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Book of Nine Swords in Golarion May 14, 2008, 01:34 PM by Elizabeth Cougill — Zynete, KnightErrantJR, Elizabeth Cougill and 18 others	35 posts	Last post: Jan 21, 2009, 08:16 AM by ultimate_illusionist

Summon Monster / Nature's Ally? May 20, 2008, 09:00 PM by Lopez — Hafi, Lord Starmight, Luchian and 10 others	13 posts	Last post: Dec 2, 2008, 11:58 PM by Hafi

So: who plans to buy? Apr 24, 2008, 07:05 AM by theCimmerian — apotheon, Wicht, ehb1022 and 172 others	238 posts	Last post: Nov 12, 2008, 04:35 PM by Xaaon of Xen'Drik

Pathfinder RPG for Dummies May 18, 2008, 06:07 AM by fredmanson — hopeless, Zuxius, SirUrza and 3 others	6 posts	Last post: Aug 24, 2008, 01:39 AM by hopeless

New Pathfinder Playtest Campaign Apr 30, 2008, 12:06 AM by Gailbraithe — Gailbraithe, Steven Hume, Abstract and 2 others	8 posts	Last post: Jul 1, 2008, 12:13 PM by Steven Hume

Artwork & Layout Apr 23, 2008, 01:51 PM by Brix — Heaven's Agent, Todd Johnson, Montalve and 14 others	33 posts	Last post: Jul 1, 2008, 01:09 AM by Pookachan

Taking the Pathfinder Plunge May 15, 2008, 05:09 PM by MarkusTay — KaeYoss, Hawkins, tallforadwarf and 24 others	40 posts	Last post: Jun 10, 2008, 04:35 PM by Dread

Alpha 2 character sheets Apr 23, 2008, 07:12 AM by MochiGohan — Salama, Azoun The Sage, Skrapsan and 34 others	87 posts	Last post: May 29, 2008, 08:00 AM by Taliesin Hoyle

Request: Bring Minions Concept into Alpha Test May 19, 2008, 04:10 AM by Quijenoth — Robert Brambley, Zynete, anthony Valente and 48 others	91 posts	Last post: May 28, 2008, 12:57 PM by Robert Brambley

Tallforadwarf's Alpha 2 Playtest Report with page numbers! And added Monte! May 13, 2008, 07:12 AM by tallforadwarf — tallforadwarf, axraelshelm, Drakli and 10 others	29 posts	Last post: May 25, 2008, 07:23 AM by tallforadwarf

Tergiver's Playtest - Fallen Angel #1 Apr 30, 2008, 10:14 PM by tergiver — tergiver, Baquies and fliprushman	5 posts	Last post: May 24, 2008, 12:07 PM by tergiver

Do we have an ETA on Alpha 3??? May 5, 2008, 01:26 PM by Marc Radle — CrackedOzy, David Fryer, Azoun The Sage and 78 others	152 posts	Last post: May 22, 2008, 11:41 AM by David Fryer

How far will you bend... before breaking? May 15, 2008, 02:45 PM by Stephen Klauk — Psychic_Robot, mwbeeler, Andre Caceres and 37 others	51 posts	Last post: May 21, 2008, 10:48 PM by Jesse Vindiola

Will Massive Damage be a part of Pathfinder? May 9, 2008, 11:41 AM by Saurstalk — Saurstalk, Xaaon of Xen'Drik, Phlebas and 6 others	12 posts	Last post: May 21, 2008, 08:52 AM by Xaaon of Xen'Drik

Levels of Poison and Illness May 21, 2008, 01:17 AM by Absinth — Absinth and Fischkopp	3 posts	Last post: May 21, 2008, 06:06 AM by Absinth

Rage Points - an opinion May 1, 2008, 08:16 PM by Arnim Thayer — sysane, Locworks, Arnim Thayer and 30 others	48 posts	Last post: May 20, 2008, 10:23 PM by Phil. L

Vigil and Mordulin's Playtest report May 4, 2008, 11:45 AM by Vigil — Vigil, hogarth, Pneumonica and 6 others	17 posts	Last post: May 20, 2008, 04:57 PM by Vigil

Phlebas' Playtest May 19, 2008, 04:39 AM by Phlebas — Phlebas, hogarth, Pneumonica and 3 others	11 posts	Last post: May 20, 2008, 02:21 PM by Phlebas

Shadowborn's Ongoing Playtest: Alpha Release 2 R.A.W. Apr 28, 2008, 02:53 PM by Shadowborn — Shadowborn, lastknightleft and cr0m	7 posts	Last post: May 20, 2008, 12:35 PM by lastknightleft

@ Jason: Monk info please. May 14, 2008, 06:50 AM by mightyjules — mightyjules, Robert Little, Viktor_Von_Doom and 18 others	31 posts	Last post: May 20, 2008, 10:41 AM by MarkusTay

Item Dependency and the Pathfinder RPG May 14, 2008, 11:09 AM by ragnaroek — ragnaroek, Squirrelloid and Spiritwalker	4 posts	Last post: May 20, 2008, 03:08 AM by Squirrelloid

New AP May 18, 2008, 04:03 PM by brent norton — brent norton, Cpt_kirstov and Forgottenprince	4 posts	Last post: May 19, 2008, 01:04 PM by Cpt_kirstov

Mistwalker's playtest 2.0 May 7, 2008, 08:24 PM by Mistwalker — Mistwalker	2 posts	Last post: May 19, 2008, 04:17 AM by Mistwalker

Starting Hit Points Apr 22, 2008, 08:40 PM by Nerfed2Hell — anthony Valente, Archon of Light, Nerfed2Hell and 49 others	71 posts	Last post: May 19, 2008, 12:07 AM by David Jackson 60

Mechanical Problem - Sorcerer Cantrips! May 17, 2008, 06:48 PM by Chris Gunter — SirUrza, Chris Gunter, Gurubabaramalamaswami and 3 others	17 posts	Last post: May 18, 2008, 07:44 PM by Matthew Morris

KnightErrantJR's Playtest Thread 2.0 May 4, 2008, 06:35 AM by KnightErrantJR — KnightErrantJR, judasburrito, Foghorn and 9 others	22 posts	Last post: May 18, 2008, 03:25 PM by KnightErrantJR

A sort of playtest May 18, 2008, 01:46 PM by Mace Hammerhand — Mace Hammerhand	1 post	Last post: May 18, 2008, 01:53 PM by Mace Hammerhand

Note from the Designers May 7, 2008, 09:19 PM by Jason Bulmahn — Watcher, Pneumonica, Vendle and 32 others	43 posts	Last post: May 17, 2008, 09:27 AM by Lord Tataraus

Magic Item Economy May 15, 2008, 06:50 AM by Archade — Rezdave, Squirrelloid, Leress and 4 others	8 posts	Last post: May 17, 2008, 02:03 AM by Squirrelloid

Feats: Combat and other May 16, 2008, 05:26 PM by rangerrogue — rangerrogue	1 post	Last post: May 16, 2008, 05:46 PM by rangerrogue

The Missing Chaotic Evil God, Keslaren the Scorned Apr 29, 2008, 09:35 PM by quest-master — quest-master, Midnight-v, Pneumonica and 3 others	9 posts	Last post: May 16, 2008, 08:39 AM by Pneumonica

How will PRPG handle character creation and ability scores? Apr 23, 2008, 07:17 PM by Lori B — Wicht, SirUrza, seekerofshadowlight and 49 others	70 posts	Last post: May 16, 2008, 12:07 AM by SirUrza

Weapon Profeciency and minus's...... May 9, 2008, 07:30 PM by Reddog — Locworks, KaeYoss, anthony Valente and 7 others	22 posts	Last post: May 15, 2008, 03:09 PM by anthony Valente

Domains Overlap May 15, 2008, 11:25 AM by Steven Schend 940 — Gurubabaramalamaswami, Pneumonica and Steven Schend 940	3 posts	Last post: May 15, 2008, 01:00 PM by Gurubabaramalamaswami

Gray’s Playtest Report (SPOILERS for The Shackled City and Hook Mountain Massacre) May 12, 2008, 04:52 PM by Gray — Gray, KnightErrantJR and Black Dow	7 posts	Last post: May 13, 2008, 07:26 PM by Gray

West Michigan PRPG Playtest May 1, 2008, 07:21 PM by Golbez57 — Golbez57, Psychic_Robot, mwbeeler and 6 others	21 posts	Last post: May 13, 2008, 02:16 PM by Jess Door

Domain and School powers as spell-like ability May 10, 2008, 03:15 AM by Endier1 — Endier1, Kaisoku, Thraxus and 5 others	18 posts	Last post: May 13, 2008, 08:36 AM by Thraxus

Proposal: Pathfinder Needs A New Player FAQ - Like This One May 10, 2008, 06:07 PM by katman — katman, grrtigger, Lilith and Mark Moreland	6 posts	Last post: May 12, 2008, 12:42 PM by grrtigger

Pathfinder Devs, Please nix LA!!! May 6, 2008, 01:46 PM by Fortenbras — lastknightleft, Pneumonica, Xaaon of Xen'Drik and 20 others	39 posts	Last post: May 12, 2008, 12:20 PM by Xaaon of Xen'Drik

Garden State Gaming Society Alpha 2 Playtest May 12, 2008, 10:05 AM by Garden_State_Gamer — arkady_v, fliprushman and Garden_State_Gamer	3 posts	Last post: May 12, 2008, 11:40 AM by arkady_v

New Player FAQ Accompaniment: Player Questionnaire May 10, 2008, 09:46 PM by katman — daysoftheking and katman	2 posts	Last post: May 11, 2008, 10:29 AM by daysoftheking

Fighter Playtest May 9, 2008, 09:05 PM by Darkmeer — KnightErrantJR, Gailbraithe and Darkmeer	4 posts	Last post: May 11, 2008, 12:18 AM by KnightErrantJR

golem101 Alpha Release 2 playtest (WIP) May 10, 2008, 08:05 AM by golem101 — golem101	1 post	Last post: May 10, 2008, 08:29 AM by golem101

The New Turning Rules, Good? Bad? Needs Improvement? Yes? May 7, 2008, 07:07 AM by Devil of Roses — Pneumonica, katman, Joey Virtue and 19 others	29 posts	Last post: May 9, 2008, 10:19 PM by katman

Minor Technical Plea May 6, 2008, 08:18 AM by Roman — Roman, DracoDruid and SirUrza	6 posts	Last post: May 9, 2008, 04:44 PM by Roman

Archade's Playtest #3 May 7, 2008, 08:31 PM by Archade — Archade, lastknightleft and -Anvil-	6 posts	Last post: May 8, 2008, 01:25 PM by Archade

Paizo: What questions do you want us to ask? May 3, 2008, 10:50 AM by James Griffin 877 — James Griffin 877, omen2zippo, mindgamez and 4 others	8 posts	Last post: May 8, 2008, 09:36 AM by omen2zippo

Curse of the Crimson Throne - Playtest Report 2 May 8, 2008, 05:19 AM by Turbiales — DogBone and Turbiales	2 posts	Last post: May 8, 2008, 06:14 AM by DogBone

Playtest report: Curse of the Crimson Throne - Session 2 Apr 28, 2008, 08:04 AM by Turbiales — CastleMike and Turbiales	2 posts	Last post: May 7, 2008, 02:05 AM by CastleMike

Curse of the Crimson Throne Pathfinder Alpha Playtest Spoilers May 6, 2008, 11:24 AM by deathsausage — deathsausage, Varthanna and DM Jeff	4 posts	Last post: May 6, 2008, 07:36 PM by Varthanna

Playtesting to start next week. Pointers? May 5, 2008, 03:56 PM by joela — joela, tergiver and Archade	5 posts	Last post: May 6, 2008, 03:26 PM by tergiver

Barbarian - Error found in the print May 6, 2008, 09:25 AM by Robert Brambley — Robert Brambley and Locworks	3 posts	Last post: May 6, 2008, 01:59 PM by Robert Brambley

Barbarian & Fighter Playtest Results, misplaced? May 6, 2008, 08:10 AM by Virgil — KnightErrantJR, lastknightleft and Virgil	4 posts	Last post: May 6, 2008, 09:03 AM by KnightErrantJR

On what I dislike May 2, 2008, 06:04 PM by ledgabriel — ledgabriel, lastknightleft, Phantasm and 11 others	16 posts	Last post: May 6, 2008, 09:02 AM by lastknightleft

Artificers: Question to Playtesters May 5, 2008, 04:02 PM by James Griffin 877 — seekerofshadowlight, Watcher, James Griffin 877 and 6 others	15 posts	Last post: May 6, 2008, 04:52 AM by Phantasm

Thoughts on playtesting May 3, 2008, 10:23 PM by Catharz Godfoot — Catharz Godfoot, James Griffin 877, Skeld and 11 others	17 posts	Last post: May 5, 2008, 11:05 PM by Cthulhu Dreams

Castle Greyhawk 11th level playtest May 5, 2008, 06:53 AM by Kirth Gersen — Kirth Gersen, Joey Virtue and Epic Meepo	7 posts	Last post: May 5, 2008, 12:15 PM by Kirth Gersen

New Haven CT Playtest May 5, 2008, 11:47 AM by psionichamster — psionichamster	1 post	Last post: May 5, 2008, 11:47 AM by psionichamster

Another of those Playtests. May 4, 2008, 11:49 PM by fliprushman — fliprushman	1 post	Last post: May 5, 2008, 12:11 AM by fliprushman

Deussu's Playtest Report May 1, 2008, 11:07 PM by Deussu — Deussu, Jank Falcon, Marko Westerlund and 2 others	13 posts	Last post: May 4, 2008, 11:10 PM by Deussu

Are there any plans to rework the Alpha 1 classes based on fan suggestions? Apr 28, 2008, 08:59 AM by B.T. — Psychic_Robot, DracoDruid, hogarth and 5 others	13 posts	Last post: May 4, 2008, 10:42 PM by Psychic_Robot

Pathfinder RPG Final Product Goals May 4, 2008, 03:58 PM by quest-master — Heaven's Agent and quest-master	2 posts	Last post: May 4, 2008, 06:20 PM by Heaven's Agent

Skinsaw Murder Haunts and New Turning Rules May 4, 2008, 11:53 AM by Caelinae — Vigil and Caelinae	2 posts	Last post: May 4, 2008, 12:17 PM by Vigil

Still issues with 5 minute workday... May 3, 2008, 10:27 AM by Fortenbras — Fortenbras, Skrapsan, SirUrza and 2 others	6 posts	Last post: May 4, 2008, 08:10 AM by Skrapsan

Sniff! I Love You Guys! Apr 23, 2008, 10:19 PM by Gurubabaramalamaswami — Locworks, Magenta's Cat, Pneumonica and 8 others	10 posts	Last post: May 4, 2008, 04:41 AM by Locworks

Mending and Broken condition relationship Apr 30, 2008, 08:19 PM by anthony Valente — DJEternalDarkness, sciencephile, Robert Brambley and 5 others	9 posts	Last post: May 3, 2008, 11:13 PM by sciencephile

Errata Apr 22, 2008, 05:47 PM by BM — Majuba, Mosaic, Vendle and 40 others	61 posts	Last post: May 3, 2008, 04:43 PM by Tamago

Diagonal Movement May 1, 2008, 05:47 AM by piers — Deussu, piers, primemover003 and 23 others	37 posts	Last post: May 2, 2008, 10:23 PM by Tectorman

Paradisio's Playtest Thread May 2, 2008, 02:51 PM by Paradisio — Paradisio	1 post	Last post: May 2, 2008, 03:06 PM by Paradisio

Request: Appendix A – Rules Light (Lite). Apr 30, 2008, 08:42 PM by mwbeeler — mwbeeler and Epic Meepo	3 posts	Last post: May 1, 2008, 11:03 PM by mwbeeler

What adventures are you playtesting with? Apr 26, 2008, 10:19 AM by Trent Slabaugh — tergiver, Saurstalk, Trent Slabaugh and 35 others	39 posts	Last post: May 1, 2008, 12:47 PM by Russell Jones

Frank Banned? May 1, 2008, 08:33 AM by ckafrica — Gary Teter, Gavgoyle, Callous Jack and Psychic_Robot	4 posts	Last post: May 1, 2008, 11:03 AM by Gary Teter

Update Apr 29, 2008, 07:38 AM by Gnome Ninja — Gnome Ninja, Jason Bulmahn and DitheringFool	7 posts	Last post: May 1, 2008, 06:02 AM by Gnome Ninja

Pathfinder gladiator game May 1, 2008, 12:28 AM by seekerofshadowlight — seekerofshadowlight	1 post	Last post: May 1, 2008, 12:28 AM by seekerofshadowlight

Swift / Immediate / Free -- SRD? Apr 29, 2008, 07:30 AM by Moff Rimmer — Skeld, Moff Rimmer, Todd Johnson and 4 others	9 posts	Last post: Apr 30, 2008, 03:04 PM by Todd Johnson

Lvl 8 Fighter Not Supposed to Win 50% Against CR8 Foe Apr 29, 2008, 05:39 PM by Lich-Loved — Lich-Loved, Orion Anderson, Frank Trollman and 36 others	69 posts	Last post: Apr 30, 2008, 02:23 PM by Geron Raveneye

Pathfinder RPG / Curse Playtest Apr 28, 2008, 11:17 PM by Ambush — Ambush, Epic Meepo and Rhishisikk	4 posts	Last post: Apr 30, 2008, 10:15 AM by Ambush

Weapon Training & Weapon Focus Apr 27, 2008, 05:24 PM by anthony Valente — anthony Valente, SirUrza, KnightErrantJR and 12 others	30 posts	Last post: Apr 30, 2008, 10:08 AM by anthony Valente

Bane weapons: Should the bonuses stack? Apr 29, 2008, 07:11 PM by Velderan — Pneumonica, DJEternalDarkness, The Black Bard and 8 others	15 posts	Last post: Apr 30, 2008, 09:19 AM by Pneumonica

Out of sheer curiosity, when is Alpha 3 slated for? Apr 29, 2008, 07:27 PM by Timespike — Pathos, 0gre, Navdi and 4 others	8 posts	Last post: Apr 30, 2008, 09:05 AM by 0gre

Backwards Competitiveness Apr 29, 2008, 03:59 PM by Flamewarrior — Flamewarrior, Vic Wertz and Kevin Mack	4 posts	Last post: Apr 29, 2008, 07:02 PM by Flamewarrior

STOP SPAMMING! Apr 26, 2008, 04:05 AM by DracoDruid — DracoDruid, Azzy, hmarcbower and 3 others	7 posts	Last post: Apr 29, 2008, 10:45 AM by DracoDruid

First Impressions of Alpha 2 Apr 23, 2008, 11:40 AM by Eric Tillemans — WotC's Nightmare, SirUrza, fuji257 and 3 others	5 posts	Last post: Apr 29, 2008, 10:07 AM by WotC's Nightmare

Skills in General, and Half-Elves Apr 28, 2008, 07:38 PM by Rache — Rache and KaeYoss	3 posts	Last post: Apr 29, 2008, 09:54 AM by Rache

Thoughts on Ability Boosts Apr 29, 2008, 09:13 AM by Quijenoth — Quijenoth	1 post	Last post: Apr 29, 2008, 09:28 AM by Quijenoth

Overhaul of Ability Score Boosting Effects... Apr 23, 2008, 06:29 AM by Brent — CrackedOzy, Doug Bragg 172, Pathos and 26 others	46 posts	Last post: Apr 28, 2008, 08:11 PM by Nerfed2Hell

Critical Hits Apr 23, 2008, 08:29 PM by Shadowborn — edokter, Pathos, Pneumonica and 6 others	8 posts	Last post: Apr 28, 2008, 11:47 AM by edokter

Alpha 2 Playtest using Bloodsworn Vale Apr 28, 2008, 10:56 AM by DM Jeff — DM Jeff	1 post	Last post: Apr 28, 2008, 10:57 AM by DM Jeff

Constructive Feedback Apr 22, 2008, 07:23 PM by hmarcbower — dthunder, Grailhawk of Shiva, Viktor_Von_Doom and 19 others	26 posts	Last post: Apr 28, 2008, 08:49 AM by dthunder

Play test - Selective Channeling (p52) - and quicken turning Apr 27, 2008, 01:20 PM by Ben Solomon — Walking Dad, Thomas Mack 727 and Ben Solomon	3 posts	Last post: Apr 28, 2008, 05:58 AM by Walking Dad

PathfinderRPG -- comparison to OGL and Non-OGL Apr 28, 2008, 12:20 AM by David Jackson 60 — David Jackson 60, Jadeite and fliprushman	4 posts	Last post: Apr 28, 2008, 02:06 AM by David Jackson 60

General formatting request Apr 25, 2008, 05:11 PM by hmarcbower — GentleGiant, R_Kane, hmarcbower and 7 others	15 posts	Last post: Apr 27, 2008, 06:07 PM by GentleGiant

Tumbling Rage? Apr 22, 2008, 05:01 PM by MaxPowers — MaxPowers, Rob Bastard, Anry and 5 others	11 posts	Last post: Apr 27, 2008, 10:21 AM by Anry

Cleric Domain Abilities ? (page 69 ff) Apr 26, 2008, 12:06 PM by Stebehil — James Risner, Evil_Wizards, Majuba and 3 others	9 posts	Last post: Apr 27, 2008, 08:39 AM by Evil_Wizards

The Unofficial List of Changes Thread Apr 22, 2008, 11:39 PM by airwalkrr — Guillaume Godbout, Majuba, Azoun The Sage and 6 others	14 posts	Last post: Apr 27, 2008, 05:43 AM by Guillaume Godbout

Another Starting Hitpoints Thread Apr 24, 2008, 06:24 PM by Thomas Higgins — Thomas Higgins and Wicht	3 posts	Last post: Apr 26, 2008, 04:58 PM by Thomas Higgins

Dorje's RW Playtest Reporting Apr 26, 2008, 11:05 AM by Dorje Sylas — fliprushman, Mosaic and Dorje Sylas	3 posts	Last post: Apr 26, 2008, 11:52 AM by fliprushman

Why no news item? Apr 26, 2008, 05:12 AM by Zaister — Zaister, Guillaume Godbout and Lord Tataraus	4 posts	Last post: Apr 26, 2008, 11:30 AM by Zaister

Devastating blow - error in text? Apr 24, 2008, 06:55 AM by theCimmerian — theCimmerian, Maezer and Reckless	4 posts	Last post: Apr 26, 2008, 06:59 AM by theCimmerian

Difference document Alpha1 to Alpha2 Apr 24, 2008, 12:21 PM by orcface999 — Guillaume Godbout, 0gre, airwalkrr and 2 others	5 posts	Last post: Apr 25, 2008, 08:41 PM by Guillaume Godbout