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Huzzah! Thanks for regaling us with your epic tale OAD! May the dice be ever in your favor!

Is this just for me? I can't download the bundle or the playtest rulebook. Is this just me?

The only viable reason I can see is that the new system allows you to trace your bloodline with a mechanical effect (as if you couldn't just account that into your stats as you build your character), but otherwise I'm at a loss as for the reasoning of this.

It's been called Race for the past 40+ years. Why is this an issue now?

A primer on Golarion, that is? You know, for GMs to just hand to their newest players and to pull some quick and dirty ideas from.

So yes, I do indeed have a question: will there be a primer to Golarion in the GM's section? I really liked it when y'all did that with Starfinder.

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Okay, I’m in the mood to challenge y’all.

Site to post character concept.

Hi! I'm a teemage gamer who is trying to get a blog in motion! I'd love it if you could help me get a jumpstart on things!

Here’s the challenge: You build me a character concept. Make it as zany and cool as possible. It could be a monster, a villain, or the local shopkeeper. Whatever you want. Here are the rules:

• It must be sci-fi themed. I’m going to use this in my Starfinder campaign, so anything goes in terms of weird and fantastic aliens or normal folk.

• It must have a name and general outlook on life, whether this be as simple as “survival” or as complex as “The universe is a vast mystery. I must document everything that I see before eating it.” Whatever you like.

• You must tell me whether or not this creature will be used as a friend or as a foe.

• It must be posted in the comments on my blog under "Let's Make an NPC Together!"
  

And… Go!

~Will C.

My blog!

Hi!

I'm a regular teenage boy with an addiction to all things RPGs. I made this blog yesterday to keep track of all my ideas and thoughts in one place. Most, if not all of my posts are going to be about various thoughts and trains of thought I might have regarding gaming, and I'll probably post pretty irregularly.

Anyways, just wanted to post this on here to spread the word!

Happy Gaming!

For Starfinder, when will we see this? Fall's almost over and I haven't seen a lick of anything hinting that it will be up soon.

When does this release? I'm missing my Space Goblins and Gray from my Alien Archive and am waiting for the rules to pop out so I can put 'em in my baddies book.

As title implies. My copy is missing pages 41-56.

XD y'all.

First! XD

Also, are these pdfs or hardcovers?

So there is a specific question that has been burning me for a while.

How does a GM convey interactions between BBEGs like you see in movies like Rogue One and The Lord of the Rings trilogy with Saruman? I find these interactions some of the most interesting examples of non-protagonist conversations within those storylines.

For example, in Rogue One, how could a GM convey to his players, even if it's after it happened, the interaction between Darth Vader and Director Krennic?

Just a thought I had, because I think that it would make for a more interesting story for the players and make it more immersive.

So there is a specific question that has been burning me for a while.

How does a GM convey interactions between BBEGs like you see in movies like Rogue One and The Lord of the Rings trilogy with Saruman? I find these interactions some of the most interesting examples of non-protagonist conversations within those storylines.

For example, in Rogue One, how could a GM convey to his players, even if it's after it happened, the interaction between Darth Vader and Director Krennic?

Just a thought I had, because I think that it would make for a more interesting story for the players and make it more immersive.

Hi Paizo,

So, I was scrolling through the website's Flip-Map catalogue when I found something quite interesting: Pathfinder Map Pack: Cavernous Lairs PDF is free.

I repeat: free.

Is this a website error? Should I post this somewhere else?

Thanks,
~P.N.

Hello all!

This is the first of (hopefully) many Adventure Outlines to come. Adventure Outlines will be short, one to three page summaries of various campaign ideas and adventure sparks to use in your own home games. This particular Adventure Outline is free; use it as you will. Future Adventure Outlines will not be free, so look for them on DrivethruRPG and other fine online role playing game shops. The expected cost of these articles will be anything from three to five articles.

Now, on to the Outline!

Survival and Trial

Akiton. The Red Planet. A destitute landscape scattered with the remnants of a thriving economy, now lying in ruins. This is the home of shady characters, petty gangs and powerful crime lords. The home of experimental scientists building and attaching dangerous and illegal modifications to their limbs and digits.

And the new home of the player characters.

The PCs were delivering a supply of rare volcanic minerals harvested from the moon Varos to a lashtuna scientist on Absalom Station named Solyn (pronounced Sol-Lin)when they were beset and boarded by a gang of mercenary ysoki looking for plunder and an easy target. While managing to fend of the ysoki from reaching the cargo hold, one of the rat-folk was able to slip behind the PCs and take control of the ship, steering it towards the surface of Akiton, the planet the PCs were flying over at that time. The ship came into the planet's atmosphere much faster than the ysoki anticipated, and he only managed to just pull up before smashing into the planet's surface head-on, but the inevitable crash resulted in a disablement of the ship when it landed. The ysoki then stole off with the PCs shipment of goods and headed for the nearest black market where they could sell their ill-gotten gains. (Note: the ysoki aren't evil, just desperate. The are down on their luck in terms of credits, and need the money to eat and survive.)

Unfortunately for the PCs, they had landed right in the middle of the planet's largest desert landscape, Scourge Desert.

This leaves the PCs in a chase to reclaim their shipment of materials while fending off the planet's more hostile inhabitants and struggling to survive in the unrelenting environment of heat and exhaustion.

Should the PCs catch the ysoki and recapture their shipment, their next task is to find a replacement ship and make their way to Absalom Station. However, they are still (insert amount of distance your want the PCs to travel here) away from the nearest settlement, and there are plenty of monsters who are hungry enough to eat a band of humanoids carting a shipment of goods across the desert and plenty of shobhads who would like to make slaves of the PCs themselves.

Should the PCs survive this brutal Scourage and make their way to Absalom Station, they discover that the scientist, Solyn, will be using the shipment of volcanic minerals to create a mutation chamber capable of releasing insane and deformed creatures on the general populace and it will be the sweet, innocent, know-it-all Solyn who will know how to stop the creatures from wrecking carnage on the streets and thus she will come to be an influential figure in the politics of the Pact Worlds and perhaps even becoming the Primex of the Station. The only problem with Solyn's plan is the PCs. She must dispose of them and thus, they become her targets to turn into mutants. They must escape her lab and stop her plan before it comes to full fruition while still abiding by the law (no killing unless the Primex allows certain individuals to be terminated.) They must capture her and bring her to justice, otherwise the ruthless and power-hungry lashtuna will come to rule Absalom Station with an iron grip.

I hope you enjoyed this as much as I have. This particular storyline practically wrote itself, and I hope you look into more of my products that are still in the wings of creativity.

Until then, Starfinder, may the thirst for endless adventure never leave you, and may solar winds be always at your back!

-Patrick Newcarry

Well, my real question is whether or not the material presented in the actual Adventure Paths are in the Player Guides.

For example, in the Reign of Winter Adventure Path, is the Winter Witch Prestige class presented in the softcover Adventure Path books?

Thanks for y'all's responses.

Hey all,

It seems to me that pathfinder has an awful lot of material to keep track of, and seems "bloated". Does anyone else feel this way?

With all due respect, I believe it may be time to move into Pathfinder 2. There are literally thousands of products for Pathfinder, and it can be overwhelming. Plus, some of the rules have become outdated in the game. The gimmick's old. "compatible with 3.5" I think Paizo has the ability, fanbase, and creative strength to not only pull it off, but to differentiate itself from D&D. With the shift of gamers toward D&D 5e, Paizo has started to lose fans. I have seen it on countless forums. I think it's time that Paizo spreads its wings and shows us what the company can really do.

I, myself, have moved to TOR. Pathfinder was fun, but it's dull to see yet another product that I'll never be able to track down due to it being lost in the shuffle of third-parties and houserules. Not to be another rage-poster, but I think it's time to say good-bye to Pathfinder and hello to Pathfinder 2.

The game is up.

Sorry, but it seems obscure to me as whether or not whatever the GM says, goes. It seems that the rules touch upon this lightly, but is it just my misunderstanding? And is it truly possible for the GM to do whatever he wants?

Seeing as the election is just around the bend and Halloween is just around the corner, I've decided to come up with my own political campaign.

Who will you vote for on November 9th?
Flumphs, or
Goblins?
Vote today!

If I have a Longsword as my arcane bond, am I automatically proficient in it?

Comments?

You can get the strong impression in Pathfinder that most if not all undead are evil. Is this correct? And, if so, can there be a good undead (fill in the blank)?

Also, I know character races like the half-undead Dhampir can be good, but what about undead who are unwillingly or unintentionally undead. Take the undead of Geb for instance. They are mortals who are controlled by Geb and his minions once they die. It's not their fault they're undead. They are taken control of by another person. Do they lose the memories of their former lives?
How does this work exactly?

Is there a ruling in Pathfinder that covers designing your own items outside the Craft rules or creating your own feats or racial traits published by Paizo?

LOL

See topic.

Is this going to happen?

How should I run something like this? I want it to have a nomadic feel to it, being set in Quadira. For the beginning, I was planning on having the PCs be hired muscle for a caravan that is raided in a dangerous pass and looted. The PCs are captured as slaves and are sent to be sold in some far-flung slave market. The campaign progresses from there, and I don't want to post my whole plot line up right now because I'm running fast out of time.
My questions are: If you've done this before (or something similar), could you provide insight on how to run this and some good example encounters I could use as a springboard? Do you mind providing me with some tips and tricks I could use to handle PC enslavement? How long is being enslaved too long in dragging down the plot?

Thanks in advance,
Theliah

This is not a point-based system and has yet to be play-tested. Discuss with your GM if this system fits in his or her's campaign.
Step 1: Determine Concept. (This includes name and short description)
Step 2: Determine type (Heavy, Light, or Medium).
Step 3: Determine AC bonus: Max +4 (Light), Max +6 (Medium), Max +9 (Heavy).
Step 4: Determine Check Penalty. (Min. -2 Medium, -5 Heavy, 0 Light.)
Step 5: Determine Max Dex Bonus: (Max +8 (Light), +3 (Medium), +1 (Heavy)).
Step 6: Determine Arcane Spell Failure Chance: Max 0% (Light), Max 20% (Medium), Max 40% (Heavy).
Step 7: Determine Max Base Speed: 30' or 20' (Small or smaller creatures)(Light), 20' or 15'* (Small or smaller creatures)(Medium and Heavy).
*remember that Medium creatures with base land speed of 20' are not affected by the normal rule for smaller creatures.
Step 8: Determine Weight; Min. 10lbs (Light), Min. 35lbs (Medium), 45lbs and above (Heavy).
Step 9: Determine Cost (Variable)
Step 10: Compare with published armors to see if your armor is balanced.
Step 11: Play-test.
Step 12: Enjoy!
This guide is designed to be worked side-by-side with your GM, and may be imbalanced if used improperly. This guide can be used to design shields, but isn't designed for that use and the shield may be slightly clunky.

It's a bit early, but I want to have this (temporarily) up till we get the real shebang.

Will there be a Bestiary, or one at the least included in the Core Rulebook?

If you have anything to add, go ahead. This thread is designed to provide newer players with added options you use in your game; please, stay on topic and don't degrade other player's work. You can suggest stuff to others to make their homebrew better, but don't be snarky about it. This thread is designed specifically for rulesets you use with the Beginner Box. The Core Rulebook rules are allowed, but don't clutter this thread with rules you can get with the Core Rulebook or the PRD.

Other than that, have fun on this thread!

Is there any rule for having obese and/or lame, deaf, blind, characters? Broken bones?

Can you use two shields in either hand? And which shield would be considered the main weapon for a shield bash attack? Can you wield two Tower Shields at the same time? Do shield bonuses stack if they're equal?

Why is there no feat or skill creation system? Or item creation system? Or armor generation system? Or weapon generation system that included guns? Or rules for your own materials similar to mithral and cold iron, and rules for alternate classes?

Will we be seeing something like this, hopefully soon? I get that Pathfinder Unchained came out with a bunch of new options, but they're not the same as designing your own stuff for the Pathfinder RPG. It would give many people a great way to not have to wait for a specific book that they would want. It would also allow many players and third parties to design new options that would've previously considered impractical because of the power level and give a guide to creating a class or item in a balanced and easy-to-understand fashion. I really do think that creating a book like this would be a huge profit to everyone and sales would go through the roof. If this does come to fruition, I'd also suggest including previous custom (fill in the blank) builders from other books, so it could truly be an Ultimate Creation Guide.

Thanks for your time,
-Theliah Strongarm

Just an idea I'd like to throw to you Paizonians... A Creation Guide!

Maybe weapon, armor, special materials, etc.

Just to name a few.

PLEASE!?!?!?

*edit* so what? I like options

Will the Villain Codex have "good" villains for evil characters?