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Errata and Typos (Combat) (Sticky) Dec 15, 2008, 02:48 PM by Jason Bulmahn — minkscooter, Mosaic, Majuba and 8 others	36 posts	Last post: Jan 20, 2009, 07:36 PM by Taman

Welcome to the Combat Playtest (Sticky) Dec 15, 2008, 02:48 PM by Jason Bulmahn — Montalve, Jason Bulmahn, Matthew Hooper and 7 others	12 posts	Last post: Dec 23, 2008, 07:10 AM by Matthew Hooper

Called Shots, What gives? Feb 14, 2009, 10:39 AM by Soulrutep — cliff, Hank Woon, Laurefindel and 17 others	39 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 11:32 AM by cliff

The art of parry and block Feb 10, 2009, 03:15 AM by Portella — Portella, Laurefindel, DM_Blake and 13 others	49 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 10:31 AM by Kaisoku

Drawing a weapon during a Charge Feb 22, 2009, 12:22 AM by Adam Olsen — TriOmegaZero, Samuli, Turin the Mad and 4 others	13 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 08:56 AM by Laurefindel

Various Hit Point and Damage Issues Dec 15, 2008, 06:01 PM by Archade — Archade, DM_Blake, SquirrelyOgre and 13 others	23 posts	Last post: Feb 20, 2009, 09:45 PM by Straybow

Full attack after moving? Jan 17, 2009, 05:15 PM by Lecen of Mitran — seekerofshadowlight, Bard-Sader, Studpuffin and 29 others	95 posts	Last post: Feb 20, 2009, 10:22 AM by Zark

Incorporating the good from 4e Feb 12, 2009, 07:13 AM by val zeleznak — Studpuffin, Daniel Simonson, Duncan & Dragons and 19 others	36 posts	Last post: Feb 18, 2009, 09:14 PM by Studpuffin

Number of attacks: different BAB values Feb 4, 2009, 05:11 AM by LICH — KaeYoss and LICH	2 posts	Last post: Feb 18, 2009, 08:45 AM by KaeYoss

Unarmed Strike in Mounted Combat Feb 10, 2009, 11:22 PM by DeathCon 00 — DeathCon 00, Raymond Carroll, darkzepher and 3 others	11 posts	Last post: Feb 15, 2009, 06:39 AM by DeathCon 00

My problem with CMB Feb 12, 2009, 05:31 AM by Cainus — Cainus, toyrobots, DitheringFool and 8 others	14 posts	Last post: Feb 14, 2009, 06:15 PM by Justin Ricobaldi

Maneuver AC Feb 12, 2009, 02:46 PM by toyrobots — toyrobots, Quandary, Daniel Simonson and Arnim Thayer	8 posts	Last post: Feb 14, 2009, 02:28 PM by Quandary

How Much is Too Much? Jan 28, 2009, 03:30 PM by Varl — Arnim Thayer, Abraham spalding, Dogbert and 3 others	8 posts	Last post: Feb 12, 2009, 08:43 PM by Arnim Thayer

Combat Maneuvers - Target Number Mechanic Needs Work (V2) Dec 15, 2008, 05:54 PM by Archade — Quandary, tejón, toyrobots and 25 others	117 posts	Last post: Feb 11, 2009, 05:51 PM by toyrobots

Full Round Combat Maneuvers? Feb 11, 2009, 11:24 AM by Justin Ricobaldi — Quandary, DM_Blake and Justin Ricobaldi	4 posts	Last post: Feb 11, 2009, 04:21 PM by Quandary

Undead -- Still immune to crits? Feb 5, 2009, 04:37 PM by Patrick Curtin — Patrick Curtin, Mortagon, Beckett and 7 others	14 posts	Last post: Feb 10, 2009, 03:27 PM by Beckett

Bullrush: More details on different possibilites please Feb 9, 2009, 12:17 PM by Eric Mason 37 — Eric Mason 37	1 post	Last post: Feb 9, 2009, 01:11 PM by Eric Mason 37

Movement & Multiple attacks - Rule Suggestion Feb 9, 2009, 08:18 AM by Ross Byers — seekerofshadowlight and Ross Byers	2 posts	Last post: Feb 9, 2009, 08:40 AM by seekerofshadowlight

Full-round action confusion Jan 28, 2009, 08:33 AM by Realms DM — Quandary, DM_Blake, Realms DM and 4 others	22 posts	Last post: Feb 6, 2009, 03:50 PM by Quandary

2WF / Iterative Standard Attack & Sneak Attack Dec 18, 2008, 04:00 PM by Quandary — Max Money, Bagpuss, Sueki Suezo and 11 others	27 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2009, 04:07 PM by SquirrelyOgre

Cleave while sping attacking? Feb 3, 2009, 07:30 AM by Sort_vampyr — Darwin and Sort_vampyr	2 posts	Last post: Feb 3, 2009, 11:38 AM by Darwin

Attacking out of a Grapple. Jan 26, 2009, 07:39 PM by Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper — Quandary, Daniel Simonson, hogarth and 4 others	13 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2009, 04:07 PM by Quandary

Pinned vs. Grappled Reflex Save Jan 28, 2009, 02:36 PM by wizofice — wizofice	1 post	Last post: Jan 28, 2009, 02:38 PM by wizofice

Dungeon tunneling, isn't it about time we stopped this? Dec 22, 2008, 04:54 AM by Swordslinger — hogarth, Abraham spalding, cliff and 59 others	164 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2009, 08:10 AM by DougyP

CMB some help are they just attack rolls? Jan 14, 2009, 06:16 PM by Rizzen the unkillable — Vendle, Quandary and Rizzen the unkillable	5 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2009, 07:29 AM by Vendle

What CMB system are you using? (Poll) Jan 13, 2009, 07:23 PM by Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper — Anguish, CharlieRock, toyrobots and 18 others	25 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2009, 06:28 AM by Jeff Wilder

The Bullrush mechanic and the missing element Jan 23, 2009, 03:18 PM by Mark Thomas 66 — Mark Thomas 66, Bard-Sader, Galnörag and 3 others	7 posts	Last post: Jan 27, 2009, 08:24 AM by Bard-Sader

Ready Action-Is this possible? Jan 22, 2009, 02:46 PM by anthony Valente — Quandary, Mosaic, anthony Valente and 8 others	20 posts	Last post: Jan 24, 2009, 09:09 PM by Quandary

Can someone pinned still attack? Jan 19, 2009, 06:51 PM by Billzabub — Billzabub, dthunder, veebles and hogarth	8 posts	Last post: Jan 23, 2009, 11:57 AM by veebles

Other Combat maneuvers ? Jan 22, 2009, 10:03 PM by Taman — Taman	1 post	Last post: Jan 22, 2009, 10:11 PM by Taman

Duh! I never realized two-weapon fighting required a full attack. Jan 11, 2009, 03:04 PM by Mosaic — Bagpuss, KaeYoss, toyrobots and 5 others	13 posts	Last post: Jan 21, 2009, 02:36 PM by KaeYoss

AoOs Don't Include Combat Maneuvers? Dec 15, 2008, 05:58 PM by Archade — Robert Brambley, KnightErrantJR, Abraham spalding and 31 others	197 posts	Last post: Jan 21, 2009, 11:00 AM by Pathfinder X

Critical Hit Chart Jan 19, 2009, 06:59 PM by TwoFistedMonkeyStyleAttack — Laurefindel, toyrobots, Snoring Rock and 3 others	7 posts	Last post: Jan 20, 2009, 07:57 PM by toyrobots

Unarmed attack against a monk Jan 19, 2009, 08:01 PM by Lefty 688 — dthunder and Lefty 688	4 posts	Last post: Jan 19, 2009, 09:17 PM by dthunder

Opening a door - move action? Dec 16, 2008, 07:33 AM by Lehmuska — minkscooter, Mosaic, Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper and 18 others	25 posts	Last post: Jan 19, 2009, 04:41 PM by Daniel Simonson

Request for Playtest: Consolidating Maneuvers with Attack & AC system Jan 1, 2009, 10:32 PM by Quandary — tejón, Quandary, toyrobots and 5 others	77 posts	Last post: Jan 19, 2009, 01:33 PM by Quandary

Scrolls: Weapon-Like? Jan 19, 2009, 12:56 PM by Alatar the Blue — Alatar the Blue	1 post	Last post: Jan 19, 2009, 01:19 PM by Alatar the Blue

Multiple Grapplers Jan 16, 2009, 07:11 PM by Wicht — Wicht, Neil Spicer and Tarren Dei	4 posts	Last post: Jan 17, 2009, 01:54 PM by Neil Spicer

Mind flayers and CMB O MY!! Jan 14, 2009, 06:28 PM by Steven Hume — Steven Hume and Marc Chang Yen	3 posts	Last post: Jan 16, 2009, 09:24 AM by Marc Chang Yen

Move Action Option - Pass Object Dec 16, 2008, 06:29 AM by Archade — Robert Brambley, lastknightleft, Duncan & Dragons and 16 others	30 posts	Last post: Jan 14, 2009, 01:17 PM by Duncan & Dragons

Different Attacks.. Jan 14, 2009, 09:34 AM by Jason Beardsley — HaraldKlak and Jason Beardsley	2 posts	Last post: Jan 14, 2009, 12:10 PM by HaraldKlak

Cover & concealment Jan 13, 2009, 06:34 AM by deflective — deflective, Straybow, Corrosive Rabbit and 3 others	10 posts	Last post: Jan 14, 2009, 10:45 AM by Abraham spalding

[Actions in Combat] Re-defined using AoO as the qualifier Jan 13, 2009, 02:26 PM by Duncan & Dragons — Duncan & Dragons	6 posts	Last post: Jan 13, 2009, 02:38 PM by Duncan & Dragons

What is the damage type from an unarmed strike? B / P / S Jan 12, 2009, 03:56 PM by Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper — Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper, James Jacobs, Skylancer4 and Remco Sommeling	5 posts	Last post: Jan 12, 2009, 07:22 PM by Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper

Non-single class fighter types and iterative attacks Jan 11, 2009, 10:03 AM by Tobias Chapman 24 — Mosaic and Tobias Chapman 24	2 posts	Last post: Jan 11, 2009, 03:00 PM by Mosaic

Some limited version of Power Attack and Combat Expertise as standard Combat Actions Dec 29, 2008, 08:32 AM by Bagpuss — Bagpuss, Dorje Sylas, TriOmegaZero and 7 others	18 posts	Last post: Jan 9, 2009, 12:08 PM by Bagpuss

Criticals: please expand them as per Sneak Attack Dec 23, 2008, 11:46 AM by Bagpuss — Bagpuss, Beckett, stuart haffenden and 19 others	55 posts	Last post: Jan 8, 2009, 03:01 PM by Beckett

Channel Energy, too much at one time? Dec 15, 2008, 03:07 PM by DivineAspect — Remco Sommeling, Asgetrion, DivineAspect and 24 others	37 posts	Last post: Jan 8, 2009, 02:38 AM by Abraham spalding

Sunder Armor Jan 7, 2009, 09:57 PM by Quandary — Quandary	1 post	Last post: Jan 7, 2009, 10:07 PM by Quandary

Reloading bows Jan 7, 2009, 07:06 PM by Steve Geddes — Steve Geddes and silverhair2008	3 posts	Last post: Jan 7, 2009, 07:23 PM by Steve Geddes

Massive damage fortitude save Dec 15, 2008, 04:56 PM by JoelF847 — selios, Skullking, Archade and 41 others	74 posts	Last post: Jan 5, 2009, 06:41 AM by Swordslinger

Thoughts on the "Actions in Combat" section Dec 25, 2008, 11:19 PM by Mosaic — Mosaic, Quandary, Arnim Thayer and 4 others	22 posts	Last post: Jan 4, 2009, 05:52 PM by Repairman Jack

[Criticals] Making them more meaningful Jan 3, 2009, 11:28 AM by Asgetrion — Asgetrion, tejón and Remco Sommeling	4 posts	Last post: Jan 4, 2009, 02:28 AM by tejón

Rowdy's Crit ideas Jan 3, 2009, 05:42 PM by rowdy55 — rowdy55	1 post	Last post: Jan 3, 2009, 05:51 PM by rowdy55

Vitality / Wound points (Unearthed Arcana) & Surge House rule Jan 2, 2009, 01:52 PM by Trent Yacuk — Trent Yacuk, Eric Tillemans, Seldriss and 2 others	7 posts	Last post: Jan 2, 2009, 03:27 PM by Eric Tillemans

Damage as a factor in DCs - doesn't scale Dec 29, 2008, 10:41 AM by minkscooter — minkscooter, Rob Godfrey and Asturysk	10 posts	Last post: Jan 2, 2009, 01:32 PM by Rob Godfrey

[Combat Maneuvers] Proof of Concept aka Saving the Fighter Class Dec 29, 2008, 04:32 PM by ruemere — ruemere, Pathfinder X and Dave Young 992	7 posts	Last post: Dec 30, 2008, 10:55 PM by ruemere

overpowered casters (and why they weren't overpowered in 1e / 2e, even when spells were more powerful) Dec 26, 2008, 12:47 PM by nexusphere — hmarcbower, jreyst, TriOmegaZero and 36 others	172 posts	Last post: Dec 29, 2008, 11:37 AM by Jason Bulmahn

Average Party Level Dec 28, 2008, 05:44 PM by FlipFlop — Majuba and FlipFlop	4 posts	Last post: Dec 29, 2008, 05:10 AM by Majuba

[Polearms and Reach] Is a Polearm specialist possible? Dec 25, 2008, 01:39 PM by Zen79 — Zen79, R_Chance, jreyst and 5 others	12 posts	Last post: Dec 28, 2008, 08:31 AM by nexusphere

Flanked Condition Dec 24, 2008, 08:32 AM by jreyst — jreyst, Snorter, Krome and 11 others	19 posts	Last post: Dec 28, 2008, 02:51 AM by Snorter

[Actions in Combat] – Why no play testing for the rhythm of combat? Dec 27, 2008, 11:39 PM by Duncan & Dragons — Duncan & Dragons	1 post	Last post: Dec 27, 2008, 11:42 PM by Duncan & Dragons

Idea - Second Strike Dec 15, 2008, 09:49 PM by Mosaic — Mosaic, Agi Hammerthief, Arnim Thayer and 6 others	15 posts	Last post: Dec 27, 2008, 10:23 PM by Arnim Thayer

Pathfinder Grapple and Improved Grab Dec 21, 2008, 03:34 PM by Arnim Thayer — Arnim Thayer	2 posts	Last post: Dec 27, 2008, 10:05 PM by Arnim Thayer

Bull Rush / Overrun with CMB Dec 27, 2008, 01:05 PM by selios — Quandary and selios	6 posts	Last post: Dec 27, 2008, 02:33 PM by Quandary

Readied Condition Dec 25, 2008, 07:08 AM by jreyst — Snorter, jreyst and Shem	8 posts	Last post: Dec 26, 2008, 06:48 PM by Snorter

Injury and Death - Stablization roll Dec 26, 2008, 12:13 AM by nexusphere — nexusphere and jreyst	5 posts	Last post: Dec 26, 2008, 06:30 PM by nexusphere

Spellcasting / Disruption / Casting Defensively Dec 24, 2008, 02:51 PM by Quandary — Quandary, nexusphere, Freesword and 7 others	17 posts	Last post: Dec 26, 2008, 12:47 PM by nexusphere

Disabled, Dying and Dead Rules Dec 16, 2008, 08:07 AM by Roman — jreyst, Frank Ward, Asgetrion and 4 others	7 posts	Last post: Dec 25, 2008, 03:34 PM by jreyst

Bullrush loophole Dec 18, 2008, 08:30 AM by Eric Mason 37 — Krome, Robert Brambley, Eric Mason 37 and 19 others	39 posts	Last post: Dec 25, 2008, 02:53 PM by Straybow

Changing Iterative Attacks: An Alternative Dec 25, 2008, 10:06 AM by Temeryn — jreyst, Mattastrophic and Temeryn	3 posts	Last post: Dec 25, 2008, 12:35 PM by jreyst

Unconscious opponent in ONE attack ! Dec 22, 2008, 12:52 PM by elghinn velkyn MASTER — elghinn velkyn MASTER, Fatespinner, Krome and 3 others	12 posts	Last post: Dec 24, 2008, 08:19 AM by Krome

Wild Shape and Plant Domain Dec 24, 2008, 12:04 AM by DeathCon 00 — Krome, Majuba, WWWW and 2 others	5 posts	Last post: Dec 24, 2008, 08:06 AM by Krome

[Combat Maneuvers] Another idea Dec 20, 2008, 12:48 PM by Betote — elghinn velkyn MASTER, Sharen mh, Jeff Wilder and Betote	5 posts	Last post: Dec 24, 2008, 01:25 AM by Sharen mh

[CMB] Two Handed Weapon Idea Dec 23, 2008, 01:51 PM by Freesword — Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper and Freesword	2 posts	Last post: Dec 23, 2008, 11:22 PM by Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper

Improved Grab: Unnerfing the Otyugh & Friends Dec 17, 2008, 10:27 PM by Gurubabaramalamaswami — Gurubabaramalamaswami, Pendagast, hogarth and 4 others	12 posts	Last post: Dec 23, 2008, 06:01 PM by Pendagast

Did anyone come up with an interesting alternative to iterative attacks? Dec 16, 2008, 09:12 AM by Mosaic — Kyrinn S. Eis, Max Money, Duncan & Dragons and 11 others	14 posts	Last post: Dec 23, 2008, 01:44 PM by Kyrinn S. Eis

Double Movement Cost - Is the exception necessary? Dec 22, 2008, 07:48 PM by minkscooter — minkscooter, Jeff Wilder, Krome and 2 others	8 posts	Last post: Dec 23, 2008, 09:55 AM by Krome

CMB- possible to voluntarily FAIL the check??? Dec 22, 2008, 09:47 AM by obi-wan shinobi — obi-wan shinobi, Brother Willi, Lehmuska and 4 others	8 posts	Last post: Dec 23, 2008, 09:14 AM by Brother Willi

Saves - and other 5% failure effects. Dec 16, 2008, 04:15 AM by Vult Wrathblades — Vult Wrathblades, Jeff Wilder, sowhereaminow and 12 others	18 posts	Last post: Dec 22, 2008, 12:57 PM by sowhereaminow

Shield Bash - no Dex please! Dec 16, 2008, 04:09 AM by Vult Wrathblades — Vult Wrathblades, Matthew Hooper, Robert Brambley and 2 others	6 posts	Last post: Dec 22, 2008, 07:23 AM by Matthew Hooper

Ready or Loose a Tower Shield Dec 15, 2008, 04:48 PM by JoelF847 — Pendagast, Abraham spalding, Martin McDermott and 5 others	16 posts	Last post: Dec 21, 2008, 11:45 PM by Abraham spalding

Grapple, Disarm, items in hand, and consistency Dec 21, 2008, 07:43 AM by JoelF847 — Kyrinn S. Eis, Mosaic, Freesword and JoelF847	5 posts	Last post: Dec 21, 2008, 09:33 PM by Kyrinn S. Eis

[CMB] Adjustments Dec 15, 2008, 05:35 PM by Brutesquad07 — Krome, WarmasterSpike, JoelF847 and 2 others	6 posts	Last post: Dec 21, 2008, 12:04 PM by WarmasterSpike

[Flat-footed] Dex bonus and Reflex Saves Dec 21, 2008, 12:31 AM by LivingTriskele — Vigil, Mosaic and LivingTriskele	3 posts	Last post: Dec 21, 2008, 11:57 AM by Vigil

Unified Theory of AoO Dec 19, 2008, 09:02 PM by toyrobots — Quandary, Duncan & Dragons, Samuel Weiss and 8 others	16 posts	Last post: Dec 21, 2008, 09:51 AM by Quandary

Ranged Touch Spells & AOO Dec 21, 2008, 02:52 AM by Beastman — Tamec, Russ Taylor and Beastman	3 posts	Last post: Dec 21, 2008, 04:46 AM by Tamec

[CMB] clarifications and changes so far? Dec 15, 2008, 04:21 PM by Nerfduck — William Fisher, Robert Brambley, Quandary and 24 others	103 posts	Last post: Dec 20, 2008, 04:06 PM by Xuttah

Vorpral w / Rage Power: Mighty Swing & / or TWF Dec 20, 2008, 06:02 AM by Sir Hexen Ineptus — Sir Hexen Ineptus, Quandary, JoelF847 and 7 others	16 posts	Last post: Dec 20, 2008, 02:12 PM by Quandary

[Two Weapon Fighting] Making it for everyone Dec 17, 2008, 07:21 AM by Captain Sir Hexen Ineptus — Captain Sir Hexen Ineptus, Pendagast, lastknightleft and 11 others	40 posts	Last post: Dec 20, 2008, 10:10 AM by Pendagast

Nonlethal Damage (or, Gently Beating Enemies Into a Coma) Dec 16, 2008, 11:48 AM by hogarth — Montalve, Anguish, F33b and 8 others	16 posts	Last post: Dec 20, 2008, 07:52 AM by Anguish

[Channel Energy] Proposed fixes Dec 16, 2008, 02:12 AM by Betote — Montalve, Ross Byers, Set and 10 others	21 posts	Last post: Dec 20, 2008, 06:20 AM by Hojas

Combat maneuvers and backwards compatibility Dec 16, 2008, 01:27 PM by Dan Davis — Backwards Compatibility, Krome and Dan Davis	3 posts	Last post: Dec 20, 2008, 02:41 AM by Backwards Compatibility

Helpless and Pinned condition = -4 AC vs melee, but not ranged. Why? Dec 16, 2008, 11:14 PM by Mosaic — Mosaic, Bill Dunn and Pendagast	6 posts	Last post: Dec 19, 2008, 09:04 PM by Pendagast

Fractional Bonuses Dec 19, 2008, 08:09 PM by Tectorman — Tectorman	1 post	Last post: Dec 19, 2008, 08:20 PM by Tectorman

CMB Language Clarification Dec 15, 2008, 05:09 PM by Krome — Krome, Jason Bulmahn, sowhereaminow and 5 others	9 posts	Last post: Dec 19, 2008, 05:26 PM by Jason Bulmahn

casting vs combat - higher levels Dec 15, 2008, 04:02 PM by Wrath — houstonderek, Kirth Gersen, Abraham spalding and 31 others	217 posts	Last post: Dec 19, 2008, 05:20 PM by Jason Bulmahn

Poisons are too potent Dec 19, 2008, 11:22 AM by Jack Townsend — houstonderek, Gene 95, Jack Townsend and 7 others	19 posts	Last post: Dec 19, 2008, 04:39 PM by Jason Bulmahn

Fighting Defensively / Full Defense / Combat Expert Dec 17, 2008, 03:27 PM by Robert Brambley — Eric Tillemans and Robert Brambley	10 posts	Last post: Dec 19, 2008, 03:14 PM by Eric Tillemans

[ACTIONS IN COMBAT] Swift Actions, Partial Actions and 5' Steps Dec 17, 2008, 07:01 PM by Duncan & Dragons — Duncan & Dragons and Quandary	8 posts	Last post: Dec 19, 2008, 12:24 PM by Duncan & Dragons