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Played this with a table of 5 at the 4-5 tier. I really enjoyed the "Mission Impossible" feel of this scenario (our judge highlighted this by playing the theme song at certain points...). It reminded me quite a bit of the Blakros Matrimony in that there were a lot more in the way of skill challenges than there was combat. I wouldn't recommend playing this scenario with characters that are only combat focused; you will be disappointed/bored.
Our table had a great time with this scenario. It required a lot of quick thinking and cooperation among the players in order to succeed (yes, we succeeded... but only barely!)
Yeah, I think it's pretty understandable why Paizo is choosing to do this. There are lots of things that make sense about it, moving fully to their own system rather than something with links to the OGL, wanting to have the systems be the same so they don't have to be in the design space of two separate systems when working on it, having standardized formats, etc.
Obviously, it's unfortunate for me personally, since I don't happen to find Pathfinder Second Edition enjoyable, gave up on it after Secrets of Magic, and I did enjoy Starfinder's unique science fantasy blend, but, you know, that's just me, and I'm sure there are enough people who do enjoy it and wouldn't have played Starfinder normally to probably make up for people like me who won't move over to the next edition.
A bit of a personal downer, but I don't wish Paizo any ill will. Who knows, perhaps there will eventually be a third edition that I enjoy more?
And I will be sure to snag Starfinder Enhanced and anything else in the last days of first edition that looks appealing, of course.
Ah, well, it was nice while it lasted. Will look forward to Starfinder Enhanced, at least, as the presumable capstone to first edition...unless they have anything else of interest in the last days of Starfinder 1e.
I will say that seeing all the portraits for the 124 playable races in Starfinder makes me imagine a Starfinder edition of Guess Who? for Starfinder races.
I would love to hear how adaptive strike has changed, if anyone who gets their pdf early feels like answering any questions.
The short answer is: it hasn't. There have been no changes to adaptive strike beyond a few grammar tweaks.
Overall, the most impactful changes the new evolutionist has undergone is just having full BAB, as well as (I assume?) more skill points. It also gets a free augmentation of the type appropriate for their niche when it gets Augmented Form at 2nd-level, and they added grenade proficiency.
Additionally, given that species grafts can potentially be any type of augmentation, this is now reflected, rather than claiming that only Vital niches can get the discount for them, all niches can so long as they are the appropriate type, which naturally includes the free augmentation. Probably useful for the Sepulchral niches, given the limited number of necrografts around.
For specific options that were buffed, the augmentation Evolutionary Focus also offers another free augmentation in addition to its usual effects, the eldritch niche's instinct had a little added, the eldritch niche's drawback now specifies it only applies to non-magical kinetic damage.
Additionally, the Enhanced Mobility, Extraordinary Sense, and Ocular Advantage adaptations now offer constant benefits more in line with other class options while still gaining an additional effect upon spending points, providing a small amount of still welcome utility, and Fission Form was modified to be usable in a very limited way outside of combat.
It was also clarified that you lose all of your points at the end of combat, and that you need to use evolution drain on a significant enemy instead of, say, a sack full of space kittens, you monster.
Hopefully not too much detail there, but I'll understand if the post needs to be deleted.
Ah, sorry, after Ultimate Wilderness I've been spending a lot less time on the forums. I'll let Skeld handle the details, but as for the organizations involved...
Faiths and Associated Rules Elements:
Concordance of Elements: Elemental Monk (Archetype), Elemental Envoy (Archetype), Elemental (Combat Style), lantern of the four elements (magic item)
Cults of the Failed: Dogged (Trait), Vessel of the Failed (Archetype), echo of divinity's promise (magic item)
Esoteric Order of the Palatine Eye: Esoteric Intiate (Archetype), book-bound (magus arcana), circle of order (magus arcana), Tabris's step (magus arcana)
Hellknights of the Godclaw: Fist of the Godclaw (Archetype), Godclaw (Blessing), litany of admonition (spell), litany of dependability (spell), litany of duty (spell), litany of order (spell), godstar (magic item)
Magnimarian Mystery Cults: Ecumenical (Trait), Order of the Monument (Cavalier Order), duty (variant channeling), flying creatures (variant channeling), journeys (variant channeling), moonlight (variant channeling), monuments (variant channeling), sexuality (variant channeling)
Razmir, The Living God: Self-Sustaining (Trait), Mask of the Living God (Archetype), armored mask (arcanist exploit), aspect of innocence (arcanist exploit), charmer (arcanist exploit), mending flesh (arcanist exploit), convert wand (greater arcanist exploit)
Sangpotshi: Imperfect Recall (Trait), Seeker of Enlightenment (Archetype), ancestral enlightenment (social talent), skill familiarity (social talent), magical familirity (vigilante talent), steely resolve (vigilante talent), weapon familiarity (vigilante talent), emblem of lost lives (magic item), breath of forgotten life (occult ritual), song of the kami's gift (occult ritual)
Shoanti Shamanic Traditions: Natural Ritualist (Trait), Totem Channeler (Archetype), Aspect of the Quah (Trait), Storval's fang (magic item)
Tamashigo: Natural Ritualist (Trait), Ward Speaker (Archetype), kaminari drums (bardic masterpiece), spirit of the horse (bardic masterpiece), cloak of good fortune (magic item), breath of forgotten life (occult ritual), song of the kami's gift (occult ritual)
Miscellaneous: Heretic’s Caution (Trait), convocation bells (equipment), disguised holy text (equipment), ritual disk (equipment), spiritual leader's vestments (equipment), charlatan's cope (magic item), malleable monument (magic item), spectacles of comprehension (magic item), tome of forgotten epithets (magic item)
Arcanist Exploits: armored mask, aspect of innocence, charmer, mending flesh
Arcanist Exploits, Greater: convert wand
Archetypes: Divine Numerologist (Oracle), Elemental Monk (Monk, Unchained Monk), Elemental Envoy (Ranger), Esoteric Initiate (Occultist), Fist of the Godclaw (Warpriest), Mask of the Living God (Ninja), Seeker of Enlightenment (Spiritualist), Totem Channeler (Skald), Vessel of the Failed (Medium), Ward Speaker (Samurai)
Bardic Masterpieces: kamniari drums (percussion), spirit of the horse (strings)
Blessing: Godclaw
Cavalier Order: Order of the Monument
Combat Style: Elemental
Equipment: convocation bells (100 gp), disguised holy text (1-100 gp), ritual disk (20 gp), spiritual leader's vestments (100 gp)
I think prestidigitation is an obvious one. Easy cleaning, adjusting the flavor of meals to match your tastes, just improves your quality of life so much.
Endure elements, every day is a lovely day, unless it's truly horribly hot or cold out. I could save so much money on air conditioning with this spell as well. A wonderful qualify of life enhancement.
Levitate, very helpful, and not necessarily overt if you pretend to be moving it. Allows you to move things, float yourself up places, makes moving furniture a breeze. And, honestly, I feel like it would probably be pretty fun to lift yourself a little off the ground and push yourself around.
Voluminous vocabulary from Ultimate Intrigue acts a lot like comprehend languages, but lasts for eight hours automatically, allows you to actually speak and write it, and, well. There's so much out there that I can't understand because I don't speak the language. This would circumvent a lot of that, though the literal meaning element could definitely take some getting used to. And it can be used on animals and such too, which could definitely be interesting.
Greater make whole from the Technology Guide is just a great spell, specifically works on fixing technology as well as normal broken objects. Would make what you own last a good long time as long as it fits within the weight limits. Some furniture might not work, though dismantling it and repairing the parts might be possible...would be worth a shot.
Teleport, well, enough said. Greater teleport is better, but I had other plans for my 7th-level pick, and honestly it's probably more than good enough the majority of the time, though needing to physically see the location before going there would definitely make things trickier. Still...teleportation. Hard to go wrong with it.
Heal will remove any disease you might have, any poison you might be exposed to, cure at least some mental illnesses, and help deal with any repercussions caused by past diseases and the like. Also cures addictions and, well, all kinds of stuff. And if you're badly injured...this will do. It also deals with exhaustion and fatigue, so you probably don't need to ever sleep again. Truly an amazing spell.
Greater shapechanger's gift from Ultimate Wilderness is a great spell. A huge amount of versatility, it lasts for a decent length of time, giving you a near-perfect disguise, transforming into an animal, or assuming the form of something inhuman...unless the material component sticks around, in which case, animals and humanoids it is. Still great.
Create demiplane from Ultimate Magic is pretty amazing as a spell. Grants you your own extraplanar refuge, fill it with natural foodstuffs, add a floating castle to live inside of...I'm assuming that if I eject myself, I do return to the Material Plane since it would have been cast there and I wouldn't be stuck in the Astral or Ethereal Plane...though that is a bit of a risk. The other problem might be acquiring the focus, if I have to worry about focus components, but I think it should be possible to acquire with some effort, look into finding the right crafter. Does make me want greater create demiplane, but what I really wanted was...
...regenerate. Because some things heal can't tackle, and, barring dead, regenerate can definitely manage it. I mean, I could have taken it as a 7th-level spell, but I really love greater shapechanger's gift, so...
I assumed that that when Dragon78 was talking about the hunter's having a longer duration, he was referring to the default hunter...and that if he was talking about a hunter who murdered their animal companion or an archetype, he would have specified.
Edit: Edited for clarity.
And I added to his point. I assume hunter includes it's archetypes, and even that's not for some reason, the base "default hunter" includes a dead animal clause. So even if it wasn't his point, it's a natural extension of it.
I was saying that one of his points, as stated, was incorrect. That's it. Saying that under certain unstated circumstances it could be viewed of as correct if you dispose of a class feature does not seem to be relevant. I was not making any commentary as to how useful that class feature is or is not or whether or not you should kill animals for personal power.
And I certainly don't assume that talking about a class includes talking about all of its archetypes. If I said, for example, that I like playing monks because it gives me an excuse to freely dump Charisma, and someone told me I was wrong because the scaled fist exists, well. Or because Perform was a class skills for monks...
Aspects- works like hunter's animal aspects but much shorter duration plus add on set form.
Erm?
Advanced Class Guide wrote:
Animal Focus (Su): At 1st level, a hunter can apply the aspect of an animal to herself as a swift action. She must select one type of animal to emulate, gaining a bonus or a special ability based on the type of animal emulated and her hunter level. The hunter can use this ability for a number of minutes per day equal to her level.
Edit: The hunter actually gets shorter total duration than the shifter does for its focuses, since they can use it for 3 + level minutes instead of just level minutes.
"If the hunter’s animal companion is dead, the hunter can apply her companion’s animal focus to herself instead of her animal companion. This is in addition to the normal one she can choose, and (as with a companion’s focus) remains in effect until the hunter changes it instead of counting against her minutes per day."
Forester archetype acts as if their pet was dead. All day is longer than 3+level min/day...
I assumed that that when Dragon78 was talking about the hunter's having a longer duration, he was referring to the default hunter...and that if he was talking about a hunter who murdered their animal companion or an archetype, he would have specified.
Envoy: skittermander (pilot)
Mechanic: urog with a drone artificial intelligence (engineer)
Mystic: early stage barathu with the xenodruid connection (science officer)
Operative: gray with the ghost specialization (gunner)
Solarian: dragonkin with the solar weapon solar manifestation (captain)
Soldier: wrikreechee with the armor storm fighting style (gunner)
Technomancer: witchwyrd (science officer)
Not everyone starts with pure concepts. Some people examine the rules and let them inspire them for a character's tactics or background. Just the fact that this is something that is canonically possible via the Pathfinder ruleset might well let GMs sketch out scenarios they might otherwise not have, though making it an occult ritual might have done just as well.
And, of course, not everyone is comfortable granting purely narrative abilities without any plausible explanation for why a PC can never do it...or playing under someone who utilizes it.
It exists to enable classic stories, such as the psychic or wizard grooming their apprentice with an eye to taking over their body, or a malevolent psychic who's been alive for hundreds or thousands of years, transferring from body to body, and other similar tales.
I think swapping them out for alternate racial traits that form various racial subtypes was a smarter way to go that makes the races more flexible and more open to DMs customizing their settings by having deep delver or mountain dwarves as the norm, for example, or the savage elves.
Interestingly, Blood of the Coven actually touches on this...according to the book, most night hags come from the souls of powerful hags after their deaths, though sometimes night hags also perform terrible rituals on a pregnant non-outsider covenmate's child to create a changeling that can become a night hag after death if sufficiently evil in life.
Thank you! I generally pour over new campaign setting books (and search for keywords for specific topics) and keep a running list of references regarding certain topics that I'm more likely than not to end up writing about in the future as a freelancer. However I don't do this for player supplement books (and I haven't read many of the player supplement books actually, sadly), so this was a bit of flavor text that I missed.
No worries, I know that lore can be sparse in some player's companions, though there's some interesting bits in some of them. Kobolds of Golarian had a little bit on some of the kobold beliefs, for example, and Magic Tactics Toolbox did some interesting distinctions between types of magic in the introduction I've found to be useful, off the top of my head...but it's easy to miss this kind of stuff!
By your definition of fiends, then, do oni, rakshasa, and sahkil not qualify as fiends to your mind?
Those qualify as fiends to me. They're [Evil] and they're formed from souls, even if they don't gravitate to one of the evil planes. Sahkil are a bit of an edge case since they're neutral outsiders fallen to evil rather than starting that way, but they still qualify as fiends in my opinion. Night hags' origins in Pathfinder have yet to be fully explored, and at this point it's unclear if they derive from the souls of material planar hags, if they create more of their kind from stolen mortal souls, if they breed in some capacity, if they birth spontaneously, or if they arise from a subclass of evil mortal souls. Unlike in prior editions where night hags originated as evolved NE hordelings (who were themselves evolved NE larval souls - compared to the NE yugoloths who predated mortal existence and thus emerged from the NE planes without need of mortal souls), Pathfinder night hags don't have a definitive origin in print to my knowledge, and so at this point I wouldn't call them fiends (though as evil as they are the difference might be purely academic).
Interestingly, Blood of the Coven actually touches on this...according to the book, most night hags come from the souls of powerful hags after their deaths, though sometimes night hags also perform terrible rituals on a pregnant non-outsider covenmate's child to create a changeling that can become a night hag after death if sufficiently evil in life.
New post, a fantasy pathfinder version of the sword, the yatagan.
While I know assuming is dangerous, may we safely assume that the damage die for a Medium yataghan is 1d4 and not 1d5?
Assuming is indeed dangerous.
Fantasy Yatagan for Pathfinder wrote:
And while doing so, I thought I would continue to explore the design space created by using odd-sided dice (d5s, d7s, and so on) such as those available from Impact Miniatures.
I didn't even know those dice existed.
Thank you for letting me know.
Apologies if this is inappropriate, but if you're interested in said dice, Impact Miniatures is holding a kickstarter here for them and a few more oddball ones.
Really like them all, but I'm curious why Ulon has the Community domain when he's the god of isolation. Is this to show his role as the god of conspiracy as well? Trickery + Community = conspiracy?
Also a deity of conspiracy and manipulation, both of which can thrive in a community. Perhaps he's a deity involved with creating increasingly isolated and withdrawn communities, unfriendly and untrusting with outsiders?
I have another question about the book itself. Does it assume the reader is already familiar with Spheres of Power rules, or can someone new to them jump right in to Spheres of Might?
All the necessary information is presented; Might-based spheres function a bit differently than Power-based spheres anyways, so things need to be defined, even if the general concept should be familiar to those coming in from Spheres of Power.
Occult Rituals: Five-Generations Curse, Grand Coven, Hag's Eye Brew, Invoke the Nemesis
Psychic Discipline: Hag-Called
Specific Patrons: Celestial Agenda, The Condition of All, Empath, Fey Gifts, Green Whispers, Hag's Calling, Infernal Contract, Touched by the Outer Gods, Shadowbound
The bit about boy witches reminds me of a character concept I had. I wonder if there will be anything for males born from hags? Surely the don't only birth changelings?
Probably not what you were looking for, but Tears at Bitter Manor did its own take on that...the caliban.
Why am I paying for a service if it's a coin toss that it's even providing what I'm paying for?
As the others on this thread have stated, you are not paying to get it early. In fact, you're not paying anything extra for a subscription at all, you're paying for the Hardcover, same price as everyone else, and you're getting the PDF for free.
It's really disheartening to see all these "If I don't get it early no one should" mindsets.
What's really disheartening is that you don't seem to get that it's pretty messed that you and I are paying the same price for the same product and yet you already have the product (in this case the digital download PDF) and I (as well as quite a few others it seems) do not. If you truly believe the only thing you get with your subscription is the hardcover copy of the book and the free pdf you should have no issue with not having it early since that's not part of what you're paying for.
I do not have the product yet, in any form, and you are right, I have no problem not getting it early. I'm perfectly fine with others getting it before me.
I also have not had my subscription ship yet, and I also think that it's a ridiculous thing to get hung up about. The notion that no one else should ever get it before me seems ridiculous. And also like it would invite the website going down as a large chunk of the subscribers all try to download their product at the same time.
I am just excited for the fact that their is a style fear chain that can allow a gunslinger to pistol whip a jammed firearm and have a chance of fixing the jam. Delightful >:)
Yeah, that would be pretty restrictive, though, since only that class could use 'em, and they couldn't use any other existing veil. One idea might be that they can bind two separate sets of veils for their social and vigilante identities, perhaps with the restriction that social veils have to be passive in nature to avoid triggering the usual 'waaaaaitaminute'?
I wonder if graeae might be the source of one type of changeling. They're technically not hags, but they do form covens like hags and can join hag covens or vice versa, so, maybe? There's also witchfires, but...well, you never know, but it seems unlikely they could reproduce.
I'm hoping for the Concordance of Rivals, but I would certainly be happy to see the Chronicle of the Righteous. I'm just very interested in the psychopomp ushers and kami lords, so would love to see them fleshed out, as well as the primal inevitables, the protean lords, the axiomite god-mind, and the aeon's monad (including whether or not all of them are officially deities or not...). We did get some more on the Eldest, but more would be interesting. And of course, there are many other deities who interest me who are neutral about whom we know very little, such as Daikitsu, Erecura, Feronia, Nalinivati, Ragdya, and Sun Wukong.
That said, there are certainly some good-aligned empyreal lords I'd like to know more about...Kelinahat, for example. And various deities, like Kofusachi...
I would like to see some shadowy, super-creepy occult rituals oozing with flavor...Nidal definitely seems like the kind of place that would have such things.
I would also be curious if void kineticists are common in Nidal...their shadowy powers seem appropriate. New utility talents or an archetype for void kineticists with a higher focus on shadows would potentially be cool, but I would also be happy just having it mentioned if they're there and how they're viewed or integrated into Nidalese culture.
Shadow Piercings were introduced in Champions of Corruption, I think it would be neat to see this category expanded on, though just some mention of notable creators of shadow piercings or how they're viewed would be interesting as well.
Some sinister, shadowy spells would definitely be nice to see, mechanically...
I'd love to have more detail about Nidal's dealings with the Plane of Shadow in general, especially d'ziriak, fetchlings, kytons, shae, and umbral dragons, whether with organizations or powerful individuals. Now that Book of the Damned is out, I'd be curious to see if any of the kyton demagogues have cults in Nidal as well...
I think a shadow-focused vigilante archetype that bears some resemblance to the shadowdancer prestige class would be pretty neat, that or just some social or vigilante archetypes...or mention of a few specific ones, can certainly imagine a few vigilantes in Nidal, whether serving creepy cults or fighting against the government (though I suppose those aren't mutually exclusive).
Some new focus powers for occultists would potentially be kind of interesting, mostly imagining illusion and necromancy. Or perhaps the notion of an implement subschool for shadow...?
In general, though, I'm most interested in how the various supernatural elements impinge on people's lives, whether in the form of various monsters, disturbing rituals or traditions various places might have, specific weirdness in various locations, and so on and so forth...
That is an interesting thought...who all would you like to see get full stats as monsters in a future bestiary? Since they usually come in threes, hmm...
For daemonic harbingers, I'd like to see Cixyron, Folca, and Zaigasnar.
For infernal dukes, I'd like to see Lorcan, Ruzel, and Zepar.
For oni daimyo, I'd like to see Akuma, Inma, and Onmyuza.
For sahkil tormentors, I'd like to see Charg, Dachzerul, and Velgaas.
Add my voice to this. Is the Diabolist changed at all? Anyone?
(I wrote the Guide to the Diabolist, so I have a particular interest.)
thanks in advance,
Doug M.
Spoiler:
It is different, yes. The prerequisites now require that you be Lawful Evil, have the Fiendish Obedience feat, you must have 7 ranks in some skills, etc. Much like other prestige classes, it allows earlier access to your diabolic patron's boons from Fiendish Obedience.
Spiritually and physically united as a greater, more perfect whole. Her areas of concern are experimentation, physical mergers, and stitches. She also has the Community domain and the Family subdomain! Very wholesome.
May someone please tell me what the obedience is for Slandrais, the daemon harbinger of obsession and love potions? And do we find out what he looks like? Personally I'm hoping he looks kind of like a shlub -- and is still dangerous.
Spoiler:
His obedience is to cuddle up to a corpse of somebody that you used to know, or just sleep on top of their grave if you have commitment issues.
He looks like a wasp made of ashes and bloody ice with two scorpion tails.
Eric Hinkle wrote:
And what's the new name for the kytons that Mister Jacob mentioned?
Spoiler:
The actual name for their kind is velstracs. Only mortals call velstracs kytons, based off of when Kaikyton was taking a friendly scream-filled tour of the material plane for a few millennia, but they generally find the term to be rather flattering, given that she's one of their paragons of their kind.
Also, geez, many really disturbing fiendish demigods and almost demigods in that list ._.; Even Zepar is featured? I'm almost afraid to ask what his obedience is, but it can't be worse then Folca's I guess, so umm, yeah, what it is?
Spoiler:
Find a corpse, take it apart, put it back together in a new and interesting way.
So, would it be safe to call this the Pathfinder equivalent of the third edition BOVD? Cause I'm definitely getting that kind of feel here.
Also, what is Kunkarna the Rakshasa immortal. I ask because I used to play smite, and Kumbakharna was one of my favorite characters in that game.
Kunkarna:
Kunkarna - also known as the Dream Warrior - is a powerful psychic entity who seems to spend most of his time using said powers to project his spirit outside of his body as a transluscent entity with multiple heads.
*wonders if Luthorne will be doing his usual crunch section...*
Well, I wasn't really planning on it, since a lot of it is just obediences, but if you'd like...
Book of the Damned Rules Elements:
Artifacts:Book of the Damned (major), Book of the Damned (Apocrypha) (major), Book of the Damned (Daemonic) (major), Book of the Damned (Demonic) (major), Book of the Damned (Diabolic) (major), bilious talisman (minor), Ihystear (major), wheel of worlds (minor)
Contracts: Pact of Blood-Taking (CR 5), Shadow Coin Bargain (CR 11), Vow of Heartrime (CR 13), Curse of the Ever-Soul (CR 20)
From the info here, I'm very confused as to whether the "Vindictive Bastard" is actually an ex-paladin or just a douchebag paladin that still has to follow the same strict conduct rules. I see people referring to it as being an "ex-paladin" but... is it actually? :/
Specifically, it's a part of a new category of ex-class archetypes that can be taken immediately upon becoming an ex-member of that class, regardless of character level, and someone who does so can continue taking levels in the class even though they would normally be prohibited from doing so. If you have an archetype already, you lose it if it doesn't stack with these, and keep it if it does. On the downside, if you intend to ever go back, choosing to go this route will require an additional atonement or something similar since you not only fell, but went even further down the path after falling. It's a pretty neat concept.
Cursed Items:bloodbite (+2 wounding greatsword), chatter ring (ring of eloquence), kleptomaniac's gloves (gloves of larceny), overcharged staff (staff of electricity)
Inner Sea Bestiary has a Nascent Demon Lord, and a Daemon Harbinger, as well as the first Infernal Duke to get a stat block.
I have gone through the Inner Sea Bestiary several times and have not been able to find the "Nascent Demon Lord." Could you please tell me who or what it is as well as a page number?
Thanks.
Nightripper (which is on page 34 according to Archives of Nethys, but I don't have my copy with me to check for sure) is the nascent demon lord.
