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  1. LurkMonkey

    Pathfinder 1E List any Pathfinder blogs you know!

    This blog isn't entirely about Pathfinder, but it features a new monster every Friday, often by 2012 Superstar winner Mike Welham: http://mythopoeicrambling.blogspot.com/2012/12/frightful-fridays-mashup-spectacular.html
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    Could Wizards ACTUALLY make MOST people happy with a new edition?

    Interesting thread. I am going to go back to the OP on this one. Apologies if I cover ground already tread. I get a feeling from reading these articles that Mike is trying to brainstorm about game theory and he wants to elicit feedback from his fanbase. It has proven to be a contentious but...
  3. LurkMonkey

    Kobold Quarterly's Dark Roads and Golden Hells

    Sounds like a great project. I always love more planar stuff, and you can't get closer to the source than Mr. Baur.
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    How do you use linguistics in world-building?

    I usually make up a few simple naming conventions for a fictional culture. It's fairly easy if you have a grasp on what last names were originally intended for. Let's start with a concept: The language is called 'Fessic' from the land of Fess. In Fessian culture, the sister's son (nephew) is...
  5. LurkMonkey

    Pathfinder 1E [Pathfinder | AGE System] Midgard Campaign Setting

    I know I am psyched for this. OD has been designing some of the best 3pp content for any system. To have a chance to weigh in on an entire campaign world that will more than likely be popular for decades for less than the price of a dinner for two is a good bargain IMHO. Now I just have to...
  6. LurkMonkey

    What does your ENWorld name mean?

    Although a long-term gamer, I didn't realize until fairly recently (Late 2007ish) just how vibrant the online Pen and Paper community was. Although I had kept buying D&D materials out of nostalgia and a hope of eventually playing (There aren't a lot of resources in my area), I descended into the...
  7. LurkMonkey

    I think TSR was right to publish so much material

    I do remember wondering WTF they were doing when they were pimping that tired property out. I'm sure that cost them a pretty penny.
  8. LurkMonkey

    I think TSR was right to publish so much material

    Oh I absolutely agree. When I mentioned the hobby splitting into subgenres, I didn't mean to infer these subgenres were inferior. On the contrary, I still posit that the 2e era saw some of the best 'fluff' writing, as evidenced by some of the testimonials on this very thread. In fact, I still...
  9. LurkMonkey

    I think TSR was right to publish so much material

    Yep. Kinda what we are discussing :p Sorry to get the date wrong, I don't actually have the books (yet). Fair enough. But the point I was trying to make, whether Jakandor was a setting, a one-off, a new way to sell RPG material, or whatever, was that I never heard of it until last week. And...
  10. LurkMonkey

    I think TSR was right to publish so much material

    LOL. Quite true. Old enough to be grognards, not old enough to be pioneering grognards! ;) Actually, when I was researching the setting after I heard about it, the wiki page on it says there was a planned fourth book that never got published (The upcoming release of 3e might have squashed it)...
  11. LurkMonkey

    I think TSR was right to publish so much material

    Hey man, don't feel bad. I've been playing for 31 years, I have a ton of material and I was active when it was released, and I STILL just learned about the setting last week. But, a lot of folks called it out as their favorite setting over on the 'what D&D campaign world did you most enjoy most'...
  12. LurkMonkey

    I think TSR was right to publish so much material

    Actually, most of the pieces were picked up on eBay and the used book marketplaces, so yeah, TSR got something for them originally, but I didn't buy them 'Mint in Box' as it were. The original point was that even though I loved several of the settings TSR was creating stuff for, I was unable to...
  13. LurkMonkey

    I think TSR was right to publish so much material

    Nope, I misremembered. Thought there was six. Teach me not to Google my facts and try to depend on my memory :.-(
  14. LurkMonkey

    I think TSR was right to publish so much material

    Oh don't get me wrong. I am thrilled they did put out so much stuff. I am a fanboi after all. I should have also mentioned in my original post that I waited until the 3e era to pick up about 50% of the pieces of my collection, so in effect, TSR didn't get any cash for them. I did the same with...
  15. LurkMonkey

    At What Point Does PF Become Its Own System?

    I guess it boils down to what the terms 'game' and 'system' mean. Pathfinder is built on the OGL D20 system. The original purpose of OGL was to make a 'open-source' mechanic that could be utilized by 3rd parties so that they didn't have to reinvent game mechanics over and the could all be used...
  16. LurkMonkey

    Destroy my campaign world

    I kind roughed one up like this as well. I had it as some evil power had caused the sun to morph into a gate to the Negative Material Plane (Rather than the Positive, which was the normal state of things). I had thought that the PCs would have to go on a planar adventure to acquire a Starseed...
  17. LurkMonkey

    Pathfinder 1E Coliseum Morpheuon: High Level Pathfinder

    I am a patron of this project, mainly on the strength of what I have seen from Clinton Boomer in his previous projects. Although I haven't spent a lot of time making suggestions in the patron forums, I have 'lurked' (LOL) there quite a bit, and without revealing any stuff, I just want to say...
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    I think TSR was right to publish so much material

    Holy crap! Rilly? Runs to put copy on eBay
  19. LurkMonkey

    I think TSR was right to publish so much material

    I have a deep sympathy with the OP's assertion, but I think the point of disconnect is what is good from a business point of view vs. a fan point of view. Let's take my all-time favorite 2ed setting: Planescape. I LOVE Planescape. I own everything ever put out for Planescape except for the...
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