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Infusion Specialization states:

Infusion Specialization (Ex): At 5th level, whenever a
kineticist uses one or more infusions with a blast, she
reduces the combined burn cost of the infusions by 1. This
can’t reduce the total cost of the infusions used below 0.
She reduces the burn cost by 1 additional point at 8th, 11th,
14th, 17th, and 20th levels.

Can you suppress Infusion Specialization so as to gain the benefits of Elemental Overflows attack and damage bonuses? The way I read elemental overflow is that you actual want some burn damage so as to have better chance to hit and more damage. So how can you receive those benefits if Infusion Specialization automatically takes one point of burn off and you only have powers that their maximum burn is one.

Elemental Overflow (Ex): At 3rd level, a kineticist’s body
surges with energy from her chosen element whenever
she accepts burn, causing her to glow with a nimbus of
fire, weep water from her pores, or experience some other
thematic effect. In addition, she receives a bonus on her
attack rolls with kinetic blasts equal to the total number of
points of burn she currently has, to a maximum bonus of +1
for every 3 kineticist levels she possesses. She also receives
a bonus on damage rolls with her kinetic blast equal to
double the bonus on attack rolls. The kineticist can suppress
the visual effects of elemental overf low by concentrating
for 1 full round, but doing so suppresses all of this ability’s
other benefits, as well. The next time the kineticist uses any
wild talent, the visual effects and benefits return instantly.
As a kineticist’s body becomes more and more suffused
with her element, she begins to gain more powerful benefits.
Starting at 6th level, whenever she has at least 3 points of
burn, the kineticist gains a +2 size bonus to two physical
ability scores of her choice. She also gains a chance to
ignore the effects of a critical hit or sneak attack equal
to 5% × her current number of points...

I should have stated that the character is 5th level and unable to receive more then 1 point of burn until 6th level.

Infusion Specialization states:

Infusion Specialization (Ex): At 5th level, whenever a
kineticist uses one or more infusions with a blast, she
reduces the combined burn cost of the infusions by 1. This
can’t reduce the total cost of the infusions used below 0.
She reduces the burn cost by 1 additional point at 8th, 11th,
14th, 17th, and 20th levels.

Can you suppress Infusion Specialization so as to gain the benefits of Elemental Overflows attack and damage bonuses? The way I read elemental overflow is that you actual want some burn damage so as to have better chance to hit and more damage. So how can you receive those benefits if Infusion Specialization automatically takes one point of burn off and you only have powers that their maximum burn is one.

Elemental Overflow (Ex): At 3rd level, a kineticist’s body
surges with energy from her chosen element whenever
she accepts burn, causing her to glow with a nimbus of
fire, weep water from her pores, or experience some other
thematic effect. In addition, she receives a bonus on her
attack rolls with kinetic blasts equal to the total number of
points of burn she currently has, to a maximum bonus of +1
for every 3 kineticist levels she possesses. She also receives
a bonus on damage rolls with her kinetic blast equal to
double the bonus on attack rolls. The kineticist can suppress
the visual effects of elemental overf low by concentrating
for 1 full round, but doing so suppresses all of this ability’s
other benefits, as well. The next time the kineticist uses any
wild talent, the visual effects and benefits return instantly.
As a kineticist’s body becomes more and more suffused
with her element, she begins to gain more powerful benefits.
Starting at 6th level, whenever she has at least 3 points of
burn, the kineticist gains a +2 size bonus to two physical
ability scores of her choice. She also gains a chance to
ignore the effects of a critical hit or sneak attack equal
to 5% × her current number of points of burn. At 11th
level, whenever the kineticist has at least 5 points of
burn, these bonuses increase to a +4 size bonus to
one physical ability score of her choice and a +2 size
bonus to each of her other two physical ability scores.
At 16th level, whenever the kineticist has at least 7 points
of burn, these bonuses increase to a +6 size bonus to one
physical ability score of her choice, a +4 size bonus to a second
physical ability score of her choice, and a +2 size bonus to the
remaining physical ability score

Large wave 25%

The Skull and Shackles Player's Guide has a bunch of Naval Combat rules in it that might come in handy.

Thanks, I am going to try and use the states for the water elementals and their specific sizes when it comes to their "CMB" when hit by one. I will not attach the damage to the hit as it isn't an actual creature nor is the hit concentrated. My intent is to use CMB when it comes to being hit by a wave, which I am considering being bull rushed.

Tempest Rising (Skull and Shackles Volume 3) has a table of random storm hazards on page 73. Depending on how serious the hazard is a wave might range from "DC15 Reflex save or fall prone" all the way to "Bull Rush with +30 CMB, treat all creatures as flat-footed, if CMB check succeeds creature is swept overboard."

Thanks, that gives me a measure to what I am looking for.

Are there any expanded rules for 1st edition that have to do with various actions while sailing during turbulent seas? Things such as if hit by a wave (while on deck sailing a ship or in combat), is that treated as a bull rush or a trip or are there special rules involved. If so, how are waves actually calculated in relation to size for those rules (wind speed)? Basically, would a wave have a CMB as a method to calculate its ability to knock a creature over, or some other rule set?

Thanks, I ended up finding some rules that worked for the encounter within both the Airship rules, as well as the Companions of the Firmament Flying rules. Between both products the encounter played out very well.

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Are there any products/charts out there involving adjustments to savings throws while in combat on airships as one example? I am looking at what type of modifiers should be used during the various strengths of turbulence. I'm interested in any type of adjustment indicators with examples and/or set saves as a base line to work off.

Thanks for the clarification.
For a little more background the caster had fly as a movement and was roughly 200' away from the actual spell effect that was cast. The party had a cleric that cast a wall of stone 10' high across a 50' hallway to impede the caster (who at the time was on the ground) from having a visual on the party. With a party member 5'from the wall shooting arrows with his composite long bow and others up to 40' from the wall. Besides the wall there were no visual issues (darkness etc.) when it came to line of effect. So the caster was able to fly up 30' and cast the Horrid Wilting spell. The issue was who could be seen, and I ruled all as the Ranger was a Half elf with a bow in hand. The party wasn't happy with me and I then argued the Line of Effect Rules as I stated above.
I was wrong about the line of effect rules but still not sure that I wasn't fine over all with my call.
I had 3 summoned demons in the mix ( from a different caster)that were affected, with one actually killed due to a roll of 1 because of massive damage. So it's not like there was any preferential treatment on my part.

I do have a couple more questions that I would like an opinion on.
First, if there was an invincible character in the middle of the 60' diameter spell effect but I couldn't see them would they be affected by the spell?
Second, do I have the ability to leave my allies out of the spell effects involving the Horrid Wilting?

I ask these questions because if you need a visual on all creatures affected but it is an area of effect spell why can't I choose which creatures are affected. it's hard for me to reconcile why an area spell limits some choices but not others.

Is Horrid Wilting not a Line of effect spell?

Line of Effect: A line of effect is a straight, unblocked
path that indicates what a spell can affect. A line of effect is
canceled by a solid barrier. It’s like line of sight for ranged
weapons, except that it’s not blocked by fog, darkness, and
other factors that limit normal sight.

If it is a line of effect spell you wouldn't need to see all individuals affected just the beginning of the area and project it out 60ft X 60ft. I say this as the rules state line of effect are not blocked by fog, darkness, and other factors that limit normal sight.

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My problem is not with people being paid a fair or even a good wage as I personally think that's the way it should be. Mine is quite the opposite as I hate the idea of printing the books in China, even if there would be a bump in prices printing with a more friendly country. That though is another argument for a different time.

Keep up the good work Paizo, I truly hope a wage increase is in all your employees near future.

Just getting ready start the Slumbering Tsar Saga and am wondering what point buy (15, 20, 25) is recommended during the start of character creation.

1) Fully agree

2) Fully Agree

2a) Unless unable to use a standard action (for whatever reason) in any given round and are forced to use only move actions it doesn't matter personally how the blasts are allocated. With that said for clarification purposes I am fine with the character using the double blasts as move actions (receiving four blasts).

Here is where the arguments start at our table.

2b)As the GM I believe you would only receive one blast when utilizing swift blast, for a couple reason.
First being under rapid blast there is nothing stated that at a certain level the move action graduation goes to a swift action. Second under the swift action description it states that a lot less time is needed for this action and therefore less could be done.

Swift Actions
A swift action consumes a very small amount of time,
but represents a larger expenditure of effort than a
free action. You can perform one swift action per turn
without affecting your ability to perform other actions.
In that regard, a swift action is like a free action. You
can, however, perform only one single swift action per
turn, regardless of what other actions you take. You
can take a swift action anytime you would normally
be allowed to take a free action. Swift actions usually
involve spellcasting, activating a feat, or the activation
of magic items.

Finally under Mythic haste I don't believe you should be able to magically enhance your characters movement and then get to use 1 little own two extra abilities in that time.

So in closing I believe you should receive 5 blasts as well but for different reasons.

Some questions on the Force Blaster Archetype in The New Paths Compendium from Kobold Press.

When using the rapid blast ability could you use the force blast twice in a round either during a double move action or a Move/standard action?

Rapid Blast (Sp): At 2nd level, a blaster may use his force
blast ability as a move action instead of a standard action.

When using the rapid blast ability combined with the Multiple blast ability could you use the force blast twice in a round either during a double move action or a Move/standard action (actually using four blasts in one round)?

Multiple Blasts (Sp): At 10th level, a blaster may fire
two bolts per use of force blast instead of one. He may fire
both blasts at the same target or at two different targets
that may be no more than 10 feet apart. At 17th level, a
blaster may instead fire three bolts per use of force blast.
This ability replaces the bonus feat normally gained at
10th level.

When using the rapid blast ability combined with the Multiple blast ability and Swift Blast ability could you use the force blast three times in a round either during a swift action/double move action or swift action/Move/standard action (actually using six blasts in one round)?

Swift Blast (Su): At 11th level, a blaster may use his
force blast ability three times per day as a swift action.
This number increases by one additional time per day for
every five levels beyond 11th. This ability replaces the spell
tactician benefit normally gained at 11th level.

Finally when using Mythic Haste (as you receive an extra move action) along with the example above would you receive a total of eight blasts in any given round (if you have access to that many blasts)?

When a dragon for example utilizes their frightful presence which rule applies line of sight, line of effect or just overall range to affect those within the range of the ability, say 300 ft?
If line of sight is not needed and the creatures affected cannot see the dragon (total darkness) do they actually know which direction the dragon is, in relation to those affected?

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Thanks

I moved thread to proper forum, thanks.

It states under haste "The
movement speed increase is 30 feet, to a maximum of
two times the creature’s normal speed for that movement type." So I'm clear, if you have 10' as your movement you would multiply 10X2=20 and only be able to utilize 20' and not the full 30' feet correct? Where as if you have 20' your total would be 40', so you could use the full 30' bonus.
It states under mythic haste "The
movement speed increase changes to 50 feet, to a maximum of
three times the creature’s normal speed for that movement type." So I'm clear, if you have 10' as your movement you would multiply 10X3=30 and only be able to utilize 30' and not the full 50' feet correct? Where as if you have 20' your total would be 60', so you could use the full 50' bonus.

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When I go to order the Gamemastery Guide the order comes up as "Your request produced an error" please fix the error.

I am going to buy the Rise of the Runelords Card Game (Used) online and with the sale Paizo is having I want to buy other character decks. Could someone please tell me with character classes come with the game, thanks.

To clarify is this the sequence of events?

Ranger rolls a 20 for init, Wizard rolls a 15, Enemy Caster rolls a 10
Ranger wins initiative on 20, decides to delay until after the Wizard (15)
Wizard is up next on 15, and casts Dimension Door
Ranger comes out of delay and declares a readied action(which is a standard action, meaning they could have used a move action first) to shoot the Enemy Caster if it casts a spell
Enemy Caster is up next at 10 and starts casting a spell triggering the Readied Action
Ranger interrupts the Enemy Caster possibly causing a concentration check if the Ranger hits
Enemy Caster finishes casting the spell (if passing the concentration check)

Perfectly normal.

TIL: you can specify a specific initiative count to end your delay, not just in reaction to something.

Correct

Would a quickened spell still set off the readied attacks.

I fully understand the scenario of the delay but I also know the reaction of the evil mage would change as well. When confronted with three enemies within 20' feet of him, no allies near him and seeing a ranged weapon pointing in his direction he would change his actions. His initiative has not come up yet and when it does he commands undead to protect him instead of casting a spell and therefore the Ranger never gets of his attacks because a spell was never cast. I wanted to make sure that we were playing everything out properly before moving forward with the initiative.

Once a characters initiative has begun can they state they are delaying their initiative then come out of the delay and at that time ready an action?
The situation played out like this. One of the players in the party that was the first to go in initiative decided to delay their action until another character cast a dimension door on the party members to get them in a place where they had line of site on the mage. Once the party appeared within reach of a ranged attack against the mage the Ranger decided to stop the delay and then ready an action. Under the delayed action you cannot disrupt another characters action but under ready you can. The character came out of delay before the caster but to get the benefits of both rules to me is a problem, what is everyone's point of view on this.

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thanks,
Guy Ladouceur

I was interested in the Mythic Monster Manual Hardcover from Legendary Games and that option is not available for this book but is for others. Please let me know if I have the ability to just buy the book.

thanks,
Guy Ladouceur

What if you us the extra move from mythic Haste and the extra attack from mythic Heroism?

When buying the multi-packs are they all new maps?

Due to the fact that it's an Abjuration Spell instead of a conjuring would true seeing work?

When a medium creature is caught in the air elementals whirlwind attack can a spiritual weapon still attack the creature caught up in it? I would say no due to the rule if it touches the ground the caster doesn't have a visual due to debris but what about in the air?

If the whirlwind’s base touches the ground, it creates
a swirling cloud of debris. This cloud is centered on the
creature and has a diameter equal to half the whirlwind’s
height. The cloud obscures all vision, including darkvision,
beyond 5 feet. Creatures 5 feet away have concealment, while
those farther away have total concealment.

Just wondering if there will be a consolidation of the mythic creatures from the Mythic Monster Manual until now any time soon? if this question has been asked already I apologize and please point me in the right direction for the answer.

Yes that is how we played it with the exception of if you grabbed onto a wall after making the reflex save you moved as per the climb skill. The other being if you were floating in mid air with no way to move you we stuck there as per the spell.

If you are affected by a reverse gravity spell and you pass the dexterity save ( due to hanging on to a wall) how is your movement affected? On the other hand if you have nothing to hold on to and you either are floating in the air or touching the ceiling after take damage from the spell how is you movement affected?

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thanks,
Guy

Would rather have the maps without the fires and add fire using the map packs as we have done in the past.

I cancelled my maps subscription too.

Thanks, that was my position also but there was clearly disagreement at the table

When a medium character has readied an attack against a larger creature with reach and the conditions for the readied action are when the creature attacks the character I know that the character could make a 5' move and attack with their readied action. What I am wondering is can the character attack the large creature when the creature is using its reach to attack the character and the character doesn't move but the reach of the creature allows its natural attack/weapon to enter the characters square.

No that is good, thanks Diego.

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thanks,
Guy Ladouceur

Have never played the Pathfinder card game as of yet, with that said if you have this deck of evil characters can the Good and the evil battle each other within the game itself.

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Sorry I have four
Half-Giants
Fetchlings
Aasimar
Dwarves

For ease of play I play fast healing/regeneration the same way I play spells with a duration. That being, at the very end of the round all effects take place, as do all spells with a duration end. As the GM I find it much easier then to have everything happen in many different parts of the round, because in my experience stuff gets forgotten far more when they are all broken up.

when a captured party member is in the back of one cart and his items are in another cart with 16 boxes that are closed but not locked how long will it take him/her to find them if freed