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I don't use Herolab so I'm not sure exactly what you get from it, but perhaps Pathbuilder 2e App? There is a review of that free app on the Know Direction site.

The tixitog focused on the morsel-sized gnome first, and successfully swallowed him. Having already received a lot of damage, he eventually fell unconcious and suffocated before they could free him.

Once I read about the tixitog I really wished one of my player characters were small sized! Not fun for the character, but makes for a memorable encounter.

I'm guessing you might be inquiring about 14 and 15? 13 was from January. I noticed they aren't available in my subscriptions yet. I forget exactly where I read it, but I did read others also haven't seen these show up in subscriptions yet.

Relics for me too! I'm sure there is plenty more within the book, but the relics information was the first thing that really caught my eye.

Maybe she starts attacking the farmsteads surrounding Breachill and becomes a Call for Heroes side quest in a month.

I love the idea of side quests being brought in via the monthly Call for Heroes.

For those of you that have completed this book - how was the pace of leveling up? It looks pretty quick between Chapter 3 and 4 to go from 2nd to 5th.

Nice map that makes me realize I can think about having some guest appearances from the Plaguestone characters/NPCs to my current Age of Ashes campaign.

My group succeeded and I agree it was a challenging adventure - which made it great! We learned so much about the system and dangers along the way and I am hoping the lessons learned will make for a fun Age of Ashes campaign.

I hope some of these abilities get clarification. This topic reminds me of my confusion with the cockatrice Calcification ability - which I am still not clear about.

I, for one, would much prefer the pdf of the Guide revert back to being produced by Paizo. While the website is fine, it is hardly intuitive to peruse, and is significantly difficult to search through. It was a good stop-gate answer at the time, but it needs to come back to Paizo for a couple of reasons.

I remember as GenCon hit this year I was eagerly checking to see a 2e PFS pdf in my download inventory. It was the one thing I was waiting for to get back into PFS play with 2e. Once I realized it was not coming I moved on from it. I keep checking back to see if anything has changed.

I hope Paizo is keeping an eye on this thread. Some great comments in here.

Saturdays at 10AM PDT ( Saturday 12/7: Design Diaries: Villain Codex

Ooh, Villain Codex sounds interesting. Not sure if I'll be around to watch it live, but I'll make a note to watch this when I can.

Going to start this AP next week and I think I'll be coming back to this thread often. Thanks for all the useful stuff!

While I don't have an answer for you (I haven't run it yet) my first thought is you are a trailblazer for this type of group! Embrace the learning curve of a new system and share the results with us who can learn from how your group advances. I think all of us are eager to see how P2e plays at the table.

3 for 3 so far - great stuff. This one is very thick with details. So much going on within each paragraph.

Only two blog posts in and this has already become my favorite series. These are fantastic!

For one minute you are stunned 1. So you lose one action each round for a minute.

I like the wands that have some special, unique effects that enhance the spell. I look forward to seeing more wands like that.

I don't think you can. For reference page 468-469 that details what you do on your turn. It suggests that on your turn is when you gain your 3 actions and your reaction. To me that suggests you don't start an encounter with a reaction - you gain it at the start of your turn.

I was excited about getting back into PFS with the new rules until I realized the guide was not even at Paizo anymore. I'll pass on the live digital guide. Instead I can just focus on a home campaign.

Pencil and Paper for me. The less tech at the table the better.

I started with two weeks of downtime mode, to get them invested in the place they would be using as a base of operations for the first session or two.

I love this idea. Definitely going to use it. Thanks for sharing.

I think you also have the Counter Performance Composition Spell, so that would be a Focus Spell for you. Page 97 for reference.

I'm still confused - will Paizo be releasing a PFS Guide or not? I just want to go to my Digital Content section and see the guide there so I can download the pdf from Paizo. If that isn't going to happen I just want to know so I can ignore PFS and focus on to something else.

Every day I check in to see if the new guide has been released. Every day I am disappointed.

Question on Dragons - entry notes 'shape-changing dragons.' I can't tell if any of the dragons listed are shape-changing dragons. Can someone point one of them out to me so I know what to look for in the stat blocks? It's probably right in front of my face, but I can't find it.

My favorite of the bullet points is the reminder that only make one roll for opposed actions. Roll against a DC instead of opposed is great.

I think in my world it would have a different effect. Put on the Eye of Robes and every creature within your sight appears to be wearing robes. Popular item at the nudist colony for those times you just want to see a little less reality.

Didn't someone use GP in an earlier session to name an NPC? I can't remember if that has happened yet.

Does Amazon generally ship the books on release date? Just curious if pre-ordering through Paizo would mean most likely getting the books earlier or not.

While I haven't played at the higher levels yet, I am concerned about this direction as well. Crits will happen more often in 2nd edition, so those extra dice will be 'in play' quite a bit.

I'm guessing it is an effort to get away from EVERYONE having to get the same magic items because they are hands-down so good. Perhaps in the final version there will be magic items that are more unique and interesting than a Cloak of Resistance +1 or a Ring of Protection.

Re: the cost. Paizo has dramatically changed the pricing/economy. So 215 gp in 2nd edition is not the same as 215 gp in 1st edition.

Interesting question that made me dig out my Bestiary for the description of a Pathfinder 1st edition Harpy. Vile bird-like women. Looks like the Harpy is getting a change for 2nd edition.

Great idea that will probably be very easy to make for the final product. I'm guessing this one will get taken care of.

Increase in Perception is hidden in Class Abilities. Example is Ranger who gets Master Perception at 7th Level via Evasion and Legendary Perception at 15th Level via Improved Evasion. Bottom line is you really have to read into the class abilities to see these increases as they do not stand out on their own.

My answer to this has changed with the announcement of 2nd edition. For about a year I took a break from Pathfinder after playing consistently since the beginning because it just kept getting bigger. Now that 2nd edition is on the visible horizon I can look at 1st edition as being complete. I won't have to worry about what new books are coming to make it more complicated. So it's not too big anymore.

I look forward to playing 1st edition again, but I am also looking forward to seeing what 2nd edition will look like.

I think it might have been that the table-time for us to explore an empty hex was perhaps 15 seconds.

I think this is my main takeaway from the hex exploring. Tough to get bored when all you have to do is take 15 seconds to roll dice and move on to the next one. My group is doing the same thing - quick roll and move on.

I bet there will be an uptick in reporting on the play test PFS scenarios after the Doomsday Dawn chapters are played through. I know I plan on playing/running the PFS scenarios but my group is doing DD first.

Combat is a "social encounter" for our barbarian and most our murderhobos.

LOL, I just had to pull this quote out - just too good.

Finally. The slowed condition was the single largest cause of our party wipes.

I haven't read the update yet but I did find your comment interesting. I believe this current change to the death and dying rules are supposed to make it MORE deadly.

Switch over to hex grids? Have fun drawing out those rooms and hallways.

Great topic that I had not thought about. The question in the title is perfect - why is it a spell at all? Interesting to think about Dispel as a class feature instead of a spell.

Sounds like the pre-update rules as Fuzzy-Wuzzy suggests. I'll add to that. The rules are changing again on Monday, so make sure to check out that update when it is available.

Wait, only until the end of the year? Between meeting only roughly every other week and taking longer to go through chapters, my group is just about to start In Pale Mountain's Shadow. At that rate we'll be lucky to finish Chapter 3 before the surveys close. :(

I'm guessing no reason to keep them open longer if the end of the year date represents the time frame of finalizing the rules for printing.

Every two weeks Paizo is coming out with updates and changes. This is what the play test is all about.

I think I could get on board with making diagonals 5' as well. While I don't have a problem with how it works now I can see how it would simplify it for everyone. Are there any real drawbacks to doing this?

I'm not looking forward to the incorporeal fight when I get to it this weekend. I'm guessing groups really have to be set up to deal with an encounter like this for them to have any chance at all?

So keep it in for those that would like to use it or take it out for those that don't like it and will not use it. I lean towards keeping it in since it really doesn't take up much space in the book.

I've found the combats to be pretty quick and easy to run so far. This will probably be even more pronounced as my group gets to the higher level chapters when comparing it to 1st edition.

It always did affect AC but I think most people did not realize that so the wording was changed to make it more clear. So this does not represent a change, just clarity.