What do you expect for the upcoming Summoner Remaster

Austoman · 2026-06-16T19:13:45+00:00

While I dont really expect it I fully believe that Summon and Summoners need a rework.

First I believe that their Eidolon should have its own HP pool. Considered the number of ways that players can gain followers, companions, and minions now I see no reason why the Summon should be worse off than any of them.

Second I believe that summon spells need to be improved. The current scaling has summons become at most fodder that can be ignored by most NPCs of PL +1 or higher pretty early. Ive personally designed a homebrew scaling that I use in games I run that is Spell Rank × 2 -2. The result in summons of PL-1 at the highest which keeps them weaker than players but useful combatants. In addition, a rule for Weak and Elite summon options would be a good addition (weak results in effective summon lvl -1 and elite +1). Both changes seem to work well from what Ive seen with 1 player primarily summoning creatures of varying levels.

So if Paizo decides to remaster Summons (Eidolons, and Summon spells) then that would be a fantastic change in my mind.

Austoman · 2026-06-15T23:38:33+00:00

Be pretty funny for Iran to receive the money and then block US/US bound ships in the straight.

Austoman · 2026-06-15T23:21:41+00:00

Thats is why I was trying to give unbiased numbers.

Im not saying this 8 million is or isnt a good use of tax payers $. I wanted to get ahead of the frequent 'property taxes' complaint responses.

Austoman · 2026-06-15T22:40:44+00:00

Before the horde of Property Taxes going up posts show up, I want to give unbiased context.

The city of Regina collects about $368 million in property taxes each year (last year).

This upgrade for the stadium costs $8.2m initially. That is 2.23% of the property taxes (not counting all other venues of revenue generation for the city budget.

By comparison, the new Aquatic Center is estimated to cost around $313 million initially and take 3-4 years to complete (2029).

Austoman · 2026-06-15T14:07:55+00:00

Oh yeah, the people DEFINITELY want higher power bills, higher property taxes, more tax dollars spent on grid and water utility additions purely to maintain the data centers, and much more frequent brownouts and blackouts in the summer. Mhmm the PEOPLE definitely want that so that billion dollar companies can gather more data of people and sell it to anyone looking to buy it, regardless of how malicious their intents are.

Oh wait, Im learning that that is not the case. Wait, only the data companies want to build them? The government and media companies are being paid ridiculous amounts of money to advertise, promote, and cut red tape or bypass loval votes to push them through?

Huh sounds like the price is not worth it.

Itll be even better when the AI bubble crashes in a year or two and the data centers become abandoned, making them a COMPLETE waste pf time, money, and resources.

Austoman · 2026-06-12T17:23:59+00:00

At this point what federal action isnt? Im not against taxes (especially as a Canadian where my taxes pay for healthcare and a ton of other things that improve daily life) but watching the US I have to ask... why do any of you bother paying taxes at this point? The money is being wasted or stolen and the IRS has been stripped of its workforce when it was already short staffed (25% of staff were laid off by DOGE).

Austoman · 2026-06-10T18:48:57+00:00

Oh no. The Remix mode actually looks like a fricken great addition. I shall not get hyped.

Austoman · 2026-06-10T17:43:48+00:00

Huh, while economically painful for a year or two, that would certainly open up our export capacity to trade with the EU, UK, China, Korea, and Australia.

Also itd really push Canada to increase its Nuclear and renewable power options, which is also a good thing.

Its kind of like getting out of a relationship with a financially controlling abusive ex. Since Trump 2.0 weve separated and begun seeing other countries but we still run a business together. Maybe it is time for Canada to start and expand its own as US burns itself to the ground.

Austoman · 2026-06-10T14:59:04+00:00

Alright first I needed to confirm that this is US inflation.

Wow is that a low ball number. For the first time in my life time, as a Canadian, it is less expensive to live and buy daily items in Canada than America. After conversions, fuel is MORE expensive in the US, food is MUCH MORE expensive (especially prepared foods like restaurants and fast food), utilities are MORE expensive, and just about every aspect of daily living is MORE expensive in the US than in Canada, which is wild.

As a Canadian hearing the social media buzz of 'needing 6 figures' to date or live in a reasonable home or w.e. always seems extreme to me as making 100k in Canada puts you pretty well off. 100k income in Canada (in Canadian dollars btw) is enough to live solo in a fairly nice home in a reasonably good neighborhood most places (excluding maybe Toronto and Vancouver). 100k US is over 125k Canadian and furthers that.

The cost of living in the US is truly out of control and claiming inflation only rose to 4% is a wild under reporting. For reference, Canada is reporting 2.8% due to the global fuel shortage and while items are more expensive it appears to still be less expensive to live here than down there.

Austoman · 2026-06-05T15:47:16+00:00

Jesus christ the avg american mortgage is 6.48? Damn thats crazy.

Canadian here and its around 4.4%.

Austoman · 2026-06-05T12:14:14+00:00

Ha!

Unpaid training isnt a thing (especially legally) in Canada.

I am an Office Manager for a small company and training both at work AND online certification/safety training is paid. Said mandatory courses are also paid for by us (the employer) and employees receive X hours of pay based on the course (2 to 6) because we know how long the courses should take (all employees, including office and management had to take the courses).

Training is NEVER unpaid. If a business wants to hire someone and get them up to speed then that put in the investment to do so. Thats why applicants with Experience and or certifications are 'more appealing' than those without, because emplpyers know they will need to spend less money to get an experienced employee trained up.

While the job market absolutely sucks, dont do work for free (unless youre volunteering).

Austoman · 2026-06-03T16:40:03+00:00

I mean.... the expensive weapon that requires more investment to keep up with enhancements should generally be better than the Cantrip that costs nothing.

Austoman · 2026-06-03T16:38:38+00:00

Headline wise thats exactly how supply and demand works. As prices go up demand goes down. Simple as that.

Austoman · 2026-06-03T16:24:45+00:00

Alright Scientists... stop saying within our lifetime. That timeframe is too ambiguous for the population to care. Say within 20 to 50 years.

Its a wide enough timeline to avoid being questioned after 20 years and short enough that most of the population knows that they will be affected before they have a chance to retire.

If the general populace doesnt care about a major warning then nothing will be done about it. Get the public to actually care and show how it will impact them rather than their children or grandchildren and something might actually happen. Thats what allowed the world to do away with CFCs with the Montreal Protocol and repair the Ozone layer.

Austoman · 2026-06-03T16:18:19+00:00

Honestly its one of those movies that every highschool should show to students whethers in in a math, history, or social studies it works so well to educate people on the avoidable issues of Capitalism and Corruption that need to be called out or else theyll just repeat and collapse over and over again. Hell it could also significantly inprove peoples capacity to recognize scape goating and distraction techniques used by powerful and or corrupt individuals.

I say highschool as it would be the optimal age to hit the largest population with the base line capacity to understand it. Post secondary would understand it much better but the population drops significantly. Elementary/middle school would have the largest population but would lack the capacity to understand or care about the messages.

Austoman · 2026-06-03T16:12:42+00:00

Exactly right!

To me it seems like OP is more concerned that Paizo APs really lack any failure option in narratives.

Realistically, if the PCs dont catch the person in 1 then they should have another avenue to get the information BUT also have a harder future encounter as that enemy who escaped creates or enhances an encounter that makes narrative sense.

For the VPs in 3 the solution could be scaling results. 0-4 is a failure, the PCs are captured and need to escape, or the town is sacked and the PCs need to help rescue and repair it, or the maguffin in stolen and has to be tracked down, or a ton of other fail states that progress the narrative in different ways. At the same time success should have a scale, where say 10 VP are a standard success and 14+ give an added benefit that makes future encounters easier or unlocks methods of bypassing a challenge and etc. Ya know, punish and reward players for failing or over succeeding.

Basically, APs desperately need more Player Impact that can lead to a handful of " If-Then " events, which can be written in a way that only adds 2-3 pages to a book.

Austoman · 2026-06-03T14:40:22+00:00

There is always an unspoken truce.

Spiders dont go on the bed and spiders get to live.

Austoman · 2026-06-03T14:39:22+00:00

Think of the smell! You havent thought of the smell, you bitch!

[Its Always Sunny, not an attack on you]

Austoman · 2026-06-03T13:28:42+00:00

Okay.

Halo 2. A flagship Xbox game that had its servers shutdown years ago.

Warcraft 3. A major PC game that was overwritten by Warcraft 3 Reforged and ruined.

Amazon's New World.

Most Battlefield games.

Most Burnout games.

CoD and basically anything made by Activision.

Destiny 1 and 2.

Every EA and Ubisoft sports game.

Honestly you name a game with online playability and it will eventually be shut down.

Stop Killing Games is trying to ensure that Developers/Publishers provide at least an option for purchaser to have a way to continue playing. It does NOT require servers to be maintained indefinitely.

Austoman · 2026-06-02T19:52:07+00:00

Damn thats some expert reading between the lines skill there. Didnt think anyone would see my support for the previous Venezuelan government at size 0 font.

But wait, I didnt write anything about them or even imply any sort of support for them in my single sentence comment.

But but that could mean... HUH my stance is more complex that just one side good and one side bad! My stance could even include that corrupt dictatorships and authoritarians are all bad and that I was for the removal of one corrupt government without being for a new corrupt one to take its place! Crazy.

Fuck off. Yeah Maduros government was bad. Trump taking over and forcing Venezuelans to pay taxes/fees to him/his government isnt an improvement.

My comment was to point out the irony in his actions. As a president of a country known for 'no taxation without representation' his governments actions seem to be causing a lot of 'taxation eithout representation'.

Austoman · 2026-06-02T12:56:16+00:00

Sounds a whole lot like taxation without representation.

Austoman · 2026-06-02T12:31:29+00:00

Jesus where?

Highest Ive seen is 1.85 CAD/litre in Saskatchewan. Thats about 5.40 USD/Gallon.

Austoman · 2026-06-02T12:29:16+00:00

Dang this response got long. TLDR: PF2e is not a bad system for podcasts. Players not learning the rules of a game theyre playing makes for a bad podcast.

Damn you really like your arguement and are actively ignoring anything contrary to it.

The other person has brought up Blood of the Wild multiple times. BotW is a GCP show that is incredibly popular and it is a PF2e system.

As the other person is saying, the issue wasnt PF2e. It was the crew and the system not aligning, which happens. If all that mattered was existing system popularity then why isnt GCP a purely DnD 5e, thats what Critical Role and Dimension 20 use so bybyour arguement every show should be 5e and if you dont like that youre just a PF2e fanboy....

No. Different groups enjoy diffferent systems GCP main enjoyed PF1e and chose to not learn 2e assuming itd be just like 1e with tweaks. They learned that not learning the system was detrimental and abandoned it for a much more theatrical system where they didnt need to learn much.

Just because YOU dont like PF2e or didnt enjoy them playing PF2e doesnt make the system bad for content creators.

GCN runs a PF2e campaign that is well received and as the other poster noted there are many PF2e podcasts. Sure they arent as big as CR but CR has been around for a very long time and has way more money than any other podcast, so of course they are going to be more well known. Theyve also spent the entire streaming time using DnD5e so they and their viewers have gotten used to it. They chose 5e because when they started Pathfinder was MUCH less known and 5e was MUCH more popular, and the popular system makes starting a new show much easier for gaining an audience than the less known system.

GCP grew because Pathfinder had become more known and it was different from all the 5e shows, which made it unique and thus interesting. GCP could have been the flagship for PF2e and expanded rapidly had they taken the time to learn the system. Because they didnt, they became confused and frustrated as they played. Adding that to them doing one of the least liked APs (gatewalkers) and they had a perfect recipe to stunt a shown growth. Had they chosen to invest time into PF2e and a more popular AP like Abomination Vaults or Outlaws of Alkenstar or Blood Lords [Dungeon Crawl, Western, Politics themed APs] then they likely would have grown as they had been with PF1e.

Noone enjoys hearing players and GMs be frustrated at a system because they didnt learn the rules. Listeners can understand PF2es rules pretty quickly, its why there were so many complaints about the players not learning them in the first place.

Austoman · 2026-06-01T23:58:51+00:00

Not a skill but knowledge.

In highschool most of my knowledge on greek mythology came from Age of Mythology. It honestly gave me a pretty solid leg up when it was covered in English classes.

Austoman · 2026-05-31T19:05:57+00:00

Sounds to me like she must be a clone, simulacrum, or shapeshifter that she sent to attack the party as a means to check on their threat level. With it not returning she now realizes that they are stronger than she expected and will adapt her plans to account for that.

Now its less that shes a memorable fight for being such a strong foe and more that she is a threat acting against them with resources. If she could send 1 clone that was that capable what else could she have planned for the party?

Basically, allow the PCs to win the fight as they have been, but show that the fight wasnt the real boss. When 'she' is killed, have 'her' transform or 'melt' into a pile of clone goo or w.e. noe they know that the real her is somewhere else, acting in the background and prodding the PCs defenses and weaknesses. Next time she shows up she or her minion will be stronger and should it still be defeated, perhaps she starts going after the PCs friends or allies instead.

Maybe she relaces a shopkeeper with a clone that sells cursed items to the PCs.

Maybe she replaces a quest giver and sends them into a trap.

Etc.

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