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Have you seen the feat "Rivethun Disciple"? Rivethun Disciple wrote: You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to Crafting, Deception, Intimidation, and Medicine as long as you have the clumsy, drained, or enfeebled conditions. You also gain a +1 circumstance bonus to Athletics, Stealth, and Thievery checks as long as you have the immobilized, slowed, or stupefied conditions. What is going on? What is this grab-bag of elements intended to simulate?
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I'm sure this has been addressed, but I haven't found it. What effect will the material in the Remaster have on existing PF2e options? That is to say, if I choose to GM a game with the Remastered rules, will my players be able to use material from the many PF2e books I own (e.g., the Character Guide or Secrets of Magic or Treasure Vault)? Or will those become obsolete? If I as a player work out a strategy for my bard or my cleric now, how likely am I to have to completely rework that strategy after the Remaster comes out?
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I've been considering my next campaign, which I've decided will not be an AP but instead a game set in my homebrew world. Two things I don't care for in modern PF2e are Medicine and Crafting. Specifically, I don't care for how easy it is to heal up without a cleric and (far more importantly) how easy it is to craft magic items. In the old days, getting a +1 sword was a big deal. Getting a +3 flametongue was amazing. These days, it feels like it's just "$19.99 at Sears". No big deal. No questing involved. I have two PCs in my current home game who each hand out 16-17 healing potions per day. I mean, Frodo doesn't craft the Phial of Galadriel and Merry doesn't craft the sword that he stabs the Witch King with. Sure, there are plenty of modern fantasy tales (and some classic ones - The Dying Earth, for instance)(but even there the wizards had to go to the heart of a dead sun for their ioun stones...) where crafting is common. But why must we assume that crafting is common in all PF2e games? What if I want that gift from the elves to feel special and not like "do we have someone who wants to use this?" So, my question is: If I simply rule out the various versions of Treat Wound and limit crafting to consumables, how badly does that shift game balance? Sure, we go back to the 10-minute adventuring day, but maybe that's worth the thrill of finding a legendary suit of armor you couldn't craft for yourself.
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PLAY IN TARONDOR’S HOME GAME! This message is going out to everyone I play with. Or really, anyone who happens to see it. Don’t be shy. I’m a long (really long) time GM and my home game has been online since 2020. But it has also dwindled in size and I’d really like to have more great players! So, since we play online that means anyone could potentially play with us. Interested? Just drop me a Private Message! DETAILS
We play every other Sunday from 12-6 Eastern time. We -don’t- use any VTT’s (your GM finds them distracting). We just talk over Discord and use Google slides for images and maps. Works great and there’s zero learning curve. PLAYER’S CHOICE
So anyway, if you’d like to join us and want to have some input in what we play, now’s your chance to get involved! WHO I AM
My own style leans towards epic quests. You can get an idea of my GMing style from the many games I run here on the Paizo boards. You can also check out my various guides to character classes and whatnot by clicking on my Profile. Ooh. Everyone is welcome, but leave your baggage and agendas at the door. We’re just here to sling dice and have fun. If you’re interested, let me know!
Hi! My Emerald Spire game (played in Pathfinder 2e) is in need of some players! We need 6th level PC's for a game that will go through 12th level (or so). Current PCs are a wizard, druid and paladin. Please respond HERE.
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Okay, very minor, but I just started two Traveller games as "GM Tarondor" and meant to start them as "Traveller Referee Tarondor" (another alias). Is there any way for a moderator to fix that? To be clear, I'm not talking bout changing the title; I want to change the alias which made the first few posts. As I say, trivial, but I like neatness! If there is anything to be done, I would appreciate it! GM Tarondor's Secrets of the Ancients - Traveller and
FORMAT FOR TRAVELLER CHARACTERS NAME - UPP (e.g., Callie Dashulli - 697A56)
STR: (correct format: 9 (+1))
SKILLS: (correct format: Admin 2, Carouse 0, Gun Combat (Energy) 2, Pilot (Small Craft) 1, Pilot (Spacecraft) 2)
ARMOR: (correct format: Cloth +8 / TL10 / 3kg) WEAPONS: (correct format: Snub Pistol / TL 8 / 5m / 3D-3 / 6mag / Zero-G) AUGMENTS: (correct format: Cognitive Augment / INT +1 / TL 12 ) EQUIPMENT: (correct format: Grav Belt / TL 12 / 3kg ) ALLIES, CONTACTS, ENEMIES & RIVALS: FINANCES:
STUDY PERIODS:
CAREER HISTORY:
Second Term: Third Term: Fourth Term: Fifth Term: Aging Crisis: From Connections: From Skill Package: Tarondor Bonus: Mustering Out Benefits: NOTES:
FORMAT FOR TRAVELLER CHARACTERS NAME - UPP (e.g., Callie Dashulli - 697A56)
STR: (correct format: 9 (+1))
SKILLS: (correct format: Admin 2, Carouse 0, Gun Combat (Energy) 2, Pilot (Small Craft) 1, Pilot (Spacecraft) 2)
ARMOR: (correct format: Cloth +8 / TL10 / 3kg) WEAPONS: (correct format: Snub Pistol / TL 8 / 5m / 3D-3 / 6mag / Zero-G) AUGMENTS: (correct format: Cognitive Augment / INT +1 / TL 12 ) EQUIPMENT: (correct format: Grav Belt / TL 12 / 3kg ) ALLIES, CONTACTS, ENEMIES & RIVALS: FINANCES:
STUDY PERIODS:
CAREER HISTORY:
Second Term: Third Term: Fourth Term: Fifth Term: Aging Crisis: From Connections: From Skill Package: Tarondor Bonus: Mustering Out Benefits: NOTES:
Welcome to GM Tarondor's Skandersvik, a Traveller campaign using the Mongoose 2nd Edition rules.
Welcome to GM Tarondor's Secrets of the Ancients, a Traveller campaign using the Mongoose 2nd Edition rules.
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Who would be interested in either of these campaigns? Skandersvik - A complete campaign for Sword Worlds Travellers as crewmembers aboard the merchant cruiser Skander. They will voyage through Darrian and Five Sisters subsectors, into District 268 and finally home again. There is money to be made and glory to be earned on such an expedition, but it is not without its hazards. Secrets of the Ancients - Secrets of the Ancients will start your Travellers off within the familiar Spinward Marches, but quickly escalates to take them into times, places and dimensions they barely dreamed of. Traveller at its very best. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I want to stress that this is NOT a recruitment thread. I just want to know how much interest there would be. I will -LIKELY- run one or both of these, but only if there is enough interest. Knowledge of the Traveller game is not necessary, as it's easy to learn. We'd be using Mongoose Traveller, 2nd Edition. If you want to know what I'm like as a GM, check my profile. I have seven campaigns currently running, including one campaigns of Pathfinder, Traveller, Pulp Cthulhu and The One Ring.
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1) Can you really not cast Prismatic Wall if you don't have 60' of length and 30' of height available? Or could you cast it in a smaller space (like a 10' wide hallway)? 2) How thick is it? The spell doesn't seem to say and I can't find a rule about default wall thicknesses. In D&D, it was 1 inch thick, which seems reasonable, but I don't know what Pathfinder's intent is for this spell.
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I'm considering ways to run an Arthurian fantasy using Pathfinder 2e. Yes, I could (and might still) use Chaosium's excellent "King Arthur Pendragon" system, but my players are all familiar with PF2e, so I'm considering ways to adapt that. My first thought is that all the players would be knights, and would therefore take some form of a martial class (fighters, barbarians, rogues and champions, mostly) and that I'd keep a close watch on any supernatural abilities. Magic items would be strictly limited and would take the form of either holy relics or artifacts of faerie. In this system, spellcasters would be very few and always NPCs (Merlin, Vivian, Nimue, Morgana, the Fisher King, various mysterious damosels waiting in forests). Magical classes and archetypes would be right out. There will be no orcs or demons, no archmages or gnolls. Foes will mostly be knights, faeries and the occasional giant or troll. I'd like to reinforce the basic cultural assumptions of the Arthurian myth while sanding off its worst excesses. And for the hobbyists, my basic text would be Mallory and the French Vulgate (because people are familiar with it), but trying to tie in older Welsh legends, with a healthy dose of the Chaosium RPG and a patina of Boorman's Excalibur. Chivalry, loyalty, kingship, sacrifice and Christianity would be the central themes. I envision the story unfolding in three chapters with the knights as squires during Arthur's Boy King days, as knights errant during the apogee and as quest knights (possibly the sons of their previous characters?) during the Quest for the Grail and finishing up at the Battle of Camlann. I've thought a lot of this through, but I want to avail myself of the experience collected here. So. With all that, what house rules would you suggest?
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Hey folks! I created a little compendium of new troop types. HERE IT IS.
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I've been running RPG's for many decades now and I've always told myself I would write the big one. Not for sale, but just for me and and my friends. A multi-chapter Adventure Path-style campaign (probably in five acts) that would take the PCs from 1st through 20th level and tell a significant story in my home game world. I've been collecting bits and pieces, scenes and villains, situations and monster for awhile. I even have a multiple tentative plots to choose from. What I'm wondering is, what are some things you always wished for in a campaign, but rarely saw? Could be a situation that you wished had come up, a location rarely used, a rule that could see more use, or just a well-loved trope you'd like to continue seeing. For me, it's airships. I want a portion of that adventure to be on airships. And since my setting is firmly medieval, it'll have to be on another plane. That sounds like fun, too. I also love desperate must-win fights in precarious terrain. Conversely, what is something you either see too much of?
Yeah. I'm trying to recruit for my 2e Ptolus campaign, but the campaign thread says "Closed" for some reason. Well, it's not! I'd like to recruit two new players for this long-running campaign! The recruitment thread (and actual campaign) is HERE
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I've converted Monte Cook's The Banewarrens and Night of Dissolution to Pathfinder Second Edition. You can find the conversion here: Tarondor's Pathfinder 2e Conversion of Monte Cook’s The Banewarrens and Night of Dissolution
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My group is about halfway through Age of Ashes. We started off as a face-to-face group in Northern Virginia, but during the pandemic we all went online, and we have had players from all over the U.S. and the world. Over time our membership has gone up and down and we'd really like to recruit a few more players. We meet every other Sunday from Noon-6:00(ish) p.m., Eastern time. We don't use any fancy VTT's because I find that the tech distracts from the actual game. All you need is Discord and a Google account (our maps are on Google slides). Let me know if you're interested.
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I've done a conversion of The Emerald Spire to PF2e. HERE IT IS.
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I love the tab function of the online games, separating discussion and gameplay and recruitment. But you know what's missing? A GM-only tab accessible only by that game's GM. I'd love to shove notes and reminders in a place like that where my player's can't see them.
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I've been thinking a lot about the differences the two systems impose on loot. Specifically I've been thinking about how I need to alter loot from 1e adventures (as well as older D&D 3.0 and 3.5e adventures) to suit 2e PC's. I'm running many older adventures but using PF2e, you see. The most obvious change is to reduce gold by 90%. But it's not that obvious because the expected wealth by level amounts are different. So a good GM (not me, but a good one) would total all the loot in any given part of an adventure, compare it to the expected loot from that level range and adjust. That's a bit of a pain in the behind, so I'm trying to work out a quick rule-of-thumb sort of thing. The other consideration is that weapon runes (and later, armor runes) and magic items in general are hard-wired into the math of 2e, so those need to be available. 2e GMs using older adventures need to make sure that a reasonable amount of these are in the adventure. So... anyone have any rule-of-thumb advice for this sort of thing?
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I went looking for a Ranger Snare Specialist build and couldn't find one, so I made one. I made the choice to downplay DPS choices in favor of the Snares line of feats and the Monster Hunter line of feats. What do you think? ________________________________________________________________ [color=red]RANGER SNARE SPECIALIST[/color] Ancestry: Kobold (Venomtail Kobold)
2nd: Skill Feat: Terrain Stalker (Rubble); Class Feat: Hunter’s Aim
Final Hit Points: 206
Welcome to the Two-Headed Serpent! Please take a few minutes to look over the materials I've posted in the header, then go look at the Campaign Tab where I've posted the rules and format for character creation. Finally, come back here and post your ideas - NOT YOUR CHARACTER YET. I really want this team to be an organic whole. I'd like some connecting backgrounds between the five of you and some discussion of archetypes, occupations and traits so that you work well together as a team. Your -characters- might not know what they're in for, but you do. Discuss!
THE TWO-HEADED SERPENT Welcome to the Recruiting Thread for The Two-Headed Serpent, a Pulp Cthulhu campaign, a two-fisted, action-oriented epic adventure in the world of Call of Cthulhu. What is Pulp Cthulhu?
What is The Two-Headed Serpent?
Working for Caduceus, a medical aid organization, the heroes will loot a lost temple in the forests of Bolivia, go head-to-head with the Mafia in New York City, face a deadly epidemic in the jungles of North Borneo, uncover the workings of a strange cult in dust-bowl-era Oklahoma,infiltrate enemy territory inside an awakening volcano in Iceland, face the horrors of hideous medical experiments in the Congo, race to control an ancient and powerful artifact on the streets of Calcutta, and ultimately travel to a lost continent for a desperate battle to save humanity from enslavement or annihilation! How Much Experience Do I Need?
How Much Do I Need to Know About the Cthulhu Stories?
What Kind of Horror Should I Expect?
Who’s the GM?
As a GM I like a reasonable pace and I try to be as fair as possible. I am known for long-form adventures and do not fade away. I value players who are friendly, flexible and eager to have fun. What Materials will I need if I’m Going To Play?
2) A copy of Pulp Cthulhu. 3) The Free Pulp Cthulhu Autocalculating Character Sheets from Chaosium. You don’t need any of those things to apply, however. What Kind of Commitment Will This Require?
What Is the Expected Frequency of Posting?
What Should I Do if I’m Interested?
What Should I NOT Do?
How Many Players Will Be Chosen?
When Will the Players Will Be Chosen?
Good Luck and Keep Watching the Stars!
I've decided to open a new game and I've invited a few of you here to discuss what that game ought to be. I'm going to discuss a few options and I'd like you to say something about each: A = Of the options presented, I am most interested in this game.
I'm hoping for at least one "A" out of each of you. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___
OPTION 2) The Darkening of Mirkwood a The One Ring campaign. The One Ring is a game system designed to emulate the heroic feel of Middle Earth. Its limited by design to give the campaign a very Tolkien-esque aspect. It's not for hardcore D&D/Pathfinder simulationists but it -is- for hardcore Tolkien simulationists. The campaign occurs over 30 years of time (you may wind up playing your original hero's children or grandchildren) leading up to the driving out of the Necromancer by the White Council prior to the War of the Ring.
OPTION 3) Tyrant's Grasp Adventure Path, but done in Pathfinder 2e, not 1e. A fun campaign. It's just that I'm already running a few 2e campaigns.
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Hello, folks. I've written a guide to the 2e rogue. YOU CAN FIND IT HERE Comments welcome. __________________ Incidentally, you can find my guide to the 2e wizard HERE And my guide to the 2e fighter HERE.
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Somehow I arrived at two "Imiriax's" in my "Post As" list. One of them has a character and an icon attached, one doesn't. But the forums keep defaulting to the one that doesn't and I have to correct it four or five times to get the one with the icon. How can I delete the wrong one?
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Does the Swashbuckler archetype grant you the Exemplary Finisher ability of the Swashbuckler styles?
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I keep looking at the Ratfolk Ancestry Feat "Pack Rat" and thinking that the Design Team missed a chance to make a "Rat Pack" feat where you could be cool and suave and wear narrow ties, hanging out late night in Vegas. Just sayin'.
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Debilitating Strike wrote: Trigger: Your Strike hits a flat-footed creature and deals damage. Precise Debilitation wrote:
Many sources I've read treat Precise Debilitation as a source of the flat-footed condition, as if you no longer need to work for it with Tripping, Feinting, Hiding and whatnot. However, it seems to me that since Precise Debilitation merely adds options to your Debilitating Strike, and Debilitating Strike already requires the target to be flat-footed, you cannot use Precise Debilitation to cause a non-flat-footed target to become flat-footed. This seems true per the Rules As Written, although it can't be true because otherwise the second option would have no effect. So, what am I missing?
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I have created a guide to the Second Edition Fighter. HERE IS THE FIRST DRAFT. I would appreciate your comments and corrections. Enjoy! ___________________________________________________________________________ ____
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Which weapon traits do you value most? Why? And for which weapons? I think that non-damage traits (trip, shove, versatile, reach, etc.) are better than damage traits (deadly and fatal)(why did they go with synonyms?). And of those, I think Reach is clearly the best (but obviously not in all situations) So maybe something like this: Highest Value: Damage dice (not a trait, I know), Agile, Finesse, Reach Average Value: Free-Hand, Grapple, Jousting, Parry, Shove, Trip, Two-Hand, Versatile Lesser Value: Backstabber, Backswing, Deadly, Disarm, Forceful, Nonlethal, Propulsive, Sweep, Thrown, Twin Negative Value: Volley So how would you rate the weapon traits?
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I'm trying to think through the best weapon combinations for a Two-Weapon fighter, including both Strength Fighters and Dexterity Fighters. I'd like your comments on the best combinations. I'm open to combinations that are good for a Multiclass, but the base class has to be Fighter. I'm thinking that the classic is Rapier/Main Gauche (certainly the only real-world example I know of). What about twin Aldori Dueling Swords? Pick and light pick? Twin Sawtooth sabers? Twin Orc Necksplitters? Twin Kukris? Twin Gnome Flickmaces? What say you?
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I'm confused about stances. Stance Trait wrote: A stance is a general combat strategy that you enter by using an action with the stance trait, and that you remain in for some time. A stance lasts until you get knocked out, until its requirements (if any) are violated, until the encounter ends, or until you enter a new stance, whichever comes first. After you use an action with the stance trait, you can’t use another one for 1 round. You can enter or be in a stance only in encounter mode. (emphasis mine) Point-Blank Shot wrote: You take aim to pick off nearby enemies quickly. When using a ranged volley weapon while you are in this stance, you don’t take the penalty to your attack rolls from the volley trait. When using a ranged weapon that doesn’t have the volley trait, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to damage rolls on attacks against targets within the weapon’s first range increment. So, if I use my first action strike with my bow using Point-Blank shot, can I not also fire twice more that round using Point-Blank Shot? Does PBS only work on the first shot? The wording of PBS ("enemies", "damage rolls") seems to imply multiple shots. OR, should I interpret the words "another one" to mean another stance, not another action?
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