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Scott Bakula? :)Which Iconics have accounts set up on the forums, BTW?I know that I represent Merisiel. Tim Nightengale represents Kyra. Sara Marie represents Feiya, Crystal Frasier represents Imjrika. That is pretty much it... I think. There may be a few others. I'm honestly not sure who jumped in to rep Lem.
I see what you did there.
A question regarding mythic individuals.
How much respect do level 20 tier 10 individuals receive from the beings of the universe? Are they constantly being propositioned by organizations and religions, to join this or that cause, assassination attempts just out of fear, on the off-chance they might involve themselves in something?
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How would you respond to a player who is playing a gunslinger, and utilizes Early Firearms (I believe you've stated that's the norm for Golarion, and they're rare except in Alkenstar), who decides in character to try and invent advanced firearms? That player I mentioned before has decided if he can't start the game with a revolver, he'll just try to make it himself, while doing Wrath of the Righteous (the current IC justification is that his family came from Alkenstar to join the Crusades, and while he's grown up in Mendev, his family taught him how to shoot).
How would you respond to a player who is playing a gunslinger, and utilizes Early Firearms (I believe you've stated that's the norm for Golarion, and they're rare except in Alkenstar), who decides in character to try and invent advanced firearms? That player I mentioned before has decided if he can't start the game with a revolver, he'll just try to make it himself, while doing Wrath of the Righteous (the current IC justification is that his family came from Alkenstar to join the Crusades, and while he's grown up in Mendev, his family taught him how to shoot).
IANJ, but I'm in a campaign where revolvers got handed out.
Revolvers are HUGE - they bypass a number of the drawbacks associated with early firearms (don't blow up, easy to reload), and make passive certain things that otherwise require massive expenditures of grit to do (like hitting touch AC at up to 100 feet away).
Your gunslinger obtaining a revolver is pretty comparable to a paladin getting a holy avenger. It's a big deal, and it should come later in the campaign.
I'd allow a master gunsmith whose kept up their engineering ranks to make it themselves at 13th or 15th level or so. I'd allow it much earlier if they managed to capture a specimen elsewhere (like if you gave one to an enemy at lower levels).
As a screwball alternative with fascinating repercussions, I'd allow him to learn how to make one at lower levels if he sold his soul to Szuriel, Horseman of War. I'd still require a minimum level of 7 or higher to build the thing without the benefits of late 1800's technology.
Even in Alkenstar, only a handful of people actually have revolvers - they're too hard to make for Alkenstar to mass produce the things.
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Wait, woah, woah.
Zon-Kuthon is the kytons' "prisoner"?
I'd be fascinated to learn more of this!
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Can nagas of different types be born to the same parent?
That is, could a guardian naga and a water naga or a lunar naga or dark naga (and so on) be siblings if both parents were the same kind of naga? Or if the parents were different types of nagas?
That is, are these possible?
A. Two water naga parents -> water naga and spirit naga children
B. Water naga and spirit Naga parents -> water naga and spirit naga children
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If you could be any of Golarion's player races, which one would you be? if human, where would you hail from?
Similarly, if you actually lived on Golarion, where would you settle down?
Finally, and only tangentially relevantly, what is your favorite familiar, if any?
Elf! They live longest!
Sandpoint!
Normal animal = either cat or some sort of dinosaur. Improved familier = pseudodragon.
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A question regarding mythic individuals.
How much respect do level 20 tier 10 individuals receive from the beings of the universe? Are they constantly being propositioned by organizations and religions, to join this or that cause, assassination attempts just out of fear, on the off-chance they might involve themselves in something?
Depends entirely on a case by case basis.
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1. Is the trope Bodyguarding A Badass very much in play for many leaders in Golarion (particularly in Tian Xia)?
2. Could and has King Haung of Lingshen ever solo an entire army by himself?
3. Are the people of Tian Xia far less aggressively xenophobic of each other compared to their real life counterparts?
4. Would the Tien think that the xenophobia in East Asia is just plain f-ed up?
5. What would be interactions between Shokuro and Minkai be like post-Jade Regent AP?
1) Not familiar with that trope... or at least not by that name.
2) Depends on the army.
3) For the most part, yes, but not completely.
4) Some might.
5) Depends heavily on how the new Empress and her policies and goals.
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How would you respond to a player who is playing a gunslinger, and utilizes Early Firearms (I believe you've stated that's the norm for Golarion, and they're rare except in Alkenstar), who decides in character to try and invent advanced firearms? That player I mentioned before has decided if he can't start the game with a revolver, he'll just try to make it himself, while doing Wrath of the Righteous (the current IC justification is that his family came from Alkenstar to join the Crusades, and while he's grown up in Mendev, his family taught him how to shoot).
I'd remind the player that I'm the GM and that I'm the one who makes world decisions like that, and then tell him if he REALLY wants to hope for a revolver, build a cool backstory that supports it and I'll try to work it into the campaign... but ONLY if the player pulls out some back story and roleplaying to justify the reward.
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Can nagas of different types be born to the same parent?
That is, could a guardian naga and a water naga or a lunar naga or dark naga (and so on) be siblings if both parents were the same kind of naga? Or if the parents were different types of nagas?
That is, are these possible?
A. Two water naga parents -> water naga and spirit naga children
B. Water naga and spirit Naga parents -> water naga and spirit naga children
No.
No.
No.
A) Nope.
B) Nope—those two nagas aren't genetically compatible. They can't knock each other up.
I'm thinking of converting kuo-toa to PF rules because I like their special abilities, but their campaign role seems to have been taken over by the skum, which I also like for their Lovecraft influence. Can you think of any reason to include both races in a campaign?
James, is there discrimination against LGBT individuals in Golarion? If so, how bad is it, and who is responsible?
Wesley told me in his question thread that the Plasma Ooze originally had a brother in Bestiary 3 called the Gravity Ooze, but because of bad artwork this creature was cut from the Bestiary 3.
Can you name 5 other creatures that suffered the same fate because of bad fluff, bad art or other problems?
So 5 creature names and descriptions that would have appeared in a bestiary but which were cut due to problems in art/fluff/other such things. (I already know about the Kaiju ones from bestiary 3, so those don't count)
Thanks!
I recently discovered Legendary Games. How canon is the material they produce?
As one member of the Legendary Games design team, I feel obligated to interject our view here. And I can tell you none of the Legendary Games material is truly "canon" to anything Paizo produces. Our Adventure Path plug-in series is certainly designed in such a way that it supports Paizo's products, of course. But we're very much not creating anything that one could label as true canon to Paizo's setting. That's because we're not allowed to use Paizo's intellectual property in anything we produce. Now, that said, I'm sure there are many GMs and players out there who view our stuff as "canon" for the purposes of their home games, but that's no different than picking up any other 3PP material and deciding it's part of your version of Golarion and how you portray it at the gaming table.
I'm specifically talking about "Under Frozen Stars," wherein the PCs travel to the Nameless Spires at the Crown of the World, and "Tomes of Ancient Knowledge," which details "books" such as the Xanthun Tablets and Sarkoris Shards.
Though each of those products are written in a way that you could use them at the Crown of the World or for Sarkoris, we avoided using those exact names to steer clear of violating Paizo's IP. For example, it's the Sarkulis Shards in "Tomes of Ancient Knowledge." Not Sarkoris. The parallel is certainly there if you want it to be, but obviously it's not canon in any way whatsoever.
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I think you've just eliminated Mikaze's next buisness opportunity... Cross Looped Naga Porn.Can nagas of different types be born to the same parent?
That is, could a guardian naga and a water naga or a lunar naga or dark naga (and so on) be siblings if both parents were the same kind of naga? Or if the parents were different types of nagas?
That is, are these possible?
A. Two water naga parents -> water naga and spirit naga children
B. Water naga and spirit Naga parents -> water naga and spirit naga children
No.
No.
No.
A) Nope.
B) Nope—those two nagas aren't genetically compatible. They can't knock each other up.
I don't think you know how porn works :3
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Crane Ripost allows you to make an AoO against an enemy you block with Crane Wing.
Does this mean if I had a whip in on hand, or the Snap Shot feat, I could attack an enemy outside my threatened area? Since I only need a threatened area for my enemies to provoke AoO, but crane ripost says to make an AoO
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I think you've just eliminated Mikaze's next buisness opportunity... Cross Looped Naga Porn.Can nagas of different types be born to the same parent?
That is, could a guardian naga and a water naga or a lunar naga or dark naga (and so on) be siblings if both parents were the same kind of naga? Or if the parents were different types of nagas?
That is, are these possible?
A. Two water naga parents -> water naga and spirit naga children
B. Water naga and spirit Naga parents -> water naga and spirit naga children
No.
No.
No.
A) Nope.
B) Nope—those two nagas aren't genetically compatible. They can't knock each other up.
STOP PEEKING IN MY DIARY
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I'm thinking of converting kuo-toa to PF rules because I like their special abilities, but their campaign role seems to have been taken over by the skum, which I also like for their Lovecraft influence. Can you think of any reason to include both races in a campaign?
The game is big enough for plenty of monsters. "I like their special abilities" is reason enough for me for you to include kuo-toa in your game! :-)
Had we been able to use kuo-toa, we would have likely have cut skum entirely from the game, frankly, and had the main aboleth minion in Golarion be faceless stalkers, and then have the kuo-toa be our deep ones.
Or heck... we probably would have just statted up deep ones.
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James, is there discrimination against LGBT individuals in Golarion? If so, how bad is it, and who is responsible?
There absolutely is. But not on a mass scale. It's very regional. For example, see Sandpoint, where one of the noble families, the Scarnettis, are pretty set against it (although this is a relatively subtle part of the town, and only one part of the Scarnettis, who are set up as an all-around intolerant and kinda stubborn not-quite-bad-guy antagonist type NPC who aren't evil, but aren't gonna be PC allies).
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Wesley told me in his question thread that the Plasma Ooze originally had a brother in Bestiary 3 called the Gravity Ooze, but because of bad artwork this creature was cut from the Bestiary 3.
Can you name 5 other creatures that suffered the same fate because of bad fluff, bad art or other problems?
So 5 creature names and descriptions that would have appeared in a bestiary but which were cut due to problems in art/fluff/other such things. (I already know about the Kaiju ones from bestiary 3, so those don't count)
Thanks!
Oh... lots. In many cases I don't remember the names, but things like the squoink and the akyrak come to mind. Out of the thousands of monsters we've published, I'd say less than 1% were cut because of bad fluff or the like after they got all the way to the fully-laid out stage. We have, of course, turned down PLENTY of others... but those never got to see an editor's light.
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1) I'm going to be playing in Wrath of the Righteous pretty soon, and I went with the Riftwarden Orphan trait because I think it fits my character the best...however, I realized that to my knowledge, there isn't any art of what the Sign of the Seeker's Spiral looks like, and since my character has that as a birthmark (planning on forehead, maybe face), could you describe more or less what it looks like? Or, alternatively, if there is a picture somewhere, could you tell me where?
2) Does Nocticula listen to music? If so, what kind does she like?
3) How about Calistria?
1) There is no picture of it, and we deliberately did NOT describe it so that a PC who takes the trait has the ability to design something that looks good for his/her character. If I were to design it, it would be something akin to three spirals, their centers arranged as if at the points of a downward pointed triangle, with the spirals going out until they touch each other. Maybe. Might be a triangle in there too, perhaps.
2) Yup; she likes big bombastic orchestral opera type stuff. She'd quite love Carmina Burana, for example. Or stuff with powerful percussion elements.
3) Yup... she's a fan of lots of different types of music, but particularly singing and stringed instruments, especially violins.
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Crane Ripost allows you to make an AoO against an enemy you block with Crane Wing.
Does this mean if I had a whip in on hand, or the Snap Shot feat, I could attack an enemy outside my threatened area? Since I only need a threatened area for my enemies to provoke AoO, but crane ripost says to make an AoO
That's a great question for the rules forum and a FAQing.
I would rule that the feat doesn't let you do anything with a whip you can't normally do.
Okay, I guess you missed my clarification on what I meant by "established race".
Do Fetchlings have an established society and culture on the plane of shadow?
Does Nocticula listen to music? If so, what kind does she like?Yup; she likes big bombastic orchestral opera type stuff. She'd quite love Carmina Burana, for example. Or stuff with powerful percussion elements.
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Like Primordial Beat ~ Pristine Beat?Does Nocticula listen to music? If so, what kind does she like?Yup; she likes big bombastic orchestral opera type stuff. She'd quite love Carmina Burana, for example. Or stuff with powerful percussion elements.
Perhaps!
heya James a few questions, various sorts too!
1.) How is galt able to stay in such chaos for so long despite its size? Is it a sitiuation like germany was in during the eighty years war or the congo during all its post-colonial conflicts? Ie foreign powers delibertly keep it in chaos?
2.) are there any major hobgoblin kingdoms or any other 'monster' race holding a kingdom?
3.) would there be any tribes of Mwangi that worship Empyeral lords? we got tribes worshiping demons so wondering if Empyeral lords have tribes following them?
-vyshan
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If I threaten with a whip, and have a gun in my off hand, along with snap shot, and the enemy does something in my threatened reach of the whip, do I have to make the AoO with the whip? Or Could I make it with the gun even though the enemy isn't in the gun's threatened area?
Yes, I'd say you need to make the AoO with the whip, because the act that triggered the AoO only did so because of the whip.
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heya James a few questions, various sorts too!
1.) How is galt able to stay in such chaos for so long despite its size? Is it a sitiuation like germany was in during the eighty years war or the congo during all its post-colonial conflicts? Ie foreign powers delibertly keep it in chaos?
2.) are there any major hobgoblin kingdoms or any other 'monster' race holding a kingdom?
3.) would there be any tribes of Mwangi that worship Empyeral lords? we got tribes worshiping demons so wondering if Empyeral lords have tribes following them?
-vyshan
1) Probably because it's got periods of relative stability between periods of chaos.
2) Hobgoblins have a kingdom in Tian Xia. Orcs have Belkzen. There's several others in the Darklands.
3) Absolutely. In fact, there's at least one nation further south in Garund that's VERY into the Empyreal lords.
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That and if there's any god from the Inner Sea likely to be worshiped by Arcadians, it's Erastil.By chance, would that mean that their would be new evil outsider race(s) in Arcadia or Garund? Sub-Sarahan Africa, has some similarities with the middle east due to Islam, so I could see maybe divs and demons being present at least there, but not sure if any existing Outsider group really reflects Pre-Columbian North AmericaIt's possible, yes.Frustratingly, I find few Mesoamerican cognates to the notion of demons. The Nahuatl name for devil is "diablo" - clearly borrowed. Tlacatecototl also means demon, literally - "owl person." The Quencha word is "Aya," but it can also mean "ghost, spirit," as in ayahuasca.
I like the idea that Tlacatecototl might be a word for Syrinx, which clearly derived from the Greek Strix + Siren, and hence might be the Avistani word.
I think having a separate "native" race of Outsiders would be useful for explaining the sociological and religious differences (whatever they might me, but perhaps focused on placating evil spirits at least in the Mesoamerican analogue) in Arcadia. So I am very interested in this idea. Arcadia, after Vudra, is my second-favorite undescribed part of Golarion.
Actually I could totally see the Kytons getting a lot of play in Arcadia where they work as servants of mesoameriacan inspired gods, working to help people "placate" these entities and teaching them the knowledge they need to perform these tasks.
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James, what are your personal endings for the Adventure Paths?
Also, in your own homebrew games, are all the APs canon with each other?
I'm not sure what you mean by my "Personal endings." It's all right there in print already, isn't it? Or are you asking "How do I hope they end, and if we ever graduate them into canon, how will I make them end for Golarion?"
In my games, whether or not one is canon or not depends on the party. If I run one AP and then do another with the same group; they're canon. If it's a different group, it generally is not.
If I run something in my homebrew setting of Baria, that's a different story—ALL of those adventures become canon for that world. But I haven't run something in Baria for many many years.
3) Yup... she's a fan of lots of different types of music, but particularly singing and stringed instruments, especially violins.
So... Lindsey Stirling?
If Harry Dresden gated into Golarian, based on his current experiences up to Cold Days, what would his Pathfinder class/stats look like..
I mean he's got to have some templates at the very least..and I see him approaching mythic status a few books from now..
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When will we be receiving this book? :D3) Absolutely. In fact, there's at least one nation further south in Garund that's VERY into the Empyreal lords.3.) would there be any tribes of Mwangi that worship Empyeral lords? we got tribes worshiping demons so wondering if Empyeral lords have tribes following them?
-vyshan
Then.