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Hi Paizo!

About 5 years ago I posted here requesting additional payments methods for us europeans: getting a creditcard is not possible for all of us since you need a certain credit score to get one, and prepaid creditcards are being slowly banned by the EU for money laundering prevention.

Is there any chance that we can give you our money using Paypal, debit cards (Ideal / Mollie) in the future?

I'd like to buy adventures now, but can't since no one in my direct network owns a credit card!

Hey guys,

My highest level character is sitting at lvl 16.o atm after completing Tomb of the Iron Medusa and Unleashing the Untouchable. I was looking at the suggested level progression in the 2012 thread by Kyle Baird but I figured there must have been more sanctioned content for this level, since I don't expect to ever be able to play Race for the Runecarved Key anytime soon.

What to play / run to get to lvl 17, so I can try and get a group together for the upcoming season 10 retirement arc at tier 17-18?

Am willing to travel ;-)

..And they're really happy now. What mess have I gotten myself in to? :(

So I'm running a homebrew SF game in which the players escape from the Azlant empire on the far side of the Vast. They hijacked a ship promptly re-dubbed "The Ambassador", and found a stash of 250.000 raw UPBs hidden on the ship.

They know they have to reach a certain drift beacon many jumps away in order to be able to use the Star Stone located in the distant Pact Worlds system. A system that, so they have been told, will grant amnesty for fugitives like them.

They're asking me for ideas on what to build / craft from the UPBs a lvl 1 PC or a MK 1 mononode ship computer could make use of. Should I just let them fool around with all the $$$ (without a place to spend it, since they're on the run), or should I steer them in a direction?

Have any of the source books referenced the Fey lore to any extend? What's the name of the night club in Absalom Station where YOUR Gnomes party?

Hey guys, a quick search didn't yield any result so I'm asking here. I'm bulding my (now level 5) soldier towards using the IMDS missile launcher because it's amazing and I've always wanted to have a missile launcher in my RPGs.

So I have this cool Exo-guardian boon "Tools for the Job", which allows me to buy said missile launcher at level 8 instead of 9. Thing is, the ammunition listed for it are item level 10 as well and cost a whopping 5.700 credits PER SHOT. So at first I was like cool, cool, I don't care what it costs because I'm going to FIRE A FRIGGIN' MISSILE at my enemies, but then I realised that I could'nt buy the ammo at that point because its item level was too high.

The boon only allows me to treat my level as one higher for weapons and armor, not ammunition... and while normally I'd have been fine with waiting one more level to get what I wanted it seems a bit unfair since I could buy any other level 10 weapon at level 8 and just spend the 40-400 credits on their level 1 ammunition and not worry about its item level.

So my question is: is this intentional, or is ammunition supposed to be exempt from the minimum level required to buy items? Its feels a bit weird that the one thing I've been looking forward to is also the only weapon that has this problem. Anyhow, thanks for reading. Might switch to a cheaper weapon anyway as the missile launcher feels oddly restrictive.

I play a skald with the Totem Skald archetype from the advanced class guide and am currently level 6. I use wild shape to change into a small tiger.

Totem (Su):

At 3rd level, the totemic skald chooses one animal from the hunter’s animal focus list (see page 27). Once selected, this choice cannot be changed. This animal becomes the skald’s personal totem animal and influences his later abilities. He gains the following rage power.

Wild Shape (Su):

At 5th level, a totemic skald gains the ability to wild shape into the form of a Small or Medium version of his totem animal, as the druid class feature. His effective druid level for this ability is equal to his skald level – 1. He can use this ability twice per day at 11th level, and three times per day at 17th level. This doesn’t allow the skald to assume other forms, such as elementals, plants, or other kinds of animals.

When in animal form, the skald is treated as able to speak normally for the purpose of using raging song, but not for using other abilities that require speech (such as spellcasting). The skald uses his class level as his druid level for the purpose of qualifying for feats that affect wild shape (such as Wild SpeechUM). This ability replaces spell kenning.

I have a couple of questions:

• 1. How much is mithral breastplate barding for a small tiger?
  
• 2. Do I need help in putting it on, and how long would it take?
  
• 3. Is it considered always available or do I need to take Fame into account?
  
• 4. Does the way the wild shape ability is worded mean I can use beast shape II at level 9 and gain pounce, while staying small?
  

Ever since Ranged Tactics Toolbox came out, I've wanted to make a character that made use of the Ricochet Toss feat and a Belt of Mighty Hurling. I also recently came into the possession of a Skinwalker boon for Pathfinder Society, so now I can't get the idea of a Crocodile-man slinging weapons at monsters out of my head. However, the throwing weapons rules are a mess...

First Question:

Can a Magus use thrown melee weapons as part of Spell Combat?

Spell Combat (Ex):

At 1st level, a magus learns to cast spells and wield his weapons at the same time. This functions much like two-weapon fighting, but the off-hand weapon is a spell that is being cast. To use this ability, the magus must have one hand free (even if the spell being cast does not have somatic components), while wielding a light or one-handed melee weapon in the other hand. As a full-round action, he can make all of his attacks with his melee weapon at a –2 penalty and can also cast any spell from the magus spell list with a casting time of 1 standard action (any attack roll made as part of this spell also takes this penalty)....

(Emphasis mine)

Second Question:

Is a Throwing weapon eligible for the Spell Hurling enchantment?

The Throwing Magus magus arcana seems to support that it does. Furthermore, the only entry into the CRB on weapons "designed to be thrown" is the following:

Thrown Weapons:

Daggers, clubs, shortspears, spears, darts, javelins, throwing axes, light hammers, tridents, shuriken, and nets are thrown weapons. The wielder applies his Strength modifier to damage dealt by thrown weapons (except for splash weapons). It is possible to throw a weapon that isn't designed to be thrown (that is, a melee weapon that doesn't have a numeric entry in the Range column on Table: Weapons), and a character who does so takes a –4 penalty on the attack roll. Throwing a light or one-handed weapon is a standard action, while throwing a two-handed weapon is a full-round action. Regardless of the type of weapon, such an attack scores a threat only on a natural roll of 20 and deals double damage on a critical hit. Such a weapon has a range increment of 10 feet.

Which implies that the only thing that defines a weapon as 'designed to be thrown' is that it has a range increment, which is exactly what the Throwing enchant does.

Third and final question:

Can I use Spell Combat to cast a spell, deliver it as a spellstrike with my Spell Hurling weapon, then use my second attack to throw said weapon again with one hand using Ricochet Toss?

Hey guys! I was wondering if anybody knew how to finish my long-due season 6 faction card... I've but one box to tick, which is:

Visit one of the following centers of trade during the course of an adventure: Goka, Katapesh, Katheer, or Kerse.

My shaman is currently level 4. First thing that came to my mind is #5-21: The Merchant's Wake, but I've already played that one. Any suggestions would be very welcome!

Sincerely,

Carla

So I've built this monstrosity that does (24d6 = 192 ) +8 (strength) +35d4 (quadriple Force Punch eject), which averages an impressive 282,5+ damage with an improved vital strike after casting Force Punch while raging and holding the charge. This is followed by a swift action Spell Conduit for a second casting of Force Punch, a free action release of a Force Punch stored inside an amulet of mighty fists and a fourth CL5 force punch potion delivered through poisoner's gloves.. Which gives the enemy the chance to theoretically choose its own direction of flight for another 10ft or so after being sent flying 50ft by me.

...With a 10hr Paragon Surge duration bu using the shapechanger sorcerer bloodline's 3rd lvl bloodline power for shenanigans. If you optimizers are interested, I'm willing to listen to advice on how to improve it.

• Name: Sencho Taka
  
• Quote: "Taka-TSUKI~"
  
• Half-elf Bloodrager (Blood conduit) lvl 11
  
• bloodline: Destined
  
• Faction: Grand Lodge
  
• Deity: Kurgess
  
• Alignment: True Neutral
  

Racial traits:
Adaptability
Mismatched
Elf-Scorned

Stats:
20 (26 in rage)
16
14
9
10
18

Feats:
[1] Skill focus: Disguise, Power attack > [retrain into Improved Eldritch Heritage: Shapechanger @ lvl 11], Improved unarmed strike
[2]
[3] Eldritch heritage: Shapechanger
[4]
[5] Shared Manipulation
[6]
[7] Vital Strike, Arcane strike, DR 1/-
[8]
[9] Furious finish
[10] DR 2/-
[11] Improved vital strike

• + (Elf favored class bonus): +1ft movement / lvl

Traits:
Child of Two Peoples
Hermean Paragon

Bloodline Powers:

• 1 Destined strike
  
• 4 Fated bloodrager
  
• 8 Blood intensity

Spells:

• 1 Shocking grasp, Enlarge person, Animal aspect (Gorilla), True strike +Shield
  
• 2 Bladed dash, Animal Aspect (Gorilla), Glitterdust, See invisibility +Blur
  
• 3 Force punch, Vampiric touch, Fly

Skill ranks:
Disguise
Intimidate

Items:
Spell Storing Amulet of Mighty fists (4000) [loaded with a CL10 force punch]
Poisoner's Gloves (5000) [loaded with a CL5 force punch potion]
Runestone of power I (2000) x5
Runestone of power III (18000)
boots of the swift fury(5500)
belt of giant's strength (4000)
Monk's robe (12000)
headband of charisma +2 (4000)
lesser metamagic rod of Extend Spell (3000)
Ring of Far Strike (6000)

Of course, by the time this guy makes it to retirement at lvl 12, he'll only be able to pull off this trick a couple of times (prefferedly combined with a free action cast of Bladed Dash on entering rage at lvl 11), but you can get by the first couple of levels using a weapon you like and then switching to unarmed as you get to level 5 and get the amulet. Until that time Shocking Grasp seems the bread & butter of this build. Any ideas to improve it? Thanks!

~Taka-TSUKI!!!

So last night, first session of a new campaign, my character dies. I built an ectoplasmatist spiritualist and he got steamroll'd by a herd of zombies. It's clear, our GM pulls no punches (which I consider a compliment).

The setup is as follows: 5 players, each player runs 2 characters, of which only one at a time is adventuring. They gain xp equally but share wealth by level. We have a hardhitter monk, a cookie-cutter bard, a life oracle, a void kineticist, a bolt ace, a necro wizard, an arcanist, a little girl who's class we still have to guess, a samurai and a rogue.

My other character is an exemplar brawler built for switch-hitting, battlefield control and support.

I rolled stats for my new toon and it came out as follows:

13
13
11
19
13
13

And while this scream 'wizard!', I don't like prepared casting for the hassle and have a strong preference for 6-th level casters. I've thought about making an occultist, but is this viable?

What would you do with this stat array?

I've often bought products on paizo.com but I'm done. For me, living in the Netherlands, having a creditcard is not something everybody has.

Every time I want to buy a book, pfs scenario or anything else, really, I have to buy a temporary creditcard with an online retailer for a separate amount. This means I spend $30 on something that costs $27, leaving me with 3 floating bucks that I can hardly spend on anything due to the high transaction costs.

Is there any knowledge that I'm unaware of that makes you decide not to use banking systems like Ideal or Paypal to make purchasing items from your website? I'd love to buy more of your products online, but you're making it hard for me!

Love,

Carla

There's a character concept for a gnome "warrior of old" type character that I've been playing with in my mind for a while now. A fierce guardian of gnomish tradition, wielding a shiny greatsword and wearing golden full plate armor.

He would charge at enemies and parry their attacks, while staying uncannily agile for a gnome. His wit should match those of the most ingenious BBEG's. As a devout of both Abadar and Torag, anything evil would be quick to raise his ire.

I was thinking of at least taking 3 level of Weapon master Fighter to get up to speed with damage bonuses and get full plate proficiency, maybe a dip in Medium for more damage, and then fix the movement speed issue with a dip in something like cleric. Help me flesh out this concept!

Here are the rules:

• Race: Gnome
  
• Access to the Advanced weapon training feat
  
• Able to wield an impressive 2-handed blade using strength
  
• Able to comfortably wear heavy armor
  
• Doesn't depend on spells (I'm looking at you, divine favor)
  
• Movement speed on par with taller races without using a mount
  
• A real powerhouse in melee that doesn't sacrifice a diverse skillset.
  

Feat ideas: Power attack, Steadfast personality, Breadth of experience, Gnome Weapon Focus

Any ideas? Thanks!

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As the title says. Id like to take the mauler archetype for the Shikigami familiar the Kami Medium archetype gains at level 3 in order to have a rideable flying mount, but the wording of the ability is a little unclear. Thoughts?

Here's the plan: build a mounted character... as in, one that's mounted by its familiar. The familiar needs to be able to wield a lance and use the spirited charge feat. Ideally there would also be some kind of way to disguise my familiar as a PC, in order to make GMs think my familiar is the PC. I would be wildshaped into a medium pony most of the time, allowing my familiar to mount me. I need your help to make this work l, preferably while being as ridiculous as possible!

Note: this is for PFS, so it's important that the main shtick comes online as early as possible, hence the retraining shenanigans.

The build would look something like this:

Balthazar "Mo" Skewball
Human Druid 4 / Fighter (Eldritch Guardian) 4

Feats (After retraining at lvl 5!)
1(druid) Boon companion, Mounted combat
2(druid)
3(druid) Shaping focus
4(druid)
5(fighter) Improved familiar (Small earth elemental)
6(fighter)
7(fighter) Ride-by attack
8(fighter) Spirited charge

Items:
Heavy plate barding
Sash of the war champion
Exotic military saddle

Elly the inconspicuous elemental
Small earth elemental
Feats:
Power attack
Mounted combat
Ride-by attack
Spirited charge

Items:
+1 lance
Ring of eloquence
Hat of disguise
Opalescent White Pyramid (Flawed) Ioun Stone (grants weapon proficiency: Lance)

All feedback is welcome. I for once have no idea on what domain to take. If you have suggestions on how to add to the hilarity that's also good.

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Recruiting for the whole three-parter-shebang (low tier). I have two players from an older campaign joining in.

If you want to apply please add the following:

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I know this question has been asked before, but there is still something unclear to me: in the ACG errata it was clarified that:

Swashbuckler levels stack with gunslinger levels for the purpose of satisfying Signature Deed's level requirement.

Does this mean that, in order to qualify for Signature deed feat, I need at least one level of gunslinger to qualify? Or is the meaning of 'stack' ment to be broader and is it ment for swashbucklers to be able to take this feat at lvl 11?

The reason I ask is because the swashbuckler gets some neat deeds at lvl 11 and I'm considering a new PFS character, who will probably never reach lvl 12.

(I'm aware that the feat does not work on alot of deeds, but still)

So you have this alchemist discovery. Then there is this spell. What happens if you use touch injection to inject someone with a bottled ooze?

Ricochet Toss (Weapon Mastery)

You are able to angle your thrown weapon attacks in such a way that the weapon ricochets and immediately returns to you.

Prerequisites:Quick Draw, base attack bonus +6, weapon training class feature with a ranged weapon.

Benefit: When you make a ranged attack with an appropriate thrown weapon, the weapon returns to your hand immediately after the attack is resolved. This ability does not allow bullets, thrown ammunition such as darts or shuriken, or thrown splash weapons to return to you. Improvised thrown weapons don’t return to you unless you have the Throw Anything feat.

(Emphasis mine)

Due to the wording of this feat I'm not quite sure how it is supposed to work. Do they mean "A single ranged attack" as in the standard action attack, or could it be any attack in say, a full attack? This is quite relevant for those who would bypass the need for a blinkback belt in a throwing build. What do you think?

Can it be done? Master of all elements? Who has an answer to every situation?

Something has been bothering me for a while now: the fact that many classes reach their capstone at 20, but their signature ability at lvl 11.

This leaves only three sessions to lvl 12, at which point you have to choose wether to put the character through EotT.

Do we need more endgame content? Or are certain classes per definition better suited for playing the 'last walk' with?

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So I came across this gem in Ultimate Equipment: Serpent Belt. It gives you a "+4 bonus to all poisons". Does that mean the poisons I create as an alchemist get a +4 to their DC?

I've recently come into posession of two boons that will allow me to do some fairly unique things in PFS: An aasimar boon as well as a boon that allows me to add +2 to any ability score at character creation (I'm not going to spoil).

I was aiming at building a jack-of-all trades similar to a Bard in terms of buffing potential while keeping other options open. I'll be able to change spirit choice on the fly in order to fill any role needed in the party while keeping a focus on the Marshall spirit.

I'll have an initiative of around +20 at level 8, in order to always be able to use Spirit surge and other buffs on my allies whenever the situation calls for it. My charisma will be very high so that I can still get some save or sucks like Slow off at higher levels when I feel like channeling the Archmage spirit. At level 11 I'll have wings, as a nice finisher to my PFS career. This is the build i've thought out so far:

Lucy Abrian
Aasimar (Azata-blooded) Medium (No archetype)
Deity: Calistria
Faction: Liberty's Edge
CG

Racial:
Celestial resistance (Acid, Cold, Electricity resistance 5)
Darkvision
Scion of humanity(Count as human+outsider)
Glitterdust 1/day
+2 diplomacy, perform

Stats:
14
9
14
12
12
20

Feats:
1 Noble scion: War
2
3 Improved initiative
4 +1 CHA
5 Spirit focus: Marshall
6
7 Battle cry
8 +1 CHA
9 Angelic blood
10
11 Angel wings

FCB: +1/4th spirit surges per day when taboo is in effect

Traits:
Unscathed(+2 to all resistances)
Adopted > Warrior of Old(+2 Initiative)

Spells:
0 Message, Stabilize, Ghost sound, Daze
1 Paranoia, Liberating command, Enlarge person
2 Haste, Slow, Tongues, Mirror image
3 Burst of speed, Vampiric touch

Skills(5/lvl):
Diplomacy
Bluff
Use magic device
Perception
Sense motive

Items:
+2 skill ioun stone(800)
+1 initiative ioun stone(2pp)
Spell component pouch, Holy symbol(Calistria)
+2 fire-forged chain shirt(100+1000+1000+3000)
+1 spell-storing adamantine longspear(3000+2000+6000)
headband of CHA(4000)
belt of physical perfection(16000?)
Ring of feather falling(2200)
Boots of striding and springing(5500)
spring loaded wrist sheaths
sipping jacket(5000)+Potion of haste/Displacement/Blink(2pp)
Mask of persuasion(4500)
cloak of resistance +2(4000)
Eyes of the eagle(2500)
First aid gloves(4500)
Loads of wands/scrolls

I have been building an blaster psychic that makes extensive use of the Skinsend spell, essentially using it all day, every day.

And while being a construct gives me great immunities, I'm not sure on what to do with my body once I'm a walking, talking skin.

I have thought about using use magic device to cast shrink item on my corpse and then storing it safely in my handy haversack, but it seems unpractical at best.

Leaving my body at the door of every dungeon seems too dangerous, unlesss I bring a locked coffin of sorts. Do you have any ideas for spells/magic items that may help solve this problem?

This is the recruitment thread!

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This will be my first try at GMing a PbP. I decided to start with a golden oldie: #06: Black Waters!

All the talk about mounts being unwieldy in PFS play aside, I want to build a true horse master. A nomadic power house, that rides a stallion clad in steel. Learned to ride a horse before he learned to walk, that kind of stuff.

I have a boon that allows me to treat my mount as one level higher, provided I am human, half orc or Half-elf. This will allow me one level of respite when multiclassing in terms of mount progression.

My ideas so far:

Classes


• Cavalier (luring cavalier)
  
• Bloodrider bloodrager / Mad dog barbarian (for rage/rage powers)
  
• Hunter/druid(spells/domain/teamwork feats)
  
• Paladin(saves/lay on hands/mount)
  
• Divine commander warpriest(fervor)
  
• Zen archer monk(ranged bonus feat + flurry)
  
• Samurai(mounted archer)

  Feats:
  

• Boon companion
  
• Mounted archery
  
• Monstrous mount
  

What do you suggest? I've never played a mounted character before, but have managed to get my large/huge tiger animal companion through "tight spaces" with my lunar oracle through the use of the narrow frame feat. A local paladin rides a mount pretty effectively, but he's small.

Hey guys,

Some forum searches revealed to me that you can normally change a character's name to something else if you haven't posted more than 10 times.

However, my character became level 2 after playing an online play-by-post game (30+ posts) of the Confirmation and I changed the character because I wasn't pleased with how it turned out.

Now my half-orc skald is stuck with the name "Olga" as a messageboard alias... any way I can get someone's help on changing this to my character's new name?

Hi guys! Im starting a new campaign soon and am considering making it a 'wild west' type game, situated in a 'waterworld' type game world.

Commonplace Guns: While still expensive and tricky to wield, early firearms are readily available. Instead of requiring the Exotic Weapon Proficiency feat, all firearms are martial weapons. Early firearms and their ammunition cost 25% of the amounts listed in this book, but advanced firearms and their ammunition are still rare and cost the full price to purchase or craft.

This would of course have huge implications for the game, and I hope you guys can help me avoid common pitfalls. After a little thought this is a short list of things I came up with by myself:

• Touch AC. This will make me seriously consider what enemies to use. Dragons for example have abysmal touch AC and will thus be much less strong.
• CR. Low level enemies will have guns. High level enemies will have guns. Nuns will have guns. How do I keep the challenge appropriate?(Assuming my party will use a combination of magic and guns)
• Gear usefullness. A +2 holy greatsword will be worth less than a +1 holy revolver, but the cost is not balanced. Should I change item costs?
• Class imbalance. Since guns are martial weapons, I think I will ban the gunslinger class and see what my players will come up with. I feel like there's unforeseen complications here, but I am not sure.

What do you think?

The question is simple: does feral combat trainig allows me to use pummeling style with a natural weapon? Which feat has priorirty, pummeling style or feral combat training?

I need to know, because else i'd have to retrain my PFS monk/druid for an upcoming game.

Ive been messing around with a sanctuary specialist support cleric but could figure out wether I could use the persistent metamagic on it:

Dear family, friends, business partners and associates.

Business is going swell. Not only have I recently aquired a large batch of fresh livestock from the Mwangi expanse, also I have found the Society to be extremely profitable on the artifact market. And I haven't even started on that amazing tribe I assimilated into my business last year on behalf of the Society!

So tell me, dearest cousins, friends and associates. Did you have any good fortune lately, or any good new sources of sentient meats to proquire?

Sincerely,

Your ever faithful cousin,

Ed Steepstepper

1. This Shaman hex:

Arcane Enlightenment (Su):

The shaman’s native intelligence grants her the ability to tap into arcane lore. The shaman can add a number of spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1) to the list of shaman spells she can prepare. To cast these spells she must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell’s level, but the saving throw DCs of these spells are based on her Wisdom rather than Intelligence. When she casts these spells, they are treated as divine rather than arcane. Each time the shaman gains a level after taking this hex, she can choose to replace one of these spells for a new spell on the wizard/sorcerer spell list.

Is useable through this oracle archetype:

Bonded Spirit (Su):

At 3rd level, a spirit guide can form a temporary bond with a spirit, as the shaman’s wandering spirit class feature (see page 37). She must make this selection each day when she refreshes her spells. A spirit guide cannot bond with a spirit that is incompatible with her alignment, ethos, or mystery (GM’s discretion).

A spirit guide gains one hex of her choice from the list of hexes available from that spirit. She uses her oracle level as her shaman level and her Charisma score instead of Wisdom for the purpose of determining its effects.

To me it seems that because the oracle does not prepare spells but refreshes them, she is not able to effectively 'prepare' any sorcerer/wizard spells that day either. Therefore, it's of no use to grab this hex as a spirit guide oracle and I will rule it like this in PFS.

2. This feat:

Spirit Talker

By forging a temporary bond with a spirit, you gain access to an unfamiliar hex.

Prerequisites: Hex class feature; shaman level 6th or witch level 6th.

Benefit: Once per day, you can spend 10 minutes communing with a shaman spirit of your choice. When you do, you gain the temporary use of one hex from its list of hexes. This hex is added to your list of available hexes for the next 24 hours.

Note that nowhere does it say that your witch level is counted as your shaman level in any way. Once more:

Arcane Enlightenment (Su):

The shaman’s native intelligence grants her the ability to tap into arcane lore. The shaman can add a number of spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1) to the list of shaman spells she can prepare. To cast these spells she must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell’s level, but the saving throw DCs of these spells are based on her Wisdom rather than Intelligence. When she casts these spells, they are treated as divine rather than arcane. Each time the shaman gains a level after taking this hex, she can choose to replace one of these spells for a new spell on the wizard/sorcerer spell list.

A witch would therefore not benefit from taking this hex with the spirit talker feat at the start of her day, because she doesn't count as a shaman for the purpose of this feat. I will also rule it like this in PFS.

Thoughts?

Offensive Defense (Ex)": When a rogue with this talent hits a creature with a melee attack that deals sneak attack damage, the rogue gains a +1 dodge bonus to AC for each sneak attack die rolled for 1 round.

If i'm reading this correctly, every time I deal sneak attack damage, I get a dodge bonus to my ac for 1 round equal to the total amount of sneak attack dice. For example, a 5th level rogue hitting with 3d6 sneak attack dice on three separate attacks would get +9 dodge bonus for 1 round?

I have Three Reasons to Live, a magical instrument.

Can I use it to start this: Shadow Puppets Bardic performance?

I can't seem to find any rule that calls out that I need to specifically use a wind instrument for Perform(Wind). Vice versa, if I use it to make funny shadows on the wall (because the way that horn is described looks ridiculous in my mind) in order to start a Perform(Act)?

The goal is to have a PFS character start at lvl 7 with this horn and summon a shadow conjuration summon monster V as a move action by using it as a shadow puppet doll.

Question in the title. Let's say I wildshape into a giant octopus. Normally I get 1 bite attack and 8 tentacle attacks at a -5 penalty.

Now, with Feral Combat Training:Tentacle my tentacles are subject to any effects that augment my unarmed strikes.

The monk unarmed strike ability lists that:

There is no such thing as an off-hand attack for a monk striking unarmed. A monk may thus apply his full Strength bonus on damage rolls for all his unarmed strikes.

And:

A monk's unarmed strike is treated as both a manufactured weapon and a natural weapon for the purpose of spells and effects that enhance or improve either manufactured weapons or natural weapons.

To me, this is interpretable as "Use your full strength bonus and the monk unarmed strike's primary-natural-weapon-ness in place of the normal rules for secondary natural attacks". What do you guys think?

Hey y'all,

I'm pondering a skald I'm planning to play in PFS but I'm having doubts about two things:

1. The amount of damage/survivability/tankyness I'll have to bring in by myself (as opposed to playing a 'caster' skald mainly focused on raging song and spells)

2. The amount of party members that would actually benefit from a boosted up raging song. Ive seen alot of casters and supports in my local groups but fewer beatsticks (which are rather essential for the way I was planning to build my skald).

Whats yiur experience with skald viability in PFS?

Keep in mind im not planning to participate much in combat either through melee or ranged combat.

This Arcanist archetype: Brown-Fur Transmuter

Allows you to cast transmutation spells that have a range of 'personal' on others as a touch spell. This is not only great for stuff like Beast Shape, but also turns this spell:

Paragon Surge

Into a spell that you could cast on allies (if you're a half-elf).

My question is this: nowhere in the description of paragon surge does it say that the receiver of the spell needs to be a half-elf, am I correct? Can I go around tossing this on everyone?

Also, general ideas on abusing this archetype are welcome.

Does Poet's Cloak stack with Banner of the Ancient Kings (BotAK) for the purpose of granting a higher level Inspire courage?

The reason I'm asking is because I want to make a skald that can perform raging song and inspire courage at the same time using this spell: Virtuoso Performance and it would be nice to have a higher inspire courage bonus than +1.

Add flagbearer, haste and some other stuff and I recon this will be one hell of a support if i can get it to work.

The totemic skald archetype gives you the ability to wild shape into your totem animal of choice, while still able to perform a raging song.

My idea originally was to turn into a giant octopus. Combines with elemental blood (air) rage power and beast totem rage power I would have a flying, ragepouncing octopus of death with 11 natural attacks (8x tentacle, 1x bite, 2x claws).

However, the wild shape of the skald seems to be limited to your chosen totem animal. Anyone has an idea to circumvent this? Id really like to stick to something funny instead of the usual tiger or bear.

TLDR; flying dubstep humming octopus of doom, how do I do it?