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I'm reading the new rule book and it says that in the beginning of the game I draw cards for my hand, then add any cohort listed to my hand.

However, if I end my turn without using any cards then I now have too many cards. Do I have to discard a card during the Hand Reset phase?

I was looking through the downloads of the Witch Character Deck to see if I wanted to buy the box.

I noticed that Feiya has a Power (on the Winter Witch Role) that says, "For your Dexterity or Acrobatics non-combat check you may use your Arcane skill and add the Cold trait." When I looked for her Arcane skill to see what that was I was surprised to see she doesn't have one listed on her card.

My first thought was that since she has a Cohort, "Daji", then perhaps Daji grants her the Arcane skill. However, Google reports that Daji does not have anything like that on him (looking at imgaes for the card).

I did several searches to see if this is something that has been errated (both on Google and paizo) and I couldn't find anything.

Is this a typo in the downloadable character sheets? I mean, it must be... right? A witch whose favored card type is Spell and the aforementioned Power must certainly have an Arcane skill.

Edit: Now I'm really confused. I just looked at the other witches in the Witch deck class. None of them have the Arcane skill. So I must be missing something here.

On Weds, Aug 27 I finally got the game I was told was shipping to me on Aug 5. It did not contain most of the items in the sidecart... only PACG: Skull and Shackles Base Set.

I saw lots of emails and apologies from Paizo and what appeared to be a promise that the rest of the order was coming soon.

Today, 2 days after I received the game, I got a notice from Paizo (listed as order #3255349) that says you guys are about to finally ship me PACG: Skull and Shackles. Eh? The email specifically lists the only thing I've received from you as the only thing you are going to send to me.

When I go to my account and see my sidecart it has all the promo cards and Character Add-On decks *twice*. There is no mention of the Skull and Shackles base game you appear to be about to send me again.

I really have no idea what's going on.

These subscriptions are really starting to be more hassle than helpful. I don't save ANY money (with shipping fees it cost the same as going to the game store... and sometimes more), the stores often get their product before I do, and lately the stores typically have enough promo cards to distribute. (Promo cards were the main reason I did the subscription).

Does Paizo have a clear path of how to resolve these issues?

Just to be clear: 1) I don't want a duplicate Skull and Shackles Base Set, 2) I don't need duplicate promo cards, and 3) I don't want duplicate Skull and Shackles Character Add-On deck.

P.S. - I'm also very annoyed with the customer service person who told me they fixed my change of address on the first Base Set shipment but didn't (which was clear when the package went to my previous address).

If a monster is immune to a trait such as Fire, can a spell with the trait Fire still be used? The reason I ask is that Seoni ran into a monster with this trait but the only card she had in her hand was a Fire based attacked spell. Since she knew she would lose the fight she wanted to cast the spell just so she could recharge it rather than lose it to damage.

I was unsure of what the ruling would be. We decided she could play it and it simply did no damage to the monster and allowed her to recharge it.

So if somebody decides to use an item such as Necklace of Fireballs and then plays a blessing, what die is added? The cards doesn't indicate which stat is being used...

I'm feeling a little confused about the class decks. It seems like an awesome idea but I can't figure out what supposed to be going on with them.

From reading the organized play thread I gathered that the Skull & Shackles wouldn't come with classes since each player is required to bring their own class deck. But now I read that description of the Skull & Shackles box and it comes with 7 characters classes--four of which are new. Plus there is a Character Add-On Deck with four more classes. Why are the character class decks required when there are already classes 11 classes available?

Also I'm worried about redundancy. Are the class decks I'm supposed to spend another $20 contain the same cards that base set or character add-on deck have?

And isn't this inviting a ton of potential card misplacement? I mean, what if 2 people are using base set classes and 2 others brought their own class decks? How do you keep the cards from getting mixed up? (This gets even worse with the recently spoiled card that lets you take a card from somebody else's discard pile into your hand.)

I got 2 copies of the PACG "Sins of the Saviors" adventure deck. It appears I was correctly billed only one copy.

I don't need the second copy. What should I do (if anything) with the second mistakenly shipped copy? (I hope this didn't happen for everyone... that would pretty costly for you, I imagine).

(I posted this in the PACG forum but it was suggested that I post here, so I am.)

I finally got around to opening my subscription shipment for Hook Mountain Massacre last night and didn't see the promo cards right away. It turns out they were stuffed into the box with the rest of the cards (as opposed to the box with all the styrofoam popcorn).

When I say stuffed... I'm being literal. The edges of the cards are damaged so much that I can't play with them.

I know Paizo doesn't offer replacement cards for cards that acquire wear and tear through play but what about cards damaged from shipping? I did some searches on the site but I didn't find any results.

I finally got around to opening my subscription shipment for Hook Mountain Massacre last night and didn't see the promo cards right away. It turns out they were stuffed into the box with the rest of the cards (as opposed to the box with all the styrofoam popcorn).

When I say stuffed... I'm being literal. The edges of the cards are damaged so much that I can't play with them.

I know Paizo doesn't offer replacement cards for cards that acquire wear and tear through play but what about cards damaged from shipping? I did some searches on the site but I didn't find any results.

The character Lem has the Divine skill under his Charisma. If he stumbles across the Detect Evil spell an its Check to Acquire is Wisdom, Divine.

Does only the Divine skill matter (letting him role a d10 for Charisma and +1 for Divine? Or does the Wisdom part of the check indicate he needs to roll d6 but get's +1 for Divine?

Let's say a check to defeat a monster is Strength or Melee 8.

If my character has a Strength d6 and a Melee (Strength) of +2, then it seems obvious I am using the Melee skill (d6+2).

However, if I complete the Perils of the Lost Coast adventure my character gets a Skill Feat. If I add +1 to Strength, does the above roll change? For example, is it now d6+3 (where I get +1 for using a Strength based skill and the +2 from Melee)? Or, do I choose between Melee d6+2 and Strength d6+1?

Another way to ask the question is if the primary skill bonuses carry over into the secondary skill.

(The way our group has been playing it is that the roll would be d6+3. However, after completing both adventure Perils of the Lost Coast and the Attack on Sandpoint scenario (both giving a skill feat as rewards) our characters seem to be getting overpowered.)

I was just wonder if there much out there in the way of fan sites for this game yet.

In particular, I was wondering if anyone has made something like an online character generator and database, or perhaps a scenario/adventure builder. I am sort of working on these types of things in my spare time (hobby work like this is how I learn new tech skills) but I'd much rather just use somebody else's tools if they've already been built.

Also, anyone have know how Paizo treats fan sites from their other games? I don't want to finish developing tools just to have Paizo come by afterwards and slap me with a shut-down notice. I have no intention of making a penny from anything I build, but I will certainly be lifting some art assets from this site (such as the Pathfinder ACG logo on the left side-bar).