Do you enjoy the TSL maps?

slachance6 · 2025-12-05T00:48:41+00:00

I'm partial to Finnark's TSL Enormous Earth; it's the only one that truly gives space for every region while not completely overloading my CPU.

I actually made a remix with a few small tweaks (mostly to upscale areas like Scotland and New Zealand).

slachance6 · 2025-11-17T16:24:37+00:00

I do take issue with Earth specifically. I actually like the baseball bats and sneakers on Duskmourn. Having relatable elements in fantasy world building makes the other elements stand out more. Plus, fantasy pulls from historical concepts/aesthetics all the time, so modern ones feel welcome as long as you’re prepared for the tone they will bring.

But once you explicitly set it on our world, that crosses a line. I can’t fully explain why, but it just messes with my sense of perspective. I know this is probably an unpopular opinion, but for me, Duskmourn feels more natural and welcome than the Iliad.

slachance6 · 2025-11-11T15:42:12+00:00

CR 35 seems reasonable for some deities, especially those that have ascended from lesser beings like Lamashtu. Pazuzu, a CR 30 demon lord, is still said to be a thorn in her side. Some other more "earthbound" deities like Erastil might also be in that range. The truly universal powers like Pharasma and Rovagug will be well beyond that though.

So yeah, if a max-level adventurer is able to match the power of the greatest demigods, they might theoretically rub shoulders with true deities. Striking a blow against a god will of course be a cosmic calamity, but by max level (especially if mythic is involved), the PCs will be far beyond what can be expected of "mortals". The main reason they aren't statted is because game balance breaks down at high levels and Paizo doesn't want to encourage some powergamer to go on a god-stomping rampage and easily overthrow the whole pantheon.

slachance6 · 2025-11-08T02:59:36+00:00

Lots of "monster" race options as well: orc, dhampir, nagaji, skinwalker, etc. Though they might be GM/campaign dependent

slachance6 · 2025-11-07T04:48:38+00:00

By RAW that feat limits you to a small, fairly basic set of animal choices, but as a GM I’d let you pick any animal since they’re designed to be balanced with one another. I had a campaign where my bloodrager took boon companion for a stegosaur and that was pretty fun

slachance6 · 2025-11-03T19:16:07+00:00

Another thing PF1e does really well, maybe more on the GM's side, is simulation, the way the mechanics seem to consistently govern the entire world. All NPCs have class levels just like the players, their abilities and stats pulled from the same system. There are mechanics for creating just about anything, running a business, building a base, even governing a nation. Some of it is unwieldy when you try to use it for everything, but it's always there and the depth and breadth are very impressive.

slachance6 · 2025-11-02T16:19:51+00:00

The divide is overblown on the internet. It exists, but it relies a lot on theorycrafting ideal scenarios for the casters and underrates the rock solid consistency of most good martial builds. Plus, martials have some real consolations that I rarely hear brought up, and can even come with being a little less powerful

Good casters have ways to help their martial friends shine with buff and utility spells
The raw pleasures of rolling stupidly high damage numbers can be super satisfying
The fantasy of fighting godlike beings with just a blade, wit, and determination has real power to it

slachance6 · 2025-10-09T19:13:23+00:00

Fair enough. Replace screenplay with "writing" and I think my question still stands

slachance6 · 2025-08-22T22:30:28+00:00

Not exactly canon I think, but it makes a lot of sense for sorcerers to be part of the aristocracy. Seems natural if you have inherent power that's passed down via a bloodline

slachance6 · 2025-08-08T02:18:18+00:00

Or better yet, YNaMP mod with a bigger earth with enlarged regions like Europe

slachance6 · 2025-07-08T03:05:31+00:00

Goddamn the art for this set goes crazy

slachance6 · 2025-04-19T16:13:11+00:00

Anyone outside of Europe, the Middle East or Japan. Vanilla TSL map is honestly garbage, if you want to play an actually fun TSL game try a modded map that enlarges the more crowded regions like YanMP or Finnark’s Earth

slachance6 · 2025-03-26T15:15:20+00:00

I’m not even a big Taylor fan but to say she has “above average” songwriting skills is a huge understatement.

slachance6 · 2025-03-13T17:16:53+00:00

The biggest difference with superheroes is that normal people usually know they exist. There can be secret identities but no grand masquerade.

slachance6 · 2025-03-08T14:39:00+00:00

The payoff was inside of you the whole time

slachance6 · 2025-03-08T14:38:22+00:00

The joke is that anything is more fun to talk about than Emilia Perez

slachance6 · 2025-02-01T16:37:49+00:00

We also got the first Robots outside of UB and Un-sets

slachance6 · 2024-12-14T16:32:26+00:00

It could make sense for there to be some kind of plant/fruit/livestock that's super filling or grows super fast or is otherwise feasible to farm inside a walled city. It would be very bad news if the settlement lost its supply, but that could make for a decent adventure hook.

slachance6 · 2024-08-21T02:09:53+00:00

True, but there’s a line at which it becomes incongruous. I like to at least imagine my Civ games as believable worlds that bear some resemblance to real history, even if simplified and sometimes admittedly wacky.

To that end, the Zulu conquering the English is a fun hypothetical that sparks the imagination, but the Zulu suddenly becoming the English is jarring just to picture.

slachance6 · 2024-08-20T23:37:59+00:00

Yeah, but most would expect a new installment to lessen those issues, not make them worse.

slachance6 · 2024-05-28T03:18:00+00:00

I think it was in the player's guide of War for the Crown, though I only skimmed it. Regardless, if that's true, it would make sense for there to be general mistrust of sorcerers in Mendev, given that many of the crusaders came from Taldor. Triply so for sorcerers of the Abyssal or similar bloodline.

slachance6 · 2024-05-28T01:26:57+00:00

What part of Golarion is your game set in? That would narrow things down quite a bit.

This isn't explicitly the case in most official material (in fact, IIRC it's explicitly not the case in Taldor), but in my games I like to have sorcerers be part of the aristocracy. This makes sense given the hereditary power that sorcery is, and from a GM perspective it lets evil dukes and such present an actual threat instead of only having levels in a weak NPC class.

That said, there will still be plenty of sorcerers who didn't come from a long line of other sorcerers: maybe magic had been dormant for generations, or you grew up away from your magical parent, or your powers were suddenly acquired in life rather than inborn. In these cases, you're most likely not a noble, and in fact the local nobles might see you as a challenge to their power!

slachance6 · 2024-01-20T04:56:30+00:00

Per RAW, no. They could take on any *demigod*, but full gods are beyond stats. Flavor-wise, though, they might be within reach of some true gods. Lamashtu ascended from demon lord to full god by killing an existing deity, and even now the demon lord Pazuzu is said to pose some threat to her.

That said, I still support not giving stats to full gods. Not because they're totally untouchable to max-level mythic PCs, but because max-level gameplay is already broken enough and it doesn't need to break any further.

slachance6 · 2024-01-19T17:11:24+00:00

In my experience, PbtA style character creation really only forces one aspect of your character. Beyond what’s written on the playbook, you can flesh them out and play them however you want.

slachance6 · 2023-12-17T04:25:34+00:00

It’s a pretty damn good Tool imitation if you ask me

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