paizo.com Favorited Posts by Nocte ex Mortispaizo.com Favorited Posts by Nocte ex Mortis2021-09-17T04:19:55Z2021-09-17T04:19:55ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: will any current or future class gain a [timeless body]-like feat?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs437ck?will-any-current-or-future-class-gain-a#492020-10-13T02:25:09Z2020-10-09T20:26:57Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Fuzzy-Wuzzy wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Nocte ex Mortis wrote:</div><blockquote> So, something to point out in this thread: there are NO ancient ageless Monks or Druids who aren’t Elves or Gnomes, as it was confirmed by James Jacobs, I believe, that all it did was stop you aging. You still die when your lifespan is up.</blockquote>Was it confirmed by JJ in PF1 or PF2? </blockquote><p>It came up in one of the like dozen threads on this in PF2 that the Timeless part of the Feats was basically bunk, and you still die of old age.
<p>Edit: That particular thread is pretty much what started ArchSage off on their never-ending kinda crazy diatribe against the game rules. I just think it’s stupid that they removed it.</p>Fuzzy-Wuzzy wrote:Nocte ex Mortis wrote: So, something to point out in this thread: there are NO ancient ageless Monks or Druids who aren’t Elves or Gnomes, as it was confirmed by James Jacobs, I believe, that all it did was stop you aging. You still die when your lifespan is up.
Was it confirmed by JJ in PF1 or PF2? It came up in one of the like dozen threads on this in PF2 that the Timeless part of the Feats was basically bunk, and you still die of old age. Edit: That particular thread is...Nocte ex Mortis2020-10-09T20:26:57ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Massive Non-Lethal damageNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs437ci?Massive-NonLethal-damage#22022-09-06T12:16:59Z2020-10-07T20:56:19Z<p>Non-Lethal is... not killing damage, it’s attacking to incapacitate. You can’t kill with Non-Lethal damage.</p>Non-Lethal is... not killing damage, it’s attacking to incapacitate. You can’t kill with Non-Lethal damage.Nocte ex Mortis2020-10-07T20:56:19ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Holy cow! Preparing spells is HARD now!Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42s65&page=4?Holy-cow-Preparing-spells-is-HARD-now#1752020-10-09T20:48:03Z2020-10-07T20:18:10Z<p>To me, it boils down to this, using a Fighter for an example as they’ve popped up more than a few times in this thread.</p>
<p>Bob creates a Fighter, we’ll call him Mac, and he chooses to go hard into knives. A new book comes out, and it’s got this AWESOME looking knife-classed weapon in it that mimics the claw of a Honey Badger. It’s listed as Common, so Bob figured there’s no issues in getting the HBDGAF blades for Mac. He spends the money, and then his VC tells him “Oh, sorry Bob, the HBDGAF blades are only Common if you’re a Numerian Werehoneybadger.” Bob looks baffled, as there’s nothing noting this anywhere in the rules, nor in the description of the weapon itself.</p>
<p>He points this out to the VC, only to be told that them’s the rules from On High, because it came out in a new book, which means that even though it’s Common, a knife that doesn’t do anything appreciably better than any other Advanced weapon, he’s not considered automatically proficient with it, capable of picking one up without a good story reason, or knowing what other crap he’s going to have to go through to just buy a neat-looking weapon.</p>
<p>Bob sighs, and picks up his seventh Bladed Hoop.</p>
<p>(Mental note, create a Werehoneybadger group in Numeria.)</p>To me, it boils down to this, using a Fighter for an example as they’ve popped up more than a few times in this thread.
Bob creates a Fighter, we’ll call him Mac, and he chooses to go hard into knives. A new book comes out, and it’s got this AWESOME looking knife-classed weapon in it that mimics the claw of a Honey Badger. It’s listed as Common, so Bob figured there’s no issues in getting the HBDGAF blades for Mac. He spends the money, and then his VC tells him “Oh, sorry Bob, the HBDGAF...Nocte ex Mortis2020-10-07T20:18:10ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: The final destination of all souls on Golarion...oblivion?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4377o&page=3?The-final-destination-of-all-souls-on#1432020-10-08T17:43:45Z2020-10-06T05:53:49Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Filthy Lucre wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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Lemme put it this way - if I had to choose between immortality as a vampire, eating people to survive or be A N N H I L A T E D it would be a complete no brainer for me. </blockquote><p>Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you a perfect representation of Neutral Evil.Filthy Lucre wrote:Lemme put it this way - if I had to choose between immortality as a vampire, eating people to survive or be A N N H I L A T E D it would be a complete no brainer for me.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you a perfect representation of Neutral Evil.Nocte ex Mortis2020-10-06T05:53:49ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Ruffian Racket and knuckle daggers?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs436kt?Ruffian-Racket-and-knuckle-daggers#122020-09-18T18:47:55Z2020-09-18T17:18:35Z<p>There •was• the beginning of a pattern, and then the last few books shattered it. Now, like a lot of other glaring issues that are cropping up, we don’t know which is which.</p>There *was* the beginning of a pattern, and then the last few books shattered it. Now, like a lot of other glaring issues that are cropping up, we don’t know which is which.Nocte ex Mortis2020-09-18T17:18:35ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Ruffian Racket and knuckle daggers?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs436kt?Ruffian-Racket-and-knuckle-daggers#102020-09-18T09:02:56Z2020-09-18T04:17:00Z<p>Man, that errata is going to be like fifty pages long at this rate.</p>Man, that errata is going to be like fifty pages long at this rate.Nocte ex Mortis2020-09-18T04:17:00ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: Multi-classing. Is it good and if so why? I just don't see the advantage.Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs436ih?Multiclassing-Is-it-good-and-if-so-why-I-just#192020-09-16T15:27:45Z2020-09-16T01:52:49Z<p>Another fun one is the Monk/Rogue MCD. Monks have phenomenal action efficiency, but extra skills always are nice, and picking up, say, Sneak Attacker for an effective extra 2d6 on your Flurry, or Deny Advantage, or(my personal favorite) Evasiveness to bump up your Reflex saving throws to Master, combined with Canny Acumen, giving you L/M/M saves, AND Master Perception.</p>Another fun one is the Monk/Rogue MCD. Monks have phenomenal action efficiency, but extra skills always are nice, and picking up, say, Sneak Attacker for an effective extra 2d6 on your Flurry, or Deny Advantage, or(my personal favorite) Evasiveness to bump up your Reflex saving throws to Master, combined with Canny Acumen, giving you L/M/M saves, AND Master Perception.Nocte ex Mortis2020-09-16T01:52:49ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: Do you take abilities to 20?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4366e?Do-you-take-abilities-to-20#72020-09-10T08:01:45Z2020-09-09T16:26:21Z<p>No, that doesn’t really change the fact that there is literally no point to not raising your Key ability score to the absolute maximum, seeing as vast amounts of your class abilities run off of it, including Class and Spell DCs for most of them. Your Key ability score is your One Ring, everything else is nice, but that score makes you function.</p>No, that doesn’t really change the fact that there is literally no point to not raising your Key ability score to the absolute maximum, seeing as vast amounts of your class abilities run off of it, including Class and Spell DCs for most of them. Your Key ability score is your One Ring, everything else is nice, but that score makes you function.Nocte ex Mortis2020-09-09T16:26:21ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Healer's Tools should simply be 1-handedNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4353g?Healers-Tools-should-simply-be-1handed#192020-08-23T04:02:14Z2020-08-22T22:18:44Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Darksol the Painbringer wrote:</div><blockquote> I'm sure it does. But there's no rules for it in Pathfinder, so it's not a realistic expectation to have. You can have the Cat Fall feat with legendary Acrobatics and just take a nap while you fall down in a vacuum and never get hurt, because apparently being conscious doesn't matter when it comes to landing on your feet unscathed. </blockquote><p>If this doesn’t bother you, and you admit that Bon Mot, a Feat that utterly WRECKS an opponent with a single Action isn’t OP, or somehow impossible to understand, then why in the blue Hell is Battle Medicine somehow breaking your verisimilitude, when Hit Points as a whole are a load of crap simulationist mumbo jumbo?Darksol the Painbringer wrote:I'm sure it does. But there's no rules for it in Pathfinder, so it's not a realistic expectation to have. You can have the Cat Fall feat with legendary Acrobatics and just take a nap while you fall down in a vacuum and never get hurt, because apparently being conscious doesn't matter when it comes to landing on your feet unscathed.
If this doesn’t bother you, and you admit that Bon Mot, a Feat that utterly WRECKS an opponent with a single Action isn’t OP, or...Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-22T22:18:44ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Healer's Tools should simply be 1-handedNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4353g?Healers-Tools-should-simply-be-1handed#162020-08-23T21:12:13Z2020-08-22T21:49:02Z<p>Fall asleep? You mean pass out from G-force? You understand that actually happens in real life, right? It’s the most common cause of death in skydiving, right before equipment malfunction.</p>
<p>Nobody can fall from the ionosphere and survive unassisted. It’s physically impossible. Cat Fall doesn’t care. Nobody can actually quantify what Hit Points are as a whole. Battle Medicine doesn’t care. Neither of these are magic. Nor is Bon Mot, which is apparently so devastating that it utterly destroys an enemies ability to react to anything.</p>Fall asleep? You mean pass out from G-force? You understand that actually happens in real life, right? It’s the most common cause of death in skydiving, right before equipment malfunction.
Nobody can fall from the ionosphere and survive unassisted. It’s physically impossible. Cat Fall doesn’t care. Nobody can actually quantify what Hit Points are as a whole. Battle Medicine doesn’t care. Neither of these are magic. Nor is Bon Mot, which is apparently so devastating that it utterly destroys...Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-22T21:49:02ZRe: Forums: Advice: Paladins and FeintingNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs435ao?Paladins-and-Feinting#192020-08-21T01:25:05Z2020-08-20T12:05:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Ched Greyfell wrote:</div><blockquote> Paladins and fainting could also be an interesting thread. </blockquote><p>First, I am so sorry for what I am about to do.
<p>If a Paladin faints in combat, do they fall?</p>Ched Greyfell wrote:Paladins and fainting could also be an interesting thread.
First, I am so sorry for what I am about to do. If a Paladin faints in combat, do they fall?Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-20T12:05:10ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Battle MedicineNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42sh0&page=8?Battle-Medicine#3972020-08-13T20:37:31Z2020-08-13T13:40:40Z<p>Eh, I’m fairly certain that at this point we’ve gone far beyond goblins, and are deep into the Abyss, where even critters like Jubilex and Grazzz’t are shaking their head or head-like appendages, and disavowing everything in this argument.</p>Eh, I’m fairly certain that at this point we’ve gone far beyond goblins, and are deep into the Abyss, where even critters like Jubilex and Grazzz’t are shaking their head or head-like appendages, and disavowing everything in this argument.Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-13T13:40:40ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Battle MedicineNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42sh0&page=8?Battle-Medicine#3582020-08-11T14:20:49Z2020-08-11T13:17:46Z<p>Some of them are Legendary. Three of them are level 1 and level 2 Feats. One of those becomes Legendary. Zero of them require magic.</p>Some of them are Legendary. Three of them are level 1 and level 2 Feats. One of those becomes Legendary. Zero of them require magic.Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-11T13:17:46ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Battle MedicineNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42sh0&page=8?Battle-Medicine#3562020-08-13T04:50:47Z2020-08-11T13:05:20Z<p>I can kill you by staring at you. I can literally live in a volcano or Antarctica butt naked. I can do a full medical assessment of a person at a literal glance, telling your entire medical history by how your hair moves. I can FALL FROM SPACE and not only not die, but not even scratch my knee. I can become Spider-Man, and stand on a vertical surface without concern. I can read a letter, sealed in an envelope, by touch alone.</p>
<p>And yet, Battle Medicine is the thing on this list that directly requires magic to be remotely possible?</p>I can kill you by staring at you. I can literally live in a volcano or Antarctica butt naked. I can do a full medical assessment of a person at a literal glance, telling your entire medical history by how your hair moves. I can FALL FROM SPACE and not only not die, but not even scratch my knee. I can become Spider-Man, and stand on a vertical surface without concern. I can read a letter, sealed in an envelope, by touch alone.
And yet, Battle Medicine is the thing on this list that directly...Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-11T13:05:20ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Monastic Weaponry + Deadly Strikes + Diamond FistsNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs434xf?Monastic-Weaponry-Deadly-Strikes-Diamond-Fists#22020-08-11T09:43:19Z2020-08-11T04:06:45Z<p>Looks like a yes to me.</p>Looks like a yes to me.Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-11T04:06:45ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: How do you "invest" an item? Is it something all characters can do?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs434p1?How-do-you-invest-an-item-Is-it-something-all#62020-08-06T09:52:49Z2020-08-06T09:51:57Z<p>Yeah, the original idea during the play test was... not good, to put it nicely.</p>Yeah, the original idea during the play test was... not good, to put it nicely.Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-06T09:51:57ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Battle MedicineNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42sh0&page=5?Battle-Medicine#2122020-08-05T23:26:05Z2020-08-05T04:14:52Z<p>•Headdesk so hard I break the floor•</p>*Headdesk so hard I break the floor*Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-05T04:14:52ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Battle MedicineNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42sh0&page=4?Battle-Medicine#2002020-08-05T21:35:20Z2020-08-04T21:52:10Z<p>Battle Medicine argument over 1000 posts summed up in ten. QED</p>Battle Medicine argument over 1000 posts summed up in ten. QEDNocte ex Mortis2020-08-04T21:52:10ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Using familiars for sustenanceNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs434k0?Using-familiars-for-sustenance#32020-08-06T22:28:28Z2020-08-04T02:53:48Z<p>Their Patron getting mad?</p>Their Patron getting mad?Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-04T02:53:48ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Question about Signature Spell ExpansionNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs434jy?Question-about-Signature-Spell-Expansion#42020-08-04T08:21:55Z2020-08-04T02:43:30Z<p>I’ve noticed quite a few places in the APG where it’s fairly obvious words, or even entire sentences, are missing. This is one of them. Minimum level seems to universally apply only to spells that have additional effects as you Heighten them.</p>
<p>I think this is the same issue that Paizo has with Stances, to be honest. They know the answer to it, but because they all know it, it slips through editing without actually going into the book.</p>I’ve noticed quite a few places in the APG where it’s fairly obvious words, or even entire sentences, are missing. This is one of them. Minimum level seems to universally apply only to spells that have additional effects as you Heighten them.
I think this is the same issue that Paizo has with Stances, to be honest. They know the answer to it, but because they all know it, it slips through editing without actually going into the book.Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-04T02:43:30ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Question about Signature Spell ExpansionNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs434jy?Question-about-Signature-Spell-Expansion#22020-08-04T08:21:43Z2020-08-04T01:53:26Z<p>So, let’s say you didn’t, for some reason, choose Fireball as one of you Signature Spells as you leveled up. Firstly, shame on you. Secondly, the lowest level you can cast Fireball at, is as a 3rd level spell. It qualifies. However, Fireball can Heighten all the way up to 10th level slots.</p>
<p>True Strike, Unseen Servant, Spectral Hand... those are not spells that can Heighten.</p>
<p>Basically, it can only be used for spells that Heighten, and start at 3rd or lower.</p>So, let’s say you didn’t, for some reason, choose Fireball as one of you Signature Spells as you leveled up. Firstly, shame on you. Secondly, the lowest level you can cast Fireball at, is as a 3rd level spell. It qualifies. However, Fireball can Heighten all the way up to 10th level slots.
True Strike, Unseen Servant, Spectral Hand... those are not spells that can Heighten.
Basically, it can only be used for spells that Heighten, and start at 3rd or lower.Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-04T01:53:26ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Battle MedicineNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42sh0&page=4?Battle-Medicine#1892020-08-04T17:39:35Z2020-08-03T21:39:12Z<p>I don’t think a single thing in all of 2E, and very, very few things in 1E, have been discussed as much, and with as little coming from it, as Battle Medicine. I’m kind of growing to hate the Feat, honestly.</p>I don’t think a single thing in all of 2E, and very, very few things in 1E, have been discussed as much, and with as little coming from it, as Battle Medicine. I’m kind of growing to hate the Feat, honestly.Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-03T21:39:12ZRe: Forums: Advice: The Monk: How do you build it?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs434gi?The-Monk-How-do-you-build-it#212020-08-03T16:36:32Z2020-08-03T05:02:59Z<p>If you really want to set up a Monk to control the battlefield in new and exciting ways, Wolf Style and Tangled Forest Stance are ridiculously good in tandem. Take Monastic Weaponry, use a bo staff, and enjoy your tripping Reach Immobilizing Stand Still chaos machine. Take Stunning Fist, and Fuse Stance at 20, and watch as you harass entire encounters in ways that your GM hates you for.</p>If you really want to set up a Monk to control the battlefield in new and exciting ways, Wolf Style and Tangled Forest Stance are ridiculously good in tandem. Take Monastic Weaponry, use a bo staff, and enjoy your tripping Reach Immobilizing Stand Still chaos machine. Take Stunning Fist, and Fuse Stance at 20, and watch as you harass entire encounters in ways that your GM hates you for.Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-03T05:02:59ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Can’t exit stances?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs434ep?Can-t-exit-stances#102021-05-02T04:04:18Z2020-08-02T07:12:45Z<p>Let’s put this into perspective then: by your logic, going into a Stance that <i>isn’t</i> Mountain Stance locks you into a single form of combat for the rest of the fight, unless you have two or more Styles, correct?</p>
<p>If I’ve misunderstood you, please let me know, I’m not trying to put words in your mouth here, just trying to figure out your reasoning.</p>
<p>If this were true, every Monk that has only one Style that’s like Crane, is effectively a robot for the rest of their combat forever. They can NEVER use any other form of attack other than their Style attack because they temporarily lose all their intelligence and ability to comprehend that what they are using possibly isn’t the best method.</p>
<p>Matter of fact, that literally applies to all other Styles in the game, too. If a Fighter, Champion, Swashbuckler, Bard, etc. has only one Style and it calls for only one type of Strike, they quickly become a one trick pony.</p>
<p>Edit: So I went through and looked at all the Monk Stances real quick. None of the APG stances have any Requirements on them. At all. Prerequisites, yes, no Requirements. 8 of the others from the other books all have the same Requirement: You are unarmored. So if you can’t voluntarily leave a Stance in combat, and you’re not in Mountain and jump, the only way out of a Stance loop in that situation is either for someone to put real armor on you, or to have a single 10th level Feat called Prevailing Position.</p>Let’s put this into perspective then: by your logic, going into a Stance that isn’t Mountain Stance locks you into a single form of combat for the rest of the fight, unless you have two or more Styles, correct?
If I’ve misunderstood you, please let me know, I’m not trying to put words in your mouth here, just trying to figure out your reasoning.
If this were true, every Monk that has only one Style that’s like Crane, is effectively a robot for the rest of their combat forever. They can...Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-02T07:12:45ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Can’t exit stances?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs434ep?Can-t-exit-stances#72020-08-02T17:13:46Z2020-08-02T04:54:18Z<p>No, the only Strikes you can make, and stay in that stance, are Stumbling Strikes. It’s not computer code, you are supposed to apply common sense. You can only use those Strikes if you want to stay in the Stance. Use any other type of Strike, or weapon, in Peafowl, for example, and you lose the stance because you broke the Requirement of one specific type of attack.</p>No, the only Strikes you can make, and stay in that stance, are Stumbling Strikes. It’s not computer code, you are supposed to apply common sense. You can only use those Strikes if you want to stay in the Stance. Use any other type of Strike, or weapon, in Peafowl, for example, and you lose the stance because you broke the Requirement of one specific type of attack.Nocte ex Mortis2020-08-02T04:54:18ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: Advance Players Guide any Power Creep ?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4346i&page=2?Advance-Players-Guide-any-Power-Creep#772020-07-31T01:52:38Z2020-07-30T23:05:52Z<p>Permanently quickened, on the fastest class in the game. You got crit? ‘Nah man, reroll that.’ Those vs a Feat that only does something on a crit.</p>Permanently quickened, on the fastest class in the game. You got crit? ‘Nah man, reroll that.’ Those vs a Feat that only does something on a crit.Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-30T23:05:52ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Got a rules question about Pathfinder Second Edition? Post it here! And we might answer them on stream!Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42pl9&page=15?Got-a-rules-question-about-Pathfinder-Second#7082020-08-07T17:38:33Z2020-07-29T15:05:09Z<p>I... wait, every skill? How? Rogue?</p>I... wait, every skill? How? Rogue?Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-29T15:05:09ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Suggested nerf on Strike RunesNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4341n?Suggested-nerf-on-Strike-Runes#362020-08-05T13:23:58Z2020-07-28T18:31:23Z<p>It’s not overwhelming damage, it is <i>literally expected by the level design of the game</i> that player damage increases as it does, or combats become a slogfest for the characters while the monsters tear them apart doing double to quadruple their damage <b>every hit</b>.</p>It’s not overwhelming damage, it is literally expected by the level design of the game that player damage increases as it does, or combats become a slogfest for the characters while the monsters tear them apart doing double to quadruple their damage every hit.Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-28T18:31:23ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Deadly Simplicity and Two-Hand Damage DieNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43438?Deadly-Simplicity-and-TwoHand-Damage-Die#32020-07-29T11:16:07Z2020-07-28T18:12:41Z<p>I was originally going to say that it looks like a no-go, but Two-Hand doesn’t increase the die size, it changes the value altogether. It looks like it’d work.</p>I was originally going to say that it looks like a no-go, but Two-Hand doesn’t increase the die size, it changes the value altogether. It looks like it’d work.Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-28T18:12:41ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Suggested nerf on Strike RunesNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4341n?Suggested-nerf-on-Strike-Runes#192020-08-05T13:18:51Z2020-07-28T09:24:22Z<p>Look, I don’t particularly •like• Striking Runes, and I think their power should be a baseline ability that every class gets, like in ABP, but that’s not really the issue at hand. If you remove them, or tag them with Flourish, like the OP wants to do, you are going to end up VERY quickly with a situation where the enemies have more health than you, hit harder than you ever can, and hit you more often. This swiftly leads to dead groups.</p>
<p>I don’t enjoy needing the damn things, but the entirety of combat above level 5 is predicated on you having them.</p>Look, I don’t particularly *like* Striking Runes, and I think their power should be a baseline ability that every class gets, like in ABP, but that’s not really the issue at hand. If you remove them, or tag them with Flourish, like the OP wants to do, you are going to end up VERY quickly with a situation where the enemies have more health than you, hit harder than you ever can, and hit you more often. This swiftly leads to dead groups.
I don’t enjoy needing the damn things, but the entirety...Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-28T09:24:22ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Suggested nerf on Strike RunesNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4341n?Suggested-nerf-on-Strike-Runes#152020-08-05T13:15:18Z2020-07-28T06:00:55Z<p>It’s kind of a drinking game, but one that will ultimately kill you.</p>It’s kind of a drinking game, but one that will ultimately kill you.Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-28T06:00:55ZRe: Forums: Advice: What martial builds are more or less tactical? Most tactical non-spellcaster?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43424?What-martial-builds-are-more-or-less-tactical#22021-11-20T01:22:01Z2020-07-28T03:26:37Z<p>A Monk with Monastic Weaponry, Wolf Style and/or Tangled Forest Style wielding a bo staff is a logistical nightmare to fight. If they also took Stand Still, your enemies are going to be tearing their hair out.</p>A Monk with Monastic Weaponry, Wolf Style and/or Tangled Forest Style wielding a bo staff is a logistical nightmare to fight. If they also took Stand Still, your enemies are going to be tearing their hair out.Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-28T03:26:37ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Battle Medicine - How Many Hands?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42pwu&page=11?Battle-Medicine-How-Many-Hands#5042020-07-27T16:06:53Z2020-07-27T09:37:15Z<p>Technically, all Feats have Requirements: -, so it's simply not listed unless needed.</p>Technically, all Feats have Requirements: -, so it's simply not listed unless needed.Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-27T09:37:15ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: New Errata?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs433ue&page=4?New-Errata#1532020-08-14T07:57:59Z2020-07-27T05:18:32Z<p>I just read that thread, and I think I lost at least three points off my IQ.</p>I just read that thread, and I think I lost at least three points off my IQ.Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-27T05:18:32ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: New Errata?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs433ue&page=2?New-Errata#532020-07-28T01:32:29Z2020-07-25T02:04:59Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Xenocrat wrote:</div><blockquote> Pretty crazy and unfair how my combat medics in my platoon had to set down their rifle and open up their gear bags to treat anyone. </blockquote><p>Your combat medics didn’t exist in a world of superhuman beings capable of being dropped from LEO without a parachute and walking away without a scratch, repeatedly.
<p>Edit: Also pretty crazy how they couldn’t take someone literally bleeding to death with their organs hanging out of their body, take six to twelve seconds (because Battle Medicine sure as Hell takes more than just one action now), and have them ready to go for round 2.</p>Xenocrat wrote:Pretty crazy and unfair how my combat medics in my platoon had to set down their rifle and open up their gear bags to treat anyone.
Your combat medics didn’t exist in a world of superhuman beings capable of being dropped from LEO without a parachute and walking away without a scratch, repeatedly. Edit: Also pretty crazy how they couldn’t take someone literally bleeding to death with their organs hanging out of their body, take six to twelve seconds (because Battle Medicine...Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-25T02:04:59ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: New Errata?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs433ue?New-Errata#232020-07-25T20:20:41Z2020-07-24T21:48:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">ikarinokami wrote:</div><blockquote> How did people imagine battle medicine working without your hands free and a healer's kit? </blockquote><p>Preferably in a way that didn’t require potentially SIX ACTIONS TO USE A FEAT ONCE PER DAY ON SOMEONE.ikarinokami wrote:How did people imagine battle medicine working without your hands free and a healer's kit?
Preferably in a way that didn’t require potentially SIX ACTIONS TO USE A FEAT ONCE PER DAY ON SOMEONE.Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-24T21:48:21ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Battle Medicine - How Many Hands?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42pwu&page=10?Battle-Medicine-How-Many-Hands#4552020-07-27T17:31:17Z2020-07-24T21:41:50Z<p>•Headdesk•</p>*Headdesk*Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-24T21:41:50ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: New Errata?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs433ue?New-Errata#182020-07-27T22:06:09Z2020-07-24T21:36:43Z<p>Well, they went for the worst possible version of Battle Medicine, which I kind of had a feeling was going to happen. Looks like it goes in the trash pile.</p>Well, they went for the worst possible version of Battle Medicine, which I kind of had a feeling was going to happen. Looks like it goes in the trash pile.Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-24T21:36:43ZRe: Forums: Paizo Products: Paizo Blog: Tales of Lost Omens: Be Kind to StrangersNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6shai?Tales-of-Lost-Omens-Be-Kind-to-Strangers#432020-09-10T04:44:00Z2020-07-11T22:56:53Z<p>I think it also has to do with how cosmically lonely Baba Yaga and Jatembe probably are. Think about it: both of them have outlived everything that knew them in their youth, except for possibly some of the gods, both of them have seen more civilizations and races rise and fall than can possibly be healthy, their only real contemporaries are the handful of people like them, and beings like Cthulhu and Asmodeus. </p>
<p>It’s probably a poorly-kept secret between the true immortals that they enjoy each other’s company more than they let on.</p>I think it also has to do with how cosmically lonely Baba Yaga and Jatembe probably are. Think about it: both of them have outlived everything that knew them in their youth, except for possibly some of the gods, both of them have seen more civilizations and races rise and fall than can possibly be healthy, their only real contemporaries are the handful of people like them, and beings like Cthulhu and Asmodeus.
It’s probably a poorly-kept secret between the true immortals that they enjoy each...Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-11T22:56:53ZRe: Forums: Advice: The W*ndigo ProblemNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4336y&page=3?The-Wndigo-Problem#1162020-07-05T21:52:49Z2020-07-05T21:35:55Z<p>Sword, I will argue with you, vehemently, I’ll disagree with you, I’ll come across as grouchy (because Oscar the Grouch is very much my spirit animal), but it will never be directed at the person behind the keyboard unless that person is being a complete jackhole.</p>Sword, I will argue with you, vehemently, I’ll disagree with you, I’ll come across as grouchy (because Oscar the Grouch is very much my spirit animal), but it will never be directed at the person behind the keyboard unless that person is being a complete jackhole.Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-05T21:35:55ZRe: Forums: Advice: The W*ndigo ProblemNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4336y&page=3?The-Wndigo-Problem#1082020-07-08T13:52:16Z2020-07-05T20:58:49Z<p>Not quite the word I would use. Frightening would be a better descriptor. As far as I know, pretty much every tribe has stories about them, and they all boil down to one thing: These things are about as purely evil and malevolent as anything you can find outside of the Abrahamic demons. I’m a quarter Cherokee, so I’ve had the privilege of listening to the storytellers, and even they don’t want to talk about these things. They have to, to keep the warnings and knowledge of them alive, but it makes them visibly uncomfortable to do.</p>Not quite the word I would use. Frightening would be a better descriptor. As far as I know, pretty much every tribe has stories about them, and they all boil down to one thing: These things are about as purely evil and malevolent as anything you can find outside of the Abrahamic demons. I’m a quarter Cherokee, so I’ve had the privilege of listening to the storytellers, and even they don’t want to talk about these things. They have to, to keep the warnings and knowledge of them alive, but it...Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-05T20:58:49ZRe: Forums: Advice: The W*ndigo ProblemNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs4336y&page=3?The-Wndigo-Problem#1032021-07-06T09:56:50Z2020-07-05T19:37:44Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:</div><blockquote> Have any First Nations people made an issue of this or are people outside of the Tribe complaining about it? </blockquote><p>On the Wendigo issue, it’s purely people outside of the Tribes b+%~~ing about it. The walker issue on the other hand is something all of the First Nation tribes are incredibly leery of anyone ever talking about or using. Look up Jim Butcher’s story about the research and approval he had to do for his story involving it. The People do not take that thing lightly.Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:Have any First Nations people made an issue of this or are people outside of the Tribe complaining about it?
On the Wendigo issue, it’s purely people outside of the Tribes b@*!&ing about it. The walker issue on the other hand is something all of the First Nation tribes are incredibly leery of anyone ever talking about or using. Look up Jim Butcher’s story about the research and approval he had to do for his story involving it. The People do not take that...Nocte ex Mortis2020-07-05T19:37:44ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: How Does Mail Work in the Inner Sea?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs432zq?How-Does-Mail-Work-in-the-Inner-Sea#202020-07-01T15:40:19Z2020-06-30T15:43:41Z<p>Bro, I think I was something like 30-35 hours into the game before I remembered I was supposed to be delivering a package to New Vegas. Took me like another 20 before so got around to it. I love F:NV.</p>Bro, I think I was something like 30-35 hours into the game before I remembered I was supposed to be delivering a package to New Vegas. Took me like another 20 before so got around to it. I love F:NV.Nocte ex Mortis2020-06-30T15:43:41ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: How Does Mail Work in the Inner Sea?Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs432zq?How-Does-Mail-Work-in-the-Inner-Sea#62020-07-01T15:35:22Z2020-06-28T22:18:34Z<p>Neither rain nor sleet nor snow nor Orc invasion shall stop us from our appointed rounds.</p>
<p>Warning: Deliveries in dragon or kobold-run areas will incur additional charges.</p>Neither rain nor sleet nor snow nor Orc invasion shall stop us from our appointed rounds.
Warning: Deliveries in dragon or kobold-run areas will incur additional charges.Nocte ex Mortis2020-06-28T22:18:34ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: How Pathfinder Got Rid of Race and Made It Bigger, An Open LetterNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs432yr?How-Pathfinder-Got-Rid-of-Race-and-Made-It#392020-07-01T14:15:03Z2020-06-28T16:11:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">glass wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Nocte ex Mortis wrote:</div><blockquote>I like, for the most part, how Paizo has set it up, but please, PLEASE, stop trying to inject real-world issues into our escapist fantasy imagination time. Or at least do us a courtesy and ask first. </blockquote><p>When I first started to hear about "privilege", I struggled to understand what it meant. Now I understand; it meant this.
<p>See, for you it is "inserting" real world issues into your "escapist fantasy". For the people who suffer everyday with the b•~~+~•# of racism, misogyny, rape culture, homophobia, transphobia, or all of the above, it is about removing real those issues so they can get in on the escapism too.</p>
<p>And so they are not accidentally perpetuated through the game, thereby compromising efforts to fight them in the the real world, of course.</p>
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<p></blockquote><p>I believe you missed the point where it was specifically asking to stop correlating the ancestries/races in Pathfinder with European/American ethnocentrism. Let them just be what they are, fantasy races, and then add things in from there. Golarion is an incredibly fleshed-out world, with its own history, nations, people, conflicts, religions, and issues. Hoo boy, its issues. Use them.
<p>If I made you feel like I was belittling the way you play the game, or the things you find important, I sincerely apologize.</p>glass wrote:Nocte ex Mortis wrote:I like, for the most part, how Paizo has set it up, but please, PLEASE, stop trying to inject real-world issues into our escapist fantasy imagination time. Or at least do us a courtesy and ask first.
When I first started to hear about "privilege", I struggled to understand what it meant. Now I understand; it meant this. See, for you it is "inserting" real world issues into your "escapist fantasy". For the people who suffer everyday with the b*~~+~*# of...Nocte ex Mortis2020-06-28T16:11:10ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Got a rules question about Pathfinder Second Edition? Post it here! And we might answer them on stream!Nocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42pl9&page=14?Got-a-rules-question-about-Pathfinder-Second#6842020-06-28T01:02:37Z2020-06-27T21:51:12Z<p>Because it upgrades it from just your attacks, to everyone in your party’s attacks.</p>Because it upgrades it from just your attacks, to everyone in your party’s attacks.Nocte ex Mortis2020-06-27T21:51:12ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Second Edition: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Meet The Iconics: KorakaiNocte ex Mortishttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sh9p&page=2?Meet-The-Iconics-Korakai#762020-06-26T23:17:07Z2020-06-25T21:20:43Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Rysky wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">emky wrote:</div><blockquote> I don't like iconics being non-standard races. It dramatically alters the feel of the game and definitely makes it seem like the game must be played as an "anything goes" free-for-all. </blockquote>It’s a bird, not a living void that consumes Smells to survive. </blockquote><p>Can confirm, would play fart void.
<p>Edit: the best part of this post is that it was an autocompleted post. It was supposed to say flappy boi, but...</p>Rysky wrote:emky wrote: I don't like iconics being non-standard races. It dramatically alters the feel of the game and definitely makes it seem like the game must be played as an "anything goes" free-for-all.
It’s a bird, not a living void that consumes Smells to survive. Can confirm, would play fart void. Edit: the best part of this post is that it was an autocompleted post. It was supposed to say flappy boi, but...Nocte ex Mortis2020-06-25T21:20:43Z