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I have what I hope is unique situation. I'm running Jade Regent for 5 players. 3 of them may leave. 2 of them want to continue the game. I have worked very hard on this game and I don't want to just throw it away. We're currently exploring Brinewall castle. If I have to replace half the party. Do I start over or do I integrate them into the game where we are? If I integrate them, how do I get them invested in the NPC's? If I start over, how do I prevent my two remaining players from metagaming?

I appreciate any advice. Thank you.

According to their descriptions; the Lodestone Arrow does half damage and the Thistle Arrow does its damage over 1d6 rounds. What damage modifiers are included in these calculations? I have a rogue who uses a composite shortbow with a +1 STR bonus. Here are his current damage modifiers:
1) Comp SBow, +1
2) Point Blank Shot
3) Sneak Attack

Here are damage enhancements he may get in the future:
1) Deadly Aim
2) Bracers of Archery
3) +1 Weapon Enchantment
4) Vital Strike

Thanks for your input!

I have a CN Summoner. In the description of Summon Monster, it states; "Creatures on Table: Summon Monster marked with an "*" are summoned with the celestial template, if you are good, and the fiendish template, if you are evil. If you are neutral, you may choose which template to apply to the creature. Creatures marked with an "*" always have an alignment that matches yours, regardless of their usual alignment."

At the bottom of Summon Monster, after the last table, it states,
"This creature is summoned with the celestial template if you are good, the entropic template if you are chaotic, the fiendish template if you are evil, or the resolute template if you are lawful; you may choose any if you are neutral."

The reason I am asking is because the first part says I chose and the second part says I it is summoned with the template. If I can't simple templates, then it sounds like being Chaotic Neutral ruins my choice of Celestial or Fiendish. Or maybe I get to choose between the 3?

If I can stack then what stacks? Resistances, SR, and DR don't, obviously. What about the pluses to CR? If I stack Celestial(+1) and Entropic(+1), the Acid 5 won't stack but it will add Fire 5, The DR/Evil and DR/Lawful won't stack but the better one benefits them and it will end up with Smite Lawful and Smite Evil (which obviously don't stack against a Lawful Evil Creature) but shouldn't it then get a +2 to CR?

I'm good either way, I just want to know how to handle this going forward.

So we have a party with 3 CG Characters and 1 CN Characters. We are in a dungeon to retrieve an artifact (Shattered Star) and come across a sleeping female. We have been fighting a band of female thieves since we arrived. The CN is the only stealthy one. We tell him to sneak over and deal with her. He kills her in her sleep. She was also unarmed and unarmored. He did not attempt any other action. When we protested and asked why, he replied, "She was a threat". When we explained that we could have questioned her, he held up her severed head and replied, "Go ahead and ask her."

In the following battle he cast burning hands into an area containing our tank and 2 enemies. He could have taken a 5ft step and avoided the tank, the GM pointed it out and he declined.

Everyone except the CN character considers his actions to be evil. He considers his character to be perfectly Chaotic Neutral.

Are his actions evil? Has he qualified for an alignment shift?