James,
Do male lamia (the typical lion-bodied ones) exist in Golarion?
How about male harpies?
I'm glad the incubus was included in the Bestiary 3! What level would a PC/NPC need to be in order to take it as a cohort via the Leadership feat? Or what is it's ECL?
What top three sasquatch/bigfoot horror films would you recommend seeing?
James, which parts of Frostburn did you write? I got my hands on a library copy.
I noticed that your name is one of the few that is on the cover of my Frostburn book (one of my favorite books ever-love artic settings!), a book I still regularly use with PF. What content in it are you responsible for?The parts I wrote, if I recall correctly, were:
Chapter 2: Almost all of it.
Chapter 3: Cloud Anchorite, Frost Mage, Frostrager, Knight of the Iron Glacier, Primeval, Rimefire Witch, Stormsinger, and Winterhaunt of Iborighu
Chapter 4: All of the weapons, all of the exotic materials, some of the equipment
Chapter 5: A handful of the spells, maybe 6 or 8 in all; all of the magic items
Chapter 6: Neanderthal, Rimefire Eidolon, Shivhad, Spirit Animal, Tlalusk, Uldra
Chapter 7: All of it. Including the maps, pretty much, which aside from one or two quick photoshop filters are my exact turnovers. Hence my cartography credit in the book. Heh.
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For the rest, have you checked out The Pathfinder Wiki? They have pretty good articles on all the deities.The Wiki doesn't seem to include the section on relationships with other deities, however, which is in Gods and Magic, iirc, as well as in the AP deity articles.
? All the articles I checked did.
Gods and Magic is a good book though, I recommend it. I was just feeling too lazy to go find the link for it when I made my last post
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Zorro versus Shensen. WHO WOULD WIN?
I would; Zorro's a chump.
For the rest, have you checked out The Pathfinder Wiki? They have pretty good articles on all the deities.The Wiki doesn't seem to include the section on relationships with other deities, however, which is in Gods and Magic, iirc, as well as in the AP deity articles.? All the articles I checked did.
Gods and Magic is a good book though, I recommend it. I was just feeling too lazy to go find the link for it when I made my last post
Oh, you're right. I just clicked on Calistria at random and didn't see any specific deities listed in the Relationships section and assumed they didn't have it anywhere. Clicked over to Cayden Cailean, and there it is. I guess Calistria doesn't have any BFFs; too fickle. :)
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Is she a young kitty then? Mine are 1 almost 2 years old and 3 almost 4 years old. The oldest one tends to sleep in a cardbox box from Paizo actually that he's taken over as a cat bed. That leaves the youngest one to walk repeated across the keyboard before laying down on it and messing up whatever it was I was writing.
She's not quite a year old yet.
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Please choose your favorites from the following:
Hulk Hogan or Macho Man?
Spiderman or Batman?
Picard or Kirk?
Cookie Monster or Elmo?
Chocolate Chip or Oatmeal?
Salt or Vinegar?
Left or Right?
Sunrise or Sunset?
Sun or Moon?
THAC0 or AC?
Flintstones or Jetsons?
Hulk Hogan, Batman, Picard, Cookie Monster, Chocolate Chip, Salt, Right, Sunset, Moon, AC, Flintstones.
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Good to know-- I appreciate the reply. If I may pursue the question just a little farther... the deities I'm sufficiently interested in/concerned with to want more information about their toleration of such gestures are:
Sarenrae, Shelyn, Milani, Iomedae, and Desna-- with respect to each other, and with respect to how each of these five feels about Erastil, Pharasma, and Cayden Caillean?
(I'm only seriously considering a cleric of one of the 5 Good Goddesses mentioned above, but their relations to the other three seem like good things to know for character role-playing-- also, correct me if I'm wrong, but if I did play a cleric of Pharasma-- that's the one where I think the Cleric, who already serves the Goddess of Fate and Death, is only going to thank/pray/speak to his own patron... just strikes me as that Pharasma has the sort of portfolio to where you don't even bother speaking towards any other power).
Sarenrae and Desna get along well, and they both get on almost as well with Shelyn. They respect Iomedae, but don't interact with her much; she's still a new kid. And Milani is generally not involved in the affairs of those other deities at all; she keeps the lowest profile of them all.
They all respect and perhaps fear Pharasma, are either annoyed or amused by Cayden, and mostly don't have the patience for Erastil.
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My mistake. It's close enough for my purposes, though.
James, which parts of Frostburn did you write? I got my hands on a library copy.
I wrote the races, the deities, most of the prestige classes, a few of the monsters, all of the magic items and equipment, and both of the sample adventures. I might be forgetting some of what I did, but that's about it.
What about Merisiel? Who would win then? Her or Shensen?
James, why did you sell me to a Chelaxian?When did I do that? (And probably because the price was right?)
You don't even remember? It was that fat tavern owner who needed servants, and you sold me for a tankard of ale. WHY?
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James,
Do male lamia (the typical lion-bodied ones) exist in Golarion?
How about male harpies?
I'm glad the incubus was included in the Bestiary 3! What level would a PC/NPC need to be in order to take it as a cohort via the Leadership feat? Or what is it's ECL?
What top three sasquatch/bigfoot horror films would you recommend seeing?
No male lamias or male harpies.
As for an incubus cohort... probably pretty high level, since they can do some pretty high level things. Such as being able to greater teleport at will; they can't take people with them, but still. Pretty handy.
Top 3 Bigfoot movies:
1) The Abominable Snowman (a yeti movie, not a bigfoot movie, but probably the best of the genre ever)
2) Legend of Boggy Creek (campy but awesome!)
3) Abominable (Bigfoot meets Rear Window!)
What about Merisiel? Who would win then? Her or Shensen?
I would again! Merisiel's a pushover!
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I would, because...
DAMNIT! She's always one step ahead of me.
What are Merisiel's Intelligence and Wisdom scores? They can't be very high.
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You don't even remember? It was that fat tavern owner who needed servants, and you sold me for a tankard of ale. WHY?James, why did you sell me to a Chelaxian?When did I do that? (And probably because the price was right?)
Hmmm. Nope... not ringing a bell.
(drinks ale)
Is it considered rude to ask a lady what level she is?
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You don't even remember? It was that fat tavern owner who needed servants, and you sold me for a tankard of ale. WHY?James, why did you sell me to a Chelaxian?When did I do that? (And probably because the price was right?)
Because that's what heroes do.
Now go get me another tankard of ale!
If my Fighter worships Asmodeous, but thinks Asmodeous is Lawful Good, is Lawful Good herself, and thinks she's a Paladin, how would the Chelaxian government react to her? How would Asmodeous's clergy react to her?
Why, yes, she does have the Intelligence and Wisdom scores of a rock. Why do you ask?
If my Fighter worships Asmodeous, but thinks Asmodeous is Lawful Good, is Lawful Good herself, and thinks she's a Paladin, how would the Chelaxian government react to her? How would Asmodeous's clergy react to her?
Why, yes, she does have the Intelligence and Wisdom scores of a rock. Why do you ask?
IANJ...but if she is that gullible I would think the goverment would look at her as a very expendable tool.
@James: In regards to the Bigfoot movies....
1) Which one was the The Abominable Snowman? Is that the one with Peter Cushing?
2) And I have to agree Abominable was defintly a very fun B Horror film that I have seen in awhile. And ending was awesome.
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Sarenrae and Desna get along well, and they both get on almost as well with Shelyn. They respect Iomedae, but don't interact with her much; she's still a new kid. And Milani is generally not involved in the affairs of those other deities at all; she keeps the lowest profile of them all.
They all respect and perhaps fear Pharasma, are either annoyed or amused by Cayden, and mostly don't have the patience for Erastil.
Appreciate the follow-up... I think that gives me enough to play with even in official games without getting my cleric in trouble now.
(though hmm... Sarenraeists, Desnans, and Shelynites are fine with each other; won't get zapped if you admire Iomedae just a little; and only fool doesn't give a little respect to Pharasma. Leave Cayden and Erastil out of it. I still think a nod to Milani's gonna be okay if you find yourself assisting a little righteous rebellion-- especially since Redemption and Hope imply similar interests... just don't ever let any of your gestures of respect come in between you and your one and only Patron Goddess that you are dedicated to serving. I think I got that right this time :) )
Due to your choice of Cookie Monster over Elmo, I find you even more awesome than before. How does that make you feel?
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I haven't read The Deed of Paksenarrion.
Players who deliberately play characters who don't fit into campaigns are one of my banes.
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Read them if you can.
The problem with the player is that he is not a jerk. He don't do it to disrupt the game. Simply he love a specific kind of characters and after a time his characters drift into that mould, independently by the initial design. We (other GM and I) have tried to find a solution that would allow him to fit into ours campaigns while having fun, but no one has found the right balance. Sad.
He is still a great guy to have in one shot events with heavy role playing, like Vampire LARPs, where he can develop a great background for his character and live him well. He is simply not a campaign guy.
My mistake. It's close enough for my purposes, though.
James, which parts of Frostburn did you write? I got my hands on a library copy.
Your library has RPG books?! Jelly!
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1) James, are you familiar with Soulknife class, adapted to Pathfinder by Dreamscarred Press?
If so, do you find it appropriate for science-fantasy type of setting, such as Numeria or Eberron?
2) I play in a science-fantasy game run by me friend. Our goal was to stop a mad alchemist from activating ancient artifact, called Reincarnation Engine, hidden deep in the Hollows (my friend's version of Underdark). All of us played neutral or evil characters. We managed to stop the Engine from fully activating it, but at the end of the final encounter four characters died, one was forcefully reincarnated into another body (my own character) and one's mind ended up in a artificial warforged-like body. Now, we were 6th level. DM decided that us who survived may keep our new bodies, but start at 1st level again, since the rest of the party had to roll new characters - although we got a bonus feat in addition to 1st level starting feat, since we were the only ones who survived. Now, I played Drow Noble (I got 1 on d20 to determine if I could play Noble, since Bestiary states that one drow in 20 is noble), and I got reincarnated as tiefling. DM rolled for alternative abilities to replace Darkness and he got 100 as a result. Than he rolled 2 more times and got +2 to Int and Cha. So, since I got to keep mental stat modifiers from my previous race, and I got more of them as tiefling, AND I got stupidly high rolls when I created my character, (18, 17, 17, 15, 14, 13) my stat are now fat superior to the rest of the party. They do not mind me playing this character, but I am afraid that he can be disruptive to the party. Previously, I played Sorcerer, but now I am thinking of changing the character to Soulknife or abandon it entirely. What are your thoughts?
And did you decipher that coded message yet?
I did, and I suspect that you are correct about the typo, though whether it was at my end or yours I am not sure. I did not go back and double check my work. The double semicolon was the key to cracking it for me.
Since we are getting close to the end of announced projects, I suspect that you are working mostly on unannounced stuff these days. Are you working on anything you can talk about today? I'm not fishing for spoilers, just curious about how far in advance you need to work for your position.
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Have you seen these ? (And how to you plan to convince your employers to get you one for your office?)
THAC0 or AC?AC
Wouldn't the more relevant comparison be THAC0 or BAB? And since I suspect you'll take that literally as a yes or no question: THAC0 or BAB?
(As if we didn't know the answer to that: you guys could have gone back to lower-is-better AC and THAC0 for Pathfinder, if you'd really, really wanted to. It would have been a terrible business decision from the standpoint of both backward compatibility and ease of learning for new players, though, since it screws with the D20 core mechanic on what's probably the single most frequent use of it in the majority of games, the attack roll.)
Your library has RPG books?! Jelly!My mistake. It's close enough for my purposes, though.
James, which parts of Frostburn did you write? I got my hands on a library copy.
They are mostly D&D 3E/3,5 books, but yes, they do have them. Run a search for Dungeons and Dragons. You'll get a fair amount.
James, why did you sell me to a Chelaxian?
When did I do that? (And probably because the price was right?)
I was hoping for a reply of "Too obsessed with Paladins" but I guess he did it for the free drinks.
I have no questions except, WHY NOT SOONER!?
(kidding Kelsey, I'm just being a brat.)
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If my Fighter worships Asmodeous, but thinks Asmodeous is Lawful Good, is Lawful Good herself, and thinks she's a Paladin, how would the Chelaxian government react to her? How would Asmodeous's clergy react to her?
Why, yes, she does have the Intelligence and Wisdom scores of a rock. Why do you ask?
If your fighter was low-key about it, the government and the church probably wouldn't notice.
If your fighter was all public and loud about it... I would first of all start to think your fighter was insane. If not insane... then a lot more chaotic than lawful.
In any event, once word spread, the government would react to you as an increasingly dangerous subversive, and the church would react to you as an increasingly dangerous heretic. Which one eventually sent agents out to kill or silence or imprison you first, though, I couldn't say.
But in any event, this character concept seems to me to be a specifically engineered troublemaker, and were a character like that to appear in a game I was running, I'd give a warning and then have the thought police show up to take you away. It wouldn't be an overwhelming attack force at first, but it would build over the course of several encounters, and would certainly derail whatever other adventure the party was trying to go on. And having such characters derail adventures is super frustrating for GMs and for players alike—since most players don't want to play in a game where someone else's character is always the attention getter and/or the star of the show.
My advice would be to abandon this character, honestly. It's a better idea for an NPC. Or at the very least, a character in a campaign that doesn't go to Cheliax.
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1) Which one was the The Abominable Snowman? Is that the one with Peter Cushing?
2) And I have to agree Abominable was defintly a very fun B Horror film that I have seen in awhile. And ending was awesome.
1) That's the one. It's REALLY an excellent movie, which is pleasantly surprising, since bigfoot type movies are so rarely great.
2) Yup.
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Have you looked at Monte Cooke's cause-based Champion class from Arcana Evolved?Yes, James, and that is why I am trying to help make the Paladin class less disruptive.My solution for making the paladin class less disruptive would be one of the following:
1) Make it a prestige class.
2) Cut it from the game entirely. Replace it with an entirely new class called something like a "Templar" or a "Crusader" that perhaps had similar powers (a divine-casting martial character who gains abilities based on his alignment or deity), but I would NOT call it a paladin. Because, as far as the game is concerned, such a class is not a paladin.
Nope.
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1) James, are you familiar with Soulknife class, adapted to Pathfinder by Dreamscarred Press?
If so, do you find it appropriate for science-fantasy type of setting, such as Numeria or Eberron?
2) I play in a science-fantasy game run by me friend. Our goal was to stop a mad alchemist from activating ancient artifact, called Reincarnation Engine, hidden deep in the Hollows (my friend's version of Underdark). All of us played neutral or evil characters. We managed to stop the Engine from fully activating it, but at the end of the final encounter four characters died, one was forcefully reincarnated into another body (my own character) and one's mind ended up in a artificial warforged-like body. Now, we were 6th level. DM decided that us who survived may keep our new bodies, but start at 1st level again, since the rest of the party had to roll new characters - although we got a bonus feat in addition to 1st level starting feat, since we were the only ones who survived. Now, I played Drow Noble (I got 1 on d20 to determine if I could play Noble, since Bestiary states that one drow in 20 is noble), and I got reincarnated as tiefling. DM rolled for alternative abilities to replace Darkness and he got 100 as a result. Than he rolled 2 more times and got +2 to Int and Cha. So, since I got to keep mental stat modifiers from my previous race, and I got more of them as tiefling, AND I got stupidly high rolls when I created my character, (18, 17, 17, 15, 14, 13) my stat are now fat superior to the rest of the party. They do not mind me playing this character, but I am afraid that he can be disruptive to the party. Previously, I played Sorcerer, but now I am thinking of changing the character to Soulknife or abandon it entirely. What are your thoughts?
1) I'm familiar with the soulknife from 3.5, but haven't looked at the Dreamscarred Press version. I'm not a fan of the 3.5 version at all, because it has no basis in real-life mythology or history. In fact, I'm not a fan of ANY of the 3.5 psionics classes for that reason. They're not built to let you play a character you liked from some movie or book you read, but to let you fiddle with new rules mechanics, and that's not appealing to me. Whether or not they're appropriate to any setting, therefore, I would say no, since they're not originally FROM any setting to begin with. They're just generic, and are equally appropriate or inappropriate for any setting as a result.
2) If your GM and the other players are cool with it, I say go for it! Playing bad-ass characters can be fun—the reason they stop being fun is either a) because the other players get jealous or b) because they make it too hard for the GM to create balanced encounters for the whole group. It could be that, in time, either of those options might rear their ugly heads... but for now... go for it, if all parties are cool with it and go in with eyes open, knowing how things might turn sour in the future.
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Since we are getting close to the end of announced projects, I suspect that you are working mostly on unannounced stuff these days. Are you working on anything you can talk about today? I'm not fishing for spoilers, just curious about how far in advance you need to work for your position.
The primary thing I'm working on now is the Anniversary Edition of Rise of the Runelords. Beyond that, I'll be tinkering a bit with the upcoming Magnimar book, and then I'll mostly be on to the Shattered Star Adventure path. So... right now I'm basically working 6 to 9 months into the future, I guess.
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Have you seen these ? (And how to you plan to convince your employers to get you one for your office?)
I had not seen those... Cool!
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THAC0 or AC?ACWouldn't the more relevant comparison be THAC0 or BAB? And since I suspect you'll take that literally as a yes or no question: THAC0 or BAB?
(As if we didn't know the answer to that: you guys could have gone back to lower-is-better AC and THAC0 for Pathfinder, if you'd really, really wanted to. It would have been a terrible business decision from the standpoint of both backward compatibility and ease of learning for new players, though, since it screws with the D20 core mechanic on what's probably the single most frequent use of it in the majority of games, the attack roll.)
BAB
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Hi
how you and your game group handle social situation? do you usethe social skills at every time? or do you play more attention to roleplay?
Generally, I require the players to roleplay out the situation. At key points in the roleplay, I'll have them make Bluff, Intimidate, or Diplomacy checks to help keep the roleplay going or to determine what directions to take it.
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Finally I have read all the back post I had missed. Playing Skyrim can be bad for keeping updated on your posts James.
Now I have only to read the post about Paizo Online I have missed .....Maybe I should get a life ;)
Mmmh, it is good form to put a question in my post, so:
I am too obsessive?
Maybe just a tiny bit...