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Goodbye Pathfinder for Now

shent_lodge — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:07:26 +0000

I just completed my last game with my local Pathfinder group. I had a blast playing a half elf rogue alchemist, literally. As an alchemist I was able to toss bombs here and there with some decent effect. The Pathfinder twist on the rogue class was also fun to play. I chose minor magic and the message spell to communicate and coordinate actions during play, this spell choice worked well in our group since we role-played way more than my 3.5e edition group, who focused on min/maxing and combat.

I’ll miss my Pathfinder group. The worst part is that I will not finish the Council of Thieves Adventure Path due to my move to Florida. Once I get settled in to my new town, I will try to find a game group. I will have to start all over as a player, maybe I’ll try the Kingmaker path since I don’t like playing the same game twice or reading an adventure in advance. On the bright side, I am looking forward to finding a new group for my World of Alidor games.

I was talking with my 4e gaming neighbor about my move, and he mentioned he has a long distance player that uses Skype to continue play with his group. Unfortunately I am the techy nerd in my group, so that option is out for Pathfinder and 3.5 games here in Urbana. My neighbor said I could play 4e with his group, but honestly, I have given up on WotC game products and can’t see myself putting all that energy into a game I just don’t enjoy anymore.

So for now it is goodbye Pathfinder, and thanks Paizo, for really putting the effort in, to make an excellent game product.

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Pathfinder in Missouri

shent_lodge — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:58:19 +0000

This weekend Saturday, May 1st and Sunday, May 2nd at the Osage Community Center in Cape Girardeau, MO, Cape Comic Con is running. I checked Warhorn and they have a full slot of Pathfinder Society games running both days. So if you are looking to try Pathfinder and you are in the Midwest check out this small convention.

Link: Cape Comic Con

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Not dead yet

shent_lodge — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:15:55 +0000

Still playing Council of Thieves and having a blast. All I can say is that it took five years but I finally got into good game with a great GM. I am having fun with Pathfinder RPG and the players at the table around me are all superb. I should say I think Council of Thieves Adventure path best played with among older players late teens to adult, or at least with a wizened GM who is skilled at adjusting the game to the ages of the people present. There is a lot of sex going on in the background but that is not as rough as watching a favorite NPC get beheaded, that was tough to get through even for an elder player. Without giving too much away we did get a finger from the body, so we hopefully will get the NPC raised at a later date. I think our GM is handling the game well, and we are progressing forward fully immersed in the environment of Westcrown, I am thinking this is actually one of the best games I have played in years.

What makes it so good? There is just enough role-play added to really make the game interesting. As a player, I have lost my virginity to a prostitute, mugged a wizard, acted in a play, taught a gnome the ways of a rogue, met and mingled with nobles, partied till dawn and I still get a combat from time to time. What else could a player ask for?

I am now 4th level, and from 3rd to 4th, the experience came primarily from NPC interactions without using a sword. The cool part is I am not a “Face” character; I have no bluff, or sense motive ranks, and my diplomacy s low (8s for Wisdom and Charisma). The GM seems to be able to work me in quite skillfully if I come up with a good “in character” angle. We still roll dice for effect and sometimes things don’t work out, but the whole group rolls with it.

We did have a character death recently, but it was an honorable one. The guy jumped to save a lady PC from a fire ball and the dice failed him sending him to negative hit points. We almost saved him, but then the bad guy blew up in death throws; putting him deep into the dead zone. The cool part is he is coming back as a different character and the GM allows them to come in at the same level as the party. I have always taken two levels away for death or retirement, but still it will be cool to have the player back, though now I will be the only thief in the party.

Being the thief, I know I will die soon, since that is the way of the rogue; some day a trap will get me, until then, I am not dead yet and I am having a blast in Pathfinder. I am actually surprised I lasted as long as I have. I am sure that wizard I mugged is cooking up something nasty for me.

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