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jubilee wrote:

I'd suggest changing the wording on the "bonus spells" bit to something like "bonus spell-like-abilities" and instead of "prepared alongside" you could say "prepared in addition to and at the same time as" - because it's rather confusing to me at first read whether they're supposed to be spells you can prepare or not.

/ali

I think they're not supposed to be spell-like abilities, but actual domain spell slots.

Shield of Faith (Sp): You can cast Shield of Faith 1/day per 2 caster levels you possess.

If they're domain spell slots, what level slot do they fall into? Do they need to be memorized via regular spell slots? That makes no sense because shield of faith is already on the cleric spell list. But on the spell progression chart for Cleric, there's no longer a +1 next to each spells-per-day entry to indicate the domain spell slot spell you can memorize. Plus, (Sp) stands for spell-like ability, does it not?

Or do you mean they are spell slots in the sense that you cast them like spells (needing components) instead of like spell-like abilities?

/ali

I have a player that wants to play an oriental adventures flavored shaman in the Curse of the Crimson Thrones path I'm gearing up to run next month. Any suggestions for fitting her in, culturally? I thought about suggesting Shoanti, but they seem a little more native americanly influenced than oriental to me. Can an oriental-flavored tribe fit in amongst the Shoanti, or does she belong somewhere else?

Thanks =)

/ali

I'd suggest changing the wording on the "bonus spells" bit to something like "bonus spell-like-abilities" and instead of "prepared alongside" you could say "prepared in addition to and at the same time as" - because it's rather confusing to me at first read whether they're supposed to be spells you can prepare or not.

/ali

There is no mention of taking a penalty to tumble for moving more than half your speed. Has that been intentionally removed?

Also, it's never been clear to me how the "+2 for each additional opponent avoided in one round" works with tumble. We've always played it that you roll a tumble check for each opponent, and it gets harder each time. If you're rolling past 3 people, you need to roll a 15, 17, and 19 to get past them. But I've always suspected you make one roll for all oponents at the highest number. Could that be clarified in Pathfinder?

Lastly, DC 15 + base attack bonus seems high for tumbling to me.

/ali

Barbarian:

Pg. 14 - under the "Increased Damage Reduction" Rage Power, it states that the barbarian cannot increase her damage reduction by more than 3/-, and that the power cannot be selected until 12th level. A 13th level barbarian has 3/- damage reduction. Does that mean this Rage Power is only useful for one level, or does it mean she can't have an overall total more than 6/-? It seems like this could be clearer.

Cleric:

Pg. 22 - under Channel Energy we could really use a page reference for the rule on how it works. Personally, I would rather see the rule for channel energy in with the cleric write-up (since it doesn't need a table for turning anymore) and the Channel Energy amount added to the class progression chart much like the Rogue's sneak attack damage is.

Monk:

Pg. 30 - Does the extra attack a monk can gain (on a full attack) by spending a Ki Point stack with extra attacks gained via haste and other similar spells?

Paladin:

Pg. 35 - In order for a Paladin's mount to Command an animal that is being ridden it must make a DC 21 spellcraft check. As there is no mention of a paladin's mount sharing his paladin's skills (as with familiars), that means that even if you put every skill point (minimum 1) the horse gets for bonus HD, it's going to have a maximum of 8 ranks (+8 bonus HD) for a total of 7 (9 int) before you roll the die. This is a pretty slim chance of success. Is this intentional?

Rogue:

Pg. 39 - Under Rogue Talents, it states that a rogue cannot select an individual talent more than once - does (should) this include the combat trick (feat) and weapon training (wpn focus) talents?

Sorcerer:

Pg. 43 - The feats for Celestial Bloodline struck me as very odd - Mobility, mounted combat, ride-by attack, and weapon finesse? Actually, alot of the feats seem odd, it makes me curious what the criteria was.

Wizard:

Pg. 49 - Under Arcane Bond, it states that if you choose an item to bond with, you may enchant it as if you had the required feat - does the wizard have to otherwise qualify to enchant the item? For example, Forge Ring and Craft Staff require caster level 12. Can a wizard with those items not enchant it until 12th caster level?

Pg. 194 - Under Arcane Schools - "Whenever a wizard attains the listed level, he can choose one spell from his school to prepare every day as a bonus spell." - there is no mention of whether the Wizard has to have the spell in his spellbook in order to prepare it. Is this intentional?

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I know Class Discussion isn't open yet, but my players are starting to consider what classes they'll play, and I'd like some ideas on how I might handle some of these issues (especially the Rogue, Monk and Wizard).

/ali

Sadly, your sample monk is incorrect on at least two counts - First level monks have a +0 attack bonus, so they can't take Weapon Focus (it requires a +1 attack bonus) and monks have to be lawful, so the sample character can't be Neutral Good. Unless these are rules you're planning to throw out? (*hopeful*)

/ali

If I were in a 3.5 group that found itself often facing magical traps, I would invest in a wand of detect magic pronto (actually, I've been in this situation - one in which we had no rogue to disarm traps, no less) and use that throughout the entire dungeon to at least help us bypass the magical traps. A wand of detect magic is cheap enough that it was like using at will.

of course, a GM can also refuse to let players find a wand of detect magic.

and then a player can take the feat to make wands of detect magic. *shrug*

It's not that much diferent, just a little cheaper

/ali

I listened to wild magic (actually, I think I bought it from audible.com) and read the other books in the series. I'll have to see about listening to wolfspeaker, though. I've also listened to the lioness, terrier, and trickster books from Tamora, and have meant to spend some time listening to the magic circle series, too. I thought Wild Magic was extremely enjoyable to listen to, good work =)

/ali

If there were a save it would be: 10+ 1/2 CL + CON bonus as all Sorcerer bloodline powers are.

Is there a page reference?

Thanks,

/ali

We were playing tonight and the sorcerer had the fey bloodline. She used her first level ability (making someone laugh) and we wanted to know if there was a save.. ? There wasn't anything in the entry itself, or that I could find in the bloodline general description.. am I missing something?

Thanks

/ali

Are these images going to be on the front or the back of the shirt? I'd need to know that before I bought or pledged to buy anything.

I like the goblin t-shirt best, but as I've recently ordered the existing back and white one, I'm unlikely to buy another one, so I guess I'll be waiting for the next round of designs =)

/ali

Very rarely have I played a rogue and used sleight-of-hand for stealing stuff. Most often, I've used it to conceal things on my person (but I think you're technically supposed to use hide for that in 3.5). One time I was being held hostage and successfully got a dagger without my captor noticing. Boy was he surprised by my sneak attack..

Anyway, it doesn't make much sense to rename it theft and put it with open lock, because there's things you can do with sleight of hand besides steal things. I prefer the Open Lock + Disable Device & the Escape Artist & Sleight of Hand combinations, if combinations must be made.. =)

You could also combine sleight of hand with bluff, because when you don't have access to psychic paper sometimes you have to distract the guards by shuffling alot of papers and assuring them you belong.

/ali

Hmm.. I removed something from my cart and added something else and the discount was working again..

Although, I did at the same time receive my "Your Pathfinder #8 has shipped" email.

/ali

I meant to order these when they were initially released, but of course I missed the date and let time wander by and now they're all backordered.. *sigh*

Can anyone tell me when they are expected to be back in stock? I'm trying to decide whether to hold the rest of the items until they arrive or find the module I want soonest at a LGS instead.

/ali

My discount is missing as well.. :( And it didn't come back when I tried again later!

/ali

I think a better way to show half-elven adaptability than a weapon bonus is to let the player choose at creation whether they've been more influenced by their elven or human heritage.

If raised primarily by elven principles, give them elven weapon proficiencies & elven language choices.

If raised primarily by human principles, give them the human skill bonus & the human language choices.

The additional weapon choice being moved from half-elves to humans seemed unnecessary. Humans get enough for being human as it is, IMO.

/ali

I am in favor of keeping the 3.5 skill system mostly in tact for players with the following changes:

1. Get rid of cross-class skill distinctions.

I've been playing in a game for over 2 years where we have no cross-class skill restrictions. It has not broken the game, nor taken away anyone's "niche" - my druid is still the expert at knowledge: nature, but she's also competant at climb, jump, move silently, hide, and tumble, because she's an active sort of person who likes to climb trees and observe nature without disturbing it. It leads to more rounded characters, and a fighter with a bit of diplomacy or knowledge: history is more interesting than one that can only jump, climb, intimidate, swim, and ride.

2. Consolodate skills as presented in the Alpha document.

This gives the low-SP pcs more bang for the buck, and allows the rogue to do more interesting things than pick locks, disable devices, and spot/listen/search with their skill points.

3. Let the max-rank-system as presented in the alpha release be an optional rule for NPCs to be created quickly and easily. I don't think NPCs have to have the same creation rules as PCs.

/ali

I dislike the 3.5 weapon size system because it hurts smaller PCs who usually already suffer a strength and/or con penalty and also have a hard time getting any loot because weapons found on the monsters you kill are almost always medium or larger. It sucks to have a -str penalty AND do a d4 instead of a d6 with a short sword because you're short. It's the same problem as the 3.5 size penalty for grapple combined with the strength penalty for size. It may be more "realistic" but it's alot less fun (or feasable) to play a gnome giant slayer.

I would like to see sizes and different dices discarded and have a short sword, long sword, or great sword be the same regardless of the size of who is wielding it. Then no one has to worry about how or whether it can be wielded and small people don't get double penalized.

/ali

I'd also like to see the conjurer getting an ability more conjury - being able to pull JUST the thing you need out of your pocket would be great. Perhaps they can conjure a mundane, non-alchemical item of a certain GP value that goes up as they level?

/ali

jubilee wrote:

That's what's confusing me - I thought I did have an ongoing subscription! It's been in my shopping cart for a while now..

You have to actually finish checking out after you put it in your cart. View your cart, and click the "Proceed to checkout" button.

/ali

jubilee wrote:

I thought I was a Pathfinder Charter Subscriber - I signed up to convert my Dragon mag subscription into a Pathfinder subscription back when the announcement was first made. But now I see the thingy next to my name is missing the word 'Charter' - what must I have done wrong?

*sigh*

/ali

To be a charter subscriber, you had to sign up for an ongoing subscription before a certain date—just transitioning issues to Pathfinder didn't count towards "charterhood."

Was there something more that had to be done? Was there a subscription option where I was supposed to pay a year in advance or something?

/ali

I thought I was a Pathfinder Charter Subscriber - I signed up to convert my Dragon mag subscription into a Pathfinder subscription back when the announcement was first made. But now I see the thingy next to my name is missing the word 'Charter' - what must I have done wrong?

*sigh*

/ali

Hello ;)

I hope this is an appropriate place to post this.. :) I picked up this miniature (and a few others) at GenCon because I thought they were really cool. I'm disappointed to have read in another thread that the line is in jeopardy of being discontinued.. =(

Anyway, I decided to remove Lilith from her integral base and mount her on a square base with a custom tile. Don't ask me why I chose pink for the floor - I can't really explain it. Except for the unfortunate mold line on the left side of her face, I really enjoyed painting this miniature and hope to get some of the releases since GenCon soon..

If there's a way to imbed an image, I can't figure it out.. You can find her here on my webpage:

Lilith

If you're so inclined, you can vote for her on CMON, here: Lilith on CMON

Thanks for looking.. =)

/ali

Thank you!

Happy Holidays,

/ali

Well, this seems to be the place to get answers.

When I placed my order on the 7th of December, everything was listed as "ready to go in one day" except for a miniature that said 3-5 days. I thought it'd be no problem to get it before Christmas.

The website still shows that my order is awaiting shipment. I've got two order of the stick books - Origins of the PCs - Are these experiencing the same delay as mentioned for Dungeon Crawling Fools in another thread?

If I need to cancel all or part of my order, how do I get ahold of someone? I sent an email on the 12th and still have received no answer.

Thanks,

/alison

With regards to Elementalist & Wild Mage - I am fairly certain that both are in the complete arcane. Also, there are some elemental-like classes in the planar handbook (Elemental Warrior comes to mind), and there might have been a spellcasting equivalent as well.

The animal lord was re-written for the complete adventurer. It was kinda gutted, but the wildshaping at will ability WAS a little broken (my husband is desperately hoping our GM won't pick up the complete adventurer and make him "update" his character to fit the new writing of the class). ;)