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So this morning I found myself thinking about the Guns and Gears book description and I thought 'What if we recreated the Planet Express crew from Futurama in PF2E?'

Clearly Bender would be whatever they have for the Construct Ancestry with the Rogue Class and Professor Farnsworth would be a Human Inventor. I have own thought on the rest of the crew, but I'm curious what other people would do.

Let me know below.

This is for Secret Checks for GM's. Mainly me, but it's open to all GM's that would like to roll here.

You awake in a fairly large chamber with a narrow walkway flanked by two rows of holding cells, twelve in total. At one end of the chamber is a sturdy looking reinforced wooden door. The cells are made of a series of iron bars, each an inch thick. Three lanterns hang from the ceiling gently swaying back and forth, causing the shadows of the bars to drift side to side. A hint of must fills your nostrils as you look around finding each cell except one is filled with a different occupant, some you recognize, others you don't.

Hello one and all to the Isle of Cadranite.

Before we begin, are there any questions?

The Isle of Cadranite. A land of many adventures and mysteries. One in particular over the last fifty years has caused many of the smaller towns and villages to fear the dark. A figure is known as The Piper. In the middle of summer every few years he strikes, abducting several children, holding them prisoner for two or three days, then returns them. No physical damage is done to them, other than a strange blue mark on their wrist and months of nightmares.

In the town of Swampwood, on a warm summers eve, you hear a strange tune come through your bedroom window...

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Hello, one and all to the start of your adventuring careers.

This story starts with you as the lastest abductees of The Piper. A little homebrew module I have put together for PF2E. You will start off at Level 0, as per found here. Once the Prelude has finished the story will jump ahead some years and your characters being level 2.

Any questions?

Let the discussions begin.

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For nearly half a century now there has been a figure lurking in the rural countryside. Every few years he re-surges and abducts several children from various villages and small towns and holds them prisoner for a few days before returning them unharmed. At least physically, the nightmares that follow usually last a lifetime.

On this night, you were sound asleep in your bed and then you were awoken by the strange call of music that you have never heard before........

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Welcome to the start of your adventuring career young heroes!

This is a homebrew one-shot that I originally created for PF1E using the Young Character rules. Turned out much more difficult to pull off than I intended. Now with the GMG for 2E, I have revived this adventure to see if it holds better.

Any questions?

Hello,

I'm sending out some feelers to see if there is anyone interested in playing PF 2nd Ed.

Feel free to respond here or PM me.

Okay, said I'd get this up, and here it is.

Character Generation

Starting Level: 1

Starting Credits: 1500

Starting Gear Level:
Weapons and Armor (including their upgrades and accessories) - 1
Other Adventuring Items - 2

Stat Generation:
3 Methods to choose from

1) Point buy - Rules found here.

2) Rolling - roll 4d6, drop lowest. Allowed 1 free 18

3) Ability Picks - Choose Ability Scores from the following array: 16, 16, 11, 10, 10, 10. Then apply Race and Theme modifiers.

Note: No Ability Score can be over 18 (including modifiers)

Races Allowed: Any from this page

Classes Allowed: Any from this page and from the Playtest

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Ten years. That is how long it has been since you were tricked into slaying your wife by those 'holier than thou' bastards. While you killed the four men that were with you that day, the other three, you've been hunting. The first you got six years ago and after much exposure to exquisite pain, he gave up the location of the second. And when you finally caught her, well, it took a year to break her. And now, you stand in front of the bordello that Davick visits occasionally. Surely, one of the courtesans within will have information for the next step in your journey.

Your standard discussion forum. *suppressing grin*

It’s been days since your trial which sentenced you to imprisonment at Branderscar Prison, a place known throughout Talingarde for being inescapable. Now the time has finally arrived for you to be transported to the fortress turned prison. While chained, you are roughly dragged from your holding cell into the caged wagon with a few others, also sentenced as you.

Days pass as you are transported from Daveryn to Branderscar. In one village, you overhear Caravan Master state that he doesn’t like the state the roads ahead. The Captain disregarded the warning, stating, ”This waste of skin needs to be delivered to Branderscar, and I have never missed a delivery. We push on.”

The prison caravan begins moving on.

I've been looking at the Drift Engine table on page 298, and I'm a little confused.

The Max Size seems to be backwards to me. I would think that the most powerful Engine wouldn't be limited to such a small ship size. I know Medium isn't really small, but it prevents Capitol Ships from truly benefiting.

Am I wrong? Or is this actually a typo?

In the kingdom of Talingarde, many crimes may send you to Branderscar Prison, but the sentence has but one meaning. You are wicked and irredeemable. Each of you received the same greeting when you arrived. You were held down by rough hands and branded upon the arm with a runic F. The mark signifies ‘forsaken’ and the painful scar is indelible proof that each of you has betrayed the great and eternal love of Mitra and his chosen mortal vassals.

Condemned, you face at best a life of shackles and servitude in the nearby salt mines. Others might await the “gentle” ministrations of the inquisitors so that co-conspirators may be revealed and confessions extracted. Perhaps, some of you will be spared this ordeal. Perhaps instead you have come to Branderscar to face the final judgment. In three days, the executioner arrives and the axe falls or the pyre will be lit. Through fire or steel, your crimes will be answered.

You have all been chained together in the same communal cell dressed in nothing but filthy, tattered rags. Manhandled and mistreated, any finery you once possessed is either ruined or long lost. No special treatment has been given any prisoner – male or female, commoner or noble – all of the forsaken are bound and imprisoned together. Your feet are secured by iron cuffs tethered by one long chain. Your arms are secured to the wall above by manacles. A guard is posted right outside the cell day and night. Little thought is given to long term accommodations. At Branderscar, justice comes swift and sure.

Escape seems hopeless. You have all been well searched and every attempt to conceal anything on your person has failed. And if you could somehow slip your bonds and fly out of this prison, where would you go? Who from your former life would want anything to do with the forsaken? Despised, alone and shackled – all that you can do now is await your doom.

For each of you, your old life is over. For each of you, hope is a fading memory. For each of you, justice will be fairly meted. And who can blame fair Talingarde after what each of you has done?

Well, here it is, the Discussion/Character Gen thread for GMSCV's Way of the Wicked.

As far as the CGen goes, I'll be fairly open to most anything concerning Race and Class. When it comes to ability scores, you have two choices.

1) Focus and Foible: Choose one stat to be 18 and another to be 8. The other 4 stats are determined in order by 1d10+7. No re-rolls.

2) 25-Point Buy: I'm confident you're all fairly familiar with this, and don't need it explained.

Any further questions, either ask here or PM me.

So I've been thinking lately, 'I wonder if other players have come up the idea of creating characters inspired by rock/metal bands?'

I'll start, here's my first attempt, based off of several songs by Hammerfall:

Bonus Spells: At 7th level, an eldritch scion gains the bonus spell from his bloodrager bloodline that is normally gained at 10th level. He gains the next three bonus spells from his bloodline at 9th, 11th, and 13th levels, respectively.
This ability replaces knowledge pool.

My question is, what about the 7th level bonus spell? Does one still get it in addition to the one they would get at 10th, or is it just skipped?

Where the Fates decide the paths of heroes.

(And discuss other non-game related things.)

You awaken in one of twelve cells lined up six on each side of a fairly large room, with the light of a single lantern casting shadows of the bars upon the floor and walls. The air of the room is musty and almost uncomfortable to breathe and despite the fact the room is made of stone no echoes can be heard. The last thing you remember was hearing some hauntingly beautiful flute music that seemed to call out to you.

There are more children in the other cells, most are human, but there appears to be a Half-Orc, a Sylph, a Nagaji, a Catfolk, and one that looks...different. The strange one looks like an elf, of which you have seen a few, but this one's head is hairless and has skin that is very dark. So dark in fact, that the Elf seems to blend into the shadows of the cell.

Here you can put questions, comments and snide remarks. Enjoy.

For the past several decades, the Isle of Cadranite has been plagued by a figure known as The Piper. He appears at random and abducts a certain amount children either from their homes or while they are out doing other activities. Once obtained, he demands ransom from the parents for their safe return. Many Adventurers have been hired to track down this fiend, but none have been able to succeed.

In the town of Swampwood, he has struck again. This time he has taken twelve and demanded two hundred gold pieces for their return.

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Welcome everyone, to the very start of your character’s career. This one-shot adventure is designed to use the Young rules, listed here, and to provide a spring-board for characters to get to know each other prior to going out and becoming legendary heroes.

My goal: When this adventure is finished, your characters will proceed into adulthood and start their Adventuring Careers.

Character Generation:

Starting Level: 3

Stats: 20 point buy. Don’t forget, as young PC’s you get a +2 to Dex and a -2 to Str, Con, Wis. These will be removed at the end of the game.

Hit points: Max at 1st, average plus one each level after or roll.

Traits: One

Races: Core and Featured from Advanced Race Guide

Classes: NPC Classes only.

Starting Gear: None, you’ll be starting in a cell. Don’t worry,
equipment will be provided later.

Party size: Six

Posting: At least 1/day during the week, and on weekends if possible.

What am I looking for in a character:
Normally I’m looking for a really well done background. However, given the style of adventure this is, I’m only asking for a brief one. It needs to answer the following questions:

- What does your parent(s)/guardian(s) do for a living?

- Were you born in Swampwood?

- What interests does your character have?

- What does your character dream of being when they’re older?

Submission Cut-off: May 18th. Crunch need not be complete, but Fluff is required to be.

Post OOC comments, questions and snide remarks here.

It has been some days since you first heard the call to arms, days spent travelling to Doronan, Capitol of the Known World. For some of you, the city is not a new sight. For the rest, the sight is something to behold. Every building seems to have some sort of ruinic mosaic upon its doors. Even the air seemed alive with the smells of exotic cuisine and the bustling of people in the marketplace. Eventually, you made your way to the Council Building, where you were instructed to wait until the days affairs were finished. The room was decorated in teal and royal blue banners, carvings of various beautiful creatures from all over the world. Looking around at the others who answered the call, you can’t help but wonder if the rumors were true. Did the Council truly intend to release the Tarrasque, or was it just a rumor?

Five hundred years ago, it fell from the sky, a mountainous tower of black metal that seemed to radiate pure evil. Since that time, hoards of unspeakable horrors have roamed the land, terrorizing all in their path. Many attempts to siege The Void Tower, as it is known, have failed. In these dark times, the surviving council members have hatched a desperate plan that many would call insane, releasing the Tarrasque. This mighty creature was imprisoned centuries ago by the Seven Heroes, a group of very powerful Adventurers who somehow managed to gain control of the monster with seven mysterious amulets. With these talismans, the Council hopes to somehow use the Tarrasque to destroy The Void Tower and then hopefully put it back into its prison. The only real problem with this plan, besides unleashing possible Armageddon, is that no one knows exactly where the talismans are. So a call to arms has been sent out for Adventurers willing to undertake the retrieval of these artifacts. Will you answer the call?
Character Gen:

Starting level – Five

Stat Generation – Focus/Foible: One stat (your choice) 18, One stat (again, your choice) 8, all other stats 1d10+7 in order. Allowed two sets of rolls, choose best. No swapping rolls.

Hit Points – Max 1st level, Average each level after.

Traits – Two

Race – Core and Featured from Advanced Race Guide

Classes – All from Core, APG, Ultimate Magic and Combat are allowed.

Starting Gold - 10,500 GP

Note – All 3rd party content will be considered on a case by case basis.

Party size: Four

Posting – As GM, I will strive to post as much as possible daily, and wish the players I accept to post at least 1/day weekdays, weekends as well if at all possible. Please notify me, if possible, when you will be unable to post for an extended period.

What I am looking for in characters:
The main deciding factor will be backgrounds. I am not looking for optimized characters, but rather ones that make sense with their past. You do not necessarily need to have a completed profile to be chosen, but I require the background at least be listed upon submission of said profile.

Sumbmittion cutoff date: Two weeks. You only need the fluff submitted to be considered for the campaign.

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I got to thinking this morning, what is the general concensus the range levels?

I consider the following:

For those that have no idea what I'm talking about, look at this.

It seems pretty simple to convert to Pathfinder. I just want some fresh ideas on:

• What can I use to replace the Brigands instead of the stereotypical orcs, bandits, etc.
• What would be a good BBEG for the Tower itself. Preferably not the Evil Mage, Tyrant King, Dark Priest, so on and so forth.

I am just curious what zany ideas the community has to offer.

Here is the situation.

I have a friend that wants to start a new campaign with 1st level characters and I've managed to talk my wife into giving it a try. After looking through the books, she has decided to play a Half-Elf Sorceror with the Verdant Bloodline.

Normally I don't have an issue coming up with a backstory but, I'm hitting a stone wall for ideas here. I've come up with two so far. One where she is looking for her parents after they were taken in a bandit raid and the other is her searching for an ancient artifact.

Can anyone help me on this? I just need some seeds here as to why she turned to a life of adventure. I can figure out the rest of the details later.

Thanks in advance.

This may be a little Metagamey, but basically this stems from a thought I had when I read the final BBEG in the Kingmaker AP. It consists of the Contingency and Fireball.

Think about it.

A Fighter runs up and cleaves the evil Wizard's skull in two, then BOOM, Maximized Fireball at point blank. Ouch.

Anyway just wondering if anyone else had any thoughts of how to make players a little leary about the old run up a hit him hard tactic.

I was looking at the Stalwart Defender Damage Reduction, which states:

Damage Reduction (Ex): At 5th level, a stalwart defender gains DR 1/—. At 7th level, this DR increases to 3/—, and at 10th level it increases to 5/—. Damage reduction from different sources does not stack; however, a stalwart defender of 5th or higher level that gains DR from armor (but not from any other source) increases his class-based DR by the value of the armor's DR. Thus a 7th-level stalwart defender wearing adamantine full plate (DR 3/—) has DR 6/—.

Emphasis mine

Then I got to thinking, what about the Barbarian DR (Yes, it's possible)? The way I'm reading it seems to be no, but yet I don't see why it couldn't. Is it legal to stack them, or do I need to houserule it?

Thanks in advance.

Setting:

Gods controlled the flow of magic in the world until they died. After a few centuries, magic reappeared in the world.

Question:

How do Clerics, Paladins, and Inquisitors get their spells without Gods granting them?

Note:

It's easy to explain the other classes. Wizards and Magi study the mechanics, Sorcerors and Oracles are born into it, Druids and Rangers get it from Nature, and Alchemists use their own magical aura.

I'm not looking for a new game mechanic, just an explanation that works.

Thanks in advance.

Been trying to come up with a way to create a class that functions like the Benders in Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Show not the Movie). I figured the Monk class would be a good starting point as far as base concept.

For the damage types of each style, I thought Air = Force, Earth = Bludgeoning\Piercing (dependant on how you shaped the rock), Fire = Fire (no brainer), Water = Slashing\Cold (Cold comes with more advanced moves).

The main issue I seem to be having is progression and flavor. Roughly what I have in mind is Low level = Basic attack (1d8 damage type), Block and High level = Ultimate (i.e. Fire = Lightning, Air = Tornado like effect, Water = Tidal Wave, Earth = This one's tricky, haven't figured it out yet.)

It's not much, but at this stage it's still a pretty rough concept. Any help is welcome.

Thanks in advance.