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Oh and I have a suggestion for Morrus too... try to see if there is a possibility for adding a forum functionality by which a forum member can subscribe to a thread and get notifications when someone else replies to the thread. AFAIK this is not how it works at the moment, you get notifications only if you receive a PM, mention or XP. Having notifications on subscribed threads would greatly help a PbP player know when a game has progressed, and reach the thread in a couple of clicks rather than having to find it in the subforums.

Thanks Morrus! Sorry it was silly of me not to tag you :) No drama or rush buddy, just wanted to donate a little and give a few players some GP rewards for their efforts. Have emailed you. Cheers! Ivan

Morrus: perhaps it would be good to update your instructions for this Meta subforum to include "please tag me for a speedier response"? ☺ I believe I speak for most of us when I say I expected the mod team to actively monitor the entire Meta forum; on most forums it's sole purpose (whatever it's name) is to contact the staff. Regards

...te, caring etc then men" so if a woman speaks up "loudly", she's acting against her role. I know that this holds true more in face-to-face environments, whereas online debates are often no more than mere black-on-white (or inversed) text. Still she identified as a woman. And from what I read, Afrodyte is done with playing the "nice little woman". She's (rightfully) upset about the fact that there are many victim-blaming posts or posts filled with micro-misogyny in this thread that were not being called out while her arguments were dissected. She's also under the impression that male-identifying posters are being less challenged and have it far easier being listened to. And I understand her. Because being a woman who's active online, who has a mind of her own and who gets vocal from time to time can be hard. That being said, I still think that ENWorld is one of the best places to discuss my/our hobby, including systemic problems in our community. And I'm really thankful for Morrus and the other mods to keep it this civil. (Because, honestly, other, more general gaming forums oftentimes look as if they're the little brethren of /b )

So I want to say I am sorry for the stuff I am missing and I want to do better. I don’t do cons but since the problem is everywhere I need to step up and do better in general. In general women are very willing to give individual men several chances to get it right so long as they are trying to move in a positive direction. Personally, I'll excuse any first offense that is done without malice (doing something on purpose to push buttons is not without malice in my book). I'll even accept slip-ups if you keep trying to do better. We're all human (I didn't see any AI's here) and humans make mistakes, so I'm never looking for perfection. I'm looking for progress and growth. I'll be honest, this discussion has gone on to the point where I'm surprised. That's pleasantly surprising and speaks well for Morrus and ENWorld's moderation.

So if @Morrus told you to stop he would not be on your side and he you be sustaining and supporting the structural dynamics that allow harassment and assault to continue and thrive in this environment so you won't feel safe? No. That does not seem consistent with your viewpoint. Do you yield to authority (Morrus) and because lowkey13 has none per say in this environment you deem him as an enemy if he requests the same thing from you? No. Le me try to put the dots close together. Afrodyte has stated previously that if @Morrus feels that what she is doing should stop, then upon being notified of his choice as the moderator, Then she will respect his request as the moderator. At that time she would discontinue her attempt to demonstrate through her requests (Name, SSN, pic) instances in this discussion that she personally feels fall somewhere between unfriendly and hostile toward women.

Yet, I find it interesting that my fairly benign statements showing that I don't automatically trust every self-proclaimed good dude are getting more heat than some of the deeply unsettling things several posters have been saying in the past 15 pages I've been participating on this thread. That is a curious statement. The last 15 pages have been relatively mild compared to what had been posted before where Morrus got involved several times. As for you getting heat more than the trolls, citation needed. I'm not seeing any evidence of what you're claiming, especially given the XP count which equates to support. If you really think that an exaggerated demonstration of the daily precautions I have to take to avoid harassment and assault is unfairly blaming poor, innocent men who are just trying to have a discussion, you haven't been paying attention to what several women and men have been saying on this thread, and you are not on my side (whatever being on my side supposedly means), and it all of it sustains and supports the structural dynamics that allow harassment and assault to continue and thrive in environments where people are supposed to be safe. So if @Morrus told you to stop he would not be on your side and he you be sustaining and supporting the structural dynamics that allow harassment and assault to continue and thrive in this environment so you won't feel safe? Furthermore why doe...

Wait, now people are claiming it's not even SPF who posted in this thread? The man has a Facebook account, among other internet footprints, and he's posted some of the exact same things there, as well as actually discussing his participation in this thread. And he writes (or did write) for this site, which means he already has an established forum handle and Morrus knows his IP address. Jesus fried chicken...

...o started the thread then replied "You need to read up on the concept of "plus" threads if you think I want an echo chamber, or if you don't see the very valid reasons why the site supports such threads. If you want to keep discussing this that's fine, but I will need to ask you to start a new thread to do it." A second user said they doubted the premise of the thread was possible, and was told again "This is a plus thread. If you want to argue against the premise of the thread, start a new one." When questioned on that, the poster then said, "Questioning the point of the thread is exactly what you don't get to do in a plus thread." Can a user now declare a thread they start to be designated a "plus" thread and therefore police their thread for anyone who questions a premise of the topic? Are we now supposed to always start a new thread if we question the premise of a designated "plus" thread? It's possible I missed that new rule. I asked elsewhere and someone mentioned Morrus had discussed the possibility of such a thing but it had never been enacted as a rule as far as they knew. So, is this a thing now?

Morrus On the SOME page, there is some morse code at the bottom. It reads "NO STONE UNTURNED"

Two comments: 1: I note that the "spread" of classes is much less dramatic than the race spread. The most popular class is a bit more than twice as popular as the least popular class. That's a good thing IMO! Race wise however, the spread is what, 12-13 fold? That's huge. Even is we exclude the non PHB races, the spread remains about 5-fold. I have to say that ... I'm ok with that. I would be far more concerned if the situation was reversed 2: Morrus : this is very cool info, but I'm curious why you are re-posting it?

@Morrus Did the top 10 list accidentally leave out the Elf Wizard? The chart says there are 2744 Elf Wizards and 2568 Human Wizards. This means, the Elf Wizard is a more popular combo than the Human Wizard.

Morrus: this issue doesn't go away. I'm going to report a series of my own posts where a user clicks laugh (yes, I know the button is called "laugh with this post") even though my remarks are not in any sense made with humor in mind. In short, I find it impossible to interpret this as anything else than mockery. I am writing this post because I know you are busy and might have a mod handle the reporting, so you might not even see the series of reported posts. (I need to post this first so I can include a link in my reports for your moderation convenience) If you or your mods redtext the user to stop abusing the laugh functionality all is well in the world. But I am ressurrecting this thread to clearly flag that it is not a new issue, and it remains a serious one. I've gotten dozens of laugh points I could have done well without, and I feel that if I do not bring thus back up to your attention it will never stop. I can't be alone in getting these points that only burn. If y...

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Morrus: - the expert proficiency in divine spellcasting is at 12th level, not 13th; - it's strongly implied that, when getting a new spell level, you get two spell per day; - 10th level spells aren't gained at 19th level: details are still unknown.

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No idea as I've never tried here. That's just how it's typically done. Typical being the operative word. :) It seems that this site does things differently, so I'll leave it to Morrus to help you out further.

There was apparently a podcast that divulged more information (I don't have a link at the moment) - Alchemical items have "levels" from 1 to 20 - Bombs were supposed to require two hands to use, but that's being changed to one hand Also from the comments, PF2 will NOT use item weight, but a "bulk" system similar to Star finder. Another comment is that alchemists can get more resonance, which is rather important because they need it to use magical items AND wield alchemy. The start of day items, as you guys have guessed, are subsidized for a better rate if you can predict ahead of time which items you will need and make duplicates. Plus, the alchemist gets a class feature that adds extra resonance and scales, Intel for you Morrus ! :)

I think this is worth bringing to Morrus 's attention... neat!

Knightfall I don't see why not Morrus?

My fictional gravity shield stops your fictional gravity beam. Turns out it’s not hard to conceive. ;) Or say another gravity beam blocks it, the way we shoot down a missile with another missile. I agree it's not that difficult to think of a countermeasure. Its easy to do the hand wave magic is technology thing. Doing time consuming orbital mechanics calcs can break the flow of the game, and nobody would call it easy; there is a balance in there, and Marc W Miller said that one of the hardest things about making Traveller was extrapolating technology into the far future. At the end of the day it's still just a game, it is better spending your time figuring out what you consider entertainingly plausible, than sweating over hand waves made 40+ years ago.

Agreed. He’s not portrayed as mad, or called “the mad Titan”. I don’t know the comics, but the movie does not display an irrational protagonist (and he is this movie’s protagonist). His very plan and the way he carried it out is "mad." He's had decades to figure things out and settle on a plan that doesn't work, as opposed to others that would. The world has gone from 3 billion in 1960 to 7 billion in 2011. It more than doubled in just 51 years. Halving the population doesn't do much to save resources since the populations will replace themselves very quickly. His plan is insane. His single minded pursuit of it, to the point of murdering what he loved most is also kinda crazy. If he was rational, he would have settled on a solution that works, such as altering birth rates so that the populations drop to half and stay that way, or just replenishing the resources while making sure that populations don't increase further. So while they don't explicitly call him the Mad Titan,...

He's Hans Gruber, rather than the Joker. He's no Hans Gruber. Gruber was smart and sane. Thanos is far from a genius and nuts.

We’re not missing it. The movie is. That’s not a thing in this film. What are you expecting? That he acts like one of the Three Stooges? That he laughs maniacally like a cliche? That he raves like a lunatic? How boring that would be! His method is to act relatively calmly and entirely ruthlessly toward a crazy end. He’s far more menacing as a result (and far more in keeping with his character from the comics).

In any group activity, it's everybody's equal responsibility to ensure everybody else is having fun. Nobody's an employee in this situation. I'd certainly agree that people have responsibility for themselves, too. To an extent, that responsibility is not so much "ensure everybody is having fun" but more "ensure you are not ruining anybody's fun". "Equal" doesn't mean "a lot" or "a burden"; just the normal social amount. The word "responsibility" has a tenor to it which kinda feels off though; this should just happen organically. Each participant involved in the game should be contributing to all of the other participant's fun. Game master or player status does not matter. The players are not solely responsible for the GM's fun and the GM is not solely responsible for the players' fun. If each participant does his/her best to provide fun for the rest of the table then the group as a whole should have a great time.

There are both devil and demon archfiends in the book. Yes, but we've got the top leaders of the demons, and only the second tier leaders of the devils. There is a lack of equivalency. I'm sure there is a devil themed adventure coming up at some point--they gave them just as much attention in the MM and the DMG as they did the demons. They may have given us lesser archdevils in this book because the Lords of the Nine are slated for the adventure.

Fey Step teleports 30' once per short rest. At 3rd level it gains one of four additional effects depending on what "season" you chose. For example, Winter means a creature within 5' of you becomes frightened unless they save. OK, that's all ten questions! I'm out of here for the night! Ooh, that is actually a really fascinating addition to them. Now I must wonder what the others are.

Backgrounds -- two ability boosts, skill feat, lore skill proficiency. If I understand that correctly, I like how lore (knowledge skill) proficiency comes from background. That makes sense. It is a good place to locate knowledge skills, that tend to be less useful in combat.

Whoops, never mind. Perhaps an Amazon-style "People who liked X also liked Y" is his best hope.

I haven't seen Eberron mentioned in the text, but bear in mind that I just got it and haven't read every word, so I can't promise that there is no mention of it. There's no big header that I can see with the word "Eberron" in it. 3/10! 7 to go! They did say Vulkoor that Eberron Drow God is in the book., so maybe it's in the section that discussed Drow Gods.

Because. That's one of ten. I regret nothing.

Apologies. Gith, not Giff. Giff are not a playable race. Sorry! Preorder canceled!

Aha. Yes, in the Star Spawn entry. The Star Spawn are servants and heralds of the Elder Evils. The Elder Evils are beings which exist in realms lethal to mortal life and cannot enter the Material Plane. There's about 3 paragraphs on Elder Evils and five Star Spawn stat blocks, such as the Star Spawn Larva Mage which is like one of those Kyuss servants in Age of Worms. Far Realm? Also, if you want to go all HPL/CoC, Elder Evils should be able to enter the Material Plane, as long as the stars are right, the sacrifices are plentiful, and the music sufficiently atonal.

I'm not seeing anything. Doesn't mean it's not there, but I can't find it. Thank you. It was a little obscure; I didn't want you to be one question shy of your goal.

If there is a mention, I haven't noticed it yet. Do you have any idea where in the book it might be? I think it was after Star Spawn.

Yes. Two subraces. 13 pages of content.Wow... just to be clear this isn't a typo/misunderstanding, the hypo people are a playable race (Not the gith)

Yes. Two subraces. 13 pages of content.Just to be sure: He said Giff (Hippomen from Space), not Gith (Githyanki/zerai). I was told Giff was not a playable race elsewhere.

Oblex Spawn is a Cr 1/4 tiny ooze. Green. Amorphous and Aversion to Fire. Does bludgeoning and psychic damage with its pseudopod attack. Adult Oblex is CR 5, medium. Eat memories does psychic damage and memory drains the target - -1d4 from ability checks or attacks. Each time it increases to d6, d8, etc. until d20 when the victim falls unconscious. Oblex learns all its languages and proficiencies. Sulfurous Impersonation lets it assume the appearance of a memory drained victim. Elder Oblex is CR 10.It sounds like an update on Obliviax... stealing the name of the stuff you make in grade school. Cool. I think I like Obliviax, but I can't seem to remember if I enjoyed using it...

I'm not sure an individual review would have much effect on anything anyway - most people who read reviews read *lots* of reviews (though it depends on the product -- for an electronic product such as a TV or a laptop, people research them in great detail; for a book, not so much). Only an avalanche of bad reviews would really have a notable effect. Each review contributes to the overall buzz, but very few people rely on a single review for a product. Agreed with one Caveat. There are some reviewers I respect enough that they influence me for or against something despite a large number of reviews that recommend the opposite. Also, there have been well-written reviews that have changed my mind on something that I had written off. This usually only goes one way. I think that I'm not going to like something, my intuition enforced by many bad reviews, and a thoughtfully written review convinces me to give it a chance. But the opposite is rarely the case. If there is something I'm convinc...

Which set of names do you like better? The actual names. I published a supplement about Trappist. Each planet populated, all developing within sight of one another (although not reach). Sounds cool, it could be done with a Tekumel/Lost Colony vibe too.