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  1. buddhafrog

    Pathfinder 1E newbie Wizard takes step into a big, scary Pathfinder world

    I'm leaning towards Conjuration school as the 1/2 duration extend is pretty nice and there are good spells I like at all levels, so no worries in filling those bonus slots. There are some offensive damage evocation spells and transmutation spells that I will add to my slots. I'm leaning...
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    Pathfinder 1E newbie Wizard takes step into a big, scary Pathfinder world

    I can't give you more XP, but maybe I could be a Wizard apprentice for the Patryn of Elvenshae?
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    Pathfinder 1E newbie Wizard takes step into a big, scary Pathfinder world

    What is your opinion on the most useful Wizard school? I was thinking of picking Conjuration school but adding in some offensive Evocation spells. I don't envision using the bow often, but at times it might be nice to have. I'll be carrying a rapier as well but will rarely if ever pull that...
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    Pathfinder 1E newbie Wizard takes step into a big, scary Pathfinder world

    Thanks Elvenshae. Incredibly helpful. It *makes sense*. I'll be following a lot of your suggestions. I sure wish I had another feat to take Finesse (have been toying with Human, but will refrain). I will take this eventually for sure, maybe now - I'll have to see what spells I choose...
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    Pathfinder 1E newbie Wizard takes step into a big, scary Pathfinder world

    thanks for your ideas. For the record, my 3rd lvl sorcerer had toughness but couldn't overcome 41 HP damage in two rounds. I have a 17 Int + 2 Elf bonus, +1 4th lvl ability. Re: pipe being too powerful b/c the enemy wouldn't recognize it as the source of magic. By this, do you mean it would...
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    Pathfinder 1E newbie Wizard takes step into a big, scary Pathfinder world

    New to Pathfinder. I've only played D&D4e and AD&D 25 years ago. I'm now on my 5th game of Pathfinder and really like it. I played twice as a half-orc rogue/fighter (who died), then played twice as a human sorcerer (who just died). Damn, this Pathfinder is deadly. So now I will play a...
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    Buying an RPG for ESL classes - Please Help!

    haakon1, I agree. I'm not going to play an "Asian" game. I might, however, play a Korean game, preferably modern days. That would be cool. Maybe combine dread with modern Korean setting, combined with using the students as the characters and turn it into a zombie post-apocalypse. This...
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    D&D in Foreign Languages

    A friend who is part of our recently started Pathfinder campaign in Ulsan, Korea, corrected me on these forums when I said you could never find any D&D products in Korean. He told me he's seen a couple (3.5 I think?). He has it sitting on his shelves to prove it. But I swear, I can't imagine...
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    Buying an RPG for ESL classes - Please Help!

    Without knowing anything else, that sounds awesome. I've heard of Dread but not details. This will be my next research for sure. I thought about this. We even have several hundred Star Wars minis (by the way, this is how we started playing D&D - me buying Star Wars and then D&D minis for my...
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    Buying an RPG for ESL classes - Please Help!

    Thanks again. I'm back after some research with an update. As I said, I'm DM'ing after a 25 year hiatus. I haven't so much as looked through any other rpg in my lifetime. Looking through the suggestions made me feel very uniformed about rpg's in general. Wow, I'm a novice. I've been...
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    Buying an RPG for ESL classes - Please Help!

    You guys are awesome. You've given me lots of homework. I agree that cowboys/indians is pretty universal, but I still worry that some of the details of the setting that would make it more alive/interactive will be missing. This is a possibility though. A lot of suggestions for Traveler -...
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    Buying an RPG for ESL classes - Please Help!

    Thanks Umbran. We use 4e, so Gamma World is one of the options. I was thinking however that another system entirely might be better. Maybe not. Unfortunately the Dresden books would probably be too difficult for almost all of my students. I wish I could do this! Savage Worlds - I could...
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    Buying an RPG for ESL classes - Please Help!

    I teach small ESL classes in Korea. Most classes are between 2-4 middle school students. For the past year, seven+ classes have been playing D&D twice a week. The kids love D&D and it has been great for their conversation skills. It's been an overwhelming success and we will continue playing...
  14. buddhafrog

    Merging Paizo's Kingmaker into an existing 4E game?

    Any more thoughts/reviews/advice/comments from people who are run this in 4e? I'm looking at maybe starting 4e Kingmaker with several ESL classes. I like the kingdom making aspect as far as ESL conversation and homework opportunities and I think kids would get a kick out of building their...
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    D&D 4E Pathfinder's KINGMAKER conversion to 4e?

    thanks - that's the thread I was looking for - 4e, Pathfinder... I sort of forgot to look through the general board. Thanks.
  16. buddhafrog

    D&D 4E Pathfinder's KINGMAKER conversion to 4e?

    I teach ESL and use D&D once or twice a week in seven of my classes. Four of these classes have just completed their campaign and I'm trying to decide what I'll be running for the next one. I've used mostly homebrews (in both Eberron and homebrewed world). For these new classes, I'm leaning...
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    Amazon listing for the Book of Vile Darkness

    I want this (if the reviews are decent). I would like to get some more ideas/examples of how to run stories and bad guys that are "truly evil." If the module/map is good, then together I could see this being pretty nice.
  18. buddhafrog

    Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder Kingmaker background traits conversion

    I'm starting Kingmaker 4e for several ESL classes next week - this is helpful.
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    Essentials has me hyped about D&D again

    Hey hey hey....Is this my cleric friend? Small world, and still find it pretty awesome that we're able to a campaign here in our corner of Korea.
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