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What fantasy novels and series have you read (not counting Lovecraft)?

What's your opinion on multiclassed rogue/paladin characters?

If Disney offered to buy Pathfinder from you would you sell it to them and why or why not?

Have you watch Disney's Frozen (in a previous question I have asked about the Frozen characters. They're from this movie. I didn't realize there was another movie named Frozen)?

If you ever had a Pathfinder movie/TV series made who would direct it?


Hello Mr. Jacobs,

Are the natural attacks of magical beasts, such as a Dragon, considered magic attacks for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction?

Thanks.

Liberty's Edge

James Jacobs wrote:
Going beyond the core races for an iconic deviates from the "norm" too much for them to remain being a class iconic.

It's interesting that non-core *classes* get featured in iconic characters, but not non-core *races*. Has the idea of race iconics (as opposed to class iconics) ever been brought up? If we can get a shaman or kineticist iconic, which deviate from the norm a considerable bit, why not, someday, an aasimar iconic? If you ever do an Advanced Race Guide 2, might you consider iconics for the races?


Mr. Jacobs,

Hulrun Shappok, Lord of Kenabres and leader of the Inquisition, has been referred to in different printed editions as being still fervently righteous in his drive to purge witchcraft from Kenabres as well as quietly regretful of his past zealotry. Is this a contradiction, or does he pursue his previous goals with a more tempered attitude?

Thank you,
Jon

Paizo Employee Creative Director

baron arem heshvaun wrote:
James, what about dinosaurs with mobile launch pads?

They're awesome. Why wouldn't they be?

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thewastedwalrus wrote:
James, do you think there will ever be an angel subdomain in line with the other outsider subdomains?

Dunno. It'd depend on if we do a book where there's room and it makes sense to do so. Same goes for all other outsider subdomains we haven't yet done.

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SCKnightHero1 wrote:

What fantasy novels and series have you read (not counting Lovecraft)?

What's your opinion on multiclassed rogue/paladin characters?

If Disney offered to buy Pathfinder from you would you sell it to them and why or why not?

Have you watch Disney's Frozen (in a previous question I have asked about the Frozen characters. They're from this movie. I didn't realize there was another movie named Frozen)?

If you ever had a Pathfinder movie/TV series made who would direct it?

I've been reading novels since the late 70s, and listing fantasy novels and series I've read in ANY genre would be tough as a result. Some that come to mind: Song of Ice and Fire, Lord of the Rings, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Riftwar Saga (and several other Raymond Feist series), Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Conan, various Clark Ashton Smith stories, the Dark Tower, Imagica, Ramsey Campbell's Rrye stories, Pathfinder Tales, a few Dark Sun novels... that's about all that immediately comes to mind. I'm sure I"m forgetting some obvious ones.

Bleh. Multiclass paladin ANYTHING is kinda bleh. Not a fan of playing paladins.

I wouldn't. Pathfinder isn't mine to sell.

I haven't seen the movie.

At this point? The person I'd like to direct a Pathfinder movie/TV series would probably be one of the following: James Cameron, Neil Marshal, Stephen Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Guillarmo del Toro, Sam Raimi, Kathryn Bigelow, or... no. Scratch all that. George Miller.

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Rotsen wrote:

Hello Mr. Jacobs,

Are the natural attacks of magical beasts, such as a Dragon, considered magic attacks for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction?

Thanks.

No.

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Samy wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
Going beyond the core races for an iconic deviates from the "norm" too much for them to remain being a class iconic.
It's interesting that non-core *classes* get featured in iconic characters, but not non-core *races*. Has the idea of race iconics (as opposed to class iconics) ever been brought up? If we can get a shaman or kineticist iconic, which deviate from the norm a considerable bit, why not, someday, an aasimar iconic? If you ever do an Advanced Race Guide 2, might you consider iconics for the races?

The footprint in print for a race is a page, if that. The footprint for a class in print is SEVERAL pages. The footprint in a character of a class versus a race is enormously in favor of the class. In other words, no one thing defines a character MORE than that character's class.

Furthermore, since the appearance of a single creature of any race can be VERY variable (just look at how different all us humans appear!), it defeats the purpose to do an "iconic" of a race. In fact... that almost starts feeling racist if you go down that route.

In other words, the role of an iconic is meant to serve a class, and not anything else. It makes no more sense to illustrate an "iconic ratfolk" to me than it does to illustrate an "iconic fireball" or an "iconic dog" or an "iconic ring of protection +2."

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Nunucachoo wrote:

Mr. Jacobs,

Hulrun Shappok, Lord of Kenabres and leader of the Inquisition, has been referred to in different printed editions as being still fervently righteous in his drive to purge witchcraft from Kenabres as well as quietly regretful of his past zealotry. Is this a contradiction, or does he pursue his previous goals with a more tempered attitude?

Thank you,
Jon

It represents a growth in his character. For most of his life he was a fervently righteous "witch hunter" but more recently, he's grown regretful of his past decisions and attitudes. You can regret your past but still retain the values you had in the past.

Radiant Oath

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James Jacobs wrote:
Nunucachoo wrote:

Mr. Jacobs,

Hulrun Shappok, Lord of Kenabres and leader of the Inquisition, has been referred to in different printed editions as being still fervently righteous in his drive to purge witchcraft from Kenabres as well as quietly regretful of his past zealotry. Is this a contradiction, or does he pursue his previous goals with a more tempered attitude?

Thank you,
Jon

It represents a growth in his character. For most of his life he was a fervently righteous "witch hunter" but more recently, he's grown regretful of his past decisions and attitudes. You can regret your past but still retain the values you had in the past.

Doesn't that make...

WotR Spoilers!:
...his death-by-demon in The Worldwound Incursion and being worn as a meat-suit by said demon kind of a Heel-Face Doorslam?

didn't they errata that you had to meet the prequsites for potions? edit:yep at least that's what I think it says welp I guess ill ignore that particular errata thank you for your time.

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Archpaladin Zousha wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
Nunucachoo wrote:

Mr. Jacobs,

Hulrun Shappok, Lord of Kenabres and leader of the Inquisition, has been referred to in different printed editions as being still fervently righteous in his drive to purge witchcraft from Kenabres as well as quietly regretful of his past zealotry. Is this a contradiction, or does he pursue his previous goals with a more tempered attitude?

Thank you,
Jon

It represents a growth in his character. For most of his life he was a fervently righteous "witch hunter" but more recently, he's grown regretful of his past decisions and attitudes. You can regret your past but still retain the values you had in the past.
Doesn't that make...** spoiler omitted **

Yup. That was me giving him what I felt he deserved.

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wabbitking wrote:
didn't they errata that you had to meet the prequsites for potions? edit:yep at least that's what I think it says welp I guess ill ignore that particular errata thank you for your time.

Neither the elixir of love nor philter of love are potions. They're wondrous items.


James Jacobs wrote:
wabbitking wrote:
didn't they errata that you had to meet the prequsites for potions? edit:yep at least that's what I think it says welp I guess ill ignore that particular errata thank you for your time.
Neither the elixir of love nor philter of love are potions. They're wondrous items.

ohonce again thankyou


First off, thanks for taking the time to answer my, and everyone else's questions. 'Tis greatly appreciated.

James Jacobs wrote:
Trigger Loaded wrote:
1) - Lore states that a golem is animated through an enslaved elemental force. Did you once state in this topic that that bit of lore was a holdover from 3.5, and if you could rewrite it, you would?
1) Yes; the elemental force animating golems is in fact the way it's been in D&D from the start, more or less.

Ah, poor phrasing on my part. By 3.5 holdover, I meant more something you, or rather Paizo kept in the game to prevent diverging too much from 3.5, since Paizo was worried that changing too much would alienate the 3.5 fanbase they were trying to attract, so they left some things untouched that they probably wanted to change.

But anyways, that's not a question:

1) What, if anything, do you listen to while writing? Music? Podcasts? Nature sounds? Philip from two booths over's flatulence? (My apologies if there really is a Philip working there.)

Actually, now I'm curious:

2) What is your work area? A cubicle? An office? A computer in a more open environment? Broom closet? The same place in the basement they chain all their writers?

3) If you were allowed to spearhead a Pathfinder product, of any sort, regardless of marketability or demand, and take anyone to work on it, be they Paizo employees or dependable freelancers, what would you make?

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Trigger Loaded wrote:

First off, thanks for taking the time to answer my, and everyone else's questions. 'Tis greatly appreciated.

James Jacobs wrote:
Trigger Loaded wrote:
1) - Lore states that a golem is animated through an enslaved elemental force. Did you once state in this topic that that bit of lore was a holdover from 3.5, and if you could rewrite it, you would?
1) Yes; the elemental force animating golems is in fact the way it's been in D&D from the start, more or less.

Ah, poor phrasing on my part. By 3.5 holdover, I meant more something you, or rather Paizo kept in the game to prevent diverging too much from 3.5, since Paizo was worried that changing too much would alienate the 3.5 fanbase they were trying to attract, so they left some things untouched that they probably wanted to change.

But anyways, that's not a question:

1) What, if anything, do you listen to while writing? Music? Podcasts? Nature sounds? Philip from two booths over's flatulence? (My apologies if there really is a Philip working there.)

Actually, now I'm curious:

2) What is your work area? A cubicle? An office? A computer in a more open environment? Broom closet? The same place in the basement they chain all their writers?

3) If you were allowed to spearhead a Pathfinder product, of any sort, regardless of marketability or demand, and take anyone to work on it, be they Paizo employees or dependable freelancers, what would you make?

Oh... no. It wasn't something we resisted changing because we were afraid of backward compatibility. It was something we didn't change simply because no one noticed it was kinda evil... it just slipped by our radars, I guess, in part because it's been part of the game for so long that no one noticed.

1) I prefer to listen to music when I'm writing—either music without lyrics, or music with lyrics I know well so that the words don't distract me and fade into the background. The Duran Duran album "Seven and the Ragged Tiger" is one I listened to NON STOP as a kid while I was writing adventures, and even today, all of the songs on that album kinda get me into the mood to write adventures when I hear them.

2) My work area at Paizo is an office of my own with a whiteboard, big windows, lots of shelves for books, a few chairs for meetings, and a big "C" shaped desk. I've got the original art from Pathfinder #1 and #100 hanging on my wall. My work area at home is what the people who built the apartment likely assumed would serve as a dining room, but also has bookshelves. The art on the wall there is the original art for Merisiel, plus movie posters for Alien and John Carpenter's The Thing, and also Godzilla whenever I get around to pounding another nail into the wall...

3) Since I'm the Creative Director of Paizo, I kinda already get to do just that, and the one I'm currently spearheading and the one I'll be spearheading next are already in the works, but unannounced, so I'm not gonna say what either of them are.

James tabs out of Safari and into Microsoft Word to continue working on one such project.


I apologized for the question. I was just curious as to why we didn't have say an aasimar sorcerer as the iconic sorcerer or a ratfolk wizard being the iconic wizard or a tiefling being the iconic paladin. That's all. I was trying to figure out why we just had the members of the core races representing the iconic classes, instead of non standard races like aasimars or tieflings representing the iconic classes. That's was actually my question: why did you use members of the standard races instead of members of unusual or unique races to play the part of the iconic classes?

I probably worded it wrong. Sorry about that.

If Andoran successfully invaded and conquered Cheliax what would happen?

If Taldor regained its power what do you think would happen?

Why haven't the Devils created their own world wound in Cheliax?


Mr. Jacobs,

Say, in lapse of judgment, a DM allowed a player running a worshipper of Aroden take the Hierophant mythic trait and path in Wrath of the Righteous, how would you recommend running the moment of divine revelation? What kind of effect would a recognized Godling of Aroden have on the following of Iomedae? The world?

Thank you,
Jon

Paizo Employee Creative Director

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SCKnightHero1 wrote:

I apologized for the question. I was just curious as to why we didn't have say an aasimar sorcerer as the iconic sorcerer or a ratfolk wizard being the iconic wizard or a tiefling being the iconic paladin. That's all. I was trying to figure out why we just had the members of the core races representing the iconic classes, instead of non standard races like aasimars or tieflings representing the iconic classes. That's was actually my question: why did you use members of the standard races instead of members of unusual or unique races to play the part of the iconic classes?

I probably worded it wrong. Sorry about that.

If Andoran successfully invaded and conquered Cheliax what would happen?

If Taldor regained its power what do you think would happen?

Why haven't the Devils created their own world wound in Cheliax?

Ah. Well, one other reason we didn't use anything but core races for those iconics is because the core races are also the COMMON races. They're the ones that make up the bulk of civilization and thus the bulk of adventurers and NPCs in Golarion. If we used one that wasn't one of these seven, it would send the wrong message and make that race seem more common than it is.

If Andoran invaded and conquered Cheliax, the setting would lose one of its most interesting and iconic realms, and that would be a shame.

If Taldor regained its power, I suspect they'd try to re-conquer the Inner Sea, and this would both cause a civil war within (not everyone in modern Taldor WANTS to rule the world) but also put them at war with all the other nations—it'd put them in the position of being the #1 bad-guy/antagonistic nation in the setting, and that'd overwhelm any other story we would want to tell.

Neither of those options is one I'm eager to see happen in print.

Devils haven't created their own "worldwound" for three main reasons: 1) it's not their style (too blatant and not subtle enough) and 2) they don't really need to since Cheliax is already doing what they would want it to do and 3) they don't know how to create a "Worldwound" type event anyway.

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Nunucachoo wrote:

Mr. Jacobs,

Say, in lapse of judgment, a DM allowed a player running a worshipper of Aroden take the Hierophant mythic trait and path in Wrath of the Righteous, how would you recommend running the moment of divine revelation? What kind of effect would a recognized Godling of Aroden have on the following of Iomedae? The world?

Thank you,
Jon

I would have some folks react to the PC with disbelief, others with "FINALLY YOU HAVE RETURNED IN THE GUISE OF A CHILD!" and worship, and others with anger and hatred. The church of Iomedae would be both welcoming and unwelcoming, and it might even cause a schisim. The world overall wouldn't react all that powerfully... things have pretty much moved on from Aroden on a global scale. Of course, how you play it out in your game is up to you!


I see. That makes sense.

Hm...I'm getting this feeling you have something big planned for House Thrune's downfall!

If Thrune hadn't won the Chelish Civil War who would have won and what do you think Cheliax would look like?

In terms of her personality as a child, would Ameiko have befriended children who were kitsune, tengu, aasimar, etc?

Where do I post Pathfinder fanfiction stories here (Link please!)?

Grand Lodge

I am sure you gotten this question before but I can't seem to find it. I hope you don't mind if I ask it again. For Inquisitors who don't worship a deity and instead focus on an ideal to follow, where do they get their divine power from?
Is it from deities that would respect that particular ideal? From some sort of personal faith in the ideal itself and themselves? If they were to get it from themselves does that mean people have some sort of divine spark in them? Or do inquisitors get it from somewhere else entirely?
Also does Razmir have inquisitors working under him?
(Sorry if these are questions your tired of answering.)


If I wanted to make a group of draconic creatures, such as Linnorm or Azi, into true dragons in my game, which age category would the bestiary entries for these creatures map to?

Dark Archive

James Jacobs wrote:
I kinda already get to do just that, and the one I'm currently spearheading and the one I'll be spearheading next are already in the works, but unannounced

Mighty Holiday Rex,

In the spirit of giving, how about a hint?

Dark Archive

James Jacobs wrote:
"iconic dog"

I thought you had one of those, at least according to Lem.

James, on the main page, it says there are only 42 posters on this thread.

That can't be right can it?

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SCKnightHero1 wrote:

I see. That makes sense.

Hm...I'm getting this feeling you have something big planned for House Thrune's downfall!

If Thrune hadn't won the Chelish Civil War who would have won and what do you think Cheliax would look like?

In terms of her personality as a child, would Ameiko have befriended children who were kitsune, tengu, aasimar, etc?

Where do I post Pathfinder fanfiction stories here (Link please!)?

In fact, I don't have anything planned for House Thrune's downfall. The nation is one of the most iconically "Golarion" in that it's not just a simple reskin of a historical real-world nation, nor is it something that's really been done a billion times before in other fantasy RPG settings. It is, as a result, extremely valuable as part of our campaign's identity. Furthermore, it makes for a GREAT place for good guys to fight against or in—it's a place where the good guys are more or less welcome and can come and go as they please, yet they never feel safe. AKA: House Thrune isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Cheliax would probably just look like Taldor if Thrune hadn't won, and that would be boring.

Ameiko is very friendly, and would have befriended any of those races as long as they were friendly to her. The problem wasn't her, but her father, who was both overprotective and kind of a jerk, who limited her early childhood opportunities to get out and make friends. She did it anyway, though, especially once she ran away from home at like 13 years old or whatever it was to become an adventurer.

I don't honestly know where someone would submit fan fiction here; I don't think we actually have a forum dedicated to that topic.

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Therrux wrote:

I am sure you gotten this question before but I can't seem to find it. I hope you don't mind if I ask it again. For Inquisitors who don't worship a deity and instead focus on an ideal to follow, where do they get their divine power from?

Is it from deities that would respect that particular ideal? From some sort of personal faith in the ideal itself and themselves? If they were to get it from themselves does that mean people have some sort of divine spark in them? Or do inquisitors get it from somewhere else entirely?
Also does Razmir have inquisitors working under him?
(Sorry if these are questions your tired of answering.)

Such inquisitors get their divine power from their faith and belief in their convictions. Divine spellcasters who don't worship a deity are actually rather rare overall, but they do exist. Their magic comes from their belief and trust in those beliefs. Its very nature defies quantification. It works, and that's good enough for the believer.

Razmir probably doesn't have any inquisitors working for him; if there are, they're lone wolves.

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Guang wrote:
If I wanted to make a group of draconic creatures, such as Linnorm or Azi, into true dragons in my game, which age category would the bestiary entries for these creatures map to?

Depends entirely on the dragon. The ones you suggest are pretty high CR, so I'd say they map on the older side of things. In fact, I'd be tempted to say they're equivalent to the great wyrm end of things.

That said... I think a better solution would be to ditch dragon age categories entirely and treat the true dragons the same as every other monster in the game. They're a bit too complicated and fiddly for my tastes as-is.

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baron arem heshvaun wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
I kinda already get to do just that, and the one I'm currently spearheading and the one I'll be spearheading next are already in the works, but unannounced

Mighty Holiday Rex,

In the spirit of giving, how about a hint?

In the spirit of me not getting fired for leaking company secrets, how about no hints? ;-P

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baron arem heshvaun wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
"iconic dog"

I thought you had one of those, at least according to Lem.

James, on the main page, it says there are only 42 posters on this thread.

That can't be right can it?

HA!

There are far more than 42 posters on this thread, but I suspect the main page only looks at a short window. Maybe that's over the last day or last week or something. Not sure. That's a tech team question.

Grand Lodge

James Jacobs wrote:
Therrux wrote:

I am sure you gotten this question before but I can't seem to find it. I hope you don't mind if I ask it again. For Inquisitors who don't worship a deity and instead focus on an ideal to follow, where do they get their divine power from?

Is it from deities that would respect that particular ideal? From some sort of personal faith in the ideal itself and themselves? If they were to get it from themselves does that mean people have some sort of divine spark in them? Or do inquisitors get it from somewhere else entirely?
Also does Razmir have inquisitors working under him?
(Sorry if these are questions your tired of answering.)

Such inquisitors get their divine power from their faith and belief in their convictions. Divine spellcasters who don't worship a deity are actually rather rare overall, but they do exist. Their magic comes from their belief and trust in those beliefs. Its very nature defies quantification. It works, and that's good enough for the believer.

Razmir probably doesn't have any inquisitors working for him; if there are, they're lone wolves.

The main reason I ask is because I have player who wants to become an inquisitor and not have any sort of belief or faith or just wants to pick friendship as the thing he wants to be dedicated to. Do you have any tips for how to deal with him or should I just let it go?

Silver Crusade

Have you taken a break from Fallout 4 to play The Old Hunters?

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Therrux wrote:
The main reason I ask is because I have player who wants to become an inquisitor and not have any sort of belief or faith or just wants to pick friendship as the thing he wants to be dedicated to. Do you have any tips for how to deal with him or should I just let it go?

Sounds like inquisitor isn't the right choice. Friendship is not an inquisitor-appropriate dedication, frankly. The best way to deal with this would be to require the inquisitor to worship a deity who's compatible with the idea of friendship—Shelyn, Sarenrae, and Desna are all good choices.

But one of the requirements, in my mind, and in the game's flavor, of playing a divine character IS that you need to be part of some sort of faith. Making up your own sounds to me like cheating.

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Rysky wrote:
Have you taken a break from Fallout 4 to play The Old Hunters?

Only a long enough break to switch on the PS4 and buy The Old Hunters. Which took longer than I was hoping, since the PS4 network was down on Black Friday. I also bought Dark Souls II Scholars of the First Sin for Xbox One as well (a purchase that went swift and flawlessly—another reason I prefer Xbox over PS).

I doubt I'll try out either until I'm done with Fallout. My current goal for Fallout is to be done with it before I go south for the Holiday... but that's only about 2 and a half weeks... so it might not be possible...


James Jacobs wrote:
baron arem heshvaun wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
I kinda already get to do just that, and the one I'm currently spearheading and the one I'll be spearheading next are already in the works, but unannounced

Mighty Holiday Rex,

In the spirit of giving, how about a hint?

In the spirit of me not getting fired for leaking company secrets, how about no hints? ;-P

Psst...in the future, you could get permission to leak something relatively minor here of little to no consequence, like, say what color cape the next iconic will wear, and make us THINK you're risking your job for us without us knowing it.

Silver Crusade

James Jacobs wrote:
Rysky wrote:
Have you taken a break from Fallout 4 to play The Old Hunters?

Only a long enough break to switch on the PS4 and buy The Old Hunters. Which took longer than I was hoping, since the PS4 network was down on Black Friday. I also bought Dark Souls II Scholars of the First Sin for Xbox One as well (a purchase that went swift and flawlessly—another reason I prefer Xbox over PS).

I doubt I'll try out either until I'm done with Fallout. My current goal for Fallout is to be done with it before I go south for the Holiday... but that's only about 2 and a half weeks... so it might not be possible...

Wow, best of luck!

And I hope you enjoy them both :3 (really loved First Sin)

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thegreenteagamer wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
baron arem heshvaun wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:
I kinda already get to do just that, and the one I'm currently spearheading and the one I'll be spearheading next are already in the works, but unannounced

Mighty Holiday Rex,

In the spirit of giving, how about a hint?

In the spirit of me not getting fired for leaking company secrets, how about no hints? ;-P
Psst...in the future, you could get permission to leak something relatively minor here of little to no consequence, like, say what color cape the next iconic will wear, and make us THINK you're risking your job for us without us knowing it.

Why would I want to do that? Folks either don't care if I risk my job, or it'll stress them out or delight them. I'm not interested in stressing friendly people out, nor am I interested in giving "ammo" to anyone out there who's eager to see me fail.


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Do you have an idea when we will hear about these two secret projects?

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j b 200 wrote:
Do you have an idea when we will hear about these two secret projects?

Nope. That's an Erik question. Especially since one of the two still has a chance of not happening...


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Dear sir,

This may be a repeat, but are there plans in the works to hit the unexplored areas on Golarion, more than will be touched on in the upcoming 'Distant Shores'?

If you cannot comment, I completely understand.


Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Battles Case Subscriber

We hear a lot about the individuals who have passed the test of the Starstone (Cayden, Iomedae, Norgorber) is there some record/memorial for those who have failed? If so how many?
What made Kazavon from Curse of the Crimson Throne unkillable? Was he mythic or was it simple the undefined "By the graces of a god"?
Will the other Runelords ever rise? I mean the first adeventure path was called "Rise of the Runelords", but only one arose.

P.s. Thank you for all the time and effort you have put in for great adventures. It has brought me and my group (friends and family) much closer.

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Wei Ji the Learner wrote:


Dear sir,

This may be a repeat, but are there plans in the works to hit the unexplored areas on Golarion, more than will be touched on in the upcoming 'Distant Shores'?

If you cannot comment, I completely understand.

Eventually, yes. The reaction to Distant Shores will help inform our future decisions on the topic.

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Jareth Elirae wrote:

We hear a lot about the individuals who have passed the test of the Starstone (Cayden, Iomedae, Norgorber) is there some record/memorial for those who have failed? If so how many?

What made Kazavon from Curse of the Crimson Throne unkillable? Was he mythic or was it simple the undefined "By the graces of a god"?
Will the other Runelords ever rise? I mean the first adeventure path was called "Rise of the Runelords", but only one arose.

P.s. Thank you for all the time and effort you have put in for great adventures. It has brought me and my group (friends and family) much closer.

There are indeed records of those who have failed, but we havn't detailed that list yet. I believe there's a monument or something in Absalom that covers this, but I could be mis-remembering...

What made Kazavon what he was was the fact that he was one of Zon-Kuthon's favorites. He was protected by a deity. He wasn't "unkillable" per se... he DID get killed. But the reason his body went on to turn into artifacts with the potential to restore him to life is because Zon-Kuthon liked him.

We aren't yet done with the runelords.

And thanks for the kind words!


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James Jacobs wrote:


There are indeed records of those who have failed, but we havn't detailed that list yet. I believe there's a monument or something in Absalom that covers this, but I could be mis-remembering...

The Shrine of the Failed, it's in an evergreen Season Six PFS Scenario. Hope this helps!

And very glad to hear that the runelords aren't out of the picture. They're one of those things that *should* keep popping up, as they weren't *quite* gods, but...

Thank you for the work you do!

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Wei Ji the Learner wrote:
James Jacobs wrote:


There are indeed records of those who have failed, but we havn't detailed that list yet. I believe there's a monument or something in Absalom that covers this, but I could be mis-remembering...

The Shrine of the Failed, it's in an evergreen Season Six PFS Scenario. Hope this helps!

And very glad to hear that the runelords aren't out of the picture. They're one of those things that *should* keep popping up, as they weren't *quite* gods, but...

Thank you for the work you do!

Right! Knew there was something about the failed but couldn't remember it and was too lazy to look it up.


Does the evangelist prestige class aligned class ability grant spells? For example if my aligned class is bard do I get bard spells?


Hello Grand Dinosaur,

Have you or do you plan to see the movie Krampus? If so, what did you think of it?

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SCKnightHero1 wrote:
Does the evangelist prestige class aligned class ability grant spells? For example if my aligned class is bard do I get bard spells?

Yup.

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MMCJawa wrote:

Hello Grand Dinosaur,

Have you or do you plan to see the movie Krampus? If so, what did you think of it?

I'll be seeing it. Not sure if I'll see it in the theater; got several other movies I'll be seeing before it, but at the very least I'll see it via Netflix or Amazon or whatever.

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