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Problem with that is that Swashbuckler desperately needs crits to function, and starknife is a 20-20 weapon. Swashbucklers don’t need crits at all considering a large chunk of their damage is precision and doesn’t multiply anyway. If you want a serious tank check out Kinetic Knight Kinetisist. Heavy armor, shield, go earth and get DR. If you’re really stuck an small go gnome for the CON bonus (Dwarf would be better).
I do it to everyone to keep it fair. If the GM forgets to take an AoO for example I'll remind them, even if it's on my character. If it's a player build, I'll usually talk to them outside of earshot of the GM, and just say something like "Hey I think you're doing this, and that's been FAQ'd so it doesn't work that way anymore. I'd ask the GM if you could take a different feat"... or whatever it is. If they want to argue, just tell them you'll bring it to the GM and let the GM decide.
Completely missed the point EVERY large race is 4 squares, or 10 feet.Cite? Because I recall that in Pathfinder at least, Large races came in two varieties: Tall, who took up one square ( but who couldn't share squares like M races ), and Long, who take up two. You had to hit Huge before you took up four full squares. I realize this is late but, you recall wrong. 3.5 had tall, Pathfinder did away with it.
It's overrated. Wildly. You need points for everything else, *too*. You just don't have that much to spare, even with the Signature Deed feat (which OP&R is ineligible for). You're better off concentrating on developing an AoO engine (e.g., utilizing long arm and blue-scarf from Swordmaster's Flair), because that'll potentially grant you, in a single round versus a "Zerg rush", as many additional attacks as a couple day's worth of OP&R (assuming your dex is through the ceiling, as is ought to be in a swashbuckler). Except it's not Ki. Panache replenishes, most of the time in the same round you use it. You parry, get an attack, then take your regular attacks, the mob dies, and you get your panache back, or you critically hit, and with extra attacks, you'll critically hit more. And what else are you using Panache for?
Targeted Strike is situationally very useful, but it most cases, it's easier to kill the mob than knock it prone or disarm it, so rare use here. So that leaves you with doubling your Precise Strike damage, and 19th level abilities, and by 19th level you're pretty set on amount of Panche. And none of that precludes the use of long arm and swordsman's flair. So no it's not overrated at all. It's rated highly because it's HIGHLY effective.
The problem with your dismissal of the ability is that it only takes into account the defensive aspects. Even if your opponent misses, you can still successfully parry, and then repose. Even if they need a 20 to hit you your panache is never wasted because you get another attack.
So playing with the build a bit, I took out Slayer, losing Sneak Attack stings a little, I replaced it with Bloodrager with the shapeshifter bloodline and Urban Bloodrager Archetype. This gets around a couple of problems. It gives you Uncanny Dodge, so never flat footed. It gives you Aspect of the Beast while ranging so no polymorph issues, and when you rage, you can cast Long Arm as a swift action so even tiny you get your AoO.
I am not using the ring. I am using Fox Shape. The original build was never legal in the first place. What exactly was illegal about the original build?
Not sure if this is the right place, but ALL of my downloads are missing. When I go to my downloads, I get the labels and the number of downloads that should be under that label, but there are no links. EDIT: Okay it works if I use MS Edge Browser rather than Chrome.
Oh look Runelords, golly it's been a whole day and a half since Paizo printed something about them.
I'm actually a little dissapointed but the original matter of the articles, because I want paladins moved AWAY from deities , and I think having them have to stick to a deity when that wasn't a real requirement before detracts from the class imo. I've never really thought about his before. All of my groups have required Paladins and Clerics to follow a specific deity, and I wonder if this is where most of the paladin problems come from. We never had a "does the paladin fall" issue because we took each situation and compared it to the paladin's god(dess)' tenets. Does law trump good? Who's your deity? Abadar, yes, law trumps good. Sarenrae, not so much.
Let me ask you this: How do you do rolling? Straight up 4d6 drop the lowest, or do you add rules like re-roll 1's and 2's and if you don't have at least 1 18 roll another set? Same with hit points, is it straight up roll the die and take what you get, or is it roll the die if it's less than half take half? when you set rules to ensure that rolling the dice will always turn out better than point buy, of course they're going to roll the dice.
I would concentrate on Archetypes that gets you more mileage out of the class. Urban Barbarian can create a completely different beast than Barbarian. Scaled Fist, and Stonelord change the class' primary stats or gets rid of them. Invulnerable Rager and Spellbinder... well I love them and I'm selfish. EDIT: Well shoot a lot has changed since I started writing this post, took to long looking over everything. Only had one even make the list.
Something else I wanted to bring up: Unless you own every 1e book, and have played every AP, module, and PFS scenario that's ever been released for 3.5 and PF 1e, complaining about them not supporting 1e sounds like whining to me. You haven't done what's already there, why does it matter if there's nothing new? People are still playing 2nd edition D&D and that's been out of print going on 20 years, so those are some pretty big "ifs" to get wrapped up about.
Something else I wanted to bring up: Unless you own every 1e book, and have played every AP, module, and PFS scenario that's ever been released for 3.5 and PF 1e, complaining about them not supporting 1e sounds like whining to me. You haven't done what's already there, why does it matter if there's nothing new?
So ... in Pf2, you could conceivably take a I don't know if this have been covered, I've skipped a few pages, but it sounds like most AoO are going away, so why would you bother?
Haven't read a single post, but I can tell you I've been playing for 30+ years, and played literally all over the world, and the only thing I've found to be universally true is that players HATE GMPC's.
Completely missed the point EVERY large race is 4 squares, or 10 feet.
Do you think the team has been working on the masterpiece faq for two years?So do you want a rushed FAQDo you really want to pull the 'don't rush it' card when the OP is more than two years old? No we think they've been ignoring it for two years, which I think is the problem.
A few things to watch out for... most PFS GMs I’ve run into have rules that you have to have your spellbook out to use Quick a Study. So it goes from a 2 round proposition to a 3 round one. Round 1 move action to take the book out. Whatever you want with your standard. Round 2 full round action to change spells. Round 3 actually cast the spell. What bothers me most about this is you say “most” GMs. All PFS GMs should require you to have it out since that is RAW: “The arcanist must be able to reference her spellbook when using this ability.”You can’t reference it if it’s in your backpack Also, expect possible table variation on Nidalese Shadow Veil. While it grants concealment, it never actually says it’s from dim light. This is good and bad. The good is that Darkvision shouldn’t negate it. The bad is that abilities that trigger off of being in dim light, like Scion of Shadows, won’t be guaranteed to work, depending on how the GM reads it. For that reason, I avoided taking Nidalese Shadow Veil, even though in theory it would have also helped me pull of Tenebrous Spells. Darkvision never changes the lighting level, so any ability that says requires dim light works in dim light regardless of who has what vision. Just like being immune to fire doesn’t change the properties of flames.
Why would Large characters find 10' wide doors a problem? A Large character does not, by default, take up more than a 5' square. from page 5 “A creature’s size determines its space and reach” Then every large race “Dragonkin are Large dragons with a space and reach of 10 feet.“
I think the ridiculousness of the only viable option highlights my point very well.Low level characters are kind of meant to suck. And I say again: The ridiculousness of the response highlights my point.
Short of running out of movement, cover would not be an issue, as you would likely be making an attack from the same square as an ally, rather than from behind them.Or you could not be large, which seems like a better solution than forcing the entire party to take the 2 or 3 feats needed for spring attack, which does nothing for cover provided to the enemies by allies.A lot of the published maps have 10’ wide hallways, imagine 6 PCs, all 10’ wide trying to fight, that is a problem.Not if you have Spring Attack. Then you can bounce past your allies, strike the enemy, and bounce back. Unless you’re ranged and standing at the back of the line, and let’s not completely ignore that everyone in the party has to have a 15 DEX take 2 feats and it doesn’t come online until 5th level if you’re full BAB 7th if you’re not. I think the ridiculousness of the only viable option highlights my point very well.
A lot of the published maps have 10’ wide hallways, imagine 6 PCs, all 10’ wide trying to fight, that is a problem.Not if you have Spring Attack. Then you can bounce past your allies, strike the enemy, and bounce back. Or you could not be large, which seems like a better solution than forcing the entire party to take the 2 or 3 feats needed for spring attack, which does nothing for cover provided to the enemies by allies.
There's nothing suggesting that Absalom station isn't built to accommodate large races. Every map of a region of Absalom in the adventure paths and society scenarios has almost exclusively ten-feet-wide doorways and corridors. There aren't too many maps of off-station interiors yet, but even then it seems ten feet is pervasive--including on ships. It's as if large races are a common part of civilized society now, and things are built with them in mind as a norm.And if you were playing all by yourself it might not be a problem, but since you usually have at least 3 other people, and most often for me 5 other people, it creates huge issues with 1 large player, imagine 5 I don’t know what I’m not saying right to make you understand what I’m saying, but if you’re talking about a race’s culture and how they would design their architecture you’re missing my point. Let me try it this way: A lot of the published maps have 10’ wide hallways, imagine 6 PCs, all 10’ wide trying to fight, that is a problem.
There's nothing suggesting that Absalom station isn't built to accommodate large races. Every map of a region of Absalom in the adventure paths and society scenarios has almost exclusively ten-feet-wide doorways and corridors. There aren't too many maps of off-station interiors yet, but even then it seems ten feet is pervasive--including on ships. It's as if large races are a common part of civilized society now, and things are built with them in mind as a norm. And if you were playing all by yourself it might not be a problem, but since you usually have at least 3 other people, and most often for me 5 other people, it creates huge issues with 1 large player, imagine 5
Having played quite a few games Stamina isn’t as important as resolve, especially for a ranged technomancer 1 extra Stamina isn’t worth everything you lose especially Resolve.
The same problem with large animal companions in Pathfinder. They don’t fit and have to squeeze.
Except you’re almost saying exactly what I am For your first example take a -2 to INT for your second example take no penalty or bonus to INT. Which of those are going to be better? Ravingdork The issue with your example is that CON isn’t important enough to spend points on. The Ysoki would start with an 18 INT and end up better
This logic makes no sense, how many times has anyone said “I’m totally screwed, I wanted a 10 INT but I have a 12 for absolutely no cost” ? Can you explain how having more of a stat you don’t want is somehow worse than having less of a stat you do want? Let’s look at maximizing our favorite stat
You can’t have a “dump stat” so if you have a bonus to something you don’t want it just means you have more than you need it doesn’t cost you anything.
Why would you assume that? It takes a 12 STR, even at 9 STR I can have a 12 by level 5 with an item. Even at first level it's only a -2 penalty with my increase to hit over your reptoid it's a net -1 for an increase in A.C. initiative Resolve and stamina. Or since we're talking about a d10 vs a d8 it's a whopping 1 point of damage average if I need that +1 to hit. No matter how you look at it even with your cherry picked example the non-dex penalty is better.
Well dex penalty isn't killer it does make it a bit harder to go for something that isn't where the race excels or melee with heavy armor. LOL are you messing with me right now? I don’t think anyone is saying that you can’t make suboptimal choices to make them come out the same. Why would the Ysoki waste 4 points on a stat that does nothing for them? Drop 2 points of STR put it in DEX and well wouldn’t you know it, the Ysoki is better off. He could actually drop another point of STR put it in CON and he’s MUCH better off.
In my experience DEX is much more important in Starfinder. ACs tend to be low as it is, so every bit helps there, Ranged is huge in this game, and if you're playing 10pt buy a 12 DEX with no penalty is 1/5 my points, with a penalty it's almost half my points, and that's for a slightly above average DEX. This is made worse by the fact that odd numbers are completely useless. An 8 and 9 are exactly the same and will always be exactly the same right up to level 20. In Pathfinder casters could get away with lower DEX, because touch AC almost universally get smaller as CR goes up. In Starfinder everyone can use touch attacks, meaning the touch ACs should increase at roughly the same rate, requiring even casters to use DEX.
The issues I have/my GM has:
If you're not tied to local races (if you have a different setting or a particularly exotic campaign), you can add
If your GM is okay with non-humanoid PCs, the Pact Worlds has
and more exotically
Yeah I have to say I was very underwhelmed with this book. All the price of a bestiary with half the content. Any race I thought was mildly interesting was either large or took a penalty to DEX, making it a no go.
Initially I read a post about how the devs (can't remember which one) didn't like PrC. I thought they were going to start fazing them out, but even the newer books have included them, and they got some feat love making them more viable, so who knows, maybe the thoughts have changed.
The absent minded professor was more the model I imagine.
I didn't read everything (there were a lot of long posts) but my only nit is that Step-Up by itself is a complete waste of a feat. It will be extremely rare that it works for you. Let's say you're next to an evil caster, the guarded step to cast. You use your reaction to Step Up. They cast. You stand there and watch them because you've already used your reaction and can't make an Attack of Opportunity. Even with Step Up and Strike, it gets better because you get an extra attack you wouldn't normally have had, but you won't stop the actions of your target because you can no longer take AoO's
It's actually d20 + Base Attack Bonus + DEX (ranged) OR STR (melee)
Now, you may have never played a game with a established setting that actually has it's own thing going on, and i'll list a few of my favorites. Shadowrun, where cyberpunk meets fantasy. Warhammer 40k, where in the grimdark future there is only War. Dragon Age, a modern one that should be familiar. All of these game systems have their setting firmly... So you're complaint is that Starfinder that's been out a little less than 30 days, doesn't have as rich a setting as say Shadowrun, that's been out a little less than 30 years? I mean I guess that's a valid complaint..
Where does it pull BAB from on the character sheet? I can't figure out how to adjust that. That box is non-editable for me. For your issue, open it in Adobe Reader. It does the math, can save it, only issue is the BAB not being editable.
Where does it pull BAB from on the character sheet? I can't figure out how to adjust that.
Step-Up - It's situational, but really effective.
Dark Sun is an extremely interesting setting. You need a tank that doesn't rely on armor, so I would think Monk or Barbarian/Bloodrager.
The way it's written, one could easily argue, that it doesn't ask for Fast Movement as a class feature, but rather the value of Fast Movement as a variable devoid of context, in which case all the information that matters is "x ft.", the distance, not the actual type of the movement. In which case the distance moved is a flat value devoid of context or indeed a specific type of movement. I see your point and what you're getting at. I do agree that it's a valid argument, but I don't agree that is what is meant. While Spring Attack and Flying Kick use different wording, I believe they were supposed to mean the same thing.
One of the things that's always bugged my about the Pathfinder setting was the number of books you needed just to find out about one organization or group of people. I mean you need the Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path to find out about Green Faith. How many books do you need to learn about the Shoanti? Being able to get one book that collates all these different things into one book, seems like an excellent idea.
i feel that you're all overlooking the power of the oracle1/rogueX. If you're going Sylph anyway, you don't need Oracle. Just take their racial Feat Cloud Gazer.
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I tried casting Fireball the other day, couldn't do that. We should probably just take spells out of the game.
Kensai Magus as SnowLily posted sounds like exactly what you want. You are limited to Scimitar (or agile weapon, but that doesn't come online until you can afford a +2 weapon). Personally I don't take Bladebound, it takes too long to get an Arcana (6th level), but Bladebound does add some interesting abilites.
The problem with using this trait with Bard Versatile Performance. There are some FAQ's and things so I'm not sure how it would react in combination. |
