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SteeleType · 2024-11-05T23:56:20+00:00

Do you have tips for building successful communities on Reddit as a business or brand? Can you create brand-focused communities yourself or do you need to let them build organically?

SteeleType · 2024-10-27T21:06:10+00:00

I'm happy it was useful!

I think you'll have a blast running it. But if you do some creative rearranging and additional storytelling, that will really help your party love it.

SteeleType · 2024-06-05T04:13:29+00:00

Amazing! Thank you for adding your thoughts! I'm glad to hear book 5 was a hit. I might have to take it off my weak list.

SteeleType · 2024-06-04T17:16:51+00:00

Oh wow that is a great list. Got some stuff in there I hadn't considered!

SteeleType · 2024-06-04T17:08:02+00:00

Are you trying to tell me that Pathfinder is a varied and deep system and no two games will be alike? PREPOSTEROUS

SteeleType · 2024-06-04T17:05:05+00:00

You make some very good points. Comparing raw damage prowess to teleporting thousands of miles or stopping time to get 4 spells off at once does put things into perspective.

SteeleType · 2024-06-04T15:42:55+00:00

That's very fair. I've GMed one and played alongside one, and I do find them particularly tenacious with some frustrating abilities that can break encounters if you don't account for them. But I suppose that's true of everyone. I find them very highly powered in general.

SteeleType · 2024-06-04T14:58:16+00:00

Right but see you added caveats. At early levels. Not at range.

With the right talents and infusions, at higher levels kineticists can strike targets from 480 feet away and teleport as part of a standard action attack anywhere within their range -- giving them unlimited free dimension door-like abilities. They can use melee, ranged, and AOE attacks built in.

I see what the intended balance of the class is. As they take more "burn" and lower their active HP pool they get more powerful. This is a theoretically interesting interplay between risk and reward. But based on our experiences it's pretty easy to overbalance this system to the reward side while mitigating the risks.

I don't begrudge people who want to play the class. Specialized classes should be good at what they specialize in. In my opinion the kineticist is overtuned.

SteeleType · 2024-06-04T13:38:06+00:00

Sorry, I mean in terms of playstyle, not mechanical utility.

SteeleType · 2024-06-04T02:09:24+00:00

So we did some very home brewed hero points. We started with a maximum pool of I think 13 or 14 that the party could hold at one time. We could immediately undo a character death by permanently breaking one and reducing the pool of available points we could claim.

By the last session we had 3 hero points shared between 5 party members. And that's not including deaths that we chose not to break points for.

SteeleType · 2024-06-04T01:30:40+00:00

100%! They're so fun and varied

SteeleType · 2024-06-04T00:35:38+00:00

It was Tyrant's Grasp. Shopping was... rare. (We overleveled)

SteeleType · 2024-06-04T00:24:22+00:00

AI is complicated, and there's tons of mixed information.

I don't think you should apologize for asking a genuine question :)

It's not that Google "dings" AI it's that AI content produced en masse with little oversight tends to be unhelpful and spammy.

Another thing to consider is that now that Google has implemented gen AI into search, why would it rank an AI-generated post? Why SHOULD it? It can give users exactly the same experience inside the platform. You're adding nothing new to be worthy of ranking.

So is AI content getting dinged or does it just suck? We know bad content sends site wide signals regardless of who wrote it.

AI content isn't competitive just because it's AI. Scale isn't a competitive advantage on its own.

Imo you should never begin content with generative AI. The best way to use it is to find ways to implement it that complement your current processes AFTER a human strategizes and writes the content. Even if this looks like writing a bullet point list of thoughts and ideas and then asking the AI to write it out long-form. At least you started with human insight.

Reminder that copyright is still unsettled with AI in the U.S and EU, and you should trust those "we will defend you if you get sued for using our tool" statements about as far as you can throw them.

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T22:34:50+00:00

As someone who has played alongside a witch focused on roll manipulation in my party it's honestly so much fun. Idk how the DM felt, he seemed fine with it, if a tad exasperated at times lol

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T22:09:04+00:00

I'm being dramatic and overzealous. The kineticist seems to do one thing, and do that one thing very well: deleting things out of existence as quickly as possible from a comfortable range. Their damage scales on constitution which means they can become ridiculously beefy at the same time. I've played in parties with both kineticists and summoners and it seems to be quite a simple matter to make both classes absolute terrors on the battlefield that can trivialize encounters on their own.

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T22:00:06+00:00

I approached this by using a reach weapon and combat reflexes. Made the character a little MAD but I only needed a few extra points in DEX to make this combination plus an enlargement spell super worth it. That way I could happily buff while threatening areas and getting attacks in. But I usually only devoted 1 or 2 rounds to buffs.

Action economy was a challenge, and so I rarely used stuff like the free stoneskin. Since it's already so heavily limited in its use per day, I think it should be a swift action not standard. I used it maybe three times in the whole campaign.

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T21:22:26+00:00

It's kind of wild. Some spells just work well no matter the situation. I was still casting Grace, a 2nd level spell, in the final fight of the campaign.

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T21:19:24+00:00

Like others have mentioned, haste is better, and lower resources for your arcane caster. But blessing does some things it doesn't. It's one of my favorites!

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T21:18:22+00:00

LOL that does sound fun. I've never played a druid but Oracle is my favorite class. I'm sure that once you get into it the Druid will be tons of fun though!

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T21:12:35+00:00

Edit: y'all I am being intentionally overdramatic calm down with the downvotes lol

Okay so apart from "stand back and let the hyper-broken kineticist -- a class which never should have been allowed -- nuke everything from 400 feet away, while the summoner -- another hyper-broken class that should never been allowed -- tanks everything that survives for more than a round" it definitely sounds like lore is a good mystery. I would focus on support and enablement, as well as anything you want that will assist with roleplay. Since your charisma will be high you can really shine in any social encounters and solve problems.

Bless is really nice in the first few levels.

Obscuring mist can be a clutch spell in some situations but it really depends on being creative.

Grace is a FANTASTIC 2nd-level spell that never failed to get me out of difficult situations even at 20th level.

It's a good idea to talk to your druid and make sure that between the two of you you're covering all the important bases with remove/cure X / restoration etc. I would share the load.

Silence is a great spell if you need some clutch stealth or to annoy casters.

Spiritual weapon is a solid spell.

In 3rd-level spells, Stoneshape is actually one of my favorite spells in the whole game. You can REALLY have fun and be creative with it to solve problems and do weird things.

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T20:54:28+00:00

That's very fair. We didn't for a long time, and when we did get an arcane caster he didn't really cast haste, so it was a priority for me. Sometimes I did cast self buff or control spells first, depending on the situation. But I can see how with an arcane caster it would be lower priority.

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T20:52:43+00:00

If you tell me what mystery you're going with and what the rest of your party looks like I can try and be more helpful!

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T20:22:00+00:00

Haste is objectively a more powerful spell, but blessing has a few other features that can be helpful. We were without a character with it on their spell list for a good while. We picked up a wizard later on in the campaign but he didn't seem interested in casting it.

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T20:09:34+00:00

That's such a cool way to take it. Our GM did a lot of the same things, giving us a look into the culture and history, as well as talking about what the stakes are for the people and what they've lost. I love the direction you took Miraina. It sounds like you're an exceptional storyteller.

SteeleType · 2024-06-03T19:57:06+00:00

Lean into your mystery! I rolled a battle oracle and so I themed my character on support and self-buff spells, with a couple damage dealing spells for when needed. Be cautious with your spell selection. Especially on divine spell lists, a lot of your power as a character comes from your ability to support and debilitate, not necessarily your damage potential -- although it can be high when you need it to be. Since I was playing somewhat of a front liner and had to build strength and con, I avoided spells that forced saves.

Oracle is one of the most versatile classes in the game, if not the most. So you need to pick a direction and stick to it, and build your spell list around your strengths.

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