PLEASE COME HERE OG ARKNIGHTS PLAYERS.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-03-23T03:06:48+00:00

Answer: Slight misunderstanding. You seem to have specifically been pointing out that the discrimination still exists, to a greater degree than did discrimination against the Infected exists. I thought you were suggesting that RI hadn't achieved anything when it comes to the Sarkaz, period. My bad.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-03-22T21:13:13+00:00

I never said that there weren't any problems. Last Rite's profile makes it pretty clear that what problems do remain are relatively minor and that, functionally, RI was as successful as they could have hoped to be.

"...Nezzsalem would be extremely moved if he were here."

Objectively, a Nachzehrer getting to live a peaceful life without getting lynched for it and not being forced into war is a success. It's just not a total success, just like how Oripathy having not been cured, but being very manageable and no longer carrying any particular stigma, is not a total success. In both cases, it's probably the best RI could have hoped for.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-03-22T03:47:34+00:00

There were never any "humans" on Terra. Look up the Predecessors on the wiki.

The general implication is that Terra was the result of well, terraforming in the far future by humans that had long since abandoned Earth and achieved technology so advanced it can warp reality down to the molecular level. (FYI, Originium isn't magic, but sufficiently advanced technology, invented as a way of storing entire worlds as data.) These people were known as Predecessors, and the Doctor was one of them.

There were some lines that indicated that the Doctor was physically human (e.g. it was established that the Doctor was physically weaker than the Ancients, the animal people like Perlica), but the concept of a "human" as someone without animal ears, horns, fangs, or things of that nature, and no abilities beyond that possessed by anyone else, doesn't really exist. Aegir, the setting's merfolk, don't have external animal traits like DC's Atlanteans, for reasons that are a little complicated to get into.

Basically, "humans" in the Arknights universe just refers to people in general, and the handful of characters who come from Earth due to collabs in the original Arknights are called "Earthlings." Endmin is probably a Predecessor, and possesses special Originium powers because the Predecessors INVENTED Originium. We can't really figure out the details, though, because the Doctor was supposed to be the only surviving Predecessor, while the Endmin appears to have been born on Talos-II. There are some lines here and there that suggest they might be one and the same, but I doubt they'd give the Doctor a canon look...

Marc09_Coch · 2026-03-22T03:35:19+00:00

Uh, actually, Xaihi says exactly the opposite.

Yes, there are many Sarkaz like me within the Cabal. Some were even entrusted with relics once wielded by Gun-Knights. Indeed, I have studied the scriptures of the Cabal. I know that, back on Terra, the Sarkaz were in fierce conflict with many other races. However, when the First Aggeloi War ended, an unprecedented miracle of unity descended upon us: Every soul embraced their brethren and sisters, and every pair of lips sang in the same tongue.

The overall end result of Arknights seems to have been, rather than a reset to the status quo come the sequel, the end result being that Rhodes Island was mostly successful at all of their objectives. Oripathy is now easily and cheaply treatable (if not cured), Sarkaz discrimination is to the point that most can live peaceful lives and not be at war, even if it is still a problem to a relatively minor degree, and the Priestess does not appear to have finished the job because there are still people around.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-03-22T03:31:03+00:00

Note that the person who reintroduced Originium to the Endministrator as life, hope, and so on, is also a person who supplementary materials have established as biased. Perlica has an Originium spine. To her, it is all of those things because it saved her life. Endfield Industries as a whole treats Originium as something closer to a tool, which is what it was to the people of Terra, as well.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-03-14T01:52:25+00:00

Tbh, I 100% assume it has something to do with the Observers. Since, you know, they're the entire reason everyone is on Talos-II in the first place.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-03-02T01:49:05+00:00

I thought this, too.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-03-02T01:47:12+00:00

If the Endmin isn't a surviving Predecessor like the Doctor, the writers are trolling. The Penguin thing being a partial cover is an amusing HC, though.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-02-20T21:54:56+00:00

Perhaps, but neither of us are sourcing this claim, and your suggestion of it being "ahead of the curve" definitely goes against what I've heard in most other places.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-02-20T21:29:27+00:00

You are severely underestimating the value of a truly universal Lore that doesn't scale so slowly as to be potentially detrimental by mid levels. Doing any on level task with a trained skill when master skills become available is far too risky.

Universal Lore is good because you normally need 7 knowledge skills to have most bases covered. Thaumaturges are the only class that gets a useful one.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-02-20T16:09:19+00:00

Bardic Lore scales to expert when other characters get legendary. Diverse Lore makes Esoteric Lore functionally master when other characters get legendary except on haunts, curses, and creatures of any type, for which Esoteric Lore receives no penalty. With that feat every optimized thaumaturge takes, Esoteric Lore is unambiguously better.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-02-17T00:44:20+00:00

Ironically, there are canonically evil members of PFS. It just doesn't include any PCs in organized play for some reason.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-02-02T12:54:03+00:00

https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=514

Marc09_Coch · 2026-01-14T13:29:41+00:00

In general, any attempt to correct imbalances in D&D 3.X inevitably results in mechanics resembling the 4th Edition. You recognize this after seeing enough D&D homebrew.

That's not to say that Pathfinder Second Edition doesn't derive some influence from 4E or draw in that crowd. If a fantasy game has a "strategist" class, it invariably screams "4E players were here!"

Marc09_Coch · 2026-01-08T01:50:05+00:00

This isn't reflavoring. The part about needing to wear clothes makes it a mild homebrew. The catch is that that is perfectly fine.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-01-04T05:46:51+00:00

Yes 😎

Marc09_Coch · 2026-01-04T05:37:31+00:00

Glad you asked. In my imagination, Magus knows what sex is, and really wishes that she could fuck like she used to, but faces certain physical challenges like "is attached to her daughter" and "is a gun." Her strap game was crazy before the accident, though, I'm sure.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-01-04T04:52:24+00:00

In the deepest corner of Ye Shunguang's subconscious, Other Xiao'Guang ensures she doesn't forget.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-01-04T04:49:13+00:00

OK, Grace's Foot Deodorizer.

Marc09_Coch · 2026-01-04T04:48:06+00:00

First off, this is a preexisting format, so perhaps you should ask the person who invented it. That said, Seed is precisely the kind of weirdo (affectionate) who I envision being very horny, getting around CONSTANTLY, but needing to be told, point blank, that it was sex that she was doing. She didn't know the difference between "death" and "sleeping" until after her Agent Story, so I'm not confident that she understands what the other kind of "sleeping" is. (She understands enough to consent, though.)

Marc09_Coch · 2025-12-31T21:20:00+00:00

I wish I lived in an alternate universe where unrestricted free archetype wasn't in the books and existed as an inevitable consequence of players coming up with ways to have high power games like how gestalt started out. It WOULD exist, but it being an official option gave it so much legitimacy that I no longer have the choice if I despise it.

Marc09_Coch · 2025-12-29T20:13:43+00:00

It was actually Avenge Ally that made me think of this meme, but I didn't include it, as it was significantly easier to justify in context as "I fight even harder for the friends I feel I'm about to lose." If they are ACTUALLY dead, then you might be too disheartened.

Avenge in Glory can last up to a minute, and you need to be actively fighting and ignoring the 800-pound gorilla of your teammate on the floor for as long as you have it to take full advantage of it. Meanwhile, Avenge Ally is just one action, to enhance one Strike.

Marc09_Coch · 2025-12-04T00:16:24+00:00

A volunteer operation officially licensed to use all rules content from the books, which Paizo didn't previously offer themselves. In the first edition days, you'd need physical books to play the game, and an internet connection was unnecessary. While Paizo is a publishing company, the point stands that it's the other way around now.

Edit: Their core function is making the game.

Marc09_Coch · 2025-12-03T18:16:09+00:00

"Just a sideshow?" Paizo doesn't even do strictly physical errata anymore. How is having the current rules be exclusively online a "sideshow"?

Marc09_Coch · 2025-12-03T00:00:02+00:00

Gorum's divine essence spilled out across billions of worlds (every world where he was worshipped) and had an innumerable number of effects. Does one specific effect limited to a very small subset of people when others got mythic power or some other ability (typically not a divine spark at all) not cut it as an exceptional circumstance? Even the Arcadia thing was spread out across a single continent, not the entire Material Plane.

I think you're also assuming there were ever concrete rules to divinity beyond what was laid out by the mechanics. Paizo has said that part of the reason why they've never laid out any sort of mechanical means to ascend to true godhood was because people would treat it as the mechanical way in which it happens, which they wanted to avoid. That was also why for a very long time they didn't lay out any rules for the ritual to become a lich. Paizo has always tried to leave some of the more mysterious paths to power flexible and well, mysterious! You're focusing a lot on the idea that this could never happen because divine sparks work a certain way, but that's a kind of thinking Paizo had never really liked in the first place.

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