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![]() Face Cards are my favorite of the card sets, so I'm a little bit worried that there don't seem to be any more sets scheduled on the pipeline (and the last set was came much later than anticipated). Also, there haven't been any campaign cards in a good long while (I mine those for additional face cards). Are there any plans for face cards to return in the future? I'm fiending pretty badly for them at the moment. ![]()
![]() Face Cards are my favorite of the card sets, so I'm a little bit worried that there don't seem to be any more sets scheduled on the pipeline (and the last set was came much later than anticipated). Also, there haven't been any campaign cards in a good long while (I mine those for additional face cards). Are there any plans for face cards to return in the future? I'm fiending pretty badly for them at the moment. ![]()
![]() Weather is indeed very nice, but it can get ungodly hot in the summer. Game Empire in Pasadena is a great game store, with plenty of tables for gaming. It's cleaner than most other game stores that I've been to (all over, not just in San Diego), and it has a very wide selection of new product. I find that it's not a great place if you're looking for older, out-of-print stuff, but nobody's perfect. ![]()
![]() Hello James! It's super-remarkable that you're still doing this thread; thanks for that. In your opinion, what happens when a creature specified to be of a particular sex (for example: harpy, medusa, satyr, etc.) undergoes (willingly or otherwise) magical sex re-assignation (via girdle of opposite gender, elixer of sex shifting, or the like)? Is it even possible for a mono-sexed species to be effected by this sort of magic? Does it have any impact on their abilities? Is this something that a Paizo product has ever addressed in an official capacity? Thanks in advance for any insights you could provide. ![]()
![]() Aram and Ambrus were both included in the Urban NPCs set, with the same artwork that's shown on the cover image above. There was a Sheila Heidmarch card included with the Shattered Star set, but it was with different artwork. I have every set of Face Cards that has been released so far, and I don't believe that the image of Sheila (if that is indeed who is on the cover image above) that is shown here has been released on a card before. ![]()
![]() Jail House Rock wrote:
Hitler and Stalin were never allies. The Soviets and Germans had a non-aggression pact for a little bit under two years, but promising not to shiv each other (while mutually sharpening knives in preparation for the inevitable shivapalooza) is hardly the same thing as an alliance. ![]()
![]() master_marshmallow wrote: Cavaliers ate far from broken, though they don't gain AC during their challenge. They also don't do extra damage to dragons, outsiders and undead. They also don't get their CHA as an attack bonus. They also don't bypass DR. Smiting is significantly more powerful than the cavaliers' challenge. ![]()
![]() This forum has pictures disabled because the last time I talked about my fighting skills which you cannot be taught because I made them myself and they come from my personal power someone asked me to prove it so I posted a picture of the time I punched through three ninjas who were also robots and the picture was so awesome that a bunch of the users went blind from looking at it so you're all really very lucky that they disabled pictures because otherwise you would be reading this with your blind eyes. ![]()
![]() I love the cyclops, and the sea cat. The naga looks good, and I like naga a lot, but I'm not sure that I agree that we need three naga out of four miniatures sets. Given that naga minis aren't hard to find (Hell, you gave us one in the LAST set, as well as another one in THIS set), I'm not sure what the justification for the decision was, other than "naga are REALLY EASY to sculpt". ![]()
![]() F. Wesley Schneider wrote:
As an old-school V:tM player, I vote that the plural of "Nosferatu" is "Nosferatu". Ex: "There are a half-dozen nosferatu about to stomp your sorry butt into next week." ![]()
![]() Make the ranger a deal. Find someone who can cast Know Alignment on the little buggers. If they're already evil, put them down. If they're not already evil, find someone who can raise them in a way that helps them not become evil. Just take the whole nature/nurture thing out of the equation entirely. ![]()
![]() Meh. LucasArts hasn't been making much in the way of decent gaming output in a while; most of the best SW games of late have been by BioWare. While I would love to see a resurrection of Grim Fandango or Maniac Mansion, it wasn't as though LucasArts was doing anything with those franchises before the Disney acquisition. Maybe know Disney can contract out those properties to companies that are actually interested in making quality games. I don't see this as a loss (although I do hope that the displaced LucasArts staff members find new jobs quickly). ![]()
![]() I'm back and forth on whether I'll be supporting this KS. On the one hand, I've been wanting a decent kraken mini for a long time, and I think that your sculpt is pretty sweet. On the other hand, I've never (in 20+ years of gaming) successfully run a game to a level where a kraken would be a level-appropriate challenge, and while I'd like to do so, I doubt that I'll manage to do it more than once or twice. $60 is a not-insignificant cost for a single mini, so I'd want to get a lot of use out of it, but assuming that I do manage to run a few games at that level, I don't want to get pegged as the guy who uses a kraken as the BBEG for every single campaign that he runs. But, once again, I'm drawn to what a sweet sculpt you've got there. I'll probably check in on this KS as it approaches the deadline and see if any of the expanded options tickle my fancy. ![]()
![]() I'm iffy on the naga (pointing out a concern before it is raised does not invalidate that concern); I'll need to check out the stats for that particular character before making up my mind whether or not a Young Naga is a worthwhile addition to my collection. I'm intrigued by the Shimerae, although that multitude of snakey protrusions only reinforces my concerns about packaging. It's a nice looking mini, but man do those things look like they could snap right off. I'm excited about Endymion; he's a good looking pirate, but I think that he could also make a good stand-in for an Andoran in uniform. ![]()
![]() In the 3.X campaign that I ran for about three years, I initially made the party's opponents attempt to flee when the combat began to turn against them. The problem that I encountered was that the rules make it really hard for most combatants to flee, and so most of the retreating foes wound up with a back full of arrows or chased down and AoO-locked by the more mobile members of the party. This left me with a problem: Making sure that your opponent doesn't get away is practical from a tactical point of view, but shooting a man in the back or cutting him down as he attempts to flee wasn't feeling very heroic or exciting to my players. It's like machine-gunning the lifeboats after you sink an enemy's ship; only a raging man-bone would brag about doing something like that. So these days my villains only run if they have a reasonable expectation that they'll get away (and in a game that features both magic and ranged superiority, that's not an expectation that they have very often). They're living in a world where very often the only way out is through, and they respond accordingly. ![]()
![]() Several years ago when I was starting a campaign I had a player present me with the following stat string: 18, 18, 17, 16, 16, 15. It struck me as improbable. I went online and asked the odds of rolling that string here, and people confirmed my belief that those rolls were on the very outside chance of probability. So I had him roll again, using my dice, in front of me. That lucky so-and-so rolled a string that totaled one point HIGHER than what he'd previously given me. He completely dominated that campaign. I use point-buy now. ![]()
![]() brock, no the other one... wrote:
The problem with the grub swarm was twofold: 1.) The swarm mechanics operate by having the swarm share the same space as the individual(s) that the swarm is attacking. The sloped nature of the grub swarm mini makes this tricky at best. 2.) Swarms take up a 10'by 10' area. The grub swarm mini is on a Small base. This means that the mini is two size categories smaller than the swarms in the bestiaries. So, yes, it does really look like a pile of maggots, but sadly it looks like a pile of maggots for a game that isn't using the Pathfinder system. Having said that, Shattered Star is still a strong contender for my favorite set of pre-paints ever, so a couple of minis that fail to impress are hardly enough to sour me on what WizKids is putting out. ![]()
![]() Shattered Star WAS a remarkably good set, with a few minor exceptions (grub swarm, I'm looking in your direction here). Reign of Winter is a fair guess for the next set, but I wonder if Paizo might hold off on it because some of the potential minis are way too specific to that particular adventure path (machine-gun toting dudes and the Dancing Hut being reasonable choices for this path, but probably useless in most other games). ![]()
![]() I'm a big fan (BIG FAN) of the Gamemastery Face Cards series. I'm curious, though, about which characters are featured on the cards. The Rise of the Runelords set has all of the characters' names on the back, so that's pretty obvious, but has anyone compiled a list of which characters are featured in the Friends any Foes, Enemies and Urban NPCs decks? Perhaps with the corresponding card numbers, so that a novice like myself can match them up? I've seen people on this board mention that they know who all of the NPCs featured are, but I've never seen the list compiled. Any help that people could give would be appreciated. ![]()
![]() I assume that it's because the comic book Amazons were, unlike the creators of the myths referenced, smart enough to realize that having breasts does not prevent a person from shooting a bow or throwing a spear. I wonder: If ancient Greek society had been dominated by women, would they have come up with an equally laughable story about a society of warrior men that castrated themselves so that they could ride horses? ![]()
![]() Including these in the Shattered Star Face Cards set means that we'll have two different Karzoug cards (the other one being from the Rise of the Runelords Face Cards set). As much as I prefer not to get overlapping cards (because of the reduction in utility this creates), I have to say that I don't mind in this particular case. ![]()
![]() If people are going to request that we wait a "respectful period of time" after a tragedy before discussing gun control, I'm going to request that gun owners stop stacking tragedies so close together. ![]()
![]() Saw it Friday night at the El Capitan in Hollywood. Absolutely fantastic. If you're wondering if you should see it, I'm telling you that you should see it. I intentionally went to the last showing of the night, in order to get a movie theater full of excited adults rather than kid/parent combos. That was a good move on my part, I think. ![]()
![]() On Golarian, at least, most goblins worship Lamashtu. Since she's the goddess of deformity and madness, the end results of generations of close inbreeding would probably be seen as a BLESSING, rather than a problem. I don't know if this works for your campaign, but I figured that I'd throw it out there. ![]()
![]() Yee-Yeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaahhhh! I have not the words to express how excited I am about the prospect of Face Cards for every AP. Face Cards are absolutely one of the most useful products for me that ANY game company has ever put out, and the wait between sets drives me nuts. The notion that we'll be getting two sets a year, minimum, is the best news that I've heard all week (and I've had a pretty good week). ![]()
![]() danielc wrote: I wanted one of these and my local store said they can't get them. I try to support the FLGS when I can. Are they exclusive to the Paizo site? I have definitely seen them in stores, and on both coasts (Aero Hobbies in Los Angeles, and Compleat Strategist in New York). Why your store can't get them (if that is in fact the case), I have no idea. ![]()
![]() Azaelas Fayth wrote: True, but a small village with a temple might have a Paladin leading the city guard. (i.e. a town sheriff) But that's true of any class. A paladin is no more likely to be the town sheriff than a fighter is, or a cavalier or ranger or even a monk. That alone isn't justification for these classes to have Knowledge (Local) as a class skill. Besides, if someone wants to run a paladin as though they did have Knowledge (Local) as a class skill, that's the reason why feats like Skill Focus and various traits exist. Personally, I think that the best sheriffs are bards, but since bards DO get Knowledge (Local), they're not really relevant to the point that I was trying to make.
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![]() Played a scenario where a pc was teleported off plane, with the game ending shortly after. The GM ruled, with much player opposition, that the PC was gone, dead, with no chance of resurrection. The PC was irrecoverable. I’ve never seen this in PFS before. Is this within the confines of the rules? I thought res and body recovery were always available if you had the requisite pp or gold. ![]()
![]() There seems to be a marked increase of closed threads under the guise of “this thread is no longer productive, feel free to try again”. Well, those posting in the thread obviously feel it has merits or they wouldn’t be doing it. I understand shutting down a thread that has devolved into acerbic name calling, bullying etc, but it feels to me like Paizo is increasingly trying to steer the conversation. Their boards, their rules, fine. But it seems disingenuous to put out a play test, which many have paid for, ask for input and then actively shut down some of the discourse on the product you claim to want feedback on. I think it would be great if board users could decide what topics are worthwhile of discussion and not have an active topic closed because of reasons. ![]()
![]() PFS is imploding in my area. Prior to 5E we had a vibrant community with 5 or so stores running games multiple times a month. After 5E was released the playerbase was halved but still many options to play, maybe not as many tables available but still a good core. Currently, the playerbase which was further fragmented with the introduction of core and Starfinder is rapidly dissolving with the introduction of the 2E playtest. What has the experience been in your area? I am not hopeful for PFSs long term viability at least in my neck of the woods. ![]()
![]() My pfs Druid just completed lvl 11. I would like to continue to play him in some seeker lvl scenarios, but his power curve is definitely srtarting to flatten out.
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![]() OP asks, as has been done here, what problem is 2E trying to solve. Many people seem to feel that the answer is that 5E is exponentially outselling PF. Paizos response is resulting in working at cross purposes to itself. Dumb down the game enough to reduce barriers to entry while retaining enough crunch to not alienate their e siting base. It’s any interesting read https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_RPG/comments/9ftkix/what_problem_is_2nd _edition_actually_solving/ ![]()
![]() Curious what you guys did for the last encounter. As written the last boss is quite different than the listing in theBestiary. Same CR but different feats and abilities. In reading through some PbP of this module it looked like at least one group ran his with the monster from the bestiary instead of the one in the book. ![]()
![]() As a GM I have always had the player clarify their saves. For example the player says“is it versus fear?” or “I rolled an 18 or 20 if it’s a sonic affect”. I’ve always felt the players can make reasonable inferences from the encounter or the creature they’re fighting and give me the pertinent information on any bonuses their character may have versus my attack or spell I was running an encounter today where a character was bit by a Linnorm and was asked to make a fort save. He gave me the result and I informed him that he was poisoned. His character has a plus versus poison and he felt I should have told him it was a save versus poison rather than just a fort save. His plus would not have mattered in this case. He was saying the GM should always tell you what you are saving against so that he, the player can make those adjustments himself. I disagreed and told him that I would not debate this in the middle of the game but that we could talk about it afterward. In this case, the players did not know that the Linnorm had a poison attack. Telling him to save versus poison would have given the players k owledge that they dId not possess in game. I would like to hear others opinions as I always want to improve as a GM. . ![]()
![]() I am considering a 3d printer to make dungeon tiles, furniture etc. I was curious what are some of the best dungeon crawl scenarios that could be built with dungeon ties within reason. Might be for pfs might not. Thanks for the help. Ps I am aware of emerald spire and that s definitely a possibility. ![]()
![]() Hello, getting back into pfs after a long layoff. I have noticed that in info tab under games GMed, the character I applied credit to is indicated, but in each case when I look at individual character sessions, the gym credit game is missing. Was this a reporting problem on my end, my VO? Wondering if there is a way for those sessions to appear correctly at this point. ![]()
![]() Seems most of the time when I plug in a new character name I get the error "sorry, this name is already in use in the message boards". Well, i don't care if it's in use in the message boards nor do I want to use it there. I just want to name my character what I want to. Each character is already identified by a unique pfs number. ####-##. I don't see why name matters. ![]()
![]() I am not claiming the sky is falling but locally I have seen a decline in the number of people signing up for games. Pre 5e I rarely saw games cancelled and for the most part spots would fill up very quickly. Now games are getting canceled fairly regularly due to not enough players and the games that do go will usually have some spots open pretty late in the week. I know this is just what I see anecdotally but was wondering if others are seeing this as well. ![]()
![]() I do a lot of driving for work and enjoy listening to podcasts. I know of the excellent Know Direction podcast but also enjoy live play recordings. I have just finished the Strand Gamers Kingmaker campaign and really enjoyed it and am looking for others to try. I know there have been other topics on this but I have looked and not found what I am looking for. Decent sound quality, good roleplay and not eating into the mic are all qualities I am looking for. Any suggestions? ![]()
![]() I was wondering if colossal or gargantuan creature can charge through spaces with allies? I know it specifically says that you can not charge through spaces occupied by an ally but due to medium size creatures being able to occupy the same space as gargantuan creatures (3 sizes smaller) RAI would seem to indicate that creatures that much smaller would not impede movement. ![]()
![]() We are supposed to be starting this AP soon. I am having a hard time getting motivated for it. I have not read spoilers but I guess I am just not that into pirates. The high amount of skill check mechanics and ship v ship combat just don't sound exciting to me. Should I go for it? Any others have these feelings going in and end up enjoying the AP? ![]()
![]() I am playing in a homebrew campaign. The DM is applying templates so we are not up against regular bads out of the Beastiary. My character is optimized at 12th level to have a very high DC on her spells. My level 6 spells have a DC of 25. We just fought and almost TPKd to a group of 4 bad guys with +17 to all of their saves. This means my strongest spells had a 65% of their target making the save, and it gets worse with lower level spells. For a level appropriate encounter, how much should one expect their enemies to make their saves? This is my first higher level campaign so I don't know what to expect. The DM said these were CR10 creatures but when I look at the Beastiary, ignoring other abilities +17 on all saves would be more typical of a CR15 creature. Those would normally have at least one bad save. My feeling is that the DM is sick of the two powerful casters in the group so just gave everyone a blanket +5 to all of their saves ![]()
![]() After a long absence from gaming I have started playing PF for the past year and am really enjoying it. I have decided to give GMing a go for our group when the current campaign wraps up, within the next couple of months. I had thrown out the idea of Way of the Wicked and the group seemed excited about it. It looks to present an engaging story within a framework that seems to try and prevent the "I backstab my Cleric" situations I remember from my junior high evil campaigns. So I had pretty much decided on WotW until I received my hardback anniversary copy of RotRL and started reading that. It seems like a great AP and now I am really torn between which to run. I obviously want an AP that will be fun for both myself and the players. If one is drastically more complex than the other I would probably avoid that since i have not GMed since the mid 80s(gasp!). ![]()
![]() I am toying around with the idea of purchasing a fair bit of the dwarven forge game tiles. Also will be joining their new kickstarter for the cavern tiles. I was wondering if their is an AP that lends itself to using this type of 3D terrain over the others. The only AP I have played is Kingmaker and it had quite a bit of outdoor adventuring. I am looking for something with a fair bit of dungeon crawling. ![]()
![]() I am interested in the prehensile hair hex for a witch and have a few questions. The fight starts and I use prehensile hair which has a 10ft reach so any enemy attempting to close with me to attack without reach himself will provoke an AoO from me. As an AoO I use a combat manuever and attempt to grapple the attacker. First, if I am successful, is he grappled in the 10ft away square from me and unable to attack me (assuming no reach)? Also, if I grapple as an AoO without the Improved Grapple feat this would normally provoke an AoO back, but if it is occurring 10ft away the enemy can not reach me to attack. Is this correct? ![]()
I am playing a witch in a hombrew campaign. After the first couple of sessions the bad guys have been on a tear making their saves against my hexes. While they should be making their saves about 30% of the time they are making them about 2/3 of the time now. Over a short time dice can get hot but I am talking about many sessions with multiple combats each with me throwing out hexes more rounds than not. Possible but highly unlikely to be that lucky for that long. I should note that the rolls are behind a screen. I recognize that that the witch can be a powerful class. I asked the GM if he was uncomfortable with the witch mechanics and would prefer me to switch classes. He told me that it was fine. Here's the problem. Every time a save is made now I am questioning whether he actually made it or the GM fudged it to balance the fight. It takes a lot of the fun out of it for me. Would it be out of line to ask the GM to roll where we all can see? I respect his right to balance the fight but changing rolls seems like a poor way to go about it. ![]()
![]() I have a PFS Druid that just hit level 7. She is a Saurian Shaman Druid who typically melees in wildshape. I am committed to going Druid through level 8 so that I can get the Strongjaw spell. I would get level 5 spells at level 9 but other than Animal Growth For my companion I don't see a lot on the spell list that excites me. I tend not to use summoning spells as between my character and an animal companion both with multiple natural attacks I feel I get more than enough spotlight time at the table. I was considering a dip into Barbarian to get rage and rage powers. Any advice would be appreciated. ![]()
![]() Having trouble figuring out how much it costs to put Wild on some magic armor. I know in order to have a special ability, armor must have a minimum enhancement of +1. That's 1000gp. The Wild enchant is priced as a +3 enchant, or 9000gp. So is it 10,000 gp(1000+9000) or is it considered a total of a +4 (1+3) item which is 16,000gp? ![]()
![]() Do all PFS character names have to be unique across the PFS universe? Maybe I am not understanding the difference between Character name and full name when you register a new character but when I put in my character name it says it is in use by another avatar. Now I dont intend to be posting in the forums with this name, I just want to use it for a character name. So I guess what I am asking is if someone has a character name Joe, no one anywhere ever can not have a character named Joe? Seems counter intuitive to me. ![]()
![]() I have velociraptor animal companion with weapon focus (talon) (+1 to hit), and weapon finesse (add dex mod to attack roll). I calculate the talon attack, which is a primary attack, to be (dex +3)+(BAB +2)+(weapon finesse +1)=+6. The bite, which is also a primary attack, I calculate should be at +5 without the weapon focus. Hero Lab is calculating the bonuses at +5 and +4 respectively so I am wondering what minus I am missing here. Was just speculating that the small size of the raptor might give a minus 1 to hit but cant confirm that in the rules anywhere. Since none of the attacks are considered secondary attacks I'm clueless as to what I am missing. Hero Lab is confirming all of the modifiers individually, they are just not adding up right. ![]()
![]() I am confused as to how wild shape works as a saurian druid. The book says that at 6th level, a wild shape of anything but a dinosaur will function at druid level -2 but a dinosaur will function at druid level +2. I read this to mean that a saurian druid can use wild shape to turn into a large size dinosaur at an earlier level, but will be limited to a small/ med non dinosaur for longer than normal. I just leveled my saurian druid to level 2. Hero Lab is now telling me I can now wild shape into a dinosaur once a day. Very confused here. ![]()
![]() At first level knife specialist gimps your damage. For sneak attacks a knife specialist rogue wielding a d4 weapon and a regular rogue with a d6 weapon will average the same amount of damage. TWF is assumed. All non sneak attacks and sneak attacks without a dagger for the knife specialist will be less than the regular rogue due to the d4 sneak attack damage or that they are wielding a d4 weapon. Am I right in guessing that as the knife specialist rogue levels up and gains additional d8 sneak attack damage with daggers this outweighs the less damage dealt by non sneak attacks and attack with a non dagger type weapon? New player here. ![]()
![]() Do I record only purchases made of items found in the session on the log, or any purchases I made in between sessions? e.g. I want to purchase a wand with the 2 PP I earned as well as a scroll. Would these items be recorded on the session log and if not how are these purchases accounted for. Thanks in advance for the help. |