This is a site for discussing roleplaying games. Have fun doing so, but there is one major rule: do not discuss political issues that aren't directly and uniquely related to the subject of the thread and about gaming. While this site is dedicated to free speech, the following will not be tolerated: devolving a thread into unrelated political discussion, sockpuppeting (using multiple and/or bogus accounts), disrupting topics without contributing to them, and posting images that could get someone fired in the workplace (an external link is OK, but clearly mark it as Not Safe For Work, or NSFW). If you receive a warning, please take it seriously and either move on to another topic or steer the discussion back to its original RPG-related theme.

Worst Pathfinder Book Paizo Has Released?

Started by FASERIP, August 19, 2013, 03:02:49 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

FASERIP

I figured we should do this pre-Mythic Adventures. Just a gut feeling.

Some potential nominees:

Ultimate Magic
Ultimate Combat
Ultimate Raaacist
Ultimate NPCs
Ultimate Golarion

You know, anything really. I don't currently have a nominee, since I've been playing 3.5 lately and haven't looked at any of my Paizo stuff in a while.
Don\'t forget rule no. 2, noobs. Seriously, just don\'t post there. Those guys are nuts.

Speak your mind here without fear! They\'ll just lock the thread anyway.

languagegeek

It's been a while since I looked, but how about "Humans of Golarion". It recycles content and art from the Golarion setting book which I'd assume anyone buying "Humans of Golarion" already has.

Archangel Fascist

This thread really has no value at all.

RPGPundit

Quote from: Archangel Fascist;683258This thread really has no value at all.

Huh? Are you suggesting that every single Pathfinder book is precisely of equal quality?
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

mcbobbo

Any books that recycle are good candidates.  Magnimar's city book is an example I have used before.

But for me, Ultimate Combat can be hard to swallow.  It makes the assumption that ninjas are appropriate for PCs in a fantasy setting. It makes the assumption that guns are appropriate for a fantasy setting.  Bonus points for putting them in the same book.
"It is the mark of an [intelligent] mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

Archangel Fascist

Quote from: RPGPundit;683782Huh? Are you suggesting that every single Pathfinder book is precisely of equal quality?

No, I'm saying that the OP posted a shitty trollish thread.

RPGPundit

Quote from: Archangel Fascist;683845No, I'm saying that the OP posted a shitty trollish thread.

What makes it a troll thread? Just that its not pro-paizo?
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

Archangel Fascist

QuoteI figured we should do this pre-Mythic Adventures. Just a gut feeling.

He's nominated all recent Paizo publications and complaining about an as-to-be released book.  The thread is just him saying, "Paizo sucks."

Frey

#8
Quote from: FASERIP;683108Ultimate Raaacist

For obvious reasons the book is called Advanced Race Guide.

But yes, Humans of Golarion.

LibraryLass

Well, it's third party, but I nominate Fursona. Fucking mess. And I say this as someone who would unironically love to play D&D with a bunch of anthro races instead of the usual Tolkien crowd.
http://rachelghoulgamestuff.blogspot.com/
Rachel Bonuses: Now with pretty

Quote from: noismsI get depressed, suicidal and aggressive when nerds start comparing penis sizes via the medium of how much they know about swords.

Quote from: Larsdangly;786974An encounter with a weird and potentially life threatening monster is not game wrecking. It is the game.

Currently panhandling for my transition/medical bills.

Warboss Squee

Quote from: mcbobbo;683789Any books that recycle are good candidates.  Magnimar's city book is an example I have used before.

But for me, Ultimate Combat can be hard to swallow.  It makes the assumption that ninjas are appropriate for PCs in a fantasy setting. It makes the assumption that guns are appropriate for a fantasy setting.  Bonus points for putting them in the same book.

I agree on UC. I'm not against ninja or gunslingers per se, but they have no place in my games 99% of the time.

J Arcane

Quote from: LibraryLass;684350Well, it's third party, but I nominate Fursona. Fucking mess. And I say this as someone who would unironically love to play D&D with a bunch of anthro races instead of the usual Tolkien crowd.

Well, not to be a dick, but with a name like that, did you really expect anything better?

Or do you not recognize the term?
Bedroom Wall Press - Games that make you feel like a kid again.

Arcana Rising - An Urban Fantasy Roleplaying Game, powered by Hulks and Horrors.
Hulks and Horrors - A Sci-Fi Roleplaying game of Exploration and Dungeon Adventure
Heaven\'s Shadow - A Roleplaying Game of Faith and Assassination

Warboss Squee

Quote from: J Arcane;684363Well, not to be a dick, but with a name like that, did you really expect anything better?

Or do you not recognize the term?

Could we just pretend both the term and the book don't exist.

*Shudder*

LibraryLass

Quote from: J Arcane;684363Well, not to be a dick, but with a name like that, did you really expect anything better?

Or do you not recognize the term?

No, I do. But once in a while something specifically targeted at furries turns out okay, and I let myself hope this was one such time. I was horribly wrong.
http://rachelghoulgamestuff.blogspot.com/
Rachel Bonuses: Now with pretty

Quote from: noismsI get depressed, suicidal and aggressive when nerds start comparing penis sizes via the medium of how much they know about swords.

Quote from: Larsdangly;786974An encounter with a weird and potentially life threatening monster is not game wrecking. It is the game.

Currently panhandling for my transition/medical bills.

Caesar Slaad

Quote from: Archangel Fascist;684299He's nominated all recent Paizo publications and complaining about an as-to-be released book.  The thread is just him saying, "Paizo sucks."

This.

That being said, his forgone assumption that Mythic Adventures implicitly sucks is false in my book. To be fair, this is somewhat to my surprise. It's basically just a book of "moar powars", but I find the campaign context that comes with it just intriguing enough to pique my interest. And it seems like it will work much better that 3.5 ELH. It's a bit more along the lines of gestalt classes in 3.5 UA than ELH.

Of Paizo supplements I have (given that I don't buy all the Golarian books), Ultimate Magic is probably the biggest letdown, mainly because it devotes a huge chapter to a magic system I will never use (nor will it appear or get use in any AP, I imagine).

I don't use Ninja, Samurai, or Gunslinger, but I don't see that as a black mark. These sorts of supplements should be approached as tools for the GM to build the world, not a buffet for the player. I'm not using any of those classes in my current games, but I could see using them in the right sort of campaign.
The Secret Volcano Base: my intermittently updated RPG blog.

Running: Pathfinder Scarred Lands, Mutants & Masterminds, Masks, Starfinder, Bulldogs!
Playing: Sigh. Nothing.
Planning: Some Cyberpunk thing, system TBD.