Hama, the point of this thread isn't to set suckers up to get bashed, so you shouldn't go picking on bits you don't like. :P
Me, I think bearded dwarf women are kinda interesting.
I don't see the point of breasts on reptillian humanoids. Or on any antropomoprhic animal. They should get a lot of teats.
The limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief for a given element is directly proportional to its degree of sexiness.
Besides, it helps keeps a closeness to human anatomy, which has its own advantages and disadvantages(which is another trope). The other trope for it is 'Artistic License - Biology'(under non mammal mammaries, more tropes!).
Sometimes, I like to play PF by-myself, as me the GM and the Player.
Okay...
- I think 4E was the biggest mistake since putting Lorraine Williams in charge of TSR.
- I like kitchen sink settings.
- I like Golarion.
- I don't like people who do not bathe and then come to cons.
- I like the Adventure Paths.
- I like the old, classic D&D modules like Expedition to the Barrier Peaks.
I'm not entirely sure you read the thread's title. Those things won't get you shunned by members of the Paizo community.
Sometimes, I like to play PF by-myself, as me the GM and the Player.
So... You write a book?
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Well, some of them might get me shunned. I've seen a lot of hatred for Golarion and kitchen sink settings on here. And some people might take offense to my liking the classic adventures.
Besides, I really thought of this more as a "get to know me" kind of thread. ;)
Hey now, watch that, that's our gig
Sometimes, I like to play PF by-myself, as me the GM and the Player.So... You write a book?
If he does what I used to do a long, long time ago, he allows the randomness of the dice to direct the consequences of his character's choices, so it's like writing a book where you roll the dice to decide what happens next...
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Logic? Who said anything about logic? I just think that ALL dwarves should have beards (except the wee little ones).No, just no. That is horrible. Everything else on your list is good or understandable. But why this? Seriously, what logic does this follow? And if you say Tolkien, you lose.
- My dwarven women have beards.
All Dwarves are born with a bit of hair...and it's all on their faces.
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If he does what I used to do a long, long time ago, he allows the randomness of the dice to direct the consequences of his character's choices, so it's like writing a book where you roll the dice to decide what happens next...Sometimes, I like to play PF by-myself, as me the GM and the Player.So... You write a book?
That's how i do stuff like run background events in the setting. It makes it feel alive for the players.
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If he does what I used to do a long, long time ago, he allows the randomness of the dice to direct the consequences of his character's choices, so it's like writing a book where you roll the dice to decide what happens next...Sometimes, I like to play PF by-myself, as me the GM and the Player.So... You write a book?
So it's like playing a choose your own adventure but rolling a die at every option?
I can dig it.
My gods do not have ability scores; they look upon character stats and chortle.
I don't consider the rules to be written on stone tablets, but rather as guidelines lightly etched in pencil.
Female members of reptilian races do not need breasts, even if the race is humanoid.
I consider using maps and miniatures to be a pain.[/list]
Hear! Hear!
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I don't like medieval fantasy settings and would much prefer a Planescape/Spelljammer mash up.
I dislike Pathfinder and 4e for opposite reasons. I think 4e is too much of a defensive slog while pathfinder turns into offensive oriented rocket-tag far too easily.
I don't actually find exotic races all that exotic. All of them simply look like some form of base human to me.
I love third party publishers and think they add a lot to the over all experience of the game.
I am an avid power gamer and see no reason why I should be ashamed of it.
I don't believe DMs should have all the power when it comes to running a game or crafting a world, and I often outsource as much of the story elements as I can to my players.
I don't think fighters, rogues, or monks are unbalanced. Just too heavily specialized into their respective niches and should be broadened in later additions to the game.
I hate vancian magic, but I don't believe the alternatives are much better.
I hate that trap options are inherent to pathfinder and wish they were simply eliminated from the base game.
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I adore using devices at the table, and actively encourage my players to do the same.
I have no problems with players looking up a monsters stats during the fight, and honestly, assume that they already have/are doing so while running the game.
I don't mind players making liberal interpretations of their dice rolls.
If he does what I used to do a long, long time ago, he allows the randomness of the dice to direct the consequences of his character's choices, so it's like writing a book where you roll the dice to decide what happens next...Sometimes, I like to play PF by-myself, as me the GM and the Player.So... You write a book?
Precisely!
I love third party publishers and think they add a lot to the over all experience of the game.
You will get no shunning from me, good sir.
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I am a digital game master and make avid use of a wide variety of game aids found on the interwebz. That said, I let my players use laptops or iPads only under duress.
I disllike psionics in my fantasy and disallow them in my games.
I encourage players to make contributions to the game world through backstory and IC fluff.
I don't mind third-party stuff, if I have access to it.
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I think Golarion is a bad Forgotten Realms rip-off. (And a few other settings too.)
I think psionics are cool and would love to play one at some point.
Conversely, I don't understand why people have such a hate-on for them.
They're... Different!.
Another thing is that its fire and forget, it runs on a point system. You can only spend up to as much as your manifestor(caster) level. Some people ignore this rule, which leads to someone using all of their points on a single ability and doing far too much at once.
Examples of misconceptions relating to overpoweredness Here. There are a variety of reasons beyond that, but misconceptions and setting related things are big ones.
I think Golarion is a bad Forgotten Realms rip-off. (And a few other settings too.)
I just think Golarion is unoriginal in general.
Another thing is that its fire and forget, it runs on a point system. You can only spend up to as much as your manifestor(caster) level. Some people ignore this rule, which leads to someone using all of their points on a single ability and doing far too much at once.
Oh, thank Kurtulmak, so I'm not the only one who made that blunder. I once near-TPK'd a whole party when the psionic lich they were up against dealt...way too much damage. Only a time-skipped charging barbarian with a magic hammer brought that lich down. I had to give very convenient resurrections afterwards to keep from getting lyched. Er, lynched.
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Lots of people do. Probably one of the easiest mistakes you can make too! Incarnum was the one I never understood personally. Still have the book, just can't understand it forwards or backwards!
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I hate Paladins, well more like I hate what bad roleplayers and weak GMs have done to games with/and paladins.
I think Dms who state out the gate "No Evil PCs" are weak and unimaginative.
I think players that have caused DMs to state out the gate "No Evil PCs" are weak and unimaginative.
PFS and all Living Worlds are killing our hobby.
I resent when Paizo changes rules because of a handful of crappy cheats, cry babies, as opposed to DMs not just sacking up and saying, "Naw, that's cheese and I will not allow it." (I miss Spiked Chains with Reach)
I miss the Old James Jacobs that would say without mixed words to kiss his @$$ when a poster would say something stupid and rude about what Paizo was trying to do for our hobby. He's still a bit of a hero to me but he seems to have mellowed :D
People that wet the bed while crying about Magic being OP.
People that wet the bed while crying about Melee being OP.
People that wet the bed while crying about Feats being OP.
People that wet the bed while crying about................
THE BIG ONE: I think "Gamers" are destroying the hobby, they are an infection that is killing off the roleplaying that feeds "Roleplayers".
Man that felt good! I love this thread!
If I might ask for a clarification, how do you determine who is a "gamer" and who is a "roleplayer"? I mean, we're all "gamers". :P
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If I might ask for a clarification, how do you determine who is a "gamer" and who is a "roleplayer"? I mean, we're all "gamers". :P
How dare you call me that!? You take that back right now Mister and wash out your durty durty mouff! :D
Roleplayer: "Let's get together and roleplay. Make a few characters to play out this interactive story and have a good time."
Gamer: "d00d i got this idea 4 a sic toon its a 1/2 dragun drow with 4 lvl of fighter 2 of mage and a 1 dip in who give a damn time to wrek shizz"
In other words and with less jokes, a Roleplayer well roleplays and seeks to play a character in an interactive story called a roleplaying game.
A Gamer is looking to win. Something, anything, just win the Game.
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Just remember you can be both and that they are neither proportional in any way or mutually exclusive... Do I get shunned for saying that?
@Hama see the line after it.
That said, "Evil PCs are all evil sociopaths." o.O
@MrSin Get in line buddy I want to be shunned first heh.
I'm shunning everyone in this thread, including myself. Not because of what they said, just because kobolds are both racist and self-loathing.
** spoiler omitted **Lots of people do. Probably one of the easiest mistakes you can make too! Incarnum was the one I never understood personally. Still have the book, just can't understand it forwards or backwards!
I love Incarnum; playing a multiclassed Incarnate/Totemist in PF currently. The trick is, you have to remember that you can shift around your Essentia points each turn. Only a few things in the book require points be invested in them semi-permanently.
Once I got the hang of shifting points around, playing with the system became incredibly fun and innovative. Round by round, I can either make my AC super high, make my attack/damage really high, or move it all to an at-will Dimension Door ability if I need to get away, or just spread the points out evenly if I want. Each day I can choose a new suite of soulmelds that best fit what I feel I'll be doing that day(do I need more AC? More offense? will I need DR or energy resistance?). The soulmelds almost feel like superhero powers.
A well built meldshaper is insanely adaptive, and can take on almost anything.
Dwarven women dont have beards... everyone knows its just that their chest hair goes all the way up to their ears...
And all the way down... by the way.
And all the way round back...
I'm pretty sute the only part of dwarven women that isnt hairy is the bottoms of their feet, their noses, foreheads and rosy cheeks...
Thats why male dwarves drink so much
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Heh. I've always gone the other route -- hairless mountain dwarf women with skin like stone, like miniature, very stocky stone giants.
I prefer dwarven women like they are depicted in Dragon Age: Origins.
Link?
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I hate the term "toon." Yes, I play MMO's.
Toon.... ::shudder::
My kind of woman.
Looks just like Lidda the Halfling to me...
Also not a bad thing.
But, not, to me, an especially dwarfy thing.
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I hate the term "toon." Yes, I play MMO's.
I hate the term as well... unless I'm playing Toon. Then I'm on board with it.
Toon is about as good as 'mob'. Honestly guys, 'movable object', that is what you call a dragon?
Toon is about as good as 'mob'. Honestly guys, 'movable object', that is what you call a dragon?
To be fair, he's real name was 24 syllables long. I thought Mob would make a good nickname.
We used Mob as a term simply meaning "Enemy/Monster" when I played Final Fantasy Online. Didn't know it meant other things.
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I miss "save or die" spells and poisons. In fact, I think most 3.x/PF poison saves stink. Against higher level characters they're ridiculously easy to make and all a cleric has to do is handwave some healin' love and the victim is back to normal.
Bleh.
I despise when MMO terms get used in tabletops. I acutaly ended a session because of that once.
Fortunately none of my players play MMOs. I don't have to deal with this.