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Most definitely.

As a fellow player of an Age of Ashes AP, a lot of elements in the earlier books have come up in future books, and vice-versa, and I know this simply because when we've gone back to deal with stuff, we've had to reference the previous books for information, and some of the stuff we get in the previous book hooks into something for the next book. (Not all, but some, and depending on the AP direction, you can configure what those things are before the next book begins.)

I would say after you either TPK and move on to another AP, or finish the AP itself, can you read through the book and take notes of things you might have missed along the way, or to refresh your memory if you decide to run the AP as a GM for another set of players.

Yeah, I figured. I was just hoping I was wrong. That's ok. I can be patient. Thanks.

Always, yes. Especially because the beginning adventure description literally tells you the background, and other things you shouldn't know.

Ok, thanks. I thought so, but I just thought I'd ask.

Specifically, I'm currently going through Hellknight Hill as a player. If I were to read it after we complete it, would I encounter spoilers for the rest of the Age of a Ashes AP? Thanks!

Reach Spell is a metamagic action that you use as a part of casting a spell. You can use it as often as you like, with any spell that qualifies.

So you could reach spell an Acid Splash every turn for an entire combat if you wanted to. Mostly the only thing stopping you is needing to do something other than casting a spell on a given turn.

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CRB PG. 634 "Metamagic Trait" wrote:

Actions with the metamagic trait, usually from metamagic feats, tweak the properties of your spells. You must use a metamagic action directly before Casting the Spell you want to alter. If you use any action (including free actions and reactions) other than Cast a Spell directly after, you waste the benefits of the metamagic action. Any additional effects added by a metamagic action are part of the spell’s effect, not of the metamagic action itself.

That being said there are examples of Metamagic actions that can only be used a limited number of times. Quickened Casting for example has a frequency of once per day.

Reach spell doesn't have that restriction.

Awesome, thanks!

Can it be cast as often as you want?

Thanks

But, in general, if something says it's a dagger, it's a dagger in all ways, and any differences (such as the additional persistent poison damage in this case) will be outlined in the item itself.

Thanks, that's what I was clumsily trying to ask. Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me.

It is a finesse weapon.

Poisonous Dagger says it's a +1 striking dagger with additional 1d4 persistent poison damage on a critical hit. <- also explains the price of 150gp (a 'regular' +1 striking dagger should only cost 35gp + 65gp +2sp = 100gp 2sp)

Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know.

it looks like it's just a variant +1 Striking Dagger

Yes, but what does that mean? Is it a finesse weapon because it's a dagger, or is it not a finesse weapon because the item description doesn't specifically say that it is a finesse weapon? Thanks.

It doesn't say that it is, but it's a dagger, so isn't it? What about if you purchase it in Organized Play after having completed Menace Under Otari? Does that make any difference?

Or do I need to log the purchase as part of a downtime activity with a GM? Like a lot of people, I'm playing online with a different GM every time, and I'm not sure how this works.

I want to buy the poisonous dagger from the Beginner Box, Game Master's Guide, pg 51 for 150gp. It's for a 4th level wizard, to be used in combination with Hand of the Apprentice.

If a GM mistakenly filled in the Fame on your chronicle sheet, it was just that. A mistake.

Ok, thanks for clarifying that.

You name looks familiar. If your missing something from the Omaha Pathfinders, let me know and I will track it down.

Keep in mind that the link on Warhorn only works if the tables are not cleared. I know some lodges clear the tables out of Warhorn shortly after they are complete, thus eliminating the history of play.

I haven't played with you guys, but I appreciate the reaching out.

JohnnyRelentless's profile wrote:

Secondary Initiation Boon purchased. Must find out what it is.

Saw this question on your character's profile.

Thanks, I guess I got a bonus question answered! That was a note to myself to look into it, lol. But I never found a good answer. Now I don't have to post the question!

If you've only been doing organized play for a few weeks, you shouldn't have any fame on a character -- fame stopped being awarded around September. They gave us a grace period from then to the end of the month (Jan '21) to spend any fame you had earned before they stopped awarding it.

I actually registered for organized play over a year ago, I think, but I only created a character and began playing a few weeks ago. Maybe that's why I've gotten fame? I definitely have 23 fame for the character I made a few weeks ago, and 10 for a character I made a few days ago. Under each character it says:

Radiant Oath: 21
Vigilant Seal: 2
Fame: 23

and:

Grand Archive: 2
Horizon Hunters: 4
Radiant Oath: 4
Fame: 10

A few days ago a GM mentioned just as I signed off that there were eight days left to spend it, which is what prompted me to ask here.

Thanks for the information. But now I'm not sure if I should spend it.

I've only been doing organized play for a few weeks, but I have 29 fame. Can I still spend it? I don't see it on my boons page. How do you spend it?

there should be a small link to "All your signups."

Thanks! That was frustrating me, I didn't see that little link. That makes things so much easier!

Ok, thank you. I just don't want to bother the GM before a reasonable amount of time has passed. Thanks for the info, this is exactly the type of answer I was hoping for.

I just started organized play about 2 weeks ago, and I've been playing online every day since. but I'm unable to purchase some boons because the last few game sessions don't yet appear on Paizo.

It's only been a few days, so not very long at all, but it got me wondering how long it typically takes before sessions get reported and show up in your organized play page.

Do most GMs report right away? Is there a deadline? At what point is it considered 'late?' If I suspect something went wrong with reporting, how would I get it fixed? Who would I contact? The original GM? If all I have is the GM# from the chronicle sheet, how do I use that to contact him or her? What if I never received a chronicle sheet?

I've started to keep records of the games I play in an excel sheet, inputting the info from the chronicle sheets. It makes it easier to notice if I don't receive a chronicle sheet at all.

Is there a good resource I can use that would answer all these questions for me?

Thanks!

I know the formulas, but as you level, how does your proficiency bonus change? Does it change?

So what, for example, would be a second level wizard's spell attack and spell dc?

When I search how to calculate these things, everyone seems to only give first level as an example, which tells me nothing about how to do it at subsequent levels.

Thanks!

You could probably save a lot of time by just making a 4x2 table of 8 statblocks per page, copying/pasting/printing them out, and cutting them up.

Handwriting index cards will tire you out. There are a LOT of creatures out there.

Thanks for the advice, I'll probably do that instead.

That has always irritated me. Want to find a bat? It's under 'F'. Want to find a toad? It's under 'F'. An annoying and unintuitive place to put them all - it ONLY makes sense when somebody wants one as a familiar (and even then they probably don't start looking under 'F' first). For all other times anybody wants to look up these critters, it makes no sense to find them under 'F'.

Yes, it's really weird. Or there should at least be a Common Bat section even if it only has a note with the page number under familiars where it can be found.

I'm going to GM for the first time. I've only been playing for about a month, although I played AD&D a lot years ago. I am starting the players out at first level on an island where magic is forbidden and they have been enslaved for a few years and will have to fight without any equipment at first, and no magic. So I am making stat blocks on index cards for all the CR and lower monsters in the Bestiary. I figure it is a good way to start an index of easily referenced stat blocks for future use, too.

It's under "Familiar".

Aaahh, thanks. Now I feel stupid. I mean I never even though to look under F for Bat! :)

Unless I'm missing something. Dire Bat and Bat Swarm stat blocks are listed, but I don't see Common Bat anywhere even though it is listed in the Monsters by CR List.

I did find the Common Bat stat block on the Paizo web page, so I have the info I needed, but I'm just wondering what I'm missing. The same was true for the Common Toad - listed in the Monsters by CR List, but doesn't seem to have a stat block in the book.

For common animals am I supposed to just look up the dire version and then reverse the process for making a dire animal from a common animal? If I did that with the dire bat I don't think I would have gotten a CR 1/8 animal.

Why is the Core Reference Document as large as the Core Rulebook? Is it meant to be a more printer-friendly version of the Core Rulebook? Is it legal to print part or all of either of these documents under the OGL?

Thanks!

Have you checked out the Mana Wastes?

No, thanks for the tip! I was thinking more along the lines of a place where no magic was sold in the marketplaces of the various cities and towns, unless the players were savvy enough to discover the black market, and even then a +1 item would be very rare and expensive.

The Mana Wastes look like a different concept than I was thinking, but it looks great, I will look into using it as a campaign setting. I think it will be very interesting.

Thanks!

I would like to see an area of Galorian where all magic is banished. This way you can choose to have very low fantasy adventures where any magic they find or encounter is very special. But if you want, after a few adventures and some leveling up there, they can 'bust out' into the outer world of Galorian and enjoy the transition to higher fantasy adventures there.

because of this thread I now want to play an Inquisitor of Asmodeus with the spell caster version of the Hellknight prestige class(if someone could remind me of what that is call i would be grateful)

Ah, so clearly it's you that is trying to start something. Well, keep trying.

Feh.

But thank you, because now this little musical number from Mister Mel Brooks is going through my head. (NSFW, but little of my internal cacophony is.)

Ha! I love that movie.

Caineach wrote:

I have seen a number of inquisitors. None have been played anything like what you describe. Its a fun class with interesting mechanics and a solid purpose in the world. I see no problem with it.

i think the OP is just trying to start something

the inquisitor is a fun class to play

My comment had nothing to do with whether or not it was fun to play.

And do you always accuse people with a different viewpoint than you of being insincere? Is it not possible in your view that others have a sincerely held view that is different than yours?

I have seen a number of inquisitors. None have been played anything like what you describe. Its a fun class with interesting mechanics and a solid purpose in the world. I see no problem with it.

Well that's good to hear. I haven't seen anyone play an Inquisitor yet. I'm new to Pathfinder, and I haven't played any RPGs since AD&D in the early eighties.

I'm glad people don't play it that way, but it sure seems to be written that way.

The Inquisitors were real people who tortured and murdered Jews and others, including fellow Catholics who were suspected of having converted 'falsely' from Judaism. There are families today in Spain and Portugal who are still affected by this.

And yet we have them as a class option in Pathfinder. It just seems really wrong. They 'root out' people of other religions and are even suspicious of their coreligionists.

And they are not even required to be evil! They can be good, as long as their deity is good or neutral. How exactly can a person who does this be good?

Apparently genocide and religious oppression can be considered good behavior in the Pathfinder universe.

The Paladin character is obviously modeled after crusaders, but at least their stated mission in Pathfinder isn't to march across Europe to go kill Muslims in the Middle East while killing all the Jews they find along the way.

Fantasy world Paladins are at least minimally acceptable and interesting characters. But Inquisitors? Will we have a Nazi class next that can also choose to be good?

I try to respect the dead, even if I disagreed with the person or didn't like them. I might not always succeed, as in a case of some truly evil POS. I try not to crow about it, however. Seems to me that would make me no better than those a*&~@$#s in the Westboro Baptist Church.

Someone who didn't deserve respect while alive doesn't somehow magically deserve it after they're dead in my view.

I might refrain from criticizing them after they're dead if to do so would be pointless.

And I might refrain out of respect or concern for their family's feelings, but if a person is particularly despicable I doubt their families are much better.

And in many cases criticizing them after they're dead is not pointless, particularly if their views or policies continue to influence us.

So after my smelly neighbor dies I have no need or desire to talk about how smelly he was, but if my neighbor was a lawmaker or Supreme Court Justice whose work I believe is still hurting our country, then I certainly will continue to criticize.

And yes, I think people in the public eye should be more open to criticism whether alive or dead. Particularly when talking about the elected leaders in a free society. And I include the officials appointed by our elected leaders in this group.