Asara Baenre's page

The FAQ about the Community Use Licence asked those with questions to post here, thus the post.

I’m hoping to set up a blog that will be focused on Character Creation and Design, as well as Character Builds for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (PFRPG). I have been looking at the licensing and copyright information on the Paizo website (as it is very important to me as a game designer and video game artist to follow any and all IP restrictions) and have a couple of questions:

a) So long as my blog is not behind a paywall of any kind (and remains publicly accessible), I am under the impression that I operate under the Community Use License. Is this correct?

b) If I later add, for example, a Patreon Page that allows Patrons to make donations to my continuation of the blog but does not lock the access to that blog behind the need to pay, does that then transfer my license to a Pathfinder RPG Compatibility License, or does the license remain Community Use as the actual content is still free?

c) If, for example, a character build I create makes use of a feat, archetype, racial trait, etc. from one of the Player Companion or Pathfinder Campaign Setting books (for this example, let’s say a ratfolk using the Swarm Monger druid archetype from Blood of the Beast), is this prohibited under the Pathfinder RPG Compatibility License? (I am under the assumption it would be allowed using the Community Use License as Blood of the Beast is listed in the community use approved product list).

d) Are feats, archetypes, racial traits, etc. from books that are not on the Community Use Approved Product List completely off limits (for example, the Swamp Poisoner archetype from the new Potions & Poisons Player Companion)?

e) In respect with the abovementioned, what would be the best way to reference abilities used in such archetypes? Would simple mention of the class features (such as in the NPC Codex references on the PRD) and a “see Blood of the Beast”

So, for example, if my blog had something like the following on there, would that be allowed, and if not, what about it is an offending item (Please ignore any errors in the actual math of the build, this is an example that I threw together super fast using an NPC who I'm using in a current campaign and who is likely tweaked with a couple of different rulesets and may possibly have an extra feat or trait or skill, since she was an emergency we-have-a-game-in-an-hour NPC):

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Ageha (Aggie) Atomo CR: 9
XP: 4,600
Female Kitsune Butterfly Blade (Slayer)
CN Medium Humanoid (Kitsune, Shapechanger)
Init: +6; Senses: Perception: +12 (+17 vs traps), low-light vision

DEFENSES

AC: 24, touch 17, flat-footed 17 (+6 armor, +5 Dex, +2 deflection, +1 toughening) (+3 vs traps)
hp: 120 (10d10+10+10)
Fort +11, Ref +15, Will +7 (+5 vs traps)

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft.
Melee: agile butterfly sword +17/+16/+12/+11 (1d8+6/19-20, x2)
Ranged: mwk light crossbow +16 (1d8/19-20, x2)
Special Attacks: studied stalker, butterfly's kiss (Fort DC 20, unconscious 1d6 rounds), change shape (human, fox), enforcer, vulpine pounce

Spell-Like Abilities (CL Caster Level):

1/day- aura of the unremarkable (DC 20)

STATISTICS

Str: 8, Dex: 20, Con: 12, Int: 14, Wis: 8, Cha: 18
Base Atk: +10/+5; CMB: +9; CMD: 26
Feats: Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (Butterfly Sword), Fox Shape, Two-Weapon Fighting, Enforcer, Realistic Likeness, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Swift Kitsune Shapechanger, Iron Will, Vulpine Pounce

Skills: Acrobatics +18, Bluff +17, Diplomacy +14, Disable Device +23, Disguise +17 (+37 appear human or fox), Intimidate +17, Knowledge (local) +16, Knowledge (nobility) +12, Perception +12 (+17 vs traps), Profession (bodyguard) +12, Stealth +18

Languages: Common, Aklo, Sylvan, Celestial, Elven, Dwarven, Gnome
SQ: trapfinding, trapspotter, butterfly's kiss, realistic likeness (any human or fox),

Combat Gear: oil of lead blades x5, potion of cat's grace x5, potion of cure light wounds x5,
Other Gear: agile butterfly sword (2); +2 mithral chain shirt, ring of eloquence (Common, Dwarven, Elven, Gnome)

FOX FORM

AC: 22, touch 21, flat-footed 13 (+2 size, +7 Dex, +2 deflection, +1 toughening) (+3 vs traps)
Melee: bite +17 (1d3 - 2)
Str: 6, Dex: 24, Con: 12, Int: 14, Wis: 8, Cha: 18

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Thank you very much for your responses! As mentioned before, maintaining IP is very important to my work ethic and I want to be sure that I am complying with all Paizo regulations before I get started!

~ Asara

If you go to the Pathfinder Community MCA file dump, and click on Open MCArchetypes Pages link at the bottom of the window, it'll open the whole MCArchetypes files list from the old site in Google Docs. Then you can click on Name arrow to organize them alphabetically and search for what you want that way. Open the file, but its all in html format I'm afraid.

The pdfs should have everything, just need to know the primary class when searching for a particular MCA.

I am so happy to have stumbled across this. I had saved a lot of the classes that I had been particularly interested in, but when the Wiki went down I had been devastated. This just made my day.

Alientude, sir. You have just made my day. I plan on running Shackled City for my group after Christmas and sat down today to begin the heavy slog of converting everything. You have just made my job so much easier. I'm going to still be sifting through the forums for ideas (like how you said to nerf Kazmojen a little bit further) and tweaking here and there, but good glory did you ever help! Thank you SO much!

I think it's just the "Total" block that confuses me in the Melee section. The rest of it makes sense (like I assume the A B C and D are different classes, perhaps).

I like the sheet, especially the little blurbs for torches and rations and such. The only thing I don't like? The font. Could you post one with a more ... stick-ish... font? Like Calibri or Times New Roman or Arial something similar to that rather than the bubbly letters. It seems to be a sheet I would use myself, if the font were a bit more readable! :)

Edit: On second perusing - the font isn't as bad as I originally thought. I'm printing out a copy to do a test run.

Some more points I must say that I really liked was the reference points for everything, the feat boxes, the summon monster page, the spellbook pages.

Another question is the combat section. Could you explain how the Melee bar (with the multiple attack section) works, please? :)

Hi there! I'm definitely interested in RotR, I'm a very experienced pathfinder player but not so much with the Play by post. I'm usually the "rounder" of the party in my own games when I'm not DMing, which means I wait until everyone else has picked and then I make my own character based on what the party needs. I have a ton of new ideas that I'd like to try including a Hobgoblin Warpriest of Saraenre (Sacred Fist archetype, N in alignment), a human Hunter (Packmaster archetype, CG or CN in alignment with two Ustalavian Wolfhound animal companions), an aasimar oracle (Dual Cursed, Dark Tapestry, NG in alignment) and many many others!