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Welcome to the Skills and Feats Playtest (Sticky) Nov 12, 2008, 12:10 PM by Jason Bulmahn — Robert Brambley, selios, Jason Bulmahn and 37 others	74 posts	Last post: Feb 11, 2009, 11:54 AM by Zark

Errata and Typos (Skills and Feats) (Sticky) Nov 12, 2008, 12:10 PM by Jason Bulmahn — The Wraith, Zark, talmerian and 29 others	57 posts	Last post: Feb 9, 2009, 07:50 AM by The Wraith

Diplomacy - Needs a nerf Dec 26, 2008, 02:40 AM by Swordslinger — Swordslinger, Snorter, Lord oKOyA and 13 others	23 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 11:50 AM by cliff

[SKILL] Does the Perform skill really need that many sub-categories? Dec 22, 2008, 01:37 PM by Laurefindel — Laurefindel, tasslehoff220, cliff and 2 others	6 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 11:38 AM by tasslehoff220

[Combat Expertise, Deadly Aim, Power Attack] Remove BAB limitation? Jan 2, 2009, 06:29 PM by tejón — tasslehoff220 and tejón	2 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 11:35 AM by tasslehoff220

Please revert Power Attack and Combat Expertise. Nov 13, 2008, 04:36 PM by B.T. — Bagpuss, Krome, Mattastrophic and 46 others	111 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 11:34 AM by tasslehoff220

Heal and Disease Feb 23, 2009, 09:38 AM by Russ Taylor — tasslehoff220 and Russ Taylor	2 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 11:05 AM by tasslehoff220

Please give us Athletics! Nov 24, 2008, 02:36 PM by Scrape — seekerofshadowlight, Scrape, Roman and 47 others	88 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 11:01 AM by tasslehoff220

Fly.. I disagree. Feb 11, 2009, 02:49 AM by Neil Phillips — Drakli, Beckett, Captain Sir Hexen Ineptus and 13 others	19 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 08:49 AM by Drakli

[Feat] Manyshot and Archer power Nov 14, 2008, 10:13 AM by Fimir — DougErvin, Fimir, Theodore Tibbitts and 5 others	10 posts	Last post: Feb 20, 2009, 10:19 PM by Theodore Tibbitts

Vital Strike Feats - Playtest & Suggestions Nov 12, 2008, 02:21 PM by Skeld — jreyst, Samuli, Majuba and 5 others	9 posts	Last post: Feb 20, 2009, 01:00 PM by Samuli

[Master Craftsman]-Should do something on its own Nov 12, 2008, 12:34 PM by Slime — Mistwalker, Jason Bulmahn, Slime and 7 others	13 posts	Last post: Feb 20, 2009, 12:46 PM by Keepiru

Acrobatics : increasing Dodge bonus too easy Feb 7, 2009, 08:35 PM by Taman — Mortagon and Taman	2 posts	Last post: Feb 19, 2009, 10:25 PM by Mortagon

Disguise - or How a Giant can impersonate your granny Feb 8, 2009, 04:56 AM by The Wraith — The Wraith, JoelF847, Kevin Andrew Murphy and 3 others	7 posts	Last post: Feb 19, 2009, 02:58 PM by JoelF847

Rapid Shot and Crossbows Feb 18, 2009, 07:11 PM by Lael Treventhius — DM_Blake, JoelF847, KaeYoss and 2 others	5 posts	Last post: Feb 19, 2009, 12:55 PM by DM_Blake

Synergy -- gone? Feb 7, 2009, 11:04 PM by Purple Dragon Knight — Purple Dragon Knight, Zurai, cliff and 13 others	35 posts	Last post: Feb 19, 2009, 06:12 AM by KaeYoss

Ideas for revising the skill list / adding component skills / increasing flexibility Feb 14, 2009, 07:27 PM by BuzzardBlaster — cliff, BuzzardBlaster, fanguad and 2 others	9 posts	Last post: Feb 18, 2009, 01:05 PM by fanguad

Trapfinding Feb 17, 2009, 01:29 AM by Hayden — Pendagast, Hayden, KaeYoss and 2 others	7 posts	Last post: Feb 18, 2009, 11:27 AM by Pendagast

Skills against PCs and conflict resolution Feb 16, 2009, 08:21 AM by Hayden — Hayden and KaeYoss	3 posts	Last post: Feb 18, 2009, 09:14 AM by Hayden

Skills- Disable Device Feb 17, 2009, 10:09 AM by Guy Ladouceur — Guy Ladouceur	1 post	Last post: Feb 17, 2009, 10:16 AM by Guy Ladouceur

[Feats] Leadership - Cohorts and Followers Nov 23, 2008, 02:54 PM by Roman — jreyst, Roman, Gene 95 and 4 others	10 posts	Last post: Feb 17, 2009, 07:01 AM by jreyst

Power Attack - A New Approach Jan 7, 2009, 03:04 PM by DM_Blake — VargrBoartusk, The Wraith, JBSchroeds and 5 others	8 posts	Last post: Feb 17, 2009, 05:20 AM by VargrBoartusk

Great Cleave and Whilwind Attack Feb 13, 2009, 08:38 AM by Kaville — Pendagast, Kaville, Tholas and 2 others	7 posts	Last post: Feb 15, 2009, 09:53 AM by Pendagast

Agile Manuevers - Shouldn't be a Feat Feb 12, 2009, 06:13 AM by DeathCon 00 — DeathCon 00, Purple Dragon Knight, The Wraith and 4 others	11 posts	Last post: Feb 15, 2009, 02:02 AM by The Wraith

Track feat Feb 9, 2009, 09:26 AM by TheTwitching King — hogarth, TheTwitching King, Pendagast and allen trussell	8 posts	Last post: Feb 13, 2009, 06:58 AM by allen trussell

Use magic Device -- never made any sense Feb 12, 2009, 11:25 PM by Pendagast — Pendagast	1 post	Last post: Feb 12, 2009, 11:32 PM by Pendagast

Selective Channel Feb 12, 2009, 02:49 PM by kitenerd — William Senn and kitenerd	2 posts	Last post: Feb 12, 2009, 03:51 PM by William Senn

Some ideas on improving certain feats Feb 12, 2009, 08:24 AM by Mortagon — Mortagon	1 post	Last post: Feb 12, 2009, 08:45 AM by Mortagon

Extra Turning and Extra Lay on Hands Feb 11, 2009, 05:08 PM by Christopher Walker — Abraham spalding, DeathCon 00 and Christopher Walker	3 posts	Last post: Feb 12, 2009, 08:33 AM by Abraham spalding

Skills for new players and expert players (best of both worlds?) Feb 11, 2009, 12:17 AM by The Glob — The Glob	1 post	Last post: Feb 11, 2009, 12:17 AM by The Glob

Class description skill listings with ability - pet peeve. Feb 10, 2009, 08:45 PM by Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper — seekerofshadowlight and Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper	2 posts	Last post: Feb 10, 2009, 09:32 PM by seekerofshadowlight

[FEATS] Feats balanced as Fighter Class Features Nov 18, 2008, 09:43 PM by Jess Door — Jess Door, Kirth Gersen, Mattastrophic and 4 others	28 posts	Last post: Feb 10, 2009, 08:58 PM by Michael Suzio

Feats that scale up as levels increase Nov 15, 2008, 07:45 AM by Mosaic — Bagpuss, Gary Teter, caith and Mosaic	4 posts	Last post: Feb 10, 2009, 01:38 PM by Bagpuss

Skill Points at First Level Feb 2, 2009, 11:58 AM by Curry — Curry, rowdy55, Dogbert and 5 others	11 posts	Last post: Feb 10, 2009, 01:50 AM by Curry

Crafting (Bowmaking) - What is DC for making arrows? Feb 9, 2009, 01:05 AM by Jal — The Wraith and Jal	2 posts	Last post: Feb 9, 2009, 07:48 AM by The Wraith

Spellcraft untrained??? How why what?? Jan 13, 2009, 09:59 PM by wrathgon — Old Guy GM, Maxxx, Snorter and 6 others	10 posts	Last post: Feb 9, 2009, 01:34 AM by Maxxx

[SKILL GROUPS] - A Simple Solution Dec 31, 2008, 07:53 AM by Kirth Gersen — Kirth Gersen, veebles, Snorter and 4 others	12 posts	Last post: Feb 9, 2009, 12:26 AM by Wolfknight

Percental Skillchecks for more variability Feb 4, 2009, 04:14 AM by LICH — Justin Ricobaldi and LICH	2 posts	Last post: Feb 7, 2009, 11:36 AM by Justin Ricobaldi

My firned's skill system Feb 7, 2009, 10:57 AM by Justin Ricobaldi — Justin Ricobaldi	1 post	Last post: Feb 7, 2009, 11:26 AM by Justin Ricobaldi

Question about adapting Tome of Battle to Pathfinder skills Feb 7, 2009, 06:28 AM by Revan — Revan	1 post	Last post: Feb 7, 2009, 06:43 AM by Revan

Practiced Spellcaster Feat Feb 6, 2009, 11:32 AM by Dave Young 992 — Dave Young 992, Bill Dunn and Lathiira	4 posts	Last post: Feb 6, 2009, 08:40 PM by Dave Young 992

Craft Locksmith question? Feb 5, 2009, 05:39 PM by Grimsh — Turin the Mad, Grimsh and Fake Healer	6 posts	Last post: Feb 5, 2009, 08:50 PM by Turin the Mad

[Medusa's Wrath] Does this feat work with Flurry of Blows? Feb 5, 2009, 05:48 AM by 1970Zombie — 1970Zombie	1 post	Last post: Feb 5, 2009, 05:52 AM by 1970Zombie

Dazzling display feat Feb 5, 2009, 02:38 AM by voron — voron	1 post	Last post: Feb 5, 2009, 02:38 AM by voron

Skill System Encourages Multiclassing Feb 4, 2009, 09:44 PM by Neil Phillips — Neil Phillips and Eric Tillemans	5 posts	Last post: Feb 5, 2009, 01:03 AM by Neil Phillips

Different idea for handling Skills. Feb 4, 2009, 07:19 PM by Neil Phillips — Neil Phillips and Eric Tillemans	3 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2009, 09:31 PM by Neil Phillips

[Skills] - Taking 10 Jan 13, 2009, 01:19 PM by Eric Stipe — Neil Phillips, veebles and Eric Stipe	3 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2009, 06:55 PM by Neil Phillips

Please tell me that the "improved" combat-type feats have returned to +4. Feb 4, 2009, 07:05 AM by Saurstalk — Saurstalk and Davelozzi	3 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2009, 05:50 PM by Saurstalk

Fly Skill as it relates to the "Maneuverabilty Class" Feb 3, 2009, 08:48 AM by Kevida — Xuttah and Kevida	4 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2009, 05:59 AM by Xuttah

Class-Exclusive Skills Feb 4, 2009, 04:27 AM by LICH — LICH	1 post	Last post: Feb 4, 2009, 04:37 AM by LICH

Skill list that I'd like to see Feb 1, 2009, 09:01 PM by Kevida — Kevida and fanguad	4 posts	Last post: Feb 2, 2009, 02:48 PM by Kevida

Exotic Weapon Proficiency Jan 21, 2009, 08:28 AM by Illmirranor — Kiri, Richard the Lame, silverhair2008 and Illmirranor	5 posts	Last post: Feb 2, 2009, 01:39 PM by Kiri

[Skill]Diplomacy Nov 19, 2008, 07:48 PM by thefishcometh — Mosaic, Snorter, Jack Townsend and 12 others	21 posts	Last post: Jan 31, 2009, 07:16 AM by Miranda

Spellcraft - Identifying Spell-like abilities Jan 30, 2009, 09:28 AM by Ross Byers — Skeld and Ross Byers	2 posts	Last post: Jan 30, 2009, 09:38 AM by Skeld

[Feat] Run (or skill?) Jan 26, 2009, 07:07 PM by Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper — NotMousse, Richard the Lame, Arakhor and 2 others	5 posts	Last post: Jan 30, 2009, 06:10 AM by NotMousse

High Level feats-Suggestions Jan 29, 2009, 05:35 PM by anthony Valente — anthony Valente	1 post	Last post: Jan 29, 2009, 05:53 PM by anthony Valente

Acrobatics and fall damage Jan 27, 2009, 09:49 PM by Takamonk — Takamonk	1 post	Last post: Jan 27, 2009, 09:52 PM by Takamonk

Powerful Critical and the Gambling Weapons Nov 13, 2008, 01:13 PM by Magus Black — Magus Black, Galnörag, Aubrey the Malformed and 4 others	8 posts	Last post: Jan 27, 2009, 06:55 AM by Galnörag

[Feat] Improved Vital Strike - This feat doesn't work as intended Nov 13, 2008, 12:22 AM by Samuel Leming — Samuel Leming, Tholas, Skeld and 13 others	30 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 10:13 AM by Skeld

[Fleet] Unclear: Speed in medium and heavy armour Jan 6, 2009, 02:08 PM by Jer — dthunder, Sueki Suezo and Jer	3 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2009, 03:02 AM by dthunder

Critiques of the New Feats Nov 12, 2008, 11:42 PM by Quandary — hmarcbower, Pendagast, Robert Brambley and 20 others	49 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2009, 11:35 PM by Sueki Suezo

Fly skill - Overly complex. A better flight suggestion... Dec 31, 2008, 07:01 AM by Swordslinger — Swordslinger, Sueki Suezo, jreyst and 8 others	13 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2009, 10:08 PM by Sueki Suezo

New Feat: Assisted Saves Jan 25, 2009, 09:11 PM by Takamonk — Takamonk	1 post	Last post: Jan 25, 2009, 09:30 PM by Takamonk

New Metamagic feats based on existing Paizo templates Jan 25, 2009, 08:53 PM by Takamonk — Takamonk	1 post	Last post: Jan 25, 2009, 09:11 PM by Takamonk

Two Weapon Fighting - clarification wanted Nov 13, 2008, 11:01 AM by fray — fray, dthunder, Jason Bulmahn and 5 others	13 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2009, 07:59 PM by dthunder

[feat - weapon swap] Nov 12, 2008, 10:14 PM by Abraham spalding — Arex_Tron and Abraham spalding	2 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2009, 07:55 AM by Arex_Tron

Table 6-1 : group together the Combat feats Jan 24, 2009, 06:53 PM by Taman — Taman	1 post	Last post: Jan 24, 2009, 06:55 PM by Taman

Skill Proficiency Jan 24, 2009, 04:20 PM by Rogueboy — Rogueboy	1 post	Last post: Jan 24, 2009, 04:21 PM by Rogueboy

[FEAT] Weapon Focus Dec 22, 2008, 02:50 PM by Eric Stipe — Remco Sommeling, Snorter, Rezdave and 16 others	34 posts	Last post: Jan 24, 2009, 04:09 PM by Nero24200

Skill - Initiative Nov 12, 2008, 05:16 PM by Arnim Thayer — tallforadwarf, Arnim Thayer, Agi Hammerthief and 39 others	60 posts	Last post: Jan 23, 2009, 06:40 AM by Arakhor

sleight of hand in combat Jan 18, 2009, 12:52 AM by Werecorpse — Werecorpse, veebles, Talasek and Asheiridon	6 posts	Last post: Jan 21, 2009, 01:55 PM by Werecorpse

Deadly Aim for at will wizard abilities? Jan 19, 2009, 02:14 PM by Sneaksy Dragon — hogarth, Turin the Mad, Kirth Gersen and 2 others	10 posts	Last post: Jan 21, 2009, 07:59 AM by Turin the Mad

Another New Feat Suggestion Jan 19, 2009, 06:54 PM by Turin the Mad — Turin the Mad, Jadeite and dthunder	5 posts	Last post: Jan 20, 2009, 08:33 AM by Turin the Mad

An idea about the new feats and Weapon Training Dec 4, 2008, 08:00 PM by Arnim Thayer — Arnim Thayer, Turin the Mad, Crystal Frasier and 2 others	6 posts	Last post: Jan 19, 2009, 04:37 PM by Turin the Mad

[Feat] Craft Wondrous Item.. increased caster level? Jan 18, 2009, 06:42 PM by Asheiridon — Asheiridon	1 post	Last post: Jan 18, 2009, 06:43 PM by Asheiridon

Weapon Focus - Touch Attacks? Jan 12, 2009, 03:39 PM by Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper — bden, Repairman Jack, Rezdave and Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper	5 posts	Last post: Jan 15, 2009, 09:31 AM by bden

Ride, Animal Handling, and mounts in combat Jan 14, 2009, 07:07 PM by Shisumo — Shisumo	1 post	Last post: Jan 14, 2009, 07:22 PM by Shisumo

[Combat feat] proposed an alternative system Jan 4, 2009, 06:09 AM by Ekmule — veebles and Ekmule	4 posts	Last post: Jan 13, 2009, 07:52 AM by veebles

Skills-Acrobatics & Tumble... Nov 20, 2008, 09:34 PM by anthony Valente — minkscooter, Snorter, The black raven and 4 others	14 posts	Last post: Jan 13, 2009, 07:24 AM by veebles

Riding-Not So Easy Jan 10, 2009, 05:54 AM by jocundthejolly — Remco Sommeling, CharlieRock, Melayl and jocundthejolly	8 posts	Last post: Jan 12, 2009, 03:25 PM by Remco Sommeling

[Feats] Our three famous fighters might be equivalent after all... Dec 20, 2008, 09:16 PM by Dreaming Warforged — Dreaming Warforged, Tholas, Abraham spalding and 10 others	41 posts	Last post: Jan 12, 2009, 09:52 AM by Tholas

[Skills] Analysis of impact on classes & introducing Athletics Nov 14, 2008, 08:32 AM by Fimir — Remco Sommeling, Fimir, Nikosandros and 5 others	10 posts	Last post: Jan 9, 2009, 07:20 AM by Remco Sommeling

Possible way to work skills. Jan 9, 2009, 12:49 AM by Tsuji-Giri — Tsuji-Giri	1 post	Last post: Jan 9, 2009, 12:55 AM by Tsuji-Giri

[Concentration] Problem and possible solution Jan 1, 2009, 06:12 PM by Crystal Frasier — Crystal Frasier, Abraham spalding, Remco Sommeling and hmarcbower	13 posts	Last post: Jan 8, 2009, 07:45 PM by Remco Sommeling

Combat Feats Idea Jan 8, 2009, 12:27 AM by Abraham spalding — Abraham spalding and veebles	3 posts	Last post: Jan 8, 2009, 06:28 AM by Abraham spalding

[skill] Ventriloquism, Mimickry, and Whistling Jan 5, 2009, 03:08 PM by veebles — veebles and Mosaic	3 posts	Last post: Jan 8, 2009, 04:40 AM by veebles

[Feat] Speed Reading and Photographic Memory Jan 5, 2009, 03:55 PM by veebles — veebles, Majuba and Kirth Gersen	6 posts	Last post: Jan 8, 2009, 04:18 AM by veebles

Alternate item creation system Jan 7, 2009, 08:14 PM by Frank Timar — Frank Timar	1 post	Last post: Jan 7, 2009, 08:40 PM by Frank Timar

Double Slice Feat - revisited Jan 1, 2009, 06:03 PM by DirkDwarf2112 — veebles and DirkDwarf2112	2 posts	Last post: Jan 6, 2009, 01:17 PM by veebles

[Point Blank Shot] Just replace its text with Deadly Aim. Jan 2, 2009, 06:15 PM by tejón — veebles and tejón	2 posts	Last post: Jan 6, 2009, 12:49 PM by veebles

Mounted Combat Jan 2, 2009, 05:22 AM by Nathan Morse — Kirth Gersen, Nathan Morse and CharlieRock	5 posts	Last post: Jan 6, 2009, 08:48 AM by Kirth Gersen

Metamagic feats applied to single learned spells Dec 12, 2008, 09:57 PM by Rizzen the unkillable — Rizzen the unkillable	2 posts	Last post: Jan 6, 2009, 06:54 AM by Rizzen the unkillable

Athletics is back? Dec 30, 2008, 09:09 AM by Saurstalk — Saurstalk, Galnörag, Arnim Thayer and 3 others	9 posts	Last post: Jan 4, 2009, 05:38 PM by Arnim Thayer

Other Uses for Concentration Jan 1, 2009, 11:03 PM by Tsuji-Giri — Saurstalk, Beckett, Heliocentrist and 3 others	9 posts	Last post: Jan 3, 2009, 10:37 PM by Saurstalk

Class Skill Bonus query Jan 1, 2009, 03:12 PM by Nargath — Nargath, Black Tom and Crimson Jester	4 posts	Last post: Jan 1, 2009, 03:37 PM by Nargath

[Feat] Leadership - A strange little subsystem Nov 22, 2008, 06:23 AM by Tholas — Tholas, Swordslinger, Patrick Baldwin and 2 others	6 posts	Last post: Jan 1, 2009, 09:01 AM by Swordslinger

Escape artist and ropes Dec 31, 2008, 06:24 AM by Patrick Ransom — Scribbler, cliff and Patrick Ransom	3 posts	Last post: Dec 31, 2008, 10:34 AM by Scribbler

New feats Nov 17, 2008, 02:31 PM by Asgetrion — Asgetrion, Tamec, Daniel Moyer and 9 others	17 posts	Last post: Dec 31, 2008, 05:28 AM by Tarinor

Overhand Chop - triple strenght bonus at BAB X Nov 12, 2008, 11:59 PM by Tholas — Tholas, Ughbash, remoraz and 3 others	12 posts	Last post: Dec 30, 2008, 02:33 AM by Tholas

Newbie Q: feat progression Dec 30, 2008, 01:00 AM by Abecedarian — Sharoth and Abecedarian	2 posts	Last post: Dec 30, 2008, 01:07 AM by Sharoth