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I would like to copy all four of the 3rd level spells and scorching ray.

Linguistics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Linguistics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28 Character Folio Re-roll.

Raul takes a look at the message and frowns. "What is the technic league? Our friend here was apparently working for them, or it. They were keeping tabs on the Aspis Consortium. Very interesting..."

Great game everyone! Thanks for running another fun time, GM.

With Na'alu still in the pit and the mechanical man dealt with, Raoul calmly crosses the bridge. Once across, he calls down to Na'alu, "Just be glad there aren't any spikes!"

Raoul frowns a bit, "Hrm...should've put the grease under it."

He instead hold's up his hand, drawing arcane energy seemingly from the air itself. Three balls of energy float above his open palm. In a flash, all three orbs fling themselves into the mechanical man.

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4, 4) + 3 = 14

No, Raoul didn't move.

The elven wizard smiles satisfactorily as the woman seems unsuccessful so far in climbing out of the pit. His attention is drawn back to the mechanical man with the javelin.

"Let's see how well you can hold that spear," he says as he draws a bit of butter from his component pouch and rubs it between his thumb and forefinger, targeting the javelin.

Cast grease on the javelin. DC 16 Reflex save or the mechanical man drops it.

Oh, the pit will last for 6 rounds total. 1/6

Dang, no ranks in Engineering.

Raoul sizes up the strange mechanical man crossing the bridge, but decides to focus on the Consortium agent.

"Oh, I don't think so."

The wizard draws out a small brass figure of a shovel and, pointing at the agent, makes a digging motion. Suddenly, a pit appears beneath the agent's feet.

Create pit. DC 17 Reflex save or fall 20 feet, suffering 2d6 ⇒ (6, 2) = 8 damage and landing prone. Creatures ending their turns adjacent to the pit must make a Reflex save or fall in, but they get a +2 to their save roll.

"Splendid!" Raoul glances around to ensure the party isn't being watched before gingerly placing the stone into the wayfinder.

"Now then, we should see something rather soon, I believe."

Raoul chuckles softly as he searches his pockets. "Thought for certain I had purchased a wayfinder, but it seems I was mistaken. Does anyone have one?" The elf looks around expectedly.

"Oh!" Raoul exclaims as he reaches into one of his pockets and draws out two small pearls. He takes one and balls his fist around it, then holds his fist to his forehead for a moment. He repeats the process with the other pearl.

"Oh, don't mind me. Just refreshing some of my arcane abilities."

Using a 1st level and a 2nd level pearl of power to reset hypnotic pattern and magic missile.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 2 = 28
the +2 is for the elf bonus to Spellcraft to identify magical objects. I usually forget to add it.

Raul holds the small stone in his palm, examining it carefully. "This, my friends, is an ion stone - a hermatite sphere. Though flawed, this little guy can help us from getting lost. Plus, if someone has a wayfinder, we can use the stone in it to direct us to the nearest hermatite sphere stone."

Raoul brushes any dust off of his robe as he looks around at the fallen enemies. "Good show, everyone. Good show."

He furrows his brow at Vasily's suggestion, "But, shouldn't we return to Novaria after delivering this wagon?"

"However, I guess since we're here we could look for that clue from the note. What was the number? 342, right? Must be a stall number..."

Raoul points three fingers at the thug that Darius is facing, causing two bolts of arcane missile energy to fire.

MM: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3, 2) + 3 = 9

Indeed it does. I just quickly copied what I thought was a complete explanation. So yes - an extra attack when you do a Full Round attack action.

GM: makes sense. Didn't realize one was on the roof and one on the ground.

Raoul drops his concentration from the woman. "That'll hold her for a little bit." He then raises his hands up and a light arcane mist settles on the rest of the party. Their reflexes feel sharper, as if they are being hastened by some unseen force.

Cast haste on the party (we're close enough together). Lasts 5 rounds. Ungala will be fascinated for 2 rounds.

Haste: A hasted creature gains a +1 bonus on attack rolls and a +1 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves. Any condition that makes you lose your Dexterity bonus to Armor Class (if any) also makes you lose dodge bonuses.

Yes, GM - as a Diviner, Raoul is always able to act in the surprise round.

Surprise Round Action:

Raoul hears a slight scraping of roofing tile and notices the archers bearing down on them. He takes note of the two on the far side of the street that seem close together and draws out a small bit of incense, rubbing it between his palms. A strange earthy scent fills the air and encompasses the archers done up in blue and yellow - filling their minds with fantastic patterns of color.

Cast hypnotic pattern affecting 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 3) + 5 = 10 HD worth of enemies. DC 18 Will Save or be fascinated.

SR (if necessary): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

I'm guessing since I need to concentrate to keep hypnotic pattern going I can't cast another spell for my normal round action?

"Ah yes. Please - we will be happy to engage in a bit of quid pro quo to get what support we can to ensure a foothold here for the Society."

Raoul is barely able to keep up with the rest on the way to House Cartahegn. As he catches up, gasping heavily, he pulls out his rat. "Yes... I know... But... Vastly spoke up first. Well, no, I...I'm not going to tell them that. Who cares that you solved it first...the important thing is that we know where to go. Now...back in the robe!"

The wizard stuffs the rat back into a pocket. With his breath caught, he decides to try and help out instead of following along silently.

"My dear Madame, it is indeed a pleasure to meet you. We have been sent to ascertain the doings of the Aspis Consortium in the area. What, pray tell, could you tell us about their dealings and influence here in Bloodcove?"

Raoul will use his scroll of disguise self to try and help himself fit in.

Given the time limit on this scroll, I'm not sure if it is technically useful at all. Still, going to give it a shot.

Disguise Self: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

Ugh, I'm sorry - can't think of much more to type tonight. I'll be better in the morning.

An elf, short of one of his race, sits at the table - seeming to just give the barest hint of listening. His jet-black, shortly-cropped hair is slicked back. Occasionally, the elf's attention is drawn to a small rat hiding in the folds of his robe.

Knowledge (Local): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

Knowledge (Local): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

"Fascinating! I can't say I've ever visited the Mwangi Expanse! I mean, I've heard stories of course. Hold on!" The wizard reaches into his robe and removes the rat. The rat is squeaking like mad. "Yes, yes Dr. Gonzo - I already know that! Yes, the drug trade - no, we can't get involved with that! Wouldn't be proper. No, we don't want to get in a turf war between the trade houses."

With a huff, the elf stuffs the rat back into his robe. "Well, I'm known as Raoul, and that little chatty-rat is Dr. Gonzo. I need to teach him better manners..."

I've got a couple different options as well, and I almost considered bringing in Rhoswen instead of Raoul - but you lucky people get to adventure with the driest of all arcane users ever.

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Day Job: Raoul wouldn't dare trifle with something as base as work.

Initiative: +11
Perception: +9

Raoul's got the divination school benefit of always getting to act in the surprise round, when there is one.

Dot.

Chronicle downloaded. Thanks again for an excellent time.

Lithrac, thanks for the good time. If you could wait until at least end of the day on Monday before closing the thread, I would appreciate it.

Raoul is going to delay. There's just not much he can do.

Lacking any spells that would be of particular use against the remaining undead opponent, Raoul draws his wand of magic missile and fires off a bolt of magical energy at the vampiric undead.

magic missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

"Ugh, such foul creatures, these zombies," Raoul notes with a scrunched-up face. He holds his hands out in front of him, calling out, "The flames of hell come to greet you!"

Suddenly flames burst from his fingertips, spreading out in front of him and engulfing the two zombies.

Burning Hands: 5d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 2, 1, 1) = 9 DC 16 Reflex for half damage.

Raoul prances down the steps as quickly as he can, NOW what? he thinks to himself. Once he sees the situation, over the halfling's invisible head, he reaches into his pouch.

"Now it's my turn to speed things up a bit!" The wizard holds a piece of shaved licorice root aloft, crying out. "Make haste against our foes!"

Cast Haste. Good for five rounds. It effects everyone BUT Raoul.

Raoul watches the bard and the halfling, shaking his head. "But, they seemed to actually enjoy inhaling those toxins - and look - they're bumbling around. Probably going to break their necks falling down those stairs. This is perhaps the most depraved and irresponsible thing I think I've seen." He slaps his forehead.

"Well, we better not let them get too far ahead on their own." He starts to follow them, calling out, "Ace! I'm not going to be your groupie anymore!"

Crud - my fault for not reading Ace's post carefully. Retconning.

Raoul points at the zombie, unleashing 3 magic missiles at it.

3 Magic Missiles: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1, 3) + 3 = 9

GM: Nope, I totally forgot to do that. No mage armor in effect at this time.

Raoul winces from the dart, but manages to keep his mind on the task at hand. He retrieves a piece of shaved licorice root from his spell component pouch and calls out. "The winds shall hasten my companions!"

Cast haste. It affects all of my companions, but not me. A hasted creature gains a +1 bonus on attack rolls and a +1 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves. Also, you get an extra attack when you use the full attack action.

He then tries to use his companions to get some cover from the.

Haste lasts 5 rounds.

Raoul steps forward, next to boom. He rubs his temples wearily, providing himself with his diviner's fortune insight bonus to his cause.

"My dear sirs. We have just come from Dakar himself. Now, we ask that you do not haste in finding your boss. Our patience will grow thin if one of you does not fetch Ophyro and his chemical-swilling sister Imelda immediately!"

Raoul steps forward and slaps the coffin to emphasize is point, hoping to aid in Boom's intimidation.

Intimidate, Aid Another + DF + GH: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Raoul takes a bit of time to use his pearl of power to regain the use of his magic missile spell. He then expends his 2nd level pearl of power to regain the use of hypnotic pattern.

That's awesome, Boom!

Raoul listens intently to the accord that is struck. "Wait, so you want us to almost kill this Orphyro fellow, but let him live by the grace of your word? Is that all? Sometimes I'm afraid that I don't understand all the nomenclature of the organized crime milieu."

Raoul takes one of the sacks and gingerly places it over his head. "Let's just get this over with, I suppose."

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Bizzle - add your caster level to the roll to determine the HD affected.

Raoul finds his voice and brings up an idea to Ace, "I could certainly hypnotize these two, if that would make things easier." With a quick motion, Raoul pulls a small crystal rod from his spell component pouch and waves it lightly in the air. Suddenly, a strange, phantasmagoria of colorful shapes appear, threatening to hypnotize the barker and pegasus wrangler.

Hypnotic Pattern, Affecting 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 2) + 5 = 9 HD worth of creatures. DC 18 Will Save or the men become fascinated. Lowest HD creatures are effected first.

"Careful! That thing is a deathtrap ooze. Immune to acid. Don't let it grab you!"

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Knowledge (Dungeoneering): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

Depending on how much I learn, I'll ask for: Immunities, Resistances and special attacks - in that order.

Raoul rounds the corner and spots the creature that damaged our rock star. He immediately raises his hand up, pointing three fingers at the strange creature. A bolt of arcane energy bursts from each finger, striking the foe.

3 Magic Missiles: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 4, 2) + 3 = 11

Raoul looks up from his notebook, "Huh, wha-? Oh, excellent work Master Hawkwren. Wonderful stuff."

"Oh, did you need this door checked for any magic?" Raoul raises an eyebrow dramatically.

He then holds his hands out in front of him, gently waving them with palms facing towards the doorway.

Detecting magic.

Head's up, I will be on holiday with the family from Wednesday 10/8 through Sunday 10/12. Taking the family to Disneyland, the beach and horseback riding amongst other activities. I'll likely still be able to check in and post in the evenings.

If you need to bot him... good luck. I'm not sure what to do with him half the time.

"Well, this Dakar person sounds important - perhaps we try to seek him out first? I mean - I know the auger said that 'one does not find Dakar... But really, maybe we just put the word out that we're trying to reach him?"

Raoul listens in to Miss Feathers' stories with a furrowed brow, trying to hide his shock at the ribald tales.

At Hawk's interruption, Raoul joins in, "Y-y-yes, we really must be going now. Thank you for your help, Miss Feathers."

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Raoul smirks a little at the sight of Miss Feathers. Hasn't changed a bit, has she? He follows Ace to the bar. "Are we still to be considered your roadies? It's just, isn't that a bit demeaning?"

He raises his hand to get the barkeep's attention, "I'll have what this gentleman is having."

In that case, I'll use the Diviner's Fortune on myself.

Raoul places his hand behind his ear in am attempt to understand the various clicks.
Linguistics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

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Raoul's notebook and pencil appear again as he jots down the apparent duties of a roadie.

Roadie: fan of a musician that carries said musician's items.

"Oh, like a porter," the elf mumbles to himself.

I suppose Ace is trying to make up for all the talking Shiyu doesn't do.

Raoul is a bit confused by Ace's ruse. He turns to Bartholomew and whispers, "What is a roadie?"

However, he feels confident that the musician is able to win over the lip-sewn gentleman (Raoul has certainly followed stranger people). He gently rests a hand on Ace's shoulder, granting him some arcane help for his efforts.

Diviner's Fortune to Ace for +2 on his next d20 roll.

Oops. Take 10 Spellcraft is 23.

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"Hmm, I only know Master Karela from running an errand for him as a new recruit. The Gaels... I'm not so sure."

Knowledge (Local): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Raoul slicks his hair back as he searches his memory. With a wave of his hand, a small notebook appears from a pocket and floats in front of his face, pages turning periodically.

"I should really write more legibly..."

My group completed this adventure and now one of them wants to run it for another group. I'll be participating and while not metagaming too much I'm allowed to use the same piece of knowledge I gave them before they built characters.

Charisma matters, a lot. You can also become undead eventually.

With that in mind and the somewhat unique build rules (+2 skills/level, 25 point buy, bonus trait) I saw a chance to play an otherwise underwhelming character in a swashbuckler.

We also have one special home rule, +3,+4,+5 weapons don't bypass anything You need holy/unholy/spell buffs/metals to bypass DR.

My problems with the character are as follows

1) The best possible +1 weapon enchantment is also terrible later on because answering is like a jump forward but later on is straight up bad. What weapon enchants would you use? I'll 100% be using fortuitous because it's great but I like unholy due to home rules and bane humanoid is a pretty good investment if you go for answering.

2) This character at level 15+ feels like a joke a best due to know magic. Any remedy?

3) I don't really WANT to play a half orc I want a dex/cha -con or -str race but all the races I looked at with those mods don't have a way to improve your will save.

Any advice on these issues would be appreciated. Especially the weapon since it's not unusual to get+7-10 weapons in this game since it goes to 20.

What's the best way to use this besides a CL 20 Greater magic fang?

If I use this and refresh my studying I've still studied them for X consecutive rounds. Conceptually what I'm thinking is studying my prison guard for say 10 minutes then flicking a stone at the back of his head.

It's a fairly narrow useage but the ability isn't that great so I was curious. I'd be inclined to allow it because it's an interesting power and creates a funny situation where keeping an investigator locked up with someone guarding him is dangerous.

I want to play a java obsessed investigator who cannot work a case without a cup of coffee and all his alchemy involves pouring the stuff into his coffee.

Potion glutton has already been approved by the GM and been divorsed from urgotha as long as the god I worship indulges in excess, so I said Cayden and he's like "That's perfect."

My only problem? Feats. I'm clueless beyond PG and PA. Extra discovery is good but beyond that I have no clue. We're headed to 14-16 from level 1. I'll be using a falchion and bite attack to do some good damage with STR.

I could also use help on skills. I'd love to be more rogueish without giving up too much and I'd like good abilities that go with investigator but honestly I'm at a loss. Most guides are for dex oriented rapiers not str oriented 2 handers.

Or does it still by raw allow investigators and alchemists to drink as a swift?

A long time ago I knew far more than I know now about what is out and errated in pathfinder but Having not played in a long time I need some guidance on building

We are using 20 PB, 2 Traits, Standard/uncommon races allowed for a home game.

I love warpriests but in light of the gutting of sacred fist it leaves me few options.

I want to play a ranged character with spell casting which a warpriest is well suited for since it get's manyshot on point with other martial classes. I was going to play a ZAM but the group has already seen what it does and thinks it's too much.

I could use advice on feats and possibly traits if something is better than reactionary. Additionally other stat buys could be considered but I honestly am pretty set on 16/14/14/12/12/7 as the total array.

You get fewer attacks.
You lose will saves (A real deal breaker for me).
You lose archetypes.
The BAB gain is worse than just having full flurry.

The only real gain is style strikes. Everything else Could more or less be gotten with an archetype.

So I've been GMing WotW home game for almost 7 months now and we are approaching the end. (Best evil game I've ever played btw. The party went from ordinary pathfinder level evil to people who would make hitler look like the less evil option)

When it finally concludes I will be shift to being a player (we rotate from AP to home game as desired by the players choice and GM who is capable of making their own games).

It's been so long since I've built a character and I am honestly a pretty devoted builder so in the weeks leading up to it I'm interested in figuring out what to play.

As far as a power level of the game I'd say it'll be on a 6/10 or 7/10 if raponathuk (Spelling) is a 10 and Rise of the Runelords is a 1-2/10. So difficult but fair. We'll need good damage and good awareness and access to the magic system to survive as such I can't really just take a character who is more or less a gimp in combat. We are starting at level 1 20PB All RP15 and lower allowed and going to 14-16. Only special rule is no animal companions/extra character effects from your class are allowed except familiars.

Now that's out of the way I've got a few ideas and a few rules out classes. I've ruled out a number of classes due to extreme weaknesses at higher levels, specifically poor will saves and a few classes due to extreme repetition. I was looking specifically at the following classes

A zen archer monk which I had played before in the emerald spire but not in regular situation. Pro's Really strong. Con's Probably too strong, character has literally no weaknesses in a cooperating party due to extreme defensive abilities and inherent rail gunnery.

A regular monk with the standard SLA trades (Barkskin and such). Good but I just can't see the way it's better than being a sacred fist with 6 levels of spell casting.

A kineticist, oh god I tried to make this good but you just do no damage and only have like 2 unique effects (Sure you can fly, so what?) being able to lift thousands of pounds and getting an early ring of invisibility. I tried getting damage from the flurry of blows archetype which does dramatically increase the total DPS output and dramatically improve it but I just cannot justify doing less damage than the barbarian and having less utility than spell sunder. I really want to play it but cannot justify how weak it is. To top it all off if you aren't dwarf your will save is pretty bad.

Sacred fist/MoMS or Straight SF are both things I'd love to play. But I see they've been nerfed into oblivion and are no longer playable.

Investigator is something I was interested in because I love the concept of being an empiricist and convincing people with logic and reason instead of force of personality. Unfortunately this class largely falls into "Gimp" in combat territory. I asked and I'm allowed to use potion glutton for his homebrew god of gluttony to drink as a swift and I still can't seem to make this class work.

Things I've liked but ruled out due to bad will saves Swashbuckler, Slayer, brawler, and fighter.

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So I've been GMing WotW home game for almost 7 months now and we are approaching the end. (Best evil game I've ever played btw. The party went from ordinary pathfinder level evil to people who would make hitler look like the less evil option)

When it finally concludes I will be shift to being a player (we rotate from AP to home game as desired by the players choice and GM who is capable of making their own games).

It's been so long since I've built a character and I am honestly a pretty devoted builder so in the weeks leading up to it I'm interested in figuring out what to play.

As far as a power level of the game I'd say it'll be on a 6/10 or 7/10 if raponathuk (Spelling) is a 10 and Rise of the Runelords is a 1-2/10. So difficult but fair. We'll need good damage and good awareness and access to the magic system to survive as such I can't really just take a character who is more or less a gimp in combat. We are starting at level 1 20PB All RP15 and lower allowed and going to 14-16. Only special rule is no animal companions/extra character effects from your class are allowed except familiars.

Now that's out of the way I've got a few ideas and a few rules out classes. I've ruled out a number of classes due to extreme weaknesses at higher levels, specifically poor will saves and a few classes due to extreme repetition. I was looking specifically at the following classes

A zen archer monk which I had played before in the emerald spire but not in regular situation. Pro's Really strong. Con's Probably too strong, character has literally no weaknesses in a cooperating party due to extreme defensive abilities and inherent rail gunnery.

A regular monk with the standard SLA trades (Barkskin and such). Good but I just can't see the way it's better than being a sacred fist with 6 levels of spell casting.

A kineticist, oh god I tried to make this good but you just do no damage and only have like 2 unique effects (Sure you can fly, so what?) being able to lift thousands of pounds and getting an early ring of invisibility. I tried getting damage from the flurry of blows archetype which does dramatically increase the total DPS output and dramatically improve it but I just cannot justify doing less damage than the barbarian and having less utility than spell sunder. I really want to play it but cannot justify how weak it is. To top it all off if you aren't dwarf your will save is pretty bad.

Sacred fist/MoMS or Straight SF are both things I'd love to play. But I see they've been nerfed into oblivion and are no longer playable.

Investigator is something I was interested in because I love the concept of being an empiricist and convincing people with logic and reason instead of force of personality. Unfortunately this class largely falls into "Gimp" in combat territory. I asked and I'm allowed to use potion glutton for his homebrew god of gluttony to drink as a swift and I still can't seem to make this class work.

Things I've liked but ruled out due to bad will saves Swashbuckler, Slayer, brawler, and fighter.

Solo Tactics

I know worshiping urgotha could cause problems but potion glutton seems like a beautiful feat especially with alchemical allocation. It is quicken spell on steroids for alchemists it seems.

I figure I play him as an extremely jaded heavy drinker who has come to hate basically all of the living and lost his faith in humanity but still has a job to do.

Is it worth worshiping a deity which might cause issues in some adventures to get potion glutton in a society setting?

Murder hobos, Vagrants of Valor, or Hobo's of the Abyss?

Dazed condition

The creature is unable to act normally. A dazed creature can take no actions, but has no penalty to AC.

Freedom of movement

This spell enables you or a creature you touch to move and attack normally for the duration of the spell, even under the influence of magic that usually impedes movement, such as paralysis, solid fog, slow, and web. All combat maneuver checks made to grapple the target automatically fail. The subject automatically succeeds on any combat maneuver checks and Escape Artist checks made to escape a grapple or a pin.

The spell also allows the subject to move and attack normally while underwater, even with slashing weapons such as axes and swords or with bludgeoning weapons such as flails, hammers, and maces, provided that the weapon is wielded in the hand rather than hurled. The freedom of movement spell does not, however, grant water breathing.

The question is simply do the first lines of these abilities mean you negate the dazed condition under the effects of FOM? I'm inclined to say yes given that paralysis is explicitly stated and has the following wording

A paralyzed character is frozen in place and unable to move or act. A paralyzed character has effective Dexterity and Strength scores of 0 and is helpless, but can take purely mental actions. A winged creature flying in the air at the time that it becomes paralyzed cannot flap its wings and falls. A paralyzed swimmer can't swim and may drown. A creature can move through a space occupied by a paralyzed creature—ally or not. Each square occupied by a paralyzed creature, however, counts as 2 squares to move through.

But not hate doing incredible damage that 1 shots the target?

A pouncing barb/archer/gunslinger/fighter/animal companion can all 1 shot most targets while save or suck/dies do the same thing it's just the GM rolling the dice.

So yeah why do people hate save or sucks but not hate high damage?

Simple question I could not find an answer to.

I figure I'm going to eventually be stuck playing Core only so I'm making a druid who is essentially my original first PFS character minus superior summons and divine interference. The upshot is if it ever converts to regular PFS then I need a whopping 5 PP to fully return to my original character. I could re figure power attack to level 3 but then that leaves my 7th and 11th feats open.

I need to replace my 3rd level feat and my 11th level feat (Possibly instead my race/stat build) That's the only rules I'll need to replace to Core only my first character as my first core character.

Vicious weapons are one of the few enchantments which (can) provide more DPR than another +1 to the weapon.

However this power comes at a price. Who do you think should get vicious weapons?

What about in PFS for example where edilons or animal companions are expendable since they auto replace at the end of the adventure.

I don't know how people play characters without good will saves. I really just don't I've done it before and about half of the time you end up failing a will save and waiting for combat to end.

I'm not talking about alleged bad will saves (Looking at you superstitious) I'm talking about honest to god bad will saves like fighters, slayers, and such.

Do you invest in iron will?
Is there another magic item which buffs your will save beyond the cloak/stone?
Do you pump wisdom?

In the days prior to season 5 when faction missions were in every adventure you would have things like "You must brand a (Powerful) creature before you kill it.", "You have to steal something from a good aligned merchant", "You have to convince someone to surrender even though they attack you on sight." All of the faction missions were MUCH more difficult than most of the other faction missions and in some cases Especially noticable in some season 4 7-11's where 9 of the factions had "Kill the boss" the Silver crusade had a really tough one, and in another doing the SC faction mission triggers an avoidable encounter with a strong good aligned dragon.

In season 5 and 6 it seems like they're at it again only it's even worse. In season 5, the year of the DEMON where you literally fight with the crusade on an every other adventure basis. Yet there were few faction missions and they aren't nearly as easy as most of the others. I say this as someone who has 2 silver crusaders and at least one PC of everything but grand lodge (2 Edge, 2 Dark Arch, 1 of the rest) all of the other faction missions I've ever had have been either easy or flat out impossible (You lack knowledge X, Linguistics, or whatever skill).

So does anyone else feel like the writers hate the SC faction?
Is it because they don't like the goodie goodies?
Am I just wrong?
Does anyone feel like there is any faction which consistently has hard faction missions besides SC or even harder than SC?

Destiny of the sands 3 spoilers

It's never made clear what is "attracted" to you or even if they know who you are. Given that the DC is minimum it's unlikely an actual caster is doing this and more likely that it's an effect. What bonus DC modifier do you get for this save? +10? +5? It's definitely not +0 or -5

We all know there are weapon properties for ranged or melee weapons only. Seeking, Brilliant energy, Spell storing I'm sure I could go on.

Most of these properties obviously cannot be enhanced on one weapon type.

What about methods that instill these into the weapon without buying them?

Forgemaster Dwarf

Warpriest

Magus

Paladin

As you can see there are a huge number of these abilities in existence there are also spells which confer these abilities and some of them are worded differently than others.

I've recently run low on character ideas. I've looked over classes and can't really find much more I'm interested in building. I've listed my builds which made it past second level (Most PFS but not a big deal).

The things I like most in a character

1) Good will saves. I simply am unwilling to ever start a character which doesn't get at least "Good" will saves. If it has less than full progression will saves (Like my barb) I go dwarf with steel soul so dwarf should be good with it. I've been feared/dominated/confused/insane enough before and am tired of it.

2) I don't like being the face for social stuff but can be. If I have good cha so be it but skills are low on my priority list.

3) I'd like to play something new or at least which feels different than any of these.

5) Lastly I'd like it to be something people like to play with. I don't wan't to make another druid or wizard spamming superior summoned monsters which is groaned about.

Thanks in advance for the ideas!

For example

Monk +4 Point buy
Paladin +0 Point buy
Wizard -5 Point buy

Numbers not specific just an example. Having this number to tune would help a lot for game balance.

A while back I started a wizard (Now level 5)for PFS. Conjuration based summoning sloth sin mage with summons, mad monkies, pit spells, glitter dust and other greatest hit's of conjuration.

His bonded object is a ring.

A long time ago I thought the ring of invisibility was awesome if crafted. Now I'm not so sure. He can activate it before entering any room but can't use it to scout any more. I thought it was really cool because invisibility is not on my spell list.

Now I have very little in the way of interesting rings to craft if I don't go invisibility. Where would you go with this. Keeping in mind PFS ends at 11 (Well he might be my second seeker tier character) and fame limits the choices to lower end rings mostly. I was looking at blink but that 20% change to spell fail is a huge turn off. Evasion isn't great with a meh reflex save, and freedom of movement would likely not be available to even craft until about 10th level.

If I craft my own magic item with a spell level effect does it use my caster level or the caster level listed? Example if I craft a hat of disguise is the duration based on the normal level of the item or the level of my own caster level at the time of creation

At 1st level, weapons wielded by a warpriest are charged with the power of his faith. In addition to the favored weapon of his deity, the warpriest can designate a weapon as a sacred weapon by selecting that weapon with the Weapon Focus feat; if he has multiple Weapon Focus feats, this ability applies to all of them. Whenever the warpriest hits with his sacred weapon, the weapon damage is based on his level and not the weapon type. The damage for Medium warpriests is listed on Table 1–14; see the table below for Small and Large warpriests. The warpriest can decide to use the weapon's base damage instead of the sacred weapon damage—this must be declared before the attack roll is made. (If the weapon's base damage exceeds the sacred weapon damage, its damage is unchanged.) This increase in damage does not affect any other aspect of the weapon, and doesn't apply to alchemical items, bombs, or other weapons that only deal energy damage.

At 4th level, the warpriest gains the ability to enhance one of his sacred weapons with divine power as a swift action. This power grants the weapon a +1 enhancement bonus. For every 4 levels beyond 4th, this bonus increases by 1 (to a maximum of +5 at 20th level). If the warpriest has more than one sacred weapon, he can enhance another on the following round by using another swift action. The warpriest can use this ability a number of rounds per day equal to his warpriest level, but these rounds need not be consecutive.

These bonuses stack with any existing bonuses the weapon might have, to a maximum of +5. The warpriest can enhance a weapon with any of the following weapon special abilities: brilliant energy, defending, disruption, flaming, frost, keen, and shock. In addition, if the warpriest is chaotic, he can add anarchic and vicious. If he is evil, he can add mighty cleaving and unholy. If he is good, he can add ghost touch and holy. If he is lawful, he can add axiomatic and merciful. If he is neutral (with no other alignment components), he can add spell storing and thundering. Adding any of these special abilities replaces an amount of bonus equal to the special ability's base cost. Duplicate abilities do not stack. The weapon must have at least a +1 enhancement bonus before any other special abilities can be added.

If multiple weapons are enhanced, each one consumes rounds of use individually. The enhancement bonus and special abilities are determined the first time the ability is used each day, and cannot be changed until the next day. These bonuses do not apply if another creature is wielding the weapon, but they continue to be in effect if the weapon otherwise leaves the warpriest's possession (such as if the weapon is thrown). This ability can be ended as a free action at the start of the warpriest's turn (that round does not count against the total duration, unless the ability is resumed during the same round). If the warpriest uses this ability on a double weapon, the effects apply to only one end of the weapon.

Does this line mean you can maintain the buff for free after using a swift action to start it?

The line implies you can enhance both weapons at the same time with two swifts.

Can you maintain sacred weapon as a free action?

Any clarity on this?

As a GM I ran an adventure which has a spellbook and scrolls.
I don't think I can but can I scribe them into my wizard spellbook ?

Can you use Arcane Enlightenment while preparing spells off your list, then use flexible hex to switch your hexes and lose these spells off your list but keep them prepared?

So we are playing Way of the wicked and we've all noticed something.

While it's true we are evil we're LESS brutal than your average pathfinder group because we're outnumbered and outgunned by the good guys.

While we're unquestionably evil (necromancer, worshiper of belial, and an antipaladin are among our group) and we've performed seriously evil acts (Killing children, dogs, and enslaving others) sometimes it makes me curious how much more evil than ordinary pathfinders.

As a second point Evil feels so much fun to play since moral quandaries give way to a simple violent answer to any question that can be solved by "Kill it"

It seems like it increments additional attacks at seemingly random intervals. You can see the attack gain at 6, 11, and 16 but the other gained attacks just make no sense. They aren't gained when you would get TWF it's just weird and seems random.
Level: Attacks on Flurry
1: 2
2: 2
3: 2
4: 2
5: 2
6: 3
7: 3
8: 4
9: 4
10: 4
11: 5
12: 5
13: 5
14: 5
15: 6
16: 7
17: 7
18: 7
19: 7
20: 7

Reach weapons seem to me at least on this board and in general by people I meet to be highly contentious. Not because they are confusing rule's wise but because they frustrate some GM's and players.

The Good
-Reach weapons allow full martial classes a 2 handed option which isn't particularly gimmiky (lances) and through the use of combat reflexes potential to keep up with attacks per round.
-Reach weapons are reactive. You don't have to provoke but in actual practical games monsters often must provoke.

The Bad
-Reach weapons can feel clunky to both sides of the map, especially if the reach character get's adjacent to casters with armor spikes.
-Reach weapons are often disliked because of narrow corridors, although attacking at -4 is better than not attacking.

The Powerful
-Armor spikes eliminate any dead zone.
-Combat reflexes can scale up on agile weapons or even just with an ioun stone to be one feat with a potential 3 or 4 extra attacks.
-Enlarged they threaten basically the map.

If you have any interesting comments or stories about reach weapons feel free to share. In my actual practical PFS games I've about a third the time I've gotten as many AOO's as actual attacks and I don't think I've ever gotten less than 2 AOO's in an adventure... except library of the lion.

My players have taken them up and I've also been on the receiving end of a few longspears and such.

Does this archetype exist?

I feel like there are a lot of traits which are significantly better than feats and it's somewhat silly.

Tusked, Magical Lineage, Waynag Spellhunter, Lessons of chaldira, defensive strategist, and deadeye bowman are all significantly stronger than feats even specialized feats. There are plenty of them in existence my question is... Why?

Can you purchase the following (at the correctly adjusted cost)

Heightened continual flame.
Continual flame from a cleric.
Continual flame at a CL > than minimum.

Can you retrain class features which you didn't qualify for at the level you received them? Example If you replace wholeness of body at 7 can you then retrain it at level 8 to restoration?

I know you can for feats but I'm not sure if that applies to class feature replacements.

I have a question about this item in PFS.

Assuming you're high level (13+) and can afford this could you use it to call a solar for the adventure? You'll be flush with cash anyway I figure this would be a cool party trick to have just in case.

This spell is strange.

It offers the same protection as a breastplate but isn't.

Q1: Does this work with monks?
Q2: Does it have a max dex bonus?

Do we have any idea what's going to happen to this archetype?

It would be cool to have an idea otherwise people will have to stay away or try to retire their MoMS builds before it's changed.

Armor Spikes:

Can you THF and TWF at the same time as a dwarf?

I don't think you can I just wanted to check.

Gargrim could use some help on Gargrim build.
Gargrim am already level 5.

They are untyped bonuses from different(?) or the same source.

Can you rage as a free action when using an AOO when it isn't your turn?

Free Action:

Given the new FAQ Do levels count as sources of a bonus like ability scores do? (Borrowed phrasing from wraith)

This heavily impacts for example the Daring Champion Archetype. It seems that it would not stack given the new FAQ regarding stats as a secondary source since level could easily be considered a secondary source and getting double level to damage would not be ok.