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What would or should happen if one or more PCs attempted to unmask the Waterfall? Both in-game and out?

I am concerned that upon learning what the Decemvirate and their magical masks are to the Society, and meeting the Waterfall for the first time, one or more of my players will make the attempt to unmask her during their introductions.

My players, though experienced roleplayers, are total newbs to organized Pathfinder Society play. They are accustomed to complete player autonomy, not highly structured adventures in which they must do the bidding of strangers in masks. I suspect they're going to chafe a bit upon meeting the Waterfall for the first time.

I'm thinking maybe a high level daze effect that knocks the character straight out, or some other narrative black out in which the character awakens with no memory of her identity and is heavily chastised ("you're lucky you're not dead or exiled!"). In either case, I'm thinking a point of infamy would be in order for openly assaulting a leader of the Society. I will be providing stern warnings beforehand and making clear the gravity and possible consequences of such a disrespectful action.

What do you think would or should happen if a player attempts this? If it helps, the PCs are all level 1 or 2 still.

Does anyone else feel this feat is far and away too situational to warrant a feat, much less a 4th-level class feat?

In all my years of roleplaying 2e, I can't recall a single instance of needing to Avert Gaze.

This should be a more general ability given freely to all, such as rewriting Avert Gaze to allow for this when using Raise Shield. Seems to me like a natural consequence of Raise Shield.

I can't even begin to imagine how the Foundry programmers are going to implement the automation for all of these new game mechanics.

Best of luck, guys.

If a Commander is granting extra actions to an ally who is supposed to be participating in a one on one duel or arena combat without support (such as magic), is that cheating? Or is it perceived in-world as just another person shouting support/coaching advice from the sidelines?

Seems like every gladiator would benefit greatly from having such a coach in their corner, without obviously breaking any participation rules.

Does Larger Than Life stack with Titan Wrestler for determining the size of creatures you can target with your combat maneuvers?

Item bonus to AC? Against a fireball? What?

Am I to understand that Reaction Time does not grant a bonus reaction each round, but rather only one time, and only for the first round, after rolling initiative? (In essence once per combat.)

Intercept Strike is triggered by an ally taking physical damage.

Which step of the attack/damage oder of operations does that fall under? Dp you wait until damage amount is known and being applied? Or does the reaction come earlier, when amounts aren't known, but the type might be?

When you take the damage in their stead, you gain resistance to all damage. Does this mean energy damage too, despite the trigger limitation? For example, an ally is attacked by a flaming longsword. Since it's dealing physical damage, it qualifies to trigger your reaction (or at least I hope it does). Once it is diverted, you apply your resistance once to the physical damage and again to the fire damage. Is that right?

I can't seem to find any Pathfinder Society Boons in the Foundry VTT beyond what appears to be Season 1.

Where can I find the rest of the boons? My fellow players and I have several boons from other seasons (And an adventure path) that we are seemingly unable to drag and drop onto our character sheets' boon section. It doesn't effect us much in our own little circle, but if my friends want to export their characters into a different Foundry game under a different GM, then they're not going to be able to easily show what boons they have.

So I guess it has come out that a "dragonblood" versatile heritage is coming out in Player Core 2. [LEAK]

What are you going to make for your first dragonblood PC?

I'm considering updating my old draconic war hero, Fei Kune.

If my snare specialist has Crafter's Workshop (Envoy's Alliance boon) and formulas for all of his snares, can he begin crafting with 0 days lead time, rather than 1 or 2?

I've been given chronicle sheets with the information typed in digitally a few times. How do you do that? Whenever I attempt to add text to a Chronicle digitally, I get a "this document is protected" prompt.

I just finished reporting my having hosted Extinction Curse #1: The Show Must Go On for the 2nd time.

Is it possible for a GM to use a Replay to get the Chronicle Sheet and other benefits for a sanctioned Adventure Path volume? If so, how do I do that?

Also, can I report my having hosted an adventure path module to any benefit if the players abandoned it prior to completing it? I had one group that played halfway, but then then disbanded due to extenuating circumstances.

Which ancestries and versatile heritages are freely available without a Boon?

My players want to know what their options are for their first characters, and I remember there were some new exceptions added in, but I can't seem to find them now.

Tonight I will be introducing 6 new players to Pathfinder Society and Foundry! :D

Four of them are long time friends and veteran Pathfinder roleplayers, but are new to Organized Society rules and Foundry. Two of them are new acquaintances and are new to Pathfinder (and roleplaying in general).

I've got a Discord server set up. I've got Foundry set up. I've provided links to rules resources and tutorial videos (listed below) 24 hours in advance of what is likely going to be our "Session 0."

I'm a mite nervous that I might have overlooked something or might do something to turn them off of it all. So I'm here now, hoping upon hope that the hive mind has some good advice for me. Things to look for when setting up for the first time, ways to keep remote players from getting distracted and to stay focused during play, useful Foundry modules, life lessons you've learned for yourself along the way, that sort of thing.

I myself am a 30 year veteran of roleplaying and longtime Pathfinder enthusiast, am a 1 star Society GM, and have been using Foundry fairly regularly (mostly as a player) for over 3 years. It amazes me that I still get nervous about this.

I got my PDF copy.

First ritual in the book? Immortality.

Not from old age. From EVERYTHING.

Those that follow are interesting as well. (Such as one that turns you into the "blind swordsman" trope.)

Ask me anything. Still getting into it though, so please be patient if I don't respond quickly.

As I prepare for my third PFS session with my goblin inventor/ mech pilot where decisionsstart to get licked in, I find myself wondering if it can be further optimized for both fun and effectiveness. I've not played inventor before this and so am hoping to get some good feedback and build advice, particularly as it relates to action economy as I feel that is currently a weakness.

Here's my character sheet so far.

And here's the build plan I had in mind for the character.

Any help or advice you can provide would be most appreciated.

Are alchemical bombs thrown weapons?

Does the second option in the second paragraph of Junk Tinker always result in a shoddy item? Or does it ONLY result in a NORMAL item that is "obviously made of junk" and "might affect the item's resale value"?

Can someone help walk me through the Craft rules as they are used in Organized Play; particularly as it relates to variant abilities like the Inventor feat?

More specifically, I wanted to "invent" the formula for a kusarigama. Unfortunately, I failed my check and only made 1cp worth of progress. Is there anything stopping me from trying again with a new roll in the same downtime block?

If not, do I need to waste two days upfront as with Crafting? Inventor makes no mention of needing to, but I wanted to make sure before proceeding in the wrong way.

Can someone help walk me through the Craft rules as they are used in Organized Play; particularly as it relates to variant abilities like the Inventor feat?

More specifically, I wanted to "invent" the formula for a kusarigama. Unfortunately, I failed my check and only made 1cp worth of progress. Is there anything stopping me from trying again with a new roll in the same downtime block?

If not, do I need to waste two days upfront as with Crafting? Inventor makes no mention of needing to, but I wanted to make sure before proceeding in the wrong way.

What kinds of artisan's toolkits are there?

Blacksmith and carpentry (not sure why they say "wood working") are mentioned in the item's text; are any others mentioned in publication anywhere?

What kinds do you think are the most common? Asking for an inventor who wants to make most everything.

Closest thing I could find were the categories from the Specialty Crafting skill feat:

Alchemy - Alchemical items such as elixirs
Artistry - Fine art, including jewelry
Blacksmithing - Durable metal goods, including metal armor
Bookmaking - Books and paper
Glassmaking - Glass, including glassware and windows
Leatherworking - Leather goods, including leather armor
Pottery - Ceramic goods
Shipbuilding - Ships and boats
Stonemasonry - Stone goods and structures
Tailoring - Clothing
Weaving - Textiles, baskets, and rugs
Woodworking - Wooden goods and structures

I wanted to get access to the chakram for my character, and so purchased the Frequent Shopper (The Unscathed Blade) boon.

Only after picking it up did I realize that the chakram isn't even on the list of "curated options." People really shouldn't have to pay in advance in order to see what a boon gets them.

I want my achievement points back. How do I go about getting it refunded?

How can a
ring of discretion hide something that is too big to be stowed, and thus must essentially always be wielded, such as a longspear?

What about a goblin-made junkyard armor mech suit that, for all intents and purposes, makes you large size whilst wearing it?

Our 17th-level characters finally defeated the campaign's big bad this morning!

...with a loaf if bread. X'D

In previous encounters, the SOB would discorporate into slimy goo and slip away through a drain or something similar, only to come back in a later encounter, more powerful than before.

This time we surrounded him, blocking easy access to potential escape routes, and delayed our initiative so that we'd all get to go together as a group before the BBEG took their turn. Then we hit him hard, forcing the transformation. Lacking anything better, we wiped him up with an absorbent loaf of bread before he could slip past us again. He's now a really angry animate loafer stuck in a jar! XD

We've been trying to get this guy since level 10. Man! What a way to end a rivalry!

Big thanks to the GM and all the wonderful players who made it happen. I'll never forget it!

What is the Lingering Composition Performance DC when used by a 1st-level bard in a mixed level party of 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-level PCs to extend Courageous Anthem?

This came up in a PFS scenario today when the bard player brought up the fact that it's based on the composition's target's level, not his own as the GM previously believed. This is further complicated by the fact that the composition in question, Courageous Anthem, is an emanation area effect, and therefore has no targets.

Can you even use Lingering Composition with Courageous Anthem as written?

One of the players thought that the DC might be based on the target of Lingering Composition (the bard), but the bard player pointed out that--despite the name--Lingering Composition doesn’t have the Composition trait and is therefore not a Composition at all.

We're all thoroughly confused and we're hoping the Paizo hive mind might offer some insights.

My 17th-level champion has a +4 Constitution attribute modifier, the Fast Recovery general feat, and was subjected to a moment of renewal spell.

How much do I heal?

204? 272? Some other amount?

Relevant Rules:
- Fast Recovery
- Long Term Rest
- moment of renewal
- Multiplying Effects

I've heard there are several items that are really popular for Pathfinders to possess for a variety of reasons; things like the pearly white spindle aeon stone that boosts your out-of-combat healing. What other popular/useful items are out there?

What items are your PFS favorites, and why?

Here is a complete casualty report of all the beings that were lost* in the transition from the Bestiary to Monster Core. Source

It's a LOT more than I was thinking it would be!

Aboleth | Aeon, Marut | Aeon, Zelekhut | Angel, Monadic Deva | Angel, Movanic Deva | Angel, Planetar | Angel, Solar | Archon, Hound | Archon, Trumpet | Assassin Vine | Athach | Aurumvorax | Azata, Bralani | Azata, Ghaele | Barghest, Greater | Basidrond | Bebilith | Behir | Belker | Blindheim | Blink Dog | Bloodseeker | Bodak | Bulette | Bunyip | Cave Fisher | Choker | Chuul | Cloaker | Crysmal | Daemon, Ceustodaemon | Daemon, Derghodaemon | Daemon, Piscodaemon | Darkmantle | Demilich | Demon, Babau | Demon, Glabrezu | Demon, Hezrou | Demon, Marilith | Demon, Nabasu | Demon, Nalfeshnee | Demon, Vrock | Destrachan | Devil, Cornugon | Devil, Gelugon | Devil, Hamatula | Devil, Lemure | Devil, Osyluth | Devourer | Doppelganger | Dracolisk | Drakauthix | Dream Spider | Drider | Drow | Efreeti | Ether Spider | Ettin | Filth Fever | Flumph | Formians | Froghemoth | Frost Worm | Golem, Adamantine | Golem, Carrion | Golem, Glass | Golem, Ice | Golem, Mithral | Golem, Obsidian | Golem, Quantium | Golem, Wood | Golems | Gray Ooze | Green Slime | Grick | Hag, Green | Hellcat | Hellwasp Swarm | Hieracosphinx | Huecuva | Inevitables | Jubilex | Kostchtchie | Mimic | Mohrg | Mu Spore | Naga, Lunar | Naga, Spirit | Necrophidius | Neothelid | Oni, Shadow Yai | Oni, Taiga Yai | Orcus | Owlbear | Quickling | Remorhaz | Roper | Rust Monster | Shoggoth | Shrieker | Skum | Sprite, Grig | Tarrasque | Tendriculos | Thoqqua | Vargouille | Velstrac, Evangelist | Violet Fungus | Web Lurker | Wemmuth | Wendigo | Wraith, Dread | Xorn | Yellow Musk Creeper | Yeth Hound

So, does this impact your feelings on the Remaster? How might this impact your games, if at all? Feel free to discuss any aspect of these changes you wish.

I just noticed that a Chronicle Boon gave me access to a spell that is already accessible to everyone. What's that about? Is this a common occurrence in PFS?

I am playing a goblin with Junk Tinker in PFS and it is nearly time for me to begin upgrading my gear with fundamental runes.

However, all of my gear is Shoddy. Since runes require a certain quality of materials to be applied, I was wondering if it was even possible to apply runes to Shoddy weapons and armor. Do non-special material weapons and armor require a base quality of "normal," rather than Shoddy?

When a scenario grants you a boon that is intended for another character, like PFS (2ed) Scenario #5-08: The Mayor’s Luck which grants an Uncommon Heritage, is it intended that you purchase it on the site under the character that won it, or the character it is to be applied to?

The site won't let me purchase it without selecting a character, and I don't want to get it wrong. I don't have a character with an Uncommon heritage in mind at this time, but if I don't purchase it, it's going to get lost in the paperwork shuffle and umpteen months from now when I might want to make such a character I'm never going to remember that I even had it.

I've heard there are several items that are really popular for Pathfinders to possess for a variety of reasons; things like the pearly white spindle aeon stone that boosts your out-of-combat healing. What other popular/useful items are out there?

What items are your PFS favorites, and why?

If I cast water walk and pillar of water, can I then walk up the pillar?

Hw do I use a Replay?

I have one game where the GM noted I had already played it in the record, but it was with a different character each time. (It was "#4-09: Killer in the Golden Mask" if that matters.

Me Sessions listing had three games that I hosted marked as "Reporting Completed: No."

How do I change that to "Reporting Completed: Yes," and what exactly does that entail?

What exactly is the point of the Standard method? I don't honestly believe it is ever used in practice after the initial character introduction.

Players are predisposed toward spending gold only on things they see as worthwhile. This generally results in characters having a few high level items and several low level items (or a lot of savings intended for the next big item or item upgrade).

So, even if you start with the Standard method, players naturally gravitate towards Lump Sum, so why bother with anything else in the first place?

As a GM what familiar abilities would you require your player select to have their familiar represent a basic cat, if any?

Why?

I'm asking as a player who wants to avoid potential surprises while making my witch character.

Is it possible to renew a long duration spell each day using a wand?

The rules for long duration spells refer to spell slots, making no mention of alternative forms of spellcasting, such as wands. Is there anything indicating that this is possible?

If it is possible, would it matter if I alternated between wands, slots, and other sources of spells from day to day?

If it is not explicitly stated in the rules as being possible, do you think there should be a rule to allow the extension of long duration spells via wands and/or other alternative means? Would you permit it in games that you run?

In particular, I'm wondering about a wand of disguise magic, which would be used to mask a modify memory spell cast upon an individual that I likely would not have access to after the initial casting.

My witch, Hama, used invisibility to infiltrate a guarded location. Unfortunately, before she could complete her goals, one of the two guards left their post to use the lavoratory and ended up discovering tell tail signs of an intruder. Before he could warn his companion that something was amiss, Hama brained him, then smeared some if his blood on a nearby ledge and planted a pouch of gold on his person.

As leaving evidence of tampering and foul play would interfere with her plans, Hama discretely cast rewrite memory on the remaining guard, implanting a false memory of a discovery of corruption, a fight with his companion, a shove, and a fall, all ending in a terrible tragedy.

Can this spell really make a person believe that they just might be a killer?

What are some clever uses of the spell, subconscious suggestion, or interesting scenarios where it can be made to shine?

It strikes me as rather restrictive, so I'm eager to get a better idea of what it is and is not capable of.

If you cast bandit's doom on an object, and that object is in your backpack, does it trigger if someone steals your backpack? Or only when they touch the cursed object within, such as when pulling it out of the backpack? Is it possible they won't be effected at all if they dump out all the backpack's contents (and don't thereafter pick up the cursed object)?

Could I cast the spell on the contents of my waterskin, then safely drink some of it, then pour a glass for someone else, thereby luring them into a false sense of safety?

Oh no! They died! Was it poison? But they hadn't drunk any yet, and everyone else is just fine despite drinking from the same source! Was the goblet itself poisoned? Magical detection doesn't sense any poisons. Was it magic perhaps? If it was, the magic is expended now, leaving no aura to detect. What a mystery!

Have I just stumbled onto the ricin of Pathfinder?

What happens if I pour the water out into five goblets? Does only the first person to drink or pick up their goblet get hit with the damage? Is it random? What if I cast it on a banana, then peel the skin off and through it in the street? Which is cursed? The meat, or the skin?

In a recent game I was in, my summoner conjured a wall of water in order to divide and slow enemies.

I figured they would need to expend a Stride action moving up to the wall, a Swim action to traverse it, and their final action to Stride into melee. Sucking up the entire turn of multiple enemies for a single spell seemed like a pretty good trade.

But then the GM asked me for their Swim check DCs. When we didn't find anything mentioned in the spell description, he used the spell DC for the Swim DC. The enemies then failed attempt after attempt after attempt to traverse the wall. What's more, since they couldn't "sink" from their failures (as they hadn't even entered the wall yet), the GM ruled that they were instead knocked prone by the current.

It proved to be a most formidable barrier! The monsters in question did not seem to have Athletics, nor a swim speed (we were in a dry dungeon at the time combating the undead). The did have ranged piercing attacks though, and started resorting to those after fruitlessly wasting two full rounds on move actions.

How exactly is this spell intended to be run? How might you have run it in your games?

I don't see anything in sure footing that indicates it is limited to only magical effects.

Can it therefore be used to end the effects of a monster's grapple, or to rescue Buddy Threadgoode from getting stuck in the railroad tracks?

Seems like it would work in the former case since the Counteract rules say The following:

If an effect’s level is unclear and it came from a creature, halve and round up the creature’s level.

Though I'm not sure how it might be adjudicated for a natural hazard or circumstance that might not have an associated level.

If I am playing a level 2 Unbreakable Goblin with Cat Fall, and I fall from a 30 foot height, how much damage do I take?

Is it 5 damage? Or 10 damage? Something else?

How might the answer change if said character were to land in a thick drift of soft snow?

Order of operations makes a pretty big difference in math.

Here are the relevant rules from Player Core for ease of reference.

If you fall more than 5 feet, when you land you take bludgeoning damage equal to half the distance you fell. Treat falls longer than 1,500 feet as though they were 1,500 feet (750 damage). If you take any damage from a fall, you land prone. You fall about 500 feet in the first round of falling and about 1,500 feet each round thereafter.

You can Grab an Edge as a reaction to reduce the damage from some falls (page 419), or Arrest a Fall if you have a fly Speed (page 418). In addition, if you fall into water, snow, or another relatively soft substance, you can treat the fall as though it were 20 feet shorter, or 30 feet shorter if you intentionally dove in. The effective reduction can’t be greater than the depth (so when falling into 10-foot-deep water, you treat the fall as 10 feet shorter).

Your catlike aerial acrobatics allow you to cushion your falls. Treat falls as 10 feet shorter. If you’re an expert in Acrobatics, treat falls as 25 feet shorter and 50 feet if you’re a master. If you’re legendary in Acrobatics, you always land on your feet and don’t take damage, regardless of the distance of the fall.

You’re able to bounce back from injuries easily due to an exceptionally thick skull, cartilaginous bones, or some other mixed blessing. You gain 10 Hit Points from your ancestry instead of 6. When you fall, reduce the falling damage you take as though you had fallen half the distance.

Reactive Pursuit states "Trigger An adjacent foe moves away from you, and you can reach at least one space adjacent to the foe with a Stride action."

In a recent game I was in, an enemy ran past the party rogue. That is, he started his turn non-adjacent, but ran through the rogue's adjacent squares to get to and gank the wizard in the back row.

The rogue player declared that he would use Reactive Pursuit, since the foe moved away from him. However, the GM ruled that he could not since the enemy in question didn't start their turn adjacent to the rogue, so he didn't think the NPC met all the qualifications of the trigger. He seems to think they need to stop, be adjacent, and then move away for the ability to trigger.

Is that the case?