how I can tell Vic is one day from finishing a deep dive on the rulebook

[Mike Selinker]

FAQ entry.

[csouth154]

LOL! Awesome.

[Brainwave]

That was pretty entertaining, thanks :)

[BigNorseWolf]

Proof they need to make a cheeseweasel brand taser...

[QuantumNinja]

The FAQ entry is still not clear enough to me! Has my character "croaked", "bit the dust", "bought the farm", "cashed in his chips", and/or "turned up his toes" in this situation? Please consider addressing these corner cases!

[Hawkmoon269]

Did you say coroner cases?

And specifically, the FAQ fails to address whether the character is pining, for fjords or otherwise.

[guigtexas]

If the questions are genuine, then it truly show the reach of the PACG game. If someone has bought and is playing this game because they feel like it would be fun but are completely unable to understand the "jargon" used, then I think Paizo is half way having created the biggest RPG -based game in the world.

However, if purchasers of the game have no experience of any game type and have never rolled a D6 let alone a D12+1 - adventure path number + magical value of revealed item... then Vic and you guys have a beast of a job to create a rulebook.

You may have to go back to square one and create a section called "What is an RPG and how does it work" at the beginning to explain basic concepts such as rolling a die which we all take for granted.

You may have to organize a rule-panel made of people who have never play a game their lives.

Good luck with that.

[BigNorseWolf]

Bought the farm.. wooo hooo! free real estate! What kind of bonus is that?

[QuantumNinja]

Here's a fun list with lots of other expressions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_expressions_related_to_death

[Mike Selinker]

guigtexas wrote:

You may have to organize a rule-panel made of people who have never play a game their lives.

In truth, that may not be specific enough. It would be best if they have not yet been born, so we may address their most fundamental of questions, viz: "How can I open this box? There seems to be an impenetrable yet invisible force field around it."

[Captain Bulldozer]

Apparently, PACG characters are all parrots.

[Mike Selinker]

Captain Bulldozer wrote:

Apparently, PACG characters are all parrots.

Well, not until Skull & Shackles.

[Jjiinx]

Mike Selinker wrote:

Captain Bulldozer wrote:

Apparently, PACG characters are all parrots.

Well, not until Skull & Shackles.

So we can expect a playable parrot promo card (preferably named CAWleros)

[3Doubloons]

Mike Selinker wrote:

"How can I open this box? There seems to be an impenetrable yet invisible force field around it."

In their defense, the box is surprisingly tight

[Captain Bulldozer]

Mike Selinker wrote:

Captain Bulldozer wrote:

Apparently, PACG characters are all parrots.

Well, not until Skull & Shackles.

In fairness, a number of my S&S characters have parrots... but I have yet to see a playable character that is a parrot... more is the pity.

[h4ppy]

@CaptainBulldozer - you haven't seen the artwork for all the character cards yet...

[Captain Bulldozer]

h4ppy wrote:

@CaptainBulldozer - you haven't seen the artwork for all the character cards yet...

True, but I have seen the races of all the characters in S&S (so far). Parrot was (sadly?) not among them.

[h4ppy]

Well... some of them are barely bigger than a (very large) parrot. Maybe with the right crown/hat they might pass for one ;)

[Captain Bulldozer]

One of our players whose chosen character as yet has no art (I'll just say WP and leave it at that) decided to draw his own character on the card... It's some sort of stick figure wielding an Egyptian Ankh and wearing a pope-hat, but I'll definitely suggest that he adds in a parrot now.

[Ron Lundeen]

Captain Bulldozer wrote:

h4ppy wrote:

@CaptainBulldozer - you haven't seen the artwork for all the character cards yet...

True, but I have seen the races of all the characters in S&S (so far). Parrot was (sadly?) not among them.

I'll note that the parrot art on the playtest card was the first "hey, this is just placeholder artwork" moment I had...because it was the most terrifying parrot I've ever seen.