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So after several attempts at googling resources on Androffan names and coming up completely empty, I have decided to consult the hive mind. Does anyone know of books or other sources that contain named Androffans? I am aware of the following:
Sidrah Imeruss - founder of Technic League (mentioned in the Numeria source book)
Elessa Hevrendall - Divinity's security chief (mentioned in module 6 of Iron Gods)

1) Are robots a valid target?

If yes, then,
2) While adding 2d6 to a robot's Cha makes sense, in most cases a robot's native intelligence would be higher than the result of a 3d6 die roll. So would you leave the intelligence alone, use the higher of base or the result of a roll, or add some value to the base intelligence? Say 1d4 in the last case, maybe 1d6 if Int is 10 or less.

You can raise a new army unit as an Improvement Edict (Table 4-4 on page 209, footnote 1).

Well, that tells me where in the kingdom phase it happens, so thanks for that.

Still doesn't say how much it costs, or how long it takes, to train a new unit. Or if the consumption cost of a mercenary unit equals its hiring cost.

Can't believe I didn't notice this before, but the spell Transport Passengers from the COM has a target of a vehicle or a Tiny starship. However, the text of the spell states that it can only be used on a target that can carry more than one passenger. Guess what? There are no Tiny starships that can carry more than one passenger. A Fighter frame has the possibility of carrying exactly one passenger. There are also no Tiny starships with expansion bays. (In case anyone thinks to mention it, a starship must be at least of Small size to equip an external expansion bay.)

Given the above, is the spell Transport Passengers supposed to:
a) target a vehicle or starship of at least Tiny size.
b) have the text say that the target must be able to have at least one passenger.

So I'm pretty sure I must be missing something. I can find the rules for how many BP it takes a kingdom to support an army per week (or per month if they reserves), and the rules for costs for additional resources like magic weapons, but I can not seem to find rules for how much it costs to initially train and equip an army. Am I blind, or do the rules really expect that there will always be an army available to hire on a moments notice?

PS: Are there any rules on armies gaining experience and levels via combat?

Does anyone know where official maps of these can be found? All the maps I've found on my own via google have been wildly inconsistent, and don't site a source (leading me to think many of them are labors of love by fans, rather than official material). Any help on this is appreciated.

Does anyone know where official maps of these can be found? All the maps I've found on my own via google have been wildly inconsistent, and don't site a source (leading me to think many of them are labors of love by fans, rather than official material). Any help on this is appreciated.

Does anyone know where official maps of these can be found? All the maps I've found on my own via google have been wildly inconsistent, and don't site a source (leading me to think many of them are labors of love by fans, rather than official material). Any help on this is appreciated.

So the main point of this question came up when I was discussing with my friend things that affect someone’s overall leadership score. Obviously, no character should be allowed to get two totals for minions and cohorts, yet each persona could have different modifiers for things like fame, treatment, etc. Therefore, would it make more sense to have the base score, use that for both personas, and then apply situational modifiers separately, or to apply the feat to only one persona? In the case of the feat being applied to one persona, would it make sense to allow the character to take Leadership or similar feats more than once total, one for each persona?

These questions are especially pertinent to someone like a vigilante with a class feature that innately grants a dual life nature.

So my housemate got his copy of Clockwork Demons in, and in the player options in the back, on a weapons table, is the Collapsible Battle Ladder. We are very intrigued. Under the Special column for the weapon are the Analog property, and the words "see description." Sadly, there is no description of this weapon anywhere in the book. Will there be an errata or FAQ on this?

Are the sliced up images in book one of this, and the lack of the interactive maps PDF intentional?

It's going to make prepping this for VTT nigh on impossible

Left click on image in pdf. Right click on now highlighted image. Select copy. After creating a separate image file, you now have importable maps and NPC tokens.

So the wording of Toilsome Chant seems to imply that the bard could start the Inspire Competence performance, cast the spell with it, and then end the performance, with the target of the spell gaining the bonus to the check they are looking to make a few hours later (doing research or the like), while only a single round of performance being expended by the bard. Would this be correct? Is there somewhere this is clarified?

I know I'm engaging in thread necromancy, but in case someone winds up here while trying to find the answer to this same question, like I did, here it is;

Scoundrel's Finesse allows anyone to treat unarmed strikes, glove like weapons, and whip like weapons as if they had the operative quality. However, while trick attacks can be made, and status effects applied by that means, trick attack damage can't be dealt this way. It is worth noting that this feat is not SFS legal, and it is not classified as a combat feat, so a Soldier (like a Aesthetic Warrior Qi Adept) can't take it as a bonus feat.

Death Strike is an Operative exploit that allows an Operative to make their unarmed strikes operative weapons, and properly make trick attacks with them.

Would shapeshifing for an astrazoan include basic clothing as well?

So the Gold Standard for gear for shapeshifters, whether they be astrozoans, or those who play with polymorph extensively, is the Light Experimental Neural Interface Suit from The Penumbra Protocol (Signal of Screams part 2). You won't find it in the AoN because the AP version of the suits comes with some upgrades already installed that are tailored for the needs of the plot. However, it is well worth wearing even after you've reached higher tiers due to the fact that it will match whatever form you find yourself in.

Easier access, and available from a much lower level, is the Operative's Armor Optimizer exploit, which can be grabbed with a two level dip, which is low enough to be manageable, if still painful if your build goes a different direction. Unfortunately, the rules don't say how long it takes to adjust your armor. Our table adjudication was that the character has built in a number of discreet fasteners and adjusting straps into ous armor (+200C in cost), allowing the exploit to be used in a minute to prep for shifting to another form.

Hey. Crazy idea I just had. What is Hasbro's main area? Toy production. What do they produce most of those toys under? License. How about we start looking up all the companies that license them to make toys, and ask them to threaten to do them as they plan to do to others, should they get it to stick. After all, that is what the business sector has to worry about if this precedent is allowed to stand.

Now here's the fun question. Multiple lawsuits or a big class-action?

Why stop there? I'm in the process of drafting a form letter for people to send to their applicable law maker. If enough US gamers can get the attention of congress, we could potentially get a congressional investigation on the basis of enforcement of contract law and anti-monopoly laws. I'm not even close to a lawyer, just an angry nerd, so if one of you guys beat me to putting together a legal letter to bombard congress critters with, or put together a better one than mine after I finish, I'll get on every Discord forum, FB page, etc. that I can and push it.

Keep in mind, the implication of this as a precedent for contract law and licensing agreements is huge, and affects huge swaths of western business.

Did you not read my post?

I did read your post. I also read the full description of the class ability Disciple of Pain, and also all the other class abilities. For the purpose of this discussion, please note Masochism in particular, which allows a character the option of applying 2 points of lethal damage to themselves for attack and damage bonuses. Disciple of Pain does not have any wording like that, and therefore it does not do any damage to the character using it, by RAW.

Did you not read my original post? Did you not see how I specifically called out the fact that the ability does not state that it does damage to a character using it?

You need to keep in mind that if you and your GM adjudicate this ability to deal damage, that is a house rule, and not a rule supplied by the class or the ability. This is specifically why I called out the fact that Disciple of Pain not dealing any form of damage in the description of the ability as being strange.

Note that you do take damage from Disciple of Pain.

RAW, the only damage Disciple of Pain does is to your wallet when you change which daily routine you are using. Unless you're looking at a source outside of the AoN that does include damage. If you are, please share the amount of damage done.

As part of building a BBEG, I'm looking at the Pain Taster PrC, and I've noticed a problem. The Pain Mastery ability at level 5 states that the Pain Taster can use two of the routines from Masochism at the cost of accepting the damage for both of them.
The issue with this is that:
1) Masochism doesn't have multiple routines.
2) The ability that does have multiple routines, Disciple of Pain, doesn't deal any damage. (Which, how are people torturing themselves for an hour with no damage?)

About 15 minutes with Google has turned up no FAQs on the class, and there isn't an Errata document for the Occult Adventures book that the class is from, so is there an answer out there to this, or should I be hitting the FAQ button on this? If the latter is the case, what would seem like a reasonable house ruling for people in the interim? The following options are what have occurred to me so far:
First, and most obvious to me, is add an amount of damage to the Disciple of Pain ability (say, 5 points of non-lethal damage), and allow two different routines to be used at the same time.
Second, homebrew an additional routine or two for Masochism, such as applying the morale bonus to attack rolls to saving throws vs. mind affecting effects, or the morale bonus to damage to saving throws vs. pain effects.

@Doug M: There's something to be said for creative use of water-spells, and I won't pretend the Omox is useless, it can't be, even with just one casting of acid fog. The problem of the size and the restriction on grab persists though, making this thing's grappling really only useful against medium-sized creatures. You can't even enlarge it either, since enlarge is humanoids only, and the Omox is an outsider :(

-Nearyn

Engaging in some thread necromancy to point out that if you are pulling in one of these things, making a wondrous item imbued with Righteous Might should be quite achievable. That spell is not bound by creature type.

Also, the Contract Devil deserves special note on this list, given the infernal slave option for its internal contracts ability. Since that allows you to gain the service of a devil so long as you live, with a CR less than or equal to the character level of the person making the bargain, this allows for some truly powerful hench-beings. The especially ironic twist to this is that lawful evil characters typically have the easiest time arranging these contracts. Guess where their soul is likely going when they inevitably die? Now we look at the ways to escape this fate. What’s this? If someone else agrees, and the Contract Devil approves it, their soul can be on the hook instead, and we still get to keep the devil? Woot! Which, yes, a Contract Devil would jump at the chance to nab a good soul this way, given that the caster’s soul is most likely going to end up in hell eventually anyhow. Just make sure you have excellent security on your copy of the scroll, and you take precautions against the forces of good coming after you for your truly vile shenanigans.

No, the ability isn't activated when you touch someone.

OK, so go track down the base spell for this, which is, ultimately, Charm Person. Now, since you felt the need to share the rules for exactly how SLAs work, go look at your own post. Guess what? Charm spells have a range of Close (25+5/2CLs), rather than a range of touch. Therefore, it is not a touch spell for which you can hold the charge. Therefore, the ability is activated when you touch your target, in accordance with the ability. Hence my comments and questions.

OK, I’m fully aware of the ability to hold a charge for a touch spell. However, the thing just about everyone that has commented has apparently forgotten is that specific trumps general, and if you had fully. Read. The. Ability. you’d know that this particular ability is triggered when you touch the target. (It’s in the Manipulator sub-school at the bottom of the page) Also, if you’d read the follow on posts I’d made, it would become clear that the thread question should have been how obvious is the use of this ability(is it automatically detected, or should there be a roll?), and whether or not it would be possible to hide its use with Sleight of Hand, or distract from its use with Bluff.

Given that particular ability is activated when you touch the intended target, in order for it to do its job, I would have to imagine that it is at least somewhat subtle. My follow on questions are then about where the first check would be required, base.

First, read the description of the ability. I provided the link to AoN in my previous post. It can't be cast before, it is used as you touch the target.

Second, if that is true, we come to the follow on question I already asked; does the person affected remember after the effect has worn off that the Manipulator used magic right before interacting with them?

The whole reason I ask is that if the use of this ability is blatantly obvious, it is not able to perform its primary function. Yet that it is completely discrete sounds a bit much. Yet, there is nothing given on whether a bystander or the target can roll Perception to notice (presumably against the save DC of the ability), or if a Sleight of Hand or Bluff check can be made to hide or distract from the use of the ability. I'm of the opinion that some sort of check would be required to notice the use of the ability, and that use of Bluff or Sleight of Hand could make the base check harder.

OK then, if this can be detected, what's the point of the ability? If someone can tell you are using magic on them when you use this ability, it becomes essentially pointless.

Unless this falls under an instance of the later stated special abilities, which, given the description of the ability, is almost what I have to assume.

Link to look at the ability yourselves.

Beguiling Touch from the Manipulator sub-school of Enchantment says that it requires touching. Now, since it is a spell-like ability, it is activated mentally, so no incantations, hand waving, etc., so would there be any external indication, other than effects that detect magic/charm, that would give this away, or is it really a matter of shaking someone's hand to say high, and they need to make a Will save to avoid charm?

Follow on question: if they make the save, or after they recover from the effect, would they know they've been whammied?

Thanks for that, that does explain how that would happen.

So I just recently bought, and am reading through, the Ruins of Azlant AP, and in book 3 there is additional background information on the Azlanti Pantheon. As I was looking over the various deities, and cross checking the domains they offer and their abilities, I was struck by the fact that Ulon has the Memory sub-domain. Given the description of him and his goals, along side the portfolios and domains he has, particularly Knowledge and Trickery, it would seem to me that Espionage would be an extremely obvious choice for a sub-domain, while Memory doesn't seem to fit at all.

So, by any random chance, does anyone out there know why he grants the Memory sub-domain rather than Espionage?

Let us say that we are dealing with something like a stairwell with a wall in the middle. So the spell places lasers in portion with stairs, but not the landing.
I’d rule that at the last point of each section of net that a victim moves through would be the appropriate point to make a save. In the case of my example, after moving up the first set of stairs, right before stepping into the clear landing, the first save would be made. If there is enough movement remaining, a separate save would be made for the distance moved in the second net.

The gloves description clearly states that they only convert additional damage from crits, class features, and feats, and specially denies extra damage from equipment, so no, sicatite damage would not get converted. However, were you to create a homebrew attachment that added the damage to the crit effect, it would be converted.

1) Look at the table. For armor types it can be installed in, the only entry is Powered, meaning that is the only type of armor in which that upgrade can be installed.
2) “ You can pilot the suit of powered armor that has the upgrade…” Yes, this means, again, that it is the suit of powered armor that needs to have the upgrade installed in it.

Important clarification for A: Xenomorphic Android is not a trait, it is exchanging a number of racial traits for an equal value of alternate traits, with several case examples given. Therefore, it is not a trait that could be taken on its own for any effect.

Um, what is the question here?
If you are asking what is the point of hacking to obtain access, it means when you are making computers checks to gain access to a secure system to which you do not currently have access.
If your question is something else, you’ll need to clarify.

Interstellar species doesn’t say they lack dimorphism, it says they completely lack sexual morphism, and choose what they are. There is a distinct difference.

Given the lore that was released in Interstellar Species, this one has me confussalled. They now say that Dragonkin lack sexual morphism, which, given the context of the section, implies they lack sexual organs. This begs the question as to just how they reproduce.

I would think that the most logical answer would be that they are like dragons, in that the only difference in sexual development in Dragonkin is the organs for reproduction, which as typical for reptilian type creatures, the organs are hidden except when in use. All other traits are identical between the sexes.

...talking the cops arresting them into having a singing competition.*

*ok that ones a long story...

*Gets some popcorn and pulls up a chair* Story time?

Step one would absolutely be getting to the computer. The range limitations of even remote hack and similar abilities have been discussed, the point that has yet to be brought up that those abilities also require line of effect, and this would, at least in my opinion, require someone trying to hack the mech first manage to get on board... somehow? That would take some pretty impressive stealth rolls, athletics checks or the like, and managing to pop the lock on the door so you can get in. All while it is busy trying to kill you and your party in the given scenario. Get access to the computer with out the pilot noticing and activating counter measures (which you just know it has to have; I mean, you install them in your ship don't you? *silence* Um. Don't you?), and you could very well halt all functions, but getting there, as shown, is quite the challenge.

Also, to make any situation where hacking a computer is going to have a major impact on the adventure, I'd recommend using the dynamic hacking rules from Tech Revolution so that more than just the hacking character can be involved, and so that a single dice role doesn't decide the outcome of the campaign. (our table has some expansions on the dynamic hacking rules that help us conceptualize the process, if anyone is interested.)

So Shrink Object says that it will shrink an item of up to X volume and up to Y mass. Now, is that X volume X 1 foot cubes, or is a cube X feet on a side? On the one hand, being able to shrink an object with a volume not much larger than that occupied by a typical adult human is decidedly underwhelming for a 6th level spell slot, but on the other hand, being able to affect a cube up to 16 feet on a side seems ludicrous, even for a 6th level spell.

(On a totally not related topic, how is Feral Frame power armor size Huge, but only weighs *squints at text* 50 bulk, or 250-500 pounds (~113.5-227kg for you sensible folks out there))

I am going to disagree. Let us consider the case of an individual who, for reasons, got another class to level 7 and took the Leadership feat, then multi-classed into Daring General and reaches level 6. Would it make any sense at all for the existing cohort and followers to just up and leave if they don’t meet the requirements set forth by Daring General? No it would not.

Instead of what others have suggested, I would put forth that a Daring General with the Leadership feat would attract one cohort as normal for the feat, with the second and third following the rules of the archetype.
Followers would be trickier. Getting a full additional complement would be over much, so details would need to be negotiated with the DM based on the nature of the campaign. My gut impulse would be additional followers equal to half those allowed by the feat normally that fill support roles in some fashion; healers, cooks, scouts, engineers, or others provided it follows the flow of the campaign, and makes sense.
In the event of a case like the one above, any followers that player character has when they gain access to this feature would not be required to leave, but any new additions must be in compliance with the above guidelines.

You're making the mistake of assuming that because something doesn't exist, that means the rules forbid it from existing. Not everything that isn't explicitly allowed by the rules is banned, quite the contrary.

So, yes, the reason this particular Solarian ability can't benefit from Improved Combat Maneuver is because it doesn't actually say its a combat maneuver. This does *not* mean that there is some unstated, unwritten law that No Class Ability Can Create A Combat Maneuver.

Given the rules for Combat Maneuvers, I find it highly unlikely that there will ever be a class ability that counts as one. That said, if Paizo proves me wrong, they would need to explicitly state that the given ability is/counts as a CM.

Gasp! You mean those periods and question marks actually did have meaning? Who would guess such a thing?

(in theory, not sure if we have a race with more than 2)

Kasathas are one of the base races, and have four arms. Skittermanders are a fairly popular race, and have six arms.

Ultimately, in Starfinder using multiple guns at the same time is ineffective.

I do wish there was an item that could help fulfill that imagery for people without having the cost be too crazy. Which is the main problem with multiple weapon builds, maintaining multiple weapons isn't possible if the weapons are at your level. And if you lower the weapon level it negatively impacts how much damage they do.

There are in fact feats and class options that make it feasible. (I outlined one path above in my previous post. There are many more.) You do have to accept that you are optimizing for that purpose, but what character build isn't optimized for a purpose or theme?

The only mistake is how you state how Multi weapon fighting works. It doesn't reduce the penalty by 1, it sets the penalty to -3. So a Solarian with 2 knives with the operative trait doesn't get to make his attacks at -2, since both his Flashing strike and the Multi weapon set the penalty to -3, rather then reduce the penalty.

Incorrect. Page 160 of CRB. Also here: https://www.aonsrd.com/FeatDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Multi-Weapon%20Fighting

LRStahl, for what I think you are trying to do, try 7 levels of Soldier (Pistol Dancer) with feat Multi-Weapon Fighting, the Feat Boost Multi-Weapon Strike, and the Gear Boost Laser Accuracy. Then take 13 levels of Operative. (Triple Attack would come at CL 15, Quad at 20, so has optimization problems, but at level 20 you would be making 4 attacks at -2 with small arms or operative weapons, effective -1 if using laser pistols. Note; it is rules debateable that Multi-Weapon Strike, being an Attack Action instead of a full round action, can be used with Trick Attack.)

I have yet to see a class ability that grants a new combat maneuver and calls it such. I have seen several that modify the rules for how a combat maneuver may be used. I would be interested to see any class abilities that you, or anyone else, can recall that grant an all new combat maneuver.

Sometimes people are looking for an answer but they don't phrase the question correctly. If someone asks "How do I pet the porcupine?" The exact answer is "Front to back, and avoid the ends of the quills, they've got scales that are sort of barbed and will stick to your hand no matter what". The right answer is "don't pet the porcupine they're probably going to gnaw off your finger..."

Your justification of your comment is unnecessarily aggressive and confrontational. "I was trying to help" would have been sufficient. My general point is still that had you bothered to read the first three posts in full, you would have found that the OP clarified in full what they were looking for, which is what methods of flight work in a vacuum.

First question, when can I use a Nanite Surge?

That depends entirely on the ability you are spending a Nanite Surge to activate.

For example let’s say on my turn I use my Cloud Array. After my turn, in the middle of another PC/NPC’s turn. Can I then use a Nanite Surge to grant my Cloud Array Concealment? Or does that only work when it’s been created?

"When you form a cloud array, you may use a Nanite Surge to in crease the cloud's density." Second paragraph of the Cloud Array.

Second question, for Spreading Swarm: Do I factor in Weapon Specialization Damage or just the rolled damage?

Minimum weapon damage would indeed include Weapon Specialization damage, if applicable to the weapon used.

Last question, with Swarm Strike:

Ok So I know Swarm Strike:
- Sheath Array Must be formed
- You use a Nanite Surge to gain the special Unarmed strike

My question is, if I spend a Nanite Surge for Swarm Strike, with the Sheath Array Activated:
- Does it last per attack? If I want to do a full Attack with it, would I have to spend a nanite surge for each attack?
- Or do I spend 1 Nanite Surge per round? So, if I wanted to do a full attack with it, I only had to spend 1 nanite surge?
- Or does it last until the Sheath Array goes away?

First, as with your Cloud Array question, the Nanite Surge gets spent when you form your sheath if you want to use this ability. Didn't spend the surge when formed? Better go re-form it.

I get the impression you did not fully read the rules for these abilities, but rather scanned them quickly. I would recommend going and reading the rules thoroughly before attempting to use them.

Agreed. Combat maneuvers are, by their nature, available to all classes. A class specific ability cannot, therefore, be a combat maneuver.

Climbing and a climb speed were mentioned in the initial post, yes, but the question was about flying.

Then there's the fact that DC says that the Drift has been taking chunks out of the Material Plane, when every other source says the Material Plane was the only one not getting bites ripped out of it (part of why the Drift Rock asteroid is so interesting at the start of Dead Suns), the write up on the Azlanti Empire and what's happening to it say that one of the admirals ordered the self-destruct systems triggered when their ships are supposed to have auto-destruct systems, and others.

5. Lusinite Rose aeon stone - "Second, you can activate the aeon stone as a reaction when you attempt a Charisma check to convince a charmed creature to follow your suggestions. Third..."

Wait, hold on now. What happens when I activate it for the second purpose? Autosuccess? Roll twice? Numerical bonus? I feel good about activating it because of the placebo effect?

My reading on this was that it provided the same bonus as the first use, so in the middle of combat, one could attempt a social skill check as if you were out of combat for purposes of the target's bonuses to their check to resist.

For some reason, posting order and times seem to be wonky. The tea question was posted over a minute before my thought on Barathu flight, but somehow is listed after.