Pathfinder Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Grampy_Bone]

See fuck all this love and peace bullshit, RPGs are the way to a one world order.

 

[Luckmann]

Alright, so, the strawpoll has now spread to Reddit and almost doubled in votes since.

And ratfolk have only marginally dropped, while catfolk have only marginally increased!

Well, that'd be a little disappointing. I suppose I could look up an AP synopsis to get a better feel for it but I'd rather not spoil it for myself, will just hear when the Beta rolls around.

Yeah, let's expect the worst and hope for the best. They could still say "fuck it!" and just make it as big as it gets.

I haven't read the adventure path because I don't want to spoil anything for myself, but I suspect most of our time will be spent searching for allies or strategically taking out demon outposts/breeding pits/commanders/destroying prisons. It's unrelated, but I also have the suspicion if they make the HoMM battles well enough we'll see a HoMM-style spin-off later on.

I doubt Paizo would let someone else run roughshod in their setting and publish official material with their own meta-setting outcomes and such, unless very restricted, especially when their meta-narrative has already moved on with Pathfinder 2: The Double-Cancering.

It would be intensely cool, though.

 

[Lacrymas]

I doubt Paizo would let someone else run roughshod in their setting and publish official material with their own meta-setting outcomes and such, unless very restricted, especially when their meta-narrative has already moved on with Pathfinder 2: The Double-Cancering.

It would be intensely cool, though.

I meant a spin-off in their own home-brew setting just using and developing the rules they're going to go with in WotR. But who knows, Paizo might give them the go-ahead.

 

[Reinhardt]

... I'm sure no one's going to crown you God Emperor of the Crusade in the first act ...

I wouldn't be so sure. The game is supposed to only be 2/3 of Kingmaker in terms of length, so the pacing, both in terms of power ramp-up and narrative, is going to be balls to the wall, straight into epic-level gonzo. We'll have to take the good with the bad, I guess.

but the "Save the World" trope is right there already, baked into the exposition.

Yeah, no way to get around that, unfortunately. This adventure path adaptation was always about saving the entirety of the (awful) world of Golarion. While I generally prefer more personal, down-to-earth stories at lower levels (and "power-levels") - part of the reason why I really like much of Kingmaker, I suspect - I'm curious how Owlcat will handle this whole thing, especially when coming from Kingmaker.

Honestly, I'm surprised that they chose this Adventure Path, after having done the previous, very "Baldur's Gate 1"-style, adventurous/exploration/mundane-ish Kingmaker one.

This is a lot more Throne of Bhaal, but it could also be very much Mask of the Betrayer.

I don't know. They do this crusade thing for century or so. For me it looks more like WWI trench warfare stalemate than epic saving of the world.

 

[Luckmann]

Or one can prefer to not choose between lesser races and vote for the superior one which is Kitsune.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

Pests BEGONE

 

[LannTheStupid]

Luckmann See, you confirm that Kitsune are better at killing people. How many mass shootings did incels? I remember at least 1. In the same time chads just screw their ladies and procreate thus spreading cancer which is humanity.

 

[BarbequeMasta]

Or one can prefer to not choose between lesser races and vote for the superior one which is Kitsune.

"....Behaves like fey ...." Ok fuck Kitsune, anything remotly similar to Fey needs to be purged from the face of the earth, in fact we shouldn't bother with the demons, let's just kill fey!!!

 

[Ninjerk]

Don Peste get in here and help your brothers

 

[Luckmann]

Also, someone improved upon these:

Ratfolk - Part 1

Ratfolk - Part 2

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Darth Roxor rats are in need of your help

 

[Technomancer]

What would wererat ratfolk look like?

 

[Luckmann]

What would wererat ratfolk look like?

It is the most insidious lycanthropy.

 

[ChildInTime]

A bit higher quality Lich key art. Better than the previous ones at least.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I noticed this from the infographic:

This is an interesting and possibly misleading chart. Major US population centers on the East Coast aren't in the top ten? It's really a proxy for a "top 10 gentrified cities" ranking.

Also, a possible overrepresentation from cities that are major gaming industry hubs (Montreal, Seattle). Game developers donating to other game developers?

Is this just cities with the most backers or is it cities with the backers that paid the most?

 

[Reinhardt]

Surpised to see Chicago. So when blacks don't shoot each other on the streets they play rpgs.

 

[Luckmann]

I noticed this from the infographic:

This is an interesting and possibly misleading chart. Major US population centers on the East Coast aren't in the top ten? It's really a proxy for a "top 10 gentrified cities" ranking.

Also, a possible overrepresentation from cities that are major gaming industry hubs (Montreal, Seattle). Game developers donating to other game developers?

Is this just cities with the most backers or is it cities with the backers that paid the most?

Based on the description, which is all any of us have to go on anyway, I would assume the former.

Surpised to see Chicago. So when blacks don't shoot each other on the streets they play rpgs.

Don't be ridiculous. This isn't a prime-time TV-show intended for a millennial audience. Negroes don't play RPGs.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Surpised to see Chicago. So when blacks don't shoot each other on the streets they play rpgs.

large parts of it are gentrified, US cities are heavily segregated.

 

[Cryomancer]

Surpised to see Chicago. So when blacks don't shoot each other on the streets they play rpgs.

Chicago still 40%+ white ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago )

But the therm ""hispanic"" is a therm that i never understood. Anything from the Argentine descendants of Adolf Eichmann to Afro Caribbeans can be considered "hispanic".

 

[CaesarCzech]

Alright, so, the strawpoll has now spread to Reddit and almost doubled in votes since.

And ratfolk have only marginally dropped, while catfolk have only marginally increased!

Well, that'd be a little disappointing. I suppose I could look up an AP synopsis to get a better feel for it but I'd rather not spoil it for myself, will just hear when the Beta rolls around.

Yeah, let's expect the worst and hope for the best. They could still say "fuck it!" and just make it as big as it gets.

I haven't read the adventure path because I don't want to spoil anything for myself, but I suspect most of our time will be spent searching for allies or strategically taking out demon outposts/breeding pits/commanders/destroying prisons. It's unrelated, but I also have the suspicion if they make the HoMM battles well enough we'll see a HoMM-style spin-off later on.

I doubt Paizo would let someone else run roughshod in their setting and publish official material with their own meta-setting outcomes and such, unless very restricted, especially when their meta-narrative has already moved on with Pathfinder 2: The Double-Cancering.

It would be intensely cool, though.

GamesWorkshop allowed Total War Warhammer in Fantasy despite already being in age of Sigmar. them Being in Pathfinder 2 might actually make it more likely

 

[LannTheStupid]

So when blacks don't shoot each other on the streets they play rpgs.

Shooting each other on the streets, looting enemies and getting ranks in gangs is an RPG. It is so good that there is no need to play computer emulations.

 

[Ontopoly]

Wow compare level 20 plus mythic levels in this game to larians level 10 and "feats won't be available in the Alpha". I'm so glad owlcat exists for people who actually like character building in their RPGs.

 

[Reinhardt]

level 10

>

level 20 plus mythic levels

Even in Kangmaker first chapters are better than what comes next.

 

[Cryomancer]

Even in Kangmaker first chapters are better than what comes next.

Sorry but be able to become a Demon Lord, a Lich or a Dragon >>>> Throw 2 lv 5 spells and have to rest...

MAny classes like sorcerers and monks only start to shine on high levels

 

[luj1]

What? Expect an inflated munchkin paradise / thematic mess not unlike HotU, where one becomes bored pretty quickly. I'd take a polished low-to-mid magic setting any day of the week.