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I'll defer to GM Watery Soup, but if that game needs a GM, I'm willing. Let me know, please, Watery Soup!I haven't committed to this, and I probably won't, so if you're willing, please do. Done. I'm only "very busy", not "overwhelmed" so it should be fine. :-)
Michael: You've been a fixture of this community and we are all sorry to see you go, but you're going in the way I can respect most, not just fading away. As a guy who has been where you are, I say go and do what you love. Maybe we'll see you around and maybe we won't, but we will respect and remember you. Best of wishes from all of us. __________________________________________________________
- Tarondor
But they can't mimic the benefits from Empowered Onslaught. Nor are either of the other doctrines as good at combat. But yeah, it's going to be less popular than Cloistered Cleric or Warpriest, I admit.
AP Edgelord: I dropped the "Butterly Blade" portion of the build because I realized it's PFS limited. Thanks.
I was thinking Human Bard, but I see that's already out there, so let me offer: 1) A half-elf (aiuvarin) Outwit Ranger / Butterfly Blade, focusing on Recall Knowledge. He'll be assisting the party with Recall Knowledge. 2) Yes. 3) Yes. 4) Yes. This is my preferred way of playing. It offers a chance to develop relationships between the characters.
Same URL as before. Enjoy!
I was really worried for you guys and considering taking this on even though I'm quite busy. I'm relieved you found some help!
I was looking over the "Iron Tiger" build, and that looks an awful lot like something I'd do with a monk. But I'm wondering, Ironblood Surge... maybe isn't worth it? This build's Str mods don't scale high enough to overcome what the base Stance offers. Yeah, you're right. I've swapped in Peerless Form instead.
Here it is! Please enjoy. Tarondor’s Guide to the Pathfinder Second Edition (Remastered) Monk
I get asked this a lot. The answer is "probably, but not yet." Redoing the old stuff feels like being stuck in the past. Like being Sisyphus rolling that stone up a hill. It's more fun to do stuff I haven't before, and learn new things. Currently, I'm working on a guide to monks, because I didn't know that much about monks and wanted to learn. I am definitely going to revisit wizards and clerics, since they've had some pretty huge additions lately. But not yet. I haven't really looked at the Commander at all, class or archetype. And I was deep into the Guardian for a long time, but definitely haven't looked at the archetype yet. EDIT: Hmmm... I guess I have examined the Commander, for the archetype when I wrote the Guardian guide. I think I'd have the same rating and comments for a Fighter with the Commander archetype as I did for a Guardian with the Commander archetype. And I'd remind you that unless you have a Free Archetype, Fighter has really great feats and doesn't need an archetype to be awesome.
You’ve made a guide for almost every class I don’t play so they’re extremely clutch for when I GM for my players that do. I thank you for saving my butt many times when I’ve needed to quickly learn about a class I know nothing about. Awesome! Glad they help. I wanted to make sure I covered the basic classes before moving on to anything else. Besides, they're what I almost always play.
Here is my new
I've updated my guide to Bards for the Remaster. You can find it HERE.
And received!
I've run free games consistently since 1977. I'm never going to charge for my services and I'm never going to pay for someone else's (convention tickets aside, of course). BUT, I don't care if others do. I make a decent living on my own and don't need the cash. Maybe others -do- need it. Who am I... or you... to judge?
Wait..Tarondor's on here? o.0 Yeah, man! They don't keep me in a cave where I write those guides! I'm a GM and player, too!
After reading the Player's Guide more closely, I am withdrawing my warpriest of Irori idea and resubmitting a cloistered cleric of Pharasma (using the same name). Xu Jiang, Priest of Pharasma:
Xu Jiang
Human duskwalker cleric 1 Medium, Duskwalker, Human, Humanoid Heritage duskwalker Background folklore enthusiast Perception +7; low-light vision Languages Common, Fey, Tien Skills Art Lore +4, Crafting +4, Diplomacy +3, Medicine +7, Occultism +4, Religion +7, Society +4 Str +0, Dex +2, Con +2, Int +1, Wis +4, Cha +0 Items explorer’s clothing, steel shield, morningstar, backpack, bedroll, candle (10), chalk (10), flint and steel, lesser antidote (2), rations (1 week) (2), religious symbol (wooden), rope (foot) (50), soap, torch (5), waterskin, writing set, purse (3 gp, 2 sp, 9 cp), One cold-iron chunk worth 10 gp. -------------------- AC 15 (17 with shield raised); Fort +5; Ref +5; Will +9 HP 18 -------------------- Speed 25 feet Melee [1] morningstar +3 (versatile P), Damage 1d6 B Melee [1] shield bash +0, Damage 1d4 B Divine Cleric Spells DC 17, attack +7; 1st bless, heal (×4), runic weapon Cantrips (1st) detect magic, divine lance, guidance, prestidigitation, vitality lash Focus Spells 1 Focus Point, DC 17; 1st Healer’s Blessing Seasonal Boon [F] Trigger You’re about to roll any check to Recall Knowledge; Effect You have a flash of insight as you recall an old parable, obscure legend, or applicable tale to the topic at hand. This Recall Knowledge check loses the secret trait. Increase the result of your check to Recall Knowledge by one degree of success. Ancestry Feats Natural Ambition Class Feats Domain Initiate, Healing Hands Skill Feats Oddity Identification Projected Build:
I'll be following the "Cloistered Cleric of Pharasma" build from Tarondor's Guide to the Pathfinder Second Edition (Remastered) Cleric., including the Hallowed Necromancer archetype. House and Heirloom:
Xu Jiang lives in a small woodcutter's shack in the shadow of the Cathedral of Pharasma, on the Southside. His heirloom is a cold-iron chunk worth 10 gp. Xu Jiang's Background: Born in Willowshire to a family well known for manufacturing rice paper used by the monks of the Tan Sugi monastery. Put out of business when the monastery was abandoned, his family became poor woodcutters for the lumber industry. Jiang himself was born in 7088. The birth was difficult and his mother, Qingjin, died in the forest during childbirth. Alone and helpless, Jiang would have died if Old Matsuki had not come swiftly to the sound of cries and rescued him. That, at least, is how the tale is told in Willowshire. Jiang remembers the day. Against all logic and reason, Jiang remembers one thing about the day of his birth. He died. But he also remembers a beautiful lady in gray that cradled him and set him down alive in the forest just before other people arrived to scoop him up. From boyhood, Jiang has been dedicated to Pharasma and though he worked as a poor woodcutter, he devoted any spare time to learning what he could of the great goddess. He was helped considerably by the arrival of Elizeth Candora, who trained him and consecrated him a priest of Pharasma. In fact, his consecration happened only yesterday, just before the start of the Reenactment Festival.
I played a lot of Champions 4e decades ago. Good times! The system is easily broken without a few ground rules, but really fast and fun! Yeah, I'm interested!
Here's Tarondor's application: Xu Jiang, a dedicated priest of Irori, seeking enlightenment. Xu Jiang statblock:
Xu Jiang Male human cleric 1 (Rage of Elements) Medium, Human, Humanoid Heritage versatile human Background martial disciple Perception +5 Languages Common, Fey Skills Acrobatics +6, Athletics +4, Diplomacy +5, Medicine +5, Religion +5, Warfare Lore +3 Str +1, Dex +3, Con +1, Int +0, Wis +2, Cha +2 Items explorer’s clothing, gi[TV], steel shield, backpack, bedroll, candle (10), chalk (10), crowbar, flint and steel, grappling hook, lady's blessing oil[LOTG], rations (1 week) (2), religious symbol (wooden), rope (foot) (50), soap, sunrod, tindertwig (5), torch (5), waterskin, purse (3 gp, 4 sp, 9 cp) -------------------- AC 16 (18 with shield raised); Fort +6; Ref +6; Will +7 HP 17 -------------------- Speed 30 feet Melee [1] fist +6 (nonlethal, agile, finesse), Damage 1d6+1 B Melee [1] shield bash +1, Damage 1d4+1 B Divine Cleric Spells DC 15, attack +5; 1st bless, harm (×4), heal Cantrips (1st) guidance, needle darts[RE], read aura, stabilize, vitality lash Focus Spells 1 Focus Point, DC 15; 1st Athletic Rush Ancestry Feats Natural Ambition Class Feats Deadly Simplicity, Domain Initiate General Feats Fleet, Shield Block Skill Feats Quick Jump Personality:
Xu Jiang is a warrior-priest. He has spent a decade honing his body and mind to follow in the footsteps of the Master of Masters. He is quiet and generous, loving stories, games and collective song. He is much more competitive when it comes to physical contests or feats of speed, strength or endurance. Planned Build: 2 - Martial Artist Dedication, Harming Hands, Titan Wrestler 3 - Ancestral Paragon (Cooperative Nature) 4 - Tiger Stance, Sap Life, Powerful Leap 5 - Clever Improviser 6 - Follow-Up Strike, Cast Down, Battle Medicine 7 - Toughness 8 - Tiger Slash, Channel Smite, Continual Recovery 9 - Multitalented (Monk Dedication) 10 - Grievous Blow, Replenishment of War, Ward Medic
I'm very interested. Can't create a character right this moment, but I will later tonight!
Hey, gang. My long-running PF2e game just lost a player and we're hoping to recruit a new player. We use Owlbear Rodeo for maps and Discord for voice. Relaxed group of experienced players looking for a fifth (and maybe sixth) player.
Okay, fixed the median thing.
Nope, you're right. Well, a fix for another day, then! Soon, but probably not today! Would you believe I got an "A" in statistics? It's been a while, but I did!
Just one thing: Your values for math nerds, especially the median, seem wrong. Having a mean of 8.1 and a median of 5.5 (Curse of the Crimson Throne) doesn't look possible if 10 is the max. If 100 people gave the AP a "9", but one guy gave it a 1 and one gave it a 10, the median would be 5.5. I agree that it's a nearly useless statistic, but people asked for it.
Soooo when will the results come out? I'm still running my daily "Rate the AP's" over on Reddit. They'll be done by this weekend. The thing is mostly written now, but I'm still editing it based on new comments. And I'm still trying to read through Triumph of the Tusk so I can review it. Anyway, my update to Tarondor's Guide to the Pathfinder Adventure Paths should be out in under two weeks.
Interesting. Your new analysis should be interesting. We'll see how much recency bias comes into play. I believe that both Primacy (Rise of the Runelords) and Recency (Season of Ghosts) play a factor in the polls, yes.
Strength of Thousands has actually improved its standing in four years. It's at #4 right now. Abomination Vaults is 19th. Personally, I think the complaints about AV are overblown, but I'm an old-school fan of dungeon crawls. I also like Shattered Star and Seven Dooms for Sandpoint, both of which are dungeon crawls. If you're looking for a dungeon crawl, though, I think Seven Dooms for Sandpoint is the best that Paizo has produced, and the polls seem to bear that out. It's sitting at #5.
Cripes, Scranford, I thought I was the old guy here. I started with the same white box in 1977. Anyway, I agree with you in every particular here.
I see a lot more PF2E games on Discord than here on the boards. I honestly can't even figure out how you'd play a game on Discord that wasn't live. It's like my parent's VCR blinking 12:00 all the time - my ability to understand newer technology has reached its terminus, I guess. Don't get me wrong - I'd like to understand. But I don't.
Hey, KingTreyIII: I want to express my admiration for your work and the way you're working through adversity. As the author of Tarondor's Guides, I know what it's like when the motivation gets low! Wrath of the Righteous dearly needs a good PF2e conversion and yours is excellent, so I want to encourage you to keep it up at whatever pace suits you. Keep up the good work!
Congratulations to Faen and Velas. Enjoy!
Yep! Good luck to you, too!
Turns out the correct spelling is "Nivakta."
The poll (now with nearly 650 respones) reveals that some APs which were previously fan favorites are no longer front-runners while some new front-runners have emerged. Abomination Vaults went WAY down in the polls. Rise of the Runelords fell several places. Season of Ghosts is the new #1 and Wardens of Wildwood is the new last place. I'll post the details in the new Guide when it comes out.
I would love to throw my hat in the ring. I've been really wanting some Kingmaker 2e! I'd like to offer Sir Agravale, the Green Knight. Agravale has spent most of his life as a squire to various knights of Brevoy but when he was knighted a year ago, he set out to seek adventure as a knight-errant. He was raised as a minor son of a cadet branch of the Lebeda family, his only inheritance the weapons and gear he bears, as well as the skills of a fine horseman. In truth, Agravale is a descendant of House Rogarvia, his great-grandfather was one of the few not taken in the Vanishing, though no one in the small family knows why. Agravale was raised on secret stories of that heritage, but gives them little weight, preferring instead to forge his own path to greatness. He travels the land seeking a purpose, helping right minor wrongs as he seeks his destiny. Personality: Sir Agravale is honest, but capable of great subtlety and subterfuge in war. He is not reckless but would be willing sacrifice himself in a great cause. He feels that great things await him. He is not vain, precisely, but he demands proper recognition of his station and is very aware of social status. Character Build I'll be using the "Rogue/Cavalier/Sentinel" build from my guide: Tarondor's Guide to the Pathfinder Second Edition (Remastered) Rogue. Mechanically, the character is a rogue, but in practice he is a mounted knight. He's just really, really good at hitting his enemy's weak spots. Nivatka's Crossing Sir Agravale is at Nivatka's Crossing because he has heard of bandits in the Stolen Lands making travel and trade difficult. As a knight errant, he has decided to dedicate himself to ending this scourge by any means necessary.
No need to start over. I have tabulated all the results from the first poll (the one with sliders). 299 people responded to that. The second (slider-less) poll is still open. So far, that one has 121 responses.
I changed the poll to be easier to read on a mobile phone. The link above is dormant. HERE IS THE NEW LINK.
I'll probably close the poll some time in mid January. Or sooner if the pace of response drops sharply.
Looking forward to seeing results, and comparing to how they've changed over time! The problem is that I have a very different format to my questions! This time I merely asked everyone to rate each AP they'd participated in from 1-10. The first time around I had less idea of what would be useful before I began. I asked a bunch of questions that didn't help me write the guide and the most useful didn't ask for ratings but merely to pick their favorite three APs. It's a little bit of apples and oranges! But with over 200 responses already in, I can see that Rise of the Runelords and Kingmaker remain very popular while Curse of the Crimson Throne remains highly regarded. Among 2e AP's, I can see that Gatewalkers fares poorly while Season of Ghosts may take the top spot from Curse of the Crimson Throne. Abomination Vaults is clearly the most reviewed of the 2e AP's. So far out of 230 responses, 149 gave a rating to AV.
I'd like to put my hat in. I'm honestly good with almost any class. I'm thinking a martial class (fighter or rogue) or a bard. You don't think of Red Mantis assassins using bards, but a bard/Marshal would be a pretty strong support character. I've got dozens of online/PBP PFS games under my belt as well has having played in and run several online/PBP campaigns. I think Nivi would most likely be out to have fun. She's probably going to be feeding victories to someone she's chosen as a favorite or losses to someone who's annoyed her. I'd look for a gnome who's more interested in what's happening around the table than in her own wins and losses.
As I say in the header, you have to use the slider at the bottom to access options 8-10. I can't help how Google decides to format its polls.Whoops. Didn't see that. Well, I guess my selections will then appear as unnecessarily grumpy, given that the best thing I gave out was a 7. ^^ I'm pretty sure you can change them now. I'll go see if I can make that bit more prominent.
As I say in the header, you have to use the slider at the bottom to access options 8-10. I can't help how Google decides to format its polls.
I'm going to need a LOT more people to fill out the poll in order to have a decent sample.
Sure, I'm dimmer than a 2-watt bulb, but why isn't there a link to the errata here? I can't seem to find one.
Right you are. Thanks.
My guides to the Cleric, Fighter, Rogue and Wizard have all been updated. Tarondor’s Guide to the Pathfinder Second Edition (Remastered) Cleric
After the holidays I'll update my guide to the bard and then probably move on to a new one about the Champion.
I hope this is an okay place to put this request. I'm running a PF2e campaign loosely based on Ruins of the Grendleroot and I have some an issue that's bothering me and I wonder if you'd mind helping act as my brain trust. Here's the issue, with as few spoilers as I can manage: It's an Underdark campaign wherein the ultimate bad guys are Spoiler: . The PCs have acquired as an ally the White Queen who is a three archmages trying to summon an evil Outer God Spoiler: Anyway, in this campaign she acts as quest-giver and adviser.
vampire and archmage, a former colleague of the three villains. What I want help with is why she doesn't take a more active part in the story? Why isn't she blasting minions and giving the heroes gigantic buffs? I think part of the reason is that if the bad guys know she's around, they'd pay much closer attention and join up to stomp her. But there has to be more. She's not off doing something altruistic, that's for sure. So what's stopping her from being more active (and ruining the game by taking over for the PC's)?
Hey nerds! I'm working on a revision of Tarondor’s Guide to Pathfinder Adventure Paths and I have created a poll where you can give me your opinions of the various Adventure Paths. Please give it a look:
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