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Congratulations to VL of Oulu, Markus Hyytinen, for being the first in Finland to reach 5 stars. It was not too long ago since I heard that there was a 3 star GM in Oulu, unknown to rest of the PFS scene in Finland. He has come a long way since then.

I am also happy to announce that Atte Kiljunen has been made a VL of Tampere region in Finland. He has a lot of work to do, but Atte has proven that he is well suited for the task.

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Stephen Radney-MacFarland wrote:
ubiquitous wrote:
That would be disappointing. I'd say the majority of people are complaining about the current implementation of Studied Combat/Strike as opposed to the removal of Sneak Attack. It's a step in the right direction, just - as you say - perhaps it errs too much on the side of caution.

I hear what you are saying, I do. But to be honest, most people seem to want something that is quick, deals more damage often, and in the same ways that sneak attack does.

Studied strike has an entry fee, is more more focused on one foe, and it mostly a accuracy buff.

I would be comfortable either decreasing the activation to a swift or taking away the 24 hour reuses (but not both), and increasing the duration to Int modifier, but that's about as far as I would go. Anything more, and it just starts looking like sneak attack with a faster progression than the investigator should have.

And my guess is that most folks are not going to think that goes far enough, because the benchmark is sneak attack attack as the first iteration had, or so it seems.

I would be perfectly happy with the ability if it was swift to activate and Int modifier duration. Don't be discouraged if our initial response wasn't that positive. I definitely love the flavor and wouldn't like to see that soulless sneak attack come to ruin a good idea.

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As Studied Combat is worded currently, it does nothing without Int of at least 18, because effects that last 1 round end at the beginning of investigator's next turn.