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True strike and things like magic missile that auto-hit are important. Remember that the crane style only works for melee attacks, and that you lose it if you are hit. A true-striking unchained rogue with something nasty in a spell storing weapon can do a lot of damage. Remember the unchained rogues can lower AC with a hit. Now the trick is getting true strike on a rogue, but there are certain objects, especially for ranged attack - a set of bracers, I believe, and some other items.
I changed all the monks into unchained monks and gave them some really good powers. It totally made the module challenging and a lot more fun.
Thor is a lightning bloodrager, of course. I created him as a pfs character as an aasimar bloodrager.
I just ran the Last part of the cabin encounter. A reasonably balanced party of 5: Cleric, evoker, druid, barbarian/ninja, unchained rogue. 20 pt builds, a stronger party so I keep them one level lower than they should be. Skilled, careful players but not huge powergamers. The cabin's save dcs on the haunts were to low to hurt the party, but the haunts were successfully creepifying. The party talked to Silas and decided to search for his brother's bones. The druid cast a control weather spell to stop the snowstorm. The wendigo won the caster-level roll off that I did secretly, but ended the snow to lure the pcs out. The ghost fight went very badly for the party. The ghost criticalled the cleric, doing a lot of con damage, and the worm finished him off. The party killed them fairly quickly. The evoker decided to teleport the party back to civilization. I had decided the wendigo would be able to cast dispel magic 3x day, and he dispelled the spell as she cast it. The wendigo now changed the weather back to blizzard conditions. The PCs could not see or use their air walk due to the high wind, so they tied themselves together with the druid in front, who used her survival skill and find the path as the PCs took a three hour slog through deep snow. The wendigo made a flyby attack, severing the druid's rope. Next round, it flew by again and grabbed the druid, taking her up 200 feet over the next two rounds and dropping her. The one change I made is I did give the wendigo dispel magic 3x day. It dispelled the air walk on the druid and dropped her. She used wild shape to transform into a eagle, and managed to deal with the buffetting winds and and with little damage. Back at the cabin the party decided to bring out the bones and give them to Silas' ghost instead of attempting a umd to raise the cleric. The enraged wendigo ripped off the porch door and howled, sending the druid, her animal companion, and the barbarian/ninja running down the stairwell in the cabin. The rogue and evoker held their own, using fire spells and a cold iron magic dagger. Meanwhile the panicked party members run out the front door and are attacked by the undead pine tree. The flee back inside, and the panic ends as the tree rips the walls apart and attacks them. They run back upstairs to join the wendigo fight, rightly judging it to be critical. They arrive as the wendigo rips open the wall of the cabin closest to the bones of Silas' brother. The tiger companion, barbarian/ninja and rogue all attack the wendigo as the wizard and druid drop spells on it, having a lot of trouble with the high SR. The wendigo bullrushes the party back from the bones, and grabs them. The pcs try to finish the creature off, but fails, and it retreats into the storm, mocking their failure. At this point, the tree monster breaks through the wall on the other side of the cabin. It's climbed up and as the blizzard howls, the exhausted party throws the last of their magic against the undead creature. It pounds the barbarian/ninja and the druid to death before being burnt to a crisp by the evoker. With 3 PCs down, the party uses their emergency recall spell to return to civilization. So, what will the wendigo do to prepare for the pcs return? I might have him abduct and transform local shoanti heroes into undead servants. I want something new to challenge the players when they return loaded for bear. . . I mean wendigo.
My battle wizard has this. Cosmic ray for the win.
Very informative, I am going to use these ideas when I run my own kingmaker game. Thanks.
Welcome, ZiCold! I can understand your frustration. Remember that Rise of the runelords is designed for 15 pt builds and parties of 4. Feel free to raise the challenge level if you wish. Reign of winter has some very challenging encounters I've been told. Others on the boards who have actually run or played it can tell you if I'm right. As for prep, the herolab files for the adventure paths really speeds things up, and you can load them into combat manager, too. I'm currently running rise of the runelords, and it makes my prep super fast. Just my opinions, Nick
Just an idea for GMs running the wizards in the Soulforge. As a way to make their magic unfamiliar and scary, and to offer cool new rewards to PCS, you might select some 3rd party spells for them and use them on the PCs. I recommend Deep Magic (which is what I am using) - because it's on herolab and has a lot of spells to choose from.
I think it does. I donated. If you like the program, please consider doing so!
Hi all, When I import a creature from combat manager, it has zero hitpoints, and is sometimes missing it's save modifiers.
Hi all, I use combat manager a great deal, and the new pc version has monsters up to bestiary 5, and stats for pfs scenario opponents up to I believe season six (let me know if I'm wrong!) I recommend the product, it is a free download. http://www.combatmanager.com/
Thanks, Kalindlara. I'm looking for a male figure, so I think I am out of luck for now. Nick
If anyone has some suggestions for a whip-wielding roguish pre-painted miniature for my pfs character, please post them here. Thanks! Nick
Try halls of the mountain king for 8-12 level.
Great question! I'm the author and I love playing this class. I'm excited and happy that you wish to use it. It slipped out of the manuscript, but the clockwork alchemist uses extracts, however, they are in the form of small machines and use the metal spell list from the advanced players guide, along with the clockwork spell list from (I believe) players guide to the crossroads. Hope that helps, pm me or post on this thread if you need any more help. Nick
Quick question about the songbird of death build.
And of course, courts of the shadow fay! It's a great adventure centered around the race and their rulership
If ez said it, you earned it!
It would be cool for explorers to come upon evidence of an all-out civilization destroying war between cyclops cults of demon worshippers and dark-tapestry servants, and then have to deal with the undead remnants of both.
Great question! Well, if I had a group of experienced players, I might play it like that. If I had a bunch of new players, I might have the guards be overconfident and challenge the first person through the window from the other end of the room. My advice is to think about your table as well as your creature's intelligence score.
America seems to suffer under the idea of the 'one drop' rule of race when it comes to african heritage - that any African blood makes one black. My Jamaican and South african friends have explained to me that in their society, people of mixed heritage are considered a separate racial class. That being said, biologically, race as we see it is not an accurate description of genetic heritage.
GreyWolfLord, An interesting analysis. For what I understand, you are saying that even though the overaching reason for the southern states leaving the union was slavery, the actual cause was the attack on fort sumnter and the succession. I believe that is backward. A trigger is the actual event that initiates another event. A cause is much longer in duration and deeper in creating the event. The issue of slavery had dominated and divided the united states for nearly 100 years - since the constitutional convention itself. It was the fear of Lincoln's supposedly antislavery government that triggered the succession. The confederate constitution enshrines slavery - no state in the confederacy has the right to abolish slavery every. So in my view- slavery is the major cause of the war, the actually succession is the trigger of the war.
I'm a science teacher, and this is how I explain and discuss science. Science is the dominant philosophical system of the modern world. It allows us a limited ability to predict future events, and gives us a strong basis of information and learning that so that we can create new technologies. Science is of two parts: 1. the scientific method, and 2. the body of information, constantly updating and changing as we learn more, that humans know. 1. The scientific method is a method of logic and experimentation that allows us to separate factual and non-factual knowledge by a process of experimentation - extreme skepticism is vital, and repeatable experiments are the standard of proof in this process. No fact or knowledge is every 100% immune to change or testing - this is a major piece of the scientific method. Information that has strong experimental evidence supporting it must be accepted, even if disturbing or a complete revision of what has to this point been understood as the truth - a major issue for many people with science. For example, scientists in 19th century Europe were forced to revise their worldviews on the age of the earth based on geological data, and people have had issues with this revision in society for the last 200 years. 2. Science is also the body of actionable knowledge that we have gathered with the scientific method. This knowledge is powerful because we can predict results (like sending a probe successfully to another planet with chemistry and physics), and create useful technologies (antibiotics, solar power) with it. Scientific knowledge is repeatedly tested, gathered through experimentation and observation using the scientific method, and expected to provide clear predictions of future behavior in the natural world. Science is a very powerful system of thought, but not the end all of the entire human condition. Science is morality neutral, the information and technology it creates can be used for good or evil. Ethics and morals must be brought to science and technology, whether from faith or from other philosophical systems.
About Janira Gavix - Almost every PFS group plays "The confirmation", and some GMs love to have the actual minis for each encounter and NPC. Sooo. . . as a VL, what are the possibilities of a PFS themed set of pathfinder miniatures with characters like the VCs, major creatures from games like wounded wisp, confirmation, etc. that are heavily played?
If you have UMD, take True strike. Lead blades / gravity bow are also affordable and very good for martial classes.
Hey, Marisiel, Looking Stabby and Drinky! Have you been feeling more. . . unchained. . . lately? Enjoying any new cool powerz? It's a hard life being a rogue but I wouldn't have it any other way.
So, could some please help me find the file that contains the custom monsters I have made using combat manager? I want to move to a new computer and I need to transfer that file. Thanks, Nick
Hey, does combat manager run on windows 8 and windows 10? I rely on it heavily and want to make sure before I upgrade. Thanks Nick
Halls of the Mountain King by kobold press!
That's a great background - very cool.
I'm for respectful dipictions of female heroes in RPGs. I get the feeling that the artist, who've I've met and talked to, was looking to get serious action shots for the backgrounds - getting the iconics off of the ground in creative ways. Amiri has lower leg armor and a loincloth, so if she is up and attacking at that angle, that's kinda what it is going to look like. Perhaps not the best decision, as my wife and I have discussed, but maybe not meant for fanservice, but for dynamism. Let's let the artist talk about his intent before we make judgements about intent.
Dear James, Do you have the fiendish Tyrannasaurus miniature from the old dnd line?
Kingmaker seems to be Paizo's second most popular AP - from the number of forum posts. It's older and out of print. I suspect it would be the best option, especially because the kingdom building rules need some polishing. It's the AP I most want to run. . . Nick
Ceaser Slaad is obviously not privy to secret kobold awesomeness information. If kobolds suck, why do they have their own PFS SCENARIO coming out?
Hi all, there's a great release for Pathfinder that has a ruined dwarven citadel infested with derro and worse, that is absolutely integratable into a underdark game. I did update it for the company, but that was after I ran and loved it. Levels 8-12. Check it out! http://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/halls-of-the-mountain-king-for-pathf inder-rpg/
dotted - very useful
Being the husband of a very pregnant wife, 3rd trimester can be very debilitating. My wife has severe back pain, fatigue and shortness of breath. But like many other biological processes, these effects can vary. I would suggest a series of fort saves, perhaps a DC 20. The character penalties of each trimester only if they fail a fort save for that trimester. I love my wife, she has a high wisdom score (which I lack), but she dumped con. Also, this should never be done to an unwilling player, or if anyone in the group is not comfortable. It's an area that many players might feel is not something they are interested in exploring during their gaming time. Talk to your people. Finally, without medical care, birth (especially the first), was quite deadly. Something near half of first time mothers had (and have!) major problems in birth without modern medical care.
Use spells that you cast, and then you order around as a move action. Void gets an amazing debuff as a standard action - really hits saves. Then use flaming sphere or dazing snapdragon fireworks or angry thundercloud already cast as a move action to hit the foe while they are weak. Very good stuff.
Have you taken a look at making a disability claim? It sounds like you might be able to get some medical care and living expenses that way. I assume you are in the US. . .
Hey, Crystal, I heard a rumor that the first RPG you ever played was Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles and other strangeness. As it turns out, mine as well. Do you have any good memories of those games? Something cool?
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