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So our party currently has some downtime, and we were given a hefty amount of money to spend during this time. I had thought of designing a custom spell based on a spell I saw in the Occult rulebook (I think the spell was called Analyze Aura). My character is a 7th-level Bard with one level in Pathfinder Chronicler, in case that makes any difference.

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Detect Emotions
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School: Divination (Mind-Affecting)
Level: Bard 2
Casting Time: 1 standard action
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Range: close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: one creature
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Will partial
Spell Resistance: No
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Description: You peer into your target's mind, learning a general summary of their current emotional state, as well as its attitude towards you or any other creatures within 30 feet of it. For the duration of the spell and for 1 hour afterward, you gain a +4 circumstance bonus on Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate and Sense Motive checks you attempt against the target. A Will save negates the circumstance bonus, but does not stop you from learning the creature's emotional state and attitudes.
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Does that seem like a reasonable spell? Does it need a buff/nerf/whatever? Let me know your thoughts.

After having the idea put to me by Kileanna, I've decided to make a single thread where I can post any interesting stories from my first ever Pathfinder campaign.

Will post more stories as the campaign carries on.

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Elf Leavings
The legend of Splatty Stew, part 1

So some of you may have seen my previous thread regarding the... leavings... of one of the elf in the group I'm currently a part of. I have another story from the same group, but about a different member, and more specifically, how a simple stew turned out to be something else entirely.

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Several sessions back, our party was resting in a cave overnight on the way to the nearest village. One of our party, a CG Half-Orc Barbarian called Kar-Splatt, decided to cook up a stew to feed the party. He went out, successfully hunting a deer (which we had previously learnt he had somewhat of a soft spot for) and using its meat for the stew. While not having any ranks in the relevant skill (Profession: Cook, I think), he somehow got a bloody good roll on the check, not a natural 20, but an 18 or 19 if I recall correctly. Anyways, our party agreed that the stew tasted amazing, with some jokingly referring to it as "Splatty Stew".

While most of us thought it was simply something to lighten the mood on our journey, little did we realize that it was going to become something else entirely...

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Upon reaching the village in question, our party was tasked with heading to a nearby castle to defeat - wait for it - an undead baby elf foetus (yes, I am serious.) Anyways, while in the castle, we came across an owlbear, which our party managed to defeat in 2 turns, thanks to a VERY lucky critical hit from Kar-Splatt. Once we had defeated the owlbear, Kar-Splatt asked how much meat he was able to get from the creature. We all asked why he would want to do such a thing, to which he replied he was going to make more Splatty Stew.

We all had a good laugh, upon realizing that Splatty Stew was now an official thing. We also learnt afterwards that Kar-Splatt had taken ranks in Profession: Cook, further cementing the foundation of what was going to become almost the centerpiece of our campaign.

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When we returned to the village, we were rewarded with a handsome sum of GP each. We spent some time in the village, with our Wizard working on making magic items for the party (the same Wizard from my previous story - he was starting to become less of a troll to everyone by now), my Bard (Desmond) becoming mates with the local woodworker, and his father who was the local blacksmith (both of whom were worshipers of Cayden Cailean, as was Desmond) and Kar-Splatt making - you guessed it - a MASSIVE pot of Splatty Stew. Everyone in the village became obsessed with this newfound delicacy, with the manager of the local tavern asking for the recipe for the stew.

Kar-Splatt eventually agreed to give them the recipe, on the condition that he received a portion of any profits made from selling the stew, with some of said portion being put towards a large house to be built for him in the village.

And thus Splatty Stew became an official business.

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Our party eventually departed the village, heading for the capital city of the region we were in. While in the city, Kar-Splatt spent some of his hard-earned GP to get himself a fancy suit, with our Paladin (Lithert) doing the same. We wondered why they were doing this, before being informed that Lithert was now Kar-Splatt's manager, and that they were looking to purchase business cards to promote Splatty Stew.

While this was going on, Desmond went to one of the Bard colleges in the city to try and convince them to purchase some of his poetry for sale (I had been having Desmond write poetry the last few days, as selling something he had written or scribed was the final prerequisite for taking levels in Pathfinder Chronicler). At this point, I had scribed three pieces; two of which were serious, and one which was originally intended as a joke. The "joke" poem went as such:

The first taste has you hooked
For more, anything would you do
Tastes like food from the gods
They call it "Splatty Stew"

Now when the Bards of the college asked me for an example of my work, I went to pull out one of my serious poems to show them. Instead, I accidentally pulled out the "joke" poem. I initially went to put it away and grab one of the other ones, before a moment of sheer' hilarious brilliance struck me.

Desmond gave the Bards the "joke" poem. They were all confused as to what "Splatty Stew" was, and asked for an example of such before they made a decision. He went and found Kar-Splatt, who agreed to make a pot of Splatty Stew if I went out and purchased the owlbear meat required. He did so, and the pot of stew was made (he took 20 on the Profession check, so the stew was perfect).

Upon returning to the college, the Bards were instantly hooked on the Splatty Stew. They agreed to purchase his poem for 50 GP, on the conditions that a) they were left with at least a week's supply of Splatty Stew, and b) they were directed to where they could obtain more.

The deal was made, and so Desmond became Kar-Splatt's Vice President of Marketing.

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That's all I have on the legend of Splatty Stew for the time being. I shall post more stories as the campaign carries on.

Peace out.

Ok, more noob questions from me =P

So with composite longbows, I know that, if your Strength bonus is lower than that stated for the bow, you take a -2 to all attack rolls with it, and you can also add your Strength bonus to damage rolls if your Strength is high enough.

The part that confuses me, however, is this:

"this feature allows you to add your Strength bonus to damage, up to the maximum bonus indicated for the bow."

So say for example I have a comp. longbow with a +0 Strength bonus - if I have a +3 bonus to Strength, do I not get to add my Strength bonus to the damage? Or do I have this wrong?

tldr; bard decides to prank wizard, wizard punishes bard by taking a huge shit on his bed

So I'm currently playing a CG Bard (his name is Desmond) in my first ever Pathfinder campaign. The majority of the party is CG (Barbarian, Cleric, Rogue), with the exception of the Paladin (LG, of course) and the Wizard (Ivellious), who is LN.

Ivellious is an elven racial purist, who believes all other races are vastly inferior to elves, although he doesn't take it as far as killing other races. Desmond, being somewhat of a ladies' man (or so he would like to think) has earnt the ire of Ivellious, who constantly refers to him as "scum" although he somehow tolerates my presence - not that we always manage to moderate our animosity for each other, as you will soon learn.

Anyways, this past session we were resting in a tavern, and Ivellious was drinking a glass of fine elven wine and studying his spellbook, while Desmond was quietly playing his lute. Deciding to have a little harmless fun, Desmond used Mage Hand to randomly turn the pages of Ivellious' spellbook, so as to annoy the hell out of him. Ivellious, getting understandably annoyed, used Mage Hand himself, to retune Desmond's lute so it was out of tune. Himself now pissed off, Desmond used Mage Hand AGAIN, this time using it to dump the glass of wine on Ivellious' head. Laughs were had, and the night went on, with Desmond becoming more and more drunk as time passed.

Here's where things turned into sheer hilarity - Desmond, by this stage being completely off his face, failed a Perception check to notice Ivellious leave the room in secret. He soon returned, saying nothing of what he had left the room for. Later on, Desmond decided that it was time to call it a night, and headed for bed.

However, as he lay down, he felt a strange feeling on his arms and chest. Me, feeling rather confused, initially thought that he had been hit by some kind of spell. This was promptly dismissed, as he then noticed the smell coming from around him. Getting up and looking at his bed, he noticed the large pile of elven faeces he had been laying in a few moments prior. While Desmond, having failed the Perception check earlier, did not connect the dots, the DM told me that it had actually been Ivellious who had taken a dump on my bed, as a drunken way of "punishing" me for messing with him. Everyone bursts out laughing at this, myself and Ivellious' owner included.

Anyways, thanks for staying for my story, and I hope to return with more as time goes on.

Hello again, another noob question =D

tldr - do the benefits of Versatile Performance get applied before bonuses from traits/feats/etc?

When I originally created my Bard, I took the Persuasive feat for the bonus to Diplomacy and Intimidate. The Perform skill I'm currently focusing on is Oratory. Now I know that Versatile Performance lets me apply my bonus from my Perform (Oratory) to Diplomacy and Sense Motive, but do I still get the +2 to Diplomacy from Persuasive if I use Versatile Performance for that, or do I lose the benefits?

Hello again =D

Another (possibly) noobish couple of questions about Prestige classes - or to be more specific, the Pathfinder Chronicler Prestige class and how it interacts with the Bard class.

1 - Once a Chronicler unlocks the Bardic Performance skill, do further levels in Chronicler unlock additional performances as if the player had levelled up in Bard? (i.e. if a 10th-level Bard took 4 levels in Chronicler, would he unlock Soothing Performance?)
2 - Assuming that the above is true, how would the Soothing Performance interact with the Epic Tales skill of the Chronicler? I know that 4 rounds of performance is required for Soothing Performance, so I'm thus assuming that one would need to spend 8 rounds of performance to make Soothing Performance into an Epic Tale. If so, would the person who later activated the Epic Tale have to wait 4 rounds before the heal would take effect, or would it be instantaneous? Also, assuming the Chronicler had not yet reached 8th-level, would the Epic Tale still heal everyone nearby, or would it only heal the person who activated it (as if they had cast Cure Serious Wounds, as opposed to the Mass version)

Sorry if my question sounds rather noobish and rambling, I just like to know as much as I can about something before I get involved in it.

Peace out

Howdy again =D

I posted a thread a few weeks ago asking about prestige classes, and whether or not I, as a noob player, should look at taking them. Well, I have another question - well, rather, I'm looking for advice as to how I should go about this.

In the campaign I'm playing, I am playing as a CG support bard who is currently level 3 (a cleric handles the bulk of the healing) using a character I have used previously as an OC on DeviantArt. This OC had an artifact that, when he was wounded, would heal him over time, while affecting his eyesight during the healing process. Most major wounds that weren't instantly fatal could be healed, however this came with a few drawbacks:

- The greater the wound healed, the longer and more profound his loss of eyesight would be - minor scrapes would make his vision go blurry for a few seconds, lost limbs would render him completely blind for several minutes
- The artifact regenerates charge very slowly, taking about a week to fully recharge - lost limbs and other severe damage would drain it's power almost completely
- Wounds that are instantly fatal can still kill him
- He must have the artifact on his person in order for it to work

Anyways, the reason why I mentioned this, is because I told our DM about my character's artifact, and he seems kind of interested in having my character gain it in our campaign. He asked me how I would want the artifact to work (within reason of course), so I in turn thought I would put the question to all of you, and see which of the following suggestions would be a good balance of pros and cons:

- Once per round, when wearer's health is below 0, but wearer is currently stabilized and not dying, artifact has a chance (most likely determined by rolling percentile die) of casting Cure Light Wounds on the wearer
- Once a day, when wearer's health is taken below 0, artifact automatically casts Cure Light Wounds on the user, and renders them blind for a number of rounds (could be determined a number of ways, i.e. rolling a d4)
- Once per round, when wearer takes any damage, artifact has a very small chance (most likely determined by rolling percentile die) of casting Cure Light Wounds on the wearer

As the wearer gains levels, the spell could be upgraded to higher tiers of Cure spell (but not Mass Cure spells).

Which of those suggestions do you think would be the most balanced? Or do you have any other suggestions?

Hey folks!

I'm fairly new to the Pathfinder scene - I'm currently playing a Chaotic Good bard in my first campaign. He's currently level 3, but I'm looking towards the future for how I will build him at higher levels, particularly any Prestige classes I will take.

Anyways, my two questions are:

1) How do Hit Dice / Base Attack Bonuses / Base Saves / etc. for Prestige classes work with said stats for your original class? Do they stack, does one take precedence over the other, or can you pick and choose what you use?

2) Which Prestige classes (if any) would you recommend for a support-oriented bard?

Sorry if my questions sound somewhat noobish, and thanks in advance for your help!