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The trope, to me, is very much an everyman, who uses whatever is at hand, risking it all, to try and defeat the Evil Forces. Bucket to the unsuspecting enemy head? Worth it. slamming enemy into a wall? Par for the course. Getting beat to an inch of your life, but still get up? Of course... they arent fighting for honor, or glory, and anything like that. They have something that they are trying to protect, that means more to them than anything else. Pull out all the stops. Walk barefoot through molten glass if you have to... Cus if you give up, its all over.

The enemies arent some far away war or adventure. They are the monsters at the door, and you are all that stands between them and those you care about. You arent some mastermind, warlord, archmage, or wirkd renownedarchangel, etc. You are just some guy who has something to lose, and you arent going to stop until its safe.

Izahko plants his feet, muscles straining as he violently thrashes against Marius’s grip, forcing his way out with his power.

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◆◆◆ Escape Marius Grip

By the way Izahko, escape attempts have the Attack trait, so they incur MAP.

Looking at the fact Red wound up next to Ko-Rin before he would have steps from Yohann, and how that places everything. He would've stepped three times, one south-east, then south and then south-west, to be next to the Brown building/tent. @GM, You'll need to decide for yourself how you want to handle that stab at Ko-Rin who would've been 15 ft away from that spot when you stabbed at him.

Ko-Rin kicks off the tent/building if it can support him. GM fiat, but it won't actually change anything beside for how cool the image is in my head. lol. I don't need the bonus movement. Ko-Rin rushes around the periphery of the battle, before coming in next to Marius and Bartolo.

"Hi!" He'll quip, before trying to Trip Red Bartolo.

Athletics vs Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 If that is a crit-fail I will hero-point it. otherwise I continue with the rest of the turn, likely disappointed.

◆ DARING STUNT
DAREDEVIL, RISKY
Frequency once per round
You hurl yourself into the fray and try to maneuver a foe. You Stride or Leap. You must move at least 10 feet and end your movement adjacent to at least one enemy. At the end of your movement, you can attempt to Grapple, Reposition, Shove, or Trip one enemy within your reach.

White cross is where he Stepped to and starts his movement. It goes one square West, then one North-West, then one North, then ends up where Ko-Rin is, for 25ft of movement that should avoid any reactions unless they have reach.

He then turns to see his ally being grappled, and does not approve. He jumps, and shoving his foot into Yellow Marius's Chest, he kicks off while trying to break the grapple.

Acrobatics + agile map vs Fort: 1d20 + 7 - 3 ⇒ (19) + 7 - 3 = 23
If that's a success, he moves north 1, and doesn't break the grapple. If that's a crit, he gets shoved 10 feet north, and DOES break the grapple. Either way, Ko-Rin leaps to land beside Red Bartolo and Dysebel. As long as that 23 was a success vs Fort, this doesn't trigger reactions.

◆ FORCEFUL KICKOFF STUNT
AGILE, ATTACK, DAREDEVIL, PRESS, RISKY
Requirements The target can’t be more than one size larger than you.
You plant a foot in an enemy’s chest, pushing them away as your leap backward. Attempt an Acrobatics check against the Fortitude DC of a creature within your reach.
Critical Success The target is pushed 15 feet away from you. You Leap away from the target, and this movement doesn’t trigger reactions.
Success As critical success, but the target is pushed only 5 feet.
Failure You Leap away from the target.
Critical Failure Your stunt backfires. You are off-guard until the beginning of your next turn.

Audacious Combatant
Your adrenaline fuels you to attack again and again. Whenever you have adrenaline and make an attack as part of an action with the press trait, your multiple attack penalty is –4 (–3 with an agile attack) on your second attack of the turn instead of –5, and –8 (–6 with an agile attack) on your third or subsequent attack of the turn instead of –10.

As he lands he Quips at Bartolo again "Bye!"
Finally, he does it again, this one against Red Bartolo.

Acrobatics + agile mapx2 vs Fort: 1d20 + 7 - 6 ⇒ (14) + 7 - 6 = 15
Same details. if that succeeded, he gets kicked 5 feet back, and I leap away. if it failed, I leap away and he gets any reactions.

◆ FORCEFUL KICKOFF STUNT
End Turn

Since Society is allowing folks to play with the playtest rules until book release this time. Should they keep daredevil as-written? Or incorporate the hp bump?

It does not! And I will generally try to stay within 15' of you to help protect you. So Turbodwarf it is! I can also boost this by another 5' with a focus point if I really need to move.

For the single file marching order will you want to sneak ahead to look for traps? If so, I'll be second, if not I'm willing to stand in front.

I have very distinct (and fond) memories of Korvosa from 1e days and the Curse of the Crimson Throne AP. I also remember well that such an urban environs had a tendency for traps/hazards.

So I'll take advantage of my stealth and Trapfinding abilities, and lead the way... That said, urban environs tend to get labyrinthine at times, and Paizo likes to also add Haunts in their Spookybooks, which sometimes use skills I will only be trained in, if that. So I would reccomend just a short lead for my Rogue. If you arent stealthy, Follow the Expert for a +3 to your skill,( and full level bonus if not even trained).

Come now, that critter's as gentle as can be... :P

Presses 'X' to Doubt

I am now even more certain it's bad news. LOL.

As for people asking for cost method, I will leave it to Tiger for confirmation. But I seriously hope we are using the pre-set items of certain levels and a but of extra cash... Because level 11, item costs are at the point that the Lump Sum route is notably less.

... I really don't like the critter on the cover of the module. Looks nasty, and nasty things tend to have resistances, of notable amounts hy this level, often to special materials... But man, special material weapons, to get to a +2 striking, would have to be standard-grade. And there just isn't any way I can swing that, cus my lvl 10 slot is going to my handwraps... So I guess I'm grabbing a couple back-up low-grade weapons, just-in-case.

For the less paranoid folks in the group (or those trying to shave costs) there's always temporary salves or Talismans like Silver Salve or an Alloy Orb, if you don't want to pay out (or can't due to not a metal weapon) for such.

Okay, slides and macros updated.

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Speed 35'

Does that Speed include a circumstance bonus? if not, treat it's 5 higher as long as you are within 30 ft of my Rogue :)

Well... Dang. I just realized half the feats I was taking from Fan Dancer are Skill feats from the archetype... I have tons of space for those as a rogue in normal slots, and find myself with extra FA feats.. Guess I'm picking up Spirit Warrior. Damage potential up, slightly (Pseudo Flurry of Blows to go with my Sneak Attack), and additional support functions. (like the ability to break my weapon to completely negate an enemy's attack from dealing damage. even/especially a crit. And not a big deal, as it lets my apply runes from handwraps of mighty blows to the weapon I'm wielding... and when breaking one in such a manner, lets me swap the broken for a new weapon as a triggered free action)

I'm still working put all my skill feats and equipment. But fan dancer let's me use performance (total 24 after everything) for initiative. Anyone who is an ally within 30ft of me, including myself, gets a +5 circumstance bonus to speed. Enemies treat everything 10 ft around me as difficult terrain (unless they ignore difficult terrain with the air trait). I can also tumble through with performance, and then strike, an enemy, up to three times (if different enemies) including the Stride of tumble through. Per turn. Every successful tumble makes that opponent off guard to my strike. Every successful strike makes them off guard to the first ally to attack them.

Edit: and anyone looking to help the whirling death machine. I treat frightened enemies as off guard. And can spend a reaction to get temp hp when an enemy becomes frightened. So frighten is a good bonus.

On the flip side I also have a reaction I can spend to prevent someone from falling below 0 hp, once a day, off my kitsune familiar. It instead puts you at 12 hp and wounded 1. (Even if your hp before the effect was less than 12... it's technically 1+my level) as well as supporting skill feats for my face skills like Bon Mot

Edit 2: and Yako Zenko is another character of mine that keep defaulting to in the forums. And I sometimes forget to change how I'm posting XD

Yes, the links at the top go to the gameplay tab.

So the proposed characters are:

Watery Soup (Confirmed): Centaur Animist or fat goblin monk archer
HorseTornado (Confirmed): Wizard, with a cleric dip for a pseudo mystic theurge or Imperial sorcerer
Ellioti: Dwarf Occult Witch Investigator with a gun
Saashaa: (Shoanti) Human (Suli) Sorcerer
Yako Zenko 2e/Kitsune Kune: kitsune summoner, fey eidolon Fan Dancer
Philo Pharynx: Drallin Battlehungry, dwarf champion

Saashaa flipped to a Cleric for this table, to ensure we have a dedicated healer. And looking at the rest of the party make-up. I think we need a bit more in the front-line, as we are currently pretty caster-heavy as Thaumascourge mentioned. As such, I'll shift to a Thief Rogue/Fan Dancer.

So party currently looks like the following

Watery Soup: Centaur Animist or fat goblin monk archer
HorseTornado: Wizard, with a cleric dip for a pseudo mystic theurge or Imperial sorcerer
Ellioti: Dwarf Occult Witch Investigator with a gun
Saashaa: (Shoanti) Human Cleric with Oracle, Champion, and Witch dedications.
Kitsune Kune: kitsune Thief Rogue, Fan Dancer
Philo Pharynx: Drallin Battlehungry, dwarf champion

I really want to see the Centaur Animist from Watery Soup.

I'll be a Master in all the social skills this way as well. As well as Performance, Stealth, and Thievery... (yay Rogue Skill Monkeys)

While I enjoy the Summoner. I am more than willing to change it up, or fully rebuild,ndepensing on what the party needs.

Sadly, I don't think Paizo can truly incorporate OGL into it. That is license owned by WoTC/Hasbro. They would need to get them on board... and That group will never get on board as long as they think they can win this fight... And until they drop attempts at 1.1, it means hasbro thinks they can win this fight.

They wouldn't be subject to their deity's anathema, but they lose two of their class features in exchange. Really, the only thing they keep at that point is their reaction.

And the hp and proficiency progressions... putting them at fastest armor progression in heavy armor. Not to mention the save progressions.. and feats... really, as mentioned. I can easily see an argument for the loss to be an "only" instead of a "ton"... thus, I must agree with Hmm, and prefer this not be done purely for roleplay

@guide is correct. Spellstrike requires the spell to have an attack roll. Which electric arc does not.

While all true. I do understand the point of having one path end at the level the next one starts. After-all, I have known multiple people to look at this path, go "what do we do with level 1-10?" and a response be "play Abomination Vaults first".

For what it's worth, Age of Ashes -is- far better than its reputation. I am enjoying GMing and I believe my players would agree.

Seconded

That said.. .there ARE a couple encounters that are brutal in it.

I'm not sure if an AP that starts at like 6th level is doable. Since the APs are on a monthly release schedule, and are kind of calibrated to do 1-20 in six months.

I guess you could do three four part APs in a year, but that's a whole other experiment.

That is a fair response. I was mostly responding to the question about starting higher level, and what I feel is a better start point. It didn't take into account, at all, the release schedule. Which does make the entire thing make more sense.

As I don't see it showing up in book 3 either. I've decided that this is a previously unlisted Kaiju. With that, I DO like the name. Taking the kanji for the three sounds, and common readings from them, I get "The Wing of Bitter Time". Which, to me at least, combining that with negative energy screams of some flying Kaiju, with a power to rapidly age things/creatures. It could even, in theory, age away all legends of itself. As everything that has it's name written on it rapidly ages and crumbles to dust. Leaving him a mystery kept only in verbal legends... (Could even make it so those who know the tales of him ALSO rapidly age...)

Just my fun thoughts on it.

I like starting higher... but 12 is a very BIG jump. Maybe starting closer to 5 or 7? Enough for plenty of "takes several levels to get to" concepts to come online, and that much closer to those that need even more time, while having less of an extreme jump.

Especially since the higher your level, the less you can really define the previous adventures, which can make it harder to connect with that character’s past

Hello all, getting ready to run some Fists of the Ruby Phoenix. Character creation rules are strongly linked to PFS, and the chosen players will get Chronicles for them as we play through. Recruitment thread here

Interesting! I shall avail myself of the Swords school, I guess. I do wield a giant sword.

Frustration will take a potency crystal as his School Item.

To answer your question form game-play tab. yes, hero points allow you to spend 1 for the ability to re-roll a d20 roll (but you cannot spend another to re-roll the re-roll) and you take the new result, even if it is worse.

Also, when down and dying, but not dead, you can spend all your possessed hero points at that time, to automatically stabilize, and not gain the Wounded condition. (You don;t get rid of the condition if you already had it though.) Here's a place to read the full details.

Then they should have fixed it on the scenario itself and perhaps not deepened on people to read a thread for that information.

While I agree. I also know there are plenty of typos out and about, and they are slowly fixing them... This is one that has been out a long time, but I suspect it will get fixed eventually.

Mike Kimmel wrote:

Leg o' Lamb wrote:

Mike Kimmel wrote:

Alex Speidel wrote:

Update: I survived SkålCon and had a lovely time!

Can confirm. Alex (or at the very least a convincing digital simulacrum of Alex) is still around.

Mike, did you notice anything different about him?

That information will cost you 80 AcP.

Hmmm… 80 AcP for Alex’s soul? Seems… high.

Nah, he's a Unique option. Compared to the costs of Rare that exist, seems pretty cheap to me... better make sure we aren't getting jipped.

Noted. New class for me entirely. And usually when a feat gets really paragraphy, my comprehension drops. :)

Oh, I don't blame you. New class for me too. I've just been itching for it and so have been devouring the actual guns and gears book :)

Hot Take: I predict PFS2 will never go to Level 20.

I think the demand is there, but it's a lot of work to write - and run - the higher level stuff on the supply side. Even the 7-10s were logistically challenging; tons of conditions getting thrown around, and there's lower GM (and probably author) familiarity with the ins and outs of higher level play.

They're charging more for the 7-10 level scenarios already because they're eating up more editor time than the 3-6 and 5-8, and they're cutting back the publication schedule overall so it's not like they have extra capacity.

Even 1 tier per season (Season 3 = 9-12s, Season 4 = 11-14s, etc.) seems optimistic.

As others have said, they are already increasing the upper cap. Whether that will go all the way to 20 is a good question. However, having run a couple APs all the way to level 20, I found it to be less of a giant hurdle to maintain than expected. It's true, that I went all the way up with a single group, so there was less variation than would be experienced across society play. However, it is not nearly as bad as 1e was. Not yet anyway.

Further, re-playable scenarios do exist in 2e. Which means, as time goes on, I suspect we will slowly diverge from the inverse square rule described by Watery Soup... How far is debatable, but I'm sure the Devs are fully aware that people want to play their beloved characters as high level as they can go. As such, I expect them to get us there sooner than season 36... Not sure where I'd stake it at for, though.

Thanks for your patience all. It's been a quite the day.

Also, Dual-Weapon Reload is a ridiculous feat. But... #fantasy

While true... I do not believe that Into the Fray would work to get both guns out. As it specifies a one-handed ranged weapon, and a one-handed melee, and the attached trait calls out the following, bolding mine:

My, personal, reading of that suggests you would draw the attached weapon, not the attaching weapon, to make an item ready. Which would be drawing two separate ranged weapons then.

Into the Fray would, however, let you draw the bayonet, specifically, into your off hand if it is detached. As the bayonet item has a special rule to itself, that allows it to be wielded unattached.

"Bayonet: This blade or spike can be attached to a crossbow or firearm but, unlike other attached weapons, can be wielded in one hand as its own weapon. When used as a separate weapon, it can’t benefit from any runes or abilities that function only for attached weapons."

Bolding mine again. The fact it calls out a detached bayonet as able to be wielded as it's own weapon, suggests to me, again, that an attached weapon is considered part of the weapon it is attached to...

This is, of course, all my own interpretation, and I leave it to table GM to make a ruling in this game... Just something I noticed and figured I'd bring up for people to be aware of in case of future table variation.

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We have no way of truly knowing which is the case.

Hence advocating for clarification on the issue.

I can understand desiring such a clarification. And would welcome it if it arrives.

However I know of vary few companies who would be willing to post the full details of their decision-making processes out in such a place. In case the details need changing in the future. Because if, somehow, an issue arises. We'll people pointing to the post going "But you said this!"

Future-proofing exists in both game-design, and official statements.

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a clearly outlined policy with very specific descriptions of how the company decides who gets to go, when, how often, and for what reasons would be necessary.

Just wanting to jump in here and state that. nowhere in the post, does it state such a decision tree DOESN'T exist. Possibly a really, really, good one that has no discrimination in it what-so-ever.

All we do know, is that they adjusted their policy to default to one person per room. Further, some people here have found this to be lacking, in a "side-step the issue" way... However, they ignore the follow-up line stating that if multiple employees want to share a room they may request to do so.

This can be viewed multiple ways.

1) That it allows them to continue to deny such transgender room sharing, under the statement "not our policy".

2) It now allows them to openly allow room sharing of any two, or more, members under the agreement of "You willingly choose to room with this other person, and accept all consequences herein, and we are exempt from any claims of forced discomfort based on perceived gender or sexuality".

We have no way of truly knowing which is the case.

Hello, I just now had a chance to come back around to my account and saw that I never canceled my subscription like I thought I had. Please cancel it for me. I know there are two pending purchases on there because my payment method had expired. If it is okay, just cancel those orders too, as I never intended to end up with them.

It might have been easier if they'd included an obvious reference, but you can review the material online at

Archives of Nethys; you don't have to own the GMG to run the scenario.

You are correct, and I own the reference book. However, that is not incredibly helpful for those who run physically (when that happens again) and need a refresher. Which is why previously they have put the rules IN the module.

Okay, ran this, one more question:

Seems like the final encounter is technically skippable, right? It says that after 12 RP, Valgomorus breaks out after the next set of checks on the map-mural. In my case, they were already done with that (they'd failed often enough that the mural decayed so that they were done with the wall within 12 RP. At some point I let them hear a bashing on the other side of the wall, and they actively broke it open. Not sure if I would let Valgomorus break out on his own after a while or if he's incapable of escaping without outside help, but it seems possible to skip the entire encounter if they let him in there, right?

Technically, I believe you are correct. However doing so also fails the primary success condition. (as it specifically states they must complete all the combat encounters.)

Just came here to note that this is the first scenario I've run, that involves a secondary rule-subsystem from a book other than Core, that isn't explained in detail in the scenario how that subsystem works. Unless all society GMs are expected to have the GMG, (which I took to not be the case) this seems like an oversight.

For those who dislike having both the spell attack roll as well as the normal strike roll. I am fairly certain this exists to make the magus' spell attack modifier matter, while still having an advantage of gaining weapon proficiency faster. If it was just the one roll, the strike roll, then there's very little reason for the average Magus to invest in Intelligence at all. They simply focus spells that don't care about their spell attack/ability mod and flail away.

In fact its also a balance against multi-classing, or gaining innate spells, and not caring about ever getting above trained in that particular spell list.

Did you include the (small odds) fun times of the fact. If the strike crits, the spell hits on a "miss" and crits on a "hit" roll for the spell attack. (or the equivalent modification on enemy saves.) Which, when occurs, is a bigger improvement than even getting legendary proficiency.

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Highest AC possible at level 1 is 18.

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Draco, you are 100% correct on all accounts... except this one. A sword-board fighter or Champion can raise a shield to get a AC20. Although, that is costing an action every round.(however it could potentially account for SOME of the low damage.) By shield-blocking once each-round. This will tank some of the damage. (not the "only took 4 damage" amount obviously.) A similar affect is if they were both Champions using shields, and, say, liberating stepped each-other out of danger each round. (reducing damage taken, 20 AC versus 18, costing an extra action of the enemy on movement... Still don't see it winning in Champion's favor without some dice advantage here.)

Also, Monks can get to 19 AC... IF they go crane-stance. This also only uses a single action on one round to get.

It should be noted I absolutely agree that the described situation is hilariously wrong, and the two characters will still lose. However I wanted to point out that there are a couple ways they could have done better than 18 AC.

Not sure if this is the intent of the story at all but this seems like it could be a really cool origin story for a Witch.

The meeting, the two odd strangers, a curious conversation, a mysterious wager, an even stranger egg.

I can just imagine it 'hatching' in the night and Ivy waking up to some creature offering her adventure and magic if she just signs on the dotted line.

.... and being the Anime obsessed person that I am... I am now stuck with the mental image of "Witches = Magical Girls"... *heads off to reserve a character.*

Agreed. Well thought out, and important, question

I, honestly, would go with player discretion or initiative order. As those are equally "fair" to the PCs and NPCs alike. If it becomes GM discretion, then they have the fact they choose order from both the players, AND the beasties, when such situations arise.

Personally, I leave it to player discretion. This speaks well to the narrative of a group of adventurers working together since they should know each-other's abilities, it also makes for the best "feels good" moment for the players. As well as giving them agency, and rewarding tactical play...

Just my 2 cents

As to shields realistically breaking on the battlefield, it happened. To what degree is dependent more on the era and tactics of the time you are talking about than anything else.

Not to mention, some regions specifically designed their shields to chip and break during combat. Because doing so meant there was a solid chance of enemy weapons getting stuck, even if only temporarily, in the shield. Which opened a tactical advantage. Specifically, your opponent being possibly disarmed, or at the least, off balance.

Further, I believe I read somewhere about Romans being expected to go through multiple shields during a battle. However I can't remember where, or during what time frame, so it may have been in later years when they shifted to less well-made arms due to money reasons.

(As a side note, it was also noted in some accounts, to the stability, and re-useability, of a

You all are right. Reading over the spell sections again it does mention that components and actions are only "usually" the same. So my previous statement is incorrect. It still does remove the interact trait from the spell. Allowing you to cast it in times you could not otherwise, thus improving it. However it is not nearly as improved as I first read it.

Just chiming in here to make a note about the Elven feat, Elemental wrath. it's not JUST "the acid splash cantrip, but with a different element." It's also the cantrip with only a single action to cast.

"You can call to the land to cast the acid splash cantrip as an innate primal spell at will, except the spell has only verbal components and deals the type of damage you chose instead of acid damage;" (bolding mine.)

As you mention in the into, action economy is paramount. Dropping a spell you already rate at 3/4 stars, to one less action, seems to bump it to "great" to me. Further, if one wasn't going Primal, then it's still an innate spell, which scales on charisma anyway, and thus as a sorcerer is better than innate spells for most other classes. Finally, by getting rid of the somatic component, it drastically reduces the number of enemy reactions that it can trigger.

As such, better action economy, bloodline flexible (for varying degrees of value of course,) as well as element flexible so you can get around immunities/resistances (or if lucky, even hit weaknesses,) and reducing your interaction to enemy aggressive reactions? This is about as much as I, personally, could ask for in a level 1 ancestral feat.

Just my two cents.

I am currently subscribed to both the pathfinder and starfinder society scenarios. I did so in order to better run games while waiting for my paperwork to become a VO to go through. Now that I am one, I have no need for the subscriptions any more.

One thing that should help is that the NDAs have gone out to the VOs finally after a ridiculously long delay. I got mine, signed it, and got confirmation back. So the VO corps should be vastly increased and on the job with the ability to address issues like reporting to Paizo accurately and timely.

Still waiting on mine, so not all have gone out.

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I would personally rule it, as if the property runes do not specify they must hit, then they add their effect, and damage type, to things like Certain Strike.

In my first PFS2 game we had to disperse a crowd of protesters nonviolently, and it came to my turn. (It looked to me like it was one of those cases where you try to use a variety of skills creatively.)

"I use my geneology lore skill."
GM : "Uh, how does that possibly apply here?"
"I single out the ringleader and insult his mother - very specifically."

Was said mother, perhaps, a hamster?

I agree that I see many pro's to how it is laid out. However, it also does have the issue that if you don't know what segment something is in. it can massively extend the time it takes to find it. Further, the individual segments are not always intuitive. (There have been multiple occasions I expected something to be in section X but was actually in Z)

Hello Bob,

We have never met, and only spoken back and forth on the forums once in a blue moon. however, I still echo those above and thank you for all the work you have put forth. I have always enjoyed reading your take and opinion on any thread you chose to respond to, even ones where I had not had a chance to formulate my own. I hope life treats you well going forward.

I looked at the scenario after we played and the GM got the watchtowers slightly wrong. The watchtowers were 15ft tall.

Actually, you are still not quite right.

The line with the relevant details is on the page AFTER all the monster and combat stats are given. It describes it as "Each watchtower is 15 feet wide and 25 feet tall. A ladder on the north and south sides of each tower allows for easy access to the top of the tower. A PC who attempts to Climb the tower via a ladder can do so with ease. A PC climbing the ladder can move up to half her Speed without attempting an Athletics check." (Bolding mine)

Now why it tells you how wide they are, when the map shows you as much, is an interesting question. However, the 15 feet is specifically width, versus 25 feet tall.