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Alright so I am going to go on my own little rant here about a PFS character that I had to deal with at a local con this month. So the basic character idea that I was told is that this guy was an Ifrit Sorcerer who's Master was making him be in the Society despite him not wanting to be there. So we get to the first combat of the game (Ungrounded but Unbroken), and without even seeing what they were fighting, he walks into the middle of the enemy group and drops Darkness. Bad Guys can see perfectly. 3/4 of PC party have no Darkvision. Never have I been so angered by a player or so tempted to kill him for that.
Actually the Armored Battlemage would work fully since they do keep the Fighter Training at level 10. So at that point they count as a 5th level fighter.
Sorry but I have to disagree with you there. And there is never a reason to be rude.
...ancestral arms, weapon familiarity, or any other racial trait that grants weapon proficiencies, you also gain those proficiencies.Yes, but your Animal companion needs hands to wield the weapon, there are no rules for pulling off a Sif. Actually I think you CAN but I would need to check the Animal Archive book for that. Even so it would take a fair bit of work to get it going. Far more than it would be worth.
And what, pray tell, would you have them fix it with hmm?I believe OP is referring to how a Fighter doesn't get a bonus feat at 3rd level, so the archetype can't replace something that doesn't exist. Presumedly it was meant for either the 2nd level or 4th level bonus feat. Or perhaps they meant that it replaces their third bonus feat. My point either way is that it is rather rude to be demanding a 'fix' for something when they aren't even willing to offer a suggestion for what that 'fix' should be. Not even to mention how rude the last part of the OP was.
I have learned that my initial impression of PFS rulings is not as strict and tight as I had once thought. As to RAW and outside of PFS, I really don't care about RAW, RAI is far more useful and instructive (even though I realize not everyone will agree on RAI - heck, we don't even agree on RAW many times).Ah but that's not legal for PFS and RAW.Its always possible to break the rules if you push the most extreme edge cases and insist on the most rigid reading of the rules as possible. Read for intent, not legalistically. I could break just about any rule in the game by finding a extreme edge case. Oh trust me I agree! I was just pointing out that since this question has impact on PFS builds then it does need to be looked at from that side as well.
Its always possible to break the rules if you push the most extreme edge cases and insist on the most rigid reading of the rules as possible. Read for intent, not legalistically. I could break just about any rule in the game by finding a extreme edge case. Ah but that's not legal for PFS and RAW.
THIS! This is the exact issue with having the level of the spell be solvent!
Ok fine. Then let me point this out. Does an Empowered Fireball have the save for a level 3 or a level 5 spell?3, knock off the games and actually say what you want to say. Not playing games. Making a point. So by your own admission then, an Empowered Fireball is a level 3 spell, despite using a level 5 slot.
"I know someone important-ish who I won't name that agrees with me" doesn't really cut it. Sorry. You can dismiss all you want. 5 star GM in PFS means she knows her rules. And it isn't that I won't name her. It's that I don't need to. Her credentials should be enough. Plus PFS is FAR more strict in it's rules than normal pathfinder.
That seems a bit impractical though. That's +6 DEX that wouldn't apply until you have 11k to throw around. I guess until then you could just not wear armor, but.. Sounds like a high level build.Fair enough. But as I said, Mithral Hell Plate with HK Armor 3 would let you have a +9 armor bonus and +6 DEX for a total AC of 25 and a touch AC of 16 still.Well, I am the fellow, which I realize makes me a bit stubborn. :p If you are doing this in PFS, then let me point out that I had earned nearly 18K by the time I got to level 6 which, with a full BAB class, would be the soonest you could take levels in HK.
Well, I am the fellow, which I realize makes me a bit stubborn. :p Fair enough. But as I said, Mithral Hell Plate with HK Armor 3 would let you have a +9 armor bonus and +6 DEX for a total AC of 25 and a touch AC of 16 still.
Admittedly Mithral Hellknight would cost you 11K GP BUT, to Parry, would only be the weight of Medium Armor and, once you have HK Armor 3, would give you a +6 Dex to AC. Plus I don't take it as Rude at all! We are both trying to help this fellow out with ideas. :)
Ok so for the Swashbuckler Finesse part, WHY are you bringing up Heavy Armor? Weapon Finesse doesn't care about your armor other than shields and Hellknight Armor doesn't come with one.Fair point, I forgot that, but with Heavy armor you lose DEX to AC. This means Dexterity only functions for your attack bonus, which makes STR preferable due to not needing anything like slashing grace. Counter point would be Mithral Hellknight Plate and the Hellknight Armor 1-3 abilities that let you add more and more of your DEX back to your AC.
Yes. They just modify the blast but do not change what it is at the core.
Is the range listed on a simple or composite a capstone or is that a range increment? Yes though I had hoped it was an increment rather than the max. Oh well.
I am not sure that it is possible to get to level twenty in PFS. Even if you could, I think that your character would be done at that point. Thus, capstone abilities are non issues. It is POSSIBLE to get there after doing the retirement. I am simply asking the question for foreknowledge in case Paizo decides to offer us any games that are for characters of that high level.
I have to say that that the alteration to the Abundant Ammunition spell is a welcome one as that stops players from using it and weapon blanches to get more than their ten shots. A very good change!Our Bard may be sad though. The sad bard then can play a funeral dirge next time for his Inspire Courage Bardic Performance~ But in all honesty it was a needed edit as that was a loophole allowing a someone with a large number of attacks per round to use a blanch for FAR more than the 10 shots it was meant for. Honestly the only other patch for that would be to make the weapon blanch to be a LOT more costly.
Really? 10 days to go, 1.2 MILLION out of 30k backed, and nearly 10K backers and you are wondering if anybody has heard of them or are backing this? This is almost pushing on the Mighty Number 9 Kickstart for going above and beyond the goal so yea... It might just be good.
1- Agreed. Any more talk is beating the dead horse as it were. 2- That is actually a good point. I would think, personally, that since it restores the corpse to a 'like new' (haha) status then it would mean it has just as many negative hp as it did when it died. But again this is a VERY gray area of rules.
Well i suppose I will chime in here and say that my very first Pathfinder character was an Angel-Blooded Aasimar Life Oracle and I could ROCK the healing. Life Oracles let you keep even the low level cure spells somewhat useful (Cure Light Wounds for 1d8+20 anybody?) and the Safe Curing Revelation makes them possible as a frontline medic. Add to that the fact that mine had high STR and Heavy Armor and I was a cross between a walking MASH unit and a Tank.
Restarting the day count back to 0 is not the same as fulfilling the ' 'died within 1 round' requirement of Breath of Life. This would not work by the rules.Actually the dust very specifically states that it allows the corpse to "be identified or raised as if it were killed recently". So by the rules then it COULD work. Of course I imagine it would be subject to a GM ruling. This is true but it does still open the possibility. As I said I would imagine that it would be up to the GM to decide just how 'recent' is recent. Personally I would say no. It would make them dead for less than a day but not THAT freshly dead. But that is me.
Restarting the day count back to 0 is not the same as fulfilling the ' 'died within 1 round' requirement of Breath of Life. This would not work by the rules. Actually the dust very specifically states that it allows the corpse to "be identified or raised as if it were killed recently". So by the rules then it COULD work. Of course I imagine it would be subject to a GM ruling. |
