The Burrowing arms (DC) armor upgrade grants a burrow speed so long as you wear that armor.
But seeing how powered armor functions, if you were to use haste or another movement increasing ability such as the augmented's overclock ability, it would not increase the burrow speed in power armor but would increase it in heavy armor.
But seeing that specifics trump general, I though I would ask.
two characters both with the upgrade, 1 with heavy armor and one with power armor.
heavy : 5+30 for haste= a burrow speed of 35 feet
powered : 5 because power armor speed cannot be adjusted.
The FAQ clarifies that movement altering, unless specific does not function in powered armor.
But I just ran into something in a society session that augments in specific slots do not function either, these being things like the feet and hand slots or things that would change physiology.
A clear one would be the thruster heels and force soles in larger armor
The thruster heels have a function that grants a bonus to the next athletics check but since they are attached to your feet within the larger armor they do not work.
RAI, I completely agree with this, it makes total sense for you to just slam into the monitor when you activate these inside the armor.
RAW however, nothing like this is noted. Not in the current FAQ either.
Things like defensive ball graft or the force bolt graft.
Can powered armor be modified to accomodate augments like lighter armor can?
Or are augments that are usable in powered limited to straight stat boosts or mental actions?
Can you have a single character that basically has 4 'bloodlines' or for more thematic sake, 4 dragon bloodlines and 4 different breath weapons.
Race ; Human
Bloodline 1 : Dragon, Blue : Dragon spit and Dragon prince ancestry feat
Bloodline 2 : Barbarian : Dragon Instinct, Red, Dragon rage breath
Bloodline 3 : Sorceror Dedication : Green Dragon, Advanced bloodline : Breath weapon
Bloodline 4 : Dragon Disciple Dedication : White Dragon : Dragon Disciple Breath.
The Reason why I ask if this can work is due to the wording in the first part of the
Dragon disciple Dedication ;
'You choose to study or worship one type of dragon, and your focus grants you a measure of its power. Choose one color of dragon when you select this feat; if you are a sorcerer with the draconic bloodline, this must be the same type as your bloodline'
We do not need to hold to this rule because we are technically not a sorcerer.
And then in the last part ;
'Special You can't select another dedication feat until you have gained two other feats from the dragon disciple archetype. If you later take the sorcerer archetype, you must choose the draconic bloodline.'
Due to this wording, I am assuming the restriction would only come into play if we were to take the Sorcerer dedication after we take Dragon Disciple, because we took it in this order, this rule has no effect either.
This is incredibly specific and does not come together until level 16 at the earliest.
How would you deal with a Nanocyte gobbling up a high level item that you would normally not be able to buy?
There are several scenarios where an item appears on the sheet that is at least 4 levels higher than the party level for that tier.
This is no problem during the playtest as you generate a new character each session, aside from one problem, the item is still consumed.
During full society play, how would purchasing interact with the Nanocyte?
If a level 10 Nanocyte consumes let's say, a level 14 weapon during the session ;
1.would they have to buy that weapon at the end of a scenario while that normally would not be allowed?
2.would they be allowed to spit the weapon back out at the end of the adventure?
3.would they not be allowed to consume that item at all?
Furthermore, would a consumed item be deleted from the chronicle sheet?
So now that the game has had a few years I keep noticing, why are ranged
weapons getting so many toys?
From gunner harness to bipod, You don't have to invest in strength to use heavy weapons anymore wich was their only downside, and these are stupid cheap.
Heavy Gunner harnass combined with a bipod and sniper atack allow you to make your full attacks with no penalty to hit.
Melee needs to run into range and take fire and then when they get to full attack, they will do less damage than ranged just because they have less chance to hit?
If you just hunker down with a heavy weapon and a gunner harnass, you can pump all other stats, ending with better survivability and better damage.
'But you are bad in melee!'
Add an operative weapon bayonet and there you go, no longer defenseless.
Solarians can use unarmed strike damage and abilities with their solar shield. Does this cause things that normally only apply to 'wielded' weapons to also apply to the shield? I am asking this because a recurring opinion I have heard is : unarmed strikes are a part of your body so you cannot wield them but the solarian is said in the text to 'wield' their shield.
Hunting around a bit for the consensus on this one, flight and haste not working would make sense but what about the other way around then?
Would slow affect a power armor user? If Haste would be overwritten by the power armor, would slow also be overwritten? Would you not get the speed increase/decrease but still get the extra move action/staggered condition
Would the second level of fly work because it notes an object? But would this also mean that enemies can treat you as an object in the case of telekinesis?
Would class features also not work? Would a solarion with defy gravity float weightlessly inside the armor's cockpit? But if you cannot affect your armor with your own class features would that mean that you would not be able to be blinded or affected by specific effects? You wouldn't be looking at the source with your own eyes. Same thing with Debris field, would you just have a load of junk floating around you while handling delicate controls?
Would a caster be unable to use spells like mystic cure because he is not touching the target with his/her own digits?
Would the gravitational harness only make you weightless and not your armor, because that would make the augment completely useless for any user. Or would it only apply when using armor of your own size?
How about armor upgrades? You can wear light armor under it and use the better KAC/EAC bonus, but does this also apply to upgrades?
The list goes on.
How have you guys handled this during your own games? Were you selective? Denied or allowed everything? It's horribly confusing.
I recently traded a replay boon for a skinwalker boon in my lodge, I wanted to make a werecrocodile magus because I thought natural spell combat was attuned to them, but it is attuned to the wereshark lineage instead.
My question though, the book itself notes that the options are available to were-insert, skinwalkers of that lineage and creatures that associate with the former.
The additional resources note only that the options in this book are only available to skinwalker characters : do they mean that all skinwalker non-race options are available to all skinwalker characters?
Or do you follow the exact wording? So the magus arcana can only be used by weresharks, but the witch hexes can be used by all skinwalkers?
Seeing as the bear is very underrepresented, especially in pfs, will there be more bear related options in second edition?
Will the Tyranny of the dinosaurs and great cats finally end?
Does the grizzly reign of the bears finally begin?
Wil we finally get a Bear equivalent of the warcat?
Are there going to be different bestiary bears aside from the last printed bear with the advanced template stapled to it?(why does a polar bear need 13 charisma?!)
Roar with me brothers and sisters! Bears will not remain silent forever!
So now that we got ultimate wilderness and bestiary 5 a while back I would have liked to see some more bear options.
But woe is me, the new bear is literally a dire bear with advanced taped on to it! I look toward ultimate wilderness and we finally get a large bear companion! Wich is still weaker than a big cat in most ways, while cats get another unique specimen.
Not even after eight years do we get a fantastical bear of huge size, meanwhile those kittenhoarding litterboxlovers can prance around the demented offspring of a Tiger and a cantaloupe!
Even the Shifter with all of it's problems has bias towards Cats?!
I sense claws for alarm here, this kind of favoritism is both unbearable and insuffurable!
LET US COME TOGETHER AND SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH OUR BEAR HANDS!!
There are multiple ways to get wild shape now, far from a good while back when the only way to get it was to play a druid/feral hunter.
My question is : If you get Wild shape from multiple sources, do they stack and you get the benefit from shaping focus once or do they count as two seperate instances that both get the bonus from the feat?
Shaping focus
Your powers of shapeshifting outstrip your dabbling in the druidic faith.
Prerequisites: Wild shape class feature, Knowledge (nature) 5 ranks.
Benefit: If you are a multiclassed druid, your wild shape ability is calculated as though your druid level were four higher, to a maximum level equal to your character level.
Special: This feat has no effect if you are not a multiclassed druid.
The Homonculist alchemist gains a limited evolution pool to use on their familiar, at lvl 16 this consists of 4 points, wich is enough to take the large evolution. So how does this work exactly? Does the familiar's new natural size become medium or does it become large like the evolution says? And does this mean that if it would use battle form in this case it would become weaker?
So I just got a chronicle that allows me to buy a special version of the Apparatus of the Crab but at cheaper cost, it even has ways to enhance it's armor and weapons.
But what happens when I would use object possession on it? Would it suddenly lose about 130 of it's hitpoints, 7 hardness and would it's pincers suddenly fly off, Or would it be the same but with my BAB added to the attack bonus of it's pincers? Or would it get even more confusing?? Help me out here please...
Can I give my familiar or a party member half of the kinsight goggles while wearing a Mask of a thousand tomes to get visual confirmation when making knowledges?
Obviously it does not help when attacking but I would like to know if you can wear a monocle under the mask.
So for my next character I wanna do a multiclass of bloodrager/barbarian, dragon disciple and draconic druid so that the Character acutally has a
'lore curve', having just claws and a bite to start with but being able to stay as a dragon basically 24/7 at the end of his career.
I am aware that having so many things will make the character weaker,but in the end I don't mind, however the Drake Companion bugs me, it is already very middle of the road but multiclassing will make it lag behind extremely.
The Question : Can I get rid of the Drake Companion for a domain or anything else, in any way possible?
Playing a Tinkerer Alchemist Currently and this section of it's initial ability bothers me.
'A tinkerer’s familiar can take any shape the tinkerer wishes, but its statistics and abilities are identical to a clockwork spy with the normal adjustments and abilities for a familiar applied'
Does this do anything practical or is it just for cosmetic purposes?
Or does it allow for weapon wielding due to bodyshape when it reaches it's improved form so that alchemists can walk around with their own gearsman?
I am leaning towards the cosmetic interpetation but I would like to have confirmation.
Currently running into some murky water, I have two questions as the Faq remains inconclusive.
The first question I have is, can I modify my clockwork familliar, the reason I ask is because of the wording in the following.
'When selecting one of these familiars, you may assume that you or an NPC crafts the familiar without paying the cost listed in the creature's entry. You need only pay the price of any augmentations that you add to your construct familiar, such as additional Hit Dice for your homunculus. You cannot upgrade your homunculus to have more Hit Dice than your character level.
Second, since a familliar is sentient, does the construct immunity to mind-affecting effects still apply and if not, can the familliar gain morale bonuses?
So a while ago I asked for advice on a gnome gun magus, I brainstormed for a couple of days before coming to the conclusion that it wouldnt work.
I made the gnome a bomb alchemist and called it a day but now I found a fun little idea that I wanna ride to the end.
Basically I use the Tinkerer archetype and have the familliar take the mauler archetype so it becomes medium, therefore useable as a mount by the small gnome.
After this I take all the feats a bomber alchemist would take with 2 levels in eldritch guardian fighter so the familliar would also gain all those feats.
Next I use the greater tinkering ability to give the familliar a feat to use for a good weapon as proficiency feats are not combat feats. Probably the light crossbow, I give the familliar two of these to use the two-weapon fighting it gets from the eldritch guardian. Next I take the Spell knowledge discovery and quicken spell with as much metamagic level reduction as I can to hopefully bring it down to a level where I can cast it.
So now We have a gnome with perfect flight that alpha strikes with 5 bombs, 4-5 magic missles and 5 crossbow shots from the familliar. Reloading is not an issue due to the shadowshooting property from Blood of Shadows.
My apologies for the wall of text but it's a rough idea to fit the character and it's very late.
The gist of this is, Can this absolute madness be achieved?
You arrive on planet Aballon, sent by the High marshal to stem the tide of the rogue AI Unity.
The Streets are chaotic, with free-willed law enforment and mercenaries defending against groups of consumed civillians,
the civillians lumber towards the barricades with joyful expressions on their faces, implants bulging and broken through their skin and bones, only repeating the words : 'Join us'.
The skyline is filled with commercial signs, only instead of the usual deals from Norborgersoft they instead read : 'Join us'
An imposing figure patrols the hallways, his Serrated Black armor clearly marks him to be a Hellknight of the Order of the Scourge.
He pays no heed to the many confused gazes aimed at him as he walks towards the briefing area.
As there is currently a briefing taking place, he sits down to await his time.
He retrieves a book from his satchel, it is a large tome that appears to be a compendium on the City of Almas, including it's laws and registered officials.
He sighs as his sunken green eyes begin to read through the tome with a dejected look on his face.
If I were playing a character with two levels in feysword and a total of 11 hit dice with primal ancestry active, would activating feyskinned give that character dr 15/cold iron for the remaining time that primal ancestry would be active?
Am I correct in assuming that if I have a level 9 dragoon fighter with an elven branched spear finessed, that with gloves of dueling and trained grace through the advanced weapon training feat that I would get +16 to damage?
Dragoon weapon training:
Spear Training (Ex)
At 5th level, a dragoon must select weapon training with the spear group. The dragoon’s weapon training bonus with spears improves by +1 on attack rolls and +2 on damage rolls for every four levels beyond 5th (to a maximum of +4 on attack rolls and +8 on damage rolls at 17th level).
The dragoon does not gain weapon training in any other groups as he increases in level.
Trained Grace:
Trained Grace (Ex) When the fighter uses Weapon Finesse to make a melee attack with a weapon, using his Dexterity modifier on attack rolls and his Strength modifier on damage rolls, he doubles his weapon training bonus on damage rolls. The fighter must have Weapon Finesse in order to choose this option.
advanced weapon training feat:
You are specially trained to use your weapon skills in new ways.
Prerequisite(s): Fighter level 5th, weapon training class feature.
Benefit(s): Select one advanced weapon training option, applying it to one fighter weapon group you have already selected with the weapon training class feature.
Special: This feat can be taken more than once, but at most once per 5 fighter levels.
Instead of paths of the righteous, I have received a package containing The whisper out of Time this afternoon.
This was obviously mispackaged, as this book is nowhere in my order history.
I would like to know how to return this book and I would like to receive my player companion at the earliest convenience.
One of the things I always wanted to do as a fan of steampunk and science fantasy is play a character that servers as a golem pilot or power armor trooper.
Now I know of course that crunch wise there are very few options and most of them are not legal in society play.
I would like some tips on replicating the fluff while keeping the crunch legal and reasonable, preferably examples that come online much earlier than my current idea.
Currently im thinking about a Battle Scion Occulist wearing Titanic armor as it fits, the bonded armor with high intelligence as the genius inventor is very appealing to the concept but titanic armor is expensive and its more magical than technomancy.
Considering the mediums strong bonuses to attacks, it would seem fairly adept to two-weapon fighting, does anyone have some advice on a stat array?
Currently I plan on Using :
Human, Dual Talented
Str : 15+2=17
Dex : 15+2=17
Con : 16
Int : 8
Wis : 12
Cha : 7
Just so you know, I find the level 1 medium spell list to be rather unattractive and therefore I chose to dumb Cha, I plan on staying in medium for 6 levels and I do not yet know what to multiclass into.
Been taking a gander at the druid archetypes and something struck me, the leshy warden an extremely powerful early acces, they get plant shape 3 at level 10, a seventh level spell at lvl 10, thats over 4 levels early, why is it then that the goliath druid gets giant form 1 at 12th level and 2 at 14th level.
Add to that that they get a familliar that can get an additional +6 to str and dex as well as the plant domain with the only tradeoff being a thousand faces and a slightly gimped wild-empathy.
Is it just me or does this archetype seem a bit overloaded?
In the last year or two the druid got a plethora of different options focusing on more varied types of wildshaping, we got oozes, vermin, plants and heck even giants!
Is it then odd of me to wonder why there has not been an archetype focused on elemental wildshaping yet?
It is probably one of the few flavor pieces the druid is missing and I sometimes just wonder why it is missing at all.
In a few sessions my seconde character, a bloodrager will reach the cap and retire, with a firm grasp on the rules and after meeting a lot of people with creative builds, I decided to go melee once again for the next character.
It's is going to be a multiclass cluster focused on destroying anything in reach of it, might even do eyes of the ten with it if the oppertunity presents itself. I don't know how to progress early on but at level 11 the build looks something like this.
Clawsie mcmurder vagabond
Traits : Community-Minded,Reactionairy
Bloody knuckled rowdy bloodrager, relic channeler medium, dragon disciple and master of many styles monk.
1 Bloodrager : Weapon focus claws, Racial heritage halfling
2 Medium
3 Moms Monk : Skill focus Survival, Dragon style
4 Medium
5 Bloodrager : Dragon ferocity, Eldritch Heritage : orc
6 Dragon D
7 Dragon D : Bonus Power attack, Feral combat training
8 Medium
9 Medium : Spirit focus Champion
10 Medium
11 Medium : Improved eldritch heritage
Level 11 : Boots of speed, touch of rage, and a robe of arcane with heritage( from what I understand it works on eldritch heritage) and rage active.
Attack bonus : Bab +7, Str +12, Spirit +3, Touch of rage +6, Aomf +3, Power attack -2, Wf claws +1, +1 haste
Damage : Str 18-24 for first claw, +6 power attack, +6 touch of rage, +3 spirit, +4 seance, +3 aomf
It notes that you get bonuses as if you were a phantom of your character level. It also notes that you cannot become incorporeal.
So would the following assumption be correct?
Id rage benefits on top of normal blood rage example:
Anger focus.
Additional +2 str and -2 dex, 2 slams of 1 size bigger that scale with bloodrager level, power attack as a bonus feat while raging, damage reduction scaling from 5/slashing to 15/-, Darkvision, magic attacks, ability to phase through walls.
The flesheater barbarian can gain an ability from the beast shape II list if he consumes flesh from a creature that possesses it.
Can I purchase a tiger for 325 gold, wait for it to die in combat, then turn all it's meat into jerky that doesn't spoil easily and then have a large supply of meat that I can consume to gain pounce when I want it?
Talked to a friend of mine about pathfinder society play, after a bit of discussion he thinks he might want to play a primal companion hunter without the companion so he can apply the evos to himself.
He wants to make his character a Darwinist that wants the mortal races to evolve and improve like he has, he also wants to worship a Deity.
What should I reccomend to him? Irori because of the self-improvement part? I'm not really for telling him to worship the demon-lord of alchemy and mutation.
Making a pirate reanimated medium who gained this class after being backstabbed by his captain. An experience like this obviously has some impact on personality and mannerisms.
For example :
1 defeat raving cultist, party wants to interrogate but he knows nothing, pirate slices his head off atfer failed interrogation.
2 Defeat BBEG minion, pc's try to intimidate or convince him to talk and fail, minion backtalks and threatens the pc's in return, pirate tries to intimidate and excecutes him without a word if it fails or succeeds.
How ruthless can you be before tables and the paladins start tugging at your morality leash?
The recent addition of the Promethean alchemist to the roster of companion options, while nice does not seem to be as competitive as other options.
From what I understand, the Homunculus can use both the toughened hide and armor enhancement modifications, but even with those, it cannot compete with both eidolons or animal companions who are both superior in base statistics and advancement by level.
Anyone have some advice on how to make a Promethean at least rival a Eidolon or companion?
I want to make a promethean alchemist for pathfinder society but the homonculus does not get a natural armor progression that animal companions and eidolons get, and while the bonus hit points for size are nice they get quickly outscaled due to the homonculus being stuck at medium size.
Anyone have tips on how to increase the armor of the homonculus? I know that I can pay to add an enhancement bonus to it's armor but it will stil lag behind eidolons and companions.
Dawn breaks over the city of Absolom. Most districts are bustling with activity. The lights ignite in the depths of the Irorium, exactly timed with a chorus of grunts in perfect unison.
24 students are all lined up in the Ivory Flame Dojo ; Surrounded by rough ebony wood and battered floormats, 6 magical lights illuminate the room.
Good morning students.
'Good morning Master Leon' All the students respond.
Now we might get a special guest today, if you train hard, I might ask her to demonstrate some techniques for you.
The students immediatly start sparring and practicing, most students are pathfinder recruits or rising gladiators at the Irorium.
A normal afternoon, many pathfinders are discussing their recently completed mission.s A large stony figure slowly lumbers to a group in the room, He wears a simple blue and grey haori with darkwood Geta's and has shining opals for eyes, alongside him walks a large black cat with a large scar on it's right leg and one of it's eye sockets filled with a opal that shines just as brightly.
Greetings fellow pathfinders, with my brother finally out of trouble I can properly introduce myself to the lodge. My name is Sakuchi the Tiny, though either of them is fine, this is my brother Daikyou, we have recently arrived from Tian-Xa to help with the operations here. I sincerely hope that we may have a pleasant time working together.
The sun rises over the Grand lodge and what would be a relaxed morning is interrupted by a mountainous stature standing in the doorframe.
My apologies to bother you all so early in the morning, but has any of you seen a Large Panter? Black coat, missing an eye with a large gash in his front leg?
I have been looking for him all night yet he continues to elude me like the rascal he is.
An ordinairy day in the common room, interrupted by an earth elemental crashing through the doorframe.
'Ah, my apologies for barging in so rudely but I appear to have lost sight of my younger brother, I have not been to the grand lodge before and appear to be a bit lost.'
'Any advice would be greatly appreciated, my brother is of great sedimental value to me.'
The Elemental waits patiently for a response from one of the present pathfinders, before looking back at the entryway.
'And my apologies for the door, everything seems so small here.'
