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Hey Mark,
Question on Kinetic Blasts. During combat you can ready an action:

Readying an Action

You can ready a standard action, a move action, a swift action, or a free action. To do so, specify the action you will take and the conditions under which you will take it. Then, anytime before your next action, you may take the readied action in response to that condition. The action occurs just before the action that triggers it. If the triggered action is part of another character’s activities, you interrupt the other character. Assuming he is still capable of doing so, he continues his actions once you complete your readied action

But there's a specific feat called Delay Blast:

When you use a kinetic blast, you can specify a number of rounds between 1 and 5. When that number of rounds has passed, the kinetic blast takes effect at the beginning of your turn. In the interim, you can take a standard action that provokes attacks of opportunity to cause the blast to take effect earlier than you initially selected. If you delay another blast while you already have a delayed blast pending, the previous delayed blast dissipates harmlessly.

You must make any decisions you would make about the delayed blast—including designating target positions, choosing infusions, and determining or shaping the area—when you first use the blast. The blast originates from your position at the time you used the blast, not your current position when the blast takes effect, and it targets the position or area you had specified (which may or may not include any targets). A delayed blast radiates an aura of magic appropriate for its spell level even while it is delayed, and during that time, it can be dispelled by dispel magic.

When would the feat be more useful than just readying it? Is it just giving the option to do so out of combat?

Thanks!

Me: GM

Players
Elven Zen Archer Unchained Monk - Hoping to become Shin'Rakorath

Human Arcanist - Looking to become a source of knowledge & power in Varisia/Avistan

Elven Bard - Here with her Elven cousin wanting to explore the world! :)

Half Elf Monk - Human father is from the Velashu, mom is from Crying Leaf, hoping to find out about people

Tiefling Urban Ranger - Raised by his aunt on how to survive on his own, looking to find an opportunity to do so

Everyone Survived! Book 4 I feel was one of the more enjoyable, and the most memorable by far.

I think the key part is "just as if a normal hunter's companion were dead", so I would operate the focus as the Hunter class dictates.

So yes, you'd have an "always on" focus and a "minutes per day" focus that you can use to give yourself temporary boosts.

I will say that the drawback is that feats like "Favored Animal Focus" won't work, as the "Prerequisite(s): Animal companion class feature, animal focus class feature" would imply that the loss of your animal companion class feature would negate that.

So no "+4 to strength" at 1st level :)

That was my thought, too, but I just wanted to make sure. We don't often play with companions due to having a larger group, so I was thinking this archetype would be super beneficial.

You'll have a better chance getting rules questions answered in the Rules Questions forum.

Thank you!

Animal Focus (Su)

As a forester has no animal companion, the aspects granted by this ability always apply to the forester herself, just as if a normal hunter’s companion were dead.
This alters animal focus.

Would this imply that the Hunter would have TWO Animal Foci, one 'permanent' and one that lasts for minutes per level?

If the hunter’s animal companion is dead, the hunter can apply her companion’s animal focus to herself instead of her animal companion. This is in addition to the normal one she can choose, and (as with a companion’s focus) remains in effect until the hunter changes it instead of counting against her minutes per day.

Ederook wrote:

Weird question regarding the Hunter Archetype Forester:

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/hybrid-classes/hunter/archetypes/paizo-hun ter-archetypes/forester-hunter-archetype wrote:

Animal Focus (Su)

As a forester has no animal companion, the aspects granted by this ability always apply to the forester herself, just as if a normal hunter’s companion were dead.

This alters animal focus.

Would this imply that the Hunter would have TWO Animal Foci, one 'permanent' and one that lasts for minutes per level?

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/hybrid-classes/hunter wrote:

If the hunter’s animal companion is dead, the hunter can apply her companion’s animal focus to herself instead of her animal companion. This is in addition to the normal one she can choose, and (as with a companion’s focus) remains in effect until the hunter changes it instead of counting against her minutes per day.

Rules questions should go to the Design team, and/or be asked in rules-adjacent forums such as the Core Rulebook's product page forum.

Moved to appropriate forum. Thanks!

Question regarding the Hunter Archetype Forester:

Animal Focus (Su)

As a forester has no animal companion, the aspects granted by this ability always apply to the forester herself, just as if a normal hunter’s companion were dead.

This alters animal focus.

Would this imply that the Hunter would have TWO Animal Foci, one 'permanent' and one that lasts for minutes per level?

If the hunter’s animal companion is dead, the hunter can apply her companion’s animal focus to herself instead of her animal companion. This is in addition to the normal one she can choose, and (as with a companion’s focus) remains in effect until the hunter changes it instead of counting against her minutes per day.

Weird question regarding the Hunter Archetype Forester:

Animal Focus (Su)

As a forester has no animal companion, the aspects granted by this ability always apply to the forester herself, just as if a normal hunter’s companion were dead.

This alters animal focus.

Would this imply that the Hunter would have TWO Animal Foci, one 'permanent' and one that lasts for minutes per level?

If the hunter’s animal companion is dead, the hunter can apply her companion’s animal focus to herself instead of her animal companion. This is in addition to the normal one she can choose, and (as with a companion’s focus) remains in effect until the hunter changes it instead of counting against her minutes per day.

Me: GM

Players
Elven Zen Archer Unchained Monk - Hoping to become Shin'Rakorath

Human Arcanist - Looking to become a source of knowledge & power in Varisia/Avistan

Elven Bard - Here with her Elven cousin wanting to explore the world! :)

Half Elf Monk - Human father is from the Velashu, mom is from Crying Leaf, hoping to find out about people

Tiefling Urban Ranger - Raised by his aunt on how to survive on his own, looking to find an opportunity to do so

Shadowfane,
Thank you for this awesome telling of the first half of the AP! I'm about to run for my group! We've played Rise of the Runelords, CotCT, And we're soon to play Shattered Star and Return!

I love CotCT and Strange Aeons, as both are phenomenal campaigns and feel close to this campaign.

If you get back to playing SD, just wanted to let you know you have another fan!

This is an amazing post! Thank you!

As someone who actually has the original, I'm curious to know if this will include new content, and to what degree. I don't mean updated stats and systems for more modern editions - that goes without saying, under the circumstances - but new flavor, story content, that sort of thing.

In any case, I support this project. Even if I'd rather have a fully updated and improved Second Darkness. ^_^

I would absolutely LOVE to have SD updated. sure it didn't get reviewed well, but it seems pretty important to Golarion lore.

I'm about to run it for my group in a few months.

They're looking for our input on what more they can do with Kingmaker.

Seems like a lot of people would like to see a 1e hardcover for this. Here's hoping it's heard!

This was fantastic! The only bard I've played was more comedic than musical, so I could see parts of this happening for my party.

Love the male harpies. And the silly fighter failing that will save...

Chicagoland area has been a weird two weeks. -50 wind chill, 6+ inches of snow a couple times, half an inch of ice at least twice...

Just stay in Seattle. at least its close to the ocean!