.
So after scrolling past ~54 Vashikaran spam posts just now, I have a related question.
Where do you think Pharasma sends recently deceased spammers?
Hi James,
I just stumbled over Izyagna's entry in "Lords of Chaos". Her obedience lists as benefit "Gain a +4 profane bonus on saves against charm effects". Given that her area of influence is swarms and you have to meditate inside an ant swarm to get that benefit, shouldn't it be swarm effects?
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Inner Sea Gods is a PHENOMENAL book! Thank you so much! Do you think the Evangelist is too powerful, in that the prestige class doesn't replace class features so much as supplement them? I think a lot of people will flock to the prestige class as it allows you to continue gaining spell levels and capstone abilities along with a prestige class.We'll see, I suppose, but frankly... if that means more folks play religious characters and get into the game world and its religions... I'm okay with that.
I have a friend who specifically thinks that's a bad thing, that it's a roleplaying crutch for me.
Probably like alligator.
(and alligator tastes like tough chicken every time I've had it)
That's at least partially due to the fact that alligators farmed for meat are fed the cheapest protein available, which is often chicken.
I've never had it myself, but I understand that 'wild' gator tends to taste a little more swampy, like catfish.
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Quick pfs question James.
I know that on the message boards people have said that instead of having to sell a belt og giant strength +2 to buy a belt of physical might (Str +2 & dex +2), I can just pay for the upgrade from the first to the second like I can from a +2 to a +4.
Is this conversion legal in pfs play or do I have to sell the belt of giant strength to get a belt of physical might?
Alas... by the time I read this, it was tomorrow. I'll have to try again next year.
Ah ha! You're not off the hook. My birthday is May 9th!
Okay, semi-serious question.
There are rules for how long air lasts before folks start suffocating.
Then there are rules for a portable hole having only enough air to last 10 minutes.
However, since the size of a portable hole is known, we can see that the rules for how long air should last according to suffocation rules is very different from how long the portable hole description says air lasts.
Portable hole description says 10 minutes, the suffocation rules say about 101 minutes (minus a few for the volume consumed by the individual, about 98 minutes of breath time for a human)
So why the difference? Does the air get lost somehow? If the air does get lost, what about trying to put other gases in a portable hole, do they disappear too?
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Have you been introduced to the Godzilla 2014 "Oppenheimer Quote Appropriation" meme yet? :)
No... but again, I'm avoiding Godzilla stuff if possible until the 16th.
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Cool. JJ just promised us Paizo is going to do a psyhic magic book a bit later on!
Later on as opposed to "going to do it soon", hehe. :-P
Way to read into my words.
Frankly, questions like that are really frustrating to me, in the same way a question like "Have you stopped beating your wife?" is annoying. It's a question you can't answer without making folks think you're admitting to something.
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Hi James,
I just stumbled over Izyagna's entry in "Lords of Chaos". Her obedience lists as benefit "Gain a +4 profane bonus on saves against charm effects". Given that her area of influence is swarms and you have to meditate inside an ant swarm to get that benefit, shouldn't it be swarm effects?
Nope. She's also a demigod of angry mobs, remember, and thus of mob mentality and hiveminds. The fact that you gain a bonus against charms is because when you worship her to that extent, you have multiple additional fragments and minds and personalities in your head that make it more difficult to charm you as a whole. In effect, the ants you meditated among are bolstering your mind by giving it a sort of hivemind effect against being controlled via charm.
She offers no special defenses against swarms. If you can't meditate in an ant swarm on your own, you're doing it wrong and should worship another god, in other words! :-P
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I have a friend who specifically thinks that's a bad thing, that it's a roleplaying crutch for me.Inner Sea Gods is a PHENOMENAL book! Thank you so much! Do you think the Evangelist is too powerful, in that the prestige class doesn't replace class features so much as supplement them? I think a lot of people will flock to the prestige class as it allows you to continue gaining spell levels and capstone abilities along with a prestige class.We'll see, I suppose, but frankly... if that means more folks play religious characters and get into the game world and its religions... I'm okay with that.
Can't help you with that.
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Quick pfs question James.
I know that on the message boards people have said that instead of having to sell a belt og giant strength +2 to buy a belt of physical might (Str +2 & dex +2), I can just pay for the upgrade from the first to the second like I can from a +2 to a +4.
Is this conversion legal in pfs play or do I have to sell the belt of giant strength to get a belt of physical might?
I don't make the calls for PFS, so I can't say. In games I run, it's absolutely legal, but you still need to wait for the upgrade to finish and during that time you don't get to keep using your old belt.
You'll need to ask the PFS folks for the PFS ruling though. I suspect that type of upgrade isn't allowed simply due to keeping things simple to help keep a massively multiplayer offline roleplaying game running smoothly.
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Okay, semi-serious question.
There are rules for how long air lasts before folks start suffocating.
Then there are rules for a portable hole having only enough air to last 10 minutes.
However, since the size of a portable hole is known, we can see that the rules for how long air should last according to suffocation rules is very different from how long the portable hole description says air lasts.
Portable hole description says 10 minutes, the suffocation rules say about 101 minutes (minus a few for the volume consumed by the individual, about 98 minutes of breath time for a human)
So why the difference? Does the air get lost somehow? If the air does get lost, what about trying to put other gases in a portable hole, do they disappear too?
Magic. That's why.
I have a friend who specifically thinks that's a bad thing, that it's a roleplaying crutch for me.Inner Sea Gods is a PHENOMENAL book! Thank you so much! Do you think the Evangelist is too powerful, in that the prestige class doesn't replace class features so much as supplement them? I think a lot of people will flock to the prestige class as it allows you to continue gaining spell levels and capstone abilities along with a prestige class.We'll see, I suppose, but frankly... if that means more folks play religious characters and get into the game world and its religions... I'm okay with that.
You mean he/she says you have trouble getting outside of your zone of comfort?
On topic: which would be easier to play; agnostic, atheist or Rahadoumi?
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I have a friend who specifically thinks that's a bad thing, that it's a roleplaying crutch for me.Inner Sea Gods is a PHENOMENAL book! Thank you so much! Do you think the Evangelist is too powerful, in that the prestige class doesn't replace class features so much as supplement them? I think a lot of people will flock to the prestige class as it allows you to continue gaining spell levels and capstone abilities along with a prestige class.We'll see, I suppose, but frankly... if that means more folks play religious characters and get into the game world and its religions... I'm okay with that.You mean he/she says you have trouble getting outside of your zone of comfort?
On topic: which would be easier to play; agnostic, atheist or Rahadoumi?
Are you asking me or Archpaladin Zousha? Cause his ask questions thread isn't this one... ;-P
For me, the easiest to play would be agnostic.
The first one was to AZ, sorry.
Same for me, agnostic would be easier (since I'm one).
James, how big is your comfort zone?
Frankly, questions like that are really frustrating to me, in the same way a question like "Have you stopped beating your wife?" is annoying. It's a question you can't answer without making folks think you're admitting to something.
/me scratches out his next question: Have you stopped beating your developers/authors/contributors?
Actually, I had been wondering, I read about all the co-creators of Golarion, but who had and how long ago did the first inspiration for it come into existence?