[RP Interest Check / OOC THREAD] Play by Post Pathfinder

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#2200

I think Brevoy would be a sort of awkward one for them to drop a book for now – when they first started printing Brevoy content, it was 2008 (4708 in-universe) and it had been 9 years since the Vanishing, and the equilibrium they described was semi-believable for “it’s been less than a decade but things haven’t broken down yet”, but if they printed one now, in 4726, a full 27 years since the Vanishing + Noleski Surtova taking over, that’s – a fairly long period of time to have ruled without meaningful changes? And it would make the country feel – weirdly frozen? – if they printed a Brevoy book where there were still the same tensions, with fairly few meaningful changes other than the ones they’ve already declared to have happened

(conversely, Noleski Surtova not marrying for 9 years to consolidate power is a bad decision, him not marrying for 27 as the king of a hereditary-ish monarchy and also not having any other plan for succession, adopted heir, etc. is just terrible decision-making)

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#2201

this is probably why they do not in fact have Brevoy on their upcoming books

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#2202

there’s a reason this game is set in 4704

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#2203

I think if I were going to print a Brevoy book in 2026 I’d just kill off Noleski Surtova and declare “he fucked up succession planning by not getting married or designating any sort of heir in any way, which was a stupid-ass decision, and now Brevoy is having a horribly destructive civil war about that, which is also a proxy for many of their other ongoing tensions” but of course if you print that book, don’t tie it to an AP or anything, and then don’t print any more Brevoy content for a decade, that would also have implications

(and it’d be hard to tie it to an AP without it feeling like a retread of War for the Crown, although that was at the end of 1e so maybe it wouldn’t be too much of a repeat?)

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#2204

I’m choosing to believe, as Google claims, it’s fantasy Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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#2205

(For the record Drakor has gotten his questions answered but Squirrel is fine continuing the convo if we think there’s more exposition that needs to happen)

(I’m also trying to work out Drakor’s dynamic with Rika will look like but that doesn’t need to be in a Single Conversation)

#2206

Idc ahout cutting em off

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#2207

the fact that paprika introduced herself only as “Rika” is gonna get me at some point

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#2208

Paprika’s a low-class-sounding name :/

#2209

*looks at P#2128*

It feels like a pun name; as if someone is named “Bell Pepper” and then introducing them as either “Belle” or “Peps”.

#2210

*rolls low numbers*
Off to a great start, I see. (Sarcasm)

#2211

save us zelsh. we need you to see through the rain zelsh

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#2212

*sees an icon on a map that was evidently not present prior to arriving in Goosewing*

…I wonder if Wanderer can act as a mediator? He’s the de facto party leader, but I don’t think there’s much for him to mediate if his crew members (i.e., us) were to initiate combat.

(Having that said, I’m fairly certain combat is inevitable. Y’know. Considering the presence of a map and description of “artificial mud piles”.)

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#2213

I dont think we can negotiate with evil frogs

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#2214

but what if they’re good frogs…

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#2215

Then you can negotiate with them miss 18 charisma

#2216

hey look-geyde doesn’t get the bonus since they’re non humanoid but-they probably have more stats in diplomancy than me come on haha

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#2217

All i hear are excuses

#2218

maybe try hearing aids? only most of that was excuses.

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#2219

It’s not my fault youre mumbling

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