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I just ran the numbers on my purchases with HeroLab Online and in the last 16 months I have already spent close to $300 for PF2E products along with access/subscription. To turn around and spend another $159 for Rulebooks alone seems like a big ask. All of this atop the PDFs I've already purchased from Paizo for PF2E.
Thanks for the advice. I intend to take Champions Reaction at 6th because I'm shocked such a powerful class feature is available and not only that but available so early. Also thank you for the suggestion on leaning toward offensive cantrips and on this have a question on Divine Lance. I have an itch to play a Phrasmen err a Phrasmi... or how ever you pronounce a divine spell caster who is in the clergy of Pharasma (Pharasmen cleric sounds right) and want to know how essential Divine Lance is. As I understand it clerics of Phrasma can't cast Divine Lance as their deity has no qualifying aliment for the spell to work. How much of a deficient is it to not be able to target alignment weaknesses with a cantrip?
I'm also in a similar boat and I'm interested in a Cloistered Redeemer build for PFS. Taldan Human, Skilled Hertiage
Lvl 2 Champion Dedication. My hope I can GM the character thru at least level one or so (probably much more). Thoughts or suggestions going forward? Pitfalls to watch out for? Thanks in advance
Does this help?My question here is if a Deities Edict's are meant to play into a character of faiths class features? Not preforming an edict is entirely different then preforming an action that is anathema. Anathema are pointed out as having a consequence. Edicts aren't mentioned. Anathema actions are in the "Thou Shall Not" category. Edict actions are in the "These are valued" category.
It's clearly fighting with a one-handed weapon. Also for combat clarification is the Zombie Brute considered to have one hand free? On one hand I say yes but...
If two reactions (1 for two different player) are triggered from one event which occurs first? Example Includes a two sword and board players 1) is a Fighter using Shield block and 2) is a Champion with Shield of Reckoning
Who goes first? The player with the higher initiative? Is it up to the players to decide?
My group had a hard go of it. No death but that wasn't from lack of trying. Party was a Wizard (Evocation), Rogue (Thief), Champion (Redeemer) and Cleric (warpriest). With Ralldar becoming Huge his reach was considerable. the dice weren't with the party to the point the Rogue switched dice with me to prove it was her and not the dice that was cursed (she indeed was curse with poor rolls that night). First the wizard went down to an AoO, then next the Cleric to the same and the Rogue fell to a crit. The Champion was able to use his last LoH to get the Cleric up and finally able to down Ralldar. The problem was the persistent Poison damage, it threatened to kill several people. the flat check was very difficult for people to hit. Dying, Recovery and Persistent damage and Wounded were learned well that night.
The explication was through but I believe you're incorrect on not being able to use Shield Block. The trigger for Shield Block isn't taking physical damage but actually: While you have your shield raised, you would take damage from a physical attack. I would say a melee attack from from a flaming dagger is a physical attack even if the physical damage is resisted and only energy damage is left.
these are really nice! How would I add these on to a word document? I haven't used unicode before.
Has anyone developed some handouts for groups transitioning to PF2? I ran across a document that was great for getting new players acclimated to PFS play. The document was called Chronicle #0 and had day job, fame=purchase limit, upgrading equipment and a host of other information. It was great for giving people something the could look at as a cheat sheet for players/GMs to have readily at hand. I'm doing an intro to PFS for PF2 this weekend and want to know what were some of the stumbling blocks had when the went from PF1 to PF2? we will be going over character creation, character options Xp, prestige, factions ect. What was a change that was trying to payers and what was trying for GMs?
: Is there a way to modify Drain Bonded Object to add a Defiling option? Add a line to the effect there is a 10% chance to regain the spell cast but at he cost Defiling at the time of casting? This way it would be a benefit but players could use it if desperate but at the cost to the environment, to being ostracized/hunted? There would need to be a mechanic for those that Defile too frequently and are unable to stop. Perhaps a flat check of 5, +2 to the check for each day a spell cast (or each spell for a more addictive mechanic) while Defiling. Once they fail the flat check they would have to Defile when casting unless actively trying not to. To try and actively preserve and reverse the urge/need to Defile you would need spend 1 Action concentrating to gain control prior to casting while making a flat 15 check. You would need to pass 3 check before being able to gain control again to cast with out additional concentration. Thoughts?
Thank you for this. I missed this portion or glossed over it.
Thank you as well.
So as a player if I use the Shield Block reaction and my companion uses one of the Champion's Reactions at the same time to offer damage resistance to me which occurs first? Do I gain the resistance to damage from the Champion's Reaction then get to Shield Block the remaining damage or vice versa? The damage taken should be the same but the version above of Champion's Reaction then Shield Block reduces the wear on my shield. I apologize if this has been brought up before. Thanks in advance.
What font did you purchase to get the look right?
I'm looking to have my GMing be less cluttered so I'm entertaining either using a Tablet or a Laptop to help me. For those that have moved beyond printing scenarios and NPC stats which have you found to be more useful? I will also undoubtedly look to get Hero Lab and stop using word/Excel for character sheets as well. I envision using the device for mostly Gming/reading PDFs and word doc, maybe some web browsing. I don't do any mobile gaming so that isn't a use I'm interested in. Also if you also have a recommendation in a device please list that as well. For product discussion I'm a PC user. Thanks a ton!
I'm trying to get an idea on the utility of Shield Block from low levels on. I would imagine it being used frequently at low levels but I don't have the game experience to know at mid levels and on what function it plays in round to round combat.
Other question I have is how feasible is it to get an adamantine shield at earliest possible level. I would see this as a means to extend the life of using Shield Block. Are there other means of increasing a shields hardness/hp? Thanks in advance!
Very impressive thank you for your work and for sharing this with the community!
Orc Knuckle Dagger Description.
Also what is meant by a blades jutting form each end? Is each end meaning the top and bottom, left and right? Is the last part of the line to mean it can also look like a Dagger/Katar combo(a vertical blade and a front facing horizontal blade?
I am looking at a building a character but I'm wondering if anyone has done the analysis on what bonus I need from an attribute to make a skill competitive as it levels. For a Rogue what Dex is needed to make Acrobatics, Stealth and Thievery? Is a Dex of 16 needed? or is 14 sufficient? I assume the difference would be small do to Ability Boost at 5th level and beyond making up a lot of room between an starting score of 18 vs 16 but would a 14 fly as "good enough"? I'm asking because I am eyeing a Str based Ruffian and want to build build and compare to a Dex to dmg Thief build.
My last on the Infamy Point. The last line in the mission briefing is "Don't antagonize the guards". Very heavy handed from my point of view to equate antagonizing the guard with Infamy but I understand it from a larger guards = government stand point. Still not a fan. I seated 7 players all pregens: Alchemist, Barbarian, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Sorcerer and Wizard. I ran the Spear Launcher and Mummy encounter. The Encounter with Nefaram Subeli was enjoyable. As GM Lamplighter mentioned above making the errors he brings up naturally in conversation was a challenge. I had 2 seasoned PFS players at the table and they caught much of his lack of PFS knowledge. Everyone enjoyed picking apart the errors while calming him down simultaneously. The encounter with the mummies was a cake walk as one would expect form 7 players and one AC. The Encounter in A4 was cramped to start but was worse with the above and one large and five medium opponents. With the NPCs all prone made it that much easier. In total I think the run time was 1:45 mins. An enjoyable end was when I explained how much they were getting compensated, a total of 3.5 gold. I heard groans and was joking accused of trolling the party but after a discussion on the economy change in PF2 there was more acceptance.
I too was robbed my glory and promotion. I was cheated when my VL snuck away in the dead of night at the end of 2018 (he got transferred to the San Antonio area).
just so I'm clear.
So the orc that does 10 points of damage has the damage reduce but ends up doing 10 points of damage anyway (5 points to Champion and 5 points to shield)?
This is a significant change form Quests form 1st edition. The quest has 1 trap, 1 combat encounter and 2 social encounters after the mission briefing. I was expecting several interconnected encounter in the vein of the more recent Quests. The encounters look well balanced. My concern is the scenario be very short but being that I am using it as a Demo that is a positive. There a couple of things to watch out for: When the party meets Norden Balentiir the GM is suppose to select 2 mistakes in his story to share with the group but on the trigger for the combat encounter it states if the party learns at least 2 flaws in his story his gives them a warning. I would run it by giving all the flaws in his cover story and see what they find. The considerable heartburn I have is the Infamy Point given for rushing past the guards at the dig site. The guard tells the party another Pathfinder group has been here over a month and in the last week have been cataloging the site. The mission briefing makes it clear party would have been the ones to do this work. Penalizing the party for being reasonably panicked and rushing to see what they could do to protect the sites integrity or confront the the pretenders is way out of line. I'm not talking about attacking the guards just rushing past them to investigate. Infamy- When a character expresses the intent to perform a wantonly evil or callously criminal action and you inform them that their action would be considered an evil action, if the character still persists in performing the action, apply a point of Infamy to the character. This sets troubling precedent for Pathfinder scenarios as as the above action is neither "wantonly evil or callously criminal action". If a Pathfinder is overly concerned with following every city guard orders lest they be three strikes away from permanent character retirment. |
