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[Iduno]

Not quite. They shuttered FFI, the digital game division. Last I heard, they also fired the RPG people and some office staff. The board game division will probably be fine, possibly owing partly to their owner, Asmodee.

Speculation at the moment is that any future RPG work will be wholly done by freelancers.

Ah, the old "fire competent people, and rehire them as contractors to save money on benefits" manuever. Probably more effective with the rates RPG freelancers are offered (and only sometimes paid).

[Cruxador]

That's assuming they intend to continue in this market at all; they may not.

[MrRoboto75]

So... Magic Missile. Curious spell, isn't it? What with apparently using just the one damage roll for every dart, meaning that just that little d4 can be responsible for a damage variance of up to 33 points.

Which, coincidentally, means that the evocation specialist's level 10 ability can add a potential 55 damage to a target.


Now, sure, those big numbers are just if you use a 9th level slot to cast Magic Missile, and 9th level has some other really big fun stuff that you'd probably rather be casting... But even as a 1st level spell, that's a bonus +15 damage, no save, no attack roll. Not too shabby.

Dunno about 5th edition but also notable was Magic Missile did force damage.  Force damage is almost never resisted (unlike say fire damage) and IIRC force damage could hit incorporeal enemies.

[Superdorf]

Yeah, that's still a thing. Nice reliable spell.

[Grim Portent]

It's an unimpressive spell at first glance, but it's a good, reliable back pocket spell. I remember reading a 3.5 campaign log where wands of magic missile were invaluable in taking down a high AC boss fight because basically everything else bounced off it.

[Mephisto]

The best use of magic missile wands is that greentext about testing a barrel of defective wands.

[Iduno]

That's assuming they intend to continue in this market at all; they may not.

Star Wars are fairly profitable for them. Although, if Disney has altered their deal or taken away the rights, that's different.

[Kagus]

The Mouse giveth, and the Mouse taketh away.

[Rolan7]

That's assuming they intend to continue in this market at all; they may not.

Star Wars are fairly profitable for them. Although, if Disney has altered their deal or taken away the rights, that's different.

Let's pray they don't alter it vader father farther.

[itisnotlogical]

I'm joining a Pathfinder game! And I think I'll be able to reasonably make it to most sessions! And I know enough about various d20 games that I can probably intuit most of the rules! And it doesn't seem like there's going to be a lot of super awkward "serious" roleplay!

[Jimmy]

Congrats! I've been Pathfinding for several years now, and having a blast. You doing their new 2nd edition or the classic "3.75" 1st edition Pathfinder?

[Cruxador]

Pathfinder is the new fad in my group, half the games are using it now.

[scriver]

They've found the path

[itisnotlogical]

Congrats! I've been Pathfinding for several years now, and having a blast. You doing their new 2nd edition or the classic "3.75" 1st edition Pathfinder?

It is 1e, and mostly vanilla with exceptions as the GM sees fit. My only concern is that from the session I listened in on, it seemed like the module is a bit too easy for 5 * level 3 players, but we'll see.

[Jimmy]

Many modules are designed for a 15 point buy 4 man team, so if you're exceeding this baseline, it can be fairly simple. Especially if you've got a group talented at optimizing their characters.

For example, my group last Friday night demolished their encounters. They've got a 5 man team at 20 point buy, all level 3 with standard WBL. First they fought a CR 3 animated object, followed by a CR 4 otyugh, followed by a CR 5 gibbering mouther backed up by a CR 1 darkmantle and CR 2 choker. They handled the whole series without trouble. Heck, the cleric rolled a 3 on her d20 for save against the gibbering mouther's confusion and still passed the DC 13 save.