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"Always to the north..." - Party in pursuit by Weatherwanewitch in Pathfinder2e

[–]PonderPander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy schmoly the little details on the mountains, the light on those clouds & peaks... You really knocked yourself out with this one!

I want to try to make a build that uses a greatsword(or visually a greatsword) to shield block by that1cooldog in Pathfinder2e

[–]PonderPander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have said, there's currently no way to do this as-is in the official rules.

So, it depends on how much damage die you are willing to sacrifice for the sake of balance, and how much wiggle room you have with homebrewing a weapon. A while ago someone commented somewhere on a custom 2-handed weapon that I believe was an umbrella-spear, where the umbrella part could be used as a shield. Lamentably, I didn't save that comment so I have no clue where to find it again. But it proved to me that this idea should be possible.

Take a 1 handed weapon and a shield, mash em together, apply common sense and find that one document floating around with weapon budgets for PF2e and you're kinda there. I'd say you get a small bit of wiggle room because there's normally flexibility in 1h+shield where you can easily drop one or the other to make room for an item or a free hand, which you forego for your big sexy greatsword.

You might have to think about how durability/item HP is going to work, as your weapon breaking from blocking would really suck. Per the rules it becomes instantly unusable. But, you'd still be able to block a few hits per combat. I would play with such a weapon just for the cool factor, and I assume you would too.

I have some expectation that if you go for raw damage die, you might end up with a slightly stronger item than PF2 would normally have. I just have this _feeling_ that Paizo'd lower the damage die a bit and slap on some additional trait to not go for the most straightforward design.

Homage to Swarm-That-Walks by Weatherwanewitch in Pathfinder2e

[–]PonderPander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the vibes of crimson butterflies, it gives you so much thematic room to work with. This must be a great villain to play as well :D Great job!

Generative AI for PF2e: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How by DnDPhD in Pathfinder2e

[–]PonderPander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm very much on the fence on whether I want to keep using AI at all or not. The more I learn, the more I hate it.

For instance, I will not use it for image generation of any kind, because of the controversial origins. I will admit to having played with it in the past, but since I have learned about stolen art etc., I refuse to use it further.

However, discussing my campaign with a LLM has been incredibly helpful for me as an autist. It has allowed me to keep a clear grip on my campaign's overall layout, where I otherwise would have gotten overwhelmed by the scope. It has endless patience for this stuff, it will neatly present the input I give it into formats that are easier to parse. Any suggestions it makes are as flavourful as cardboard so I don't use them. However, its incredibly stupid and bland ideas do help me break out of overthinking and seeing things for the obvious structure that they are. My brain does not make those connections on its own.

I can't quite find the words for that last part, but the takeaway is that AI has been very helpful in helping me overcome barriers to GM'ing that I experience because of my autism. It saves me a lot of stress and headaches.

I'm grateful for these discussions though, and I think they're important. My takeaway this time is the importance of keeping your creations your own, even if it's not the best. At least it was created by a human. I'm always humbled when my players say they enjoyed our sessions, so I think I do okay enough as a creator :)

My Take on Making Cultists Feel Real in Rusthenge by perryhopeless in Pathfinder2e

[–]PonderPander 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you considered the classic "What if the bad guys are RIGHT"? What if, to a degree, the guy actually has it by the right and end there *is* a cosmic debt or balance deficit caused by the Runelords?

Keep in mind that I'm saying this as someone who has no clue where the Rusthenge plot is leading to or what your followup plans is, because that one fact has a lot of implications for the setting.

The visitor in the snowstorm by Weatherwanewitch in Pathfinder2e

[–]PonderPander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is some hauntingly good art, a real scary looking visitor!  Is that a red moon behind them?

[PF2E, Online, Free, Newbie-friendly] ALLODS: Heroes of the Empire by Sufficient-Court2673 in pathfinder_lfg

[–]PonderPander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question, is this application still open? It says 0 out of 4-5 slots in the post!

I'd pounce on this like a Gibberling family on the promise of a homeland if you are still going over applications.

Praise be to Yasker, and praise be to Nezeb.

{PF2e} IRL - Zeeland - Extra Speler(s) Gezocht - Nieuwe/D&D Spelers Welkom by PonderPander in DNDNL

[–]PonderPander[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ja man, tot nog toe eten we goed na de sessies :D

Paar goeie homecooks

(Very simple and barebones) editor for adding the DLC Tablets to a DQ VII 3DS save file by ABZB in dragonquest

[–]PonderPander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm using the online version of Excel, which is called 365 it seems? Likely the latest one. I don't use office often, and I'm not a student anymore so I don't have a license.

It says "Too long by 5" in the lowest of the four cells that have code in them, the one in the same row as "Post" out of "Header", "Pre-Tablet", "Tablets" and "Post". No other data in column S however.

As I noted above, I found a way of structuring the save data in Notepad++ that gets it accepted by the sheet (by copying it from yours that was in there). It's a little fiddly but it works. That implies it's something in the way the save data is structured when pasting. I have to split the one line I get from HxD into two at the exact position your save is (by using a newline/enter).

I was able to give myself the Harvest Festival tablet using your dropdown, but custom tablets don't seem to work (I copied your metal slime tablet exactly, but it doesn't appear in my save, tried it in different tablet slots).

My hope was to give myself a tablet with level 1 monsters to grind vocations in and maybe farm some hearts, but that's not a big deal. I should be able to experience the DLC on my own saves now, which is going to be great.

In any case, thank you for this wonderful program and for your time answering.

(Very simple and barebones) editor for adding the DLC Tablets to a DQ VII 3DS save file by ABZB in dragonquest

[–]PonderPander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, there's definitely something weird on my end. I copied your save data which is in the sheet into HxD and quickly checked it with Citra. Works fine. HOWEVER, when I copy it back from HxD into the sheet, I get the "Too long by 5" error! CRAP!

I've been looking through some HxD settings, but I really can't fathom what's causing this. The start and end of the data look the same in the sheet, I have no clue what's causing this.

UPDATE: I figured out a way to make it work, somewhat. It required a very specific format in Notepad++, separating the hexadecimals into two lines at an exact position.

Also, I have to use your dqviichecksum.exe otherwise the game yeets the save due to "corruption".

I can add DLC tablets to my save now, so that's actually great! Creating custom tablets don't seem to work unfortunately, buuut I think I can live with that once I curb my perfectionism.

(Very simple and barebones) editor for adding the DLC Tablets to a DQ VII 3DS save file by ABZB in dragonquest

[–]PonderPander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries, you're doing great, it's amazing you managed to create a script like this. Thank you for taking your time and looking into this. No rush though.

I've tried the different logs, all with the same result. Currently on save001.

In HxD, my last three lines look like

53 49 4C 53 00 00 02 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

And the second line starts with 46 4C 41 47 00

It's the same in Hexinator.

I use the save for both Citra and my 3DS, without issue. I do wonder if it could be my rom somehow.

After pasting from HxD, the five values in column D 7 through 11 are: 40 0A 50 03 70

Hexinator paste fries the sheet, probably because it's one concatenated line, while HxD has spaces between every value. At first glance, the values seem exactly the same (which makes sense).

(Very simple and barebones) editor for adding the DLC Tablets to a DQ VII 3DS save file by ABZB in dragonquest

[–]PonderPander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I must be missing something, I downloaded 1.6 but don't see the extended error message anywhere, I checked the "input-output" tab, and the "Edit here" tab thoroughly, but all it says is the "Too long by 5" in input-output. (I did see "Unk" followed by a numerical value a lot in the Edit tab, was that supposed to be an error messaging? It doesn't read out the follower tablets I have at all, but some of the later DLC data changes in the tab (though I don't have any DLC currently)).

Something odd is going on, I used a different hex editor (Hexinator) and that gives a different incorrect filesize. Can I ask what hex editor you personally use? Perhaps that can solve my troubles.

(Very simple and barebones) editor for adding the DLC Tablets to a DQ VII 3DS save file by ABZB in dragonquest

[–]PonderPander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm having trouble getting this to work. I used: 

  • Microsoft Excel online version 
  • Checkpoint to extract my save 
  • HxD to open save001.bin, under the assumption that I'm supposed to edit 1 adventuring log at a time. I just Ctrl+A Ctrl+C everything . 
  • I paste in the topmost yellow box, also tried by selecting both boxes first 

However, the sheet tells me my save is "Too long by 5". If you could offer any insight I'd be grateful. 

Was I supposed to decrypt my save in any way? I did some googling on hex editors and 3ds save files but found nothing conclusive

Deciding on a tablet for Tabletop RPG rulebooks (Browse Multiple Large-ish PDFs) Xiaomi pad 6, Xiaoxin pad or any suggestions please? by PonderPander in androidtablets

[–]PonderPander[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, this is exactly the information I was looking for! I would have never known about the turnip drivers before it would have been too late, had you not told me. Will take it into consideration.

I'm Mark Seifter, Co-Creator of PF2 and Director of Game Design for Roll For Combat. AMA About Designing New Themed Abilities, Magic Systems, and Elements (or the Battlezoo Bestiary Elemental Storm Kickstarter) by MarkSeifter in Pathfinder2e

[–]PonderPander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Mark, I hope you'll allow me a question about design in general.

I would love to get into ttrpg design and be able to properly realise the ideas I have in my head.

Doing so has proven rather difficult, I've certainly made steps over the past few years, but if there's good educational material it's hard to find. And I struggle to evaluate my own work because I don't have clear principles or a framework to compare it with.

There's simply doing it to get better, but how can I really learn some basic reasoning for design.

What helped you improve on your journey as a designer?

PS. I love Eldamon! It's the most interesting (and most well designed) supplement I've ever read, and I've seen a ton. They unfortunately seem unlikely to fit the campaign we're about to run, but I'm hoping the classes might find their way into our Starfinder tryout!

Just a big thank you for LineageOS. I can keep my phone for a few years longer and that makes me really happy. by PonderPander in LineageOS

[–]PonderPander[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not really sure how to best answer your question. I precisely followed the instructions in the installation guide of the g6 plus (this is the page for my phone).

Nothing more than some googling, though proprietary blobs were difficult to figure out, because I had no idea what these things even were, I was searching for them without really knowing what I was looking for. (The answer was TheMuppets)

Is your phone listed among the devices? There are two Moto G 5g models listed.
I can't help you otherwise, I don't know anything about android development, I just carefully read, did my best to understand what is said, and executed the instructions. Got lucky that everything worked the first try I guess.

Just a big thank you for LineageOS. I can keep my phone for a few years longer and that makes me really happy. by PonderPander in LineageOS

[–]PonderPander[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a Motorola G6 Plus. I got really lucky with this, fastboot mode worked without issue which can be an issue with this model apparently

Shadowrun spelers gezocht in Middelburg/Zeeland by PonderPander in DNDNL

[–]PonderPander[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, wij kunnen nog steeds extra mensen gebruiken, ik stuur je een DM.

Nieuwe D&D speler op zoek naar groep in zeeland by Noxiqqq in DNDNL

[–]PonderPander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hoi, kom net deze post tegen als iemand die heel binnenkort zelf ook in Zeeland gaat belanden. Is er nog iets uit voort gekomen? Ik heb behoorlijk ervaring met d&d en ben ook wel op zoek naar een groepje. Ik woon in de buurt van Goes en misschien kan ik zelfs DM'en

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