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I was wondering, for PCs to benefit from Battlecry, do they have to understand what the Oracle is saying? I made an Oracle npc to keep the group alive for our adventure last night and I gave her the speak in tongues curse. She has battlecry but hasn't used it yet and I got to thinking about if it would work since she'd be speaking a language most of the PCs don't understand?

I'm wanting to test the Pathfinder waters on my fiancee's 2 little brothers (12 and 13) so thought I would break out my old HeroQuest board game (1990) and do a little conversion work on it. If anyone out there has the HeroQuest stuff, this might be a fun activity. I've converted the first 5 quests so far, and they take a party of 3 to level 5 after completion of quest 5.

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Monster Conversions with CR and XP
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Orc - Orc CR 1/3 135
Goblin - Goblin CR 1/3 135
Skeleton - Skeleton CR 1/3 135
Zombie - Zombie CR 1/2 200
Ulag - Hobgoblin CR 1/2 200
Fimir - Lizardfolk CR 1 400
Chaos Warrior - ** CR 2 600
Gargoyle - Gargoyle CR 4 1200
Mummy - Mummy CR 5 1600
Chaos Warlock - ? CR ? ?

** - Typically replaced with Skeletal Champion, except on quest
4 when it is assigned to a Bugbear.

Quest 1 XP: 4490 (Enemies) + 610 (Quest Reward) = 5100
Quest 1 Notes: Remove the 2 Mummies

Quest 2 XP: 4570 (Enemies) + 680 (Quest Reward) = 5250
Quest 2 Notes: Add 3 Lizardfolk and 2 Orcs

Quest 3 XP: 4690 (Enemies) + 710 (Quest Reward) = 5400
Quest 3 Notes: Add 2 Lizardfolk, treat Ulag as a Hobgoblin

Quest 4 XP: 4765 (Enemies) + 785 (Quest Reward) = 5550
Quest 4 Notes: Add 3 Lizardfolk, Add 1 Orc, treat Chaos Warrior as Bugbear

Quest 5 XP: 8015 (Enemies) + 1375 (Quest Reward) = 9390
Quest 5 Notes:
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The noted Quest Rewards were calculated to take 3 Adventurers to
level 5 after completing Quest 5. You can scale up for 4+
Adventurers
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I will add to this as I continue the conversion work (if they enjoy it, or if there is interest for it here). Let me know your thoughts.

I'm curious if there is or are there plans for an official online Golarion calendar? I'm currently in the process of trying to hack up google calendar to display Golarion days and months with not very stable results so far. If there isn't anything already available, I'll continue working on getting google calendar to do my bidding and then share the file needed to make it work.

Hi all, I'm fairly new to DMing 3.5 and Pathfinder. I'm trying to work with CR and EL to make some good encounters for my homespun adventure. Things are a bit confusing...

Looking at the DMG, it says that an ECL 1 encounter would be 2 1/2 creatures (if I'm reading the chart correctly). The thing is, I know 4 characters can wipe 2 orcs out with no problem, so I don't see that as very balance...is there something I'm missing or not reading right?

My group is comprised of 4 level 1 characters, so their party level is 1.

I like that there is a system to help prevent dropping the death stick on the party, but it isn't clicking with me for some reason...

Hi everyone,
I'm converting a character to Pathfinder and had some questions that I need help answering...

The character is a Half-Elf/Half-Dragon Sorcerer/Monk.
In Pathfinder, there is a draconic bloodline that grants some of the same abilities/features of being Half-Dragon...but there are also things missing plus she wouldn't get her wings until much, much later.

Has anyone converted the Half-Dragon template to Pathfinder? Or anyone have suggestions on how to best handle this character?

Thanks for the help!