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Please cancel the following subscriptions immediately:
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Please cancel these subscriptions after the last book of the current AP:
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I'm not interested in Pathfinder 2 content at this time, and I have a backlog of Starfinder APs to run at some point, so I'd like to end my subs after the current run is complete.

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If you begin casting a spell that requires 3 actions (Material, Somatic and Verbal), and you begin by using the Material Casting action only to be interrupted by an Attack of Opportunity that deals more damage than your level your spell is disrupted.

Do you have 2 or 0 actions remaining that turn?

Is there any way to have the Playtest flip mats ship with my normal subscription? I'd like to get the flip mats for running the playtest adventure, but paying 30% of the cost of the item just for shipping is prohibitive.

Please cancel my following subscriptions:

According to the description of weapon fusions, they can be added to ammunition for half the cost of a normal weapon of that level. According to the weapons chart, battery packs count as ammunition. Does this mean you can get cheap, easily interchangeable battery packs with specialized weapon fusions?

Can you then recharge those battery packs using the normal rules for charging batteries?

Is there any purpose to choosing Weapon Specialization as a normal feat when Versatile Specialization exists?

I noticed that some of the example builds include Weapon Specialization, but I figured that was just left over and never got updated as changes were made to feats, like how one of the technomancers chooses Spell Focus, despite getting it for free at level 3.

I just added a subscription for the Roleplaying Game line, but I accidentally started with Bestiary 6. I would like to start with the Adventurer's Guide, as I just found out someone already purchased Bestiary 6 on my behalf.

Could someone please change my starting product?

One thing I love about GMing is giving out nonstandard treasure to PCs via divine boons, alliances, favors or unique spells or skills. The themes of WotR are great for this sort of thing.

One of my players has a mount, and I'd like to transform the mount into a vahana (dog with eagle wings), but I'm not sure where. Does anyone more familiar with the entire adventure path know of a good location to have this happen (preferrably at a time I can give something good to the other two PCs as well, a paladin and sorcerer)?

Please cancel my adventure card game subscription. It's a great game, but I can't play through fast enough to warrant the subscription.

We're halfway through RotRL, with both S&S and WotR complete, waiting on the shelf for their turns.

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I placed this order today to send the scenario to someone. I listed the order as a gift, but it never gave me the option to specify the gift recipient.

Could I get some help forwarding it to the right person please?

Please cancel Order 3647697. It may not arrive in time for GenCon and I have found an alternative.

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I recently purchased a Wrath of the Righteous Pathfinder Battles case from a third party and 2 of the miniatures arrived damaged (Grimcrack and the Gibrileth Demon). I decided to order replacements directly here of those two figures in addition to my regular subscription.

Unfortunately, my second Gibrileth Demon (WZK71408-8-54) also arrived broken in 2 pieces. Is there any way I can get this replaced?

I recently added the Campaign Setting subscription, starting with Numeria, but my June estimate includes both the Numeria book and Occult Mysteries (which I already own and do not want a second).

If this is correct, can someone please remove Occult Mysteries from my order? Thanks.

My subscription order is still pending. I did add a few things to it to tip it over the $100 mark, so perhaps that's related?

Obligatory disclaimer: This is for a PFS character, but it seems like a general rules question so I am asking here. If anyone knows of differences for PFS that help would he appreciated. The character is currently level 3 so a first level retraining is no longer an option.

I have an Inquisitor of Shelyn who grew up in a temple of Shelyn as a simple scribe. He never had much artistic or musical talent but was happy to transcribe the works of various other poets. Recently, he began adventuring with the Society though and found the life of exploration much more to his liking. He met several followers of Desna and found her tenets to actually fit him much better. He's actually good at exploration and finding new things; certainly better than sitting in a musty old room copying other artist's work.

The question is, is it possible for him to part ways with Shelyn and become a follower of Desna? If so, what are the consequences?

1. I assume this would require an atonement spell. Most likely a full 3000+ gold or 8pp version to restore spells, though since he didn't purposefully violate a tenet of Shelyn and the two gods are amicable towards each other there could be an argument for the cheaper variety. I'm fine with either of course, just want to get it right.

2. He would lose his fervor inquisition and would have to select an inquisition or domain from Desna's list.

3. He would lose proficiency with the glaive and gain proficiency with a starknife.

4. He would be subject to Desna's alignment restrictions, though I believe he already satisfies this one.

I think that would be it. As a personal matter he would probably bring gifts of various art pieces that he finds during his travels to the temple of Shelyn where he grew up, but in general would pursue his own goals.

TLDR: Is it legal (including PFS) to change deities as an inquisitor and what does it take to do it?

If I use Summon Monster II to summon an ice elemental does it gain the cold descriptor and become a valid spell for Rime Spell?

If so, does the ice elemental inflict 2 rounds of entangle each time it hits a target and does cold damage?

Primary Question:
Are the oracle curses listed in Blood of Angels/Blood of Fiends available for non-Aasimar/non-Tieflings in PFS? The additional resources says that the curses are legal for play, but the book says "GMs can permit characters of other races with appropriate backstories or world views to gain them as well."

Motivation:
I had an idea for a Dual-Cursed Aasimar Oracle of Bones with the Blackened (Primary) and Wrecker (Secondary) curses. I would primarily debuff weapon using enemies with Oracle's Burden (for a -6 to attack rolls, -2 damage rolls, weapon crit 20/x2), use Misfortune on friends and enemies, and summon creatures or animate or control undead according to the situation. If I'm unable to take both curses I'll probably stick to Blackened and probably pick up Haunted or something.

Sorry if this has been answered before. I spent some time looking around and found lots of discussions about Spellstrike and Spell Combat but nothing that included spell trigger and spell completion items.

After playing my first game with my level 2 Magus I ran into a few questions about scrolls and wands:

1. Does a spell completion item (scroll) count as "casting a spell" for the purposes of Spellstrike? I understand that with my hands occupied with both the scroll and a weapon I would be unable to Spell Combat (unless I used a cestus or something along those lines).

2. Are you able to hold the charge of a spell cast via a scroll? I assume yes on this one, but am unsure.

3. Are you able to hold the charge of a spell trigger item such as a wand? This one I'm less sure about, but I'm leaning towards probably not. If yes, does this then allow you to Spellstrike with it?

4. Does using a wand dissipate a held charge (different spell that you cast prior to wand use)? There exists a Magus Arcana specifically designed to allow the use of wands in Spell Combat (which requires that you cast a Magus spell with a casting time of Standard Action). This seems to imply that using a wand does not count as "casting" and the mechanism that causes a held spell to dissipate is "casting a spell".

Touch Spells and Holding the Charge: In most cases, if you don't discharge a touch spell on the round you cast it, you can hold the charge (postpone the discharge of the spell) indefinitely. You can make touch attacks round after round until the spell is discharged. If you cast another spell, the touch spell dissipates.

Spell Combat (Ex): At 1st level, a magus learns to cast spells and wield his weapons at the same time. This functions much like two-weapon fighting, but the off-hand weapon is a spell that is being cast. To use this ability, the magus must have one hand free (even if the spell being cast does not have somatic components), while wielding a light or one-handed melee weapon in the other hand. As a full-round action, he can make all of his attacks with his melee weapon at a –2 penalty and can also cast any spell from the magus spell list with a casting time of 1 standard action (any attack roll made as part of this spell also takes this penalty). If he casts this spell defensively, he can decide to take an additional penalty on his attack rolls, up to his Intelligence bonus, and add the same amount as a circumstance bonus on his concentration check. If the check fails, the spell is wasted, but the attacks still take the penalty. A magus can choose to cast the spell first or make the weapon attacks first, but if he has more than one attack, he cannot cast the spell between weapon attacks.

Spellstrike (Su): At 2nd level, whenever a magus casts a spell with a range of “touch” from the magus spell list, he can deliver the spell through any weapon he is wielding as part of a melee attack. Instead of the free melee touch attack normally allowed to deliver the spell, a magus can make one free melee attack with his weapon (at his highest base attack bonus) as part of casting this spell. If successful, this melee attack deals its normal damage as well as the effects of the spell. If the magus makes this attack in concert with spell combat, this melee attack takes all the penalties accrued by spell combat melee attacks. This attack uses the weapon's critical range (20, 19–20, or 18–20 and modified by the keen weapon property or similar effects), but the spell effect only deals ×2 damage on a successful critical hit, while the weapon damage uses its own critical modifier.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I remember hearing that in PFS there isn't a distinction between arcane and divine spells on items: if the spell is on your class spell list you can use it. How does this interact with a page of spell knowledge?

Specifically, for my upcoming inquisitor/sorcerer, if I had a page of spell knowledge for True Strike, could I use my spells/day from both inquisitor and sorcerer to cast true strike?

Obviously normal knowledge of spells are tracked separately for multiclass characters, but since the page of spell knowledge grants the knowledge simply by possessing it, I'm not sure how to proceed.

I believe that outside of PFS I would require a specific arcane or divine version of the spell page just like for a scroll, but in PFS I am not sure.

Could a sorceror with the Sylvan bloodline use Alter Self on his animal companion to turn his pet into a humanoid for a few minutes?

The Intro:

Being rather bored last night I decided to make a new character, with the intention of playing it in PFS at some future time (I think I may have a problem with extra characters...). Since most of the characters I have made have been fairly combat oriented, I decided to make more of a party face type character this time, and the concept of a character that regularly lies through his teeth to get what he wants seemed especially interesting.

And so, I set out to build a liar. I'm posting this here in hopes that I can get advice (both general, and specific questions at the end), preferably specific to PFS if possible, about how viable this will actually be, if I'll be a serious detriment to my group, and if I'll really have many opportunities to exploit my focused skill set since my experience with PFS so far is somewhat limited.

The Build:

After hearing about the Heretic Archetype a few weeks ago on these boards the idea for a bluff focused character has been bouncing around in my head. However, I already have a full Inquisitor (level 2, but I have plans for his progression through the normal Inquisitor levels), so I wanted to do something a little different. I decided to start with a 1 level dip into Inquisitor for all the bluff buffing goodies, then move on to Sorceror (Crossblooded Empyreal and either Arcane, Sylvan or Rhakshasa, more on that later).

Level 1:

Race Half-Elf
Class: Heretic Inquisitor 1
Domain: Conversion Inquisition

STR: 7
DEX: 14
CON: 14
INT: 11
WIS: 20
CHA: 7
I opted to seriously dump STR and CHA to get a huge boost to my WIS since it is the primary stat for both classes and it counts double for my Bluff (and is added to Stealth). I almost want to drop my CON to 13 to boost my INT up to 13 and pick up an extra skill point per level, but I'm not sure that's wise since my HP will already be hurting. Since this build is not terribly feat dependent, I could probably afford to take Toughness at 3rd or 5th level depending on my bloodline selection.

Feats: Skill Focus: Bluff, Deceitful
Traits: Fast-Talker, Bad Reputation
Alternate Race: Wary

Notable Skills:
Perception: +9
Sense Motive: +11
Disguise: +4
Stealth: +11
Diplomacy: +9
Intimidate: +12
Bluff: +21 (Conversion Inquisition +5, Heretic +5, Skill Focus +3, Deceitful +2, Fast-Talker +1, Wary +1, 1 Rank +1, Class Skill +3)

I'll pretty much have to have my copy of Advanced Player's Guide at the table (instead of in my car) when I play this character since the numbers seem a bit ridiculous.

Spells:
Daze, Create Water, Sift, Guidance (More bluff??!), Bless and Shield of Faith.
With these stats I'll be able to Bless 3 times a day which isn't too bad.

That's pretty much it for 1st level. I'll be spending my first Scenario's PP on a Wand of Cure Light Wounds, then possibly a Wand of True Strike and use my Whip to disarm or trip from 15' away with a +18 bonus. When not doing that I'll most likely be using Daze, Bless, Intimidate and occasionally a crossbow.

Starting at 2nd level and beyond I'll be taking Sorceror levels as my "primary" class. I'll be taking a hit to BAB so I plan on focusing on spells that don't require ranged attacks, or use a True Strike wand if it really matters. As a Crossblooded Sorceror my spell selection will be extremely limited, but I can get some interesting powers. I'll be taking the Empyreal bloodline for the use of Wisdom as my casting stat obviously, and my second bloodline will dictate my tactics and feat selection.

Current choices (open to other ideas, these are just what I've picked out so far):

Arcane: Primarily for the Arcane Bond (Viper, naturally). If I chose this bloodline I would likely pick up things like Spell Focus: Enchantment or Necromancy and focus on Save or Suck or Debuff/Buffing spells. Not sure how things like Animate Dead play into PFS (I'm guessing not super well), but if I went that route, I do have the ability to cast Desecrate (from a wand or scroll) and I'll get a weak version of Channel Energy at level 10 from the Empyreal Bloodline. Overall, this option is my least favorite.

Sylvan: Solely for the option of having an animal companion, this selection would include me picking up Boon Companion as my 3rd level feat. If I went this route I would use my spells to place buffing spells on my companion (probably Tiger) such as Enlarge Person (yay for Share Spells) and other such silly things. The option to have a heavily buffed animal tearing apart my enemies seems pretty cool and gives my character a bit more (and probably needed) combat utility.

Rakshasa: This option continues the theme of the silver-tongued super spy. The nice things I'd pick up here would be the Silver Tongue power (+5 to Bluff 8 times per day) and Mind Reader at level 4. I imagine being able to read someone's thoughts and then have a +~30 Bluff check could help things go quite smoothly. Unfortunately, while this option is full of delicious flavor and fits my theme very well, it doesn't really help fix up any of my character's weaknesses.

Finally, the wrap up. While all advice and comments are welcome, the specific questions I had relating to my build thus far are:

1. Is it worth it/safe enough to reduce my CON to 13 to bump INT up to 13 and get an extra skill point per level? This would allow me to get 4 skill points per level once I start taking levels in Sorceror. Regardless of this choice, Toughness is something I'll be looking at closely, but it's even more attractive if I do drop the CON.

2. Spell selection. Any alternate suggestions for Inquisitor spells that will remain useful? While they'll last only 1 minute, I figured throwing up a Bless and/or Shield of Faith right before a combat could be useful throughout the life of the character, but my experience so far is limited to low level play only. I also thought about Protection from Evil, but I think I may want to take that as one of my Sorceror spells instead. For that matter, any advice or suggestions for my limited Sorceror spell list?

3. Bloodline selection. I'd have to say I'm currently leaning towards Sylvan simply to round out my character a bit but would welcome any comments or suggestions as far as my bloodline selection.

That's it for mechanical talk. If anyone is interested, here's the rough outline of my character's history:
Locutus grew up under the tutelage of the priestesses of Calistria in a temple not far from Absalom. While he knows little of his parentage, he has strong suspicions that he may be the son of one of the temple's most sacred prostitutes, due partly to the fact that her eyes have striking flecks of yellow in them, and his are a full and flashing gold. Aside from his eyes, he seems like any other misbegotten half-elf. As he got older, he found he had a certain talent for... "bending the truth" in such a way that he managed to always stay on the right side of trouble.
As a young adult, the temple employed him to travel to nearby towns to spread word of various events the temple was hosting. While out on one such venture, a pair of jealous acolytes plotted against Locutus. Upon his arrival, the plot unfolded exactly as the acolytes had planned, and Locutus found himself in his room, covered in the blood of the corpse on his bed. Naturally, he was joined by priestesses mere moments later, while the shock of the discovery still left him dumb. For the first time in all his life, he found himself unable to speak. As the guards were called in and everyone stared at him as if he were a monster, a sudden confidence filled him and words began to spill from his mouth. The story of his discovery of this man attempting to fight off a pair of imps as they tore at his stomach, chest and face. The story of Locutus's bravery in attacking the imps with the only weapons he had, his quick wit and his sack of traveling supplies. How after knocking one imp unconscious by battering it's head against the wall, the other imp yelled something vile sounding, grabbed it's companion's hand and promptly vanished into thin air.
To his surprise, the gathered crowd seemed to eat it up. While he was known for certain embelishments, this story was certainly pushing the boundaries of plausibility even before you add the apparent evidence against him. Yet everyone seemed to believe it... except two acolytes glowering at him from the back of the crowd.
After paying the two acolytes a visit that left them clawing at the walls of their room (with slightly less fingers no less), speaking to the head priestess and giving a mostly honest account of what really happened, and heading back to his room, Locutus was assaulted by a sudden overpowering presence. After it left him, he felt a feeling of gratitude, coupled with a strong urge to seek out a new path in his life. As he gathered his things to leave his home, he found one more pleasant surprise when he looked in the mirror: a nimbus of light swirled around him for a moment like a shield, and a whip appeared comfortably on his belt. He knew that no matter where he ended up, he would always keep something from his time with Calistria.

A quick note, the idea for this spell originated while trying to find an interesting use of my wizard's teleportation specialty to help our party rogue get into flanking/stabbing position. Afterwards I noticed that it is very similar to a certain murdering computer's favored science equipment...

That said, here is a rough concept for a new research spell that I would like input, ideas and corrections for if people would like to contribute. Also, if the same thing already exists or nearly does, please let me know. The closest functionality I could find was telekinetic charge.

Dimensional Link
Wizard ?
Casting Time: 1 Standard action
Components: V, S, M (a mobius strip)
Range: medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Effect: 2 5-ft. Cubes within range become adjacent
Duration: 1 round/level (D)
Saving Throw: none or Reflex negates, see text. Spell resist: no

When you cast this spell choose two spaces and a side of each. For the duration of this spell, the two spaces are treated as adjacent spaces along the selected sides for all purposes. Velocity is conserved, but persistent forces (such as gravity) do not extend through the link.

If one end of the link is opened beneath a creature, that creature may make a reflex save to move to the nearest available space. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks. If a creature is forced through a link, or pushed over a link so that it would fall into the opening, the creature does not receive a save.