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Hey everyone, I am looking to add 1 more player for an existing Outlaws of Alkenstar pf2 game. We play every Tuesday night, at 5pm MDT online. We use a combination of Zoom for camera and voice, Owlbear Rodeo2 for maps and combat, and Pathbuilder for character sheets. I also use Quip, which is a file share app with quite a lot of varied functionality for image downloads, notes, etc.
I have been a player or DM for 40 years, so lots of experience gaming but mostly as a DM these past 20 years or so. I am based outside of Denver, CO with most of the other players being from the East Coast of the US. We are new to PF2 although a few of us have played PF1 as D&D transitioned to 4th edition, so very familiar with Golarion.
We are presently level 4 and going through the Outlaws of Alkenstar AP with the mana storms being highly unpredictable, so no casters. I am ok with that and personally wanted to keep the mystique of Alkenstar alive and limit magic-use while playing up the steam-punk/western aspect of this area.
Requirements, preferably new to pf2, no power gamers, isn't afraid to role-play, team player, and wants to have fun. We are also a left-leaning group when it comes to politics and overall thinking, so if you are not, then this group probably isn't for you.

So it seems my party has gotten themselves into a bit of a quandary. The halfling rogue was caught away from the party by a brain collector (neh-thalggu) & subsequently was held & unfortunately lost his brain, lol.
My question is this. If said party happened to stumble upon the fresh corpse of the halfling & then was able to kill the brain collector shortly after, would a raise dead spell work, if "a brain" was placed into the halfling from the now deceased brain collector? Or would it have to be the halflings brain for the spell to work? What about a "frankenstein-esque" halfling body but a new brain?
The brain collector has 12 brains presently so this could get a bit interesting. Also the raise dead spell is not very specific in its wording "While the spell closes mortal wounds and repairs lethal damage of most kinds, the body of the creature to be raised must be whole. Otherwise, missing parts are still missing when the creature is brought back to life." The body must be whole but it doesn't exactly state the original body, just saying...
Did I also state I love necromancers when I occasionally play? I also feel this may be appropriate since we are getting close to Halloween & the player is all about this, he loves the idea of a "alternate" new PC but same old body.

So it seems my party has gotten themselves into a bit of a quandary. The halfling rogue was caught away from the party by a brain collector (neh-thalggu) & subsequently was held & unfortunately lost his brain, lol.
My question is this. If said party happened to stumble upon the fresh corpse of the halfling & then was able to kill the brain collector shortly after, would a raise dead spell work, if "a brain" was placed into the halfling from the now deceased brain collector? Or would it have to be the halflings brain for the spell to work? What about a "frankenstein-esque" halfling body but a new brain?
The brain collector has 12 brains presently so this could get a bit interesting. Also the raise dead spell is not very specific in its wording "While the spell closes mortal wounds and repairs lethal damage of most kinds, the body of the creature to be raised must be whole. Otherwise, missing parts are still missing when the creature is brought back to life." The body must be whole but it doesn't exactly state the original body, just saying...
Did I also state I love necromancers when I occasionally play? I also feel this may be appropriate since we are getting close to Halloween & the player is all about this, he loves the idea of a "alternate" new PC but same old body.

Can a PC use Bladed Dash & Acrobatics together. What I mean is, can the PC move through an occupied square of a monster, thereby overcoming the need for an acrobatics check since the spell states it provokes no AoO? There is a few ways I have thought of adjudicating the spell since its a 2nd lvl spell but wanted some feedback.