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So forgive me if I missed an errata on this, but I just started looking over Starfinder. I have the Core and First contact, and I noticed that the Sarcesian Operative has a couple major flaws.

1: as equipped, he cannot use trick attack, as he has no small arms, no operative melee weapons, and doesn't have the exploit to use sniper rifles for it.
2: he has grenades, but is not proficient in their use, so the +12 to attack is horribly wrong. More like +1 I think. (+5 dex -4 non-pro penalty)
3: his initiative modifier should be +7 not +5 (+5 dex +2 Operatives edge)
4: +10 to attack on a dueling sword? I can get him to +2, but that's all. (+0 STR + 2 from weapon focus (assume feat not listed))

Am I missing anything? I understand that the book was published before the core was complete, but if that was so they really nerfes the operative already...

thanks,
Pol

So I just noticed this: In the Advanced Race guide, the dwarf cleric archetype Forgemaster, the Runeforger archetype says the following:

Runeforger (Su): A forgemaster may inscribe mystical runes upon a suit of armor, shield, or weapon as full-round action, using this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + her Intelligence modifier. These runes last 1 round per cleric level, but inscribing the same rune twice on an item increases this duration to 1 minute per level, three times to 10 minutes per level, and four times to 1 hour per level. Erase affects runes as magical writing. A forgemaster learns forgemaster's blessing at 1st level and may learn one additional rune at 2nd level and every 2 levels thereafter. Only one type of rune marked with an asterisk () may be placed on an item at any given time. This ability replaces channel energy.

(emphasis added)

Am I the only one who thinks this should be WIS not INT for a cleric?

Thanks,
Pol

Okay, maybe I'm just overlooking it, but do the Aldori Swordlord PrC levels count for levels in Fighter for the purposes of qualifying for fighter bomus feats? I ask this because one of the AS abilities gets better the more weapon feats you have, and unless you are taking only a couple levels of AS you can't utilize the feats (not enough levels of Fighter).

Display Weapon Prowess (Ex): At 2nd level, an Aldori

swordlord adds a bonus equal to 1/2 his class level on Intimidate checks made while using Dazzling Display with an Aldori dueling sword. He also gains a +1 competence bonus on these Intimidate checks for each of the following feats he possesses with the Aldori dueling sword: Greater Weapon Focus, Greater Weapon Specialization, Improved Critical, Weapon Focus, Weapon Specialization.

You can get into this prestige class with as few as 5 levels of fighter, so it's possible to qualify for Grtr weapon spec by only taking a few levels of AS PrC and switching back to fighter, but was that the intent?

Thanks,
Pol

Okay, so I gotta say, these have me a little confused. Why on earth would Paizo put in two seperate weaknesses with two different names that do exactly the same thing? Both of them leave you dazzled in bright light or in the area of a Daylight spell. So what is the point? Am I missing something?

Thanks!

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