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How would you make the highest strength possible I have enough for the +6 belt of strength and can use any race up to cr 6. I plan on going 2-handed fighter. I can't be evil.

I have the ability to buy a +5 weapon as a 2-handed fighter and am not sure what enchantments to get. Currently I have speed and an ability called impact which is a +1 enchantment which increases the damage step by 1 size category for 3d6 from the original 2d6 but I'm curious as to what you think of as the best enchantments. Thanks.

I am playing a 2-handed tank and want to keep attacks coming to me while dishing out a ton of damage and I saw the ring of blinking which I could see as being very useful but it would also mean every 5th attack would miss so should I get it? I do have antagonize to make sure enemies attack me instead of allies and have a 44 AC. Thank you.

I'm playing a game where we are monsters that have to have 10hd and 10cr and 2 class levels and 6 mythic ranks. What would you suggest as candidates, templates count for the monster cr. Also the creature can't have immunity to fire.

I am planning on being a control wizard/hellknight signifier and see benefits for both summoner's charm and shift. On the one hand summoner's charm will allow me to control the field better but I am not only going to use summoning spells. On the other hand the teleportation subschool allows me to teleport starting at first level, allowing me to circumvent traps and escape from enemies. Between the two which do you prefer, any suggestion woud be helpful.

this is what I have currently but feel like the code is not long enough so I ask what I should add. thanks in advance.

1. Brigands will not be suffered for they are a blight on law.
2. Demons have no rights, they are to chaotic, and thus are lesser creatures who must be destroyed.
3. I will kill those who are in my way but I will not cull the heard if I can avoid it.
4. The end is greater then the means but I should not hurt stander by’s.
5. If I cannot get info torture will be used.
6. I will work with good if it furthers my goals.
7. I will work with chaos even if their chaos is less then our enemies chaos.

I'm interested in Nikola Tesla for a school paper and would like some sources that are credible. I already have Tesla Man Out Of Time and have been told not to use biographies by relatives or his autobiographies. Thanks for any help.

I'm playing a grave knight anti-pali and would enjoy fire immunity, is their a way to get it permanently in paizo only stuff, thanks. If someone were to sugest ring of evasion I already have it.

I have a juju oracle who is 7th lvl and can command 180 HD of undead, what undead would you sugest, I'd rather medium or less so they can fit through halls thanks

In the game their is a PC with to much power that can move his consciousness if his body to another body like simulacrum how should I take him out using a wish?

i have 62k at the moment and want 2 wishes should I buy a luck blade(I) know or wait for 102k and buy it to get both wishes at the same time?

i'm a 7th lvl character with 60k and the following gear, ring of feather fall, ring of evasion, 10 barkskin/giant growth a speed shocking long sword a shield with SR 19 and adi full plate what should I get to buff this character up? I'm going grave knight

I was a pali but because my allies went evil after their original characters committed suicide and I wanted to stay with them I decided to go CE but know the problem is we are fighting lizard folk and I think a LN culture so I was curious how you would word a wish so that I could change my class to say fighter or ranger? Thanks. I also have levels in nobel I wish to keep.

With the new info on FoB and using one weapon can you combine FoB with TWF and improved TWF for 9 attacks? I am curious because if so I want to make a critical focused monk.

If something has ability drain immunity does it have to have to have ability damage immunity and visa-versa, a friend says yes put I don't think this is right.

As a GM would you allow a player to become a graveknight paladin, I am thinking of doing this by going graveknight then having another player cast atonement on me?

I had an idea of a feat intensive gunslining rogue which at 20th lvl would attack 7 times using speed on both pistols, 2 weapon fighting and multishot so my attack bonus would be 11/11/11/11/6/6/1/1 starting out with fient so subtract dex and armor ac while dealing 261 damage a round on average. What else could I add to increase damage output, and what else should I do for optimization? Thanks in advance.

I am thinking of making a tank but don't know where to start. I have 150k gp to spend but start at 1st level with 2 aristocrat levels. What class is best for tanking in your opinion and best armor. Thank you.

I'm going to be joining a campaign where we begin with 3 lvls. aristocrat and 1 heroic class 1st and 2nd we have 159k to spend I have 108k left. Tell me anything that comes to mind please. I get two traits.
So far this is my build.

What combo's have you seen or used that worked? I'll start with sape wood then iron wood, make any weapon/armor you want and summon monster 1 to find traps.

Is it much harder to gm evil campaigns and do you have anything else to add? thanks.

The tittle says it all, I already know about h(d+s)+cds I think thats the equations are way, but what other equations are their?

My idea is that a group of adventures will be plane red shifted to earth, on one hand they will be much stronger like the barbarian is equivalent to the hulk. What I would like are some weapons and vehicles that you have translated to Pathfinder rules. If you have other ideas for modern stuff please suggest, they will start at first lvl. Also area 51 stuff will work well. Thanks for the help in advance.

Human 2-weapon Fighter 20lvl
Hp 324
AC 44(49)(10+10 celestial armor+8 dex+10(2 ring’s of protection)+5(clock of resistance)+1 dodge (+5 when full attack))
Str 28(16 +2 +2 +2+6+2wish)
Dex 28 (15+2+2+6+3wish)
Con 30 (15 +2 +2+6+3wish)
Int 10
Wis 10
Cha 7
Attack 2 speed keen vorpal mstrwrk short swords+1(from wish) (37/37) from haste/37/37/37/37/37/32/32/27/27/22 1d6+9/2d6+18 17-20/ vorpal
Belt of physical perfection +6, boots of speed 3 rings of 3 wishes, lavender/green ellipsoid ioun stone (Absorbs spells of 8th level or lower), ring of invisibility, hand of glory, ring of protection X2 +5

Defensive flurry+5, twin blades, double strike, improved Balance, equal opportunity, perfect balance, deft doublestrike, double defense
Feats: Dodge, 2-weapon fighting, power attack,cleave, weapon focus (short sword), double slice, mobility, sidestep, imp. Sidestep, two weapon fighting greater, two weapon fighting improved, weapon focus greater, improved inititave, death from above, wind stance, lightning stance, weapon finesse, piranha strike, toughness, diehard, godless healing,

I am not very good at min maxing or optimizing and it's bothersome for me because I want my characters to survive more often can people tell me how to optimize/min max please?

So I have not played druids in a long time and want to play one if people could give me ideas on builds and feats for the builds that would be great

I'm a capoiesta in real life and want to make a capoiesta style feat, something to do with acrobatics probably.

If you could give me links or your two coppers on the history of RPGS, especially Gary Gygax and before RPGS that would be great. Thanks to all who help and if pazio staff contribute that would be wonderful as I could use your two coppers as a primary source.

I have some ideas for his backstory, he is a caninephile, and a literature loving ranged archer, what should stats be and feats be, I'm thinking of stacking urban ranger and skirmisher and I want to be roguish, I'll take a wolf animal companion I ride as a mount.

1. sniper with crossbow (might upgrade to rifle) 2. 2 weapon rogue (possibly knife thrower with 2 weapon fighting and rapid shot) 3. Scout with lance SA is multiplied yes? Sugestions on how to make useful to. What race, if sniper my DM okayed goblin.

Our party needs a healbot, not that I want to be one much but we have a new player and I don't want to force it on him and we have a pali who should be a fine healbot but the player says I should be the healbot My question how do you play a healbot and what class is best?

what do you think? At 20th lvl I would get 16/16/11/11/6/6/1/-2/-2 flurry so my damage output not including crit, str or to hit would be 200 dmg or if I multi classed ninja and had monks robes and flanked 320 dmg. What do you think. This site has some stuff about what I might do as a monk rogue. http://paizo.com/forums/dmtz51pe?Roguemonk

tittle says it all, not BMG, PG, APG, or bestiarys would you sugest, can be AP's

The tittle says it. So I have wanted to try to DM but I'm not sure how, I know rule #1 is have fun but I want to know how long an action description is or how to make a campaign/ module. I want to work up to ToH but I need tips on how to DM how many monsters in an encouter, should I rail or not rail or any other ideas you have please.

Well I know I do but who else dose, and do you now Games of Berkely?

I have this idea for a character where I would combine ninja monk or rouge monk how should I do it, I want to be able to flurry and deal sneak attack damage a lot I'm thinking 3lvl rouge 17th lvl monk so I deal 2d8+2d6SA for 7 attacks if all attacks hit I could deal between 23-59 damage vs between14-40, what do you think? How should I progress, more levels in rouge/ninja maybe?

Me and some friends want to do a Star Wars based campaign and I feel the Jedi knight should combine the monk and the Magus but my attempt failed sugestions are needeed.

I'll start, would you then say Batman is CG with LE tendincies or LE with CG tendincies?

My DM is will not let me get toughness once I said fine he kept on penalizing me, the problem is that if I were to go to a diffrent game I would die. What should I do about this? I didn't realize we were going to get a cleric soon, well I didn't rember anyway, we had not had one.

Runt
-10 str, -3 con
BAB -5
can't wield weapons of your size catagory.

sniper (self explanatory/rouge)
dual pistol
heavy weappon (a horse drags say a cannon, you use it)
infiltrator (rouge mostly but imagine firing a graple rifle over a wall.)
alchemical gunslinger (alchiemist, sorrcer, or wizard/gunslinger) you craft and use magical weapons and amo.
add more please

gunslinger lvl. 1
1/2 elf
hp. 12
ac. 15
inititave 6
str. 10
dex. 20
Con. 16
int. 11
wis. 17
cha. 8
BAB +1
MW rifle +2 60ft. X4 1d10
acrobatics 6
perception 6
stealth 8
feat pt. blank shot
Special abilitys: adopted (darkvision 60ft.), elven reflexs, Alkansar defender

You begin in a tavern; there are three people inside, not including you when a man comes in holding a piece of parchment. Blood spurts from his mouth as he falls forward and the scroll skitters to the middle of the room. Do you look at it? When they look at it, they learn of a dungeon, which is said to hold powerful magical weapons/ spell books. Another adventure (human fighter joins you.)

When they set out, they come across a band of six goblins, hidden in tree dc 15 perceptions & snipping with short bows (203 xp each.)
Soon you come upon a stone basin in which you must put a drop of blood into per person to prove you are the heroes of legend. Once you do, the basin lowers into a staircase that goes underground. You find yourself confronted by a 2 hobgoblins with drawn long swords (300xp to each person)
You continue when you come across a cave with stalactites all across the ceiling. 50% of them (20) will fall towards you if they hit take 1d6 damage +1d4 acid DC 15 to avoid they then will try to do touch attacks at -4 1d4 acid speed 5ft, hp 5 ac 3 10-7 dex. (500xp each person)

As you continue in you see an ogre carrying a massive club. Fight him. Once he is killed as you loot him you find a key on him that fits into a lock on the wall, it opens a door revealing 2 scimitars (treated as light weapons when wielded together & gain a special ability every level), a book of magic (every spell that the owner sees is written in the book/ imprinted in his mind, he can cast 1 extra spells of each level per day at 10h level and every even level their after.), a bow (Don’t need ammo, gains a special ability every level.), a 2 daggers (changes sneak attack die to d8, every 3 levels sneak attack damage is increased by 1d8, at 12lvl gains invisibility, at 15th greater invisibility at 18th teleportation)

for instance, 2-weppon fighting, great cleave, whirlwind, five foot reach, flury of blows: 1 attack to every player around you per flury of blowsX2 +if you take some one down you get an extra attack

Str: Dark vision, +1 Armor, +2 Dex & the virtually unused crafty
Weaknesses: Light sensitvity, -4 Str & -2 Con
So why do people use them & why did pazio make them a playable race?

What feats/weppons should I use, preafrbly kukri because of the 18-20 crit range.

Some one I know says you cannot enchant an already made sword, is this true? On a secconed note could I remove a blade of a sword and put a cold iron blade in without loosing enchantments? If not could I dip the blade into molten cold iron to make it a cold iron blade?

I used to use Good Reader on my iPad to markup modules before printing. I do LOTS of highlighting, crossing out, notes, etc. It's why I had a full size screen instead of a mini. Now I have an Android (Samsung) and looking for a PDF editor for Markups. Thought I had one with Adobe Reader, but got a "Protected Document" error. I never had that on iPad, but its also been a long time since cracking open a new PDF module.Is this a new thing where I won't be able to highlight anymore because of security? Or is it an Adobe thing and a different PDF editor will let me highlight? Thanks for any tips.

But..

I think the assumption in general is that the options of raise dead / resurrection aren’t often used by those not of the adventuring persuasion. “An untimely death” is a well used plot device, and it simply doesn’t work (or detracts from the story) if you have to think up blocks for the different ways the victim could have been brought back. If you need an explanation because your players won’t let it go, you can use one of the ones James provided. Alternatively, you could simply say that it’s local tradition among the monarchs of Korvosa that they get one shot at life to make their mark, and no one would follow a monarch who had to be brought back for a second go at it. Can create all sorts of taboos against it for the royals.

I'm getting ready to start CotCT, and I wanted to do something a little different from this AP. The others I've experienced, both as a player and a DM, all have this great indepth backstory.... that only the DM really appreciates because only the DM pours over it enough to really understand it all. Players hear it once or twice and mainly just remember the big stuff. I wanted to try something different with this game's backstory.

Given that I have a couple of bards in the group, I thought about what songs might be sung in the area over the last two centuries having to do with the orc invasion, coming of Kazavon, etc. So I made up The Ballad of Kazavon and am giving it to the bards ahead of time so that when all of this DOES become pertinent, they're not hearing it for the first time.

Wanted to share it in case anyone else likes the idea. Mind you, this wasn't written to be a great epic, merely to get the big plot points across:

The Ballad of Kazavon

In golden times,
In yesteryear,
Back when the plains were free.
The wheat grew tall,
The birds sang clear,
Fruit laden were the trees.

But all that changed
One dark, cold night,
When orcs ran quick and low.
Crawled from their holes,
To eat men’s bones,
No mercy did they show.

Now chased away,
The humans were,
Their homes no longer safe.
“A Champion!”
Their cries rang out,
“To save us from this fate!”

And Kazavon,
The Conqueror,
Did hear their desperate call.
“Bend knee, swear oath,”
the Knight did say,
“And I will save you all!”

And army gifted unto him,
A standard at his back.
A silken banner
With blue fanged skull,
They marched to the attack.

With bravery,
No fear did show,
He laughed and made much sport.
And Kazavon, the Conqueror
Cried challenge to the orcs.

The orcs did crawl
out from their holes,
and roar and gnash their teeth.
But Kazavon, the Conqueror,
He slew them all with ease.

The people danced
And laughed with joy,
The fighting now could cease!
Sent dignitaries, delegates,
Made overtures of peace.

He looked at them,
His eyes gone cold,
Their cheers did hush with fright.
And Kazavon, the Conqueror,
Just laughed as they all died.

Now kingdoms fell,
The undead swelled,
Against him none could stand.
And Kazavon, the Conqueror,
Was master of this land.

Until one day the heroes came,
Mandraivus at their head.
A warrior, a champion,
His gleaming weapon red.

“We cannot fail, he has to fall!”
They marched into the night.
And challenged fearsome Kazavon,
who laughed at their small might.

For Kazavon, the Conqueror
Was no mere man, but beast.
The man’s skin fell, the Dragon roared,
“Your bones shall be my feast!”

Mandraivus, the Warrior,
His weapon gleaming red.
It rose and fell, as fury swelled,
And left the Dragon dead.

Mandraivus, the Warrior,
And Serithial still wait.
To guard us all, it is their doom,
Eternal Champions of fate!

I would really like to see some details on your "thinned" versions of the later AoW adventures, Tiger Lily, if you can make them available somehow.

Thanks!

Other posters here have described some of the same strategies that I use: Grouping encounters (instead of 5 bad guys spread out over 3 rooms they're grouped in the last one... or have set an ambush), skipping rooms that aren't central (or, if you want to keep them for flavor, describing them without the party having to individually search every one), and changing the location of key items so the group finds them faster.

SPOILERS............

Right now, the group is in the lizard lair in EBK. They've fought through 2 of the lizard "living" rooms, the first group they killed had the infected lizardman in the group (even though it wasn't the right room for that), and while the way they are headed actually takes them through another two lairs I'm going to skip that and take them straight to the hostages.

They're going to find ALL the captives from the keep in the same room, and the information the Shaman was supposed to give them is instead going to be relayed by the Battle Mage (captors didn't realize she speaks their language. Between conversations they've had in front of her and accusations they've hurled at her about humans being responsible for the failure of their clutch years before, she knows there's more going on here than originally thought. She's the one that's going to push the group to find the current clutch).

She's also the one that's going to ask them to inform Elgios in the Free City (who I've made her mentor) of what they've learned, as well as taking two of the soldiers with them. Message needs to be sent to the city for reinforcements to come, but the Keep can't spare more than two and it's too dangerous for them to travel alone. Also gets the group inside the city walls faster, though I'll be describing to them the long line and questioning tactics of the guards as they trot by and sail through the gates with the soldiers.

So... they'll be going straight from Blackwall Keep to the Free City, without going back to Diamond Lake, and with a more plausible reason then Allustan sending them to get info from Elgios, which winds up not being much more than they already know. With a well placed doppleganger spy at the Keep, the events that trigger HoHR still happen without a hitch.

And that's kinda how I do it. :)