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Wasn't Bleed NOT stacking?

1) Aqueous Orb and Hold Person/Sleep or any such incapacitating spell

2) Solid Fog and Cloudkill or Stinking Cloud

3) For your aquatic types, against non-aquatic opponents: Nixie's Lure and Hydrophobia

4) Against opposing ships: Lower Water and Heavy Water?

Congratulations to all the new 5-star GMs, esp. Michel Lepage (my "old" GM for almost 30 years!)

I kind of remember Tito Leati posting some cutting-room-floor outtakes from his adventure on these boards. Have those been integrated in the hardcover?

Sorry for the necro, but anything new since last June on that front???

If a guard saves, he can slap the others to "wake them up", breaking the spell.

It's a 2nd-level spell. Agressive actions against the boss could afford the guards a new save every round. I know it's not RAW, because there are no rules written covering this, but that's how I'd consider ruling it as GM.

Also remember duration is Concentration, max 1 round/level: concentration has to be maintained by caster.

Thanks for the advice! I have many of those and will put them to good use!

Xin Shalast, as described, remains sandboxy and somewaht vague... many buildings have basic descriptions but no detailed maps; encounters can happen in most of those. We use battle maps in almost all combat situations in my campaign, and I'm trying to find appropriate maps to use as I get ready to restart RotRL after a hiatus of more than a year...

Which maps have you used in your campaigns for those buildings? Home-made? Salvaged maps from other adventures? Maps packs & Flip-mats from Paizo?

My kids will be ecstatic... they managed to befriend Ekkie when they played Rise of the Goblin Guild, and she now follows the party around like a mascot of sorts.

If your intention is to Charge, but instead of making an attack at the end, you plan to make an Overrun of Henchman A as part of the charge, and he lets you pass...

Then: "When you attempt to overrun a target, it can choose to avoid you, allowing you to pass through its square without requiring an attack." Wouldn't you still have available the attack you get as part of the charge (and thus be able to smack Mr. Evil if you have enough move left to get to him?)

So..
You decide to charge
Henchman A is in the way: you make an Overrun attempt.
If successful, you move through, and can continue moving as per a charge, but cannot attack Mr. Evil at the end of your action. But you can be next to him and threaten him.
If failed, you stop in front of Henchman A

But...
If Henchman A, for some reason, decides to let you through, then you could charge Mr. Evil and get an attack on him at the end of your move. Right?

I'd definitely support the Helpful Halfling outlined above.

I've got to assume they print less of the later volumes of an AP, on the assumption people will start and not see it all the way though…

That was precisely what I was wondering about: are there indeed smaller print runs for later instalments in the APs? (or maybe that's a trade secret the powers that be can't reveal)

Thank you all guys & gals!

Pyromaniac: Gnomes with this racial trait are treated as one level higher when casting spells with the fire descriptor, using granted powers of the Fire domain, using the bloodline powers of the fire elemental bloodline or the revelations of the oracle's flame mystery, and determining the damage of alchemist bombs that deal fire damage( ...) The caster level for these effects is equal to the gnome's level; the DCs are Charisma-based. This racial trait replaces gnome magic and illusion resistance.

This racial trait should also affect the bloodline powers of the Primal (fire) wildblooded bloodline, shouldn't it?

I know it seems evident, but I have not seen this stated anywhere and the good folks at Lone Wolf (with the fantastic HeroLab software) like to have written confirmation of errata; I could not find any for this one.

Thanks!

I guess one has to work a little harder to be more powerful... :-)

I'd like to get this shiny too, please

The Advanced Bestiary was from a different company (green Ronin I think) I also believe it has gone the way of the dodo and become an extinct book... You may find them on ebay (Cannot promise much though)

PDF available at least from Green Ronin, maybe other sources.

Book available by print-on-demand at lulu.com.

It's a great book.

I wholeheartedly second the HeroLab recommendation. Well worth the money (even if, like me, you end up purchasing everything!). Saved me a ton of preparation, and allowed me to customize extensively. The included Editor is also quite handy once you get the hang of it, and the devs hang around their forums a lot.

Fly at will, See invisible always on, darkness (3.5 version) at will, see through darkness, invisibility at will, dimension door at will, wall of fire at will...

Eldritch Blast is really not a problem at all.

Chatted with N. Spicer about an item with some serious mayhem potential

Brother, I am SO going to use this one of these sundays... after properly scaling it down, but still...

Just snagged this at the FLGS. Best thing since the FR trail map (which I was a huge fan of). Great job!

Nice item, one of my favorites so far.

However, if you create a 10x10 pit in a square adjacent to you (where you toss the hole), won't you risk ending up in the pit? Quite inconvenient.

As it is a rather creature-specific effect, not a general damage spell like Ray of Frost, I'd say 1d6 (as per Disrupt Undead).

I'm actually toying with the idea of creating a third lamia matriarch to come after the PCs at some point in either Fortress of the Stone Giants or between that adventure and Sins of the Saviors.

I'm thinking about either making her a warrior type or a priestess of some kind, to keep her unique from her other two 'siblings'. I guess I'm just obsessed with the 'Rule of Threes' when it comes to Lamashtu.... ;D

I ran a little side-adventure for my party in the middle of HMM... inspired by a few posts from the boards here.

I am currently taking my stalwart RotRL party through a little sightseeing of Glimmerhold, where they went through the above-mentioned adventure.

Now, their actions have been instrumental in triggering a small-scale civil war, forcing the Mistbreather dwarves to retreat in their stronghold. This week-end, the PCs will undoubtedly try to raid the stronghold. Problem is, of course, that the stronghold is not detailed (not even mentioned) in the adventure.

Would you people be so kind as to point me to existing products, maps or descriptions that could easily and quickly be adapted to detail this? I really have little time to flesh this out!

An existing adventure, side trek or other similar thing would be best, but even a map (ala map of the week) would be great. Thanks!

A Bard (...) is by far the best buffer in the game.

For example, the Savage Bard 9/Barbarian 1 in the campaign I am currently DMing typically casts Haste then starts to sing, getting the party up to something like +7/+7 in 2-3 rounds. And I'm pretty sure that's not the very best he could be.

I went for Destined. She got shot down by the warlock anyways.

We added quite a load of pathfinder spells into this thing yet. not everything, but ranger and paladin are done completely, some sor/wiz spells and and druid to level 4.

someone interested? if you are, give me your mailadress and i will automatically send further updates. :)

I'm very much interested! emondf (at) hotmail.com

Once the Runelord is dealt with and the party is essentially done, I was going to bring in a high powered lamia cult, a group of Tatzlworms (D0: Hollow's last hope) led by a dragon, or even a Yuan-ti cult dedicated to either Lamashtu or one of her Marilith Leutenants (in keeping with the snake motif of the viperwall picture). Either way, the cults would be attacking, and in some cases destroying small fishing villiages along Ember Lake. I know this kind of feels like the whole "Nualia story" from burnt offerings, but it's what i've got started so far. Really, i've just got the map done, haven't even started describing the rooms yet, so the story could be left open for interpretation.

You might want to take a look at Into The Darklands. Viperwall is mentioned there as being linked to an ancient race of snakelike beings, and being connected to the underground Darklands.

How do you illusion enthusiasts avoid your enemies making spellcraft checks to know which spell just cast?

If you have access to 3.5 splatbooks, Skill Tricks (from Complete Scoundrel) like Conceal Spellcasting and False Theurgy are particularly handy here. They do require you to put skill ranks in Sleight of Hand, though.

I could just imagine the Styes in a festering port on some backwater creek in a minor bandit realm, populated by scum from surrounding nations and burnt-out and mutilated soldiers who fought against the horrors of the Worldwound but didn't have quite the full fare to get passage all the way down river and return home...

This is a very good idea, but then our "friend" had to leave Magnimar in a hurry (if you know Skinsaw Murders, you know why) after striking a deal with the party... a deal the paladin has been regretting ever since. I had thought his quickest way out would have been by sea, maybe even as a stowaway. Thus, the search for a coastal city on the west side.

If you want to put the Styes into Golarion, though... the best bet I think would probably be one of the coastal cities of Cheliax or as part of Absalom.

I'll probably go with Pezzack (Cheliax); its outline in the Campaign Setting seems to make it a good fit. Great place for our friend to restart his career!

There are some details about trogs in Golarion in the Into The Darklands sourcebook. There could be an access to the first level of the Darklands not too far from Sandpoint (The Devil's Platter, maybe?) where this could be inserted rather well, though in general trogs hang out in the northern parts of Avistan, nearer Riddleport or the Lands of the Linnorm Kings.

My players headed there without warning one evening, so I had to quickly wing an instant dungeon featuring a collapsed tunnel, a simple underground dwelling with ruined furniture, and an access to a (previously) sealed grotto upon which, years ago, Stoot stumbled, and where he found a very old altar to (your pick) Norgorber/Zon-Kuthon/Calistria/Lamashtu, partially explaining why he became Chopper. In there, through columns and rubble, the party had to fight a pesky attic whisperer. After, they destroyed the altar, triggering (of course) the traditional cavern collapse that left a big hole on the surface of Chopper's Isle.

Hmm...

Is there another place in the new setting (outside Varisia) that would particularly suit the Styes? Just curious.

First things first, sorry for the thread necromancy.

However, in my RotRL campaign, the PCs may very well want to go after

and I had figured a place like The Styes (Dungeon 121) would be a good place. I was looking for a city along the Avistan (or even Garund) coast, rather far from Varisia, where I would locate this dismal neigborhood; so far, Pezzack (Cheliax), Botosani (Rahadoum) or maybe Nisroch (Nidal) would fit somewhat.

Any other ideas? Anybody has already played The Styes in a Golarion location?

Thanks!

I'd also like to get the second version of your notes. Thanks!

emondf(at)hotmail.com

As for "crippling" your characters BaB or spell progression... that's really no one's fault/problem but your own.

There has got to be some drawback to taking those PrCs, hasn't it?

Does anyone have any other ideas for this? Im thinking about making Mokmurian into a Fate Spinner

And thinking of Turning Barl into a Master Specialist Necromancer
What do you guys think?

As Stone Giant arcane casters seem to be non-wizards (see Mokmurian background in FotSG), I turned Barl into an Undead Bloodline sorcerer. Can't wait to use Fell Weaken Magic Missiles on the party.

Haven't thought about Mokmurian yet; I am busy preparing a side quest featuring a third Lamia Matriarch and her Greed Sinspawn cohorts.

I guess I'll get around to posting that stuff one of these days, just too busy right now.

My fix for this was an adaptation of Heighten Spell.

Consider this stolen. In my campaign, we use magic points and I am always looking for ways to improve sorcerers, who otherwise end up disadvantaged by such a system, relative to wizards

I don't think that would work, Majuba. Doesn't it require a ritual in addition to the mark?

Not sure...

As a physician, I can attest that having a driver's license is not, and should never be, a "right".

Well my players and I were talking the other day. And a couple of them said it would be cool if I could add a lot of the prestige classes that we have not seen to the villains in RORLs.

I made Ironbriar into a Black Flame Zealot. Did not matter much in the end, but cool fluff nonetheless.

Do we know what the coins of Varisia look like? I searched the Rise of the Runelords Path, but no matter what I search for, all I get is a bunch of user profiles, no forum entries.

This thread may be a start.

If you want it in word just let me know

I definitely would like that! Zemondf AT Zhotmail.com (remove the Zs). Thanks!!

Name of PC: Borremus Daghanor Flamehammer (aka Gruk)
Class/Level: Dwarf Fighter 8
Adventure: Hook Mountain Massacre
Catalyst: Karly-Lop Kreeg (Ogre Barb 4 / War Hulk 2)
Story: After cunningly infiltrating Fort Rannick at night, through the waterfall entrance, the party was able to dispatch Lucrecia (and the 3 runehounds I gave her) after a rough fight. They holed up there for the night,and went upstairs the following morning. They got Silas quickly enough, but were then found by wandering ogres. In the fracas that followed, Gruk went straight into the fray to get to the ogre caster (Dorella), but ended up face to face with Big Karly-Lop. One Ogre Hook Crit later, Gruk was history, having died gloriously like he had been striving to ever since his family got wiped in a giant attack.

Gulga & Hecateus seem like good guesses. Gulga may be used more than once.

I don't see Sartel as having a real lair, with her parade of headless followers.

I may be running a Rise of the Runelords campaign for my players at college shortly. It occurred to me to wonder if any of the wonderful, intrepid members of these boards had perhaps put together some campaign traits for this Adventure Path...

You are looking for this, I think.