I like them Herald.
Pick the CR and role, throw a graft or two at it and you are done.
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Is this right? A player contemplative doesn't have any sort of Telepathy?
A few questions on the Drow Section...
2.Will Drow Noble player states show up in a later volume?
How is the Energy Armor of creatures that rely on natural armor determined?
What are groups of Skittermanders called.
Gremlins.
What are groups of Skittermanders called.
A workforce.
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I don't know but their next evolution is skittrmeleon. Followed by skiiterzard
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A few questions on the Drow Section...** spoiler omitted **
I think it's doubtful that Drow Nobles will ever be allowed to be a race you can play from level one, but perhaps the added abilities might come through unlocking feats or enhancements.
But when all is said and done it might not be worth the effort considering the fact that the same might be done with the right kind of gear.
That's just my opinion, you will need to do what is right for your game.
I guess someone has to be last :( lol Hoping to see my notification today. I am really excited to check out how the creature building section works.
But I was expecting to be last!
But I was expecting to be last!
I take it you got yours last night. congrats if so! It's all good I know I will get mine eventually. I suspect it is due to a replacement copy of the core book being included in my shipment. I think I read somewhere that they were giving them a once over before shipping out replacement copies so im sure that slows things down a bit.
I have not.
No worries, it'll ship eventually. :-)
Hopefully you'll get yours today!
I have not.
No worries, it'll ship eventually. :-)
Hopefully you'll get yours today!
Woot! going to have to have you air up those tires more often. I just got my confirmation. Odd time for it though. I thought they were not even in the building until much later in the day. (only 11am EST here)
A much appreciated shout out to all the hardworking folks at Paizo.
Hope you get yours today as well.
I have not.
No worries, it'll ship eventually. :-)
Hopefully you'll get yours today!
Woot! going to have to have you air up those tires more often. I just got my confirmation. Odd time for it though. I thought they were not even in the building until must later in the day. (only 11am EST here)
A much appreciated shout out to all the hardworking folks at Paizo.
Hope you get yours today as well.
Well it's 8AM over there so they probably just "opened".
What are groups of Skittermanders called.
Per the Archive they are solitary, a pair or a mob.
A Mob of Skittermanders, I can work with that :3
Paizo officially opens at 10 a.m. Pacific time, so don't expect to get a shipping notice before then. However, I have gotten shipping notices relatively late at night, so you shouldn't give up hope for the day even if it is after 5 p.m. Pacific time.
According to my redtext above this item, I purchased this product on September 28th, so as long as I can get it before it hits the stores as a subscriber I'd be happy, but I also understand if situations transpire .
The Customer Service team has been dealing with a crudtonne of stuff and mad props that we haven't gotten a half-dozen CS table-flipping avatars or more.
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According to my redtext above this item, I purchased this product on September 28th, so as long as I can get it before it hits the stores as a subscriber I'd be happy, but I also understand if situations transpire .The Customer Service team has been dealing with a crudtonne of stuff and mad props that we haven't gotten a half-dozen CS table-flipping avatars or more.
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https://www.gametrademagazine.com/downloads/StarfinderAlienArchivesExcerpt. pdf
Are there aboleths and how do they work?
I guess someone has to be last :( lol Hoping to see my notification today. I am really excited to check out how the creature building section works.
Don't fret! There's still a chance you'll get yours before me. ;)
Are there aboleths and how do they work?
There aren't many repeat monsters in this book and of those that are repeat they're almost all creatures that are from space in Pathfinder. Creatures like Aboleths are unlikely to get stats in favor of new creatures and the general assumption seems to be that you either convert from PF or build using monster creation rules. It's also unlikely Starfinder will see much of Aboleths because they're civilization was based on Golarion which is now gone. The odd one might show up that escaped Golarion or as part of the Azlanti Star Empire but I don't see it as too likely since I think Paizo are trying to tell new stories more than they reuse older ones. (Do bear in mind that this is all speculation on my part so don't take my word as gospel)
Are there aboleths and how do they work?There aren't many repeat monsters in this book and of those that are repeat they're almost all creatures that are from space in Pathfinder. Creatures like Aboleths are unlikely to get stats in favor of new creatures and the general assumption seems to be that you either convert from PF or build using monster creation rules. It's also unlikely Starfinder will see much of Aboleths because they're civilization was based on Golarion which is now gone. The odd one might show up that escaped Golarion or as part of the Azlanti Star Empire but I don't see it as too likely since I think Paizo are trying to tell new stories more than they reuse older ones. (Do bear in mind that this is all speculation on my part so don't take my word as gospel)
Thanks for answering.
A question I previously asked: How is the Energy Armor Class of creatures that rely on natural armor determined?
New Question: How do natuaral weapons scale?
So you can graft Skittermanders onto dragons, in a way.
NEW CHARACTER GOAL DETECTED:
Must. Play. Nuar.
Are there aboleths and how do they work?There aren't many repeat monsters in this book and of those that are repeat they're almost all creatures that are from space in Pathfinder. Creatures like Aboleths are unlikely to get stats in favor of new creatures and the general assumption seems to be that you either convert from PF or build using monster creation rules. It's also unlikely Starfinder will see much of Aboleths because they're civilization was based on Golarion which is now gone. The odd one might show up that escaped Golarion or as part of the Azlanti Star Empire but I don't see it as too likely since I think Paizo are trying to tell new stories more than they reuse older ones. (Do bear in mind that this is all speculation on my part so don't take my word as gospel)Thanks for answering.
A question I previously asked: How is the Energy Armor Class of creatures that rely on natural armor determined?
New Question: How do natuaral weapons scale?
As far as I can tell, both KAC and EAC are determined by the CR and array, if your creature doesn't have a class graft then it doesn't get gear so just has the standard defenses given on the table (EAC is usually 1 or 2 points lower than KAC). As for natural weapons, it's hard to explain how they scale but they go from 1d6+Str at CR 1/3 to 18d10+25+Str at CR25, the dice remain pretty constant up to CR 6 with 1d6+a mod, but after that they change almost every level (at least for melee)
I'm very conflicted, I love the monsters and the art... but I hate the rules.
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Rysky is a passionate person you haven't noticed that yet?
I'm very conflicted, I love the monsters and the art... but I hate the rules.What makes you use such a strong word for your feelings?
Because that's how I'm feeling? Perhaps it's too strong a word but I really, really, really, really, really, really dislike the monster creation rules. Despise? Detest?
If you just want to take one straight out of the book and use as is they're fine, but if you want to tweak or make your own or just look at the stats to see how it all works it gets a bit messy.
It feels like stats were summed up and then a monster was slapped on as an afterthought, rather than a statblock built for that particular monster. And then there's the class grafts...
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I personally really like the monster creation rules, in PF I felt overwhelmed trying to create monsters because I felt like there were so many moving parts involved. Now with SF rules I can follow a step by step process and have the monster I imagined without having to worry whether or not it's balanced. Whilst I do agree that streamlining the classes for npcs can be a bit confusing and sometimes irritating, I don't mind too much because it does make creating encounters faster (once you're familiar with the mechanisms that is) since you don't have to build full PC statblocks. This is all my personal opinion though and I do see why people might not like it.
I'm very conflicted, I love the monsters and the art... but I hate the rules.What makes you use such a strong word for your feelings?Because that's how I'm feeling? Perhaps it's too strong a word but I really, really, really, really, really, really dislike the monster creation rules. Despise? Detest?
If you just want to take one straight out of the book and use as is they're fine, but if you want to tweak or make your own or just look at the stats to see how it all works it gets a bit messy.
It feels like stats were summed up and then a monster was slapped on as an afterthought, rather than a statblock built for that particular monster. And then there's the class grafts...
It is more generic for sure. As a fan of tinkering with the mechanics on the back end I feel what your saying. They are more streamlined and its harder to get that exact tweaked feel you could with the old more complex rules. It is annoying that its harder to deconstruct existing NPCs and see why they do what they do but ive just accepted throwing that out and embracing the new rules for what they are.
That said most of the time my favorite thing I do in Pathfinder is applying class levels to existing intelligent creatures. Ive always taken the stance that the "stock" creature is average joe citizen but that there are trained fighters or rogues or whatever versions guarding the village or whatever.
The class grafts seem to facilitate that easily enough so im good.
I do appreciate that they do look someone easier to use and less time consuming.
I'm very conflicted, I love the monsters and the art... but I hate the rules.What makes you use such a strong word for your feelings?Because that's how I'm feeling? Perhaps it's too strong a word but I really, really, really, really, really, really dislike the monster creation rules. Despise? Detest?
If you just want to take one straight out of the book and use as is they're fine, but if you want to tweak or make your own or just look at the stats to see how it all works it gets a bit messy.
It feels like stats were summed up and then a monster was slapped on as an afterthought, rather than a statblock built for that particular monster. And then there's the class grafts...
It is more generic for sure. As a fan of tinkering with the mechanics on the back end I feel what your saying. They are more streamlined and its harder to get that exact tweaked feel you could with the old more complex rules. It is annoying that its harder to deconstruct existing NPCs and see why they do what they do but ive just accepted throwing that out and embracing the new rules for what they are.
That said most of the time my favorite thing I do in Pathfinder is applying class levels to existing intelligent creatures. Ive always taken the stance that the "stock" creature is average joe citizen but that there are trained fighters or rogues or whatever versions guarding the village or whatever.
The class grafts seem to facilitate that easily enough so im good.
I do appreciate that they do look someone easier to use and less time consuming.
*nods*
And I'm still reading through them so who knows, maybe there'll be something in there that catches my attention. Wondering if there's any more NPC only Class abilities like what Clara had...
Yep, it's a spell. You have to pick certain monsters from a list and you're locked into those, and gain more at each spell level.
I know there are monster summoning lists in this, but How do you get access to those? New spells?
Summon Monster is a variable level spell (like the mystic healing spell) for both spellcasting classes.
*nods*
It also has unique summons for each class and probably the second interaction with alignment in-game in that your alignment determines what all you can summon as well.
yeah its a interesting take on summoning. Over all I like it but I dislike having to generate custom summoned creatures for any PC or NPC that uses them but I suppose its just a bit of added work. Would of been nice to just of had a summoned creature section of per-genreated stat blocks
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yeah its a interesting take on summoning. Over all I like it but I dislike having to generate custom summoned creatures for any PC or NPC that uses them but I suppose its just a bit of added work. Would of been nice to just of had a summoned creature section of per-genreated stat blocks
For a PC summoning that's on them. They want to summon something they better have the statblock, just like in Pathfinder and 3rd.
If not then they no summon. But that just might be me.
It feels like stats were summed up and then a monster was slapped on as an afterthought, rather than a statblock built for that particular monster. And then there's the class grafts...
Have you listened to the monster creation panel from GenCon? That might give you a better idea for how the process works in practice.
The room made a pretty weird monster together.
It feels like stats were summed up and then a monster was slapped on as an afterthought, rather than a statblock built for that particular monster. And then there's the class grafts...Have you listened to the monster creation panel from GenCon? That might give you a better idea for how the process works in practice.
The room made a pretty weird monster together.
Heh, I'll have to check that out (I think Bulmahn talked a bit out it at Dragoncon), but looking at the rules now that they're in front of me that's what I'm seeing.