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Pathfinder 2E: "The Time of the O.R.C. has come."

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  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I was so happy when I realized that the Regulate feature in Extended Kinesis meant I could make hot tubs.

  • CorlisCorlis Registered User regular
    Need to use Proliferate with Air to get the bubbles going, though.

    In a completely separate note, I don't know if anyone is particularly invested in Paizo's Golarion setting, but they are doing a War of Immortals storyline wherein one of their main 20 deities is going to be permanently killed off. They're going to announce the to-be-deceased deity in April I think. In the meantime they're revealing who ISN'T going to die by publishing false prophecies each Wednesday on their blog, which declare a deity safe but describe what would happen if they did die. So far, Asmodeus, Pharasma, Cayden Cailean, and Urgathoa have been declared safe.

    But I don't mind, as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine,
    I'll be fine, just give me a minute, a man's got a limit, I can't get a life if my heart's not in it.
  • ThawmusThawmus +Jackface Registered User regular
    I'm always holding out hope for Pharasma's death and was crushed when she was declared safe.

    I hate Pharasma.

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  • CorlisCorlis Registered User regular
    Oddly enough, I am currently playing a cleric of Pharasma, and I also have an oracle and cavalier who worship her rattling around in my head as well. However, my favorite one is probably Shelyn for reasons I cannot quite articulate.

    But I don't mind, as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine,
    I'll be fine, just give me a minute, a man's got a limit, I can't get a life if my heart's not in it.
  • SolyspSolysp Previously Kayne Red Robe Registered User regular
    It'll be Irori because he's boring as shit.

  • AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    It'll be Irori because he's boring as shit.

    It'll be Sarenrae as part of their continuing elision / retcon of the bonkers way they've written about her religion in-setting.

  • CorlisCorlis Registered User regular
    Conversely, people have speculated that it won't be Irori precisely because he's so boring that nobody will care if he's popped off. Gotta have someone whose death will cause at least a bit of drama!

    But I don't mind, as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine,
    I'll be fine, just give me a minute, a man's got a limit, I can't get a life if my heart's not in it.
  • ThawmusThawmus +Jackface Registered User regular
    Is Zon-Kuthon still around in the current setting? I know he's around in the AP's I'm playing with at the moment but there's like 2-3 years worth of AP's I haven't looked at yet.

    And isn't Zon-Shelyn a thing in Starfinder?

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  • CorlisCorlis Registered User regular
    ZK is still around, yeah. They've never killed a major deity before during an AP. I know Zon-Shelyn is referenced in Starfinder, but I've heard it operates on a different continuity than Pathfinder (eg Noctucula is still a demon Lord in SF while she ascended to true divinity in PF recently) so they might still kill Shelyn or Zon-Kuthon in PF.

    ...aaaand today's safe deity is Erastil. I kind of like working with him in a storytelling sense because he's good but does have flaws, which are fun to write around.

    But I don't mind, as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine,
    I'll be fine, just give me a minute, a man's got a limit, I can't get a life if my heart's not in it.
  • ThawmusThawmus +Jackface Registered User regular
    With there being prophecies involved I'm kinda wondering about Iomedae, and whether or not her death heralds the return of Aroden somehow.

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  • kaidkaid Registered User regular
    Corlis wrote: »
    Need to use Proliferate with Air to get the bubbles going, though.

    In a completely separate note, I don't know if anyone is particularly invested in Paizo's Golarion setting, but they are doing a War of Immortals storyline wherein one of their main 20 deities is going to be permanently killed off. They're going to announce the to-be-deceased deity in April I think. In the meantime they're revealing who ISN'T going to die by publishing false prophecies each Wednesday on their blog, which declare a deity safe but describe what would happen if they did die. So far, Asmodeus, Pharasma, Cayden Cailean, and Urgathoa have been declared safe.

    The new one with erastil is pretty neat. The way that sounds like it plays out would make for a very interesting setting change.

  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    Thawmus wrote: »
    With there being prophecies involved I'm kinda wondering about Iomedae, and whether or not her death heralds the return of Aroden somehow.

    With Arazni being the core 20 replacement, Iomedae is both my leading candidate to die and my least likely candidate. For the same reason. (I'd say I find Iomedae boring but I admit I mostly go "She's the paladin diety, moving on...")

  • OwenashiOwenashi Registered User regular
    Thawmus wrote: »
    And isn't Zon-Shelyn a thing in Starfinder?

    Not yet as ZS was simply mentioned as the deity the new 2E Mystic follows.

  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2024
    Corlis wrote: »
    Need to use Proliferate with Air to get the bubbles going, though.

    Ideally, but you can just create steam instead. Makes for an extra humid experience though. Would be a bit like being boiled.

    Incenjucar on
  • RonTheDMRonTheDM Yes, yes Registered User regular
    I finished my seventh session of this game today. The party has just hit level 3. I've told them they're basically done with the tutorial. I've learned a lot about GMing PF2e. And watching the players learn and adapt to the system has been really fun. I'd say that the hardest lesson I learned was that even though the materials point out that a party could hypothetically fight something 3 levels higher than them, it is not really feasible at low levels. I threw a creature level 4 at a team of like 6 level 2 characters and this zealot might as well have been T1000 since they were helpless against him. I had him perform his profane ritual and leave for a story wrinkle instead of having him beat them all slowly to death. I think until they're higher level the most I will go is one level over the PCs.

  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Had a very satisfying evening of tanking.

    Level 1 earth/water kineticist with a Strength focus.

    Started the encounter blocking the door with my allies behind me. Attackers all flail against me harmlessly, failing to get through my stone armor. My turn comes around and I decide to grapple the one stupid enough to stay in front of me - Nat 20. More useless flailing until my allies obliterate them and I drop the body. The boss of the encounter makes a similar mistake after more useless attacks, and I land a crit. My allies finish the job, and I haven't taken a single point of damage.

    Can't wait until level 2, when I get a cone attack and become a funnel of death in the doorway.

  • CorlisCorlis Registered User regular
    If anyone's interested, there's another bundle up with the 3-part Guns of Alkenstar adventure and several related books, like The Impossible Lands: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/pathfinder-second-edition-guns-alkenstar-bundle-paizo-books

    They've also designated Nethys, Zon-Kuthon, and Desna as safe from the coming deicide...

    But I don't mind, as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine,
    I'll be fine, just give me a minute, a man's got a limit, I can't get a life if my heart's not in it.
  • OwenashiOwenashi Registered User regular
    Here's the current 'safe' list from the latest blog.
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    According to a dev-comment on the same blog, there'll be two more 'safe' reveals before they announce who's gonna get it on a stream.

  • kaidkaid Registered User regular
    I really have to say out of the ones available I suspect norgorber or iomeda are probably the two most likely to get wacked. If Irori died would anybody really care his area of influance is pretty minor compared to most of the others and his loss the least disruptive. Kinda same boat for torag there is a lot of overlap of less dwarf specific deities that cover his portfolio. Given rovagug is basically off stage and a pretty non factor in day to day life his loss wouldn't do a hell of a lot oh no the thing in the cage died oh well shrug. If it is not iomede it probably winds up being abadar or sheyln.

  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    Iomedae is the most interesting option, especially since Arazni is the "replacement".

    Hell, Arazni might even be the one to do it.

  • kaidkaid Registered User regular
    Tomanta wrote: »
    Iomedae is the most interesting option, especially since Arazni is the "replacement".

    Hell, Arazni might even be the one to do it.

    The most interesting without um we are killing the god of cities what does that mean or oh hey we killed the literal sun oopsie.

  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    kaid wrote: »
    Tomanta wrote: »
    Iomedae is the most interesting option, especially since Arazni is the "replacement".

    Hell, Arazni might even be the one to do it.

    The most interesting without um we are killing the god of cities what does that mean or oh hey we killed the literal sun oopsie.

    I guess most interesting that is likely to not cause a complete collapse of the known universe. And isn't already marked safe.

  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    New Monster Core Get. Looking forward to seeing what the Era of ORC brings. Also now I have the full "support game stores" special covers, so that'll look nice on the shelf.

  • CorlisCorlis Registered User regular
    Tomanta wrote: »
    kaid wrote: »
    Tomanta wrote: »
    Iomedae is the most interesting option, especially since Arazni is the "replacement".

    Hell, Arazni might even be the one to do it.

    The most interesting without um we are killing the god of cities what does that mean or oh hey we killed the literal sun oopsie.

    I guess most interesting that is likely to not cause a complete collapse of the known universe. And isn't already marked safe.

    I think Pathfinder's canon implies that killing a deity doesn't immediately obliterate their area of concern but rather removes their protection and influence over it so that other deities can take over, which I honestly find rather more interesting. For instance, when Lamashtu killed the original god of beasts (Curchanus) and took his domain, animals didn't die out but but they did become more hostile to humans (which is a fun bit of storytelling to explain why adventurers keep getting random encounters). If Sarenrae bit it, which I suspect she very well might, then maybe the sun would be harsher, creating deserts, devastating crops, and fuelling wars over the remaining food...

    But I don't mind, as long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine,
    I'll be fine, just give me a minute, a man's got a limit, I can't get a life if my heart's not in it.
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  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Aegeri wrote: »
    Incenjucar wrote: »
    New Monster Core Get. Looking forward to seeing what the Era of ORC brings. Also now I have the full "support game stores" special covers, so that'll look nice on the shelf.

    Is the Pathfinder Revised Monster Core out in hardback or just PDF?

    Hardback is in stores now. Looks pretty good, though I remain amused at how Paizo struggles to get their artists to follow the text descriptions.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    amazing product

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  • ThawmusThawmus +Jackface Registered User regular
    I know there's several disclaimers but I don't know how I feel about selling what is an April Fool's joke.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    the store page is very clear about what it actually is, I think it's fine

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  • kaidkaid Registered User regular
    Honestly that would make an awesome notebook or adventure journal for starfinder for those who like such things.

  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    Thawmus wrote: »
    I know there's several disclaimers but I don't know how I feel about selling what is an April Fool's joke.

    Frankly, i prefer april fools like this which are actual real, useful products that are just tongune in cheek - i mean, this is just a fancy notebook/sketchbook, and is priced accordingly. Hell, it's actually cheaper than a lot of artists sketchbooks.

    Ideas hate it when you anthropomorphize them
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  • ThawmusThawmus +Jackface Registered User regular
    Sorry I'm probably just being a poopypants. I don't like April Fool's Day in general and find it to just be a day of fraudulent horseshit.

    But as you point out, a Starfinder sketchbook actually sounds pretty good at $15.

    Twitch: Thawmus83
  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    Thawmus wrote: »
    Sorry I'm probably just being a poopypants. I don't like April Fool's Day in general and find it to just be a day of fraudulent horseshit.

    But as you point out, a Starfinder sketchbook actually sounds pretty good at $15.

    Oh, i'm generally not a fan. Most of the jokes are trite, actively annoying, or otherwise just incredibly frustrating. Like the damn "let's switch our discord icon to look like it's got a notification" bollocks. Just the most low-effort shit, seven year old poop joke level boloocks.

    It's the well crafted jokes that do no harm or actively add joy to the world i like - Slime Rancher's excellent "Slime Rancher 3: Chicken Rancher!" trailer today, or this product.

    Ideas hate it when you anthropomorphize them
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  • kaidkaid Registered User regular
    Looks like Irori was deemed safe. His "death" would have been pretty fitting for somebody so relentlessly driven to perfection no matter the cost.

  • ThawmusThawmus +Jackface Registered User regular
    kaid wrote: »
    Looks like Irori was deemed safe. His "death" would have been pretty fitting for somebody so relentlessly driven to perfection no matter the cost.

    Damn!

    I was hoping for Irori or Pharasma, but I guess it wasn't in the cards.

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  • kaidkaid Registered User regular
    Thawmus wrote: »
    kaid wrote: »
    Looks like Irori was deemed safe. His "death" would have been pretty fitting for somebody so relentlessly driven to perfection no matter the cost.

    Damn!

    I was hoping for Irori or Pharasma, but I guess it wasn't in the cards.

    It seems very likely imodea better polish up her head stone as she seems the most likely candidate for doom. One herald falls another one rises.

  • ThawmusThawmus +Jackface Registered User regular
    My money is on Shelyn at this point.

    Killing an evil deity would be more interesting to me, because you'd have to see another deity deal with taking on their domain and I think that'd be fun and cool and interesting to see their worshippers schism over that. But I don't know if I believe that's what will happen.

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  • SolyspSolysp Previously Kayne Red Robe Registered User regular
    I really hope they don't kill any of the polyamorous lesbian throuple. That would annoy me quite a bit.

  • kaidkaid Registered User regular
    Looks like the last god declared safe before the big show next week is Rovagug. Not to surprising he is um central to golarian haha.

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