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Hi Folks,

Am I missing something or does the Investigator talent, Unconventional Inspiration, have absolutely no function at all? It seems to imply that Inspiration doesn't work with all skills. Yet having read and re-read Inspiration there's nothing there that implies a limit to which skills it will work with. It doesn't even say it won't work with unskilled skills. So needless to day I'm a bit mystified.

JoS.

OK,

Playing an Alchemist for the first time and the nature of Extracts is raising all sorts of questions. Chief among them, can an alchemist use metamagic feats with extracts? It seems to be a no-brainer but the way the feats are written would seem to say no.

On a tangent, if an Alchemist can't use MM feats then what are some good feats for an alchemist TO take?

JoS.

Hey Folks,

I'm building a Gnoll Barbarian entering the adventure path midway and I want to get a Hyaenodon for his mount. Any suggestions on a reasonable cost?

JoS.

OK,

What happens to the Jump spell under Pathfinder? As the skill it modifies is now rolled into Acrobatics does the spell get renamed Acrobat? Does it add +10 to Acrobatics or +10 to Acrobatics only when performing leaps?

I ask because I'm converting a certain encounter with a bard on the run and said bard ends up with a bonus that used to cover only one skill (jump) now covering three skills (jump, balance, and tumble) required to flee the PC's.

JoS

OK,

I've really liked what Pathfinder has been doing but the new Monk just doesn't cut it. Admittedly there has been some attempt to correct previous failings but a Monk without a full BAB and only a D8 hit die will always fail to compete with other melee combatants.

The ki pool changes miss more often (aka flurry of blows) to misses even more often. Add this to Maneuver Training and it seems they are bending over backwards to do everything BUT increase the BAB. Why make such a complicated system for such a simple fix.

JoS

This came up during my past playtest session and is more a question than a comment.

Which feats, if any, can be used with the Hand of the Apprentice (HotA) power? I've ruled for the moment that they cannot at all but that's really just a way to dodge the question for moment. HotA seemed exceptionally effective during my first session when wielded by an Elven Wizard with a 20 Int and I didn't think the character should also get to add Weapon Focus and other melee based feats to its use.

JoS

OK,

Can someone translate the description for Dimensional Steps under the Conjuration School abilities for me. I don't understand the effect as it is described.

Do you only teleport 5 ft?

Do you teleport any distance but pop into every 5 ft you travel stuttering through the whole distance?

Do you teleport any distance up to max so long as the total distance is divisible by 5'? 20' or 25' is OK but 22' is no good.

Sadly confused.

JoS

Hey Paizo folks,

Will Pathfinder ship in the polybags ala Dungeon/Dragon or will it come in carboard slipcases akin to those used by Amazon?

Jack

Hi Folks,

Just about to start Lords of Oblivion (ala the new HC) and I noticed a small problem. The adventure says to award experience to the players as if they had defeated Celeste in combat if they rescue her from the painting in Oblivion (room O14). Which would be great but Celeste does not appear in Appendix 4. So how the devil do I figure out the experience she is worth and what the heck are her stats if she decides to stick it out with the players? Has there been an errata for the HC yet?

Jack