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If using weapon blanch, check with the GM that it works against hardness, because as written it does not. "The blanching gives the weapon the ability to bypass one kind of material-based damage reduction, such as adamantine, cold iron, or silver." No mention of hardness at all.

You can also buy about 40 durable admantine arrows, they will not break unless deliberately broken by the enemy.

Robots are constructs, i don't see why FE:Constructs would not work against robots. Construct bane is a good weapon enchantment for your bow.

I don't remember many golems in the AP, the scarab would not help against robots.

What was a bit bummer in Iron Gods was that tech weapons seemed to be almost useless against the robots. Hardness and resistances made them practically impervious to most tech weapons.
I felt bad for

Is Vetra-Kali up to his old tricks again?

Dirty fighting first, then the various Improved maneuver feats you want to use. Combat reflexes are good especially if you use trip a lot.
If using maneuvers with two weapon fighting, remember that the penalty is applied to the maneuvers also so you might want to avoid that.
Try to get to flanking position to get +4 on your maneuvers.
Get Enlarge person cast on you or get potions.

Then there are ton of different multiclass options like brawler and lore warden fighter.

Could you release the AD&D statblock for Treerazor somewhere James?

Trample is one of the more believable attacks to totally ignore with evasion, you nimbly roll away from the creatures way. Dodging fireballs that fill the whole room is harder to imagine.

You can be evil in the first place, then you won't change alignament.
If you want to hack it, cast a Good spell immediately after the Evil spell, thus keeping balance. It is somewhat silly rule that you can mitigate your evil deeds by spamming spells with the Good descriptor. Just cast Angelic aspect on yourself after raising your undead army and forget about the alignament problems.

Actually there is no empty space inside a snails shell, it is filled with its internal organs. So no fireplaces or beds.
Of course if you could make it undead...

And then they take the Dragon style line of feats to get 2xStr on first attack and 1.5xStr on iteratives. Also multiclass to druid and wild shape into a behemoth hippo. Improved natural attack and now they are flurrying with 6d8 bites :)

There is some info about the guild in Distant Realms book.

I think the view that Qadira is a backwater province and everything in Kelesh is better than in anywhere else, is just Keleshites being full of themselves and having borderline racist view of people from other countries.

The adventure path as written does not let characters reach level 20.

During the XVI and XVII centuries, a lot of armies used leather uniforms. They were good enough against spent bullets.

What do you mean by spent bullets?

I'm sure this is straight from the Five Kings Mountains Dwarven Forge

Under mire, A ring of fire
A mystic flame, From Oron came
From the tremors, Of ancient embers
Crystal, treasures, and gold Did flow
We the keepers, Of all things deeper
Must keep the flames, Now pull the chains
Make the bellows blow…Burst of flame, rising up before us
The Forge of great renown
Our hearts beating now in chorus
To match the hammers’ pound
This is the realm of glory
The kingdom underground
Dwarven Forge, in the flaming roar we
Shall bind the blade renowned
Fill the wagons, With bones of dragons
For armor stores, Never forged before,
Coal depleted, The Forge is heated,
To smelt the ore, Go back for more,
Purge what’s useable, Pour the crucible,
Blows precise, in a hardy vise,
Now make the bellows blow….

Burst of flame, rising up before us
The Forge of heroes past
Our hands beating now in chorus
As molten hammers blast,
This is the realm of glory
The kingdom under grass
Dwarven Forge, filling up our stores we
Forge weapons unsurpassed
Draw the sword
Encrusted hilt shall glow
Spear and axe and halberd
metal white as snow
Keep the fire of Oron
Burning in the deep
Dwarven hand shall never
Let the hammer sleep
Burst of flame, rising up inside us
The Dwarven army goes
Our hearts beating now in chorus
To match the hammers’ blows,
This is the realm of glory,
The kingdom under snows
Dwarven Forge, shielding us in war we,
Shall conquer all our foes!

note - in RL there are only (fungus & mold) spores in outer space as it is far too cold for any terrestrial leafy plant or multicellular organism to survive let alone the higher amount of solar and cosmic radiation.

Indeed.

Music with Rocks in! Be there or be a rectangular thingie!

I'm running book 6 at the moment and I agree that Richards return to the side of good was done badly. Do you guys have any advice on how to handle it better?
I would like it to be little shock to the PC's that he turns. Maybe some thing happens as a catalyst?
My PCs have installed Richard as a king, maybe Bellinda sends a kidnapping team and they kill Dessiter in the fight so he can't scry on his location?
If the Pcs are present they will most certainly foil the kidnapping but doing it "behind the scenes" seems a bit cheating.

I would imagine channeling negative energy would be a good way to deal with vermin infestation in a house or annoying bugs at the camp site. Burning hands could be used to light a fire. Grease would make moving heavy items around easier. Could be used as a massage oil. Sleep or slumber hex would make nap times in kindergarten a breeze. Or give an insomniac person some respite. Hydraulic push/torrent could be used as a (really dangerous) power washer.

Fey Gate? Why would you want to travel to a totally random spot in First World? 7th level Plane shift can do that already.

Remember that you can try to use acrobatics to avoid the AoO.

Witches and their patrons do similar things. And shaman being made of witch and oracle has the same issues.

Since it is common knowledge that witches are made of wood, are shamans then half wood creatures?

Sounds awesome! Could you post the lyrics or a link to them?

I had a druid/monk and flurrying with bites dealing 8d8+lots as a behemoth hippo was pretty fun.

In Iron Gods we used Grease to great effect against the giants in the palace in book 5 around level 15.

A creature can walk within or through the area of grease at half normal speed with a DC 10 Acrobatics check. Failure means it can’t move that round (and must then make a Reflex save or fall), while failure by 5 or more means it falls (see the Acrobatics skill for details).

Giants have even poorer acrobatics than reflex. So if they try to move at full speed, they fall down with out save. If they move carefully they must roll acrobatics and possibly fall down. At low levels the opponents actually might have relatively better acrobatics and ref saves than at mid levels. CR 13 Iron golem has -1 acrobatics and Reflex of +5. You have more than 50% chance to make it fall down. Even at level 1. If you are level 1, you should then run.

Azonath, are you supposed to plug those builds in some program? They are really hard to read.

I think Jack and Kyle are more of Mythic Heroes of Metal rather than gods.

has led to the planes of Metal and Wood returning as well

Who is the ruler of plane of Metal? Lemmy, Ronnie James Dio, Dimebag Darrel, Alexi Laiho?

Minor nitpick, but druids must use wooden shields. So the tankard should work as masterwork light wooden shield.
Accelerated drinker trait lets you drink a potion as a move action.

At 10th level you could take Cayden Caileans Blade and Tankard divine fighting style to replace one attack with drinkin the potion in the tankard.

You don't need to be a cleric of Cayden Cailean to take Two Weapon drunkard. You only miss the divine focus and not interfering with somatic components part. And you GM already made the tankard to act as you divine focus. Thea feat does not really do much for you though.

Interestingly the DD3.5 version of Anti-magic field says

Summoned creatures of any type and incorporeal undead wink out if they enter an antimagic field.

Elementals, corporeal undead, and outsiders are likewise unaffected unless summoned.

Elementals, undead, and outsider are likewise unaffected unless summoned.

I am slightly regretting giving the vampire template to a PC. Letting them play dragons? *shudder*

ANGUS IS BACK! One better!

Woooooah, oooooh!
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(Upgrade complete)

Grease is awesome spell, we have used it with great success even on level 13+. Giants have a crappy Reflex save and acrobatics skill :D

If a creature with reach and no Improved Trip or similar ability uses trip maneuver on a creature that does not have reach, there is no attack of opportunity. So yes, you will be out of reach.

If the undead has the frightful presence, incorporeal, light blindness, light sensitivity, stench, sunlight powerlessness, or unnatural aura abilities, the spell suppresses them.

A vampire does not have any of those abilities, RAW the spell does not help a vampire to survive sunlight, it just makes them look alive.

Tiny size gives further bonuses/penalties. +2 to hit +2 AC -2 CMB/CMD +8 stealth and +4 fly.

- The party arrives in Farholde on New Year, but no description mentions snow, and the picture of the Horn is green. Is it an oversight, or is the Western side of the island so much warmer? (the Boggard caves get a pass for having geothermal activity)

It is most likely an oversight (there are many such) but I explained that the western part of the island is much warmer due to warm sea currents and the sheltering mountains having quite a bit of volcanic activity.

How does one get "blood" from an elemental that is living lightning? Does it leave behind lightning balls that you need to immediately catch into a glass jar or something?

Blood, I think is not a good word to use, essence or similar would be better. I told the players that the elemental left behind "essence" that they then collected. Using lightning rods is a good idea, I would rule that it works. Any metal wire should be good enough for the job I think. They could also use a spell like Planar Binding to call an elemental and kill it.

Should there be some gear to be found from the remains of the 4th knot?

Yes, there should be something. No one has been in the Horn since. I would have them have some masterwork weapons and armor, a few potions, maybe a couple of alchemical items. Some money and normal adventuring gear. Aidan Kaels corpse should have some minor magical items, +1 weapon and armor and such. For some reason it is not said where the 4th knot or Kael was killed. I would place them somewhere on the first or second floor. The adventure claims that Kael "fled to upper reaches" but there is no direct route between the floors.

weapon that "counts as flail" which means he can trip with it.

You can trip with any weapon, the trip weapon quality just means you can let go of the weapon to avoid being tripped yourself if you fail the attempt badly enough. It also lets you add the weapons bonuses to drag and reposition maneuvers.

- the summoner using a lantern archon to give captain Mott a "divine omen" that his wife is cheating on him.
- The rogue using the circlet along with the portrait from the bedroom, to turn into lord Thomas' dead wife while backstabbing him in the final fight.

Creative ideas!

My party consists of a black knight with a sword, a summoner with a spear +monsters, a rogue with a rapier and a fire cleric. Even if half of them make both saves, their attacks might accomplish nothing beyond wrecking the new magic weapons they've just blown all their budget on.

If your Summoner is playing with any sense he will send his summoned monsters first in every room. I'm pretty sure that after the first time someones weapon takes damage, they will either flee or switch to secondary weapons. Remember that they can make knowledge(dungeoneering) checks to see if they know anything about the monsters. Then you can clue them about their ability to damage weapons. And sometimes its just fun to see the players despair about losing their hard won loot.

D'ziriak

1 My group had not much trouble with the escape. 25 point buy and 2 extra skill points helped. Even though _none_ of them took ranks in Disable Device they managed to get out. They had Grumblejack to help as well. It was a bit hairy but they managed to kill most of the guards without alerting the keep.

2 I used the material in book 7 and some suggestions here on the boards. The flesh golem (book 7) and the Gates brothers (Kevins idea if I recall correctly). Also I beefed up some enemies, like Odenkirk and commander Havelyn. Also did you remember to give all the story awards littered throughout? I missed a few and gave the players the xp later. If I would do this again, I would ditch XP altogether and just level them whenever appropriate.

3 Maybe the cultist confused Pale with White? They are almost the same color.

4 Good question. My players (or me) never noticed that. Maybe they had slaves throw them in the acid pit (C2), or just carry them outside.

5 Have you perused the book 2 thread already? My players killed Ezra immediately so I did not have that problem. Remember that Ezra is insane, the temptation to attack might just be too much for him to wait until the optimal moment. Also why not have him attack at the same time as Richard? Nice three way fight there.

6 I guess so. But do what ever is coolest.

The oozes were a nice shock to my party. If your party tactic is to always rush a room en masse this is a good lesson for them. You can have some minions hang back and then drag them back with reach weapons. When they are woken they are immune to the aura. Besides its DC 21 :) The oozes are non-intelligent, they do not know how to coup de grace. They attack the helpless PC grabbing and constricting and the pain wakes them up.

The individual book threads were really helpful for my GMing. Also Kevins really good blog entries have good ideas that I used a lot.

Izevel was handy for my group in book 3, but quickly after first chapter of book 4 her usefulness dwindled. She has mostly been hanging out in their base ever since.

This is an interesting build, have to consider it for my next character.

Also, if you don't have a Wand of Greater Invisibility by now, get one. Greater Invisibility is +40 Stealth while not moving, +20 Stealth while moving, and doesn't drop if you attack something like normal Invisibility does.

If you are invisible the Dazzling display bomb will not work.

Make an Intimidate check to demoralize all foes within 30 feet who can see your display.

Lol, the first Dylan channeling Maximus was cool. Did you have different GM for each game?

I have never heard of people rolling for feats at character creation!
"I want to play an enchanter that charms and dominates the enemies with smooth talk and spells!"
"Right, lets see... <Roll, Roll> Your feats are Skill focus[Profession(Pig farmer)] and Improved Unarmed Strike".

Heal acts like harm on undead, it just causes damage to them and does not cure anything.

"Add any bonuses you currently have on attack rolls due to spells, feats, and other effects. These bonuses must be applicable to the weapon or attack used to perform the maneuver."
I would say the enchantment bonus of the weapon used is in "other effects".

Summon natures ally I, summon Mites to open things and Ponies to walk on things. Cheap trap detection.

The Black Knight always triumphs!
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I'll get me coat.

My villains are about to take on Thorn. They killed Ice Axe but he dropped the antipaladin vampire in one round getting two crits. Immediately after he died to spells and ridiculous damage from the archer inquisitor. They negotiated with the queen and did some offerings on the altar. The anti-life abettors were a terrible shock with their AoE negative energy and death throes. They ended up killing one and fleeing the room, shutting the doors behind them. They killed a few grave knights without trouble and negotiated with Sherkov to keep him out of the fight. The dragons were a shock but died quickly. I have a feeling that Thorn will not last long against the party, oh well.

if you are pure charisma, you are going to be blowing past the max Dex (Cha) limit on your armor

Take Celestial Obedience (Arshea) and get charisma as armor bonus to AC and don't worry about armor anymore.

Does the linked sheet have all the spells that are in AoN?