They sound fantastic. What's Pathfinder's take on hobgoblins and bugbears? How do they relate to the goblins?
Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination. Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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billytea - Aug 10, 2014 5:42:33 pm PDT #23716 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Kalshane - Aug 11, 2014 5:10:14 am PDT #23717 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Pathfinder bugbears are scary. They're basically the serial killers of the goblinoids. They get off as causing as much pain, fear and suffering as possible before they kill someone.
I haven't had any run-ins with hobgoblins yet but they seem pretty close to their D&D counterparts. Their Bestiary entry is here: [link]
chrismg - Aug 11, 2014 5:43:02 am PDT #23718 of 26134
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
FF14
Laga, I just hit the level cap for the free trial(20) and I was trying to decide if I wanted to just explore, or start a new character, when I realized - In this game you can join guilds for the other combat classes the same way you do the gathering/crafting classes! I could theoretically max out on all the classes with the same character! So I'm working my way through Arcanist now.
Hey, what did you mean when you said tanking was really rough in this game(I, er, haven't run a group quest yet.)?
Laga - Aug 11, 2014 8:09:06 am PDT #23719 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
FFXIV
Ah yes if you're following the story line... I don't want to give too much away. A thing happens that ends up in you visiting (I think you started in Ul Dah so...) Gridania and Limsa Lominsa. Then you'll be asked to go back to Limsa to deal with some pirates. I think the quest is called "It's Probably Pirates". This sends you to a dungeon called Satasha via the Duty Finder. The low level dungeons all require four players, a Tank, a healer, and two DPS. As Tank it is your job to get all the aggro (called enmity in this game.) However baddies tend to attack whoever is causing the most damage (DPS) and anyone who throws Healing Spells (your healer). When I'm tanking I find I am constantly losing enmity.
chrismg - Aug 13, 2014 6:57:34 am PDT #23720 of 26134
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
World of Warcraft is going to be setting up some kind of in-world memorial for Robin Williams.
Which reminds me, Laga, I don't think I ever thanked you properly for showing me the Gygax memorial in D&D Online.
Laga - Aug 13, 2014 10:07:52 am PDT #23721 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
aw you're very welcome.
I didn't find out RW was an avid WoW player until yesterday.
Kalshane - Aug 13, 2014 5:04:18 pm PDT #23722 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I didn't find out RW was an avid WoW player until yesterday.
I didn't know either, though I knew he was a D&D player when he was younger. I also didn't realize he grew up locally. (Chicago burbs).
Laga - Aug 16, 2014 5:13:51 am PDT #23723 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The more dungeons I run as DPS the more I think maybe I'm not such a bad tank after all. At least I try to turn the mobs away from the party. More and more I find myself running with tanks who just charge straight in and, as my best attacks are from the flank or the rear, I find I have to run around or through the mob to get in position. Some tanks keep shifting back and forth so I can't even try to use my rear attack because by the time I set it up I never know what position the enemy will be in.
billytea - Aug 25, 2014 2:55:10 pm PDT #23724 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
D&D: I've now read through the PHB, once at least, and I like it quite a lot. A few encouraging signs of the times:
Artwork. Females depicted in the book are dressed and posed sensibly. Characters aren't all white, and the styles of armour and clothing and such aren't all European.
In the character creation info, it has a couple of paragraphs with some very inclusive language about choice of gender identity, sexuality and such.
amych - Aug 25, 2014 3:01:26 pm PDT #23725 of 26134
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
In the character creation info, it has a couple of paragraphs with some very inclusive language about choice of gender identity, sexuality and such.
So happy about this! I* haven't had a chance to check out the full PHB yet, let alone play the new rules, but some of the gender expression stuff was in the preview/starter-pack whatsis, and I'm so glad to hear they're following through with other signs o' the times in the full game as well.
* by which I mean my half-orc butch, Petunia, of course.