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*Is* Cosmo the incident?
Or was that Rovagug?
Or are they one and the same?OMGOMGOMG.
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So, as to pizza; have you ever heard of white pizza? Where would it fall in the pizza alignment spread?
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Which of the QFG games was your favorite, Crystal? And were there any redeeming qualities to Dragonfire?
I love the first one, but it's so all-over-the map, and I love the African mythology and aesthetic in Wages of War--you just never get to see that in fantasy these days--but my absolute favorite is Shadows of Darkness. It feels like it had the most coherent narrative, the best puzzles, and the liveliest characters, plus the return of Baba Yaga.
Hmmm... kind of surprised that I never borrowed anything from those games for my own adventures, now that I think about it...
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Perhaps the whole pizza topping thing should be chartified, showing how much each ingredient weighs toward a given alignment extreme. Then a person could plot the net alignment before ordering.
Crystals traditionally have metaphysical properties or affinities. What are yours?
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I feel like we need a chart for aligned pizza toppings.
Crystal would need to supply specifics, but we have some data to start with:
So, assume Good/Evil to be the X axis and Law/Chaos to be the Y axis, with Good/Law having positive numeric values and Evil/Chaos negative numeric values, from 1 to 5. Pepperoni is X+0/Y+0, green pepper has a negative X value and an unknown Y value; and sun-dried tomatoes () likely has an X value of at least +3, maybe X+3/Y+0.
Past that I *think* we only have overall alignment results for a complete pizza. I don't know if we can infer alignments for more individual ingredients, and certainly not their relative strengths.
Crystal, we await enlightenment. And dinner.
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For a question what would be CG Pizza Topping? CE?CG is chicken. CE is barbeque sauce, among other things, although it's not a 1-for-1 ratio. This is the problem with converting between systems that came out at radically different times.
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So what would be the alignment of someone using salami, mushrooms, and olives for pizza topping?Well, the salami and olives certainly suggest NG, but those mushrooms tilt it back towards CE. Maybe N, maybe CN. Consult your GM.
Tasty.
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And I'm also our lead on southern Garund, though I can't talk about much of that ATM.You have my attention! :D
Thirding this! {goes back to writing more Nurvatchta-inspired stuff}
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I feel like we need a chart for aligned pizza toppings.Indeed. Who'd have guessed that the epitome of Law and Good is embodied as the combination of chicken, bacon and tomatoes?
Morality-based edible cosmos is a complicated beast. Very touchy and difficult to predict...
Crystal, we await enlightenment. And dinner.
I am not going to make ethical dinner for the whole class!
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What is your writing process like?
My process usually starts with a lot of research and note-taking. I like to see what's been done and what hasn't on a topic, and see if there are any dangling plot threads that beg to be plucked. I'll usually see if I can find a good book or podcast on a related topic as well, to help get ideas flowing. Around the time I started In Hell's Bright Shadow I qued up a few documentaries about the French resistance in WWII, for example.
After that I make some additional notes about what would be REALLY COOL to include. Sometimes it's a character archetype I really want to see, sometimes it's a flavorful monster I want to add (Deacon Hope in Divinity Drive is an excellent example of this), sometimes it's an iconic setting or fight scene I think would be fun.
Next, everything goes into an outline. If I'm writing an adventure, this is the point when I figure out the CRs of my encounters and my XP budget, and some of the more iconic treasure that will be handed out. For setting articles this is the point where I hammer out important locations and themes.
Once I have an outline, I jump into the writing. I usually start somewhere in the middle and pluck away at one or two of the most interesting topics first, to get me interested. Then I shift whatever part I'm dreading the most. Once the first push and the worst elements are done, everything else is downhill.
Once it's done, I like to give it a few days to a week to sit and not even look at it, then I go back and edit. I do a cold read-through, start to finish, and usually say out loud "What the hell was I thinking?" Then I fix it as much as I can.
Then I run a spell-check.
At that point it isn't done, but it's as done as I can get it before deadline.
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WAAAIIIITTT!!!!
Crystal, you said that a pizza of chicken/bacon/tomatoes was about as LG as you can get.
But earlier in the thread (as I was just reminded by reading someone's reply to you) you said that an example of a CG topping would be chicken.
So a pizza on which at least one-third of the toppings is chaotic somehow manages to end up as a flagship of law?
Something doesn't add up.
I DEMAND ANSWERS!!!
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WAAAIIIITTT!!!!
Crystal, you said that a pizza of chicken/bacon/tomatoes was about as LG as you can get.
But earlier in the thread (as I was just reminded by reading someone's reply to you) you said that an example of a CG topping would be chicken.
So a pizza on which at least one-third of the toppings is chaotic somehow manages to end up as a flagship of law?
Something doesn't add up.
I DEMAND ANSWERS!!!
It simple: chicken itself is chaotic good, but there is enough law in bacon and tomato to push it fully into LG territory.
Oh, sorry. I should let Crystal answer that...
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WAAAIIIITTT!!!!
Crystal, you said that a pizza of chicken/bacon/tomatoes was about as LG as you can get.
But earlier in the thread (as I was just reminded by reading someone's reply to you) you said that an example of a CG topping would be chicken.
So a pizza on which at least one-third of the toppings is chaotic somehow manages to end up as a flagship of law?
Something doesn't add up.
I DEMAND ANSWERS!!!
Morality pizza math isn't a straightforward +/- system; it's a network of complex interactions built upon ancient treaties. While neither tomatoes, bacon, or chicken are LG, their interaction creates a LG result.
It's like chemistry. Sodium on its own is CN. Chlorine on its own is incredibly NE. Put them together and you get NG salt.
I prefer lots of red onions and turkey sausage on my gluten-free pizza. What alignment does that make me?
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I knew I should have bought a copy of PizzaHeroLab when I had the chance.
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*sigh* I think I'll just wait until Ultimate Pizza comes out, and ask the rest of my pizza-related questions then.
And I have a LOT.
Back to QFG. Fighter, mage, thief, paladin - which is your favorite? And what about the two odd children in the series - Trial by Fire and Dragon Fire? Did you ever play the QFG2 remake? And how disappointing did you find the conclusion of the series to be?
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Oooh! OOOH! Why don't you draw more pictures of me?
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If what you say about pizza alignments is true, what does that make the Supreme pizza (pepperoni, sausage, onions, mushrooms, and green peppers)?
I write from a padded cell as I'm currently under investigation for pizza-alignment-based infractions and I seek to clear my name.
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Clearly she's busy drawing more handsome characters.
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Clearly she's busy drawing more handsome characters.
Go back to your flute and quit horning in on my model work!!!
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Ever do all three at once or in the same night?Vodka or Whisky?Gin. Then whiskey. Then vodka.
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Crystal, we await enlightenment. And dinner.I am not going to make ethical dinner for the whole class!
What about unethical dinner?
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Have you ever had Buttermilk Chess Pie?
Does extra cheese/no extra cheese make a difference in pizza alignment? What about crust flavor? I'm a big proponent of sesame-seed crust, but cajun, italian herb, and poppyseed have their good points too.
Have you considered the effect of sauce? I once had a pizza from Red Line pizza in Tempe, AZ where the sauce tasted like, no kidding, Campbell's condensed tomato soup. (A perfectly fine soup qua soup, but it was horrid on pizza.)
Why hasn't my question of "things?" been answered? I was under the impression that this is where I could ask "All the things" but I am getting the feeling this is not the case. If I cannot obtain information on things of any kind, where do you suggest I obtain this information?
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Why hasn't my question of "things?" been answered? I was under the impression that this is where I could ask "All the things" but I am getting the feeling this is not the case. If I cannot obtain information on things of any kind, where do you suggest I obtain this information?
Was this what you were asking Crystal about? 'Cuz you could start a discussion group over there.
So Crystal, I understand the utterly Awesome Goblin Accountomancer image and all the detail therein, but doesn't the note pad and pen lead to a goblinoid anachronism? Golarion goblins despise writing. So what is the pad and pen for?
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So Crystal, I understand the utterly Awesome Goblin Accountomancer image and all the detail therein, but doesn't the note pad and pen lead to a goblinoid anachronism? Golarion goblins despise writing. So what is the pad and pen for?
Writing down the names of people who don't pay their taxes, I assume.
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What alignment might Jalapenos as a topping be? (this is an unexpected and awesome discussion)The jalapeno is a chaotic element, and delicious, so CN leaning towards CG.
And what is your dyeing regiment like? Your hair is awesome.The hair? It's natural amongst my people (Rob thinks I'm a gnome, Jacobs says I'm a librarian, both of white are renowned for their brightly-colored hair).
Really, though, I have very dark hair naturally, and have to bleach my roots every two to four months. The color I have to touch up every few weeks, depending on what brand of dye I used (some last longer than others) and how I feel about the faded color (right now it's fading directly to a golden yellow, which I kind of like).
When you say "librarian" do you mean the usual kind, or the kind you might find in a small desert town called Night Vale?
Edit (for FYI):
Sora is the protagonist of most of the Kingdom Hearts games. (Swordsman)
Kirito is the Virtual Reality alias of Kirigaya Kazuto, and de facto main character of the anime Sword Art Online. (Swordsman) (Also, I enjoyed this anime, so if you like tons of action and tons of deep questions on your (media) pizza, this is the topping for you)
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but doesn't the note pad and pen lead to a goblinoid anachronism? Golarion goblins despise writing. So what is the pad and pen for?
What, did goblins used to be okay with writing a long time ago? Or they are in the future? What time-travely goblin lore have I missed out on?
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*sigh* I think I'll just wait until Ultimate Pizza comes out, and ask the rest of my pizza-related questions then.
And I have a LOT.
Back to QFG. Fighter, mage, thief, paladin - which is your favorite? And what about the two odd children in the series - Trial by Fire and Dragon Fire? Did you ever play the QFG2 remake? And how disappointing did you find the conclusion of the series to be?
I like a Rogue, but I also play a Mage sometimes too. I've never liked the combat system much, so I've never invested much time in Fighter, and I've never actually had the patience to play a Paladin.
I liked Trial by Fire and have the remake on my desktop, but really didn't enjoy Dragon Fire. It really didn't keep my interest until the end, so I actually don't know how the series ends.
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If what you say about pizza alignments is true, what does that make the Supreme pizza (pepperoni, sausage, onions, mushrooms, and green peppers)?
I write from a padded cell as I'm currently under investigation for pizza-alignment-based infractions and I seek to clear my name.
You're neutral, so you haven't technically done anything wrong. That said, paladin really should be held to a higher standard of pizza topping.