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I agree that Dahak should be the pressing threat through the adventure. However, I don't really see a lot of foreshadowing for Mengkare other than the Scarlet Triad that he is not really involved with at this point. I guess, I just fear that my players will pop through the portal into Mengkare's lair and realize that Mengkare is involved only then.
The idea with Lammond Breachton being implied as part of the ST is a good idea through, thanks!

I have just recently started the AP with my group. We are just starting Cult of Cinders now. I have read through the whole adventure path and I don't really see much in the way of building up the main "villain".

The biggest difference-maker for me is the fact that it is replenishing. If given the time, Lay on Hands trivializes out of combat healing. Milage may vary, as a lot of GMs won't let sitting around for a few hours at a time slide for long.

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I would like my order (#3220371) canceled due to recent setbacks in finances. Thanks!

The problem is this: this is the only group I can find, I really like playing Pathfinder, and the GM stubbornly refuses to do anything to change the difficulty significantly.

Most of the time I GM. However, I decided recently to take a break and let one of my friends GM Legacy of Fire. I made a character knowing that my friends like power gaming. I looked online on all the guides and made a power channeling build. Then I show up and I feel kind of useless. For example, we go through an encounter with some spiders. The GM replaced the spiders with 4 CR 8 spiders for level 4 characters! I feel useless and the party powers through the encounter: no problem. I am the only person who gets hurt, I am the only person who sweats.
An example of my frustration is the summoner. At level 6 the Summoner's eidolon has 145 hp! A barbarian rolling max hp with an insane constitution has fewer hp than that. The eidolon's AC of 34 doesn't help either.
When I point out the cheating, they rudely tell me to stop being a GM and play. I am sorry, but am I the ONLY person who thinks the rules should be followed? I do not like walking through encounters and the GM stubbornly refused to step on their characters by calling for universal character checks. I am more effective to the party by standing back and not wasting resources because their ACs ensure they don't get hurt. Can someone tell me what I should do?

Life force isn't how... intact a specific individual is, it's manipulating it's essence. It only works with what is there, it doesn't add anything to a body, though sometimes it takes things away.

Healing either A. conjures up missing flesh, or/and B. conjures up missing spirit (as with resurrecting people).

OK, I guess that makes sense.

I think it has to with the idea that conjuration spells also open gates to other planes of existence. Essentially you're opening a small portal to a positive energy plane and letting a little bit of that positive energy flow through to heal the target. Or at least that's how I figure it because I've always wondered the same thing.

But why are inflict spells necromancy if, as you say, they should be opening a portal to the negative energy plane?

So I was reading the core rulebook and I came to the section on magic. The section on necromancy said

Necromancy spells manipulate the power of death, unlife, and the life force.

So I was wondering: Why are healing spells conjuration? Is it to make them seem less evil even though not all necromancy spells are evil? Can someone enlighten me please?

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I'm going to be starting Crimson Throne in a few weeks and I was wondering if there are any good rumor charts for Korvosa. I would prefer to have some plot based rumors along with just random information. Thanks!

I do agree that Mokmurian may not enjoy sharing the secrets of his power with another stone giant but the campaign is centered around wizards coming from the past and thus it is very thematic.
I personally found that Barl was a sorta sad wizard, so after he cast fly and fireball he flew over the melee character's heads to smash the annoying wizard. When looking at his stats, I realized that he is definitely a better melee boss than spellcaster.

My Characters smashed the raiders... almost.

Name of Character:Rogna
Class/Level:Ranger 4/fighter 5
Adventure:Hook Mountain Massacre
Catalyst:Barl Breakbones
Story

Name of PC: Taro
Class/Level: Monk of the healing hand 4
Adventure: Skinsaw Murders
Catalyst: Foxglove Manor and Phantasmal Killer
Story: I did suggest that burning down the place would not be a good idea. Rolling a 3 on a will save and then 2 on a fortitude save didn't help either.

Name of PC: Tiberiu
Class/Level: Cleric of Desna 3
Adventure: Burnt Offerings
Catalyst: Shadows
Story: Unfortunately, putting the 10 Str cleric up front in a almost magic-itemless party does not bode well for the cleric's overall well being.

I am starting Rise of the Runelords campaign and one of my players wants to play a Osirani half-giant tetori. I am familiar with the very basics of grappling but I don't understand some of the other concepts like strangling and how holding you breath relates. I know that you can hold your breath for a number of rounds equal to twice your constitution score, but is that when you are ready and can take a deep breath before? I know that if it takes 30 rounds to start strangling that 15 constitution guy then strangling is highly useless in combat. Where does the strangling damage come into this? Can anyone enlighten me?

I have been game mastering a variety of different RPGs for three years for a fairly steady group of friends. I have run mostly adventures of my own making. Some have been really bad but others amazing.
I have, however, recently run out of good ideas so I have bought the Rise of the Runelords anniversary edition. I would like advice on how to make this adventure path as exciting, entertaining, and challenging as possible for the players and I.