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I'm coming down to NYC for Comic Con in a couple weeks and I was wondering if there are any PFS games going on that weekend. Any suggestions?

Since my group has been playing a campaign set in/around Alkenstar for a while now, we all pretty much jumped into the Ultimate Combat playtest the moment the pdf hit. Our opinions on the class are mixed but hopeful overall.

The big problem that anyone using a firearm has is the prohibitive cost of weapons and ammo. I understand that the prices are high in order to keep firearms rare in the world as a whole (Jason Bulmahn said this in the "giving up on the gunslinger" thread), and have no problem with that reasoning.

Giving the gunslinger class a free weapon helps solve part of the problem, but there is still a problem with ammo.

The suggestion we have is to give the gunslinger class the ability to cast their own bullets for substantially less money (or even for free). It should be a low level (maybe 3rd?) class ability. Assuming they have access to the necessary components, they can craft some ammo for the day simply by spending X amount of time doing so. Sort of like a wizard preparing spells.

To keep things fair, only the gunslinger who creates the bullets (maybe also another gunslinger who finds them) can use this specially crafted ammo. Sort of like how an alchemist gets to create a certain number of bombs that only they can use. You could set gradually increasing limits to how much ammo the gunslinger can get for free each day, and how much they can keep on hand.

There would still be a reason for the gunslinger to buy some extra ammo, but these additional shots would be like charges on a wand. It costs a little bit of money but it helps you keep going longer when you start to run low on resources.

We have other suggestions, but I thought I'd start here and see what people think.

...my subscriptions.

Thank you!
Jason

This may have been asked elsewhere (I did a search, but didn't come up with anything that seemed relevant), but does anyone here organize their chronicle sheets in electronic format?

I was thinking about scanning & storing mine in pdf format (easier that carrying around a bunch of paper). Has anyone else had luck with that?

Also, there is a sample chronicle sheet at the end of the organized play guide. Has anyone created a modifiable version of it? Something that can be filled/stored electronically and then printed out if needed?

Is that even legal? Josh? Anyone?

Aberrant Templar wrote:

Hello,

This one seems to be taking an extra-long time to arrive. It says it was shipped on January 22nd. Is there any tracking information available?

Thank you,
Jason

We don't have an means of tracking USPS shipments. However, it should have long since arrived by now, so I will put a replacement copy in with your next subscription shipment. Please take a moment and review the shipping address on your My Subscriptions page to ensure that your subscriptions are going to the right place.

Thanks,
cos

Hey Cosmo,

I wanted to notify you that my copy of Descent into Darkness arrived today. The package was a little beat up (and, from the looks of it, was rerouted a few times) but the book was undamaged.

Thank you for offering to replace my missing book, but I don't believe it will be necessary anymore since my original copy finally arrived.

Thanks again!
-Jason

Aberrant Templar wrote:

Hello,

This one seems to be taking an extra-long time to arrive. It says it was shipped on January 22nd. Is there any tracking information available?

Thank you,
Jason

We don't have an means of tracking USPS shipments. However, it should have long since arrived by now, so I will put a replacement copy in with your next subscription shipment. Please take a moment and review the shipping address on your My Subscriptions page to ensure that your subscriptions are going to the right place.

Thanks,
cos

I wanted to notify you that my copy of Descent into Midnight arrived today. The packaging was a bit beat up (and, judging by the stamps on it, it had been rerouted a couple times) but the book was undamaged.

Thank you for offering to replace my missing book, but that is no longer necessary as my original copy has finally arrived.

Thanks again!
-Jason

Hello,

This one seems to be taking an extra-long time to arrive. It says it was shipped on January 22nd. Is there any tracking information available?

Thank you,
Jason

Quote: Jason Bulmahn

"Skills: Concentration is gone and its role got shifted to Spellcraft, which has been pointed out as unfair to some classes that do not invest in a high Int. One compromise that is being considered is shifting the entire raft of uses over to a Will save, removing it from the skill system entirely. Thoughts?"

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Jason,

Why not go ahead and remove “casting defensively” from the skill system entirely, but as an ability check instead of a saving throw?

If a caster is being threatened and wants to cast a spell without dropping his guard and provoking an attack of opportunity, he would need to make a successful ability check using whichever ability is tied to that character’s spellcasting. A wizard would use his Intelligence. A paladin would use her charisma. Etc.

As originally written, the DC to cast defensively ranges from 10 to 19 (10+spell level). Assuming a caster had the bare minimum ability score required to cast a particular spell, he would have to roll anywhere from a 10 (for an apprentice with a 10 Intelligence casting a cantrip) to a 15 (for a high priest with a 19 Wisdom trying to invoke a Miracle) on a single d20 to successfully maintain the proper mental (or spiritual) focus to dodge and weave and still cast his spell.

Even in the above example, the marginally talented apprentice has a 50/50 shot to handle the pressure well enough to daze the threatening goblin, while the high priest has a challenging but not impossible roll to make. Both characters are using the most powerful spell in their repertoire under rather intense pressure to perform.

Higher level characters still have an advantage over lower level characters, as higher level characters have more of an opportunity to permanently or temporarily raise the necessary ability score (and plenty of other incentive to do so). Non-major spellcasters such as Paladins and Rangers are less likely to raise their spellcasting attribute, but they also cap out at 4th level spells (DC 14) so casting even their most powerful spells defensively in combat should stay fairly easy for them.

Characters are encouraged to cast their spells in situations where they are not directly threatened, but if the difficulties never rise so high as to become impossible if they are. This would also give the Combat Casting feat a little more mileage.

Thoughts?

-Jason

Hello all,

I have just set up an ongoing subscription to Pathfinder, and I had two questions.

1.) My subscription to Dungeon spilled over to Pathfinder (at my request). When I received my first issue of Pathfinder, it came with a free .pdf of the adventure. Now that I've set up a continuing subscription, will I continue to get a .pdf with my adventures or was that only a Dungeon/Pathfinder Transition promo?

2.) Is there a way to combine shipping on order? If, for example, I were to purchase D1: Crown of the Kobold King could I have it shipped out with my next issue of Pathfinder?

-Jason