I have to say...I would perfer to see Pazio to do a space opra setting before a PA setting...I still have Gamma World and Rifts(which even has alot of the Lovecraftian things in it).
Just wondering can you publish the setting though a 3rd party publisher using Pathfinder? Or are you not allowed to because of working for Pazio? Just curiopus about that.
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I have to say...I would perfer to see Pazio to do a space opra setting before a PA setting...I still have Gamma World and Rifts(which even has alot of the Lovecraftian things in it).
Just wondering can you publish the setting though a 3rd party publisher using Pathfinder? Or are you not allowed to because of working for Pazio? Just curiopus about that.
I can certainly publish the setting through a 3rd party publisher. I could even publish it myself. Not sure I'd want to do either, though, since I do think Paizo puts out the best-looking books in the business.
I'm probably biased, though. ;-)
I have to say...I would perfer to see Pazio to do a space opra setting before a PA setting...I still have Gamma World and Rifts(which even has alot of the Lovecraftian things in it).
Just wondering can you publish the setting though a 3rd party publisher using Pathfinder? Or are you not allowed to because of working for Pazio? Just curiopus about that.
I can certainly publish the setting through a 3rd party publisher. I could even publish it myself. Not sure I'd want to do either, though, since I do think Paizo puts out the best-looking books in the business.
I'm probably biased, though. ;-)
I have to agree with Pazio putting out the best looking( and probably over all the best) books in the bussiness.
I was wondering if that could lead to problems because I would imagine if a 3rd part got one of the regular writters at Pazio to do books for them that would be a selling point...getting other 3rd part publisgers to get other Pazio writters to work for them...so leaving little time for the Pazio writters to write for Pazio or atleat...distracting the writter so quality would hurt.
I have to say...I would perfer to see Pazio to do a space opra setting before a PA setting...I still have Gamma World and Rifts(which even has alot of the Lovecraftian things in it).
Just wondering can you publish the setting though a 3rd party publisher using Pathfinder? Or are you not allowed to because of working for Pazio? Just curiopus about that.
I can certainly publish the setting through a 3rd party publisher. I could even publish it myself. Not sure I'd want to do either, though, since I do think Paizo puts out the best-looking books in the business.
I'm probably biased, though. ;-)
Well, what about just doing it as a PDF? I mean I know PDFs have production cost, but without actual printed books that's significantly less. Plus, you could then see the demand with much less risk than actual printed publication? I for one would buy the PDF. :)
We'll certainly go to the outer planes now and then in an AP, but an entire adventure path set on the outer planes? Probably not... we like to stay relatively focused on Golarion.
How about a planar module? When will get another one?
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1) magic Guilds: Ecletic training. the bonus seem very strong when compared with other bonuses you get with 5 fame in other magic schools. Isn't it a bit unbalanced? It can be applied to divine spell casting classes?
1) This would indeed apply to divine spellcasting, and it's not as strong as it looks. It's actually pretty much useless for most single classed spellcasters. It does help multiclassed spellcasters stay "caught up" sort of, as long as they don't split their caster levels too much. Note that an increase to your caster level only applies to how your spells function (with regard to things like caster level checks, SR penetration checks, duration, damage, range, and other variables influenced by caster level). An increased caster level does NOT grant you access to additional spells per day; that is not a function of caster level but of a class level.
choose one spellcasting class you have at least 1 level in—you increase your effective caster level in that class (including the number of spells you know and can cast per day) by +1, to a maximum caster level equal to your total Hit Dice.
Then there is an error in this text?
It say the ability increase the number of spells you can cast.an increase in the caster level only would be balance with the other powers, I agree.
[simulacron]
Frankly, were I redesigning the spell, I'd actually put into the bestiary, or into the spell itself (even better!) a new monster template for simulacrum.
Interesting idea. The spell work well enough when it affect creatures with 0 hd and class levels, badly enough when you affect monsters with special abilities.
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I have to agree with Pazio putting out the best looking( and probably over all the best) books in the bussiness.
I was wondering if that could lead to problems because I would imagine if a 3rd part got one of the regular writters at Pazio to do books for them that would be a selling point...getting other 3rd part publisgers to get other Pazio writters to work for them...so leaving little time for the Pazio writters to write for Pazio or atleat...distracting the writter so quality would hurt.
That's true.
Of course, we also pay our writers quite a bit more than what they'd get paid for writing for most other companies, which is a pretty compelling reason to want to write for Paizo and not for someone else...
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Well, what about just doing it as a PDF? I mean I know PDFs have production cost, but without actual printed books that's significantly less. Plus, you could then see the demand with much less risk than actual printed publication? I for one would buy the PDF. :)
Paizo's a print company first and a PDF company second. At least, that's the way it is today.
Furthermore... the only time we save on a PDF product is the time it takes to print and ship. None of that happens in our editorial and art departments—it takes just as long to do a PDF as it does an equally sized print book, so it's not like doing a PDF would save us really any time at all on the schedule side of things.
And as for me just putting it together as a PDF on its own... I'm not really interested in that since I'd rather see it get art and a cool layout and all that than just throwing raw text out into the internet.
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We'll certainly go to the outer planes now and then in an AP, but an entire adventure path set on the outer planes? Probably not... we like to stay relatively focused on Golarion.How about a planar module? When will get another one?
Does "The Harrowing" count?
If not, there'll be some Plane of Shadow stuff, I believe, in the upcoming RPG Superstar module, "The Midnight Mirror," due out in January.
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1) magic Guilds: Ecletic training. the bonus seem very strong when compared with other bonuses you get with 5 fame in other magic schools. Isn't it a bit unbalanced? It can be applied to divine spell casting classes?
1) This would indeed apply to divine spellcasting, and it's not as strong as it looks. It's actually pretty much useless for most single classed spellcasters. It does help multiclassed spellcasters stay "caught up" sort of, as long as they don't split their caster levels too much. Note that an increase to your caster level only applies to how your spells function (with regard to things like caster level checks, SR penetration checks, duration, damage, range, and other variables influenced by caster level). An increased caster level does NOT grant you access to additional spells per day; that is not a function of caster level but of a class level.
choose one spellcasting class you have at least 1 level in—you increase your effective caster level in that class (including the number of spells you know and can cast per day) by +1, to a maximum caster level equal to your total Hit Dice.Then there is an error in this text?
It say the ability increase the number of spells you can cast.
an increase in the caster level only would be balance with the other powers, I agree.
Ah, I see what you're talking about regarding that. That probably is indeed an error, but I'd be interested to see how it plays out as written.
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Speaking of shadowy stuff (also might have been asked), have you guys thought about doing anything with the darker/shadow side magic?
Also, in Golarion, is there an existence of something like the Dreaming or a Dreamscape or just a dream world in general? Like a real place even if not in NORMAL physical sense (don't have my Gods book to see where exactly Desna kicks back).
Lastly, which one of you do I have to thank for Desna or was it a group effort? Hands down she's been my favorite deity in ANY setting to date. She just fit everything I could have wanted in one so thanks to whoever there. And for that matter did a lot of people throw in on the Deities all together or was there a select few who handled that?
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Ah, I see what you're talking about regarding that. That probably is indeed an error, but I'd be interested to see how it plays out as written.
choose one spellcasting class you have at least 1 level in—you increase your effective caster level in that class (including the number of spells you know and can cast per day) by +1, to a maximum caster level equal to your total Hit Dice.Then there is an error in this text?
It say the ability increase the number of spells you can cast.
an increase in the caster level only would be balance with the other powers, I agree.
I would really like to use it with a Mystic theurge, Eldritch knight or Arcane trickster. But I am a sucker for classes that try to have always something even if they aren't the most powerful.
As I am the GM I think I will point it out to my players in the coming Kingmaker campaign. Having someone try to convince a established guild to found a local branch in the player city would be interesting and a good way to add more role playing elements. Or having some of the PC be the founding fathers of a new magical academy. Great way to siphon out money from the character pockets, as it will require years of work before the academy get a profit.
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Speaking of shadowy stuff (also might have been asked), have you guys thought about doing anything with the darker/shadow side magic?
There are 4 feat and a wizard archetype (shadowcaster) in the Inner Sea magic book.
I think they are flavourful even if not too exceedingly powerful.If you like the versatility of the different shadow magic spells there are some interesting possibility.
How about a planar module? When will get another one?Does "The Harrowing" count?
If not, there'll be some Plane of Shadow stuff, I believe, in the upcoming RPG Superstar module, "The Midnight Mirror," due out in January.
"The Harrowing" is an excellent adventure, but it doesn't count. There are so many wonderful planes you developed for "The Great Beyond" that deserve exploration. For example, the adventure in the City of Brass is much more interesting and portable to other uses than a pocket dimension full of islands.
I look forward to exploring the plane of shadow. I do think you should try to have a planar module at least once a year to satisfy us planewalkers.
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Speaking of shadowy stuff (also might have been asked), have you guys thought about doing anything with the darker/shadow side magic?
Also, in Golarion, is there an existence of something like the Dreaming or a Dreamscape or just a dream world in general? Like a real place even if not in NORMAL physical sense (don't have my Gods book to see where exactly Desna kicks back).
Lastly, which one of you do I have to thank for Desna or was it a group effort? Hands down she's been my favorite deity in ANY setting to date. She just fit everything I could have wanted in one so thanks to whoever there. And for that matter did a lot of people throw in on the Deities all together or was there a select few who handled that?
We do shadow-themed stuff now and then; it was actually a pretty big element of the Council of Thieves Adventure Path. There's also some elements of it in Inner Sea Magic, and it'll be a key part of next year's RPG Superstar Module "The Midnight Mirror."
There is a Dimension of Dream in Golarion's Great Beyond; it's very heavily inspired by Lovecraft's Dreamlands and Leng.
Desna's one of the deities from my home brew campaign, and she's one in particular that I've been working on in multiple adventures and books to develop. Sean took my original notes and ran with them to provide the first article about a deity back in Pathfinder #2, so he's been doing a LOT to develop her and the other deities as well. About 2/3 of the deities are from my homebrew campaign, in fact—the others were mostly invented by a few of us working together to fill in the holes (Erik, Sean, Jason, Wes, James Sutter, Mike McArtor, and I for the most part).
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Paizo isn't really interested in moving into the realm of publishing comics or graphic novels. That said, a Pathfinder comic would indeed be super awesome, and it'd be a neat license to see manifest some day. It's certainly something we've considered, along with Pathifnder video games, Pathfinder movies, Pathfinder music, Pathfinder anything! As with all such licenses, though... we want to wait for the right opportunity rather than the FIRST opportunity.I'm currently starting to work on some sketches for a piece for percussion ensemble - I'm now tempted to call it The Drums of Usaro or something. :)
Though actually, what would the legal standing of this be? I'm thinking it would be treated something similar to fanfiction, except with the major difference that fan fiction is rarely written professionally, and music is usually composed with the hope it will make some money. There was talk a while ago of making guidelines about using Paizo's intellectual property in fanfiction - did this ever come about?
EDIT: ALthough, now I think about it, the title of a piece isn't as intrinsic to its substance as the characters and locations of a story are.
The legal standing would be weird... but calling it something like "The Drums of the Jungle Expanse" would certainly curtail any weirdness there. I'm not sure how our community use policy works with music, to be honest... but if it DOES, you just can't use something called "The Drums of Usaro" to make money or for marketing or for anything other than fan content. Full details can be found on our Community Use page.
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How about a planar module? When will get another one?Does "The Harrowing" count?
If not, there'll be some Plane of Shadow stuff, I believe, in the upcoming RPG Superstar module, "The Midnight Mirror," due out in January.
"The Harrowing" is an excellent adventure, but it doesn't count. There are so many wonderful planes you developed for "The Great Beyond" that deserve exploration. For example, the adventure in the City of Brass is much more interesting and portable to other uses than a pocket dimension full of islands.
I look forward to exploring the plane of shadow. I do think you should try to have a planar module at least once a year to satisfy us planewalkers.
The reason we avoid too many planar adventures is simply because we try not to drift far from the core campaign setting of the Inner Sea Region too often. And when we do drift from it, things like ohter planets, other planes, and other continents all count pretty much the same. So since we're currently doing an AP that goes through the Crown of the World and into Minkai, that more or less prevents us from doing much in the way of extraplanar stuff at the same time since we want our other products to "stay safe at home" where we know there's a large established market.
1)Will there be any info in the Advance races guide that will be culture based and/or Golarion world specific? like wich regions/climates/continents they would be found in/on, religions, etc.?
2)How common and/or rare are the main 10 dragons(red, bronze, etc.) on Golarion?
3)Any chance of seeing giant sea horses, giant sea anemones, giant starfish in any furture products? how about some golems made out of coral, shells, seaweed, or pieces of ships? How about the Leviathen?
4)How about some rules for dragons that have crossbread with each other? and not just the half dragon template ether.
5)Can we have some rules for races that are half dwarf, halfing, goblin, drow, etc.? So is there anything a gnome can crossbread with?
6)Will we ever see a half-fey template like half dragon, half-celestial, etc.? What about polymorph spells to change into fey, outsider, construct, or ooze?
7)Will the Beastairy III have new familars that are neither animals or outsiders
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1)Will there be any info in the Advance races guide that will be culture based and/or Golarion world specific? like wich regions/climates/continents they would be found in/on, religions, etc.?
2)How common and/or rare are the main 10 dragons(red, bronze, etc.) on Golarion?
3)Any chance of seeing giant sea horses, giant sea anemones, giant starfish in any furture products? how about some golems made out of coral, shells, seaweed, or pieces of ships? How about the Leviathen?
4)How about some rules for dragons that have crossbread with each other? and not just the half dragon template ether.
5)Can we have some rules for races that are half dwarf, halfing, goblin, drow, etc.? So is there anything a gnome can crossbread with?
6)Will we ever see a half-fey template like half dragon, half-celestial, etc.? What about polymorph spells to change into fey, outsider, construct, or ooze?
7)Will the Beastairy III have new familars that are neither animals or outsiders
1) Nope. Advanced Race Guide is world neutral. No Golarion info in there at all.
2) The "main 10 dragons" are relatively rare on Golarion. When they're encountered, they should be a major plot point.
3) Yes.
4) The half dragon template is as far as I'm interested in going for crossbreeding dragons. I'd rather stat up entirely new dragons instead.
5) I'm not sure there's much of a demand for that many half-breed races. I think, personally, that we've probably got enough of them already.
6) By the end of the year there'll be two versions of a fey creature template available. As for polymorph spells that allow access to other monster types, yes. I would hope so.
7) I believe there are a couple of new familiars in Bestiary 3 that are neither animals nor outsiders... but I'm not 100% sure off the top of my head... There ARE new animal and outsider familiars, though, at the very least. Actually... I'm developing a non-animal, non-outsier creature that would make a cool familiar in another window on my computer right now... and said creature needs some more words to fill up its page, so yeah! There will be!
1)Other than the land of the linnorm kings where else on Golarian would linnorms be considered common?
2)Can Gnomes breed with any other race(or creature) other than there own kind? I know they can't breed with humans, elves, orcs, and dwarfs.
3)Since we have races for foxes(kitsune) and cats(catfolk) but what about a humaniod wolf race?
4)Why are there no feats to enhance those 3+cha/int/wis/day abilities? like one that increases dice damage, or grant an ability that uses multiple uses to do one thing, etc.
5)Do you have a favorite cryptid?
6)other than the T-rex do you have any other favorite Dinosaurs?
7)Will we ever see dragons that are themed with the sun, moon, stars, dreams, time, positive energy, weather, light, astral/ethereal, prismatic, or first world(non-linnorm)? What about non-psionic based gem dragons(diamond, emerald, ruby, pearl, saphire)?
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1)Other than the land of the linnorm kings where else on Golarian would linnorms be considered common?
2)Can Gnomes breed with any other race(or creature) other than there own kind? I know they can't breed with humans, elves, orcs, and dwarfs.
3)Since we have races for foxes(kitsune) and cats(catfolk) but what about a humaniod wolf race?
4)Why are there no feats to enhance those 3+cha/int/wis/day abilities? like one that increases dice damage, or grant an ability that uses multiple uses to do one thing, etc.
5)Do you have a favorite cryptid?
6)other than the T-rex do you have any other favorite Dinosaurs?
7)Will we ever see dragons that are themed with the sun, moon, stars, dreams, time, positive energy, weather, light, astral/ethereal, prismatic, or first world(non-linnorm)? What about non-psionic based gem dragons(diamond, emerald, ruby, pearl, saphire)?
1) Linnorms aren't even considered to be common in the Lands of the Linnorm Kings... so nope!
2) Up to your GM. Baseline Golarion, though... not really. Spriggans and svirfneblins, certainly. Some outsiders, yes. But with other humanoid races that don't have the gnome subtype... not to have kids, no.
3) Werewolves don't cut it for you? On a more serious note... the "animal-head races" as we sometimes call them here at Paizo are leigon—there could technically be one for every single animal, after all. As such, one of the things I try to do is limit them simply because rules wise, they all end up being relatively similar—there's only so much you can do with a zero-HD race of humanoids, after all. And since I'm limiting the outflow of animal-heads to a steady trickle rather than a firehose, I have to pick and choose which ones DO get into books. Kitsune got in because there are fans of them here in Paizo and because they're a perfect choice to augment what we're doing with Tian Xia—furthermore, they have a lot of real world mythological cred. Catfolk got in because there are fans of them here at Paizo and because there's a HUGE demand for them in particular. Dogfolk or wolf folk whatever we'd end up calling them... the simple fact is that I'm not sure there's an in-house champion for them like there were for kitsune and cat folk. We have mentioned a race of dog-headed people as being associated with, I believe, an island off the southern coast of Garund or somewhere like that... but that's off the map. All of which combines to make these not really high on the to-do list.
4) Because when we design feats, we tend to adopt a philosophy that it's better to design feats that can be useful to more than one specific specialty of one specific class. So you'll see feats that ALL sorcerers can benefit from, but rarely a feat that only one type of bloodline can benefit from.
5) Bigfoot. Ogopogo, chupacabra, and mothman are all tied for second place.
6) Velociraptor, deinonychus, spinosaurus, allosaurus, baryonyx, ceratosaurus, carnotaurus, megalosaurus, giganatosaurus, dilophosaurus, pretty much any theropod... and extending it beyond the actual dinosaurs: dimorphodon, dimetrodon, tylosaurus, and plesiosaurus.
7) Some of those, yeah. Some of them, no.
(snip) We have mentioned a race of dog-headed people as being associated with, I believe, an island off the southern coast of Garund or somewhere like that... but that's off the map. All of which combines to make these not really high on the to-do list.
That's Bhopan, mentioned in Burnt Offerings, between Garund and Vudra (there called Vandu, actually), somewhere. It figures in my homebrew Obari Ocean campaign in a pretty important way... If Paizo won't detail it, the more freedom for me to do what I want there. I'm personally quite fond of the sketchy regions just off the map, as it were. :)
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Dogheads had a pretty large role in the common conception of the world during Middle Ages. They were part of many English geographies, for instance. Slavs called them "Psoglavi". They were thought to have a dog's head and only one eye, and to live in the Cursed Mountains (translation of real life mountain ranger, called Prokletije).
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Dogheads had a pretty large role in the common conception of the world during Middle Ages. They were part of many English geographies, for instance. Slavs called them "Psoglavi". They were thought to have a dog's head and only one eye, and to live in the Cursed Mountains (translation of real life mountain ranger, called Prokletije).
That's not a question...
...but I appreciate the example of a real-world mythological creature. There are others as well.
I'm still not a big fan of this type of creature, though.
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Is there a place in Pathfinder/Golarion for wolfweres and jackalweres (and I guess otherweres, but those are the only 2 I'm familiar with from D&D)? Or are they:
a) IP of WOTC
b) a silly way to try to re-do lycanthropes when there's no need
c) both
d) other
I believe the word "wolfwere" is from D&D originally, but the idea of a wolf that assumes human form is from mythology, so there's certainly a place for them there.
That said, wolfweres and jackalweres are in the Tome of Horrors, and as such are open content.
In fact, we've had a pretty important jackalwere NPC in one of our Adventure Paths already.
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Will their be any templates like magic corupted. If you use dark magic or magic for dark purposes you become corupted? You gain bonuses to some stats but instantly turn evil, and lose your soul.
Maybe some day; we don't have anything like that planned for the immediate future, though.
1)So we will never see feats or a feat tree devoted to one sorcerer bloodline?
2)Even though Ultimate equipment is setting neutral is there any chance of Numeria "sky metals" or tech in this book?
3)What about a "Ultimate faith" or "Ultimate divine" type book? or maybe a gods and demi-gods type book?
4)have you seen Game of thrones? if so do you like it?
5)Will we ever get a way for sorcerers(or oracles) to add spells to there list known that fits there bloodline/mystery? examples: celestial bloodline- with delay posion, holysmite, aid, holy aura
Fey/verdint bloodlie with more plant based spells
stone mystery with more earth and acid based spells
6)Do you have a favorite movie that has one or more dragons?
7)Any chance of sorcerer bloodlines that are related to other classes like the arcane(wizard) and mystro(bard) bloodlines? I would love to see ones for witch, oracle, and druid.
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4)Why are there no feats to enhance those 3+cha/int/wis/day abilities? like one that increases dice damage, or grant an ability that uses multiple uses to do one thing, etc.
Sample Feats, for ideas on how to do something like this;
Spell Burn
You can increase the damage of your domain, bloodline or specialization attacks by sacrificing spell slots or prepared spells.
Prerequisites: Cleric or Druid who has chosen the Air, Earth, Fire, Water or Weather Domain, Sorcerer with the Aberrant, Celestial or Elemental Bloodline or Wizard of the Conjuration, Evocation or Transmutation Specialization.
Benefit: As a move-equivalent action you can sacrifice a single prepared spell (or single spell slot) from the appropriate classes spellcasting ability to increase the potency of one of the following attacks that you possess; Lightning Arc, Acid Dart (Earth Domain), Fire Bolt, Icicle, Storm Burst, Acidic Ray, Heavenly Fire, Elemental Ray, Acid Dart (Conjuration Specialist), Force Missile or Telekinetic Fist by one die per level of the spell (or slot) sacrificed. The die is the same size as the base damage (1d6 for a Fire Bolt, 1d4 for a Force Missile), and only one die per spell level sacrificed is gained, even if the base damage is higher (such as the 2d6 nonlethal damage of Storm Burst). If the base damage is nonlethal, all extra dice are also nonlethal. If the attack has a secondary effect, such as the -2 to penalty to attack rolls imposed by Storm Burst, the duration is increased to rounds equal to the level of the spell sacrificed (which means that a sacrificed 1st level spell will not increase the duration from its base of 1 round, although it will add one extra die of damage normally).
Special: If you have multiple abilities of this sort (access to the Air and Water Domains, or levels in both Fire-Domain Cleric and Celestial Sorcerer, for instance), you must choose one to benefit from this feat.
Deep Reserves
You constantly train to use your Domain, Bloodline or Specialization school offensive abilities more frequently.
Prerequisites: Cleric or Druid who has chosen the Air, Earth, Fire, Water or Weather Domain, Sorcerer with the Aberrant, Celestial or Elemental Bloodline or Wizard of the Conjuration, Evocation or Transmutation Specialization.
Benefits: If you have any of the following attacks; Lightning Arc, Acid Dart (Earth Domain), Fire Bolt, Icicle, Storm Burst, Acidic Ray, Heavenly Fire, Elemental Ray, Acid Dart (Conjuration Specialist), Force Missile or Telekinetic Fist, you can use them one additional time per day for each level you have in the class that granted that ability.
Special: If you have multiple abilities of this sort (access to the Air and Water Domains, or levels in both Fire-Domain Cleric and Celestial Sorcerer, for instance), you must choose one to be affected by this feat.
Arcana Afield
You have learned to extend the range of your Domain, Bloodline or Specialization school offensive abilities, and to strike with them with greater force.
Prerequisites: Cleric or Druid who has chosen the Air, Earth, Fire, Water or Weather Domain, Sorcerer with the Aberrant, Celestial or Elemental Bloodline or Wizard of the Conjuration, Evocation or Transmutation Specialization.
Benefit: You extend the range of one of the following attacks; Lightning Arc, Acid Dart (Earth Domain), Fire Bolt, Icicle, Storm Burst, Acidic Ray, Heavenly Fire, Elemental Ray, Acid Dart (Conjuration Specialist), Force Missile or Telekinetic Fist, from 30 ft. to 100 ft.
Additionally, you inflict bonus damage with the selected attack equal to your Intelligence (if a Wizard), Wisdom (if a Cleric or Druid) or Charisma (if a Sorcerer) modifier with these attacks.
Special: If you have multiple abilities of this sort (access to the Air and Water Domains, or levels in both Fire-Domain Cleric and Celestial Sorcerer, for instance), you must choose one ability to benefit from this increase.
The feats have the specific options listed, but there's no reason why they couldn't apply to other 1st level Domain, Bloodline or School powers with similar features. Spell Burn could even be tweaked to affect non-damaging powers, adding rounds of duration equal to the level of spell sacrificed, instead of additional dice of damage.
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Paizo's a print company first and a PDF company second. At least, that's the way it is today.
Furthermore... the only time we save on a PDF product is the time it takes to print and ship. None of that happens in our editorial and art departments—it takes just as long to do a PDF as it does an equally sized print book, so it's not like doing a PDF would save us really any time at all on the schedule side of things.
And as for me just putting it together as a PDF on its own... I'm not really interested in that since I'd rather see it get art and a cool layout and all that than just throwing raw text out into the internet.
Dear James,
If you would ever like to self publish a book, as an almost graduated graphic designer, I officially volunteer to do your layout, graphics and typesetting. Unfortunately I am better at photo manipulation than I am at sketching monsters. As for a related question, do you have any reccomendations for finding freelance work as a graphic designer in the gaming industry? I suspect volunteering (go Pathfinder Society of Georgia!) and learning digital art (in progress) help in that regard.
I also wanted to ask if you have any advice on running/designing encounters at high levels. I am currently co-DMing Legacy of Fire (with Alorha on the boards), and our players are a very very optimized party. They are currently level 13, nearly 14, and about halfway through book 5. We are intentionally over leveling them, in order to have some fun with the higher levels, and so they can potentially face the *spoiler*. In short, Alorha and I have to convert to PFRPG and bump encounters up 2-4CR. We are starting to run into the problem that encounters tend to be 1 round cakewalks or potential TPKs. Any advice would be very appreciated.
Thank you for maintaining this thread, I know it can't be easy. Also, thanks for making Pathfinder a game that emphasizes lore and story just as much as it stresses rule balance.
PS. Apologies for the dinner at GenCon that was such a long walk away. Neil and Greg didn't quite tell us just how far away your hotel was. Hopefully we will get a chance to reschedule next year.
Since the next Bestiary is focused heavily on creatures from around the world, any chance that the Set-beast from Egyptian Mythology will make an appearance?
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Do you think that this rework of Sorcerer's arcane blast ability is too powerful?
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Dogheads had a pretty large role in the common conception of the world during Middle Ages. They were part of many English geographies, for instance. Slavs called them "Psoglavi". They were thought to have a dog's head and only one eye, and to live in the Cursed Mountains (translation of real life mountain ranger, called Prokletije).That's not a question...
...but I appreciate the example of a real-world mythological creature. There are others as well.
I'm still not a big fan of this type of creature, though.
Don't Gnolls cover this classically from DND?
1)Can a Kami take human form? if so physical or incorporeal?
2)Can a creature with DR hurt(bypass the DR) of another creature of it's DR type or species? for example can a werewolf harm another werewolf or a fey harm another fey with natural attacks.
3)In nature poisonous animals are immune to there own poisons(and the poisons of there species), are creatures who are not immune to all poisons, immune to the poison of the same creature as they are?
4)What are the chances of a witch's hex granting poison use, improved version of child scent(like that works for virgins, bloodlines, races, royalty, etc.) or one for shapeshifting?
5)What level would you make a spell that can summon a 5th level fighter ghost with ghost touch weapons and armor?
6)Since summon monster/nature's ally spells are not getting updated, what are the odds of getting some specialized summoning spells for Fey, Azatas, Proteons, Aeons, Magical beast, Humaniods, Dragons, etc.?
7)Why not give Hags a hag subtype?
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What can I do to beat out those other two guys for a clear shot at second?5) Bigfoot. Ogopogo, chupacabra, and mothman are all tied for second place.
That's easy, you just need to be a plesiosaur. Good luck with that, moth-chump.
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James,
I really appreciate your previous input on my "crashed airship scenario" question (which was asked like 6 months ago or something). Now, as the "go-to guy" for all things aberrant and horrible, I have another query:
I have designed a monster for my home game that exists essentially as a parasite that matures within a host, then escapes violently (think chestburster) and migrates to the nearest source of water. It never fully controls the host body while maturing, but it instills a desire in the host to remain near bodies of water and also drives the host insane over time. These creatures have been established in the game world as a kind of "proto-aboleth," and may possibly be the larval stage of true aboleths.
With all this aboleth-themed goodness going on, what other kinds of creatures (from the Bestiary and Bestiary 2) would you recommend for me to include in the adventures as allies and companions to monsters such as these? I'm particularly interested in lower-level threats (since a full-blown aboleth is CR 7 and I've pegged these "proto-aboleths" as a CR 3). Thanks!
In a *somewhat* follow up to my question here is there going to be any love for witches in the new Dragon Empires books? Maybe witches somehow connected to, oh... I dunno... kami in some way?
Dang all my post got erased and I didn't get them answered yet plus I have to go to work so i don't have time to post all of them now.
