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Thank you against guys, you've been beyond awesome, and I look forward to finding a nice dinosaur for my barbarian, and a huntmaster in out of society play.

Yeah seems that way, hard to convince myself to carry on playing it with one dog over a Mad Dog barbarian archtype.

What animal companions are legal for PFS? I would be happy with a big cat, or elephant or the like, but would sort of like (like a lot of people) a deinonychus or something similar.

Any help on what is and is not legal would be great.

May look at the build with just the one dog, but is was the multiple dogs that made me love the idea of the class...

Yeah bodyguard + lookout is what I have currently.

Pathfinder Society only lets you have one combat companion doesn't it... Okay well thank you all for your help and suggestions but that shuts down the character really.

But thank you for reminding me, I saw the Huntmaster in pfs legal and my mind got away from me.

I was going to ask and check if Boon Companion worked with the huntmaster, as it is a feat worth taking.

The original idea was to get Pack Flanking with the tactician ability, but I don't have enough feats to get the teamwork feat I was constant, then get Pack Flanking as well (only because it requires Combat Expertise).

And Precise Strike was nice for a bit of extra damage will all three characters, and it has low prerequisites (although I can't take it with my animals at first...).

I liked the idea of Lookout maybe? Sort of gives me three chances to roll high, and sometimes lets me make a standard and move in the surprise round.

Eye for Talent - Humans have great intuition for hidden potential. They gain a +2 racial bonus on Sense Motive checks. In addition, when they acquire an animal companion, bonded mount, cohort, or familiar, that creature gains a +2 bonus to one ability score of the character's choice. This racial trait replaces the bonus feat trait.

Maybe it does?

Just to confirm, eye for talent doesn't apply to each companion right?

Yeah, that's what I thought, cheers guys. I'm playing a huntmaster (so a cavalier) who has two dogs, so the eye for talent unfortunately loses some of its power. Both my dogs were going to have precise strike, then it dawned on me that they probably couldn't learn them.

So... My cavalier will have precise strike as his tactician ability (which is fairly poor at ow levels). Any suggestions on how to get the most out of my dogs?

They are wearing masterwork hide so that they don't need armor prof.

Can I teach my animal companion teamwork feats in pathfinder society?

Samuel Frederick wrote:

Hi everyone,

There is a feat I'm looking for, it grants a flat +6 hp and another small bonus.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/tribal-scars

Tribal Scars?

That is exactly it! You are an absolute legend, thank you so much.

And am I right in assuming it is pathfinder society legal?

Hi everyone,

There is a feat I'm looking for, it grants a flat +6 hp and another small bonus. I think it has something to do with the Land of the Linnorn Kings, but I can't find the feat for love nor money.

If anyone could help me find it and the book it comes from that would be great.

Thank you.

Samuel Frederick wrote:

Victor Zajic wrote:

So pathfinder society has a fairly strict ruleset. If you're going to take something that you want to play not being allowed as a personal attack, then you might want to reconsider playing pathfinder society. It's not everyone's cup of tea.

I'm certainly not taking it as a personal attack at all, anything I can't play in pathfinder society I'll just play in 3.5 or non society pathfinder. But just because I play something, doesn't mean I have to agree with every decision they make, and some of the choices they make fall flat with me that's all.

I can't really take an accusation of the campaign staff being "mean" for not allowing an option as anything other than taking it as a personal attack.

Just because I call something 'mean', doesn't mean it's a personal attack.

Samuel Frederick wrote:

Samuel Frederick wrote:

But the question isn't 'are all' or 'do they have to be'. Secondly, I do fail to see why there would be a restriction on other races, as it would be almost entirely purely aesthetic.

The mere fact that we're having this discussion shows that it's not "purely aesthetic". People were, at one time, and still to this day, looking at the mechanical benefits of playing a small-sized Aasimar. So, at the time, Campaign Leadership decided to post an FAQ to solve the issue once and for all.

When I was talking about it being purely aesthetic, I mean more for a medium sized ancestry. I appreciate that the ability to be classed as human would then have to be addressed and things, but it would seem nicer to say you could only take that if of human decent.

It just feels mean to release a book that tells you that you can play an angelic, beautiful, and graceful version of any intelligent race, just not in the ever brilliance that is race creation in pathfinder society...

Anyway, I'm not here to moan about rules. So thank you guys all very much, your time really is very much appreciated, cheers guys.

Every post you made on this thread was one extended moan. The ruling was made in order to eliminate all of the corner casing rules manipulation that the PFS munchkins were hoping to get by having aasimars open to all critters. Size is NOT a purely aesthetic change as you very well know. There is absolutely nothing preventing you from creating an aasimar that is cosmetically smaller, i.e. on the minimum human size measurements, but it would still be functionally a Medium creature.

The other reason the determination was made was to limit to some degree the number of aasimar characters, the only serious mistake Paizo made in this was to open up the race to non boon characters, a mistake which has been finally corrected.

I know being small is not just purely aesthetic, even in the quote you chose it has me saying 'When I was talking about it being purely aesthetic, I mean more for a medium sized ancestry.'

So pathfinder society has a fairly strict ruleset. If you're going to take something that you want to play not being allowed as a personal attack, then you might want to reconsider playing pathfinder society. It's not everyone's cup of tea.

I'm certainly not taking it as a personal attack at all, anything I can't play in pathfinder society I'll just play in 3.5 or non society pathfinder. But just because I play something, doesn't mean I have to agree with every decision they make, and some of the choices they make fall flat with me that's all.

Samuel Frederick wrote:

It just feels mean to release a book that tells you that you can play an angelic, beautiful, and graceful version of any intelligent race, just not in the ever brilliance that is race creation in pathfinder society...

The books are not, in fact, released just for Pathfinder Society use.

They are released for the Pathfinder roleplaying game, which anyone can use and decide what to keep or exclude from their campaigns.

Pathfinder Society just happens to also use the books. And have their own specifics on what bits are or are not used for the campaign.

-j

I completely understand that, I really do, and I know why some of the restrictions are there, but some I just don't. The game is so unbalanced, and it's all an honor system, the difference in whether or not I skinned my aasimar to have an tengu heritage or nor, seemed completely insignificant compared to whether he was a rogue/monk or a gunslinger/summoner.

But I do love the game, I've been playing this game system since 3.5 first came out, so I really am a lover, not a fighter of this game.

But the question isn't 'are all' or 'do they have to be'. Secondly, I do fail to see why there would be a restriction on other races, as it would be almost entirely purely aesthetic.

The mere fact that we're having this discussion shows that it's not "purely aesthetic". People were, at one time, and still to this day, looking at the mechanical benefits of playing a small-sized Aasimar. So, at the time, Campaign Leadership decided to post an FAQ to solve the issue once and for all.

When I was talking about it being purely aesthetic, I mean more for a medium sized ancestry. I appreciate that the ability to be classed as human would then have to be addressed and things, but it would seem nicer to say you could only take that if of human decent.

It just feels mean to release a book that tells you that you can play an angelic, beautiful, and graceful version of any intelligent race, just not in the ever brilliance that is race creation in pathfinder society...

Anyway, I'm not here to moan about rules. So thank you guys all very much, your time really is very much appreciated, cheers guys.

The additional resources didn't have anything specific about Blood of Angels in regards to the race and size.

The link from dragonhunterq says that the Aasimars are considered half-human, so is that taken to mean that they 'have' to be half human, or human for the purposes for qualifying for feats.

I don't mean to be picky, pedantic or come across like I fail to understand, it just feels like the only rules written about whether I can or not is that single line of, are they considered half-human - yes. But the question isn't 'are all' or 'do they have to be'. Secondly, I do fail to see why there would be a restriction on other races, as it would be almost entirely purely aesthetic.

Firstly, I just want to note that I have a Aasimar grandfathered in and awaiting play, so no need to let me know that they are no longer available in pfs, which would otherwise be a welcome criticism and warning. However, it does mean that I absolutely want to get this character right.

So, like any self respecting Aasimar creator I own the Blood of Angels book. The book makes it clear that Aasimars can be the decent of any intelligent species, and if that species is small, then the Aasimar is then therefore small too.

Now, as soon as I read this, I had a great love and desire to play a fun loving Gnome Aasimar. However, as with much in pfs, especially race, I assume this is way out of bounds and very much not legal.

I also read that everyone says that the Aasimar 'must' be of human decent in pfs, but I can't find where it is written?

I understand why I would not be able to change my size, but I don't understand the issues around playing a different decent, as they are identical to the base Aasimar in every way except ascetically, and I don't know why that would be a problem. Either way, I can't find where is says I can't, for either part (being small, or alternate heritage). So if someone could please help me find what I need I would much appreciate it.

Thank you

p.s. When I talk about Aasimar heritage I am talking strictly about race heritage, such as a Halfling or Elven Aasimar, not things such as Angelkin or Musetouched.

Start with Pyromancers. Easy, free, and especially suited to making RPG maps. There are fancier options, but this one works pretty well.

That's great, thank you. So once I've become more experienced with the etc, where would be the next steps? I certainly don't mind paying for decent quality and versatility and so forth. But pyromancers looks pretty good.