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Is anybody else perplexed by the fact that the first module gives a side quest that can't be finished in the first book?

The Seeking Sinspawn quest (Inside Front Cover) wants the party to bring 3 sinspawn heads to complete it, yet the first book, as written, only comes with one. And there aren't any wandering monsters, so that's not an option. I guess the party doesn't get to complete it until Book 2, but by then, the reward is... meh. But, coins are coins, I guess, and it doesn't appear to ever be a closed quest.

Please cancel my Adventure Path subscription. Thank you!

Does it say anywhere that using Occult magic does NOT provoke AoA's? I know they are all act as Still Spells, but do they not require Casting Defensively and such, as well?

So of course the day after I place this order to replace a package I thought never arrived at my house, I find said package buried under a pile of blankets.

Is there anyway I can cancel this order or at least get store credit instead? I no longer need this order.

V/R,
William Sinclair

On the Carowyn Manor map, there are three sets of stairs, one up, and two down.

One up is obvious, 2nd floor. But there's only one basement. So...

1. Which set of stairs lead to the basement?
2. Where do the other set go?

Thoughts?

I think its a great chance to add to the Manor, but I don't want to put in tons of work, since I'm prepping on Roll20.

Does anybody have a campaign flow timeline?

I thought I read somewhere that there could/could not be time for crafting, but as I read through the chapters, they really seem to be flowing from one right into the next with little or no quiet time. Between chapter 1 & chapter 2, then chapter 2 to chapter 3 seems to be the only time when there might be options to craft.

Observations and/or thoughts?

It is with great regret that I must tender my resignation and cancel my Pathfinder Adventure Path subscription. Once finances settle, I hope to renew it (and back order, of course!), but after 17 APs, I need to take a break.

Many thanks for all the great memories. It is truly an amazing product! Thank your for saving our game!

One of the things I loved about the later APs is that the level progression is spelled out. The APs tell the GM when the characters should make the levels throughout the campaign.

So has anybody done it already for this AP? Possibly, maybe? Pretty please?!

Basically, I don't dole out XP anymore. I just let the players know when its time to level up. Makes my job SO much easier.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Wild Empathy doesn't affect Vermin. It requires a druid or a ranger to take an archetype such as Blight Druid (Druid) or Dungeon Rover (Ranger) to affect Vermin, in which case they can't use their Vermin Empathy with regular animals. Can someone reference a rule or some such for me. My players are VERY stubborn and hate opinion.

I am having trouble paying for my AP subscription with the above order #. I have called my bank, and they show that Paizo isn't even attempting to process the order. There's plenty of credit limit on the card. Any ideas? Please contact me so we can resolve this.
Regards,
William Sinclair

I don't really know where to post this, so I'll post this here.

My girlfriend and I just spent the last hour arguing (discussing?) the rules mechanics behind spell casting and how the rules are written. The party is trying to gather together the necessary components out in the field to cast a Bless Water and a Consecrate, which is hilarity in and of itself.

Anyway, my girlfriend, who does not play Pathfinder, pointed out the aggrivating difference between the component requirements for Bless Water and Consecrate, and that if they end up being the same thing (5 lbs of silver dust worth 25 gp, or 250 sp), then why are they written differently?

So, in some future printing of the Core Rulebook, she wanted to know if they could be printed the same way, since they mean the same thing. I say they should remain the same so other nerds can have lively discussions with their signifcant others!

Is there a book in Pathfinder that talks in some detail about the laws of various regions? I have two players who took the "Marked" flaw out of Tome of Secrets, and I've decided its time to use it. They're getting ready to enter a major city, and I figured that someone there would recognize them, and I wanted to have some basis on how to handle dealing with the character.

Big Game Hunter doesn't appear as one of selectable campaign traits for RotR campaign. Was it rewritten and now only appears "as is" in the People of the North (as per my Herolab, as I don't own the book)? If so, does that make the trait Big Game Hunter that appeared as a Campaign Feat in the original RotR null and void and no longer legal? I'd understand if it is, as the new trait only affects animals, and the old one affected ANYTHING Large or larger. I'd guess that the Giant Slayer campaign trait replaced it.

I know that when you use Detect Magic and Spellcraft to ID a wand, you get a command word, but what allows you to find out the number of charges. I've been digging through the Core Rulebook for awhile and can't find any definitive answer. We've been using Identify as the milestone, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

Does anybody have any suggestions on how to deal with the twelve monuments, their specific boons, getting the party to realize they're available, and then not letting it break the game? I like the concept, but I see it being problematic.

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I've been told by my players that alchemists add their intelligence bonus when they use alchemy fire or acid flasks. Is this true, and where is it listed?

If the above IS true, does it also apply to holy water?

I was wondering if the above order was ever shipped? I haven't seen it, and it's been three weeks.

If this is anything like "The Mud Sorcerer's Tomb," then it's gonna be totally awesome! Can't wait to get my hands on it.

In an effort to support my local gaming store, I am canceling the following ongoing orders and will instead be purchasing them from the local store as they have supported our ongoing weekly PFS games.

Thank you for the years of faithful mailing, and I look forward to continuing to receive the Adventure Path and Tales subscribtions in the mail,and purchasing the PDF's online as they become available. THANKS!

Long Live PFS!

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What type of action does it take to dismiss an eidilon? Is it a free action, move, standard, full round, or 1 round action? I'm assuming its a standard action. Pointing to a reference would be great! Thanks.

Alchemical weapons usually only require a ranged-touch to hit. ie. hit the "touch ac" vs. "normal ac".

Is the same true for an alchemist's bomb? References?

I'm painting up my goblins for my RotRL campaign, and would like some pointers on painting fire. Any body have any advice, or know of a link I can look at?

I could have sworn that somewhere on this board was a list of more buildings that could be built in the city, as well as graphics to go with them. Anybody know what I'm talking about, or am I just going insane?

I didn't see a thread for this, so I figured I'd start one.

Ideas for new flip mats!

1. An underground evil temple
2. A lava filled cavern
3. A forest meadow
4. A graveyard
5. A mansion (new, haunted, or otherwise)
6. A raging river (with or without suspension bridge)
7. A lake (maybe with an island in the middle)
8. A waterfront area (currently covered by map packs, maybe another one)
9. A small town
10. A street scene with buildings on both sides (the flip side could be back alleys)

Anybody else?

GenCon is only a week away. This time next week, us volunteer GM's will be asleep in our beds getting ready to run for four days straight.

Thought I'd share this. Just had my first bad dream about running at the Con.

First I showed up late to my game because I wasn't organized and ready to go, dropping stuff as I ran towards my table. Then, the table kept stretching away from the wall where the outlet was for my laptop (not sure why I was using a laptop). Finally, some guy didn't have a ticket, so he tried to pay me 18 cents in pennies, saying it was the same thing.

Very weird....

Did anybody else notice that the diorama pictures in the adventure looked a lot like stills from a cartoon...? Is there a Pathfinder cartoon in the making?

I did like them, btw.

From someone who played either the game portion, or the plot twisting portion, how was it?

I'm eager to hear how the new card deck was.

Anybody else running anything this afternoon/evening?

Is there a 3.5/3.75 version of this spell anywhere?

Could you please remove one of the two battlemats from the order? My friend found his missing mat. Thanks!

Is a witch's Evil Eye hex considered mind-affecting. According to the description it affects the mind, but I have a character that is saying since it's not specifically listed as "mind-affecting," like spell descriptions are, then it's not a mind-affect.

Opinions?

AH!!!!

Sorry, had to get that out..

So I logged on yesterday to see what lottery events I'd won, and I saw that I'd been double booked for the 1PM - 6PM slot on Saturday, getting both Suicidal Strikeforce (which my "buddy" signed up for), and Twisting Plots: The Crowd Messes with Greg A. Vaughan's Game (which I'd signed up for).

I didn't get a chance to post about this last night due to real life issues.

I log on this morning to fix it, and see that both have been removed from my schedule and are now full.

Thus..

AH!!!!!!

Help?

I just ran a combat with a roper. I noticed that there is no "grab" attached to the strands. I just wanted to see if this was an error or on purpose. Usually creatures with tentacle attacks automatically have grab.

Why does the darklands sentinel only have one feat? If he has 3 HD, he should have two.

I guess this is a question equally for the staff of Paizo and GM's from last years PFS at GENCON. I'm starting my preps for GENCON 2010 as a PFS GM, and I've got some questions.

1. Are we required to print up our own session sheets for all adventures we may run? If so, by my calculations, assuming siz players a game for some weird reason, I'd need 60 sheets for each possible adventure, for a grand total of 720 sheets of paper. This, of course, assumes I only play one PFS adventure the entire time.

2. Speaking of which, to the GM's, when did you find out which scenarios you were running? Obviously, Josh and staff have some way of determining this, but I'm curious when you found out.

3. Do I need to provide my own faction mission sheets? Again, see question one for the # of paper's issue, but this time 1440 sheets of paper, since there are always at least two sheets for faction missions, and there's always the odd chance that everyone will be the same faction and want their own copy to read.

4. To the GM's, any general suggestions for running at the CON? I was there playing last year, and I noticed that GM's varied greatly in how they played, what material they brought, etc. I've been running 20+ years, but I wanted to get insight from people that have already run at the CON. I was planning on packing a rolling tote bag with what I'll need, and run from my laptop like I do at home to save on books and weight.

Thanks for the info.

No biggy, but the scenario sheet for the adventure incorrectly lists the Tier 3-4 reward table as Tier 2-3. Looks like a fun adventure. Can't wait to run it!

Do we have a list of what (if any) PFS adventures are being run at the Con?

Can a vrock take a 5-foot step while doing his 3 rounds of dancing, or is dancing consider a move type action? We had a DM "dance down the hall" after the party, get them in LoS, and then activate the burst. I think this is legal, since it says you can take a 5-foot step as long as your fullround action doesn't involve movement, but dancing is moving, so...

Thoughts.

If a creature has two claw attacks and gets rend, they inflict rend damage if they hit with both claws. I know this. Now a player tries to tumble by, and provokes AoO's. The creature gets off two more successful claw attacks, o e in each square that provokes. Does it get rend?

According to the beastiary, a rend occurs when a creature makes two successful claw attacks in one round. Realism makes me want to add "while making a full attack action". According to the RAW, this doesn't hold true. So, if the creature makes two successful AoO's due to a failed tumble, it'd get rend. Is this correct?

Character is falling 100 ft, but wearing a ring of feather falling.

1. Character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character falls for 60 ft., ring turns off, character takes 35 (40 ft.) of falling damage?

2. Character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character falls for 60 ft., ring turns off, character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character lands safely?

3. Character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character falls 95 ft. and lands safely?

4. Character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character falls 60 ft. End of round. Next round, character falls 5 ft., ring activates, character lands.

Which one is the correct scenario. I'm guessing #4 is way off, and its either 1 or 2. I'm hoping 2, maybe 3, or my pathfinder society character just wasted 2,200 gp.

Thanks

For those that have been before, or are organzing this years Con...

How late do festivities usually last on Sunday? Is it a "done at noon" thing, or do we run through the evening? Trying to set up my flight schedule/hotel room and want to see if I need to leave on Monday instead of Sunday to head home.

Thanks.

Two questions came up in my game last night.

1. Can a player expend a PA point to add a +4 to their stabilization attempt roll (+4 to a skill check)?

2. When a bad guy gets away with some of the treasure, how does this effect the total money earned. I ran scenario #10 last night, and after nuking the party with all of his spells, Niccum fled the manse. Since he denied the party his treasure, it should affect the total money earned. Am I correct that all treasure value is determined by dividing the money earned for selling the item at 1/2 price by 6? Also, if this is true, how do I value out the spellbook he had?

Thanks

Has Paizo ever thought about making a bumper sticker advertising Pathfinder Society? Maybe something advertising that we are GMs/DMs and that they can contact us if they want to play. Just a thought.