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I'm contemplating a small fix for the fighter: instead of starting with two traits, give the option of taking the Cosmopolitan feat. This feat grants proficiency in two languages and any two mental skills as class skills.

This would be a useful boost for the role playing side of the fighter. (There are probably other classes that would benefit from this.)

The Website is up again but it needs an update of coming events.

I use the Abellius sheets from d20pfsrd. These are fillable PDFs with extra skill slots.

The actual character class is Daggermark Poisoner. d20PFSRD can't use Golarion-based names so it tries to find a close substitute.

I went to the guide and got a terms of service violation notice.

In PFS, I’m having a lot of fun with an Aasimar (Plumekith) Snakebite Striker 1, Greensting Slayer 3, Arcane Trickster 2.

Today, due to recent rule changes, I would go with an Elven Greensting Slayer 5, Arcane Trickster 1.

A Greensting Slayer Magus 5 can go into Arcane Trickster.

My build got its martial via a warpriest of Shelyn.

EDIT: spelling

In the Paizo Blog (mid-June?) a question was answered about retraining a hybrid class. They gave a list: for example, when you see brawler, think fighter.

The same sort of logic may apply here but I hope somebody else can give you a more solid answer.

I use the Abellius fillable PDF from the d20pfsrd site. It calculates and checks (some) values. There are one or two glitches. (I think it calculates loads as if your STR is one higher.)

What is the average level of entry for these PrCs? It used to be that entry into a prestige class came around level 6 or 7. Nowadays you can become an Eldritch Knight at level 3 or a Mystic Theurge at level 4 or an Arcane Trickster at level 5.

How are the class skills with these classes? For me, getting new class skills is a major incentive to multiclass or to take a Prestige Class.

I must admit that I would have liked to combine Green Sting Slayer and Eldritch Scion.

The Eldritch Scion uses CHA instead of INT. This means that he cannot be combined with any other Magus Archetype, as far as I know.

I think the Eldritch Scion should be an Alternate Class, like the Ninja is.

Does this idea make sense?

A Skirmisher (Ranger) gives up spells for some nifty Hunter's Tricks. I believe it is in the Advanced Player's Guide.

The extra feat is very helpful for classes like Paladins.

The extra skill point is useful, particularly if you are taking an irregular path into a Prestige Class. However, Half-Orcs can get the extra skill point by giving up Darkvision. I have an Urban Barbarian who did that. She intends to take two levels of Shadowdancer.

Because the Dark Tapestry sometimes comes up in PFS, I like to take Aklo. Only Humans and Half-Elves can do that without Linguistics.

I wish stagger-proof boots were allowed. They give DEX-based characters a better chance of staying alive.

It is possible to become an Arcane Trickster by taking five levels of Greensting Slayer. This would not involve losing caster levels.

Playing my character (above) has been fun even if it is less than optimal. I wanted to avoid cookie cutter solutions.

Originally I wanted to know if the Magus sneak attack with a knife used d8s if you were also a Knife Master.

Part of the problem arises because Arcane Trickster was created long before Magus and Brawler.

Surprise Spells may indeed only get d4s for sneak attack damage.

I hope others can shed more light (and less heat) on the matter.

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The Magus is using a (Mithral) Dagger.

I have an Aasimar Knife Master 1/Greensting Slayer 2 (Magus). The Knife Master uses d8s for sneak attacks. The Greensting Slayer gets d6 sneak attacks.

My question is: does being a Knife Master mean that the Greensting Slayer's sneak attack is also d8?

I'm headed for Rogue 1/Magus 3/Arcane Trickster 10, so I'll only get one sneak attack from the Magus. Thus if the answer is no, I'll only be losing an average of one point of damage per sneak attack.

thanks,

Kodger

In PFS, I have a Pluemkith Aasimar Snakebite Striker (Brawler) 1, Greensting Slayer (Magus) 2. After one more level of Magus, she will become an Arcane Trickster. She will get her Fifth-level spells at level 14. (A conventional Arcane Trickster based on three levels of rogue and three levels of wizard, gets Fifth-level spells at level 12.)

If you don’t have a grandfathered Aasimar for PFS, you can always take five levels of Greensting Slayer and then take Arcane Trickster. In that case, you would get Fifth-level spells at level 13 but would take one more level to complete Arcane Trickster.

Paizo classes are designed to be good through 20 levels. However, in PFS, you’re not going that far. Why not try something different?

Worshippers of Abadar have a feat that allows them to average their damage dice. Why not let him do the same. You might want to have him roll dice when he gets a critical.

More correctly, you cannot change your build after the first time the character is played at second level.

You can use the training rules from Ultimate Campaign. However, the Guide to Organized play makes this fairly costly. The high cost means that changes you can make fall short of a major rebuild.

Aasimar had a 3rd-level spell-like-ability which allowed them to start Eldritch knight at level 3. Aasimar are no longer allowed in PFS, unless you have a boon.

You can also do the same with a Scryer Wizard (subschool of Divination). Their Arcane school grants them the equivalent of a third-level spell at first level.

I believe this is PFS legal.

The trait, Fate's Favored, doubles the effect of a Half Orc's Sacred Tattoo.

If you start a thread and nobody replies, don't bump it by replying yourself for 6-12 hours if your only intention is to keep it close to the top. I've seen people being very critical of those who bump too soon.

On the other hand, if you have something substantive to add, don't be afraid to post right after your first post.

My Aasimar EK took Warpriest at first level and Wizard at second. She also took Magical Knack to help make up for the dead levels at one and three.

I use the Abellius Character Sheet for all my characters.

I just noticed that it no longer does calculations.

I am using Adobe Reader 9.5.5.

Has anybody else had this problem?

Maybe I should revert to an earlier version of Adobe Reader?

Thanks for you input in advance.

I wanted to combine Eldritch Scion and Greensting Slayer.

There is always: A Guide to Traits

In PFS, you can't be evil. You can be a cleric of an evil god if your alignment is within one step of it. This is all stated in the PFS guide.

You can use the gods on page 43 of the Core Rulebook.

In PFS, I have an Urban Barbarian 2 Weapon Master 3 that will take two levels of Shadowdancer followed by another five levels of Weapon Master.

The character is a half-orc who replaced darkvision with an extra skill point.

Your player may need to win all the time, in which case I don't think that there is much hope for him.

If, however, he just hates to lose, there may be ways to deal with it.

In PFS, there are shirt (and other) re-rolls. You might want to go to a Hero Points system (APG).

The Weapon Master archetype gets a free attack (or confirm or damage) re-roll for every five levels she has.

A Bit of Luck from the Luck Domain is a great buff since it lets the player roll two D20s for the entire next round.

If you did all of the above, he might still want to cheat. So, you should have all of you players call out the rolls of adjacent players.

It might very well be too late for any of this to work.

(On the subject of losing: for chess players, the pain of losing is four or five times greater than the pleasure of winning. Sorry, I saw this a long time ago, so I don't have a citation.)

I play only in PFS. My most successful build was a Fighter 8 Duelist 2 Aldori Swordlord PrC 2.

I also have a Mystic Theurge and an Eldritch Knight who will take 2 levels of Arcane Archer.

A friend of mine is also taking Mystic Theurge.

I never played D&D after 1984.

How does the Warlock compare to the Battle Scion from Kobold Press?

Thanks, in advance.

The swashbuckler automatically gets swashbuckler finesse which is a version of weapon finesse.

Why not take Toughness for the extra HP?

Unfortunately we all have different ideas of what you build is actually like. Could you please post some more and save the rest of us from making wrong assumptions?

She could also be a ballerina using Dance. Two levels of Perform (Dance) are needed for Dervish Dance and three will improve fighting defensively.

In PFS, Perform can be used for a day job check.

There are several traits that make Perform a class skill.

More accurately, your AC is 10 plus your DEX mod plus 1 for Canny Defense. Canny Defense will scale up by 1, each level, until you reach your INT mod. You could also wear Haramaki but it wouldn't count if you had Mage Armor up.

We could probably give better advice if we knew more about your build.

Also, Kensai are not proficient in any armor and have a spell failure chance and also reduce their chance to hit because of any Armor Class Penalty.

Edited: I forgot he couldn't wear light armor either.

As soon as you can afford it, get a wand of Mage Armor. If you can't get it going with UMD, ask a sorcerer or wizard to help you.

I agree with Dark Netwerk about taking Shield.

I assume you have Dodge which means you could get AC 23, without armor, assuming you used both Mage Armor and Shield.

I had a Kensai in PFS but went back to a regular Magus at level 2. Until I did, I always carried around a couple of potions of Mage Armor. The main downside was getting my buffs up at the right time.

If you would like some general advice on your build, you should post your Ability Scores, Traits and Feats.

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I'm hoping that someone from the returning happy horde of GenCon goers will give me some help with this.

In PFS, the Cavalier replaces Expert Trainer with Skill Focus (Handle Animal).

In Animal Archive, the Cavalier archetype Huntmaster replaces Expert Trainer with Animal Trainer (dogs and birds only).

Should a PFS Huntmaster replace Animal Trainer with Skill Focus (Handle Animal)?

Or does the lack of a specific mention in additional resources mean that the Huntmaster can keep Animal Trainer? It may well be that Animal Trainer is a weaker/more limited class feature than Expert Trainer.

I would like to hear from anyone who has encountered this problem.

Aasimar provided the only quick path to Mystic Theurge.

I hope some game mechanic emerges to restore the possibility of becoming a Mystic Theurge at fourth level.

Since I mainly play PFS, I'm never going to see a capstone ability. This encourages me to multiclass.

An Urban Barbarian 2 Fighter 8+ combination is one of my favorites. The Urban Barbarian has good skills which really add to any fighter.

I had a Rogue with the Swashbuckler and Scout archetypes. At fourth level I decided that the character was somehow lacking. She will now be doing eight levels of Dawnflower Dervish (fighter archetype). The resulting character will correspond to the original vision I had of her.

My most successful PFS character was a Fighter 8 Aldori Swordlord PrC 2 Duelist 2.

Don't forget that the Trickery Domain gives a 2nd level Clerical SLA. You could go Cleric 1 Wizard 3 Mystic Theurge 10.

I would second the recommendation of Magical Knack for the Cleric.

My first-level cleric of Calistria (headed for MT) also took the Luck Domain.

Remember, this thread is only about removing certain classes from PFS play.

Several classes have been suggested. Would removing certain archetypes or removing certain types of equipment be a better idea?

I would remove the gunslinger.

I'm doing an archery build. Once you have a 6 BAB, you can take Arcane Archer. I took a vanilla Assimar for early entry into EKt. The character started as a Warpriest of Shelyn.

The only way to get a Mystic Theurge at level 4 is to play an Aasimar from Blood of Angels.

With Aasimars disappearing from PFS, I hope they create another mechanic to get a 2nd-level SLA.