I have a player that insists that if other party members are flanking a creature that he should get his Sneak Attack damage with a ranged attack within 30 feet. I keep telling him that ranged attacks do not threaten nor do they receive the +2 to attack unless. However, I have not found any definitive listing of under what conditions does a creature loose their Dex bonus. I believe that during a surprise round when they are flatfooted counts, and possibly during a Hold Person/Monster spell, and during a grapple, but are there any others? Any assistance would be appreciated. This player is new to Pathfinder but old to 3.5.
I seem to recall reading something along this line somewhere here in the threads, but cannot find it now. I am running Horror at Dagger Rock for some new to Pathfinder players and have reached the place where it mentions Grimlocks. However, when I look in the Bestiaries for their stats there are none. So I thought I would ask this question, do Morlocks replace Grimlocks?
If this has been answered elsewhere please delete this thread or lock it after posting the link.
OwlCon is coming. After the response last year which created 28 tables out of 24 that were planned for, the organizers are asking for a Gaming Coordinator for PFS to sit in on the planning sessions. Is anyone interested in the position? I have been their point of contact for the last three years, but it would be nice to know if we had a Venture Captain.
If you are interested, email me at silverhair2012(at)gmail(dot)com.
I am curious about whether Fly-by Attack needs to be taken for my flying Ftr/Cav to be able to attack another flying opponent. For example if the monster is flying and I want to attack, should I have the feat Fly-by Attack in order to do so?
When I read the description of Fly-by Attack it says:
This creature can make an attack before and after it moves while flying.
Prerequisite: Fly speed.
Benefit: When flying, the creature can take a move action and another standard action at any point during the move. The creature cannot take a second move action during a round when it makes a flyby attack.
Or do two flying opponents attack as if they were on the ground?
I believe I saw a thread about how to recognize the signatures in the signed Core Rulebook, but I cannot find it now. I just bought a copy and would like to see if I can identify the signatures. Does anyone know what I am asking about?
I received a message earlier today that said that all of the items in my shopping cart had been priced at their original price. When I went to check the page in full at the bottom was a message asking me to sign up for the Adventure Path subscription. Which is unusual because I have had a subscription since soon after the beginning. I have included subscriptions for Modules, Companions, Campaign Setting, Roleplaying Ruleset, and GameMastery Maps.
Is this a hiccup in the system or something else that I have not seen mentioned? Is there a new policy for Paizo that even PFS scenarios don't get discounted? Because the two scenarios I have in my hopping cart are showing full price.
As I understand the "Focus" link just to the left of the Search box is to list all the topics that we have posted in or looked into. How long will these topics be listed? Will they be like our messageboard posts in "My Account"? Or will they disappear in say 60 days?
Actually I sort of like what you did. It makes it easier to find a particular thread that I was interested in following. Thanks for your efforts to Gary and Ross and Vic.
Oh if this is covered elsewhere feel free to lock this thread.
Yes I know it has not even been sent out to subscribers yet. However, that being said I thought it would be good to have this already in place when People (read enthusiastic Paizonians) begin to receive the PDF.
Hopefully, there will be few if any errata/typos but if there are here is the place to put them.
I just thought it might be nice to have a place to write down any errata or typos we happen to find in the GMG. I am still reading through it but will post what I find, if anything.
I am trying to get ready to run my crew through the Thorn's End part of A Memory of Darkness. In preparation I was trying to print out the upper floors of Thorn's End. Here is what I was doing: using Windows 7, SomePDF Image converter, and PosteRazor I tried printing the artwork from the PDF of the Upper floors. In the PDF from SomePDF the upper floor page is separated into segments. However, when I went to try putting it together there were sections of the diagram missing.
My solution was to scan the diagram from the Map Folio into the computer then use PosteRazor to segment the diagram and tape it together. BTW to get a 1" square I used a setting of 6 squares in PosteRazor. That totaled out to 42 pages.
Just thought I would let others know about this problem I ran into.
I have a player that just created a 9th level Sorcerer and selected the Elemental Bloodline. Now never having played a Sorcerer in Pathfinder yet I find I have a couple of questions that I have been unable to find answers for. If there is no official answer that is fine I will make one for us.
Here is my question, at 3rd level a Sorcerer gains the bonus spell Burning Hands. However, he cannot cast a 2nd level spell yet until he reaches 4th character level. So does the Bonus Bloodline spell count against his 1st level Spells Per Day count or is it a total freebie?
If it is a total freebie is there any restrictions on number of uses per day?
It appears that all of the Bonus Bloodline Spells are granted a level before they are available normally. I understand they are not counted against the Spells Known.
I am not trying to start an argument nor incite a riot. Just want a logical answer or at least a suggestion on how to handle this. Thank you for your time.
If this has been answered elsewhere please post where and delete this thread.
In Gygax's Necropolis is an equivalent magical item to the Ring of wizardry. It is called the Blackstar Ruby. Here is the write up:
BLACK STAR RUBY
This small gemstone comes in four types and mimics the
abilities of a ring of wizardry, though it doubles the spells per
level for divine, rather than arcane, casters.
Caster Level: 1 1st (black star ruby I), 14th (black star ruby
II), 17th (black star ruby IIJ), or 20th (black star ruby IV);
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, miracle; Market Price:
20,000 gp (black star ruby I), 40,000 gp (black star ruby II),
70,000 gp (black star ruby III), or 100,000 gp (black star ruby
IV); Weight: - Ib.
Does this item seem to make sense to players of Divine casters?
Literary Science Fiction Convention.
August 26-29, 2010
Renaissance Austin Hotel
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Austin, TX
Austin, Texas area
GOH: Rachel Caine
Artist Guest: Cat Conrad
Editor Guest: Anne Sowards
Fan Guest: Elspeth Bloodgood
Toastmistress: Nancy Kress
Urban Fantasy Special Guest: Ilona Andrews
Steampunk Special Guest: Michael Bishop
Panels, Art Show, Gaming, Charity, Full Day Writer's Workshop, Dealer's Room, and more!
ArmadilloCon is a literary science fiction convention held annually in Austin, with several hundred attendees. The primary focus of ArmadilloCon is literary science fiction, but that's not all we do -- we also pay attention to art, animation, science, media, and gaming. Every year, dozens of professional writers, artists and editors attend the convention. Sometimes they come to make deals, but more often they come to have fun!
Sponsored by the Fandom Association of Central Texas, a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization
Houston's Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Conference
June 25-27, 2010
DoubleTree Hotel Houston Intercontinental Airport
15747 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77032
Houston, TX area
GOH: Catherine Asaro
Artist GOH: Keith Thompson
Fan GOH: Pat Virzi
Panels, Art Show, Masquerade, Dealers Room, Gaming (including LARP), Filking, Book Exchanges, Short Film Contest, Media Room. Writer's Workshop.
Sponsored by the Houston Science Fiction Association, a 501(c)(3) organization.
South Texas festival for Gamers, Sci-Fi enthusiasts and Anime fans.
April 9-11, 2010
San Pedro Village Event Center
9926 San Pedro Ave
San Antonio, TX 78216
San Antonio, TX area
...[V]ideo games, miniatures, card games, RPGs, live action role play and much more. Join discussion panels, participate in the costume contest, and hang out with people interested in Gaming, Sci-Fi and Anime.
I found a listing for another Con in Houston. Here is the website address. Here is their blurb:
Gaming & anime con
April 23-25, 2010
University of Houston Main Campus
Houston, Texas
Dealers Room, Artist's Alley, Art Auction, Art Show, Anime&DVD Screening Room, Anime Music Video (AMV) Contest (Rules), CosPlay [Graciously put on by Anime No Kai of UH], Manga Reading Room, Live Action Role Playing events (LARP's), Speaker Panels, Workshops, Bubble Room (Kid geared area), Collectable Card Games, PC Game Room, Role Playing events (RPG's), Terrain or Miniture Games (Mini's), & Board Games.
I would like to politely ask that anyone posting game related files links that lead to a file sharing website to please say so in your post on these boards. The reason behind my request is that I followed one such link and wound up being charged $81.47 for something I should not have had to pay for. While most of the fault lies with me not paying attention to what I was clicking on, I also fault the site for having confusing information on how to download the wanted material. It took me several emails to get the site to agree to refund the charge but now I wonder when that will officially happen. So please put a mention in your post if your link goes to a file sharing site. I may be paranoid but I am severely afraid of such sites.
Our group just finished running through Keep of the Fallen Kings. In the Temple they have found three possible Earthcrowns, only one of which is the true crown. According to the write up the true crown doesn't identify as magical. So my question is how are Artifacts recognized if they don't detect as magical? Blind use could be one way, but with possible bad/fatal consequences.
If this question has been answered elsewhere please let me know where and delete this thread.
In this scenario I seem to recall that if the PC's look hard enough they might just find a bag of about 1600 gp. There have been other scenarios that I cannot recall where that a similar thing happens, where the PC's find a bag of gold pieces that is not covered by the Chronicle sheet.
My question is: what is the recommended action to be taken in such a case as this? Do we add the amount to the Chronicle Sheet or just ignore it and try not to mention it to the Players?
In a couple of weeks my group of players should finish up this chapter of Second Darkness. So with that being the case I have a question regarding the Battle Point awards.
Spoiler:
Page 19 states:
"how well the PCs have done and indicates the final reward the elves are able to grant them (since much of this reward money comes from reclaimed
gear and treasure taken from the drow, a stronger victory generates more gold). The following table shows the gp value of the item each character should be given."
However, the Conclusion states:
"Eviana thanks the PCs for all they have done, and depending on their
success and the total number of Battle Points they’ve gained during the adventure, she awards them with their choice of magical items, gems, or jewelry in an amount as detailed on the table on page 19."
Now my question is this, does the magic item need to be one item of whatever value they have achieved or can it be a number of magic items that total that amount?
I was reading through my “working copy” of the Core rules the other day and noticed something strange. In the description of the Acrobatics skill where it talks about moving through threatened squares it says that (1) you move at half-speed, but you can move at full-speed by adding 10 to the DC; (2) you cannot use Acrobatics to move past foes if your speed has been reduced due to a medium or heavy load or you are wearing medium or heavy armor; (3) if you can still move at full-speed under those conditions then you can still use Acrobatics.
Now under the Combat Maneuver section on Overrun there is no such encumbrance or armor restriction. However, you do provoke an AoO unless you have Improved Overrun. I noticed there is no 10 foot starting run on Overrun either.
Now where this gets strange is that I read this as meaning a Dwarf in heavy armor can use Acrobatics to move past a foe but a Fighter in medium armor cannot. The Fighter would have to use Overrun to get in a position to set up a flank for the Rogue. Is this how you see it?
In the description of scenario #36 & 42 (parts 1 & 2 of Everwar) the levels are mentioned as being 7-11. Does that mean that all 4 parts are going to be the same levels? Or will parts 3 & 4 continue above those levels?
My players are not yet to that level but I wanted to find out before OwlCon in February 2010 so I could plan what scenarios I will run.
If this has been asked elsewhere please delete this thread. After looking through the Magic Item listings I began to wonder if there was any logic in trying to match the levels of the items to PC levels. An example, would Minor magic items correspond to PC levels 1-5; Medium magic items correspond to PC levels 6-12 or 6-15; Major magic items correspond to PC levels 13 or 16-20+?
I am not trying to complicate matters, just trying to get a feel for what items might be appropriate for what levels. I believe it would also depend on what ideas the GM had for his/her particular campaign. This is just for the benefit of anyone else interested in this question. I am not looking to start a flame war or cause any disruption of these boards, so if you cannot be civil don't comment.
I started a thread to cover the problems and errata of the Bestiary PDF. However, I find that other questions are showing up in there. I thought I might start a thread that would be a place to express questions and other concerns found in the bestiary so the Paizo staff would have logical places to look for things. If the Paizo staff thinks this would be too complicated or redundant they are welcome to remove this thread. So feel free to express your concerns and questions that don't directly seem a problem or errata.
I have found that the links in the Table of Contents from Aasimar to Bronze Dragon do not connect you to that page. Bugbear is the first link I found that worked. Just thought I would let someone know.
The notice just arrived in my email that this coming years' OwlCon is scheduled for February 19-21,2010, at Rice University in Houston, TX. HoustonDerek and I will be signing up to run some Pathfinder Siciety scenarios, and would like for anyone else interested in running some to let us know.
I posted this under the errata section in General Discussion. If this is the wrong place for this please delete it.
Please excuse me if this has already been posted or explained, but on page 65 in the section on Combat Style it speaks of being able to acquire "Greater Two Weapon Fighting" at level 10. However, the feat section has the prerequisite for "Greater Two Weapon Fighting" as requiring a BAB of +11. In thinking about this, a BAB of +10 (which for the Ranger is level 10) only allows two attacks as Full-Round actions. Does it seem right that a Ranger would be allowed to get three attacks with his off-hand and two attacks with his Primary hand?
I found and printed the applicable page from some book that showed the process for creating potions of Levels 4-9. Now I would like to know what book it was in. Does anyone have any idea? My Grouchy Old Fart memory is failing me terribly.
I seem to remember there being available a list of spells by level that also had more information than just the name on it. There were columns showing prep, spell name, school, comp, cast time, range, duration, save, SR, description, and ref. I never thought I would have a use for that particular listing so I found the blank sheet. Now I can see the usefullness of the original sheet, but cannot remember where I saw it. One of the blessings of soon being 61.
If you know where to find the sheet please let me know. Thanks ahead of time.
I have a kudo for Alison McKenzie and all the fine folks of Customer Service. I sent an email regarding my copy of Gods & Magic. A block of pages came unbound from the binding (pages 51-62). I asked if there were any other problems of this type and if they had any suggestions for repairing the book. Alison answered back with the shipment of a replacement copy. While I was not expecting this I do appreciate it. To me this is just another example of Paizo's commitment to their customer base. Thank you Alison and all the folks in Customer Service.
I have a question of whether to buy this software or the PDF. Has anyone used or seen this product? I am terrible at coming up with names for places or PC's or NPC's so any thing that helps me do that is useful. But I don't have an inexhaustible source on money. I have to make intelligent choices of where to spend my funds. Any suggestions would be welcomed.
As I have recently begun playing Half-orcs in the Beta I thought this might be a good resource for more information. Has anyone seen or used this book? Once I get it I will try to post a review or give my opinion of it at the very least.
We have recently received agreement from a FLGS to run a Pathfinder Society Game Day on March 29, 2009, from 1 pm to 5 pm. The location is at Asgard Games, 5016 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX 77098. If you go to the Pathfinder Society Events page the Goggle map is wrong. The store is located on Kirby just south of Hwy 59 between the highway and Bissonnet. If you are traveling south on Kirby Dr the store will be on your right hand side. The stores website address is here.
The scenarios that are planned are #13: The Prince of Augustana and #14: The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch. Please show up at least 30-45 minutes early if you need to generate a character. There will be no pregens available. Let us show this new store how the Paizo community can support a FLGS. BTW there are numerous eating establishments at hand, such as McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, Goode Bar-B-Q, and a Subway down the street.
While I know that the materials from Dungeon and Dragon magazines are the IP of WotC, I would like to know if anyone remembers the articles that listed the different materials used to create scrolls and staves, and the appearance of potions. I have the magazines in storage in a different city, so I would like to find out what issues the articles were in to see if I can replace them. Any help would be appreciated.
It was useful to be able to tell my players what the potion looked like appearance wise then when they identified it and found another that looked like it it was fairly easy for them to know what it was. Could it be possible to recreate the lists for Pathfinder? Or at least something similar. It was sometimes boring to say, "You find a wooden staff with a gem atop it." So much better to say, "You find a black wooden staff, carved in twisting vines including small thorns spaced throughout the length. It has what appears to be a small dark gem held in the branches of the tip." Now they have a fairly decent picture of what the staff looks like.
Our group is going to attempt to play through J2: Guardians of Dragonfall soon. I am not GM'ing so anything that might spoil it please put under the spoiler tag. That being said any other ideas that you have about this module I would like to hear it. Has anyone else played through it? We have played through Mr. Caralya's other module LB2: Treasure of Chimera Cove and thoroughly enjoyed it so we are looking forward to playing through this one.
Wohoo!!! I am #1. Truthfully I have watched the preview's for this product and am impressed enough to consider buying it. I would appreciate any input on how it works with the Pathfinder rules. Anybody using it during Beta testing?
Now allow me to try to explain the title. Our group had just finished running through Tower of the Last Baron and had decided to follow that with the sequel Treasure of Chimera Cove. The tie in was quite easy to accomplish as they are tied together with a note and map to be found on Tower leading to Chimera Cove. The layout of the module is rather formidable if you are a beginning DM. I grant that you must be rather flexible in the running of this module. At times I felt I was railroading my players. However, there is a certain sequence of events that must happen in a particular order.
Spoiler:
For instance, the Hobgoblins in the boathouse must be dealt with either through Bluff checks or by destruction. If it is through Bluff, then you must figure out a way to get one of the boats cleared of the villagers without getting them killed. My group just walked straight into the village like they belonged there. This is after meeting Targas, the unofficial village guardian. Mr. Caralya did an outstanding job anticipating the conversation between the PC’s and Targas. I didn’t know any other way to do it so I read the questions and then Targas’ answers. That helped set the mood for the rest of the adventure.
The PC’s got the door to the boathouse open by acting as if they were the expected reinforcements. Then it was go to “fist city”. The Hobgoblins were provided with potions that would help in combat. However, with my group they never got the chance. A Lightning Bolt and a Black Tentacles took out two of the Hobgoblins and then the rest were manageable. The release of the villagers allowed the PC’s to acquire the needed items to be able to enter the cavern and to learn the handed down story of the origin of the village.
The encounter with the Hand of the Deep was a little bit awkward. I had a hard time figuring out how it knew where the PC’s and NPC’s were on board if it couldn’t see them. My group used Sunder attempts on the tentacles and cut a few. The Wizard summoned a water elemental and managed to drive off the Hand. That was after losing the villager working the tiller of the boat.
Upon entering the Cavern and encountering the Hobgoblins on guard, an Intimidate check let them escape with their lives but not much else. Opening the Lock Doors to get to High Port was pretty straight forward. It was here that my group lost their lives however.
Upon entering the High Port, they see Poltur standing on the dock looking at the Silver Reign. He insults the PC’s and the fight is on. The Fighter 5/Rogue 2 ascends the gangplank to confront Poltur. Poltur gets a solid hit in and the F5/R2 loses his +1 Flaming Mace on a roll of 1. However, before Poltur can act again the Wizard pulls out a wand of Hold Person and Poltur fails his save. The F5/R2 dives into the water to retrieve his weapon and the Monk 4/Fighter 3 does a Coup de Grace on Poltur. That leads to the entire complex beginning to flood which would release the Terraken. My PC’s decide that after hearing the true story from Pelastour that one of them should try to acquire the control item for the Terraken. So the monk leaves the party to try to accomplish that. The rest of the party decides to check out the ship. Once they get in the hold things go from bad to worse. They are confronted by three Mimics and one Hellcat. There is a Gnome Bard tied to one of the stanchions (a new player). They walk up to him to find out why he is tied up and enter the kill zones of all of the monsters. The only survivors of this module are the Bard and the Wizard. The F5/R2 falls to a Mimic, the Rogue 7 falls to the Mimic and the Hellcat, the M4/F3 falls to the Water Elemental a few minutes later.
The entire module is well written and was fun to play. As I never got to finish there are still some concerns I had about how to run the reset of it. Such as how does Poltur get to area 5 when the entire tunnel is collapsed. It might have been easier to understand if he entered the southwest tunnel leading to area 11. If that was the case and the party had followed him there could have been a way to avoid the entire rest of the module by following the tunnel leading from the Northeast of area 11 to area 5.
I am somewhat disappointed that we didn’t get to finish the module. However, I can state with some certainty that if you plan to run this module be certain that your party includes a Cleric, and NEVER split the party.
I was very pleased with what Mr. Caralya had provided and am looking forward to future modules from him. He puts in a lot of sidebar items to try to cover unexpected turns. However, remember that he still has to work under a word count so do not expect every eventuality to be covered.
I have not found where this is addressed. If there is already a thread please remove this one or move it.
I have a player that wants to chose Elemental as one of his languages his PC speaks and understands. My question is, does Elemental include the languages of all elementals?
In 3.x each elemental had its own language. Is that still the case in Pathfinder?
What do you know, apparently I am the first to post. Now to enter on topic. In our group I have been nominated to DM Legacy of fire. I would be interested in the chance that these cards will come out early in the AP, but I seriously doubt it. I have the Elemental deck and the essentials deck, but none of the other DM's seem interested in using them. So I am considering how to use what I have in my game. Any suggestions?
I am hosting a Beta Playtest using Expedition to Undermountain based in Magnimar. Anyone interested contact me. Presently there are two players and me.
I would like to subscribe to the Pathfinder Chronicles series. However, I already have a copy of the Campaign Setting so I don't need a second copy. How can I subscribe without getting the Campaign Setting?
I had a subscription to Dragon and to Dungeon Magazines when WotC pulled the plug. I chose to continue my subscription and receive the Pathfinder Adventure Paths. I believe I neglected to renew in a timely manner however. With that being said I am wondering if now that I have renewed my subscription would I possibly qualify for consideration as a Charter Subscriber? It would be nice to know what your read is on this request. The addresses of record were: [redacted by customer service].
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