Hey Cody,
Yeah, I get your point and agree with it. That was why I Heirloomed my Kio sword to start, did not take Psionics, and have held off on taking a path till the Kio book comes out.
My point here is that this is just an example of why this campaign is dying. Even with the successful Kickstarter, attendance at Origins was down. Mary and I were both shocked at how few people were at Origins in any capacity this year, and Arcanis in particular. Is it all because this forum is a caustic environment? Probably not, but it certainly is not helping. I know I lost a newly formed group in part over it, and I know my shelf space at my store when it opens is not going to have many copies of PCI products because it just does not make business sense.
I think Arcanis is a great campaign world and the PCI folks really do put a lot of passion into their product. However, lack of editing and these forums being filled with entitled negative people really hurts the post sale customer support aspects. I will probably just settle for displaying my personal copies of Arcanis behind the counter, and order a pair of Rotted Capes and Witch Hunter core rule books. If they sell within 3 months I will reorder on a 1 for 1 basis. If they sell quickly I may re-evaluate. But honestly I don't think PCI products will ever do well in Dallas because Pathfinder is so popular, and this shared world campaign has too many caustic personalities with Harvester titles. I specifically did not go after a Harvester title because I am too much like the bad apples myself. I have a lot of respect for a couple of them, and I really think the campaign directors do a great job, but really a couple of them should just step down if they can't keep a civil tone to their posts.
Nierite wrote:
Personally I have no real problem with saying you are a val'Sungha. I have MORE of an issue if you are using an existing Val family (with powers) AND if you are using a Kio Sword or something that is otherwise restricted, at least at Con Play, but I'm not really broken up about it especially if the Campaign Staff knows about it. The crux comes from the fact that PLAYERS don't know, and if you break the Campaign Rules it makes it LOOK like you are either breaking the rules or getting special treatment. Living Campaigns are founded on everyone playing with the same toys in the sandbox, so when someone doesn't hackles go up. I personally say fun is more important than rules, but ultimately the Rules are there for a reason.
My general suggestion would play a Kio (using the Sungha last name suggesting a non-Val child of a val'Sungha) until the rules come out rather than a Val, especially if you are not particularly using the Bloodline powers. Maybe leave "Blank" talents to represent the Bloodline Talents, but saying you're a Kio will probably raise fewer hackles than saying you are a val'Sungha right now.