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I am DMing a PF1 group who are having trouble with this above mentioned combat action.

The ruleset doesnt define as best as it perhaps could and so I wish to check the situation here so to best minimise arguments.

I have a player who feels its possible to ready an action "to shoot anything that jumps out from anywhere". Ive been able to get the trigger action a bit more defined as "to shoot anything that jumps out from anywhere in my field of view"

Is this trigger action ok?

Is there a source perhaps you are aware of that can help players make their own mind up on weather an action they wish to ready is similar to others acceptable within the rules? eg a list/chart?

When a Magus gains a new level beyond first, he gains two new spells as in accordance with the quotation from Ultimate Magic being:

"At each new magus level, he gains two new magus spells of any spell level or levels that he can cast (based on his new magus level) for his spellbook."

1)Now are these two new spells per level gained...

a) Transferred from scrolls or
b) Do they just "come to him" and he writes them into his spell book.

2) Any which way hes obtained them above. Are these spells able to be written into his spell book at no cost or time loss?.

Thanks!

I understand the staggered condition to be this...
"A staggered creature may take a single move action or standard action each round (but not both, nor can he take full-round actions). A staggered creature can still take swift and immediate actions."

So does this mean while staggered, if you take a standard action, you cant also take a 5 foot step?
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Hello All,
Had an interesting situation that prompted a few problems I was hoping you could assist with.
Condition/Situation= I needed to find any item depicting a certain rune within an orc encampment. On opening a door I saw such upon a few small sheilds on the rooms walls. On entering the room it was "the big bad boss orcs room" who via his hounds scent ability detected me then basically proceeded to close a double door and stand in front of it with a guard standing in front of it as well . This covered the two five foot squares the doors filled, so I couldnt escape cause I couldnt pass through their square to open the door and get out.
I eventually lured one of them away from the door (started extinguishing the rooms torches) opening a space for me to enter adjacent to the door, opened it and managed to escape. But the opponent just ran ahead of me (as I stopped and healed to stop my visible blood trail) and just stood ahead in my 5ft passage, again blocking my escape.
During this we encountered these main questions....

1) Attack of Opportunity= If I was to be in a threatened square while invisible and do something that provokes an attack of opportunity. Or simply leave the threatened square. As I have full concealment, do they still get to make attack of opportunities without any visual clues to trigger them?

2) Passing Through An Enemy Square= Can an invisible person pass through an opponents square of the same size when invisible? I couldnt do so with acrobatics, as without any invisibilty bonus, the DC was too high to pass him. Any attempts would provoke an attack of opportunity on my fail and so leading to my eventual death if I continued trying it. I couldnt do it with stealth either as the Dm didnt think it sounded correct in doing so, as with invis bonuses i was virtually undetectable and would escape.

3) Enemy Passing Through Your Square= CAn you allow an enemy to pass through your square when invisible? Even if you are flat footed? Figured it may be like Over-run feat where you can simply chose to stand aside and let them pass (but not when flat footed).

4) Flat Footed= I was eventually forced to attack exposing my position. When this attack was conducted I was invisible, so I reappeared. Does this mean I appear when I hit him or before I try and thinking to do so... so the orc isnt flat footed to my first attack as he knows Im "out there somewhere", but when I reappear to attack he sees me and so is not flat footed?

So I was stuck, with an orc blocking my 5ft passage out and unable to pass him sliding against walls past him or even stealthfully moving through. So I was forced to attack, revealed my position and in an encampment of 2000 orcs....game over.

I hope this makes sense and you can assist.
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I have a Druid and his animal companion but had the following questions I cant answer.....

1) Does a Druids animal companion start with full hit points at first level or need it roll for its hit points.

2) Does the companion die at 0 hp like monsters do or at its negative con score like player characters?

Thanks!

We came across an unusual circumstance during our last game and hoping some here may clarify better than we could.

Basically the party (including me) decided to lay in wait on two sides of an entrance hiding behind collums. The plan was that one of these persons hiding behind the collum would throw a flash bomb once the enemy walked through this opening and the other would attack while the enemy was blinded.

Now when this was due to occur (I was the one who was going for the suprise attack)and the enemy was spotted walking between the collums (who hadnt seen us). I said to the DM that of course when I saw the bomb being thrown by my collegue behind the other collum at the enemy I would naturally blink enough to avoid the flash then attack(I did not say it after the bomb had been thrown)

The DM said that this couldnt be done because blinking was a free action, so it must be done on my turn and as it wasnt my turn in the inititative yet, it ws the bomb throwers, I couldnt blink.So then I was blinded as well as the our enemy.

Im not sure if the rules say this, or I should have "readied an blinking action" instead. Which would have effectively bogged down our plan.

Im not sure if this is taking rules to an extreeme, as how I see it, moving ones head, or arm should equally be free acts too and theres plenty of this going on within a six second round as is, free or otherwise. So I didnt really think blinking would need anymore attention that forewarning my Dm prior to the flash that I would shut my eyes for the brief second when the bomb was due to hit the ground and explode.

So is this taking the rules too far or does this seem reasonable within the games mechanics?