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I received my physical copy yesterday and I notice that the artwork in the printed book is a lot tonally darker than the digital artwork. The content is great but the something went wrong printing the artwork.

The dwarf edicts look pretty weak sauce and mostly unusable. I have never thought of dwarves as an ancestry that hunts the enemies of its people. So does that mean they hunt elves?

Not something I will play but good luck with it.

Are these available to people who have rulebook subscriptions?

Hello I was hoping to gm some weekly online games for pfs. Is that allowed or do I need an affiliation or something? I know how to report sheets and everything but is there someone I need to contact or something to do this?

Thank you for this. It is appreciated.

I am new to Gm'ing PF2e and the other day I had a player who was five feet away from an enemy and on a ledge 5 ft above them. The player wanted to jump down on the enemy using a power attack with his longsword as he came down. Is this possible and how would you rule it?

What are the requirements regarding chronicle sheets for online play? Is an e-sig okay for the GM to use form fill-able pdf's?

If the party is attacking the BBEG and he casts dominate person on the Barb and said barb fails the will save, the BBEG commands the barb to come to his side and protect him.

What happens next?

Would this be considered to be "forced to take an action against his nature?"

If so having just failed a save would he be immediately make another?

And then would he have to take one every round?

Thanks for any help with this.

PS Barb is N if that matters.

Anyone please?

Hi Dela,
I am currently running Serpents Skull Smugglers Shiv using a vtt. I am currently organizing material for books 2-4 in anticipation and would absolutely love to have the maps to work with. If you or someone else who has them could help out that would be awesome. Thanks

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GM's should never beat their players. They should provide a challenging yet fun setting for players to become all they could possibly be. Incredibly powerful fantastical characters doing incredibly fantastic things.

If your not having fun your not doing it right.

Kickstarters are stupid. Dont do them and you should be fine. There's a lot of talented writers and game designers out there of which Gary is definitely one. Would I give any of them money to write and publish something? No. Show me the product and I will decide whether its a good purchase or not.

Kickstarters are stupid. You may be putting someone into business that has no idea how to run a business and then you get mad that they cant run a business when you put them there in the first place. Don't assume that because someone can design a killer game that they can run a business. Left lobe , right lobe thing, anyway...

What were we thinking? Good heavens......

I am disappointed that this thread I'd not a general guide to basic strategies and common build philosophies.

Me too Malwing.

The ones who are not playing it right are the ones who are not having fun. So anyway I think it might be you Matt and this less than good post of yours.

Hence Tanglefoot bags drop a flying creature to the ground regardless of whether it has movement left and even not on it's turn - bizarre but true.

Huh?

It just amazes me that this can be accomplished all within 6 seconds. But of course it makes perfect sense citing your example there.

I have a player who is wanting to do this. He moved through a pool of muck, tried to climb a muddy embankment , fell and then tried to climb it again this time with success.

It seems like a lot to do in a round so I am wondering if the rules cover this.

I have a PC who is asking whether or not a flask can have MW or magical (+1,2 ect) qualities. I am having a hard time finding a ruling on this. His argument is that since ammunition can gain this quality then crafted flasks should also have the option of having this quality since he can have a "flask Launcher" or a "launching crossbow" which basically makes his flasks ammo.

I am not sure if there are guidelines for this.

I cant seem to find info on one. Does anyone know of one or should I just invent one?

Slight correction on that - A chronicle can be a PDF form if it is the chronicle directly out of the scenario's PDF, and only the fields you would normally fill in by hand are form fields, and the form fields can be flattened and made non-editable after filled out by the GM.

In other words - you can add form fields to XP gained, GP gained, PP gained, Player Name, PC Name, Faction, that kind of stuff - and then after the GM fills it out they have to "flatten" and lock the PDF so it is no longer editable, before it is sent to the player.

What has been banned is people creating custom chronicle sheets that are not the chronicles directly from the scenario as it is in the PDF, or chronicles that have boons and things added to them, et cetera, that are not originally on the sheet. (One Example: You cannot make a totally blank chronicle template from season 5 and then copy the text from older scenarios to it just so you have Day Job and that kind of stuff on it - which has been a common practice.)

That said - on the original question, PFS leadership has indicated that there will eventually be Form Fill-able Chronicle Sheets made available.

How would I go about doing this the PDF's are encrypted.

Is there such a thing and where can I find one?

I was wondering if hovering is a separate action or is it part of somethings move action. For instance;

A dragon uses its flyby attack to use its breath weapon on some unlucky party. Can it move in, hover (causing a cloud of debris while it breathes) use its breath weapon and fly past in the same round?

btw it has flyby attack and hover.

Once per round while using Crane Style, when you have at least one hand free and are either fighting defensively or using the total defense action, you can deflect one melee weapon attack that would normally hit you. You expend no action to deflect the attack, but you must be aware of it and not flat-footed. An attack so deflected deals no damage to you.

Is a natural claw attack considered a melee weapon attack?

Okay thanks. It seems kinda meh now.

Does it give any kind of bonus to a trip attack?

I was wondering how a weapon like this works. It says;
A huge, crude crook of sharpened metal, an ogre hook takes its name from the savages who most typically employ it. Usually created by ogres, these are often Large, and awkward for most humanoids to use.

Benefit: You can use an ogre hook to make trip attacks.

Weapon Feature(s): trip

My question is when a character is using one and makes a successful attack does it deal its damage plus get an additional CMB roll to see if it trips?

It doesn't seem like it but I was wondering if a creature immune to magic attacks would be affected by it. Just to clarify its a wraith attacking a wilo-wisp.

Anyone?

in the description it says this enormous beast has a 10' span on its antler rack, yet it states it only has a reach of 5' with its gore attack. What the?

In our campaign my players are moving through an area on dog sleds. They have come to a point where 80 ft in front of them are 4 rangers with bows ready to attack. They have decided not to stop but to plow oon through.

Do they gain some advantage against the attack because I think they have a movement rate of 70ft on the sleds. It seems it would be more difficult for the ranger to hit them moving at that speed.

I'm not sure I understand the problem here. It sounds like he's built a pretty cool character and put some thought into it. It doesn't sound very overpowering to me at all.

Personally I wouldn't be looking for ways to nerf him I would be looking for ways to set him up with situations he can shine in. That way he will have more fun and feel rewarded for his cool build.

It seems strange to me when a DM wants to nerf a PC thats pretty F'in cool.

He wont ruin your game unless you let him. Relax, take a deep breath and remember it just a game. Lets have some fun. You might learn something.

Any chance of PDF's. We play virtually.

Last night one of the PC's in our game became possessed with an incorporeal spirit. Something called a screamer. Once he was possesed the screamer started a suicidal frenzy trying to make the possesed PC kill himself.

One of the party members used a cmw spell in an attempt to damage the screamer. He had to make a touch attack on the possesed PC because he didn't want to be healed, he was hell bent on suicide. The touch was successful and damage was dealt to the screamer only. I told him that I would allow the spell to either damage or heal but not both.

Did I play that out right? How would you have done it?

I know how you feel. The first time I dropped a PC I felt pretty bad about it but, all and all its a game. If there is no chance of death then its not a very good game. I have since decided that I wont pull any punches for either side when it comes to letting the dice fall where they will. Overall I think my players appreciate that sense of danger and thats what keeps them coming back. If a 7th level player is still charging into combat then I say the gloves are off and it may help that person to be a better player in the future.

I am not too sure how the guidelines go for PFS but I think "fudging" might be frowned upon for either side.

Is it possible for PC's to craft something without having the appropriate skill?

For example can players craft a trap without ranks in the craft trap skill?

On their website it says Stoneheart Valley PDF is available now. If I buy it will I get the PDF now? Or will it say coming soon? if the later why not change the site to say coming soon?

Anyone have to introduce a new PC after the Black Rider encounter? How did you handle the mantle?

Is there any info or resources the describes the original world or kingdom, Bards Gate,The Desolation or RA are a part of?

Does anyone know of a resource that provides a description of the world or Kingdom in which the Campaign setting of Bards Gate exists?

I posted this in the advice forum and realized I should have posted it here.

I was wondering if these 2 can be used together. The description for ring of force shield says:
This ring generates a shield-sized (and shield-shaped) wall of force that stays with the ring and can be wielded by the wearer as if it were a heavy shield (+2 AC).

Does wearing and wielding this still leave you with a free hand (the requirement for crane wing) if your weapon is in your other hand?

I was wondering if these 2 can be used together. The description for ring of force shield says:
This ring generates a shield-sized (and shield-shaped) wall of force that stays with the ring and can be wielded by the wearer as if it were a heavy shield (+2 AC).

Does wearing and wielding this still leave you with a free hand (the requirement for crane wing) if your weapon is in your other hand?

It seems to me Paladins should be all about redemption. The evil act is forgiven in hopes of the actor being converted to the paladins religion.

The evil being is always given a chance to cry for mercy and salvation from the evil that motivates it. If none of this happens its the paladins job to eradicate the evil it encounters. He should have no tolerance for evil beyond that.

This only applies if the paladin is motivated by religious duty only. Some paladins also believe that they have a political rhetoric to live up to that somehow their religion has adopted.

It can get complicated. Just look at how politics and religion divide people in real life and you will know what I mean.

To give a better example:

Sir paladin knight hails from a kingdom that taxes people beyond what seems reasonable in everyone eyes. But being a lawful good guy from said kingdom sir paladin see's the peoples reluctance to pay the taxes as an evil act.

Although the people may be good they feel the taxes are not justified. But sir paladin see's it as people breaking the law of what is good and right and expects everyone to pay these unreasonable taxes because of his religions political affiliation with the kingdom.

It seems to me Paladins should be all about redemption. The evil act is forgiven in hopes of the actor being converted to the paladins religion.

The evil being is always given a chance to cry for mercy and salvation from the evil that motivates it. If none of this happens its the paladins job to eradicate the evil it encounters. He should have no tolerance for evil beyond that.

This only applies if the paladin is motivated by religious duty only. Some paladins also believe that they have a political rhetoric to live up to that somehow their religion has adopted.

It can get complicated. Just look at how politics and religion divide people in real life and you will know what I mean.

Iraean are the celtic-like druid-based barbarians that lived in Talingarde before it was civilized by Barca and Darian houses. Right now, they live in the forest of Caern Bryr

where did you find that?

RAW doesn't necessarily make sense a lot of the time. You get used to it :p

Or you house rule it. Which is what I would do.

It makes no sense but there it is. Any square you can make a melee attack into whether your invisible or not. I learned something. Thanks.

Threatened, as in the established game terms of threatening.

Both threaten, and Flanking requirements are met.

Could you provide a resource for the established terms? I am not familiar with them.

You are a threat but you haven't threatened.