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I've been told by my players that alchemists add their intelligence bonus when they use alchemy fire or acid flasks. Is this true, and where is it listed?

If the above IS true, does it also apply to holy water?

I was wondering if the above order was ever shipped? I haven't seen it, and it's been three weeks.

If this is anything like "The Mud Sorcerer's Tomb," then it's gonna be totally awesome! Can't wait to get my hands on it.

In an effort to support my local gaming store, I am canceling the following ongoing orders and will instead be purchasing them from the local store as they have supported our ongoing weekly PFS games.

Thank you for the years of faithful mailing, and I look forward to continuing to receive the Adventure Path and Tales subscribtions in the mail,and purchasing the PDF's online as they become available. THANKS!

Long Live PFS!

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What type of action does it take to dismiss an eidilon? Is it a free action, move, standard, full round, or 1 round action? I'm assuming its a standard action. Pointing to a reference would be great! Thanks.

Alchemical weapons usually only require a ranged-touch to hit. ie. hit the "touch ac" vs. "normal ac".

Is the same true for an alchemist's bomb? References?

I'm painting up my goblins for my RotRL campaign, and would like some pointers on painting fire. Any body have any advice, or know of a link I can look at?

I could have sworn that somewhere on this board was a list of more buildings that could be built in the city, as well as graphics to go with them. Anybody know what I'm talking about, or am I just going insane?

I didn't see a thread for this, so I figured I'd start one.

Ideas for new flip mats!

1. An underground evil temple
2. A lava filled cavern
3. A forest meadow
4. A graveyard
5. A mansion (new, haunted, or otherwise)
6. A raging river (with or without suspension bridge)
7. A lake (maybe with an island in the middle)
8. A waterfront area (currently covered by map packs, maybe another one)
9. A small town
10. A street scene with buildings on both sides (the flip side could be back alleys)

Anybody else?

GenCon is only a week away. This time next week, us volunteer GM's will be asleep in our beds getting ready to run for four days straight.

Thought I'd share this. Just had my first bad dream about running at the Con.

First I showed up late to my game because I wasn't organized and ready to go, dropping stuff as I ran towards my table. Then, the table kept stretching away from the wall where the outlet was for my laptop (not sure why I was using a laptop). Finally, some guy didn't have a ticket, so he tried to pay me 18 cents in pennies, saying it was the same thing.

Very weird....

Why was this discontinued if its being sold by Kenzerco?

Did anybody else notice that the diorama pictures in the adventure looked a lot like stills from a cartoon...? Is there a Pathfinder cartoon in the making?

I did like them, btw.

From someone who played either the game portion, or the plot twisting portion, how was it?

I'm eager to hear how the new card deck was.

Anybody else running anything this afternoon/evening?

Does anybody know how to properly scan documents to PDF format? Something similar to what you can buy in PDF format? I'm looking to clear up some shelf space and want to get rid of my Dungeon/Dragon magazines, but I want to get an electronic format that I can search. Is this a hard thing to do? I'd only need to scan some of the Dragon's, as I can buy most in PDF on the website, but only some of the Dungeon magazines...

Any ideas or suggestions?

Is there a 3.5/3.75 version of this spell anywhere?

Could you please remove one of the two battlemats from the order? My friend found his missing mat. Thanks!

Is a witch's Evil Eye hex considered mind-affecting. According to the description it affects the mind, but I have a character that is saying since it's not specifically listed as "mind-affecting," like spell descriptions are, then it's not a mind-affect.

Opinions?

AH!!!!

Sorry, had to get that out..

So I logged on yesterday to see what lottery events I'd won, and I saw that I'd been double booked for the 1PM - 6PM slot on Saturday, getting both Suicidal Strikeforce (which my "buddy" signed up for), and Twisting Plots: The Crowd Messes with Greg A. Vaughan's Game (which I'd signed up for).

I didn't get a chance to post about this last night due to real life issues.

I log on this morning to fix it, and see that both have been removed from my schedule and are now full.

Thus..

AH!!!!!!

Help?

I just ran a combat with a roper. I noticed that there is no "grab" attached to the strands. I just wanted to see if this was an error or on purpose. Usually creatures with tentacle attacks automatically have grab.

Why does the darklands sentinel only have one feat? If he has 3 HD, he should have two.

I guess this is a question equally for the staff of Paizo and GM's from last years PFS at GENCON. I'm starting my preps for GENCON 2010 as a PFS GM, and I've got some questions.

1. Are we required to print up our own session sheets for all adventures we may run? If so, by my calculations, assuming siz players a game for some weird reason, I'd need 60 sheets for each possible adventure, for a grand total of 720 sheets of paper. This, of course, assumes I only play one PFS adventure the entire time.

2. Speaking of which, to the GM's, when did you find out which scenarios you were running? Obviously, Josh and staff have some way of determining this, but I'm curious when you found out.

3. Do I need to provide my own faction mission sheets? Again, see question one for the # of paper's issue, but this time 1440 sheets of paper, since there are always at least two sheets for faction missions, and there's always the odd chance that everyone will be the same faction and want their own copy to read.

4. To the GM's, any general suggestions for running at the CON? I was there playing last year, and I noticed that GM's varied greatly in how they played, what material they brought, etc. I've been running 20+ years, but I wanted to get insight from people that have already run at the CON. I was planning on packing a rolling tote bag with what I'll need, and run from my laptop like I do at home to save on books and weight.

Thanks for the info.

No biggy, but the scenario sheet for the adventure incorrectly lists the Tier 3-4 reward table as Tier 2-3. Looks like a fun adventure. Can't wait to run it!

Do we have a list of what (if any) PFS adventures are being run at the Con?

Can a vrock take a 5-foot step while doing his 3 rounds of dancing, or is dancing consider a move type action? We had a DM "dance down the hall" after the party, get them in LoS, and then activate the burst. I think this is legal, since it says you can take a 5-foot step as long as your fullround action doesn't involve movement, but dancing is moving, so...

Thoughts.

If a creature has two claw attacks and gets rend, they inflict rend damage if they hit with both claws. I know this. Now a player tries to tumble by, and provokes AoO's. The creature gets off two more successful claw attacks, o e in each square that provokes. Does it get rend?

According to the beastiary, a rend occurs when a creature makes two successful claw attacks in one round. Realism makes me want to add "while making a full attack action". According to the RAW, this doesn't hold true. So, if the creature makes two successful AoO's due to a failed tumble, it'd get rend. Is this correct?

Character is falling 100 ft, but wearing a ring of feather falling.

1. Character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character falls for 60 ft., ring turns off, character takes 35 (40 ft.) of falling damage?

2. Character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character falls for 60 ft., ring turns off, character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character lands safely?

3. Character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character falls 95 ft. and lands safely?

4. Character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character falls 60 ft. End of round. Next round, character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character lands.

Which one is the correct scenario. I'm guessing #4 is way off, and its either 1 or 2. I'm hoping 2, maybe 3, or my pathfinder society character just wasted 2,200 gp.

Thanks

For those that have been before, or are organzing this years Con...

How late do festivities usually last on Sunday? Is it a "done at noon" thing, or do we run through the evening? Trying to set up my flight schedule/hotel room and want to see if I need to leave on Monday instead of Sunday to head home.

Thanks.

Two questions came up in my game last night.

1. Can a player expend a PA point to add a +4 to their stabilization attempt roll (+4 to a skill check)?

2. When a bad guy gets away with some of the treasure, how does this effect the total money earned. I ran scenario #10 last night, and after nuking the party with all of his spells, Niccum fled the manse. Since he denied the party his treasure, it should affect the total money earned. Am I correct that all treasure value is determined by dividing the money earned for selling the item at 1/2 price by 6? Also, if this is true, how do I value out the spellbook he had?

Thanks

Has Paizo ever thought about making a bumper sticker advertising Pathfinder Society? Maybe something advertising that we are GMs/DMs and that they can contact us if they want to play. Just a thought.

Does anybody know if there are any active Society groups in Pearl Harbor. I have a player moving out there soon, and I'd like to hook her up with a group if I can.

Just reported a session where a player had already run the scenario previously. He got credit for playing it again with a new character (same pathfinder #, just -2 instead of -1). Is that a bug, or can we now replay sessions with new characters?

Has anybody ever compiled a list of the monsters/mobs that appear in the various scenarios?

Does anybody know where the 3.5 version of the grandfather plaque appears, or if someone has done a conversion. It originally appeared Dragon magazine #223, and reprinted in Monstrous Compendium Annual #3.

Has anybody been play testing their scenarios before submitting them? Just curious. I'm going to finish my submission in the next few days and finally send it it, but was curious if others have been play testing before sending it in.

Josh,
A quick question about the submission writing.

Do you have a problem with writers using Grand Master Torch in a submission? Specifically, a follow on to #14, and the "favor" owed to him by the PFS? Curious, considering that you apparently planned on using him in #45.

Bill

Why does the darkmantle get 1d4+4 damage? It has no strength bonus anymore, and no Feats that might give it extra damage, nor any special attacks. So, why does it get the +4 damage? And why is it's melee attack bonus +6? BAB +2, Str +0, no feats, which means no Dex bonus to attacks?

Was this an error?

I keep finding more. The Reflex save is wrong too. A magical beast has a base of 3 at 2 HD, and the Dex should make it +5.

And the CMB is wrong, unless there's a way for Small creatures to use their Dex bonus and not loose a -1 due to being Small.

I must be blind, because I've looked, and I haven't seen the question yet.

Now that Keepers of Secrets is out, is the book legal for Pathfinder Society? Only certain parts, or all of it? I've already got players asking when they can use it.

I've been looking over the new Bestiary, and have some concerns. While trying to understand the new rules for advancement, I got into the question of how many skill points creatures get per level. So, with no table, I went to break down skills for a few monsters and see what was what. That's where I ran into a problem. Below is a monster that I've broken down skill points on, and it didn't add up. If someone can find the mistake please let me know. I've reverse engineered the creature, and came up short.

Griffon

Acrobatics +10
Fly +5
Perception +12

5HD creature

+4 bonus to Acrobatics and Perception
Skill Focus (Perception)
Size Large
Ability Modifiers

So,
Acrobatics +10 (-4 for racial bonus) (-2 for Dex) = +4
Perception +12 (-4 for racial bonus) (-3 for Feat) (-1 for Wis) = +4
Fly +5 (+2 for size) (-2 for Dex) = +5

Assuming each skill is a “class skill” that means -3 to each.

Acrobatics +1
Perception +1
Fly +2

That’s only 4 skill points. A creature gets a minimum of 1 per level no matter now dumb they are. So, what happened to the last skill point?

I did the cloaker and bulette as well, and they added up.

Did I miss something with the Griffon? And, as per my original search, do we assume that the skills listed on the initial creature are all class skills?

Is there any word on when we can expect some more info on these minis? I saw the greens at GENCON, and would really like to see what you and Reaper have planned for this line of minis.

Does anybody know how to not make mouseover text go away after a few seconds?

Is anybody running pathfinder in Hawaii, specifically Honolulu area? Gonna be in town for a few weeks, and thought I might be able to pick up/run a game.

In 3.5, a wizard could spend two weeks of down time and attempt to attune to a spellbook that he finds. Did this rule get dropped from the new core rule books or just forgotten?

Is a wizard now required to always spellcraft a spell from a foreign book and then copy it into his own (or onto another page of same spellbook) in order to memorize it without having to spellcraft it?

I was running through the list of blackguard spells, and looking at the 3rd level spells.

Where is protection from elements located? It's not in any of the books, and I haven't seen an errata anywhere for it. Is it supposed to be there, or maybe actually suppose to be protection from energy?

Anybody know or have an offical answer?

Thanks!

When can we expect our games from GENCON to be posted on our accounts?

I want to start a subscription to the RPG line for pathfinder, but I'm afraid if I do, I'll be shipped another copy of the Core Rule Book, which I've already bought at GENCON. Is there a cut off time for when I can set up this subscription, and know I won't get an additional copy shipped to me? Also, if I sign up for the subscription now, could I cancel my preorder of the Beastiary, since I'd know get it under the new subscription?

Thanks!

My group might not have won, but at least I had the best line...
"Your pocket was picked by a cleric!"
Great job, guys! See you next year.

Well, I just recieved my order, and everything look great, until I tried to piece together my Great Mother figure. I'm missing a few parts.

As seen from the front of the picture, I'm missing the lower right mouth tentacle, and if I count all the holes in the mini, I'm missing two of those eye-ball thingys on a stick. Any chance I can get these pieces sent to me?

Thanks!

Bill

If a character dies in a scenario, and is raised, does he loose a level (as per standard rules)? Just trying to see if its worth raising one of our level 2.0 characters from the dead or not.

Did anybody ever invest in these metal cards? I picked up some last year a Origins, and have recently tried to find out about the other three sets. I can't find anything on the web, and both websites (www.fantasymint.com & www.tokkens.com) no longer appear to be working. Did the company go out of business? There was suppose to be other information one could pull from the website on each card using a code printed on the back.

Any information would be appreciated.