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Just like the title. Do you keep your shield bonus when you're flat-footed? It would seem to me that you wouldn't, but what do I know, I'm just a dumb tribal. :)


No? Nothing on Raptorans for a Pathfinder game? I mean, I know they're unpopular, so PF wouldn't (and shouldn't) have wasted their time with them so soon in the game, but nobody has a proposition for a change/update for them?


So yeah, like in the title, do effects that require you take a single attack as a standard action, like cleave and vital strike, stack? Maybe just for the first attack with those two combined? Also, while we're here, just to clarify, you can't make a full attack action and have one of these effects on one of your attacks, right?


So, I was thinking of a character for a drow campaign, and I came upon this little thought: since a drow gets natural spell-like abilities, couldn't you qualify for Arcane Trickster with only three rogue levels and a level in a spellcasting class??

Regular drow get Darkness, which is a level 2 arcane spell, and nobles get levitate, so they qualify for that part. They'd need 3 levels of rogue for the sneak attack, and one level of spellcasting class for casting mage hand.

But wait, one of the rogue talents grants you a 0-level spell to use. So a Drow rogue could qualify for Arcane trickster at level 3 with NO spellcasting class, except for the skill reqs. Right!?

I really want to see how people respond before I say more!


So, the conundrum I'm facing is that I am making a Sorcerer/Rogue/Arcane Trickster, and I'm planning on using spells like rays and such for sneak attacks, since I also have the Elemental bloodline and get a ray attack around 8 times per day. However, in combat, there are no rules that would allow me to sneak attack from a distance in combat (once they know i'm there). I can't flank from range, and going into melee is (I'd think understandably) unacceptable, so the remedy I found was a feat in "Quintessential Elf" called Ranged Threat that would allow me to flank from range, but my DM would rather I not use that book.

So I'm asking if anyone knows a way to get ranged sneak attacks in combat, whether from spells or not?


So, in DND Online, I use a rogue with a greataxe, and generally moderate stats, and I gotta say, it really kind of owns. What I'm wondering (and doubting), though, is how viable it would be in a PF game. I mean, with feats like Vital Strike, you could kill almost anything with a stealthy sneak attack, and in combat you'd do pretty good damage, even if it isn't sneak attack. Though I'm gonna go ahead and guess it'd be outclassed by a TWF rogue with optimized stats and many other builds.