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It was nice rereading this thread and the guide. Brought back some memories.
I guess I'll have to do one for PF2 once they release an Inquisitor for 2nd Edition. Nobody is going to expect that.

Brawlers and unchained monks don't get any special abilities that grant them attack roll bonuses. Antipaladins and paladins don't gain bonuses outside of smite, which has a limited number of uses per day and doesn't help if you're not fighting opponents of the character's opposed alignment. Cavaliers also don't get bonuses on attack rolls unless they belong to a specific order (like the order of the cockatrice) that grants them one. Those bonuses are usually situation (i.e. be the only person threatening your opponent) or tied to the challenge class feature or some other limited uses per day ability.

So no, the vigilante not getting attack boosts is not unusual. Fighters, barbarian, bloodragers, and slayers are the only full BAB classes that can get those attack bonuses with any amount of assurance.

Paladins and Rangers get spells that increase their BAB and monks and brawlers get extra attacks.

It's a full-round action, not a standard. So you don't get a move action in the same turn. Unlike vital strike which is a standard.

At 10th level, a sword saint learns to focus faster and is able to make an iaijutsu strike as a standard action, and the penalty to his AC is reduced to –2. This ability replaces a samurai’s mount.

Seems like it should be easy enough to rewrite them though, or not?

Also why not have more 1/2 AC here and there, such that it is rounded down unless it ends up with an even number?

Piecemeal can't work for Pathfinder. Either piecemeal armor is worse than normal armor and becomes obsolete once the characters can buy mithral shirts, breastplates and fullplates. Or it's better and makes regular armor obsolete.

If you want your character to wear piecemeal armor, just take a regular one and describe it differently.

It's Race Trait, not Racial Trait.

And Aasimer is not a legal choice for Racial Heritage, though an Aasimar with the Scion of Humanity trait could take Racial Heritage.

If you care about AC, play a beast totem savage technologist.

Pledged.

You could chop off your arm and replace it with a enchantable mechanical one.

The arcanist has access to all arcane spells? I was under the impression that he only had access to the sorcerer/wizard list.

3rd level favors the rogue.
Rogues get their 2nd sneak die at 3rd level while investigators get studied combat (as well as 2nd level extracts) at 4th level.

And ninjas are rogue+.

Nope, you get 1 and I don't think there is a way to get more.

Yes and no. There is a shaman archetype that gets to chose from the ancestor and time revelations.

How about Healing?
2nd—remove fear, 4th—lesser restoration, 6th—remove disease, 8th—restoration, 10th—cleanse, 12th—pillar of life 14th—greater restoration, 16th—mass cure critical wounds, 18th—true resurrection.

Does anyone else have the Attack on Titan theme playing in their head each time they read anything about this AP?

It works with everything. Be sure to watch out for NPCs with huge noses. They might be traitors.

Also, cool. I didn't find a whole lot ABOUT the lupines from that link but it was still interesting to know about. Is there more info somewhere, out of curiosity?

Dragon 325 has Lupines for 3.5 (reprinted in the Dragon Compendium). Those are more wolf than dog.

There are other dog races as well, like the Dovers from Oathbound (released for Pathfinder, though not the most balanced of settings). Or the Sibeccai from Arcana Unearthed/Evolved (released by White Wolf, so their name is Closed Content).

Dog-headed humanoids also have a firm place in mythology.

The best place for them on Golarion would, in my opinion, be southern Garund (the homeland of catfolk is also supposed to be there).

So I'd say it would be best to wait for a setting book on southern Garund before releasing a companion book on those races.

Tendriculous (SP). Another 3.5 staple overpowered mon. Dunno if they ported it, but it was a giant plant monster made of vines that lives in swamps. With a big toothy maw. And it could grab things. It also had a fairly high Regeneration. What bypassed it? Well, logically you'd think slashing weapons (cut the vines) or fire (it's a plant). NOPE! It was weak to Bludgeoning and Acid. AND it was far...

I've got some bad news for you

Although it's slightly toned down, less strength, less constitution and fire works against its regeneration.

Is Sacred Geometry np complete?

Fill his spellbook with explosive runes.

Fabricate some 'proof' that he's an evil wizard. Maybe some plot that would have resulted in the destruction of the village.

Yes, because there never was a setting with a kingdom of french dog/wolf people (lupines) called Renardy, neighbouring a kingdom of english catfolk (rakasta) called Bellayne.

That is a neat trick, but how does that allow me to cast a level one spell at will? I guess I coulduse it with spell recall. That would work,

This would also be of some use:

Flask of Endless Sake

Aura faint enchantment; CL 5th
Slot none; Price 4,000 gp; Weight 1 lb.
Description
This simple ceramic flask looks like any other normal container for serving sake, or rice wine. If the flask’s silver stopper is removed and the command word spoken, up to 1 gallon of sake can be poured from the flask per round. In addition, once per day, a character can drink directly from the flask to gain the effects of a potion, determined randomly. Roll 1d6 on the following table to determine the type of potion.

Ki Arcana (Ex)

Prerequisite: Magus 6, must also have levels in a class that grants a ki pool

Benefit: The magus may use points from his arcana pool and ki points from a ki pool granted by another class interchangeably.

Drunken Ki (Su): At 3rd level, a drunken master can drink a tankard of ale or strong alcohol and gain one temporary ki point. The act of drinking is a standard action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity. The monk can have a maximum number of drunken ki points equal to 1 plus one additional point for every two levels thereafter (5th, 7th, and so on). The monk can gain this temporary ki even before he gains a ki pool at 4th level. These drunken ki points last for 1 hour or until spent, whichever is shorter. As long as he has at least 1 drunken ki point, the monk can spend 1 ki point as a swift action to move 5 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity. This ability replaces still mind.

Yes.

Monk's Robe does the same as the Monk's Belt. It got changed to make place for physical statboosters.

How about an order of the sword mammoth rider?

If celestials could attack that easily, why didn't they stop the Whispering Tyrant? Or the Worldwound. Why the hatred of Cheliax? There are factions far worse in the setting. Is it a bit to close to home?

Back in 3.0 when we were still rolling stats, one of the players rolled the equivalent of a 48 point buy. D&D 3 point-buy was different from Pathfinder (25 being standard and 32 high), but it would have cost about 37 points in PF. As a compromise, the DM gave every player a 40 point-buy. Since than, I always use point-buy.
I've also seen proponents of some esoteric stat rolling method throw a tantrum when they didn't end up with the stats they wanted.

Will other APs include technology stuff, similar to how the APs after WotR included mythic content?

And I'd prefer a setting neutral hardcover anyway since that would allow the inclusion of stuff like the WW1 equipment from RoW that doesn't exist on Golarion.

And why don't Techslingers use Intelligence for Grit instead of Wisdom?

4d6 drop low is equivalent to 15 pt buy already.

average on 4d6 drop low is 12.24 which is the same as 12,12,12,12,12,13 pt buy with a little left over. Or 15 points.

That's not a good way to model it. For a proper comparison you'd have to get the average point-buy value of a rolled stat, not the point-buy value of the average rolled stat. The problem is, that rolling can generate stats between 3 and 18 while point-buy only allows stats between 7 and 18, although rolling below 7 is rather rare.

Considering how well the Technology Guide sold, how are the chances for an Ultimate Technology hardcover with expanded rules on computers, spaceships, mechs and all the robots?

Make him a lycanthrope. Or

Are you planning to remove those spells from the opponents as well? Many high CR monsters have plenty of save or suck effects as spells and spell-likes.

Dawnflower dervish bard.

I'd rather have a 'mystic future' AP.
WotR was pretty succesful, though, the final part reached low stock very fast.

Faerie Fire won't work. It's 1st level while Deeper Darkness is 3rd.

Spamming deeper darkness will be extremely annoying for everyone. For the 11th bolt ace level, Signature Deed is the feat to take.

Err, what's Inner Sea Races?

A campaign setting hardcover announced for september. Wayfinder 12 has a preview of the cover.

Elves of Golarion will probably be revised in Inner Sea Races.

The Shaman on the other hand lets you cross Cleric out of your book and never look back. While pilfering it's spell list. And the Wizard/Sorcerer list. And a hex from the Witch. With some spontaneous casting. With a Flexible Domain. And flexible hexes. Not to mention the d8 HD, the 3/4th BAB and 4+Int Skill points. Oh sure it loses good Fort save. But can Channel and Domains really top all that? I humbly submit that it cannot.

The shaman has some serious MAD issues:

Arcane Enlightenment (Su): The shaman's native intelligence grants her the ability to tap into arcane lore. The shaman can add a number of spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1) to the list of shaman spells she can prepare. To cast these spells she must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell's level, but the saving throw DCs of these spells are based on her Wisdom rather than Intelligence. When she casts these spells, they are treated as divine rather than arcane. Each time the shaman gains a level after taking this hex, she can choose to replace one of these spells for a new spell on the wizard/sorcerer spell list.

A level 5 character would be CR 5 because a PC has better equipment than an NPC.
A played a graveknight antipaladin with CR as level adjustment and it kind of worked.

Earth elementals.

The only thing that counts as armor is armor.

Unless it's a wild armor worn by a wildshaped druid.

Probably because Kineticist and Medium are the only new classes. The others are rehashes of existing stuff... And not particularly good rehashes at that.

And even the Kineticist I fear will be ruined by those awful Burn mechanics.

Binder and Warlock are new?

There's a difference between posting information also on Facebook and posting information solely on Facebook.

You do realise saying your doing good, but "actually" doing evil will show you as "Evil".

In a country how many would be able to mask their alignment, i'm betting not that many... of those some would get away or cause other havoc due to their undetectability, but that would happen anyway , cos invisibility is a 2nd level spell..

Still does not mean that the ones that detected as Evil aren't guilty.
(unless funky magic was used and that's pretty rare too.)

Well extreme greed would probably also detect as Evil...

There should be a difference between being guilty and deserving death.

And the ones you can detect are the small fry. The ones able to avoid detection are the most dangerous.

Good implies altruism, respect for life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings. Good characters make personal sacrifices to help others.

Evil implies hurting, oppressing, and killing others. Some evil creatures simply have no compassion for others and kill without qualms if doing so is convenient. Others actively pursue evil, killing for sport or out of duty to some evil deity or master.

It's not that hard to detect as evil ...

Thanks. I still own SotSM, I even used it twice for Pathfinder, first time during the Alpha and later in 2010. It would probably work far better these days.
I still don't get why publishers try to support Facebook by hiding information there.

CraziFuzzy wrote:

Also in the Advanced Race Guide:

Tools, Amazing Tools of Manufacture - which is insanely awesome.

So... Creating a masterwork fullplate for 825 gp in materials in a single hour will certainly make certain crafters filthy rich... Not players however as they would sell it at cost.

If you want to get rich by crafting, play an Alchemist/Daggermark Poisoner.

A mere mortal thinks they know better then the gods.

This is a fictional world not the real world things work differently.

That sounds like something Loki would say. Puny god.

There are many ways to fool the detect spells. Nondetection, Misdirection, Undetectable Alignment. Also spells like Infernal Healing.
My antipaladin registered as LG thanks to Mask of Virtue.

Smite Evil works on the true alignment, but even without the extra damage from smite, you are still hurting those you attack.
Spells like Holy Word are also harder to fool but also damage neutral targets.

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.

Killing someone just because he detects as evil is wrong. It's an excellent way for a paladin to fall and the same goes for angels.

motteditor wrote:

I'm intrigued. Watching the video now and eager to get to the download.

Hmmm. Didn't see the page where we're actually supposed to download the file. (May have missed it as I was listening to the video more than watching it.)

The link is here on the Louis Porter Jr. Design Facebook page.

Is there any way to get the link for people who neither have nor want a Facebook account?

So most threads are about a particular game and peter out after a few or a dozen posts, including my own.

So I thought it would be nice if there was a spot where you can talk about games in general, what are you currently playing? What's your favorite game you played last year? What game are you excited for? Does your cat sleep on the keyboard? All relevant.

I personally have been playing Assassins Creed Valhalla (for the a viking) and have been getting back into Expedition 33 since they added the free expansion, which is pretty out there, even for Expedition 33 standards.

I apologize for the slightly click baity title, I am a big fan of Gabe.

Anyway, just wondering what happened to the Burning Archipelago and the sun in Starfinder 2 I noticed it hasn't been mentioned at all in any book.

Just curious.

First off, I'm playing as Tammerine (pre-lich Tammy) a strongheart halfling archery ranger with animal focus. My go to familiar is the cat or spider, my go to animal companion is the wolf or bear (or giant raven).

Feel free to share your own life lessons, I'm currently in part 1.

1) being evil is super easy, barely an inconvenience. But it also means Karlach and I can never be friends... *restarts game*

Long story short, more than a week ago I tried switching to a Starfinder Adventure subscription, then tried getting customer service to switch the current adventure in the pending order to the subscription.

Well they made a mess of things, cancelled the current adventure in my order and spawned not one, but two separate orders for Red Shift Rally and the Kobold King Hardcover, while leaving the current bigger order in limbo.

I've been trying to reach customer service department for EIGHT DAYS and have heard absolutely nothing. I've tried responding to the original email chain, and I've tried starting a new email chain, all to no avail.

Well, you're not getting any more of my money if you're going to ignore me.

Cancel everything.

So far my only recourse is to change the expiration date on my payment method, hopefully that's enough.

Ahoy hoy,

Just as the title says, it turns out they have it at the local game store that's conveniently located on my drive home from work. Which is easier for the holiday season.

Thank you, have a great week! Stay warm, it's brutally cold out here on the tundra.

I feel like I'm going to be coming back to this often, with all sorts of questions!

First of all, great job! Looks like a ton of fun!

First question! Can you use your major forms to create armor? Examples in the gear array description only mention weapons and cybernetic augmentations.

B) Do your nanites form all the major and minor forms all at once, or is it as you need the item it's just there.

So I got this game last week but didn't get to play it until Friday, and boy have I been playing it.

But I feel like I should start over and record my findings.

For this playthrough my Biomutant breed is Rex, I went full on intelligence (for the Fievel head) Psi-Freak and I'm going with dark side type of powers but I'm going to side with the ninja hippie tribe instead of the nihilist samurais.

My Biomutant looks like you combined Fievel with Lots A Huggin Bear and gave him PTSD amnesia.

So basically, humanity is wiped out and the world tree is dying and it's up to Captain Lots Of Ammo to save it. Through any means necessary.

Ahoy hoy,

My local store got all of these in stock recently and I'd rather get them from them since it won't take them 40 days to ship.

Thanks, sorry for any inconveniences this may cause.

Ahoy hoy,

So apparently my subs decided they wanted company so they pulled a Dead Reign sourcebook out of a different order and added it to my subs this month, which would normally be fine, but I'd rather get my subs sooner rather than later as the Dead Reign book says it will ship in 16-38 days which is a bit long to wait for a new Starfinder AP.

So, if you could please break up the party and separate the Dead Reign sourcebook that would be great!

I'd do it myself, but I don't want them to think I'm not cool or a narc or anything like that.

Thanks, have a great weekend!

By the way, if you're looking for a zombie apocalypse game Dead Reign is surprisingly fun, I highly recommend it.

Edit: It seems it also shuffled the Graveyard Earth book all by it's lonesome in the sidecar. If you could combine it with the book it tried throwing with my subs into a separate order to ship out when you get them in the warehouse that would be great!

Ahoy hoy,

So I don't mind waiting for the order, but I'm curious as to a couple of things.

1. Which product is backordered?

2. Is it actually on backorder or is it the last one you have so the inventory system automatically says it's backordered (our system at Toys R Us would do that, you wouldn't believe how many times I'd have to check the bays or shelves looking for the last fingerling in the store).

3. If it is backordered what's the average turnaround time on that, and further what are the chances your distributer no longer carries the item.

Thanks! I realize that's a lot to throw at you so no hurry!

Have a great weekend!

Also, if your distributer doesn't carry it anymore go ahead and cancel it, no big deal, Palladium Books aren't exactly the trendy thing these days so completely understandable. Thanks again!!

Ahoy hoy,

After I placed the order it says pending but then also says it will ship in an unknown amount of time. I don't suppose you can have someone check the inventory, and if possible you can combine it with the also pending Australia book and the England book in my side cart into one dynamic, action packed order.

If it's in stock, otherwise just cancel whatever is not in stock.

Thanks, stay safe out there!

Ahoy hoy,

I have an assortment of Starfinder stuff in my shopping cart I'd like to have shipped to a fellow forum member, lisamarlene with whatever shipping is cheaper, also if the Paizocon 2020 code is still active could you apply that to the order (as long as it doesn't drop the order below 100).

Thanks!

I can't link to all the spam posts or threads as I'm at work but I have been tagging it.

Anyway, it's starting to get obnoxious again, just thought you'd want to know.

Ahoy hoy!

So, it's finally happened, after three weeks of ninety degrees every day (I work outside) my brain finally snapped and I accidentally titled a thread "Who Will be The Agents of Edgewatch" instead of "Who Are Your Agents of Edgewatch".

I don't suppose someone can fix that, preferably before my brain tries to attack itself for such insolence. Don't worry, I still have three more days working in the heat this week so you have some time.

For me, I think my character will be a Shoony Investigator named McGruff.

Ahoy hoy,

So I've added a bunch of stuff to my sidecart the last week or so, I don't suppose you'd mind sending it to the warehouse now rather than having an insanely complicated order for next month.

Thanks!

F@!+ yes! This, this is the game we need right now!

If you haven't played it I highly recommend getting it.

Ahoy hoy,

I hope your week is going well, mine is going pretty good so far!

Anyway, I recently ordered Lost Omens Legends and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind switching it to a subscription. I was going to do it myself but it wanted me to start with Gods and Magic, which I already have so I figured you would be the experts on sorting everything out.

Thanks! As always I've been greatly enjoying your books!

P.S. I sent an email regarding a pawn mix-up with the last order but no hurry!

Ahoy hoy,

Apparently my wife went all crazy shopping this last weekend and I got a transaction declined message this afternoon. I don't suppose you can reverse that charge or do whatever magic it is that you do and then have it set to ship Friday.

Thank you! Stay healthy and safe!!

Edit: I don't think it technically charged my card it just pinged it so I don't think an actual reversal or whatever is needed but if you could please push it back to Friday that would be awesome!

Ahoy hoy,

I don't know if it's a glitch in the system or if it's just an early warning system, but I got an email saying my complimentary SFS PDFs are pending, which is odd because usually PDFs don't do that.

If you don't mind checking to see what's up that would be amazing! No hurry!

Have a great rest of the week!

Edit: Also, I don't know if my sub order is stuck in some sort of weird pending Upside Down or just waiting for it's turn, but if you could double check the status of that order that would also be amazing.

Thanks, we love 2nd edition!

Just as the title says, no hurry just wanted to report it.

I'm fine, really, yup, no biggie here!

Grabs a baseball bat, and curls up in a fetal position in the corner, sucking his thumb.

Yup, just dandy!

Ahoy hoy,

I got my package right on time last week, opened up the deck and unwrapped the plastic on the cards and went through them and discovered card #46 is missing.

So, I guess if you have a spare card #46, or maybe take it out of Cosmo's deck when he's off doing his dastardly deeds or whatever, that would be great.

No hurry, I'm sure the universe won't collapse without it.

Thanks, have a great day!

Ahoy hoy,

I don't suppose you can hold off on shipping this until Monday, unexpected bill and whatnot.

I will definitely be good by Monday though.

Thanks!

No worries if it ships before you get to it, my bad.

Have a great weekend!

Aw s&&&, guess who got a new videogame for Christmas!

I can't wait to see what kind of damage I can do!

Unfortunately, first it has to load and I have some household stuff done so get your advice in now if you have it (and I welcome all advice).

As always, feel free to join in, play along, or just want somewhere to hang feel free to contribute!

Happy holidays!

Just as the title says, I can't think of any other reason it might happen.

No hurry, have a great weekend!!

Ahoy hoy,

As the title says, I got the first two I was eligible for but nothing after that.

No hurry, have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!

Anyone else notice that the response time from customer service has fallen off a cliff?

I've had a thread about my current order up for nearly a week, and they seem to only answer a couple of threads a day these days.

That's no way to run a customer service center.

Ahoy hoy,

I don't suppose you'd mind adding the Lost Omens Character Guide to my currently pending subscription order.

Thank you, have a great weekend!

Ahoy hoy,

I don't suppose you'd mind holding this order until next week it would make things easier, back to school fees and what not.

Thanks! Have a great week!

I thought I'd do the community a solid, if this is in the wrong spot feel free to move it.

With the creatures for Bestiary 2 set it's probably too late for that, but no harm in trying to guess!

Because of that I decided to give it a number neutral name as sort of a catch all for the inevitable 4-120th Bestiaries.

And please remember the only rule of a Captain Yesterday created thread, Be excellent to each other!

Hey, that's 500 aliases! If that isn't jumping the shark then I don't know what is.

It's a good thing I live in Wisconsin, if it's one thing I learned from Happy Days it's that Wisconsin has a large amount of sharks swimming about.

I'm obviously not stopping, but it's not going to get any better.

Exactly what the title says.

And.... Go!

I, for one, welcome our new second edition overlords! May their rule be long, and action packed!

Ahoy hoy,

I don't suppose you'd mind jamming my most recent subscription order into my side cart for a week, it will make the week easier to manage.

Thanks, have a great weekend! It's sunny and warm here, for the first time in months, so I'm pretty stoked!

Ahoy hoy,

I just wanted to confirm that Pathfinder Advantage would continue on the Adventure Path subscription if that is my only Pathfinder sub when the new edition drops, like it has been.

Thanks, have a great week! Hopefully it's stopped raining for the winter!

Don't get me wrong, it's great to finally get some news but I'm afraid the name Age of Ashes doesn't really tell me anything, other than I'll need a respirator mask, and there's apparently a hill chock full of Hellknights.

So, I'm curious if a general plot has been announced and I'm just missing it or if they're doing it to cultivate mystique.

It all sounds fun, just curious. :-)

Yay! First thread for Dawn of Flames!!

First of all, kudos for the adventure path! It looks like a blast!

Now, all I need is time to get my party organized.

So, what do you, the community want to make for this one.

Exactly as it says, no big deal, you don't have to send it manually or anything, i keep an eye on my order history during the shipping window anyway, so i'd seen it completed and there isn't a tracking number to keep track of. I just thought you'd like to know!

Thanks!

Have a great (and hopefully snow free) rest of your week!

Ahoy hoy,

I just wanted to pass along my thanks for you being you!

Your customer service is always helpful and prompt.

Your warehouse always gets it done promptly, no matter how confusing my order.

I've enjoyed everything I've gotten from you and your products have greatly enhanced both my life and my family's too!

Your artists, writers, and cartographers have always been incredibly talented, very approachable, and thoughtful.

Your editors, designers, and developers have always been willing to listen, open to change, and eager to try new things (as well as talented and all that).

Your management team is always willing to take risks and also eager to try new things and have always been incredibly helpful, forthright, and transparent.

Thank you for your web team and message boards, I've made a lot of good friends, learned a lot about myself, both good and bad, and even learned how to write by using your message boards.

So, thank you! For everything!

Now, some community members will disagree with me on some things, and perhaps it sounds a bit gushy and perhaps I could've phrased it betterer, and I totally understand and accept that, it's just my own experience.

Ahoy hoy,

Thank you so much for suspending my subs, if you wouldn't mind shifting everything that's been building up to a side cart so it'll ship with the next round of subs that would be amazing!

Thanks! Have a great weekend!

Everyone loves a good space opera! Too bad I can't sing!

However, I have seen a lot of Star Wars and Star Trek spoofs and I happened to find Mass Effect Andromeda Deluxe Edition on sale for super cheap so I thought why not!

Full disclosure, I've never played Mass Effect before.

After five and a half years in the toy mines I'm back shoveling snow so I thought it would be fun to have a place to share the experience.

Feel free to share your own snow related stories or to gawk and laugh.

No promises on coherency.

I best be able to ride cattle.

I think I've gone long enough without my Fallout fix.

Absolutely no idea what kind of Lone survivor I'm going to be, but it's going to terrible!

Remember kids! Try this at home!