TD + Move / / Adventure Path material for PS

[FrothFrenzy]

Hello everyone,

I have two questions:

Is it possible to use the Total Defense action and then make a Move action, retaining the AC bonus for any AOOs that you could possibly provoke? My local group seems to rule that you can't, but some sources on the internet suggest that you absolutely can. I have the Mobility feat and three ranks in Acrobatics, so this would amount to a +10 AC bonus in cases where the Withdraw action won't cut it.

I'm relatively new to Pathfinder Society, so I don't really know when and if you can use Adventure Path material in regular play. To be more exact, certain Fame bonuses in the Shattered Path Player Guide caught my eye:

Fame 15: Purchase ioun stones from a Pathfinder Lodge at a 10% discount.
Fame 20: Purchase any magic item worth up to 10,000 gp value from a Pathfinder lodge at a 10% discount.

10% may not seem like much, but it's something. Can you use these bonuses in regular play?

Thanks.

[Bob Bob Bob]

Total Defense wrote:

You can defend yourself as a standard action. You get a +4 dodge bonus to your AC for 1 round. Your AC improves at the start of this action. You can't combine total defense with fighting defensively or with the benefit of the Combat Expertise feat. You can't make attacks of opportunity while using total defense.

It's a standard action. Unless something has taken your move action, you should still have it and be free to use it normally. Are you sure they're not talking about during the surprise round? During the surprise round you only get a move or a standard, not both.

I don't actually know anything about PFS but I can still answer this question. Check the additional resources page. If you want to use something it must be explicitly included on that page and you must own (and have on you) the book you want to use.

[FrothFrenzy]

No, it was actually the exact situation I described - if I was to withdraw, I would have provoked two AOOs from two other opponents anyway. I figured that a third AOO was worth the additional +6 on AC for all three attacks.

I checked the list, and it seems to be legal. I'll link it to the GM at the first opportunity.

Thanks for the response!

[Nefreet]

You can absolutely Total Defense, and then move (or take whatever other move action you wish).

Your group may be confusing this rule with 3.5, which IIRC was a full round action.

The Shattered Star Player's Guide is not listed as an Additional Resource, so nothing in it is legal for PFS.

Edit: what *is* listed are the various books of the AP. Some of that content is legal. But the Fame rules presented in the Player's Guide are not.

[FrothFrenzy]

Ah, yes. Thank you for the clarification :)