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I just can't decide whether to make her an Arcane Bloodrager ("My great-great-grandad was a powerful PIRATE SORCERER!") or a Picaroon Swashbucker ("All right you scalawags, listen up! This is my great-great-grandad's BOOMSTICK!")
Since I'm not especially familiar with what either of those do, I'll just say: Go with what your heart tells you
Almighty Crystal, do have a rough estimate on how many square miles Taldor is and again roughly what is mountain/forest. Just trying to populate the nation since I envision it as France during the 30 years war era with some Byzantine aspects thrown in. I found that France during the 1400's had about 120 people per square mile just thinking Taldor could be about 80-100 per square mile.
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Hey, Crystal.
Just wanted to check in with you to see how you were doing. Hope you're OK.
Not a hugger but will offer in on that.
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Almighty Crystal, do have a rough estimate on how many square miles Taldor is and again roughly what is mountain/forest. Just trying to populate the nation since I envision it as France during the 30 years war era with some Byzantine aspects thrown in. I found that France during the 1400's had about 120 people per square mile just thinking Taldor could be about 80-100 per square mile.
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EtG
No clue, but a better historical comparison would actually be the Byzantine empire, which at it's height had a population density of about 9 people per square kilometer, but also consisted largely of barren landscape--the capitol itself was a half a million people all on it's own at that time.
We generally assume on Golarion that magic helps sustain a much high population density than real-world historical analogues, because easily available magic and alchemy can reduce disease, cure disease, and improve food yields in ways Earth didn't manage until the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Hey, Crystal.
Just wanted to check in with you to see how you were doing. Hope you're OK.
We're having a bit of a rough time, and focusing on getting paperwork in order. We'll have it much easier in the coming years than our friends in the red states, and we'll be focusing on how to either get them to safety or donate more money to various charities to help.
Cool I am sort of doing it by prefecture with oppara, cassomir being the most populous and yanmass being less so.
Thanks anyway
EtG
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Crystal, did you know that the warp discipline you wrote for Blood of the Beast is creative, well balanced, very cool, and an amazing piece of work that you should be very proud of?
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Crystal, did you know that the warp discipline you wrote for Blood of the Beast is creative, well balanced, very cool, and an amazing piece of work that you should be very proud of?
I did not know this. That was probably all Mark. He was the developer on that product
Oh! I thought someone credited you in the Blood of Beasts thread a few weeks back.
RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32
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Hey! I saw you in my Facebook feed! One of those things where a friend commented on somebody's post so it showed up on my feed along with comments from all their friends and friends-of-friends, and you were among them. Small world, eh?
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Hey! I saw you in my Facebook feed! One of those things where a friend commented on somebody's post so it showed up on my feed along with comments from all their friends and friends-of-friends, and you were among them. Small world, eh?
I think I know which friend, too
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It was someone with a connection to game design, so the overlap shouldn't really surprise me. Even so, I was all like "HEY I KNOW WHO THAT IS".
But I didn't friend request you because we don't actually know each other IRL so that might be creepy, but I still wanted to give you an internet hi-five, so to speak. :)
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From Enworld, there is this quote:
Green Ronin announced their plans for 2017 with a new Ronin Roundtable post. They announced again their two newest hires, Crystal Fraiser as lead Mutants & Masterminds developer....
This is the first I've heard of it; did I miss something somewhere?
I saw you on the Twitch stream yesterday, so I'm guessing this is very new.
Congratulations! But, also, sad that you're leaving Paizo.
(Or are you? Is this a side job? I don't actually know how many of the jobs in the RPG industry are full-time jobs.)
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From Enworld, there is this quote:
Green Ronin announced their plans for 2017 with a new Ronin Roundtable post. They announced again their two newest hires, Crystal Fraiser as lead Mutants & Masterminds developer....This is the first I've heard of it; did I miss something somewhere?
I saw you on the Twitch stream yesterday, so I'm guessing this is very new.
Congratulations! But, also, sad that you're leaving Paizo.
(Or are you? Is this a side job? I don't actually know how many of the jobs in the RPG industry are full-time jobs.)
I'm still with Paizo. Like most millenials, I have two jobs now (well, three if you count the freelance writing as a job).
Yay! Hopes for a Taldor-focussed AP are not extinguished. :)
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Hi Crystal i have some questions about Barzillai Thrune , the best bad guy created by paizo .
what exactly Barzillai thrune did to her younger sister that made her runaway from her family?
Why Barzillai was so obsessed with her sister ?
I have no idea. He's not my character by any stretch.
Hey there Crystal!
I'm really hyped about the Ironfang Invasion AP (it will be my first subscription!) and knowing you're developing it makes me both more confident and somehow even more excited! I loved your work at Hell's Rebels.
That being said I'll probably be tinkering a LOT with the AP and would like to know if those changes are too far-fetched according to the source material.
1) Using Crypt of the Everflame as a prelude. The PCs would be Young characters using NPC classes going through a slightly easier version of this module. I aim to use it as a way for the PCs to establish a bond of friendship and camaraderie (and introduce a few of the town's NPCs) before the start of the AP. A couple of years would pass before the invasion, and they would start the first adventure probably at the second level. That would require bringing the Crypt to Phaendar and other issues, though.
2) Running a non-spellcaster party. Ever since I first read about Nirmathas I dreamed of running a guerrilla-style where the PCs would have to use preparation, their wits and skills to beat the challenges ahead. Spellcasters would be far and few between, but considered major resources in the war and to be protected at all costs. I'm already wiping out a small system of Herbalism where concoctions may be used to alleviate wounds and remedy ailments. Does the AP feature challenges that can only be surpassed by magic (such as the entrance to the Runeforge at RotR)? Would you have any suggestions on how to deal with such a party?
3) How difficult would it be for a DM to change the overarching plot so as Molthune is behind the invasion? Say, the hobgoblins may be acting on that kingdom's orders, serving as shock troops while the leadership confers with Molthuni generals and may even have a charter to settle the region.
^Variation on #3 above: Molthune may have signed a Faustian bargain with the Hobgoblins (or with whoever rules the Hobgoblins), and the Hobgoblins (and/or their ruler) are expecting to get something big out of this, which may end up with Molthune later regretting having their wish granted . . . .
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Does the AP feature challenges that can only be surpassed by magic (such as the entrance to the Runeforge at RotR)? Would you have any suggestions on how to deal with such a party?
Across six books? Probably one or two challenges that assume some casting ability. If nothing else, someone will need ranks in Knowledge (arcana) and/or Spellcraft with RAW, but that's easy for a GM to change. No real suggestions for dealing with a non-magic party, except hand out a lot more healing potions—the entire game system is built assuming the PCs (among other things) have a fairly reliable means of healing themselves in short order.
3) How difficult would it be for a DM to change the overarching plot so as Molthune is behind the invasion? Say, the hobgoblins may be acting on that kingdom's orders, serving as shock troops while the leadership confers with Molthuni generals and may even have a charter to settle the region.
As much as a small minority really want this to be the "Nirmathas vs Molthune" AP, it is not that. Medium-easy, although there's little reason for powerful hobgoblins with varied forces and a magic artifact to be subservient to a human nation whose defenders mostly cap out around CR 12
Are you in charge of the to-be-announced-next AP? Will that be announced at Paizocon this year?
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Very cool, thanks! My players have bought the idea of the non-spellcaster party.
As per the healing, I plan to implement the short rest and Hit Dice mechanic of 5e along with a homebrew subsystem of Herbalism that allows for small buffs coming from potions, concoctions and salves. I don't intend to make it harder for the PCs, just more involved.
I just noticed I didn't make a question about the point of using the Crypt of the Everflame as a prelude. Would applying that adventure's main points (the founder of the village fought a mercenary leader in an ancient crypt near the town, died and was buried there) to Phaendar be too out-of-character for that city? How much information can we expect on Phaendar on the first book's gazetteer?
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Are you in charge of the to-be-announced-next AP? Will that be announced at Paizocon this year?I am and it will be.
We're not worthy.
That's too much Goddess Crystal in one decade. If there can be anything like ... too much Goddess Crystal, that is.
Oh, a question!
How close are we to the inevitable all-female AP?
Or, alternatively, an AP where the RL roles that one would expect for all the NPCS are not a good barometer of the environment/society?
ie, female blacksmiths, male courtesans, or maybe even a society or two where there are no 'gender-roles' but with talented characters of all sorts of different identity make a very productive nation-state?
Are you in charge of the to-be-announced-next AP? Will that be announced at Paizocon this year?I am and it will be.
Cool, thanks. I'm really looking forward to Ironfang Invasion. I like the "off the beaten track" APs. (Though I'll be honest - irrespective of adventure theme, I'm crossing everything for a taldor-set AP, together with all the back matter goodies that go along with that!)
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How much hob would a goblin hob if a goblin could hobgoblins?
Are you in charge of the to-be-announced-next AP? Will that be announced at Paizocon this year?I am and it will be.
And now I'm really looking forward to the Preview Banquet!
Oh! A question....
um...
What's your favorite beer?
I've noticed something interesting in the art provided for hobgoblins over various books. Most are bald, but a few have hair—mainly females, but not always. Even most of the hobgoblin women are bald.
Is this a result of art mistakes (i.e. they were always intended to be bald) or deliberate? Is there an in-world explanation, such as a cultural preference for shaving heads as part of the militaristic focus of the race?
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I've noticed something interesting in the art provided for hobgoblins over various books. Most are bald, but a few have hair—mainly females, but not always. Even most of the hobgoblin women are bald.
Is this a result of art mistakes (i.e. they were always intended to be bald) or deliberate? Is there an in-world explanation, such as a cultural preference for shaving heads as part of the militaristic focus of the race?
We have an upcoming blog about that!
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Not a question this time, but I have to say I am LOVING Ironfang Invasion so far! An opening that puts you right in the action, a sense of desperation tempered with hope, a rag-tag group slowly becoming a force to take the battle to the Legion?! This is, like, everything I've wanted in an AP after Wrath of the Righteous wrapped up! Thank you, Crystal! :D
