Lol. What would “Forbes the institution” coming out with an opinion on the best RPG of the year even look like? Announcement to the share market? Letter to shareholders?
Forbes employs some talented, thoughtful, well rounded journalists, no need to be insulting.
Lol. What would “Forbes the institution” coming out with an opinion on the best RPG of the year even look like? Announcement to the share market? Letter to shareholders?Forbes employs some talented, thoughtful, well rounded journalists, no need to be insulting.
Errr....who was i insulting?
Errr....who was i insulting?Lol. What would “Forbes the institution” coming out with an opinion on the best RPG of the year even look like? Announcement to the share market? Letter to shareholders?Forbes employs some talented, thoughtful, well rounded journalists, no need to be insulting.
The writers that work for Forbes.
Was that not obvious?
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No (in fact they weren’t even on my list - I presumed you thought I was insulting either Forbes or Sammy T, neither of which was intended either).
I think you may have misunderstood what I was laughing at. I didn’t have any comment on the abilities of the people who write for Forbes.
The claim was that Forbes publishing work by freelancers didn’t count as “Forbes the institution” expressing a view. It was the view of the authors.
The concept of a publishing company having an opinion of its own as to what the best rpg was amused me.
I don’t know anything about the people who write for Forbes, but I’d be surprised if they weren’t excellent.
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No (in fact they weren’t even on my list - I presumed you thought I was insulting either Forbes or Sammy T, neither of which was intended either).
I think you may have misunderstood what I was laughing at. I didn’t have any comment on the abilities of the people who write for Forbes.
The claim was that Forbes publishing work by freelancers didn’t count as “Forbes the institution” expressing a view. It was the view of the authors.
The concept of a publishing company having an opinion of its own as to what the best rpg was amused me.
I don’t know anything about the people who write for Forbes, but I’d be surprised if they weren’t excellent.
Ah, that makes more sense.
I kinda hope paizo does some iconic spellcaster spells. Maybe they have already and I missed it, but I found it gave a sense that magic was more “alive” since it was still being perfected (since most of the casters were still around in the setting).
There are a few here and there. Aram Zey's Focus and Trap Ward, Serren's Armor Lock and Swift Girding, and Kreighton's Perusal were in 1e.
I kinda hope paizo does some iconic spellcaster spells. Maybe they have already and I missed it, but I found it gave a sense that magic was more “alive” since it was still being perfected (since most of the casters were still around in the setting).There are a few here and there. Aram Zey's Focus and Trap Ward, Serren's Armor Lock and Swift Girding, and Kreighton's Perusal were in 1e.
Thanks, wasn't aware these were a thing.
They're on the tame side in terms of power, but I suppose I understand why they'd go that route.
It's just, when I think of spells that were "go to" in 3.5, Evard's Black Tentacles, Melf's Acid Arrow, and Tasha's Hideous Laughter were not only iconic, they were great spells. Three of my favorites to be honest.
It'd be nice if the named spells weren't relegated to niche spells only, but I'm probably just being picky.
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*Ahem*
*Ahem*
To be totally far I was on mobile and too lazy to look them up, but I wanted to mention all the Hand spells and of course Mordenkaine as well (“disjunction junction what’s your function! Ruining magic items, spells, and summons!”)
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*Ahem*To be totally far I was on mobile and too lazy to look them up, but I wanted to mention all the Hand spells and of course Mordenkaine as well (“disjunction junction what’s your function! Ruining magic items, spells, and summons!”)
If you'll look in the Character Operations Manual you'll notice from the symbol of the Vanguard class, Bigby's legacy lives on.
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I kinda hope paizo does some iconic spellcaster spells. Maybe they have already and I missed it, but I found it gave a sense that magic was more “alive” since it was still being perfected (since most of the casters were still around in the setting).There are a few here and there. Aram Zey's Focus and Trap Ward, Serren's Armor Lock and Swift Girding, and Kreighton's Perusal were in 1e.
Also Deivon's parry. ^_^
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Honestly, I am happy that they ditched the naming convention with spells. Like a lot of things in D&D, I found that they make the setting feel small. What, this guy is credited with something as simple as an acid arrow? One guy invented big hands?
That, coupled with how they write about the planes and outsiders, just makes all of its cosmology feel like distant countries rather than planes of realities.
I'm okay with iconic characters having an imprint, but it should be something really special, not floating discs and acid arrows.
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Naming things probably has copyright implications.
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Honestly I prefer the Pathfinder approach of keeping the campaign NPCs in the background and the iconics as peers of the PCs.
Giving a lot of importance to fictional characters runs the risk of them overshadowing the players.
Honestly I prefer the Pathfinder approach of keeping the campaign NPCs in the background and the iconics as peers of the PCs.
Giving a lot of importance to fictional characters runs the risk of them overshadowing the players.
I agree with this, but I also maintain the headcanon that at least on Golarion, the "mage" in spells like "mage's magnificent mansion" (yes I know it's not called that in 2e anymore) refers to Old Mage Jatembe. :)
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Also wow, I didn't know Artofregicide still posted here. Hi, Art!
Think Warhammer Fantasy 4E was on here too.