Pathfinder 2e is the second edition of the fantastic table top roleplaying game Pathfinder:
Pathfinder roleplaying game provides everything you need to set out into a world of limitless fantasy adventure! Choose from ancestries like elf, human, and goblin and classes like alchemist, fighter, and sorcerer to create a hero of your own design, destined to become a legend! The new Pathfinder rules are easier to learn and faster to play, and they offer deeper customization than ever before!
Six heroic player character ancestries, including elf, dwarf, gnome, goblin, halfling, and human, with variant heritages for half-elf and half-orc!
More than 30 backgrounds like bartender, soldier, or apprentice to further immerse yourself in your hero's backstory!
Twelve character classes, including the alchemist, barbarian, bard, champion, cleric, druid, fighter, monk, ranger, rogue, sorcerer, and wizard!
Hundreds and hundreds of spells, class feats, and other exciting abilities to help you customize your character to become the hero YOU envision her to be!
Streamlined and revised rules to help ease new players into the game while providing the depth of character options and tactical interest that have defined Pathfinder from the beginning!
Written by: Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, and Mark Seifter
Not only is Pathfinder 2e inclusive of many different genders and sexualitiies they have used a background system to eliminate the racial tropes that are problematic in Dungeons & Dragons.
Gods:
Shelyn encourages love that isn't limited by gender, or structures or norms of relationships, other than "sharing in passions and love". She is in a polyamorous relationship with the goddesses Desna, and Sarenrae.
Arshea both none and all genders (not sure what the word for that would be). "... a champion of the repressed and weary, providing mortals deliverance from their bonds." Encourages free love and sexuality, and worshippers often explore genders to "overcome repression and understand freedom" and to find the one that suits them.
Gozreh has two forms. One male, and one female. His male form is associated with the sky storm, and wind. Her female form is associated with the sea.
Alseta goddess of transitions. Apart from doors and portals and such, it also includes stages of life. Birthday, marriage and transitions to a more fitting body.
Iconics:
Shardra Geltl (iconic shaman) is a dwarven trans woman (The amor-clad dwarf, to the left of the banner)
Kyra (iconic cleric) is a lesbian human
Merisiell (iconic rogue) is a bisexual elf (got married to Kyra in Iconic Encounter: Of Wasps and Whispers, which was published in pride month last year. Picture in the middle of the banner)
Zova (iconic shifter) is an aromantic human
Seltyiel (iconic magus) possibly a bisexual or gay half-elf (missing source for confirmation)
Mio (iconic thaumaturge) is a non-binary human
Other:
Rexus Victocora, a trans man (From Hell's Bright Shadow adventure path).
Keren Rhinn girlfriends with the gnome Zae (from the book Pathfinder Tales: Gears of Faith)
Il'setsya Wyrmtouched, a ganzi tiefling trans woman. Married to Astrid Noxamilla.
Clarethe Iomedar nonbinary human (Lost Omens: Character Guide p. 92)
Kalabrynne Iomedar strongly suggested to be a trans woman (human) (Lost Omens: Legends p. 66)
Morlibint human wizard with a husband
Runa Frostleaf, agender human druid (Tarnbreaker's Trail senario)
Oluf and Leif, a married apparently celebrating their wedding anniversary. Congratz to them! (Tarnbreaker's Trail senario)
Irabeth Tirabade (Wrath of the Righteous, LO: Legends p. 52-53), a lesbian half-orc, and her wife Anevia Tirabade (WotR, LO:Legends p. 52-53), a human lesbian trans woman.
Sosiel Vaenic, a gay (possibly bi in the Owlcat Game) human cleric (WotR), as is his partner Aron Kir, a gay human rogue
Hao Jin aka. The Ruby Phoenix, is an asexual human
Fist of the Ruby Phoenix. Comment was marked spoiler, so I will do the same: General Kaso Hida and Lord Aldanar Unmar, a divoced gay couple
Filarina Grantsliem Filarina Grantsliem, a human trans woman who used a girdle of opposite gender to inflitrate the Gray Maidens, and decided to stay a woman after leaving the Gray Maidens. She's in a romantic relationship with Kelles Vel, a lesbian human
Sabina Merrin, a lesbian human, a lover of Queen Ileosa Arabasti, a bisexual human woman
The Anadis race has 'web marriage' which is polyamorous marriages with gruops that are usually 3 to 5 members
J. Dacilane (the NPC on the cover of The Seven Secrets of Dacilane Academy) is a trans man
Ceyannan, an asexual angel who serves Pharasma
Bors Kaskyrbai (human), szerik (a union of the soul) of Roshad (human)
Octavia (Kingmaker video game) polyamorous, bisexual, half-elf woman. She's in a relationship with Regongar (Kingmaker video game), a polyamorous, bisexual, half-orc man. Both are options for romance in the video game.
Nyrissa (Kingmaker adventure path and video game), bisexual Nymph
Kanerah and Kalikke (Kingmaker video game) are possibly bisexual (According to a comment they can be in a polyamorous relationship with the main character at the same time. OP doesn't have the DLC so can't deny nor confirm)
Chioma (Age of Ashes - Cult of Cinders) Non-Binary Choral Angel
Phlegyas the psychopomp a trans, female psychopomp
Agents of Edgewatch spoilers (according to comment) Scathka, a nonbinary NPC can be met in AoE
Ayavah is a tiefling artist in Magnimar. She's the daughter of a succubus, and is intersex (presenting female)
Bella and Solveig, two women in Reign of Winter, who used to be in a relationship
Marislova (half-elf), a transgender woman who used to be in a relationship with another woman, Jadrenka (changeling). Both can be found in Reign of Winter
Sara Morninghawk (half-orc) and her wife, Argrit Staginsdar (dwarf). Can be found in the Giantslater adventure path
Lady Sophronia, a paladin/priestess of Serenrae who lived in Orision and appears in Mummy's Mask. She's described as having a shifting array of masculine and feminine qulities in the daily life, but adopts a priestess' raiments preforming holy duties to honor Sarenrae. (Commenter interpret it as her being genderfluid. According to the comment, the book uses she/her pronouns)
Jhasi, a bisexual elf, and Akosa, a gay elf. Age of Ashes.
Vourinoi elves, in Osirion's desert has a gender identity named kala-shei (translates to "the dance"). It's a gender identity outside the gender binary, that is fluid with what gender one is. (LO: Character Guide p. 25, gives an explanation I can't attempt to sum up in short).
Averneus, Vidrian's spymaster, is nonbinary.
Mumminofrah, bisexual and has had many ex-husbands and an ex-wife. Can be found in Mummy's Mask adventure path.
Medda Spiritbreaker a transwoman. Can be found in PFS 8-99: The Solstice Scar (parts A-D) .
Guaril Karela and Trade Prince Aaqir al'Hakam. Two leaders male of the Exchange who are married and has three adopted daughters.
Articles and such on it:
https://wesschneider.tumblr.com/post/93277599246/50-lgbtq-characters-in-the-pathfinder-rpg
http://www.jimzub.com/the-inclusive-fantasy-world-of-pathfinder/
http://knowdirectionpodcast.com/2013/03/private-companion-0013-f-wesley-scheiders-take-on-homosexuality-in-golarion/
https://2e.aonprd.com contains up to date information needed to play and there are a myriad of online platforms that support Pathfinder 2e.
In addition Paizo the company that publishes Pathfinder 2e has recently unionized!
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pathfinder-2e/news/pathfinder-starfinder-paizo-workers-unionize
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Aid:
- 💙Comprehensive list of resources for those in need of an abortion -- reddit link
- 💙Resources for Palestine
Theory:
I've made jokes about it before but apparently the Lofi girl actually did get arrested this time 😔
Arrested on the day of the big exam, all that time studying gone to waste :sadness:
I really need to get into table top games. It always looks really cool but I never know where to start.
Try looking around for gaming groups in your area that are open to new people. Check game stores or see if there's a gaming subreddit for your area. Systems matter but having a good player group is the most important thing.
Pathfinder and D&D both have official games where DMs run official adventures. They're usually open to anyone and are done at local game stores. If you've got something like that near you it's a good way to get your toes in to a game system and meet some people.
There's also online games. A couple of different websites host online DMs. I've never done it but apparently it's very popular.
I bought the pathfinder humble bundle and it is intense but not the same as a physical game.
$10 vs $200+ though.
holy shit the treatment of intersex people by the medical system is awful. I knew this already but just drove hours to another city to help a friend navigate the ER after her disastrous first attempt. that first ER refused to treat her horrifying pain and nausea except to give her the equivalent of ibuprofen, refused to do anything about the weird genital discharge she's getting, told her that all they can do is surgically remove her gonads EVEN THOUGH HER GONADS MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT'S WRONG and tried to push her into agreeing, and told her to get a prescription for testosterone. oh and a nurse sexually harassed her.
we took her to a second ER yesterday and they also refused to do anything but at least gave her a prescription for nausea meds but discharged her before she could fill them and told her that they couldn't fill them any longer cause she was discharged. they told her to see a gastroenterologist even though she's having discharge through her genitals - a urologist is way more likely to be able to help her but they have to make it clear that they absolutely do not give a shit. so my partner drove her all the way back to her place where we'd stashed some pain meds after my surgery and gave them to her (I couldn't go with and had to stay back at a hotel due to a migraine + needing to be up early to deal with the banks). until we did that she was at a 9/10 on the pain scale continuously, and the pain alone was driving her to vomit again and again.
so they're driving back today and my mood is fully Death to America. part of this is the absolute disregard for intersex people as human beings by the medical system. but I can't deny that literally all medicine seems barely able to do much more than treat the symptoms of whatever is ailing you any more because we no longer have the resources for diagnostic medicine. covid and capitalism have destroyed the medical system in this country. those specialists she needs to see? it's gonna be multiple months before she gets an appointment because every doctor everywhere in the US is booked out through the end of the year. those excess deaths numbers? they're not all because people are contracting covid and dying - many of them are because we literally can't treat people with preventable conditions from dying because we just don't have the resources any longer.
I'd say "god damn America" but I think that's history at this point
migraines feel like nothing short of total sensory overload. my brain needs to reboot or something
what a surreal moment to get a call from the banker's boss, so he could tell me what a great guy the banker is. I'm sure I sounded so out of it but all I could think is wow your voice sounds like daggers in my ear right now. I have no clue what the point of that call was. am I high right now? I feel high. I must be high or I'd understand the point. idk on what but it must have been strong.
brain, why are you giving me endorphins right now? can we just talk it through? I promise I'll be reasonable
high brain: you should keep posting this is funny
reasonable brain: you only think that cause you're high
contemplative brain: it's impossible to tell who's right
It was funny in an empathetic way, don’t worry. Hope your migraine is better.
West Germans have a specific word for gaslighting East Germans who remember the positive aspects of the GDR. Since, obviously, there were no positive aspects to the GDR and nothing good happened there and it was illegal anyway and please don't ask about the massive expropriation and impoverishment of the East German people by West German capitalists, and also don't ask about the massive loss of Women's rights or the destruction of the best education system in Europe or a dozen other things.
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I am currently, hitting the gritty, for Ukraine. Join our discord server and lets hit the griddy for your country together. Look! Baal is already hitting the griddy for the UK! Be like Baal, hit the link in the bio now.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/560252561060397057/996055091545120799/ec0bc014d49efaf4fa79d9c82d25a05a.mp4
I watched the video and still can't tell what any of those words are supposed to mean lol
Really miss the community on this site, but it seems to run worse and worse on my phone every time I come here. :sadness:
I will never convert from PF1e. You cannot make me. You'll take my byzantine amalgamation of action types, archetypes, modifier types, traits, feats, and abilities from my cold dead hands.
You can keep it. I don't want a system that takes an afternoon to fill out a tax code.
Paying your taxes is a vital part of the immerse in-game experience, alongside jogging in place with a fit-bit to determine how far you've traveled.
If my character sheet doesn't come with supplemental spreadsheets saying what's in each of my travelling spellbooks, what all is being crafted at the moment, what my bound outsiders and animated undead are doing, and the exact weight of my loooooong list of dungeoneering equipment, it's just not as fun to me. Those things are all flattened out in 2e.
I have conceived the most devious trap you could design in New Vegas, put a tiny but high value item right under a toilet that gives you 1000 rads, one wrong press of the use key, and it's game over. Contact me, mod creators, I have no skills but my ideas are terrible
putting on a rad suit, perking into lead belly, rad resistance, taking rad-x :sicko-fem: you cannot stop me
or get really sicko and getting that implant from OWB that removes all rads from consumables :soviet-chad:
Damn, I forgor 💀 about that implant despite the fact that I got it last playthrough, good catch!
ive been playing hardcore so im saving up my money for that cuz clean water hard to find
Fuck "honk shoo" snoring gang.
"Shnoooor mimimimi" snoring gang for life!
Hello!
I was really active on this website back during COVID lockdown (on a different account), and was also very active on r/chapotraphouse when that was a thing. I recall some drama going on at about the time I stopped posting, so I'm kind of pleasantly surprised to see we're all doing well here. Also we're hexbear now. Much more aesthetically pleasing name imo.
I'm at a point in my life where I'm kind of politically confused. I'm past that first peak up in those Dunning-Kruger charts you see and basically starting to realize that a lot of the opinions I thought I had at one point were completely uninformed. Due to reasons, my historical education was very unusual and frankly lacking. I'm not sure why, given that I know how uninformed I am, I have decided to come back to one of the most politically "extreme" websites I've ever seen. I guess I still share a lot of beliefs with you folks, it's just that they are more fundamental, abstract beliefs and I'm not sure how I personally believe they should be translated into the physical world.
Basically, I have no idea about anything. If anyone has any educational resources about the broad strokes of history for someone with a short attention span and not a lot of free time, I'm open!
I accidentally deleted every single comment in my history, but the short version is that I recommended the "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" audiobook on Librivox (and the "Principles of Communism" text as a sort of glossary for it) and also the audiobook of "State and Revolution".
I can explain why and/or answer any questions you have on most of the topics they cover, which include: The history of left-wing experiments starting with the French Revolution, of progressive intellectual movements starting a bit earlier, of modes of production for thousands of years, of pre-Marxian attempts at socialism and the failings thereof, and also the reasons that the Dictatorship of the Proletariat is necessary and can only be achieved by a popular revolution.
Oh, I also recommended you post that comment as a thread so you'd get more eyes on it from people who would be interested in answering it.
