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Welcome to Rasputin Must Die!
From what I understand
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstasy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire.
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Welcome to Rasputin Must Die!From what I understand
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstasy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire.
He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar
But the cassock he danced really wunderbarIn all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son
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It is possible you have been displaced to a distant alien planet called 'earth'.
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Welcome to Rasputin Must Die!From what I understand
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstasy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire.
XD I was about to make a joke along that line, thanks :) .
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Welcome to Rasputin Must Die!From what I understand
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstasy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire.He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar
But theKazachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son
FIFY
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For those of us that don't like that in our games, we don't play 'Reign of Winter.'
For the many who enjoy jumping in on modern or future or earth-past, they have an AP they can play.
That's one of the great things about Paizo; if you like Numeria or if you like Alkenstar or if you like the solar system, there is good material in which you can play. And we who don't like it, well we pretend it doesn't exist.
. . . .
Now, if your DM started 'Reign of Winter' and didn't give any foreshadowing at the start that the latter parts of the campaign would include "alternative" setting material (his or her prerogative on how specific), well in my opinion it's an instance of poor DMing. It's usually not cool (depending on the group) to not give some kinds of heads-up prior to going off-the-wall.
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Oh, those crazy russians...
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Ra Ra Ras-pu-tin, lover of the Russian queen
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I assume they started with telling a story about Baba Yaga and then just kind of fell into Russia.
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This is insanity.
Btw i didnt find russia in the map.
I think you're looking at the wrong map.
Try searching for Rand McNally and Russia and you should be all set. :-)
Happy adventuring!
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@ Hellatze in case you had not noticed the hut takes you to worlds that are definitely NOT Golarion, that's the charm, or the problem, with playing Reign of Winter.
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Playing pathfinder rpg syle. Suddenly machine gun and mustard gas.
Wtf happends ?
Dear Grandmother's reach spans the cosmos and beyond.
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Oh, I’ve wasted my life.
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For those of us that don't like that in our games, we don't play 'Reign of Winter.'
For the many who enjoy jumping in on modern or future or earth-past, they have an AP they can play.
That's one of the great things about Paizo; if you like Numeria or if you like Alkenstar or if you like the solar system, there is good material in which you can play. And we who don't like it, well we pretend it doesn't exist.
. . . .
Now, if your DM started 'Reign of Winter' and didn't give any foreshadowing at the start that the latter parts of the campaign would include "alternative" setting material (his or her prerogative on how specific), well in my opinion it's an instance of poor DMing. It's usually not cool (depending on the group) to not give some kinds of heads-up prior to going off-the-wall.
If the whole campaign revolved around it, maybe. As a single chapter in the AP, I wouldn't sweat it. Players should know the gist of the campaign they're going to play in, but they aren't going to know everywhere or everything they're going to experience beforehand. Where's the fun in that?
/I just want to come out of it with my druid carrying a revolver...you know, just in case.
does gunpwder even work in Golarion?
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Point to you, too bad my campaign stopped before Caladfaël could score a Nagant revolver.
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Why russia exist? Well, the reasons can be long and storied, but I would personally place the main causes as the Orthodox church from the west and long occupation and rule by Mongols from the west. This helped to shape the culture in a multitude of ways that distinguish it from its western european neighbors.
While the effects of having a different branch of the christian religion is a fairly obvious distinction (placing it outside of the sphere of influence of the Catholic church that dominated central europe), the Mongols provided a large number of developments in transportation, census taking, fiscal system, and military organization. Really, without taking notes from such a massive empire, it would be hard for there to be the massive nation that we know today.
And since the Mongols tended to practice a system where 'princes' could rule with a fair bit of autonomy, this allowed for the basic government infrastructure to take root, allowing the fore bearing organizational structure that lead to modern russia to survive the fall of the Golden Horde.
...oh wait, you were not asking why russia exists in general? You wanted to know why it exists in the material of the game? Oh. Well, I guess others have already answered that.
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The thread title reminds me of how there is no Russia in Steven Universe because the land mass went missing in their alternate past where aliens invaded thousands of years ago.
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The thread title reminds me of how there is no Russia in Steven Universe because the land mass went missing in their alternate past where aliens invaded thousands of years ago.
I am pretty sure it was scrapped for parts. The entire plan was to hollow out the planet so it could be a factory that pumps out more aliens.
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In Post-WWI-era Russia, THEY wonder why YOU exist!
Or rather, "We were doing war-style games. Suddenly, magic and vampires. WTF Happends?"
But yeah, there comes a time in every RPG where the characters end up in the real world somehow. That is definitely a thing with a few valid reasons to find it annoying, but if I ever end up in that adventure, I'd be willing to see it through.
On the bright side, this is the perfect chance to switch to a round of Call of Cthulhu with the same characters, or bring back a bag of industrial military technology to reverse-engineer when you get back home.
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Hey, you could have ended up in 1980s London trying to steal the Mace of St. Cuthbert from a museum...
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But now can you imagine the counter-invasion?
“Golarion? Baba Yaga?! Comrades, we must conquer this world for the Motherland!”
They get through the gate or whatever and...
“атака! атака! атака!!!”
*Fireballs out of nowhere.*
“отступление!!!”
Rinse and repeat for every other nation on earth.
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But now can you imagine the counter-invasion?
“Golarion? Baba Yaga?! Comrades, we must conquer this world for the Motherland!”
They get through the gate or whatever and...
“атака! атака! атака!!!”
*Fireballs out of nowhere.*
“отступление!!!”
Rinse and repeat for every other nation on earth.
I hated this the first time when it was called Conqueror of Shamballa.
/close enough....
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depends on what time the gate opens to, and what it lets through... if there are big bombers and atomic weapons going through, sure Golarion is toast, at least until some well place wishes reverse the tables...
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Hey, you could have ended up in 1980s London trying to steal the Mace of St. Cuthbert from a museum...
Or in a version of the Dancing Hut that's built inside a tesseract, and contains US, Russian, and Dwarvish tanks, among Baba Yaga's innumerable trophies.
Ah, '80s-vintage Dragon, those were some fun magazines!
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worst thing is, I think I used to own the copy of Dragon, and I'm not sure if it's still in my old home's attic or if it was stolen when it got burgled (the burglars took my comics and children's books, so maybe they also stole the magazines... I really have no idea what they took and what they left)
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Have you ever seen the anime Gate? What happens in the anime is what would happen, Golarion wouldn't stand a chance I'm afraid.But now can you imagine the counter-invasion?
“Golarion? Baba Yaga?! Comrades, we must conquer this world for the Motherland!”
They get through the gate or whatever and...
“атака! атака! атака!!!”
*Fireballs out of nowhere.*
“отступление!!!”
Rinse and repeat for every other nation on earth.
Before they cracked down on it, I read the manga. Very interesting premise, particularly in regards
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depends on what time the gate opens to, and what it lets through... if there are big bombers and atomic weapons going through, sure Golarion is toast, at least until some well place wishes reverse the tables...
But that result depends on where the gate opens in the first place. If it’s the worldwound, where demons come swarming out in droves, or Geb, where there are plenty of undead that can simply regenerate, a russian reversal could be very likely.