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Oh, there,re noo cruzader bravrr than me! As anyon in here will tell ya! Laugher spreads in the close by tables but the drunk does not seem to notice. The duo of adventurers spend a couple of hours, and some drinks, in the makeshift tavern and learn a couple of rumors. Such as:

"When the Pathfinders were arrested, the accused halfling had blood all over his hands and clothes."

and

"When Kenabres fell, half the survivors got possessed by demons. Those poor Pathfinders most certainly killed those people, but it’s not really their fault."

Meanwhile across town the mayor still awaits for an answer from the trio of pathfinders as his stew grows cold.

Posting this in all my games. I will have to go to the hospital today to do a minor surgery. Should be back in a couple of days. Please dmnpc my character as needed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Fireball centered on yourself to get rid of that pesky swarm.

Not sure how that would work...could you describe this action further, or uh, maybe post some pictures?

All I will say is, when Moadis and I played it a one of the PC's died.

My rogue also got at least half of his body covered in scars! :P

August backs off a few paces, digs his feet in and in a rush rams his helmet, head-first into the letter "I" on the wall.

You hear the sound of something crack, not sure if it is helmet, wall or dwarf, and the glowing outline reveals another compartment. Within, there is a third piece of parchment with strange symbols, much like the other two.

LOL

Stepping away from the hellhound Kyra walks to the middle of the room and casts invisibility purge.
30ft radius
Concentration/Casting defensively if needed: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31

Morvius yells downstairs.
He is climbing out of a window on the west side of the house!
You guys downstairs, cut out his escape route!
Then he double moves to the window.
Nobody plagiarize the Charthagnions fool, you will pay for that insult.

Can I charge him? If so here are the rolls:
Charge: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 = 10
Dmg: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Morvius too double moves to the baby dragon.

Ok, what the @%#& do we do?

From the small inn porch an elf watches the commotion. At his shoulder a thrush whisper to him with its squeaky voice.
I hope you are not thinking in going into the woods!

I am not.

Last time you tried something this foolish every single goblin in a ten mile radius ended up giving you a nap in the dirt.

Thanks for reminding me.

I am not going to keep risking my feathers to save your life every time you get in trouble elf.

Lets hope it wont come to that. I am here on business, researching for the society.

The society is the one who got you eating grass by the roots last time!

Variel takes a deep breath, exasperated.
Face it elf, you are just not cutted for this kind of life. Find yourself a cozy library while you still can.

Your sounding like my father.

Good, he was the one that gave me to you remember? What a wise man, the greatest wizard to ever walk this sorry land!

Yes... I... r e m e m b e r. After another deep breath. Come, lets search for Mother Theodora and ask her about this mess.

You should quit while your still ahead. Just saying...

Variel and his companion move to look for Old Mother Theodora and ask for some juicy details.

I do have some grave news for you then Hiran Kell, the good work never ends. Fredrik says very serious and is shocked a little by the gnome's remark.

Dont say that Mr Goodwager, the undeath is a terrible curse, not to be wished even on ones worst enemy! It is the duty of all Pharasmians to put an end to it.

Turning back to Terril. Subtly?! I can try subtly... I guess. He says without much conviction while scratching his beard.

Mugambi runs forward to the frontline to bring light into the whole situation.
Run 35ft forward in a straight line. What do we see now?

That's not a bad idea. I pick a target, and for a short duration I get a bonus to hit and damage, with a nice bit hit at the end. That's pretty cool. I'm more than happy with that. The only problem is, you're still useless in combat during levels 1-3. In an AP, that's not too bad, because you're useful elsewhere and it's only one adventure. During Pathfinder Society, however, that's nine adventures.

Yea, my thoughts exacttly.

The tribesman charges attacking the dark priestess.
Hollow words from empty soul. Ya promises are just shackles with pretty ribbons.
Atk: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 2 = 15
Dmg: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Da monkey will snitch on us, kill it.

Stolen Face swings at th feline again.
Atk: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 1 = 16
Dmg: 1d4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 = 7

Looking at the lizard remains with dismay. Why not cows? Cow is good, cow nice animal. An island full of cows.... No! We had to land in one full of giant lizards, lurking monsters and cannibals...CANNIBALS! Mugambi misses a good cow streak. the tribesman complains putting a hand at his belly as he follows his comrades.

Closing the line Mugambi tries not to peak as Gatherine thoughtfully searches through her bra and comes close to enter a tree head first. As they come to the intersection.

Maybe Captain was take prisioner by dem. the tribesman said pointing to the way back and breathing heavily from the exercise.

Can ya make our tracks hard to follow? he asks looking at the women. We could lose some of dem here on da crossroads...

I just realised this is our 3rd combat today! Tropical paradise my %#+!!!

Giving a small tap on Gatherine's shoulder Mugambi tries to hide his smile as he follows the group back into the jungle.

Come on kid, lets geta moving. Besides, all da little kids are adorabla.

In my experience its more important to choose a class the new player will like to roll play than one its going to be easier to play with.

If your player like "mage" types go for sorcerer, no doubt.

Spamming cantrips to get a advantage that probably is not even so good when it is used in conjunction with them smell of a cheap videogame trick and debase what is a key feature of a class.

It is simply uncool.

And you still have the courage to call somebody else o their prejudices after saying something like this?! Take a good look at the mirror friend.

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Hmm. Thats a fair point. Not sure what the rai is then.

Its not worded as the Duskblade was (ignores spell fail chance). Maybe it does work then.

You would need the proficiency to avoid the armour check penalty.

Still pretty sure the staff magus was not intended to be able to buy its way out of the down sides. But its not clear cut.

There an faq?

Mithral breastplates do not impose spell failure on bards or summoners, either. The need to use a feat on Medium Armor Proficiency to avoid the -1 on attack rolls for non-proficiency is probably the biggest drawback after the extra ~4,000 gp for a mithral breastplate instead of a masterwork chain shirt.

The mithral breastplate is only worth it if you are trying to get the maximum AC possible (+6 armor, +5 max Dex). Even then, it's only a marginal improvement over a mithral chain shirt (+4 armor, +6 max Dex) for an extra 3,100 gp.

That extra feat for the proficiency is a really bad trade off. I wouldn't even buy a mithral chainshirt. Staff magus use the STR build, their DEX is going to be 16 tops on a point buy. Only dervish dancers scimitar magus builds care about high DEX. Start with chain shirt and save money for an elven chain later.