paizo.com My List (2 items)paizo.com My List (2 items)2015-09-30T07:41:57Z2015-09-30T07:41:57ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Is Violent Display PFS legal?John Compton (Starfinder Senior Developer)2016-08-19T21:20:18Z2015-04-06T15:44:36Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">claudekennilol wrote:</div><blockquote><p> It's not just a racial feat, though. It's available to "anyone who associates with these creatures". It's no different than <a href="http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qyn3?How-do-you-get-Affinity-in-Pathfinder-Society" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> thread asking about affinity prereqs for feats. GMs don't have control over a PC's backstory, unless there's a blanket rule saying "skinwalkers don't exist in PFS Golarion" (which there isn't) then this is perfectly acceptable (as in who can say that my PC has never associated with a skinwalker?).</p>
<p>I suppose an argument could be made that since two of the three is a racial requirement (weretiger and weretiger-kin), that that makes it a "racial feat" and thus isn't allowed. I don't have my book with me to see the wording of the rest of the feats, but I'd wager they're the same and if that's the case, then the line Glav quoted "Racial feats, racial traits, and racial spells are only available for characters of the skinwalker race" would be pointless if this isn't what it meant.</p>
<p>Outside of PFS this can be taken by any race, inside of PFS it comes down to whether or not "those who associate with these creatures" means it's not a "racial feat" since that opens it up to any race. I'd argue it's not a "racial feat". </blockquote><p>While you are right that a player can make virtually any backstory for her character, for the purposes of Pathfinder Society Organized Play and the Additional Resources page entry that Glav quotes above, only actual skinwalker characters qualify for taking those feats and other character abilities. The page's language allows any current and future skinwalkers to make use of these feats.claudekennilol wrote:It's not just a racial feat, though. It's available to "anyone who associates with these creatures". It's no different than THIS thread asking about affinity prereqs for feats. GMs don't have control over a PC's backstory, unless there's a blanket rule saying "skinwalkers don't exist in PFS Golarion" (which there isn't) then this is perfectly acceptable (as in who can say that my PC has never associated with a skinwalker?).
I suppose an argument could be made that since...John Compton (Starfinder Senior Developer)2015-04-06T15:44:36ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: The ARG "race restriction" and favored class bonusesJohn Compton (Starfinder Senior Developer)2016-02-11T20:35:59Z2014-02-21T00:53:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Dylos wrote:</div><blockquote> On a related note, this means scion of humanity allows aasimars to take human fcbs too correct? </blockquote><p>That came up in discussion, and it's one of the reasons that I worded the first entry the way that I did. At one point it read more like "Races that lack a similar racial trait do not count as a member of any other race for this purpose," but the decision was made to keep a race's options exclusive to that race except in special circumstances (e.g. one of the recent GM star reward Chronicle sheets).
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jiggy wrote:</div><blockquote>Seriously though, Racial Heritage: can it get me things from the Advanced Race Guide? Yes? No?</blockquote><p>Jiggy, this is also the case for the Racial Heritage feat, which does not override the Additional Resources text that shows up under the <i>Advanced Race Guide</i> header.Dylos wrote:On a related note, this means scion of humanity allows aasimars to take human fcbs too correct?
That came up in discussion, and it's one of the reasons that I worded the first entry the way that I did. At one point it read more like "Races that lack a similar racial trait do not count as a member of any other race for this purpose," but the decision was made to keep a race's options exclusive to that race except in special circumstances (e.g. one of the recent GM star reward...John Compton (Starfinder Senior Developer)2014-02-21T00:53:18Z