Correct. I subscribed on November 1st. I sent an email but have got no response thus far. But why do they have to operate this way? Why only authorize once a month? Is this a manual process? It shouldn't be. If you can authorize payment on October 27th, why can't you authorize payment on November 1st? I don't recall seeing an option to ship as soon as possible when I subscribed. It certainly wasn't clearly presented if it was there. If fact this is what it says when I go to my subscriptions page.
I have no ability to select another shipment option. I don't want a monthly subscription. I want an as soon as it is available subscription.
Why would you ship something before you know the payment will go through? My issue specifically is that they sidecarted my Player Core to ship with my next AP shipment in 2 to 3 weeks and gave me no option to have them ship separately as soon as they are available. I have another idea. How about I can buy the PDF now and when the subscription order ships for it, they refund the PDF price? No, that's not an option either.
There is no reason why this shouldn't be automated. Releasing the product should trigger the billing of subscriptions and dropping of the PDF after payment. This is not the sort of process that should require manual intervention in 2023. If that's not good enough, don't subscribe. Close the subscription at Customer services and pay for the PDF. Which means Paizo will lose out on sales, not just of this book, but of others. Because if I have to cancel my physical rulebook subscription, I will go back to PDFs only.
PurpleGoldYeezus, You didn't take your full turn. In PF2 you get 3 actions per round. Drawing a weapon requires the Interact action.
You used 2 actions and have 1 left. A common third action for bards is Inspire Courage. It's a cantrip, so you can do it every round and it gives all allies within 60 feet +1 to attack and damage for 1 round.
Rose's shot grazes the giant rat, drawing a small trickle of blood.
One swarm moves toward Lokaloka. Perhaps they like pickles. They bite and scratch her while looking for some. ◆ Stride
The giant rat moves to engage Ysoldt. ◆ Stride
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Rose
Everyone except Rose is up.
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I recommend using a log sheet like this one to keep track of your characters. When you get a chronicle, put the information in your log, this way you have something to refer back to if the chronicles become confusing.
I am thinking the recent action also includes those before the current round the Arcane Cascade is performed, else it would really be useless because the stance is already one action. XD I don't see anything against it but I've seen table variation in regards to this. But yes a stance ends as soon as you no longer meet the requirements. The moment you use Arcane Cascade your last action was to use Arcane Cascade, which is not casting a spell or a spellstrike, thus violating the requirements. Obviously they didn't think that through when designing the ability.
"The Whispering Way... is the reason I am here, clinging tenuously to life." Aleksandr concentrates, raising one arm, palm presented. What looks like a black rose tattoo fades in, filling the space in his palm from top down. As he does this a portal to the ether opens and another hand, one more slender and delicate pushes through with a matching tattoo on the palm. Aleksandr gently grabs the hand and pulls her through. Her form is radiant, not merely as a term of beauty, fitting as that would be, but literally radiant, suffused with the power of life. "Jealous and politically connected strigoi sought to bind her to them. They drained her of her vitality. But after a few occult rituals I was able to exchange my life force for her emptiness. What now keeps her vibrantly alive, keeps me half dead. But as long as I live, so does she and as she, do I."
A well dressed human with ashen skin orders the finest libation this establishment can offer. He carries it with him as he wanders from bar to table then to other table, chatting up the other patrons with his charming demeanor. He wondered to himself what sort of repertoire this bard would have, but doubted much would benefit his own craft. He was used to playing in opera houses, not ale houses. Aleksandr didn't join in the games, preferring to chat while observing.
@Aleksandr Ostenoff - I played with this character when they were cleric while we fought Blood of the Beautiful. Till now I wake out with scream from that experience ;) I assumed that Aleksandr was a healing cleric ;) bold assumption that was of me :D I don't think you played at my table so you got a spot. I did have soothe as a spell, so I had some healing, just not a lot. But overall I wasn't happy with the character as a cleric. I had put the character on the shelf for a while. When I read the devotion phantom summoner it gave me an even stronger concept for my story that allowed me to write in the love interest rather than leave her off-stage.
Aleksandr Ostenoff was an inspiring actor and singer in the opera houses of Caliphas. His charm drew the attentions of numerous patrons and many suitors, but the only attention he returned was to one of his co-stars, Imelia Eisenhardt. But Aleksandr was not the only one with his sights on the lovely Imelia. A noble strigoi, affiliated with the Whispering Way, vied for her affections. Yet Imelia rebuffed his advances, a result the vampire did not take well. Imelia was abducted. Thanks to one of his patrons and the vampire hunters they hired, Aleksandr was able to come to Imelia's aid. Alas they were too late. Imelia's body and sould had already begun to succumb to the curse of undeath. Aleksandr dabbled in the occult with a group of like-minded individuals that met in secret in Caliphas. He knew just where to take the body. The rituals the group had devised would be able to provide abeyance for the curse, at a cost. Someone had to donate their life force to counter the force of unlife that corrupted Imelia. Aleksandr volunteered without hesitation. The ritual should have killed Aleksandr, but it didn't. Imelia wouldn't let it. At the last moment, Imelia's body jerked. She broke through the ritual circle. Life and death become locked in perfect balance and now the life force of Aleksandr and Imelia and become inextricably linked. Aleksandr had received her curse in part, becoming a dhampir, but Imelia, her soul infused with life could not depart and remained as a phantom. Aleksandr knew the pair, united as never before, would never be safe for long in Caliphas, fled on a ship to Absalom, one last charitable gift from their patron. In order to learn more about their curse, the way to fully restore them and the strigoi who might still be after them, Aleksandr decided to join the Pathfinder Society so that he might avail himself of their vast stores of knowledge.
Toanthel can provide a mentor boon useful to casters: Magical Mentor:
Magical Mentor (Grand Archive)
While working with less experienced Pathfinder allies, you provide key spellcasting insights that augment your colleagues’ magic. Any PCs benefiting from a Level Bump and whose levels are lower than yours can prepare one additional spell of their highest-level spell slot or cast one additional spell of their highest-level spell slot. When casting spells of a magical tradition that is the same as the tradition you use for spellcasting (divine), the affected PC also increases the Level Bump’s modifier to spell DCs to 2. Normal: A Level Bump increases a PC’s spell DCs by 1, and it does not grant any additional spells prepared or spell slots. Special: A PC can only benefit from two mentor boons. Pre Fix gets the full benefit of Toanthel's boon so he might want to make that one of his two choices.
Rex deftly avoids being knocked to the ground. Still invisible, Rex pulls out one last scroll, reading it before tossing a bomb at the nearby hand. ◆ Interact (draw scroll)
Strike - Bottled Lightning - Moderate (alchemical, bomb, consumable, electricity, splash)
"A direct hit, Rex thought wondering if he got the attention of the creature even though he is no longer invisible.
If you create a second character, you can play in both... but you may want to wait and see how the first play through goes! What did you decide that this character was? Nevermind, I see you went with human! Have a good game! FYI. When you enter your information into RPG Chronicles, for starting gold you should enter the amount of currency your PC has after buying their starting equipment. That value will be used as the starting amount for the chronicle sheet that is created, so you probably have less cash on hand than 15 gp unless you intend to go into your first adventure completely naked and unarmed.
Covid is going through our house. I'm fairly certain I have it, but I won't get my test results back for another day or two. I'm not feeling all that well today, so I may be slow in posting.
It was a long journey. Having spent most of the last decade recuperating and training in Corentyn, Yagon Suel made the trek across the Acadian Ocean to Kasai. Weeks have gone by since the journey by sea began. The real journey began 10 years ago when his previous attempt in the tournament ended in death. He stood on the deck watching the ocean, especially at night when he could observe the stars. He never dared venture outside his cabin without donning his armor. Though dangerously heavy, he had to always be on guard. There were plenty of reasons people might fear him and fear could make someone reckless. If you could see his head beneath the great helm he wears his bald pate and face bear many scars. His skin is pale, partially drained of life to become a vessel of unlife. (Image) Daily Preparation: Observe the stars (Saoc Astrology)
Invest Items
Prepare Spells
Divine Font (6th): Harm x5
"It is a life's dedication that weighs upon the heart most heavily. I have pursued it for over a decade now and yet, I still feel as though I there is much to be done... Perhaps she can help explain." He concentrates for a few seconds. A sigil flashes on the palm of his hand, a black rose, from a swirling vortex another hand, slender and graceful with the same rose presses palm against palm. Aleksandr grabs the hand and pulls it through the vortex. A feminine form with ghostly features steps through the curtain. Her hair and clothing shimmering with a vibrant energy. Yet though she is radiant her face is contorted with anguish. She lets out a hair-raising wail that likely causes many in the tavern to stop in their tracks. "This is Imelia, my true love, or rather what is left of her. They tried to claim her but she rebuffed them so they tried to make her one of them. She was rescued but the efforts to remove the curse were unsuccessful and she perished. I spent my fortune to employ the most brilliant occult minds that I could find, yet this is all they could do for us. My life force exchanged for her curse. Now I stand on the side of the living, but bear the mark of the grave, while she remains trapped beyond the veil yet holding the spark of life. With no other option I joined the Pathfinder Society hoping that somewhere out there I would find clues to the answers I seek."
Are there limitations to the Command spell if the target creature fails or critically fails in its saving throw? Like can I command it to hurt himself instead? Or hurt his allies? "You can command the target to approach you, run away (as if it had the fleeing condition), release what it's holding, drop prone, or stand in place." If it's not on that list, you can't command them to do it. Or how about the language barrier between the caster and the creature? Say, I command the grindlylow to go away, will it understand my language and follow me? Like, I don't think they have their language and wouldn't understand me, making my spell ineffective. Command has the Linguistic trait. Linguistic: An effect with this trait depends on language comprehension. A linguistic effect that targets a creature works only if the target understands the language you are using.
There are two type of spellcasters, prepared and spontaneous. Prepared spellcasters have to fill their slots with specific spells. You can only cast a spell multiple times if you prepare it in multiple slots. Their advantage is that they don't have to learn heightened versions of spells as different spells. Once you have access to a spell you can prepare it at any level. Spontaneous spellcasters have a list of known spells but don't fill their slots with them. When they want to cast a spell, they expend a slot and can cast any spell of that level. The trade-off is that they have to learn heightened spells at the specific level they want to cast them. So an oracle that wants to learn heal as a 1st level spell and as a 2nd level spell has to use up two of their known spells. The exceptions to this are cantrips and focus spells which do not use slots and automatically heighten and signature spells which do use slots but can be used at any spell level. Oracles are spontaneous casters.
Determined to show the people here he knew how to catch fish, Ignatius tries to get one the usual way.
Ignatius whips his line back over his shoulder and it catches on a seam in his armor. Not realizing what has happened until it is too late, he tugs hard causing the entire pole to snap and get sent into the water.
Some strategy ideas. If we are up against heavy hitters using your third action to stride away is often better than taking a third attack at a -10. (This may not apply if they have AoOs.) Squash will keep his reach with his chain unless he finds resistances are a problem. Take advantage of his attack of opportunity to force the enemy into provoking an AoO if they want to engage (unless area attacks become a problem). Protect the healer. I gave you some minor elixirs of life don't forget about them if it becomes an emergency, especially if you are taking persistent bleed, fire or acid. Squash will also give each of you a lesser antidote and antiplauge. I suggest taking them since we will be facing corruption of some sort. (I will only be taking the antiplague since one of my batch of antidotes was already used, so if you have your own let me know.)
My team took 3rd in 2002 and we never got any of our swag. Just a promise that they would contact us after the convention which never happened.
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