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Yisterwald

Nexxy, if you still havemy email addy, let me know once it's actually out, so I can go buy it. I haven't been to a game shop in ages, cause I have all the stuff for the game I AM playing. I'm only buying your book, and then nothing else for PF until OK comes out... Same here GS. It's been ages sinc...

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Erick Wujcik wrote:...and the kinds of treats posed by their neighbors.

Our neighbors make a streusel coffee cake that's unbelievable....

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Veknironth wrote:Well, I'd like everyone to read this again!

So it look like i'm close to the point of view Veknironth for this.

-Vek
"word!"

What, you didn't like this?

Yisterwald wrote:-Yister
"What Vek said."

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Well, to reply to the punch to the nose vs 100 punches, that could easily be simulated by HP. One punch to the nose does 2 HP and you have 44 HP. Looks like you can take a lot more punches before you're dead. People can be beaten to death, happens everyday. The problem is there is nothing in the ru...

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Old Ones. Years of gaming in a single volume. On a bucks for utility basis it can't be beat.

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I don't think critical failure tables of any kind serve a valid storytelling function, and I'm not a fan.

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I don't believe anything about Palladium release dates until the product is on my bookshelf.

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With you on all points, Vek.

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This guy has a copy of 1st Edition in that collection. It's on the bottom of the stack in the photo -- left hand side. Might be worth a message asking if hed' sell the stuff piecemeal. Hell, if you picked up the whole thing cheap, that collection of 1st Edition stuff could keep you playing for year...

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How about now? Are we there yet?

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J. Lionheart wrote:I just wanted to pass along a friendly reminder to check the date on a thread before posting. This thread hadn't had a post in more than two and a half years.

Heh -- I didn't notice that either! Ooops.

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Well, you can always go with the adventure in the Old Ones book, if you have it. I can't remember the name, it's the Mystic Parcel or something. You could download the tried and true "Arms of Targash Nor" from the cutting room floor. I think it's still there. -Vek "I'm just too lazy ...

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In my game they're mostly in the background, but occasionally one will flex some muscles. I don't like to diminish the role of the characters much, though, so I model their impact on "earthly" affairs after the old Hercules and Xena series. Gods are present and active, but checked in their...

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I'd go with rrank's suggestion. Saying "whoever rolls highest is the winner" is a little boring... for one thing, you have to wonder... did they hit MORE in the bullseye? You might also try other feats than stationary targets. How about sand-filled sacks, swinging on ropes? Heh -- well, i...

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Well, if you decide that you want things to go a certain way then you simply skew the results in that direction and take the story where you want it to go. If you are truly willing to go either way, and want to play it out and see what happens, then I'd look to other game systems for inspiration. D&...

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The Dark Elf wrote:PS If you play my games then Ive just spoiled it

Until they realize the entire thing was a lie...

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MrNexx wrote:My name is Mark Hall, and I endorse this message. ^^^^^

Paid for by the MrNexx for Grand Arbiter of Palladium Magic committee.

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Hey Lionheart -- appreciate the detailed reply The prep time issue is second nature, but the components issue is great advice that hits on years of my own personal game predjudice. See, I've never been willing to bother with spell components in any game system. I just didn't want to do the bookkeepi...

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So I find myself in an interesting position. I've been playing and GMing PFRPG since the first printing, but I've never had a player run a Summoner. I've used them as NPCs and even major villians a number of times, but I'm finding that having one as a PC is far different. NPCs don't really need camp...

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FWIW, I personally dislike spells that scale with level, yet remain fixed in cost (i.e. Call Lightning, which always costs 15 P.P.E., whether it does 1D6 or 15D6). I prefer spells to have a fixed cost for a fixed effect, with, in some cases, the option to get a greater effect by spending more. I do...

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I like this guy!

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SightblinderX wrote:I still have mine, so not here

Heh -- same here.

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Really confused about life right now, I'm afraid of ending up alone, a geek with no one except his books. Don't know why, cause I know alot of people. At 16 in you're not confused about life there's something wrong with you. Don't sweat it. While you shouldn't fritter away too many years of your ti...

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But I do!

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Max, you might want to check out Palladium's Weapons and Armor , by Matt Balent. It may be out of print by now, but I'm sure you can get hooked up. It's a thin little volume of supplemental material about, well, weapons and armor. Many, many types of both are represented, from many periods and cultu...

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Thanks for all the replies, I appreciate it! We are all looking forward to this - good to know the Plate issue isn't too bad in 1E. None of us have done more than dabble in 2E, and that was years and years ago, so I'm not to worried about that, or min-maxing. I can min-max my baddies, too Kudos on ...

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Well, everyone knows me here. -Vek "I've been here for years." Ditto. Think of me an Vek like the board Twins.. We're two of the oldest (remaining) members, from since the board was in the old style format. Of course, he's the nice twin. He calls it like he sees it, with niceties. I just ...

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MrNexx wrote: After all, when your writing starts off with this high of quality, editting is an easy process...

Or quality this high, even.

Here's hoping it's not just a wild goose chase, Nexxy. The wait's been long, but you've still got my money when it sees print. Fingers crossed...

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UR Leader Hobbes wrote:So those ignots may be worth more in other areas and less in others.

As well they should be. There's no reason, other than GM convenience, for commodities to all have the same value the world over. The purchasing power of those gold bars could (and should) vary widely.

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Really, as a player or GM, nothing really pisses me off more than hearing a player say "I really don't want to do this, but my alignment says I have to..." Well, that's the sort of thing that could easily happen to you in real life, if you ever found yourself in the kind of extreme circum...

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Heh -- back before 2nd Edition I had a player want to enter a campaign already under way, but the problem was the party was kind of out in the middle of nowhere. The player said he didn't mind class restrictions: "Just fit me in any logical way -- I'll deal with it," he told me. The party ...

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Having your DM limit you to those three races and the core classes is probably a good thing. Almost anything you roll up will be playable and competent. There aren't any racial biases towards specific character classes, at least none that provide a tangible benefit to the player the way there are in...

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I've been playing PFRPG off and on since the first printing of 1st edition, and in all that time I've seen very few Druid NPCs, and only one Druid PC. He was a regular in my campaign years ago, before 2nd Edition. To be fair, he was a terrific character. But the guy who played him was a terrific rol...

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I'd say it does. You can say that again. I'd say it does. I run it that way, but techically it only applies to actual skills. I run it very subjectively. If it seems like IQ would apply, but the rules don't specify, I apply the bonus. For example, for class skills from the brainpower-based magic us...

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megaverser wrote:forget it,
500 million credits down the drain.judging by the lack of post it's probably a futile idea to go to war.

Or, your game and character are so wildly out of whack that noone can reasonably or seriously answer your question.

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rungok wrote:What is your ruling in this situation?

Clever, but futile idea. +25 exp.

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Yep -- don't assume that the only habitation is the stuff on the map. An underground railroad is quite feasible.

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Nekira Sudacne wrote:Library of Bethrald will have hte most relevance.

Agreed as above. Old Ones is good for the illusionist PCC, but really, it ain't worth it for the whole book

Not for his purposes, but you can play PFRPG for a long time with just Old Ones and the rulebook.

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I almost always test-drive humans first in any game where race is an issue, so I guess they're my favorite race. Traditional elves and dwarves have never really sparked my interest as a player, although I have played them. Despite that, one of my favorite all-time characters is an elven longbowman w...

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Stats don't have to be created, if you don't like. But a method towards creating a new deity (size of pantheon, place in pantheon, general level of power, specific abilities, family tree) would be helpful, would fill most of what people are asking for, and is something that could be brainstormed he...

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Another vote for 1st Edition here. After some initial enthusiasm about 2nd, I found myself drifting back to 1st fairly quickly. Particularly if you have no need for your campaign to be compatible with the rest of the Magaverse, 1st is just cooler. 2nd does have ideas worth lifting, though, so I thin...

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There's a bit of info in the 1st edition Old Ones description of Nisi too -- p. 98. My guess is it's the same stuff that Kuseru found. A little supporting detail, but not much more than that. If you want a Pyramid of Osiris adventure, you gotta build your own.

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Combining those two classes smacked so loudly of min/maxing I ran to the shelves to dust off my trusty Old Ones 1st Ed. for a re-read on Illusionists. Having done so I would rule differently from Nexxy on this issue. Keep in mind that I don't have Illusionists in my campaign, though, because I think...

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This adventure sound way cool kinda old skool, but still sounds like the adventures of old. Heh -- well, it is twenty years old, after all. I know that the Tombs has a lot of supporters here on the boards, and I'm a fan too, but if you're looking for older content don't focus on it exclusively. The...

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Both lists are terrific. Thanks very much, guys.

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I'd give almost anything a shot if the character involved wasn't out of whack with the overall power level of the party. As a GM you can take down anything that becomes a problem, so I never worry about the campaign being damaged. But I don't like my games to develop such that a significant number o...

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Heh -- I didn't even look at the poll, just the replies.

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It's unanimous so far -- Iceman.

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My favorite is my first PFRPG character -- a human Wizard I began playing with the 1st printing of 1st Edition. He's been cheating death ever since.

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This is good stuff guys. Much appreciated.

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