Captain Elreth

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Ok, first of all it wasn’t a conversation the poster was having with “members of his table”. He was having a conversation with the VC and a VO of our lodge. (yes I know the poster as we are in the same PFS lodge) The conversation was not with any of the GM’s running.

Now I think what the VC and VO were looking at was where it states that Mithral makes armor one category lighter for purposes of Movement and other limitations (not EVERYTHING Ipslore – don’t add words) and does not make say heavy armor actually medium armor, it’s just treated as such. Now with that said, I am (as the poster will undoubtedly confirm) the single biggest hard line GM in our lodge when it comes to RAI over RAW, but I agree with the poster on this one. If you rule as the VC and VO did in their conversation, in regards to the Cavalier and Emmisary with regards to Heavy armor is still heavy armor, then you have to rule that way for all classes in regards to using mithral to make armor a class category lighter, Rangers, Rogues etc etc with all their special abilities that are tied to medium and or light armor. If the rule stated armor is treated as one category lighter for movement purposes and all RELATED limitations, now I would agree with the VC and VO, but it doesn’t, nor do I think that was their Intent. The poster in my opinion is correct, the cavalier would treat the Mithral Plate as medium armor for purposes of “In or out of the saddle”.

Now an issue I DO have issue with something the poster stated that RAW should trump RAI in PFS always unbalanced or not….{insert buzzer noise here}. The developers have already posted that it was not their intention or ability to try and cover every loophole, every exploit in the rules, that they expected the GM’s and players to use common sense on how a rule should be applied when the intent is clear. It is not the purpose of PFS for players to find loopholes to create exploit monsters with. When you do this you reduce the enjoyment of all the players at your table who have not done so, and many times reduce if not ruin the flavor and excitement of the adventure in question. If the developers (as they have stated before) wrote a set of rules that they had to try and cover every possible loophole to prevent exploit, the books would be incredibly large, unwieldy, and cumbersome. Please use common sense even in PFS, if you think something looks whacky…chances are it is.

Bottom line of topic though, I agree with Quite Riot on his interpretation on of Mithral and it’s effect on armor categories.


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I know I am definitely in the minority here but this is an AP I am not looking forward to.
I cringe at the thought of Fantasy characters running around with laser beams and stuff. I didn't like Expedition to the Barrier Peaks and I know I was not alone in this.
But I also understand I have the recourse simply not to play in it or purchase it. :)

I can just see it now, the maximized Zen Archer with Proton Beams, or the maximized Gunslinger with the Plasma Cannon...may the Gods help us all.