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Monsters and Hazards	What are Perception DC, Reflex DC, & Will DC for monsters?
	Aug 18, 2018, 04:14 am by don't wake baby — Blackstorm, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, Zaister and don't wake baby	4 posts	Sep 13, 2022, 08:11 am by Blackstorm

Running the Game	Nat 20 and Nat 1
	(Moved to Rules Discussion)	1 post	Jun 10, 2021, 07:29 am by RetroDMRay

Running the Game	Converted Rise of the Runelords Playtest
	(Moved from Pathfinder Playtest General Discussion) Aug 5, 2018, 05:14 pm by Alric Rahl — Alric Rahl, Captain Morgan, snowpython and 17 others	40 posts	Sep 24, 2020, 11:44 pm by borusa

Magic Items	Item slots still a problem
	Nov 13, 2018, 09:26 am by thistledown — shroudb, GM OfAnything, Darksol the Painbringer and 5 others	15 posts	Apr 21, 2020, 12:01 pm by Zapp

Running the Game	AoE vs Flat DC
	Aug 14, 2018, 01:12 pm by Kennethray — vinwin01, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, dragonhunterq and Kennethray	4 posts	Nov 18, 2019, 11:12 pm by vinwin01

Running the Game	Secret skill roll list?
	Aug 13, 2019, 03:41 pm by Sliska Zafir — Sliska Zafir and polarbear4321	3 posts	Aug 17, 2019, 05:32 pm by polarbear4321

Running the Game	Surprise round questions
	Aug 2, 2018, 09:20 am by Theshe — Catharsis, DM Livgin, Xelaaredn and 22 others	41 posts	Aug 13, 2019, 10:28 am by DM Livgin

Magic Items	Magic bow + other magic arrow Question
	Jun 18, 2019, 01:10 pm by ErichWilliam — Themetricsystem and ErichWilliam	2 posts	Jun 18, 2019, 02:07 pm by Themetricsystem

Magic Items	Need a plate upgrade
	Jun 17, 2019, 04:50 am by Kirbdog — Fuzzy-Wuzzy and Kirbdog	2 posts	Jun 17, 2019, 05:16 am by Fuzzy-Wuzzy

Magic Items	How to know DC to discover properties on a Magic Item
	Jun 11, 2019, 07:17 am by Itchygaya — Itchygaya, Captain Morgan and Fuzzy-Wuzzy	4 posts	Jun 15, 2019, 07:56 pm by Captain Morgan

Magic Items	Apocalypse Box
	(Moved to Rules Questions)	2 posts	May 23, 2019, 04:54 am by Fuzzy-Wuzzy

Running the Game	Experience Points Award
	May 15, 2019, 10:39 pm by Kirby J. Parasol — Fuzzy-Wuzzy and Kirby J. Parasol	2 posts	May 16, 2019, 02:37 am by Fuzzy-Wuzzy

Magic Items	Does my player need spell components to cast a spell on a scroll he found?
	(Moved to Rules Questions)	16 posts	May 4, 2019, 10:53 pm by Cevah

Monsters and Hazards	Custom Creature level?
	Apr 26, 2019, 08:05 am by tchrman35 — Captain Morgan and tchrman35	4 posts	Apr 28, 2019, 01:59 pm by Captain Morgan

Running the Game	Treasure Distribution
	Apr 23, 2019, 04:15 pm by Darkwynters — Fuzzy-Wuzzy and Darkwynters	2 posts	Apr 25, 2019, 04:57 am by Fuzzy-Wuzzy

Magic Items	Eye, Veiled
	(Moved to Rules Questions)	22 posts	Apr 22, 2019, 12:06 pm by Cevah

Monsters and Hazards	When the Stars go Dark for 6 or 7 people
	Apr 10, 2019, 03:27 pm by BeardedTree — BeardedTree	1 post	Apr 10, 2019, 03:27 pm by BeardedTree

Running the Game	Saving Throw result bumps stack?
	Apr 8, 2019, 08:32 am by Fumarole — Captain Morgan and Fumarole	2 posts	Apr 9, 2019, 06:20 am by Captain Morgan

Running the Game	Kingmaker Leadership Hierarchy
	(Moved to Kingmaker)	7 posts	Mar 25, 2019, 05:05 am by patsfan2001

Running the Game	Death House Conversion to Pathfinder 2nd edition
	Dec 13, 2018, 09:07 am by Klart McCather — Klart McCather	7 posts	Mar 21, 2019, 02:38 pm by Klart McCather

Running the Game	Feat spell clarifications
	Mar 14, 2019, 04:11 pm by LimpingNinja — LimpingNinja, Loreguard and Draco18s	4 posts	Mar 15, 2019, 10:46 am by LimpingNinja

Running the Game	Rules for putting out fires
	Feb 21, 2019, 11:52 am by BretI — Captain Morgan, BretI, Malach the Merciless and 3 others	10 posts	Mar 14, 2019, 11:22 am by Malach the Merciless

Monsters and Hazards	What is a Yamenhulk?
	(Moved to General Discussion)	7 posts	Mar 14, 2019, 09:14 am by Mudfoot

Magic Items	Roxley's Resonance System
	Dec 3, 2018, 08:57 am by Roxley — Draco18s and Roxley	2 posts	Mar 14, 2019, 08:45 am by Draco18s

Magic Items	Righteous Might and Bracers of Armor
	Feb 24, 2019, 09:16 pm by Delor Damian — Draco18s and Delor Damian	2 posts	Mar 14, 2019, 08:30 am by Draco18s

Magic Items	Rules clarification on "Dispel Magic"
	Sep 14, 2018, 06:32 pm by Flungus — Captain Morgan, MaxAstro, Edge93 and 8 others	34 posts	Mar 11, 2019, 08:17 am by Captain Morgan

Running the Game	How does tripping work?
	(Moved to Rules Questions)	5 posts	Mar 11, 2019, 05:03 am by blahpers

Running the Game	DM Newbie, small party finding CR1 encounters hard.
	(Moved to Advice)	12 posts	Mar 7, 2019, 03:36 pm by Ryze Kuja

Running the Game	PF1 stories you can't quite tell in the playtest.
	Dec 14, 2018, 01:24 pm by Captain Morgan — Captain Morgan, Edge93, ryric and 20 others	80 posts	Mar 1, 2019, 06:40 pm by L. A. DuBois

Magic Items	Righteous Might and Bracers of Armor
	Feb 24, 2019, 09:16 pm by Delor Damian — Ediwir and Delor Damian	2 posts	Feb 25, 2019, 02:42 pm by Ediwir

Magic Items	A math descrepency I noticed with staves
	Feb 21, 2019, 12:26 pm by Belle the Gank Engine — Belle the Gank Engine	1 post	Feb 21, 2019, 12:26 pm by Belle the Gank Engine

Magic Items	Lesser Ring of Wizardry Limited to 66%
	Oct 6, 2018, 11:37 am by Tectorman — Siro, Draco18s, Sebastian Hirsch and 3 others	6 posts	Feb 21, 2019, 12:40 am by Siro

Magic Items	Weapon potencies - Acid, Fire, Cold etc...
	Feb 14, 2019, 10:18 pm by orphias — Malk_Content and orphias	2 posts	Feb 15, 2019, 06:38 am by Malk_Content

Magic Items	Can Wizards make Healing potions?
	Feb 11, 2019, 02:17 am by Don Raccoon — Don Raccoon, Deadmanwalking, MaxAstro and 4 others	11 posts	Feb 13, 2019, 11:14 pm by Deadmanwalking

Magic Items	Can amulet of mighty fist be enchanced?
	Feb 9, 2019, 12:47 pm by XinZhao — Ediwir and XinZhao	2 posts	Feb 9, 2019, 04:06 pm by Ediwir

Monsters and Hazards	Clay Golem autokill with ray of frost?
	Aug 6, 2018, 07:29 pm by dpirate — Captain Morgan, Edge93, dpirate and 6 others	13 posts	Feb 9, 2019, 09:00 am by Edge93

Magic Items	Magic and Economics: Please pick either supply or demand
	Jan 23, 2019, 08:08 pm by Turkeycubes — Ediwir, Malk_Content, Mathmuse and 6 others	21 posts	Feb 8, 2019, 05:57 am by Malk_Content

Running the Game	Stamina and Health System
	Jan 29, 2019, 02:20 pm by Thes33 — Thes33, nick1wasd and Loreguard	4 posts	Feb 7, 2019, 01:13 pm by nick1wasd

Running the Game	A Reaction Can Trigger a Reaction, Right?
	Jan 31, 2019, 08:00 pm by GM Silversong — Nettah and GM Silversong	2 posts	Feb 1, 2019, 02:41 am by Nettah

Running the Game	Converting Ironfang Invasion to playtest rules. (spoiler)
	Oct 19, 2018, 03:28 pm by Captain Morgan — Captain Morgan, MerlinCross, Erpa and 7 others	49 posts	Jan 30, 2019, 01:05 pm by Captain Morgan

Magic Items	What is a non-spell effect? ID Magic Items
	(Moved to Rules Questions)	3 posts	Jan 29, 2019, 05:35 am by Sam Phelan

Monsters and Hazards	Grab ability and MAP
	Jan 28, 2019, 12:45 am by Rekijan — Alchemic_Genius, Ediwir, Lyee and Rekijan	4 posts	Jan 28, 2019, 05:14 pm by Alchemic_Genius

Monsters and Hazards	Trying to start a group as a new gm any advice?
	Jan 26, 2019, 07:15 pm by Korafireheart — Ediwir and Korafireheart	4 posts	Jan 27, 2019, 04:58 pm by Ediwir

Monsters and Hazards	Rysky Reviews the Playtestiary, Monster Parade!
	Aug 4, 2018, 04:27 pm by Rysky — Rysky, AlgaeNymph, Arakhor and 18 others	207 posts	Jan 22, 2019, 10:20 am by CorvusMask

Magic Items	HOLY weapons ?
	Jan 18, 2019, 06:14 pm by orphias — Edge93, Parduss and orphias	4 posts	Jan 19, 2019, 09:55 pm by Edge93

Running the Game	Questions about Non-Adventurers
	Jan 17, 2019, 04:27 pm by Urlord — Urlord, Lyee and Themetricsystem	4 posts	Jan 18, 2019, 01:36 am by Lyee

Running the Game	Massive GM Sheet (Google Sheets)
	Sep 19, 2018, 03:51 pm by Charon Onozuka — Charon Onozuka, Captain Morgan, kpulv and 12 others	40 posts	Jan 17, 2019, 02:31 pm by Captain Morgan

Monsters and Hazards	TAC and spell choice
	Jan 8, 2019, 09:00 am by caratas — Edge93, caratas, Nettah and orestes08	13 posts	Jan 12, 2019, 08:12 pm by Edge93

Monsters and Hazards	Attacks with Grab / Knockdown / etc
	Aug 15, 2018, 07:24 pm by Thebazilly — Helmic, Turkina_B, Nachti and 4 others	7 posts	Jan 10, 2019, 10:03 am by Helmic

Monsters and Hazards	Minion attack mechanic
	Aug 16, 2018, 01:39 am by Catharsis — Catharsis, Captain Morgan, Edge93 and Alchemic_Genius	5 posts	Jan 7, 2019, 09:26 am by Captain Morgan

Monsters and Hazards	Full monster creation rules sometime?
	Dec 31, 2018, 03:32 am by Jesikah Morning's Dew — Captain Morgan, Ediwir, dmerceless and 2 others	9 posts	Jan 4, 2019, 05:19 am by Nettah

Monsters and Hazards	But I need Monster Y with Level A to be Level A +4! (Tool)
	Sep 22, 2018, 10:08 am by Roonfizzle Garnackle — Roonfizzle Garnackle, Captain Morgan, thejeff and 5 others	16 posts	Dec 28, 2018, 05:21 am by Roonfizzle Garnackle

Running the Game	Doomsday Dawn custom maps [spoilers]
	Aug 31, 2018, 09:17 am by Fumarole — Fumarole, Cyrad, GustavoMalek and 12 others	25 posts	Dec 20, 2018, 07:28 am by GustavoMalek

Monsters and Hazards	Difficulty Class - What makes narrative sense?
	Dec 14, 2018, 11:36 am by Turkeycubes — Bob Bob Bob, dragonhunterq, PossibleCabbage and 3 others	7 posts	Dec 16, 2018, 12:10 am by Bob Bob Bob

Magic Items	What is the rationale behind item levels?
	Dec 3, 2018, 05:51 am by Richard Crawford — Ediwir, Mathmuse, Captain Morgan and 12 others	53 posts	Dec 15, 2018, 05:57 am by Ediwir

Running the Game	Hyenas can knock over Dragons? OR - What's up with Knockdown
	Dec 6, 2018, 12:27 pm by Patrick Baldwin — Captain Morgan, The DM of, Patrick Baldwin and 6 others	13 posts	Dec 14, 2018, 05:16 am by The DM of

Magic Items	Staff Item Bonus
	Dec 13, 2018, 09:49 am by Goose Igaly — Goose Igaly and Darksol the Painbringer	3 posts	Dec 13, 2018, 12:42 pm by Goose Igaly

Running the Game	Converting a Homebrew Setting to the New Rules
	Nov 29, 2018, 09:57 am by Moschops — Moschops, The DM of, Elfteiroh and modus0	5 posts	Dec 12, 2018, 03:25 pm by The DM of

Magic Items	Automatic Bonus Progression: Second Edition
	Oct 18, 2018, 05:49 am by Ediwir — Ediwir, Lyee, Captain Morgan and 8 others	29 posts	Dec 10, 2018, 01:02 pm by Ediwir

Running the Game	Table 10-2 is a GM's Nightmare
	Aug 25, 2018, 10:27 am by thelostgod — Tamago, Data Lore, Matthew Downie and 42 others	86 posts	Dec 9, 2018, 04:39 pm by Knight Magenta

Running the Game	"Your previous action must have been" on the same turn?
	Dec 7, 2018, 01:46 pm by Captain Morgan — Edge93, MaxAstro and Captain Morgan	4 posts	Dec 8, 2018, 09:11 am by Edge93

Magic Items	Let's talk speculate wildly about building shops and settlements.
	Dec 3, 2018, 07:01 pm by Captain Morgan — MerlinCross, Mathmuse, Captain Morgan and 2 others	12 posts	Dec 7, 2018, 04:06 pm by MerlinCross

Monsters and Hazards	Deh-Nolos
	Dec 5, 2018, 01:52 pm by Byron Zibeck — Mark Seifter, Ediwir, character and 2 others	7 posts	Dec 7, 2018, 03:23 pm by Mark Seifter

Running the Game	Basketball is UnPossible - OR 10' move to even try and jump?
	Dec 6, 2018, 12:37 pm by Patrick Baldwin — Patrick Baldwin, Themetricsystem, Gaterie and Valantrix1	8 posts	Dec 7, 2018, 03:09 pm by Gaterie

Magic Items	Are Bracers of Armor almost always inferior to Leather Armor?
	Dec 5, 2018, 01:28 am by Blave — Edge93, Gloom, Megistone and Blave	4 posts	Dec 5, 2018, 07:12 am by Edge93

Monsters and Hazards	Rune Giants crit too hard!
	Nov 10, 2018, 06:17 am by Tamago — Tamago, Edge93, Rycke and 8 others	15 posts	Dec 4, 2018, 12:41 pm by Rycke

Monsters and Hazards	Copying Stat blocks
	Nov 2, 2018, 06:29 am by CaniestDog — Kaelizar, jdripley, numbat1 and 2 others	5 posts	Dec 4, 2018, 10:24 am by Kaelizar

Running the Game	Need help with some ideas on Fighting encounters that are roleplayed!
	(Moved to Advice)	5 posts	Dec 3, 2018, 09:04 pm by Edge93

Running the Game	Totally unused actions
	Nov 20, 2018, 01:24 pm by kpulv — Edge93, Mats Öhrman, DerNils and 17 others	32 posts	Nov 27, 2018, 12:25 pm by Fumarole

Running the Game	Liquid Leap
	Nov 25, 2018, 11:42 pm by Shain Edge — Edge93, Franz Lunzer and Shain Edge	3 posts	Nov 26, 2018, 07:40 am by Edge93

Monsters and Hazards	Any Indication of Whether Hazards Are Getting Conceptually Tightened Up?
	Nov 23, 2018, 10:08 am by Tectorman — Tectorman, dragonhunterq, deuxhero and 3 others	10 posts	Nov 26, 2018, 06:01 am by DerNils

Running the Game	Request for section on Spell Perception
	Nov 11, 2018, 02:40 am by Harakani — Mats Öhrman, Starfox, Fuzzypaws and Harakani	4 posts	Nov 25, 2018, 06:30 am by Mats Öhrman

Running the Game	GM Laments: Char list is hard to interact, Actions\activities are complicated to remember, entry barrier for new players is high... (And some thoughts about solving)
	(Moved from Pathfinder Playtest General Discussion) Sep 27, 2018, 12:17 pm by Tony Larkin — Tony Larkin, Starfox, Thaliak and Ed Reppert	5 posts	Nov 25, 2018, 06:02 am by Starfox

Magic Items	Scrolls and Potions
	Nov 23, 2018, 01:38 pm by Atalius — Atalius, Edge93 and Dasrak	4 posts	Nov 24, 2018, 10:48 am by Edge93

Monsters and Hazards	How does Greater Constrict actually work?
	Oct 28, 2018, 03:39 am by Colette Brunel — Byron Zibeck, DM Livgin, Edge93 and 4 others	10 posts	Nov 22, 2018, 08:20 pm by DM Livgin

Running the Game	Adapting "Red Flags" for 2 Players
	Nov 19, 2018, 02:35 am by Flungus — Edge93, Flungus and Claxon	5 posts	Nov 20, 2018, 05:13 am by Claxon

Magic Items	Resonance Test: Do Staves Have Charges or Not?
	Oct 16, 2018, 10:40 am by MaxAstro — MaxAstro, Doktor Weasel, Tridus and 4 others	11 posts	Nov 19, 2018, 02:59 pm by dmerceless

Monsters and Hazards	Improved Grab and Constrict (Doomsday Dawn Spoilers)
	Nov 19, 2018, 10:54 am by Byron Zibeck — Byron Zibeck	1 post	Nov 19, 2018, 10:54 am by Byron Zibeck

Running the Game	Initiative, Exploration, and Narration
	Nov 12, 2018, 02:23 pm by ShadeRaven — ShadeRaven, Captain Morgan, Ediwir and 5 others	15 posts	Nov 18, 2018, 02:12 am by ShadeRaven

Monsters and Hazards	Demilich question
	Nov 10, 2018, 10:44 am by Sebastian Hirsch — Sebastian Hirsch, 4586, Hurká and 2 others	6 posts	Nov 17, 2018, 10:26 am by 4586

Running the Game	Fortitude DC?
	Aug 12, 2018, 02:31 pm by Derry L. Zimeye — RazarTuk, Franz Lunzer, Mats Öhrman and 4 others	8 posts	Nov 16, 2018, 08:31 am by RazarTuk

Running the Game	Ongoing Feedback - Home Campaign - Not Doomsday Dawn
	(Moved from Pathfinder Playtest General Discussion) Aug 9, 2018, 06:05 pm by HWalsh — HWalsh, Pramxnim, Jaybirdy and 17 others	54 posts	Nov 16, 2018, 03:01 am by HWalsh

Magic Items	Monk Equipment Woes
	Oct 16, 2018, 10:24 pm by Tectorman — Sebastian Hirsch, Tectorman, Themetricsystem and 5 others	11 posts	Nov 15, 2018, 08:43 am by Sebastian Hirsch

Magic Items	How Can a Gorget of the Primal Roar Even Work?
	Sep 26, 2018, 07:03 pm by Tectorman — Tectorman, thistledown, Joey Cote and Rameth	5 posts	Nov 15, 2018, 07:32 am by thistledown

Magic Items	Magic weapons are now virtually required to be effective.
	Aug 4, 2018, 10:11 am by Kodyboy — shroudb, RafaelBraga, MerlinCross and 59 others	129 posts	Nov 14, 2018, 02:51 pm by Ediwir

Running the Game	What if there was a "minor" action 1 / round for things like shifting grip?
	Aug 24, 2018, 08:45 pm by MuddyVolcano — Darksol the Painbringer, Excaliburproxy, master_marshmallow and 31 others	60 posts	Nov 14, 2018, 01:12 pm by Excaliburproxy

Magic Items	Losing RP Due to the Bullheaded Mutagen
	Oct 4, 2018, 05:24 am by Tectorman — Alchemic_Genius, MerlinCross and Tectorman	3 posts	Nov 13, 2018, 03:30 pm by Alchemic_Genius

Monsters and Hazards	Greater Shadow, Shadow steal
	Sep 19, 2018, 09:50 pm by Twilight_Arcanum — Mark Seifter, Byron Zibeck, Colette Brunel and 6 others	16 posts	Nov 13, 2018, 03:19 pm by BeardedTree

Running the Game	Speed up combat with less HP?
	Nov 6, 2018, 06:38 pm by D Dog — ShadeRaven, D Dog, Matthew Downie and 15 others	37 posts	Nov 13, 2018, 12:24 pm by ShadeRaven

Running the Game	Home Brew Recap: Sessions 0, 1 & 2.
	Nov 12, 2018, 06:23 pm by Roonfizzle Garnackle — Roonfizzle Garnackle and Edge93	3 posts	Nov 13, 2018, 08:24 am by Roonfizzle Garnackle

Running the Game	How does Unconscious work when it's not caused by dying?
	Nov 10, 2018, 06:31 am by Tamago — Tamago, Darksol the Painbringer, Starfox and Markus Hyytinen	7 posts	Nov 13, 2018, 05:49 am by Starfox

Running the Game	Suggestion: Hero Points
	Aug 6, 2018, 08:19 am by DM_aka_Dudemeister — Mathmuse, Tamago, DM_aka_Dudemeister and 9 others	21 posts	Nov 11, 2018, 05:37 am by Mathmuse

Monsters and Hazards	NPC spellcaster, spell rolls, and dispelling.
	Nov 10, 2018, 06:16 pm by Ediwir — Ediwir and Edge93	3 posts	Nov 10, 2018, 07:14 pm by Ediwir

Running the Game	Bard's Counter Performance vs. the Suggestion spell
	Oct 31, 2018, 05:02 pm by Nivius X — Captain Morgan, Nivius X, Mats Öhrman and 2 others	8 posts	Nov 10, 2018, 07:38 am by Captain Morgan

Running the Game	New - Exploration Tactic - "Setting an ambush"
	Sep 28, 2018, 01:53 am by Serfuz — sherlock1701, Captain Morgan, The Once and Future Kai and 3 others	6 posts	Nov 9, 2018, 11:19 pm by sherlock1701

Running the Game	Attacking a creature grappling you
	Nov 8, 2018, 08:21 am by Tamago — Edge93, Tamago, Captain Morgan and 8 others	17 posts	Nov 9, 2018, 02:15 pm by Edge93

Running the Game	Re-rolling failed checks.
	Nov 7, 2018, 01:51 am by ErichAD — Tridus, Mats Öhrman, Captain Morgan and ErichAD	4 posts	Nov 7, 2018, 02:07 pm by Tridus

Running the Game	Starting Wealth for PFS Playtest Scenarios?
	Nov 5, 2018, 08:45 am by darker_phoenix — darker_phoenix and Kyrand	3 posts	Nov 5, 2018, 10:08 am by darker_phoenix

Running the Game	Dropping to 0 HP while transformed
	Nov 3, 2018, 05:27 pm by dmerceless — dmerceless and Joey Cote	3 posts	Nov 4, 2018, 08:13 pm by dmerceless

Magic Items	What if everyone became a caster through magic items?
	Sep 29, 2018, 05:21 pm by Captain Morgan — citricking, Captain Morgan, Starfox and 5 others	10 posts	Nov 4, 2018, 03:29 pm by Starfox

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