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In the past, there were PFS games on Wednesday at Scotty's Brewhouse. Any plans for that to happen this year?

My con has increased by 1 point due to my 15th level character leveling up. My hit point bonus due to con has gone up. Does mean I increase my total hit points by the new con modifier for just this level, or go back and add the extra hit point for all my levels?

Thanks.

I been fooling around with a friend's ipad and I'm not totally impressed. It is neat but seems a bit expensive for what you get. I was also disappointed there are no usb ports. (I know, I know - I'm out of date.)

Is there another decent tablet out there that can read PDF files (in color), do some low level web surfing and shoot off a simple email or two? I would use it mainly to carry all my Pathfinder content around to games...

Thanks,
Ed

Hi,

I'm sure this has been covered somewhere but I would be greatful if someone could educate me or point me to the post on this.

I'm GMed PFS twice - the same mod. I beleve I read somewhere that I can gain XP for one of my PFS characters by doing this, is that correct?

Thanks,
Ed

Is it possible to play a Paladin of Calistria or Pharasma? I guess the short answer is “yes” in a home campaign. But would it be allowed in a PFS game and what are the issues (alignment wise and other) for this particular build?

Thanks,
Ed

I'm creating a a cleric PC but I would like to dip into a level or two of another class so the PC is a bit more effective in combat. Any suggestions on classes, feats, etc?

Thanks.....

I may have to drop one of my events due to a dinner I've been invited to. How does one go about freeing one up at this late date?

Thanks,
Ed

Hello all, three questions about skills that a handful of my friends can't seem to agree on.

1) If you pick a class skill and put one point in it I understand it is a +3 so that means your final total at first level would be +3 or +4 (+3, +1 for the skill rank)?
2) Is that +3 added to each point you put into a class skill? For example, 2 ranks in a skill = +6 (or +8, +6 +2 for each rank.)
3) If you put a point in a non-class skill, how does that work? Does it become a trained skill and thus +3 afterwards?

Thanks!
Ed

(On a side note, I suspect it would add too much to the final page count, but more examples of the math in the core rule book itself would help folks figure stuff out like this on their own.)

I'm not leaving until Monday morning....anyone up for a game or two or perhaps catching a movie after the con is officially over?

I encountered this during a game last night. I was in the area effect of a silence spell and I wanted to pronounce judgement on my foes. The GM ruled that I could not do so until I was out of the spell’s zone.

That made sense to me – but a couple of questions popped up...to pronounce judgement on your foes...

1) Does the Inquisitor need to even say it aloud?
2) Does his foes need to actually hear the judgement? (The GM ruled no.)
3) Does his foe need to understand the judgement? (Language, etc.)

I would say no to all three – but the GM disagreed with me #1 – and I see his point. I’m just throwing it out there for discussion.

My back ground in the hobby was D&D Basic, AD&D up to around the Fiend Folio days...and then I dropped out. I did buy a copy of the Players Handbook 3.0 but played perhaps twice. I only recently got heavily back into RPGS through a PFS game in the middle of last year and now...well curse Paizo for taking so much of my money freely given to them. (I play PFS and am in two AP games at the moment – a lot of fun.)

I just discovered – very later – that there were a series of books that added to 3.5 and even had a module or two in them. At a friend’s suggestion I recently picked up Libris Mortis and Ghostwalk – great stuff! It’s a nice format (my only prior experience for RPG hardcover books are rule books.) Is there a link somewhere that gives the history of these type of books? I’m interested in the content as well as how the books did in the marketplace/reviews. (I got the books at cover price or less at Amazon and they were in great condition – which makes me wonder if they sold well or not....)

This recently appeared in the NY Times, thought I would share becuase I feel Paul Krugman's view on this is correct.

Senator Bunning's Universe

By PAUL KRUGMAN

So the Bunning blockade is over. For days, Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky exploited Senate rules to block a one-month extension of unemployment benefits. In the end, he gave in, although not soon enough to prevent an interruption of payments to around 100,000 workers.

But while the blockade is over, its lessons remain. Some of those lessons involve the spectacular dysfunctionality of the Senate. What I want to focus on right now, however, is the incredible gap that has opened up between the parties. Today, Democrats and Republicans live in different universes, both intellectually and morally.

Take the question of helping the unemployed in the middle of a deep slump. What Democrats believe is what textbook economics says: that when the economy is deeply depressed, extending unemployment benefits not only helps those in need, it also reduces unemployment. That's because the economy's problem right now is lack of sufficient demand, and cash-strapped unemployed workers are likely to spend their benefits. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office says that aid to the unemployed is one of the most effective forms of economic stimulus, as measured by jobs created per dollar of outlay.

But that's not how Republicans see it. Here's what Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, had to say when defending Mr. Bunning's position (although not joining his blockade): unemployment relief ''doesn't create new jobs. In fact, if anything, continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work.''

In Mr. Kyl's view, then, what we really need to worry about right now -- with more than five unemployed workers for every job opening, and long-term unemployment at its highest level since the Great Depression -- is whether we're reducing the incentive of the unemployed to find jobs. To me, that's a bizarre point of view -- but then, I don't live in Mr. Kyl's universe.

And the difference between the two universes isn't just intellectual, it's also moral.

Bill Clinton famously told a suffering constituent, ''I feel your pain.'' But the thing is, he did and does -- while many other politicians clearly don't. Or perhaps it would be fairer to say that the parties feel the pain of different people.

During the debate over unemployment benefits, Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat of Oregon, made a plea for action on behalf of those in need. In response, Mr. Bunning blurted out an expletive. That was undignified -- but not that different, in substance, from the position of leading Republicans.

Consider, in particular, the position that Mr. Kyl has taken on a proposed bill that would extend unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless for the rest of the year. Republicans will block that bill, said Mr. Kyl, unless they get a ''path forward fairly soon'' on the estate tax.

Now, the House has already passed a bill that, by exempting the assets of couples up to $7 million, would leave 99.75 percent of estates tax-free. But that doesn't seem to be enough for Mr. Kyl; he's willing to hold up desperately needed aid to the unemployed on behalf of the remaining 0.25 percent. That's a very clear statement of priorities.

So, as I said, the parties now live in different universes, both intellectually and morally. We can ask how that happened; there, too, the parties live in different worlds. Republicans would say that it's because Democrats have moved sharply left: a Republican National Committee fund-raising plan acquired by Politico suggests motivating donors by promising to ''save the country from trending toward socialism.'' I'd say that it's because Republicans have moved hard to the right, furiously rejecting ideas they used to support. Indeed, the Obama health care plan strongly resembles past G.O.P. plans. But again, I don't live in their universe.

More important, however, what are the implications of this total divergence in views?

The answer, of course, is that bipartisanship is now a foolish dream. How can the parties agree on policy when they have utterly different visions of how the economy works, when one party feels for the unemployed, while the other weeps over affluent victims of the ''death tax''?

Which brings us to the central political issue right now: health care reform. If Congress enacts reform in the next few weeks -- and the odds are growing that it will -- it will do so without any Republican votes. Some people will decry this, insisting that President Obama should have tried harder to gain bipartisan support. But that isn't going to happen, on health care or anything else, for years to come.

Someday, somehow, we as a nation will once again find ourselves living on the same planet. But for now, we aren't. And that's just the way it is.

For some reason, Armor Class is something that confuses me a bit.

I think I understand but could someone please explain to me the difference between "normal" AC and Flat-Footed?

Also, I recently finshed a Pathfinder Society mod where I have acess to an Ion stone that improves your Armor Class by +1 because of "insight."

Does this AC insight bonus go away when I am flat-footed? Any concerns about non-stacking?

Thanks!
Ed