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Now that we have PM's I think a the ability to make custom list would be nice. As an example I could select certain posters, and add them to my "pbp" mailing list. That would allow me to click one button or type in "pbp", and send one message to several people.

1. Nobody is saying never ever heal your buddy and/or let them die. That is ridiculous.
2. Nobody is saying you will never ever have to heal.
3. What is being said is that the bad guys can put out damage faster than you can heal so the best thing to do is kill bad guys. The less bad guys there are the less damage output there is.
4. Most of the time if you have decent characters and use good tactics you will not have to heal in combat.
5. Once again, most of the time does not mean never.
6. Bookmark this thread if you have too.

orcerers and Bards: Sorcerers and bards choose spells as they cast them. They can choose when they cast their spells whether to apply their metamagic feats to improve them. As with other spellcasters, the improved spell uses up a higher-level spell slot. Because the sorcerer or bard has not prepared the spell in a metamagic form in advance, he must apply the metamagic feat on the spot. Therefore, such a character must also take more time to cast a metamagic spell (one enhanced by a metamagic feat) than he does to cast a regular spell. If the spell's normal casting time is a standard action, casting a metamagic version is a full-round action for a sorcerer or bard. (This isn't the same as a 1-round casting time.) The only exception is for spells modified by the Quicken Spell metamagic feat, which can be cast as normal using the feat.

For a spell with a longer casting time, it takes an extra full-round action to cast the spell.

Now we have a spell known as Cold Ice Strike

Casting Time 1 swift action

I don't think there is any RAW for this. I would like for any of you to that view this to press the FAQ button unless of course we can find a RAW answer that I missed.

edit:I am asking what kind of action is casting a metamagiched version of a swift spell for spontaneous spellcasters.

At 1st level, a magus learns to cast spells and wield his weapons at the same time. This functions much like two-weapon fighting, but the off-hand weapon is a spell that is being cast. To use this ability, the magus must have one hand free (even if the spell being cast does not have somatic components), while wielding a light or one-handed melee weapon in the other hand. As a full-round action, he can make all of his attacks with his melee weapon at a –2 penalty and can also cast any spell from the magus spell list with a casting time of 1 standard action (any attack roll made as part of this spell also takes this penalty). If he casts this spell defensively, he can decide to take an additional penalty on his attack rolls, up to his Intelligence bonus, and add the same amount as a circumstance bonus on his concentration check. If the check fails, the spell is wasted, but the attacks still take the penalty. A magus can choose to cast the spell first or make the weapon attacks first, but if he has more than one attack, he cannot cast the spell between weapon attacks.

You instantly transfer yourself from your current location to any other spot within range. You always arrive at exactly the spot desired—whether by simply visualizing the area or by stating direction. After using this spell, you can't take any other actions until your next turn........

Since this is a case of specific rules I am wondering which one takes precedence.

1. Does DD trump Spell combat meaning the spell would have to be cast at the end of the full attack or the full attack is canceled
2. Does Spell combat trump DD meaning DD can be cast first, and the full attack still continues.

A more general question is that when rules collide is there an unspoken hierarchy such as Class features/monster abilities then feats, then spells.

This is the gameplay thread.

Here is where you can freely speak OOC.

The first thing I will say is that this is an exercise in combat. There is no adventure to be had here. With that said a little background and other info:

There have been times when not all my players have shown up, but they still want something to do. For story reason I did not want to advance the story so I modified an idea I stole from another GM, and created the gauntlet.

In the real life version there were 10 fights. To make sure people don't bail out of boredom I am thinking of reducing this to 5 fights with the 5th fight being the boss(APL+4) fight, with the one superfight being fight number 6.

I will pair people up by classes. As an example 1 fighter type, 1 divine type, 1 arcane caster, and so on. There is no selection process so I might have team of 4 or 6, and a team might get 2 casters of the same type.

The idea of this is two fold.
1. Most of us have ideas we have wanted to try out. This is a chance to do so.
2. I get to try out houserules that work in theory, and have worked for other GM's. I just want to know how they work for me. There will be no more than 2 or 3 houserules so none of you have to worry about relearning the CRB.

If I get enough people for more than one team I will most likely run several play threads, and not every team will fight the same monster, and while I don't plan to give the monsters extra items there is a good posibility that any stock monster might get a feat or skill swapped out.

Rules:
Level 13: For those of you worried about spontaneous casters getting a raw deal check the house rules. :)

WBL:140,000 gp, with no more than 25%(35,000) of your wealth going to any one item. Now if an item is 36,000 or otherwise very close then let me know. I will probably overlook that.

Point Buy: 20 points--Dump to your hearts content, but I do attack in several ways when I GM in real life*. With it only being 5 or 6 fights you may get lucky, and not have to deal with it.

Books allowed: CRB, APG, UC, UM. Any other books will be limited to 1 per character if allowed.
No Antagonize feat, and no VoP(unless you can put forth a very convincing argument).

You get two traits, and no two traits can be in the same category.

Races:Ask about any non-core 0-HD race.

*That also applies to any weakness.

This is mostly a feeler for interest. If I can get at least one group I will create the material(maps and enemies).

The post in question is post number 46. It shows up in my post tab, but not in the actual thread, and if you allow the mouse to hover over the links it shows that one post is 45 and the next one is 47.

Link to missing post.<---It won't take you to the post, but it takes you to the thread.

What I am asking is could a caster provoke once for the casting of the spell, and once again for the ranged attack portion.

Discuss.

PS:The point of this is to get this FAQ'd since no exact answer has yet to be given.

Damage that continues over several rounds such as from Ice Storm would call for a concentration check if you cast a spell while in the area IMHO.

Do you think the caster is required to make a concentration check if he leaves the area, and then cast a spell?

Clever Explorer (Ex): At 2nd level, an archaeologist gains a bonus equal to half his class level on Disable Device and Perception checks. He can disable intricate and complex devices in half the normal amount of time (minimum 1 round) and open a lock as a standard action. At 6th level, an archaeologist can take 10 on Disable Device checks, even if distracted or endangered, and can disarm magical traps. This ability replaces the versatile performance ability.

I just think this should be FAQ'd since not giving them disable device as a class skill seems strange.

Some people really don't like losing.

wraithstrike wrote:

That is not what I mean. The gate rules say you get to control an outsider, but for longer service you have to bargain with it.

My question is if you are not trying to get a longer form of service how long do you get to control the outsider?

Quote:

If you choose to call a kind of creature instead of a known individual, you may call either a single creature or several creatures. In either case, their total HD cannot exceed twice your caster level. In the case of a single creature, you can control it if its HD does not exceed your caster level. A creature with more HD than your caster level can't be controlled. Deities and unique beings cannot be controlled in any event. An uncontrolled being acts as it pleases, making the calling of such creatures rather dangerous. An uncontrolled being may return to its home plane at any time.

If you choose to exact a longer or more involved form of service from a called creature, you must offer some fair trade in return for that service.

Well there seems to be a paragraph of text missing from the PF version of gate that specifically covered that, which is one of the reasons the Paizo version doesn't read correctly. In the same subrules for the calling of creatures, the 3.x version of haste says the following:

SRD-Gate wrote:

A controlled creature can be commanded to perform a service for you. Such services fall into two categories: immediate tasks and contractual service. Fighting for you in a single battle or taking any other actions that can be accomplished within 1 round per caster level counts as an immediate task; you need not make any agreement or pay any reward for the creature’s help. The creature departs at the end of the spell.

This would be after sacrificing the 10,000 gp in offerings, by the way. For some reason this text is absent in the PF Gate, despite the fact the text in PF gate references it.

How long do I get to control a creature since the 3.5 SRD text was removed?

This comes from another thread.
Some of us believe that if you have effective caster levels then those caster levels apply any time a spell calls for caster levels.

Others believe that abilities and items that add caster levels only apply to certain spells.

Example
Planer binding is limited by a phrase limiting the creature's HD to the character's caster level.
I believe you would be able to control/call a more powerful creature if you have access to additional caster levels.

Things like prayer beads boost caster levels.

Here is my stance:

"Your ability to use a spell is determined by how powerful you are as a caster in many cases, which is based referenced as caster level. The pseudo caster levels don't give you more spells, but they do increase your power.

If it would apply to caster level checks, other spells, and concentration checks, I don't see why it would not apply to gate".

Discuss

I am thinking of starting a 3rd pbp. I might even catch up to Wareeagle. :)

It can be 3.5 or PF. As long as the characters don't advance more than 10 levels over the course of the module/adventure it will be considered.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Everyone once in while a person will present a proposition. For whatever reason and through various means such as mathematical analysis, theory craft, and actual gameplay the community(90%+) will basically disagree.

The poster then wants to get upset, and accuse the dissenters of being power games, being upset, or always wanting to be right. If you are going to post here accept the that people might disagree with you. If they provide valid, and logical responses then address the responses. Otherwise there is no point to the discussion.

I had several PM's with a poster who did not know the rules well, nor had a good concept of balance. Not being able to counter any statements they got upset.

Other times people will be in a post and say ____ is broken, only to countered by idea X, Y, and Z. Instead of saying "thanks", or trying to present a counter they get upset.

While everyone likes to be correct the point of the discussion isn't to be correct, but to share ideas. If I am correct as an example then good for me. I have probably just educated someone. If they are correct then good for them. I just got educated, and I am now a better gamer for it.
Don't take things personally people. Closing your mind and trying to "win" the argument is not going to help you with whatever you came here to discuss.

When a class has an SLA, but no effective spell level is indicated how is the level determined?

I am not really asking this for debate purposes. Due to the way SLA's work with the concentration rules they should have assigned levels. They however are not printed in the books. I am basically asking everyone to FAQ this so they either go back and assign levels or give an official way to determine what the level should be. I figured this would be fixed by now.

edit:AFAIK all the monsters have the effective spell level listed by their SLA's if they don't duplicate a spell.

When a class has an SLA, but no effective spell level is indicated how is the level determined?

I am not really asking this for debate purposes. Due to the way SLA's work with the concentration rules they should have assigned levels. They however are not printed in the books. I am basically asking everyone to FAQ this so they either go back and assign levels or give an official way to determine what the level should be. I figured this would be fixed by now.

A small number of power strangers meet in a small town on their way to what is supposed to be a simple wedding.

I am asking this out of curiosity.
Do the people(NPC's) get rattled when the druid brings a tiger or T-Rex into town or if a summoner brings an eidolon into town?
Why or why not?

I know this will vary from group to group. I am just trying to get more of a feel as to how other people look at this.

OOC discussion will take place here.

Any mods that make the game better such as new spells, weapons, increase the AI, and so on?
I am about to get the game for old times sake. I lost my original copy years ago, and I just want to play again.

The game is now open again for an arcane caster type.
The creation rules are here

The exception is that the part is now 4th level, but your gear is still chosen with 3rd level gold.

If you get bitten you might turn, just like in the movies, but it is not guaranteed.

I will take on two people if I like more than 1 entry.

edit:The storyline is basically that about 3 years ago people and animals that died would rise again. Even some people who had been dead for a while rose again. Rumors are not circulating that many of the big cities have been overrun.
Anyone entering now will be in the city of Quantium.

I think I have found a solution.
First Piece of Evidence is Sneak Attack:

Sneak Attack: If a rogue can catch an opponent when he is unable to defend himself effectively from her attack, she can strike a vital spot for extra damage.

The rogue's attack deals extra damage anytime her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the rogue flanks her target. This extra damage is 1d6 at 1st level, and increases by 1d6 every two rogue levels thereafter......

Now according to this a denial of dex to AC sets someone up for sneak attack. This is what I call point 1. If anyone refutes point one please address it as point 1 in your counter claim.

Second Piece of Evidence is the Dexterity Ability itself:

Dexterity (Dex)

Dexterity measures agility, reflexes, and balance. This ability is the most important one for rogues, but it's also useful for characters who wear light or medium armor or no armor at all. This ability is vital for characters seeking to excel with ranged weapons, such as the bow or sling. A character with a Dexterity score of 0 is incapable of moving and is effectively immobile (but not unconscious).

You apply your character's Dexterity modifier to:
.....
Armor Class (AC), provided that the character can react to the attack.

Point 2: In order to not be denied dex you must be able to react to the attack.

If anyone has a counterclaim please address it as point 2.

Third Piece of Evidence is the Perception skill:

Check: Perception has a number of uses, the most common of which is an opposed check versus an opponent's Stealth check to notice the opponent and avoid being surprised. If you are successful, you notice the opponent and can react accordingly. If you fail, your opponent can take a variety of actions, including sneaking past you and attacking you.

Point 3: If you fail this check you can not react accordingly. If anyone refutes this please address it as point 3.

Final Conclusion:
If you do not succeed in an opposed check against an opponents stealth then you can not react accordingly.
Since you can not react to the attack by using your dex bonus, due to the fact that you are unaware of the opponent even being there, you lose dex to AC according to point 2.
Being denied the bonus to AC means you are now a legal target for sneak attack.

PS:I apologize if this has all been combined before, because while I have seen this subject come up before I have not seen these 3 points all put together.

The Intro:In rural Dalaston, a quiet wedding festival is ruined when a rampaging dragon descends from its mountain aerie to rain fire and destruction on the peaceful celebration. In desperation, the town’s leader turns to a mysterious stranger who promises protection from the dragon—in exchange for a few sacrifices. Now the children of Dalaston rise from the dead as ghastly abominations to enforce martial law and kidnap people for their mysterious master... including the blushing bride herself. With time quickly slipping away, can the PCs break the undead curse on the town and stop the dragon from destroying what remains?

I plan to accept 4-6 players. Deadline for background submissions is 2/19 at 11:59pm.

After that the group can build characters. That does not mean you can't build them in advance, but I would hate for you to spend the time on a character, and not be selected.

For a long period of time yesterday I could not access the website, and/or it was slow. It is happening again now. It is only this site though. Is maintenance being done or is it an issue on my side that I might be able to fix?

I know it can't happen at level one, but what about later? From what I understand they know where they have to go even if they don't know about the evils they will have to face.

PS:I don't have the adventure yet, and if I get it I will probably be the GM.

My paizomate Kelsey feels like humans are head and tails better than all the other races. Well those are not her words, but that is what I got.

Seriously. You get a feat and extra skill points, two highly desired things, while everybody else gets a bonus to a skill, maybe enhanced vision, and a situational bonus or two. Oh, and you get to choose your stat bonus and lack a penalty. It's so blatantly superior that it isn't even funny.

Kelsey as a reformed powergamer I can tell you that dwarves and humans are about even.

Darkvision is not a small thing unless your GM always lets you fight outside or assumes that if one person can see that everyone can see. That +2 to saves that dwarves get also comes in handy. Their penalty to charisma is to the most common dump stat anyway. The bonus stats are con and wis, which affect the two saves that if failed often get you killed or owned by the bad guy. I don't want to hi-jack Jame's thread but if you need convincing I can make another thread. As for the other races, they can be better depending on the class. Humans just happen to be the best at being adaptable to any one class.

I seem to recall someone mentioning an ability that allows you to charge through an ally's square a few days ago, but I can't remember the name of the ability, and my search-fu is failing me. If I was not imagining things could someone give me a link?

When will Numeria be getting some attention?

Crippling Strike* (Ex): A rogue with this ability can sneak attack opponents with such precision that her blows weaken and hamper them. An opponent damaged by one of her sneak attacks also takes 2 points of Strength damage.

Not that I disagree with the arguments that the rogue could be improved, but I never see this ability mentioned as a reason to go rogue. Is it because the ability only works once per round?

PS:This might be a rules issue.

I thought I saw a feat that allows a wizard to ignore one of his opposed schools, but now I can't find it. If it exist could someone tell me what book it is in.

I understand that you can't use other people's official things(characters, campaign worlds and so on) if you make product, but could you reference them legally.
Example:

If you are using Golarion instead of the campaign world this adventure is designed to be played in then Nethys could replace "insert 3pp deity".

Is the save made once per round, per successful attack, once per spell(once one creature has been forced to make a save no other creature has to), or once per creature per spell(No creature can be forced to make a save by the same casting of the spell more than once).

Many people including myself would like to delete aliases. Well I actually only want to get rid of PbP aliases, but right now they are weighted(lack of a better word) just like any other alias.

My first idea was to have the option to mark an alias as a pbp alias so it could be deleted later, but I thought of a lot of issues with that.

Before I go into my final idea I will say that when I go into my account I see all those aliases I have. Yeah I know that compared to others I don't have a lot. Anyway the idea is to be able to hide certain alias, and if I need access to them maybe having a way to be able to see them again could be made available. The ones from failed PbP's are the ones I want to hide or if I ever get into PFS, and the character reaches level 12 I would like to be able to hide those also.

Disclaimer-->This might be in the wrong area.

With that out of the way I will get to the heart of the matter. Many of us have tried to get into PbP games, and go through a lot of trouble including writing long background stories to get in them in the hopes of being selected.
I think the only thing worse than people having to not be selected is when nobody is selected because the GM decides not to run the PbP. I understand life gets in the way. I hold no ill will towards such situation, but to just abandon a thread without even making a mention of doing so is nothing short of being inconsiderate.
Yeah, this has happened recently. It is quiet sad because people are still trying to get into the thread, meanwhile the author continues to be a player in another game, and just refuses to acknowledge anyone's postings. Now they could say they forgot, but I actually dropped in on his PbP, and left a spoiler message for him to check his thread. As of right now(7:18 pm EST) there has been no post.
My point is simply this if you can't run a game or decide you just don't want to, stopping in to officially cancel it is ok. To ignore the thread however is not ok.

PS: I dropped out of the thread that is being ignored already so there are no hurt feelings on my part. I just think the action is jerkish in nature.

edit:The message was left for him about 2 days ago at least.

This is where gameplay posting will be held at.

Other than the glove of storing or handy haversack what ways are there to quickly get access to items?

I would prefer ways that avoid AoO's, but if I can do it as a swift or immediate action that would be helpful also.

I am trying to avoid 3.5 options at the moment.

This is where we will handle any questions and concerns of those that have been selected.

Scenario: You are all a members of a party. Your primary goal as a group was to help Dr.Throme Frennel a professor/archeologist working for a museum in Absalom. He was trying to find a relic lost long ago in the Mwangi Expanse. The professor met you all in Quantium, a city in Nex. From there you traveled to the Mwangi Expanse. After 3 years of searching the relic was proven to be a myth so you are on your back to Quantium. When the story begins you are on the way to Navinia(not on the map because I made it up), to get some rest in an actual bed. In short it is an R&R stop.

One last thing: I have never ran a PbP before so feel free to speak up. My main concern is pacing right now.

A sohei is proficient with all simple and martial weapons and with light armor.

.....He may select an additional group of weapons for every six levels after 6th, to a maximum of three at 18th level. A sohei may use flurry of blows and ki strike with any weapon in which he has weapon training.

Now the issue is this, that by the rules if a monk is wearing armor he can't flurry. Being proficient in it does nothing to remove that penalty. I think this needs errata.

The resist energy spell has exhaustion linked to the status effect as if a spell can actually be exhausted the same way characters can.
resist energy

"Animal companions for Ranger and Clerics" is the the name of the thread. I keep getting sent here.

Counter-Grapple (Ex): At 4th level, a tetori wrestler may make an attack of opportunity against a creature attempting to grapple him. This ability does not allow the tetori to make an attack of opportunity against a creature with the Greater Grapple feat. At 6th level, he may use counter-grapple even if his attacker has concealment or total concealment, at 8th level even if he is flat-footed, and at 10th level even if his attacker has exceptional reach.

I am assuming exception reach to mean that the opponent is outside of the reach normal range where he can make an attack of opportunity.

As an example a tetori monk using this ability could make an AoO against a dragon with 15 feet of reach if the dragon tries to grapple him from that distance.

I think this should be reworded since "exceptional reach" has no definition in the game to something along the lines of "this allows you to make attacks of opportunity against opponents that you do not threaten if they try to grapple you."

I keep getting sent back to the home page for the site--->the thread in question