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I never learned to read
I just guess at things and then stare my players down if they disagree

The farther your game gets ramped up in difficulty, the fewer concepts can be made effective enough to survive it.

this is what this thread should be about, not optimization

but I would clarify to say that it is not quite 'difficulty', but the escalation of oneupsmanship between the players and the GM.

1. One side brings it
2. The other side brings it in response
3. The first side brings it harder in response
4. The second side brings it even harder
5. escalate
6. escalate 2: escalate harder
etc etc etc

while some people may thrive on the concept of the challenge and the competition, I would venture to say that for most groups this is not a healthy game and that it will eventually generate bad feelings

The Killer Meteor
The Master of 10,000 Glorious Swallows

what is a feat tax
what is a feat tax

I do not really know which one you guys are actually talking about

while trying to type feat tax I also managed to type
teat fax
fat tax
feat fax
fext tex

curse you, fingers

this went from kumbaya to comeatmebro

so when you talked to him to express your frustration, how did it go

AD if you need help with your pathfinder loan modification I saw this number on TV that you should call

It is also a pretty tough class to spell correctly.

sometimes I wonder if these threads keep happening because new people come and find out things and want to say them

but then it is just the same thread people saying the same things

post count + 1

this is okay because it is making fun of people you think are bad instead of people that you think are not bad

I outmatch the rogue, but you don't call a Toyota Corolla overpowered by comparing it to a Yugo.

this would be cool if it was coming from car & driver but instead it is just a thread person

How do you suggest Fighter and Rogue are compared?

Spreadsheet number crunching for combat?
How do you compare trapfinding vs just getting hit by traps?
Social encounters?
Poison Use? (hah)
What are the relevant comparisons to make?

WHY NOT JUST COMBINE THEM?

I JUST DID LIKE SIXTEEN BACKFLIPS ACROSS A BUNCH OF ROOFTOPS ONLY TO PULL A WHIRLWIND ATTACK SURPRISE-ROUND SNEAK ATTACK WITH A REACH WEAPON ON EVERYTHING IN RANGE

...MY BUDDY AND I HAVE THE LOOKOUT FEAT

P.S. I STOLE YOUR WALLET

wait what

this is going to end in tears

I've seen "Siege Archer" builds that get around the lack of clarity by keeping a mount, animal companion or pack animal near them that is carrying a quiver of Large-sized arrows.

They get Gravity Bow and Enlarge Person going, then launch Large-sized arrows that they pull from the quiver located on their animal adjacent to them.

To be fair, Fighters are really strong up to 4th~6th level... Then they start to lag behind more and and more.

Rogues and Monk are never very good, but at very low levels they ain't too bad either.

Lemmy that is the dang point I have been trying to impress upon threads like this for quite awhile

all I am imploring you guys to do when talking in-depth about the classes is to at the very least quantify your statements in a rough level range

many of the problems that you guys bring to the forefront are simply going to be either marginal or non-existant below level 6 or so

there is a strong grouping of the player base that will certainly play more often at or below those levels, than they will above them

that is it, writer
you roll up a fighter
I will roll up a rogue

we will duel at dawn

actually we will not because once we roll them up they will be laughed at and theorycrafted into the ground in this thread until we both run away sobbing

I mean like a drink-a-beer-in-the-shower-while-crying kind of sobbing

and thank you jessica price for removing the post that when taken out of context from all the others made me look like a total creeper

now people can forever wonder what was said as this gleaming gem of a thread stands the test of time

this thread yearns for the misericorde

ashiel are you in like a wormhole or is this just the day where you reference things from long ago like old posts or zubaz pants

and no

the point is that with a fighter, you can conjure up feat-intensive builds and feat progressions faster than any other class

when you are building at level 10, 15 or 20 with eleventy hojillion gold and 16.239% of a wand this might not matter, but it does to a lot of players who have their first 9 PFS sessions under their belt and get to try a feat progression set they've never seen before in a build they might not otherwise be able to execute in any reasonable length of time

yes maybe you get to a certain point and you realize hey, I can do this thing I am doing better with x then with the y I currently have

this is good thing and signals growth as a player

but that is meaningless if the player is scared out of learning for themselves by the innundation of repetitive generalizations that have mostly been garnered from going way down the theorycrafting rabbit hole, either min/max-wise or character-level-wise

this is like watching paint dry
if the paint was covered with words
the worst or possibly the best part is that you all buried my movie trailer post

I'm sure this is some kind of metaphor for how some people can see naughty things in something innocent

Parachiropractor Zarta Dralneen, helping Golarion work out their kinks, one pathfinder at a time

(okay sometimes two or three pathfinders at a time)

I wonder what Paizo staff members think when they read threads like this.

if only I could wake up with the gin already in me

"so guys I rolled up a lore warden fighter"

"oh man what are you doing a bard will just own you on the skills anyway and there are like a ton of martial classes that can do better combat maneuvers and CMB anyway is just useless at high levels man, what are you thinking?"

"okay so what level are we starting at?"

"...1."

"and who else is in the party?"

"...uh, well, a sorcerer, a summoner and a magus."

my sass tends to come to the forefront in threads like this because they often completely throw player skill, player knowledge and character level completely out the window

patiently explaining to me how at level 16 my build is going to hurmph durmph up and be less than fresh is pretty much just the equivalent of postcount+1 because I am most likely off crushing a burrito instead of reading it

one because burritos are just the best and two because I am playing a level 4 PFS character

and four because it is also the exact opposite tone from how I will sit with new players and draw them in with enthusiasm and setting a good example of cogenial friendly play while helping them with the concepts that will allow them to grow to be better players, both in the attitude they bring to events and in their enjoyment/knowledge of the game

there was a three I think but I am going to go get coffee

eldonG man do you understand now
six blankets
seven thread people

using Valeros as a pregen in PFS was one of the greatest moments in my Pathfinder playing time

I do not think the other players were used to hearing him say 'bro' so much or volunteering 'to crush some burritos with a cold cerveza or three'

but to be on-topic warriorpoet I do not think it is the location of the sexual orientation, in this case in the fluff

it is the very existence of the sexual orientation

the people who are mad about it either have a problem with that specific orientation or they simply do not want it foisted into the hobby where they are pathfinding their dungeons and their dragons

you are probably not going to get a different reaction by announcing whether or not it is canon, core, fluff, homebrew, alternate universe or the all-powerful Word of a Voltron that is made out of the combined powers of sean, james and jason

okay so voltron might be missing some body parts since there are only like three names there but still you get the point

EDIT: and dangit did you rewrite your last post to include that last line or did I just miss it the first time because it says basically just what I said only in a way that is more concise and actually makes sense

Factoring in the flank bonus and/or the flat footed ac of the target is where the math becomes magic

Like a unicorn galloping on a rainbow if both the rainbow and the unicorn were made entirely of stabbing

Poit wrote:

leo1925 wrote:

7)Be sure to take a cage with 7 hamsters with you.

... what?

The answer to your question lies in the description of the rope trick spell, which allows only 8 living beings inside the extradimensional space created.

You have them in order to not be distrubed.

Just you, seven hamsters and no one to disturb you.

while asking for character advice, did you just casually mention that a member of your gaming group enjoys electrocuting small animals, or did I read that wrong?

Sean K Reynolds wrote:

Valeros's picture (not shown) is one of the other ones in the "huh, never expected that" category (and no, it's not about his outfit).

Valeros joins the temperance league?

no no it is a picture of Valeros being patted on the back by a group of paizo forum people who are not posting terrible things about his class

no one remembers the pc who did solid average damage

but that x4 crit on the bbeg in that one session is legendary

Also, Amiri, what is best in life?!

TO CRUSH ONE'S ENEMIES, DRIVE THEM BEFORE YOU AND TO SIT JUST LIKE MISS MANNERS TAUGHT ME

Valeros, do you even lift, bro?

The eternal question has been answered.

Because dwarves.

every time a dwarf PC is made wielding a longsword, he automatically loses his Scottish accent

also explain to your butterfly stinging dual-wielding +1 Keen Kukri flank partner why you are rocking a x2 crit multiplier bro

Because emphatically stating

'you have my falcata'

to your brother or sister in arms just does not have the same ring to it

What fighters DO
Words of Power

what the-

I think you used 25 Point buy here (just took a quick peek so I could be wrong).

Nah, he went Dual-Talent, alternate human racial trait for two +2's, rather than one. One in STR, one in WIS. He just didn't mark the STR +2.

Also hi5 for Lore Warden builds

one of my friends often says that dealing exclusively in absolutes and generalizations often makes you sound arrogant and usually comes back to bite you in the rump

Life can be pretty dull on board a pirate ship.

man have you even seen a captain morgan commercial

man don't get caught up in what Paizo has named the dang stuff

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what the-
where did all the fun go

If your Ranger/Wizard looks exactly like every other Ranger/Wizard, either you are ONLY looking at his stats, or you aren't roleplaying him any different.

No see my wizard's name is Gabdalf not Gandalf and his robes are are ecru, not white

totally different

oh yeah his beard is also totally longer

My friend playing his PC with one hit point left tried to convince me that I should perform some healing before the BBEG finished his character off.

During my turn I gave him a patient explanation of action economy, DPR and all of my accrued knowledge from the Paizo forums.

It seems he didn't listen very well since the BBEG subsequently killed his character right after my turn in the round.

(Just do smart things and respond to situations appropriately, good things will happen and there will be puppies, possibly candy and occasionally some rainbows)

This reminds me of the recent Penny Arcade comic about Dragon's Crown.

Well, that and my occasional usage of 'that's as useful as nipples on a breastplate' during gaming sessions.