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Do these class feats for the Champion (CRB p.113) play well together? It feels like thematically you should be able to use the free reaction from Quick Block to trigger Shield of Reckoning. RAW I am not sure it does.

Am I missing something? Otherwise, it doesn't seem like there's any reason to take Shield of Reckoning instead of Quick Block since it should allow you to do what Shield of Reckoning does already with it's extra reaction (via Shield Warden CRB p.112).

The advantage of the two together would be an effective third reaction to use AoO or Divine Grace etc if the condition for Shield of Reckoning was met, but it doesn't seem like it works.

Since there is no way for the party to see her in the earth, it's generally an automatic surprise round barring some sort of earthsight ability, but it doesn't have much effect as she waits to burst forth on round one. You can put them into initiative or just ask for actions until the listed conditions are met.

So the intention is to follow the tactics precisely and have her emerge and attack all at once?

I dislike these surprise round interactions because she is really getting more actions than it seems like she is supposed to. Until she makes her presence known there is no combat so it's still a surprise round and I just don't see how I can follow the tactics as written while following RAW. On the otherhand if I just have her emerge during surprise and then roll init normally with her +6 init bonus odds are no one will be flat-footed by the time she can attack, invalidating the tactics.

I'm happy to bend the rules for challenge's sake if the mod intends that, but I wish I had a better answer for my players if they raise an objection.

This is a bit of a thread necro at this point in the scenario's lifetime, but I figured I'd asked how others handled this if anyone is still paying attention to this.

How does combat begin in the final encounter? Does the final enemy use a surprise round to exit the earth, then roll initiative for everyone? Does she get to emerge (move action) and attack once (standard action) during a surprise round? I don't see any abilities allowing her to do this, unless you consider her emergence to not count as her action in the surprise round.

The round-by-round tactics we're somewhat confusing as they stated initiative isn't rolled until she emerges but then gives you round specific instructions to follow, including her delaying her initiative for certain triggers.

As it currently stands my plan is to have the room start to shake as she begins to act. This will happen once someone is in the rift or tampers with the pillars, then initiative will be rolled as normal to avoid a weird surprise round. She will emerge and follow tactics on her turn. She should be able to use her feat if she is successfully hidden using stealth even if characters acted before her.

Any feedback from GMs who have run this would be appreciated, as I do not recall exactly how it happened when I played it at Gencon 2016.

Can players slot faction boons to gain Reputation? What about promotional boons? Seems odd to deny people their folio or shirt bonuses. As written, only personal boons can be used.

Hello fellow players and GMs,

My group is going to start playing Giantslayer soon and one of the recommended archetypes caught my eye, the Goliath Druid. Under the rules text for the modifications the archetype applies is the following:

"If the goliath druid selects an animal companion, she must select a dinosaur or megafauna. If she has a dinosaur or megafauna animal companion, she can target it with enlarge person even though the companion isn't of the humanoid type."

Now, there is a specifically introduced megafauna subtype of animals printed in B3. However, I was looking to take a Mammoth or Mastodon (same stat block as an Elephant) as my companion. Mammoths and the like certainly qualify as megafauna by real world standards and the mammoth itself is arguably the most iconic megafauna.

TL;DR

The question is, are there other creatures in earlier Beastiary books, specifically the Elephant (and its reskinned cousins) in this case, that should qualify as megafauna or are you stuck specifically to the dozen or so cited megafauna creatures out of B3?