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I’m looking for a third-party horror-themed Pathfinder 1e adventure path. Any suggestions?

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I just received Order 7963509. Instead of Pathfinder Flip-Mat: The Fall of Plaguestone (part of the Pathfinder Map subscription to which I am subscribed), I received the 2nd Ed. module, The Fall of Plaguestone (part of a subscription to which I am not subscribed).

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I feel this is a rather foolish question to ask this far after the release of the game, but are natural 1s and natural 20s on the die roll automatic misses and hits when making gunnery checks during starship combat?

I had assumed "Yes," but whenever I prep a game session, I go back over the rules I expect to be using in that session and I sometimes come across something I may have misread, misinterpreted, or simply assumed worked the same way as it does in another game system.

Looking back over the rules for starship combat, I didn't see automatic misses and hits called out for gunnery checks the same way they're called out for attack rolls under combat basics in the tactical rules (and a cursory check of the rules forum and FAQ failed to find clarification).

So now I'm second-guessing myself and wondering if a gunnery check is more like a skill check than an attack roll when determining the success or failure of the die roll and I've been ruling these rolls wrong.

Doing some searching of the forums, I couldn’t find a clear answer to this and I’m looking for some clarification.

Most of the racial Heritage and Admittance personal boons have wording which reads, “You can play a [race] character, beginning at 1st level as normal.”

Can these two boons be used together to begin play with a non-core race higher than 1st level? I believe I’ve seen others do this, but I want to double-check the legality before I do it myself.

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I’m your GM for this event. Please use this thread to introduce yourselves and discuss with your fellow players what characters you’re thinking of bringing to the table. It’d be great if we could get that decided ahead of time and determine the tier you’re gong to be playing.

Very much looking forward to running this for you!

Gnome spellcasters!? Customizable elementals!? My gnomish sorcerer with the elemental bloodline will be getting some new table bling!

With the site’s redesign, I’m having a difficult time finding the Additional Resources and Campaign Clarfications documents, the Organized Play guides, and all of the other downloadable material for organized play. What’s the new/best/easiest way to access that content?

Doors. I wish it had some 1x2 doors. Sometimes, it's hard for my players to see where the doors are on a map. A standing door pawn would be great to show location... and could even be "turned" to indicate its opened or closed state. Maybe the next collection Pathfinder Pawns: Doors & Dungeon Dressing? Regardless, I'll probably pick this up... and I don't usually buy the pawn collections.

I looked over the Guide and back through this forum and I'm still unclear on how Fame and earning Reputation for Faction(s) are meant to work.

Fame is earned through completion of scenarios (or other sanctioned content) and is spent when a purchase has an associated cost in Fame. Reputation is accumulated by earning Fame and is not spent nor does it ever decrease. I believe I have that correct, yes?

However, to accumulate Reputation in a particular faction, one must have that faction slotted when the Fame is earned. Is that correct?

What happens to the Fame one earns when one does not have a faction slotted? Does any of it become Reputation and if so, how?

At the beginning of an SFS scenario, when the scenario tracker is filled in for each of the characters being played, does one note that character's faction, even though no faction has been slotted yet? If the character slots a different faction after the mission briefing, can the scenario tracker be changed?

Since a GM is not slotting any boons, how do they apply the Fame they earn to Reputation?

Obviously, it's possible to have less Fame than Reputation (due to the exenditure of Fame), but is it possible to have more Fame than Reputation (because Fame was earned, but no faction was slotted for its assignment)?

I haven't seen the SFS-specific scenario tracker nor have I reported a scenario yet (though I'll have reporting to do very soon), but what gets tracked and/or reported? Fame or Reputation?

Got into this, but not sure what I'm getting in to. Not a minor, but I'm hoping my coulrophobia will enhance the experience.

The FAQ makes mention of an early badge pick up for volunteers with early Friday morning events.
Has the schedule for this early badge pick been sent out via email yet (and I just missed it) or is it still to come?

The rules for many character options in the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook and other Pathfinder RPG products often assume that creatures are Medium or Small. In the case of a handful of spells with areas that feature a “radius emanation centered on you” such as antimagic field, aura of doom, and zone of silence, as well as some of the spells presented in this section, this can result in an area that is effectively useless when coming from a Large or larger caster. As an optional rule (and one that is recommended if you are running this Adventure Path), when a creature casts an emanation or burst spell with the text “centered on you,” treat the creature’s entire space as the spell’s point of origin, and measure the spell’s area or effect from the edge of the creature’s space. For instance, an antimagic field cast by a fire giant would extend 10 feet beyond his space (effectively increasing the emanation’s radius by 5 feet).

As PFS GMs, could we/should we use this optional rule when running Large or larger spellcasters?

Elemental Blast (Sp): At 9th level, you can unleash a blast of elemental power once per day. This 20-foot-radius burst does 1d6 points of damage of your energy type per sorcerer level. Those caught in the area of your blast receive a Reflex save for half damage. Creatures that fail their saves gain vulnerability to your energy type until the end of your next turn. The DC of this save is equal to 10 + 1/2 your sorcerer level + your Charisma modifier. At 9th level, you can use this ability once per day. At 17th level, you can use this ability twice per day. At 20th level, you can use this ability three times per day. This power has a range of 60 feet.

Does this vulnerability temporarily supersede a creature's resistance to the sorcerer's energy type?

Characters are considered to be playing in a scenario, module or Adventure Path until they receive a Chronicle sheet for sanctioned content. GMs are advised to work with players who do not finish a scenario, module, or Adventure Path to receive their Chronicle sheets.

When running sanctioned modules and APs in Campaign Mode, how does one handle a player leaving the game? Are there any rules that govern players dropping and new ones being added? Or must the same players that begin the game, finish the game in order for it to be reported and Chronicles awarded?

Let's say I plan to run the entirety of Daughters of Fury, for instance, in Campaign Mode, split over three sessions for a group of four players. After completing the first chapter in our first session, one of those players drops out of the game, never to return. We proceed through the second chapter in our second session with the remaining three players. Prior to starting the third chapter in our third session, we add a new player, who finishes out the module with us.

The player who dropped out after the first session would receive the Chronicle for Part 1. The player who joined for the third session would receive the Chronicle for Part 3. And the other three players would receive the Chronicles for Parts 1, 2 and 3, plus the special fourth Chronicle, if they apply the other three to the same character.

Is that correct? If so, in theory, I could schedule a Campaign Mode run of a multi-session module across multiple dates at a public venue and not concern myself with insuring that the same group of players is available and will attend every session, yes?

For sanctioned modules and Adventure Paths, GMs are allowed to use their own rules for character creation and running the presented content (the entire book or series).

GMs running the module are not bound to the rules of the Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign (such as 20-point buy, unavailability of hero points, etc.) when running the campaign or the sanctioned portion of the adventure.

When running sanctioned modules and APs in Campaign Mode, are we still bound by the rules for legal table size?

And if one were to assume that, yes, all of these options are possible, I'd have to extrapolate them out further to their absurd end and ask...

Could a GM run this sanctioned content in Campaign Mode as a solo adventure for himself and still get credit?

Does anyone know if the benefit from wearing a faction pin is available when playing one of the "pregen only" scenarios? And if it is, how would it work? Would it be based upon the faction of the character to whom the player is applying the pregen credit?

Looking through the posts and recaps of PaizoCon 2016, I did not see mention of the location and dates for PaizoCon 2017. Will it again be Memorial Day weekend at the same DoubleTree?

I would like to etch some glassware (beer mugs, shot glasses, etc.) with the Pathfinder Society's "Sign of the Open Road" (and possibly some other Golarion-related symbols) and donate them to a local convention (SkålCon 2016) that would then auction or raffle them off for a local charity (Tubman).

There's no commercial intent in this, but money would be changing hands (the selling of raffle tickets or the winning bid in an auction). And the nature of glass etching would necessitate the alteration of the referenced artwork.

Would this be something I could or could not do?

Time and resources permitting, can characters killed during a scenario be brought back to life during that same scenario and continue playing?

I have an old character I'm going to dust off and play again after it sitting idle for a few years. However, my concept for this character has now changed and I don't plan to play him the same way he was originally played. I'm fairly certain the rules don't disallow me from changing his personality and backstory, but his original name no longer fits him well. Am I allowed to freely change his name? I'm not changing anything mechanical; all of his ability scores, traits, feats, classes, faction, etc. will stay the same.

Recently received my latest subscription shipment and when I opened the included Feast of Dust module, most of the pages fell out of the spine. Should I send a picture or send the product back for replacement?

Starting with Season 7, players are allowed to switch advancement speeds at the start of any adventure, yes?

Before playing each adventure, you must decide if you will opt for slow advancement.

I ask because there appears be some contradictory wording held over from previous seasons...

Note the advancement track selected by each player. Ensure this selection matches the player’s existing track if he is between levels. If his Starting XP is a multiple of three and the selected track differs from the one on his previous Chronicle sheets, confirm that he wants to change his advancement track.

... and I want to confirm that this has indeed been changed.

Can the universalist wizard's Hand of the Apprentice be used with an improvised melee weapon?

Rapid Reload (Combat)

Choose a type of crossbow (hand, light, heavy) or a single type of one-handed or two-handed firearm that you are proficient with. You can reload such a weapon quickly.
Prerequisites: Weapon Proficiency (crossbow type chosen) or Exotic Weapon Proficiency (firearm).
Benefit: The time required for you to reload your chosen type of weapon is reduced to a free action (for a hand or light crossbow), a move action (for heavy crossbow or one-handed firearm), or a standard action (two-handed firearm). Reloading a crossbow or firearm still provokes attacks of opportunity.

Crossbow Mastery (Combat)

Prerequisites: Dex 15, Point-Blank Shot, Rapid Reload, Rapid Shot.
Benefit: The time required for you to reload any type of crossbow is reduced to a free action, regardless of the type of crossbow used. You can fire a crossbow as many times in a full attack action as you could attack if you were using a bow. Reloading a crossbow for the type of crossbow you chose when you took Rapid Reload no longer provokes attacks of opportunity.

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Channeling Scourge

Your zeal for hunting your faith's enemies empowers your ability to channel divine energy, as long as you channel that energy for harm.

Prerequisites: Channel energy class feature, inquisitor level 1st.
Benefit: When you use channel energy to deal damage, your inquisitor levels count as cleric levels for determining the number of damage dice and the saving throw DC.

With this feat, a Cleric 2/Inquisitor 1 deals damage when channeling energy as if she were a Cleric 3, yes?

A shaman who chooses the life spirit as her spirit or wandering spirit gains the following ability.

Channel (Su): The shaman can channel positive energy like a cleric, using her shaman level as her effective cleric level when determining the amount of damage healed (or dealt to undead) and the DC. The shaman can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 1 + her Charisma modifier.

Would a Shaman 2 (assuming the life spirit was chosen)/Inquisitor 1 (with the Channeling Scourge feat) deal damage to undead as a Cleric 3?

Umbertos Falconi is a heavy crossbowman with the feats Rapid Reload (Heavy Crossbow) and Crossbow Mastery, allowing him to reload his heavy crossbow as a free action without provoking attacks of opportunity; he wears a spiked gauntlet on each hand.

Do wearing these spiked gauntlets interfere with his ability to fire and reload his heavy crossbow?

While wielding his heavy crossbow, does Umbertos threaten adjacent squares with his spiked gauntlets?

While wielding his heavy crossbow, can Umbertos take attacks of opportunity with his spiked gauntlets?

When using the Gunsmithing feat to repair and restore one's initial, battered firearm and upgrade it to masterwork, does one need to consider one's Fame and its associated item purchase limit? If so, how does one determine the minimum Fame score needed to perform said repair/upgrade?

I'm trying to plan and coordinate days and times for running The Dragon's Demand. I found the previous thirty-two page modules could be run in one or two 10-12 hour sessions, but wonder if I should plan on twice that for these new sixty-four page modules.

Does anyone have a good estimate on how long running The Dragon's Demand from start to finish should/could take?

In looking at the Urban Ranger and Scout ranger archetypes, I see no duplicity between the two as to the normal class features each archetype's features replace. I would assume that this would allow one to take both archetypes, yes?

If so, would the Guide's terrain bond apply to the Urban Ranger's favored community? Because the RAW says terrain bond applies to the ranger's favored terrain (which is replaced by favored community), I would assume not unless the GM house rules that it does, yes?

Does a creature with telepathy need to share a verbal language with its target in order to communicate telepathically? Does telepathy fulfill the "shared language" requirement of language-dependent spells?

This may be a rather foolish question, but at a table of three, who chooses which pregenerated character the GM will play? Locally, it seems to be the players' choice, but I was wondering if that's the norm everywhere. Is there any reason or rule that prevents the GM from choosing? If not, would such a thing be a breach of etiquette?

In PFS organized play, when a deceased character has enough prestige/gold to purchase anything/everything required for a return to the realm of the living, are there any situations where such a return would not be possible? I know a death by old age would be permanent. Anything else?

I've been led to believe that the chances of one playing one of the 12+ sub-tiers of the convention special are better, though not guaranteed, if one has a full group of six ready to fill such a table come muster.

In the hope that this is true, I'm trying to gather six willing and eligible players in anticipation of mustering together for one of the tables running one of the 12+ sub-tiers.

So far, we have:
The Earl of Gray Park - Magus 12/Rogue 3
Marc Reynolds - Cleric 13
Deidre Tiriel - Bard 14

We're looking for three more players to join us. If interested, please post here.

Is water considered difficult terrain, thereby negating one's ability to take a 5-foot step in it? If so, does that also apply to aquatic creatures/creatures with a Swim speed?

Can aquatic creatures/creatures with Swim speeds charge through water?

Vital Strike (Combat)

Benefit: When you use the attack action, you can make one attack at your highest base attack bonus that deals additional damage. Roll the weapon's damage dice for the attack twice and add the results together before adding bonuses from Strength, weapon abilities (such as flaming), precision based damage, and other damage bonuses. These extra weapon damage dice are not multiplied on a critical hit, but are added to the total.

Impact

This special ability can only be placed on melee weapons that are not light weapons. An impact weapon delivers a potent kinetic jolt when it strikes, dealing damage as if the weapon were one size category larger. In addition, any bull rush combat maneuver the wielder attempts while wielding the weapon gains a bonus equal to the weapon's enhancement bonus; this includes all bull rush attempts, not only those in which a weapon is used, such as Bull Rush Strike, Shield Slam, or Unseat.

When using vital strike with a weapon that has the impact special ability, does the weapon still do damage as if it were one size category larger or does it revert to doing damage per its true size? In other words, is the "one size category larger" damage rolled twice or does the weapon "lose" the impact ability during a vital strike?

I had asked this originally in the general Rules Questions forum, with little response. As most of my GMing and playing is done at PFS tables, I'm most interested to learn how this is adjudicated by RAW in organized play.

When the caster and subject of a charm person or charm monster share no common language (or, perhaps, one or the other has no language at all) how are commands communicated? I've seen it run several different ways at PFS tables, but can find no published rule which clearly supports one method or another.

This charm makes a humanoid creature regard you as its trusted friend and ally (treat the target's attitude as friendly). If the creature is currently being threatened or attacked by you or your allies, however, it receives a +5 bonus on its saving throw.

The spell does not enable you to control the charmed person as if it were an automaton, but it perceives your words and actions in the most favorable way. You can try to give the subject orders, but you must win an opposed Charisma check to convince it to do anything it wouldn't ordinarily do. (Retries are not allowed.) An affected creature never obeys suicidal or obviously harmful orders, but it might be convinced that something very dangerous is worth doing. Any act by you or your apparent allies that threatens the charmed person breaks the spell. You must speak the person's language to communicate your commands, or else be good at pantomiming.

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How, exactly, does one communicate one's commands to a charmed creature when there is no shared language between the two? I have seen this resolved using the Bluff and Sense Motive mechanics for sending and discerning secret messages, but I can find no actual support for that in the rules. Ranks in Perform: Pantomime would seem to be useful, but again, I can find no clear method for resolution in the rules.

Are there explicit rules for communicating commands to the subject of a charm person when the caster does not speak the subject's language (or the caster and/or subject speaks no language)? If not, how are you resolving such situations?

Grab (Ex) If a creature with this special attack hits with the indicated attack (usually a claw or bite attack), it deals normal damage and attempts to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. Unless otherwise noted, grab can only be used against targets of a size equal to or smaller than the creature with this ability. If the creature can use grab on creatures of other sizes, it is noted in the creature's Special Attacks line. The creature has the option to conduct the grapple normally, or simply use the part of its body it used in the grab to hold the opponent. If it chooses to do the latter, it takes a –20 penalty on its CMB check to make and maintain the grapple, but does not gain the grappled condition itself. A successful hold does not deal any extra damage unless the creature also has the constrict special attack. If the creature does not constrict, each successful grapple check it makes during successive rounds automatically deals the damage indicated for the attack that established the hold. Otherwise, it deals constriction damage as well (the amount is given in the creature's descriptive text).

Constrict (Ex) A creature with this special attack can crush an opponent, dealing bludgeoning damage, when it makes a successful grapple check (in addition to any other effects caused by a successful check, including additional damage). The amount of damage is given in the creature's entry and is typically equal to the amount of damage caused by the creature's melee attack.

How are the attacks and damage of a creature with both Grab and Constrict resolved on its first successful attack and on each subsequent round?

Andrew,

I don't own a copy of Ultimate Equipment. Do those new rules apply to PFS? How am I supposed to know about them?

The exchange between Chris Mortika and Andrew Christian in the thread quoted above has me wondering about something similar:

As an example:
It's my understanding that "Animal Archive" has new rules related to mounts, familiars and animal companions (I don't own that source myself, so I could be mistaken about its specific content). If that is true, in regards to my main question above, as a GM, am I expected to run the NPC mounts, familiars and animal companions per the rules in the Core Assumption material or per the rules in "Animal Archive"? Does this create the potential for NPC mounts, familiars and animal companions to be run differently at a table than PC-controlled mounts, familiars and animal companions at that same table?

Poison (Ex) Bite—injury; save Fort DC 13; frequency 1/minute for 60 minutes; effect sleep for 1 minute; cure 1 save.

If I'm understanding the effect of homunculus poison correctly, a failed save on a bite results in 1 minute of sleep, yes?

Does one then continue to attempt saves every minute for the remainder of the hour, falling asleep for another minute on each subsequent failure before the cure of 1 save?

Barring the poison being neutralized, running its course or being saved against, is there any way to awaken from this sleep?

At the beginning of a dungeon delve, a character wearing a sipping jacket uses a standard action to suffuse a potion of enlarge person into the coat's lining. Then, for the next 24 hours, the character wearing this sipping jacket may, as a swift action, gain the benefits of the potion of enlarge person for 1 round. This could be done for 10 rounds, none of which need to be consecutive.

Is this how these two magic items would interact and function together?

Is it possible to add multiple iterations of the bane property to a weapon or multiple iterations of the defiant property to armor (each subsequent application being for a different creature type and at a higher cost than the previous, of course)?

Charming: Blessed with good looks, you've come to depend on the fact that others find you attractive. You gain a +1 trait bonus when you use Bluff or Diplomacy on a character that is (or could be) sexually attracted to you, and a +1 trait bonus to the save DC of any language-dependent spell you cast on such characters or creatures.

I'm curious. What criteria would you use to determine when the bonus(es) from this trait should be applied?

After poison is applied to a weapon, how long does that poison remain viable? Does it last until the weapon scores a hit or does it wear off after a certain amount of time regardless of whether the weapon is used or not?