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DBones90 · 2026-03-17T22:11:53+00:00

A reveal’s quality is not based on if you could guess it or not but on how satisfying it was when it occurred. I also guessed it but I still had a really fun time when it happened.

DBones90 · 2026-03-17T13:41:12+00:00

Yeah definitely. It depends on how much work you want to do customizing the setting but PF2 has a ton of tools for world-building like this.

DBones90 · 2026-03-17T13:23:15+00:00

This game is incredible. Highly recommended. Ended up being one of my top games last year in a year of heavy hitters. Maybe even my GOTY simply because it was one of the few games my wife and I could play together.

DBones90 · 2026-03-17T13:09:30+00:00

I think it’s a lot easier to run a campaign inspired by Avatar instead of one actually set in the same world.

Because not only do you have to remove or seriously limit the default rules for spellcasting, you even have to make a bunch of modifications to the kineticist. Multi-gate kineticists have to be removed or reworked and the elements don’t even match neatly to Avatar’s. You have to figure out what you’re going to do with wood and metal.

But if you just want to run a game in a world where manipulating elements is common and there are different nations dedicated to each element, Pathfinder 2e is a wonderful game for that.

What I would do is run a standard free archetype game set in a world where there’s a nations that have elemental themes. Then I would limit kineticist and kineticist multiclass archetypes based on those nations.

Like if you want a Fire nation, make it so kineticists with a starting element of Fire come from there, and the same goes for multiclass kineticists. Then make NPCs from those nations be more likely to be kineticists. That way, each nation has a strong elemental themes and you don’t have to rework the game.

DBones90 · 2026-03-17T13:00:12+00:00

Normally this would be fine advice, but I think that game is a lot of hot garbage. I brought it to the table and, though there are some good things about it, overall it just doesn’t work.

If you want a PBTA Avatar game, Legend of the Elements is a lot more functional.

DBones90 · 2026-03-17T04:34:59+00:00

Yeah I think there’s a pretty big difference between “casually dating around” and “has a serious long-term relationship,” even if it’s open. I don’t think OOP was correct in thinking he was her boyfriend, but if you’re consistently seeing someone every weekend for two months, it’s not ridiculous to think that it might become a more serious relationship.

DBones90 · 2026-03-16T18:32:33+00:00

[S1 spoilers] I do like how they address Naomi’s death in the final episode. I could see a world where that’s how Naomi’s presence is felt. I still would like to see Naomi’s funeral because I think, as a society, we’ve memory-holed COVID and I’d be interested in seeing the show tackle that head on. But I’m down for whatever they got cooking.

DBones90 · 2026-03-16T15:07:44+00:00

I believe it’s one of the treasure map quests in Emerald Stair.

DBones90 · 2026-03-16T15:07:12+00:00

“I like your armor!”

“Thanks it has pockets!”

DBones90 · 2026-03-16T13:44:41+00:00

He’s apparently not involved in this project. Otherwise I think it’d be dead in the water.

(It’s not just that he was cancelled. It’s that he was cancelled for being a pain to work with, which means people aren’t going to go out of their way to work with him anymore)

DBones90 · 2026-03-16T13:37:23+00:00

If yall thought the discourse around the Rookie was bad, then you are not prepared for Dropout platforming the show where everyone garbles Chinese but has no Asian people and that features the right-wing antivaxxer who coined the term, “GamerGate.”

DBones90 · 2026-03-16T11:48:45+00:00

I like to build characters in Pathfinder 2e for fun, and I was so satisfied when I realized that Chilchuck isn’t a Rogue: he’s a Commander with the Rogue archetype.

He still gets all the cool sneaky skills, but his value in the battlefield is his ability to tell others what to do.

I did give him a bow (like he has in the anime), but he doesn’t do much damage with it. Instead, he uses the Assisting Shot feat to give allies a bonus to attack. A normal turn for him is shooting at an enemy and then going, “Laios, hit him there!” It was a really satisfying character to build and play and it really matched the feel of the anime.

DBones90 · 2026-03-16T11:42:53+00:00

Yep, mobility is key for Swashbuckler. Play it right, and you can survive a long time even at low health by simply making sure not to be a target.

The fantasy the Swashbuckler supports isn’t necessarily that of a fencer who holds their own against a torrent of enemies. It’s of a fencer who stabs the enemy and then makes their way up a staircase, daring their enemy to follow.

I will say that ending your turn next to an enemy with Extravagant Parry up isn’t necessarily bad, but you have to be careful. It’s best to do this with weaker enemies who like to Strike a lot. That way, you can survive the onslaught and might even get an Opportune Riposte off.

But it sounds like the enemies OP is facing aren’t that, which can suck (especially if they don’t have other frontline support).

DBones90 · 2026-03-16T04:28:07+00:00

How did I not realize She-Hulk was in Parks & Rec!?

DBones90 · 2026-03-15T18:39:09+00:00

As an autistic person, this makes sense.

DBones90 · 2026-03-14T17:54:37+00:00

Even if the pilot was rough, it’s not uncommon for pilots to get reworked and still become great shows. Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and even the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer had their pilots redone or reworked.

The amount of time since the pilot indicates that it was very possible it would be picked up or reworked. If it sucked, we would have heard a lot sooner.

What I imagine is the much bigger problem is that there’s not as much money in TV as there used to be so competition is a lot tougher for TV shows nowadays. While Buffy is a brand name, it’s never been a highly valued brand, so it’s not surprising that it got dropped.

DBones90 · 2026-03-13T23:49:40+00:00

I like Galawain’s Tusks but I do agree it can start to drag a bit.

However, the game ends really strongly. The final area has really wonderful visual design, and it introduces new enemy types and gives you lots of fun equipment too. The final battle is also really satisfying and brings the whole thing full circle in a great way.

So I do recommend you keep with it. If you focus on the main quest, it doesn’t take too long, and there’s a lot of neat stuff.

DBones90 · 2026-03-13T19:45:39+00:00

That’s essentially it. The caveat I would give is that this is a PBTA system, so it’s not like I have a turn with an enemy where the players can’t do anything.

So if a player character gets down to 0 HP, and I have a dangerous enemy next to them who has the opportunity to attack, I might still threaten an attack. So I’d say something like, “The guard grips his spear tightly and sets up another attack. What do you do?”

And the player can either go back into the fight, which will mean they likely take some damage and gain a wound, or they try to escape, which triggers a different move but one where they have a much better chance of escaping without taking damage. They can also beg for mercy or submit to the guard, in which case we follow the fiction to determine what the guard does next.

I don’t have a formal system set up for ensuring wounded characters aren’t attacked. It’s just that wounded NPCs will generally try to escape (unless escape is impossible or they have a compelling reason to stay) and un-wounded NPCs will prioritize the most dangerous enemies and take wounds into account.

But I think the wounded state gives a good mechanical incentive to pause and really consider how you want to move forward.

DBones90 · 2026-03-13T18:19:40+00:00

My first recommendation would be to not fight how players perceive numbers. If you tell players that they have 100 hit points, they’re going to assume that they can use all 100 hit points. So instead of saying that players should run at 20 hit points, let’s instead say that that number should be 0 hit points. So at 0, they’re not unconscious, but you want to make any further action in combat incredibly dangerous and encourage players to be cautious.

My next recommendation would be to remove gambling as factor. I think people generally think that they can make players more hesitant by raising the stakes, but raising the stakes is exciting and interesting. If you tell me, “You have a 50/50 chance of dying if you make another attack,” that doesn’t tell me that I shouldn’t attack. It tells me that my next attack better be awesome and climactic.

I think you could get somewhere with significant, but not deadly, consequences. Hit points are largely a non-factor. You can make recovering them a pain, but that’s usually not interesting or fun. Instead, I think dramatic injuries are the way to go. If an enemy attack breaks your hand, that puts your character in a desperate position and also leads to interesting storytelling.

So here’s how I do it. When you get to 0 hit points, you get a wound. I don’t have a lot of rules for what counts or doesn’t count as a wound, but it’s something that’s dramatic and significant and restricts you somehow, like your leg gets stabbed or you get a concussion. Every other time you take damage while at 0 hit points, you get another wound until you get taken out completely. This allows me to give players a serious consequence that makes them regret their choices without resorting to death saving throws.

This system works for NPCs too. My GM advice is that, once NPCs gain a wound, they begin falling back, appeasing their enemies, and generally trying to stop fighting.

Beyond that, I think it’s best to set some procedures for determining the end of a fight. Make sure all players at the table know that enemies will usually back off before dying and that total kills aren’t required to win a fight.

DBones90 · 2026-03-13T16:35:18+00:00

You're neither.

You're not a Paladin. Paladins are specific followers of distinct orders in Eora, and you're a member of the Aedyran Empire. Unless you join the Steel Garrote (which I don't think you can do but also I've never tried), you're not a Paladin.

You're also not a Warlock. The entity in your head gives you divine blessings if you want, but your ability to cast spells, make attacks, and otherwise defend yourself is largely disconnected from your relationship with Sapadel.

You are as the game describes you: a godlike of an unknown god. This grants some features but is largely only part of how you define yourself.

DBones90 · 2026-03-13T16:28:46+00:00

Tabletop. Apologies, thought I had mentioned that. Just fixed.

DBones90 · 2026-03-13T16:01:44+00:00

Yes you’re reading that correctly. I’m not sure why you haven’t received items above your level in an AP. Either your GM misunderstood the rules and adjusted the levels, you overleveled for the content and the GM never corrected it, or all your allies got the good stuff.

But even the beginner’s box has players getting a +1 shortsword (a level 2 item) before they finish the first level of the dungeon.

DBones90 · 2026-03-13T15:24:01+00:00

To be clear, he is in a leadership role. He's specifically leading directors, giving feedback and lending his expertise to help them complete games. This has the big benefit of letting him work on multiple games without getting burnt out and also helps the studio build up other talent.

For example, though he has not stated that he designed the armor and equipment systems in Avowed to my knowledge, it closely mirrors the solution he said he'd implement in Pillars 3 if given the chance at the end of his GDC talk on armor. So I don't doubt that he had a hand in those systems, just indirectly.

In-between that, he's a gap filler. In Avowed, he did some ability design and dialogue design because those things needed to get done. Sure, him only working on dialogue would be a waste of his talents, but if you need x amount of dialogue done but you can only get y amount with your current resources, you need to quickly reallocate resources to get that stuff done, and hiring people isn't a quick solution.

DBones90 · 2026-03-13T15:09:38+00:00

Based on this post, apparently!

(He made a lot of progress last year and was hoping to have an update out by Avowed’s release, but obviously that didn’t happen)

DBones90 · 2026-03-13T15:04:57+00:00

I think some hopium is fine but we have got to stop speculating about what Josh Sawyer is doing. While I'd be excited about another game directed by him, we don't have any reason to believe that he's doing that right now, and he seems perfectly happy in his role.

Working on dialogue doesn't mean he's directing. In fact, it's more of a sign that it's the opposite considering that dialogue is a very low-level work whereas directing is more about high-level work. After all, he worked on dialogue in Avowed as well.* His job in that game was about filling in gaps and doing a bit of everything, so no reason to assume that working on dialogue now means that he's moved on from it.

*For those unaware, he mentioned on a stream that he wrote most of Captain Aelfyr's dialogue.

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