In the description of the kyoketsu shoge, it says that "the rope and circlet can be whipped around and swung at opponents as a bludgeoning reach weapon." Does this function like a whip insofar as using it provokes an AO as if using a ranged weapon?
(I checked out other threads and couldn't find an answer to this... or any definitive answers about this weapon's jumble of special properties. There's too much rationalizing and not enough rule citing.)
I have a cleric of Korada (favoured weapon unarmed strike). Does a cleric's proficiency with her deity's favoured weapon essentially give her the Improved Unarmed Strike feat (allow her to do lethal and not provoke attacks of opportunity) or is it mechanically useless?
For:
If I was GM'ing in a home game, I would probably allow it to function as Improved Unarmed Strike, because it's essentially the same as getting the martial or exotic weapon proficiency to use a longbow of Erastil or starknife of Desna. I mean, the whole point of being proficient with a deity's weapon is to be able to use it with at least a small degree of competence.
Against:
Pharasma, Nethys and several other deities have simple weapons (which clerics are already proficient with) making them mechanically useless. Unarmed strike is a simple weapon, so why should a cleric of Korada get anything special?
I can't find the secondary success conditions for the older scenarios, specifically 3-23 The Goblinblood Dead.
The Guide to Organized Play says I should be able to find them at paizo.com/pathfinderSociety/pfsproducts/pfsFreeProducts but I can't. Maybe I'm just missing it.
My group killed the dire ape in one round, releasing the shadow demon, Itombu. It was about noon, but the canopy of the jungle provides constant shade so I figured that it wouldn't flee. I had the demon cast deeper darkness which I shouldn't have because it wasn't in the combat strategy but I wasn't paying close enough attention. Other than that, I followed its combat strategy exactly. Even if I hadn't cast the deeper darkness, they wouldn't have been able to hurt the demon as they just didn't have the right abilities/weapons to combat it.
They all escaped, but now it's possessing their fighter (strategy in the book says it possesses whoever it separates from the group) and there's no way for them to know and no purpose for the demon to do anything except wait until they're asleep then coup-de-gras them.
They're content, even happy, with making new characters, but I feel wrong ending it this way. I want to have done something wrong that I need to ret-con, or have a reeeaaaaally convincing reason for the NPC to go completely against his CE desire to destroy everyone.
It has to be really convincing because they will be very unhappy with a blatant Deus Ex Machina. Suggestions? Calling it a fair and legitimate TPK, and advising me to embrace them making new characters is a perfectly valid piece of advice, but I'm hoping for something to keep them alive.
I'm told there's a season 5 primer or something along those lines - an overview of the changes, etc. Can anyone confirm that this or is not available and, if it is, where I can find it?
At an event at a con, I just ran, I realized after everyone was gone that I had run 8 players. What do I do now?
Can I report it with 8 players?
Should I claim I ran two games and split the party? (because it's the same session, I don't get two gm credits so there would be no issue of doubling up)
Say I have a table of five players for a tier 1-5 game (subtiers 1-2 / 4-5). Four players have level 5 characters and one player needs to use a pregen. Obviously, the players want to play up. What level should the pregen be?
I'm running two games at a convention next weekend and my timeslots are a tight 4 hr timeframe. Any suggestion on scenarios that keep things short but sweet?
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A reflex save supposedly negates the effects of a force cage. I can't wrap my head around how a medium creature in the middle of a 20x20 area could negate being enclosed in a cage with a reflex save. Do they get shunted 10ft out of the effected area? Does their amazing reflexize ability so distract the caster that the spell fizzles? Are they so dextrous that they can slip through the bars of force?
If I roll a 1 on and attack that would cause sneak attack damage, and the card says that you take damage instead of your opponent, is the sneak attack damage included or just normal damage?
Arguement For: The card says that the damage is applied to you and does not say anything about ignoring precision damage (like sneak attack).
Arguement Against: Precision damage (like sneak attack) is based on choosing a vital position to strike and based on the target being flat-footed or flanked. It does not make sense for damage to the self to be either to a chosen vital spot, and if you are making an attack, you are probably not flat-footed.
Afterthought: If the above card is drawn, and you would have been recieving favoured enemy bonus to damage, against your target, does that damage apply to you even though you do not qualify as a favoured enemy?
The Murder on the Throaty Mermaid, as many of you know, is a murder mystery where the murder can be a different NPC each time you play. The Chronicle Sheet lists certain items that are only available if person x is the murderer. You cross off the items that would be available if one of the other suspects was the murderer.
As the GM, do I get all the items from the Chronicle Sheet, or just the ones from the murderer I chose this time through?
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I just recieved a Paizo t-shirt as a birthday gift, but they only come in boy styles so it's not very comfy for a girl and generally makes me feel like I'm choking. I am considering cutting up the shirt and sewing the image of the goblin onto a more girl-friendly shirt.
As most of you probably know, a Paizo t-shirt allows a player a once per session reroll. If I use the full image from the t-shirt, it's not like someone else could use the open-chest remainder of the t-shirt to get a free reroll. I could even remove the tag from the original shirt and sew it to the new one just in case.
So the question is: Would I still get my free reroll if I dismembered the shirt?
I am running Murder on the Throaty Mermaid and am curious as the RAW versus RAI for success on some of the faction missions. Each faction mission has two possibilities for prestige and at least one requires that the PC's convince a given crewmember to become involved longterm with their faction.
A problem arises if the PC's, after convincing that given crewmember to work with their faction, have to kill him/her. They met the requirement for the prestige in the RAW which only states that they need to convince the person, but the person is clearly not going to be doing what they agreed to if they're dead, so the goal was not ultimately accomplished.
So the question is do I award the prestige or not?
NOTE: This is a what-if situation as each faction has two possible goals which would allow them to get both prestige awards even if they kill off one of them. It is also probable that not all factions will be represented in which case it would be easy to avoid forcing the PC's to fight the person in their faction goal.
An attractive, young Varisian woman sits reclines in an overstuffed chair in one of the Grand Lodge common rooms. Clustered around her, is a small array of other Pathfinders, largely of Andoran inclination. The image is almost comical, as if she were a priest at mass, or perhaps a grandfather holding court before a gaggle of grandchildren.
"... -icked down the door we poured out onto the landing. The slaves were shackled below. Most were slumped hopelessly in their shackles, their eyes dull and almost lifeless. One however stood rebelliously before his captor, his eyes firey with defiance in the face of a raised whip.
With a loud voice I cried out, 'For Andoran!' All eyes turned to me as I drew my bow and loosed an arrow at the slaver," she pauses dramatically, "and missed completely!"
The small assembly takes a moment to process the change in tone then joins the woman's laughter.
"I swear that I have never been happier to have companions with better aim than myself. I stuck to raising morale for the rest of that battle while Teacup blasted a hole bigger than a melon in the biggest slaver's chest!"
There is a chorus of approval as she leans back and smiles.
"But enough about my exploits. Let's hear some of your tales of claiming victory in the name of Freedom and Democracy."
I just realized that, as a bard with Perform: Oratory and Lingering Performance, I can begin combat by shouting "For Andoran!" and it will actually give a morale/competance bonus. This amuses me greatly.
I would love to hear amusing or inspiring moments of PC's shouting "For Andoran!" (or "For Freedom and Democracy!")
Note: As we all know, we must be careful not to give spoilers no matter how awesome the story is.
Scenario: I have a feat such as lingering performance (AVP). I forgot to bring the AVP to a game and no one else has one on hand. Can I still play my character and just not use that feat, or do I have to play a pre-gen/alt if I want to play that session?
I want to play an aasimar cleric of Sarenrae with the Merciful Healer archetype (UC). The traits I want to take are:
Faith Healer (from Blood of Angels):
Faith Healer (Aasimar)
You have an unearthly appearance and soothing aura about you that make people believe you are gifted with divine powers. You learned at a young age to make use of your gift in order to make money, and you've found ways to ethically justify your work.
Benefit: You can make a Heal check weekly to earn money as though making a Profession check. In addition, you gain a +1 trait bonus on Heal checks.
Blade of Mercy (from Legacy of Fire Player's Guide):
Blade of Mercy (Sarenrae)
You know that within the heart of even the most hateful and cruel living creature exists a sliver of shame and hope for redemption. You have trained long on martial techniques to use bladed weapons not to kill, but to subdue.
Benefit When striking to inflict nonlethal damage with any slashing weapon, you do not take the normal –4 penalty on your attack roll, and gain a +1 trait bonus to any nonlethal damage you inflict with a slashing weapon.
Scenario:
A large-size troll is standing at one end of a 35 ft by 10 ft hallway. A medium size fighter is standing at the other end. In middle of the hallway is a medium size rogue. The rogue made an amazing stealth check and is hidden.
The troll tries to charge the fighter but must pass through the unseen rogue's square to do so. Since the rogue is an enemy, rules say that the troll can't pass.
If you make a mithral chain shirt as per the rules for special materials, it weighs 1/2 of the normal item weight.
Original weight: 25lbs
Mithral weight: 12.5lbs
If you buy a mithral chain shirt from the Magic Item section of the CRB (it's there even though it's noted as non-magical) it weighs 10lbs.
Is this an error or are Mithral Chain Shirts specifically better than other other armor made of mithral in terms of weight?
This bundle contains a map case, 2 vials of ink, 2 inkpens, 10 sheets of paper, 2 blank journals, a pound of fine powder for drying ink, and a 20-foot measuring cord. The supplies usually suffice for chronicling a single expedition of not more than 2 months' duration.
How many Pathfinder Societies games can I reasonably play before purchasing another kit?
I've played 3 games so far consisting of maybe 4 or 5 in-game days. My character does not obsessively write things down - she's recorded a few things in a journal and used a piece of paper or two. I don't think she's ever measured anything.
I want my Pf Society character to have the skill required to write chronicles for the Society. Currently I have the skill penciled in as Craft [Chronicle].
My reason for taking it as a craft skill is that an NPC in the Serpent's Skull AP has Craft [Poetry] and I'm looking to create chronicles, not necessarily make a living off writing them.
A) Should chronicling be covered under a broader craft with a different name?
B) Should I instead be using a profession such as Profession [Scribe]?
A character is bitten by a ghoul. In addition to other effects, a ghoul bite transmits the disease Ghoul Fever. Should the bitten character make an immediate saving throw versus the disease DC to avoid contracting it, or do they automatically have the disease and only make saving throws to avoid negative effects once the incubation period has passed?
As per the PfS Field Guide, The Irorium is the largest open-air arena in the Inner Sea Region. It is located in the Foreign Quarter of the city of Absalom. This is great, however, it's decribed as having a 10-acre field.
According to the provided map, the entire Foreign Quarter of Absalom cannot be more than 7 or 8 acres (approx 800 ft long and 400 ft wide.
Should I play it a bit loose with the city dimensions by adding an extra 9 or more acres to the city, scale up the entire city to make the Irorium fit, or scale down the Irorium to a managable size?
