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The question Nefreet ask about slow progression is fine, however, we come up against Bounties. How are they recorded when reporting if slow track for Bounties is allowed. Please explain. As I'm not sure the site records 0.5xp??

Linking this to another system for metaplot seems... I've had 2 lodge GM's complain about it.

and when you are saying spell slot, you mean can cast 1-1st lvl a day, 1-2nd lvl a day and 1-3rd lvl spell a day...correct?

"Part of this discussion revolves around delivery options. The big question at this point revolves around the feasibility of supporting a living document that resides online with print options. This would allow for faster updates and more integration between the guide, campaign clarifications, additional resources, and FAQ. "

If this means that this document wouldn't need to involve any other teams at Paizo, I am all for it. I think there needs to be a way for the organized play team to not have to rely on other teams with many other competing priorities before documents go live.

I can't see any value in things like the AR, which is effectively simply a document of the organized play team's stance on published items or the Society Guide which is exclusive to organized play, having any people besides those who approve the items being involved at all.

When the AR or guide is done it should just be able to be posted somewhere, it shouldn't take weeks or months for it get through a queue of other web postings.

If, in the alternative, this simply means putting the society guide on the paizo website like the AR and FAQ etc already are, I'm not really sure that there's any real value there.

I would also prefer the 250xp option...lvling can be fast in PFS even on the slow track where story arc's need several characters to complete

Can you use gather power to reduce the burn on each 5% incremental increase so you do not have to accept the 1 burn?

I placed this order which according to the site has been shipped.

However, I still have not received this order.

Can you please advise as to when it will be delivered.

Julius Foxton wrote:

1hd bloody burning skeleton is 3hd?? can you please provide the link explaining this please

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Multiplying wrote:

multipliers are not multiplied by one another. Instead, you combine them into a single multiplier, with each extra multiple adding 1 less than its value to the first multiple. For example, if you are asked to apply a ×2 multiplier twice, the result would be ×3, not ×4.

thanks for this...I understand it....but i'd like to read the whole thing myself...

where is it please

Julius Foxton wrote:

you just agreed with what I said.

1hd burning skeleton = 2HD for animating controlling
1hd burning bloody skeleton = 2HD
1hd skeleton champion = 6HD
1hd burning skeleton champ = 6HD
1hd bloody Skeleton champ = 6HD
1hd bloody burning skeleton champ = 6 HD
2hd bloody burning Skeleton champ = 8HD
etc etc

No:

1hd burning skeleton = 2HD for animating controlling
1hd burning bloody skeleton = 3HD (because doubling twice is x3 in Pathfinder)
1hd skeleton champion = DOES NOT WORK WITH ANIMATE DEAD AT ALL
1hd burning skeleton champ = DOES NOT WORK WITH ANIMATE DEAD AT ALL
1hd bloody Skeleton champ = DOES NOT WORK WITH ANIMATE DEAD AT ALL
1hd bloody burning skeleton champ = DOES NOT WORK WITH ANIMATE DEAD AT ALL
2hd bloody burning Skeleton champ = DOES NOT WORK WITH ANIMATE DEAD AT ALL
etc etc

1hd bloody burning skeleton is 3hd?? can you please provide the link explaining this please

but them's the rules ;)

and paizo haven't changed them in years...so the balance must be there.

that's why I started this thread...to find out if (by the rules) I was correct... not whether it should be house ruled to be higher.

So, a 1 HD Skelton would cost 25gp to create.

A 1 HD Burning Skeleton would cost 50gp to create.

And a 1 HD Burning Bloody Skeleton would cost 75gp to create.

a 1hd bloody burning skeleton is still a 2HD to animate control so still will only cost 50GP

you just agreed with what I said.

1hd burning skeleton = 2HD for animating controlling
1hd burning bloody skeleton = 2HD
1hd skeleton champion = 6HD
1hd burning skeleton champ = 6HD
1hd bloody Skeleton champ = 6HD
1hd bloody burning skeleton champ = 6 HD
2hd bloody burning Skeleton champ = 8HD
etc etc

Bestiary entry for 'Variant Skeletons' wrote:

Numerous variant skeletons exist, such as those whose bones burn with an unending fire and those who drip with gore and reassemble themselves over time. Both of these variant skeletons can be created using animate dead, but they count as twice their normal number of Hit Dice per casting.

quite correct.

1 HD converted to a variant skeleton should cost double.

but the various templates are free.

so in the example given a bloody burning skeleton champion is a 6HD creature /9based upon adding the templates to you 1 hd fighter) it has only 3hd...1 attack and is not effective in combat against an 6hd fighter class.

I presume you're talking about "doubling HD" for purposes of Animate Dead?

In that case, I wouldn't count it as just double, either. Probably triple, as otherwise you're getting the second template basically "for free".

Creating a Bloody Skeleton shouldn't cost the same as creating a Bloody Burning Skeleton.

Templates are free. They modify a creature as per the template. Nothing else is applied.

if you think otherwise can you please provide the link

Templates rarely add HD. The Skeletal Champion is rather rare in what it does.

The other two templates you listed do not add HD, so you're correct thus far.

Thanks, but try telling that to my DM ;)

I understand for other purposes this counts as a 6HD creature as a variant skeletons HD count as double (3x2=6HD)

Let us start with a basic 1st lvl fighter.

I have a 1HD fighter. but I want to make a bloody burning Skeleton Champion.

So following the rules I add templates and follow the templates only...not doing anything else.

I add the skeleton champion template...which adds 2HD to the creature. This means I now have a 3HD creature.

I add the Bloody template. This does not add any HD. So I still have a 3HD creature.

I add the Burning template. This does not add any HD. So I still have a 3HD creature.

1+2+0+0HD = 3HD.

Have I made a mistake or is this correct for HD ONLY?

I'm not concerned with other variables or stats...just solely HD.

Please can you confirm this. Or point out where I made a mistake.

Thanks in advance