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Was it really a unique device? This is why you don't skip over information like that!
They only had *one* of them.
If it wasn't unique, then it was at very least to that setting?
Otherwise, why weren't they using them all along?
How are you getting around the range limit? I doubt the defense systems are tuned for identifying only within 800' of the launch site? For that matter, major image lacks the (object) tag, so the systems will just ignore it.1 word: nukes
The government has no anti-magic protection, and even if it started getting them at the same pace as others got magic capacities, if it's current performances are of any indicator, there will be much left to be desired and ill-intended people will most certainly get access to them. Be it the US', Russia's, Pakistan, or anyone else's, nukes are gonna get in the wrong hands.
Or, you know, not even that. An illusion of nukes heading from Russia to the US, and/or vice versa, would also be quite capable of provoking legitimate governments from deploying the real things. Perhaps an illusion of nukes heading from North Korea and/or Iran would be more believable than Russia or the US randomly going full berserk though. :P
For the illusions? Please, be creative a little. ;)
There's also shadow conjuration which is part real.
Stealing nukes and fooling people into thinking they have been used are but two means of provoking nuclear Armageddon. Assuming teleportation+invisibility+fly (or really just 2 of those 3), pretty much any magical school can be used to provoke it. Evocation to just blast at nukes or their safety systems, divination to get the nuclear codes, enchantment to make someone deploy them... If you can't think of methods to use magic to provoke the detonation of nukes or meltdown of power plants, you really lack imagination.
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I don't have it on hand, but when earth was visited in the Baba Yaga AP the trench fighters working with Rasputin were I think level 6 or something.
So a trained well prepared military force would probably not start at level one, but may have a CR range of 5-10.
I remember there being a reason why they were so high CR.
Personally, I don't see the great majority being higher than a 1st level Warrior. You're still proficient with all types of weapons and are still a good shot. I mean, hell, a 1st level warrior with a long bow, 15 dex, and far shot can hit a fine object (like a penny) from 1,000 ft. away 55% of the time. That's pretty impressive.
Edit: It's 40%, not 55%. 45% if it's masterwork. Sorry. Still pretty good, though.
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I'm also curious if nations that don't have as much infrastructure might paradoxically fare *better* in the event of such an emergence of Pathfinder entities and structures (magic).
Alternatively, would other nation-states have issues due to having too much population?
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At present I do a lot of solo traveling. In the scenario described in this thread, I would have to quit doing that. After all, "Never split the party!"
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"Death Vagrant" is so much classier.
"Are you... is he... is he holding out his pinkies while wielding that greatsword?!"
"I believe so, yes."
"How refined."
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"And notice especially how the blood and gore avoids soiling his freshy dry-cleaned clothing."
"Death Vagrant" is so much classier."Are you... is he... is he holding out his pinkies while wielding that greatsword?!"
"I believe so, yes."
"How refined."
"His pocket square was chosen to perfect accentuate that blood red. Not too matchy-matchy, but really on point. Clearly he went to one of the better Death Vagrancy schools."
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"Top of his class, I heard. And from a family of European Aristocrats, no less.""His pocket square was chosen to perfect accentuate that blood red. Not too matchy-matchy, but really on point. Clearly he went to one of the better Death Vagrancy schools.""And notice especially how the blood and gore avoids soiling his freshy dry-cleaned clothing."
"Death Vagrant" is so much classier."Are you... is he... is he holding out his pinkies while wielding that greatsword?!"
"I believe so, yes."
"How refined."
"European?"
"From Europe. You remember--that place that got flooded during the Aboleth War."
"Ah yes. Quite the shame that. Still, he's holding up manfully for someone whose ancestral estate is in the hands of fish monsters from the deep."
"Fins."
"Beg pardon?"
"In the fins of fish monsters. You had said hands."
"Did I? How uncooth. Must be all the California wine."
"Dreadful vintage, dreadful. But what are you going to do? We lost the Aboleth War and with it, the grapes of Bordeaux..."
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FYI: I would totally plan in this setting.
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True, but it doesn't produce enough current to be useful, unless you connect a great many such generators in parallel. Even then, it will be Direct Current, which limits the distance that the power could be transmitted.you only need a temperature of a few kelvin to make a generator use that temperature difference... besides it's hot enough to burn you, that's plenty enough heat to use.^I don't think Heat Metal gets THAT hot. But it sure would be nice to have one of those rods in my apartment to save on electric bills in the winter (would need a way to turn it off and preferably reverse its function during the summer . . .).
it makes rotational force... which can make AC or be turned into AC.
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Aren't there spells/items that generate cold? Can't they just counter the excess heat?
I mean we've pretty much told Conservation of Energy to take a flying leap, so why worry about pesky thermodynamics.
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If I remember correctly there was this rpg called "TORG" which was a good answer to this question.
It's relevant because for a Pathfinder "invasion" of our world, it would like TORG, have to be accompanied by some serious changes in how physics works.
This throws a bit of a kink into thejeff's rosy scenario, as such a mixing would probably be the fall of our civilisation due to the disruption of commerce and the breakdown of the power grid... which is a pretty delicate house of cards.
if there' a fundamental change in the laws that stop how electricity works, don't worry about dying to demons you'll just die immediately.
Or, possibly even higher, given the state of the world as it is currently. Also, since we're talking Pathfinder, does that mean that those of us who play become "expert" sages?"No General. That's a Balor, Your rifles won't touch it, but tank rounds will."
"You'll want to have the Chaplain bless them for full effectiveness before firing, though."
New MBT role created: Weapon Blessing Technician
i mentioned this earlier, it's a new squad role in the U.S. military, who just holds onto wants and s$!+.
The bullets aren't going to be reused. Just blanch them on the assembly line.I meant the possibility of them shattering while still in the barrel. Very detrimental to both the weapon and the soldier.
load them in like buckshot or use coldiron tips/cores with better metals stabilizing the rounds. I'm assuming that cold iron isn't just plain normal iron...
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To my knowledge, the knights have no other interaction with Antioch, whatever Antioch is. It's possible that Antioch refers to a place capable of producing several more similar weapons, but it's also possible Antioch refers to something else.Antioch was a city in the Middle East. In Turkey, I think.
it's along the coast near the border of modern day Turkey and Syria if anyone cares. I only know this because it was one of the seats of the pentarchy.
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Somewhere I did a thing where I tried to mathematically break down NPC levels by age (Pathfinder being very much NOT 1st Ed AD&D). It came out to something like this...
At 16ish you're level one. Barring any actual "adventuring" you gain a level through your day job and day-to-day activities about every 10 years, ending up withe between 4-5 levels by the time you hit retirement age. Granted, these are frequently in NPC classes (commoner, expert) but they exist.
Furthermore, you can add a level based on your level of education - 1 more for undergrad/trade school, one for an MS, one for a PhD. You can argue whether these levels are transferable to actual PC levels (chemist = alchemist, musician = bard, etc...)
This doesn't take into account any special training, like a navy seal having levels in Brawler, fighter or slayer.
But the point is that there's a definite correlation between age / work experience and class level. And thanks to Ultimate Campaign, we can retrain!
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Or, freelance troubleshooter.
Q: What do troubleshooters do?
A: We shoot trouble, with very large guns.
Question, do you shoot AT trouble with your guns, or do you shoot trouble FROM your guns?
Just saying. A watershooter shoots water.
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Or, freelance troubleshooter.
Q: What do troubleshooters do?
A: We shoot trouble, with very large guns.
Question, do you shoot AT trouble with your guns, or do you shoot trouble FROM your guns?
Just saying. A watershooter shoots water.
I believe the correct answer to that question is "both">
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I believe the correct answer to that question is "both">Or, freelance troubleshooter.
Q: What do troubleshooters do?
A: We shoot trouble, with very large guns.
Question, do you shoot AT trouble with your guns, or do you shoot trouble FROM your guns?
Just saying. A watershooter shoots water.
"Are you going to sic dogs on me? Or bees? Or dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark at you they shoot bees?"
True, but being an "Independent Mercenary" will pay the bills.
I wonder if there'd be a return of 'trade unions/guilds' based on adventuring skills.
"Yep, we're Adventurers Bonded 27. We represent the interests of adventurers for this here county, inasmuch as some unscrupulous rulers have tried to take advantage of the hard work folks do without providing proper pay."
EDIT: Come to think of it, 'salvage' would probably be a part of any pay compensation package...
The clerics of Abadar would add a paragraph to the contract that any object "bad for business" would be traded in for a true res. performed when necessary. Nukes, magical or otherwise, are bad for business.
The Vatican probably has a lot of these.
"Death Vagrant" is so much classier.Or, freelance troubleshooter.
Q: What do troubleshooters do?
A: We shoot trouble, with very large guns.
And only the PARANOID survive . . . .
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Like this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadman_Wonderland