I felt we needed to make the decision last week in someway on some of the stuff now I feel doubly so. I'm hesitant to post the meta discussion that needs to occur on site design (what, if, when, who) as well
that was my thought as well, nothing crazy like arqade does, just a banner overhaul for awhile with maybe a button built into taking you directly to dnd-5e tagged questions
I had that, but everyone was like, its too unfocused (had bulletpoints for the 3 main areas, who gets the books, what do we do the site, how can we promote this)
Scifi.SE had a "Futurama Week" a while ago, where a Futurama-themed main page was made that only showed Futurama-tagged questions. It allowed inviting the masses into topic-specific subsite, which would hopefully leave some of them behind.
The questions it engendered were... not good. I ended up ignoring the tag for the whole week.
But maybe the mods there have some ideas or lessons learned.
Maybe I (or someone else) should ask on Scifi.meta what the users and mods thought of that experiment, or if there was an official post-mortem done to see if it worked as expected.
@lisardggY Those 5 bullets are pure speculation but encompass the basic options. With the "program" verbiage and the popularity of the app store model that seems like at least a realistic possibility
When 4e came out, I remember a lot of people upset about "they're moving from a buy-the-books model to a monthly-subscription model because of the popularity of WoW". That proved to not really be the case.
My guess is they'll find some middle ground between the OGL and the GSL.
@JoshuaAslanSmith Yes, but the point was that people thought you'd be forced to use the DDI subscriptions, when in fact you could choose which was more convenient to you.
Hey @Joshua, I realise I didn't say: thank you for doing this stuff around the 5e meta questions. I really appreciate the pushing you're doing move us along. And that you're going ahead constructively when we've responded to a couple of questions with closure.
I have mixed feelings about getting the nomination thread close but mostly think we do need the ok before doing it. So thank you for putting up with that and taking that well.
@JonathanHobbs Thanks, I appreciate your input even if you're on the more contemplative side of things, its the lack of talk from both the community and the diamond mods that is frustrating
trying to be. I've worked on an SE promotion before, but nothing this big. I'm not an Arqade guy and they've gotten some of the most support, but a lot of times it's SE coming to them not them going to SE
(and I'm pretty sure the ones that get good developer support involved $ changing hands)
@waxeagle I know Comedy Central were involved in the Futurama promo. I suppose for WotC to be involved we'll need a mod to contact the Community team to contract them officially.
@JoshuaAslanSmith It's not the glitz and glam that we need, as much as for WotC to plug the promo in their Facebook page, twitter feeds and official updates.
I haven't even began to look into 5e. I think I'll wait till I"m recruited into a group to play it lol
I'm tempted to throw it up as a question on the main site but I figured before I lose patience and decide to crash I'd ask in the chat lol
Currently I know of three things I can trade it for. One is absolute shit, one is pretty decent but not really needed, and the last is poison which I don't want to bother with.
Any decent poison is too pricey when it's useful, and by the time you can afford it decently enough everyone's immune.
Bleah, continue with your discussion though, I'm gonna lurk.
@waxeagle a lot people complain about steam's model but that doesnt stop it from being the most successful platform in the field. Its a business and a brand decision. WOTC wants to make money, protect their rights, and ensure brand viability by providing quality content
its nice, you can still toss at the loot but its obviously less of an issue
you dont need to upgrade for upgrade's only sake until you get to masterwork armor
it will use whichever number modifier is bigger between the inherent bonus or the magical item
mathematically I think it falls behind straight item progression in epic (for defenses at least), but if you're doing a heroic tier campaign it can let you really do the oldschool magic items are rare and special kind of thing
You have obtained the knowledge of the universe and can call upon the past. This class allows you to gain and use abilities and feats from previous versions of D&D.
Tis truly a pity that this game I'm making this stealthy archer for is an online game... My dad recently gave me all his old AD&D gaming stuff (in a chest he made in woodshop in highschool even). In it was a well used brick of standard white w/black dots d6's... This build is going to need ALL the d6's.
Aiming to have an archer dropping 6d6 on a single arrow attack at lv6. Every round. Safely from the shadows. At any range reachable by bow. As long as it isn't a construct or undead, I can hit it for 6d6 dmg or more at a hundred feet distance easily. Even if it's undead I can still hit it for 5d6 or more (but not constructs :( )
best D&D snacks I ever made were adult jello cubes (simply limeaid + gin+ gelatin packets = gelatin gimlets) that were gelatinous cubes attacking the party, when they killed one they got to eat it.
Yea... So I have a friend who played D&D 4e longer then me. One day we were adventuring in Kobold Hall and I convinced a female kobold to join our group. Soon after my character gave the kobold a weapon, my friend said this means proposing to a kobold. I need to know if this is true or not, pleas...
D&D3.5. Game is house ruled with some Pathfinder rules too.
And since I'm essentially the rogue in the party (not the warrior, not the damage dealer) that's pretty damn good. My goal was to build a functional trapper/shadow sniper for this game which appears to be relatively low-powered. (the party is mostly t3 classes that aren't really optimized well, and in fact we're a 3 man team counting myself I believe now since someone dropped out).
@JoshuaAslanSmith they're about 150k away yet, but that's a couple of solid hours for them right now. (It should be noted that they not only have a broad appeal star, a ~30 year TV show run on public television behind them, but they also got an interview on NPR last night, so it's not like this should be viewed as a typical KS project)
I mean I 100 percent expected it to meet its 1 mil, just not that fast persay
its lavar burton making new episodes of reading rainbow and stuff WHO DOESNT WANT THAT, even sesame street can get political sometimes or have scandels, but reading rainbow had basically a perfect run
no, I'm a bit surprised at how fast they've made it.
@JoshuaAslanSmith I wish it was actually coming back to TV...but that's not in the cards, looks like if they make enough money and see demand they'll do web shows though
@Aaron I'm starting with one set. If they are up to snuff I may order 10 more. A bit strapped for cash right now. Still under the overhead mark on the shop.
I wouldn't say we are hemorrhaging money. Just slowly leaking.
@Aaron Yes. That is normal for a new business in general. Hard to say with THIS business since there are no other direct examples of the business model.
Businesses, especially membership-based or regular-business-based businesses start out losing money and then either climb out of it over time (our trend is upward) or they never do and go out of business. Takes patience, planning and deep pockets to start a business.
So far it has been really rewarding. I'll never fund a business myself again, but it has been rewarding and a great learning experience. And considering it was mainly an excuse to own loads of RPG stuff myself and use it for my own games, I call it a success.
@waxeagle Yup. Even with the second one, people tend to recover if the business is doing well, cause the IRS will just want a bigger-than-if-you-did-it-right chunk of the take. You'll end up in jail only if you made a ton of money, spent it all, and now can't pay the taxes anymore.
case in point: illegal drugs: most drug dealers and their suppliers are none-too-bright people let alone do they have any real business acumen but they have a product that is strongly desired at an incredible markup
That can literally be putting out a sign, or sticking bumperstickers to poles on the street, or running around telling everyone you meet about your place.
@DampeS8N yeah, I know a guy in town who ran a very successful coffee shop (albeit in a top notch location) who didn't do any paid advertising, just word of mouth + mild guerrilla marketing
The reason most businesses go out of business comes down typically to a combination of 3 things: a total lack of understanding about the need to promote a business in some fashion; a product that you think is great but everyone else things is stupid; and/or the idea that you'll instantly be making money and so you've saved no money at all and quit your day job already.
@JoshuaAslanSmith Yeah, pink foam, some cutting, black paint and gray drybrushing and maybe some flocking. Comes together nice and even that big arena was maybe 50 cents.
@DampeS8N dang. I might have to get into that. A lot of the tiles I've seen are flipping expensive (DF its too few pieces for the money, HA is expensive molds + expensive plaster + vibe table + construction time)
@waxeagle I'm totally in love with this technique. Dirt cheap, stupid easy, look great. I've been stealing crafting ideas from all over the place. There are lots of videos linked to on the FB page that show how to do it.
@DampeS8N Have you thought about purchasing a small 3d printer for the shop? I assume you couldn't print copywrited monsters but you could probably still get good use out of it.
@Aaron One of our members has a 3D printer. He occasionally prints stuff like dice towers and things for the shop. 3D printing is still not quite there yet for things this size. Too expensive for too little quality and no color.
@JoshuaAslanSmith 3D scanning isn't a problem, and I work for Zenimax Online Studios. If I want models to print as minis, I can ask any of 50 people to make models for me. lol
@waxeagle Thanks. I bought one 6 foot rod and had them cut it into many 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 inch segments for about $50 total. Great for the shop, probably overkill for anyone flying solo.
@waxeagle The hard part will be cutting it square enough for the tall ones to stand up properly. You'll want to cut it at the store with their big fancy dowel cutting setups.
@Aaron Too expensive for regular use. You wouldn't want to print up, say, custom PC minis for every game at those prices. And having the machines they use for these is a $50,000 venture. You need to be a place like Shapeways to afford it.
As a direct answer: You probably aren't going to find one.
Now, to explain why:
Pathfinder's not designed for single-PC ("one-on-one") play. Sure, the mechanics support it, but encounter and spell design goes way off track. Any ability which would normally incapacitate a PC in a regular part...
@Bobson Very nice. You might want to mention that one-player-one-GM (or two-player-no-GM) games are starting to be called "twosies," as that could help the querent find such systems.
(I'm currently all about twosies, as my gaming group consists of one regular player and one or two very irregular players.)
@JonathanHobbs every once in a while if we crow loud enough they'll give us a report or two. There a bunch of things that are backburnered. Too many mainsite issues to contend with
As a direct answer: You probably aren't going to find one.
Now, to explain why:
Pathfinder's not designed for single-PC ("one-on-one") play. Sure, the mechanics support it, but encounter and spell design goes way off track. Any ability which would normally incapacitate a PC in a regular part...
