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Hi!

Doubt my players would be here, but just in case: if you are in a game where you are searching for the guild that is pursuing your friend, have recently acquired a ship and have hired a troubadour, major spoilers ahead!

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My players have recently hired a troubadour to serve on their ship. For plot related reasons, I am going to reveal in a few sessions that he actually is a Lion Blade, and that the street performer part is just a front.

I'd like to build this character as he probably will be of some importance to the plot, but I'm having trouble striking balance between flavour and effectiveness. I have already introduced the character as being a juggler before even starting to think about the build, so I would like to make him a Juggler Bard / Lion Blade multiclass that throws knifes (or other weapons) in combat.

Thing is, I'm having trouble making the build work. Lion Blade has a lot of prerequisites which would require making a Bard/Rogue (for Bardic Performance and 2d6 Sneak Attack) and getting three additional feats (Improved Initiative, Deceitful and Skill Focus), but the knife thrower aspect will not be viable unless I go the PBS-->Rapid Shot route (probably grabbing Desna's fighting style too), which in itself requires I sink a few feats in it. Overall I'd really appreciate if anyone had tips that could make this work. I absolutely do not mind if the character is not min-maxed, I just want him to be somewhat viable!

The party is level 3 as of now, but I plan on making this character quite a bit stronger, probably level 6 or so. He won't be involved in a lot of major fights, so he's just there to help them out a bit and remind them that there are some powerful people around them!

Thanks!

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I understand there has been much discussion regarding Electric Arc's range. My understanding is that, RAW, the only requirement is for both targets to be within 30 ft. of the caster, and that's what most discussions seems to suggest.

But sometimes the rules are debated in-game, and I've had a GM outright rule out the second target within 30ft. due to the flavor text. I hate to drag a game down, so I'm more than happy to let it slide, but it would be nice if there was some official word on the ruling so we could link it when the discussion inevitably comes up. Was there any official word on it that I've missed?

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Quite confused as to the exact rules surrounding the Vanguard's entropic strike. Think I've got it (mostly) figured out, but just to make sure:

I find the wording "you can apply any weapon special property to your entropic strike as long as the effect can be applied to a one-handed advanced melee weapon that deals acid or bludgeoning damage " a bit confusing. For instance, could I use a Pike and apply reach to the Entropic Strike? No one-handed weapon has reach (as far as I know), but RAW there's nothing that explicitely says you couldn't apply reach to a one-handed weapon, circumstances permitting.

Which brings me to my second question: can you apply your entropic strike to a thrown weapon, say a Starknife? They are considered melee weapons, after all (going off THIS LINK, but that was for the playtest). Likewise, could you apply the returning weapon fusion to said Starknife and use Entropic Strike with it?

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I have recently received a Paizo voucher during PbP Gameday, which doesn't work at checkout. We got told that they might have been deactivated and to contact customer support. I haven't had much luck reaching them so far, so I am trying here! Please contact me via PM for details concerning the voucher.

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Hi everyone!

Currently rebuilding a SFS Android Technomancer that I have. Taking a look at the COM, I see that there's a new alternate racial trait called Infosphere Integration that replaces Exceptional Vision.

This really goes well with the concept I have in mind for my character, so I have half a mind to switch it, but I keep hearing that darkvision is pretty much mandatory in any given party. Personally, I have yet to use it to great extent (but I pretty much only play low tiers, which might be part of the explanation), so I wanted to hear your opinions on darkvision. Is it really that good/useful? Might it be worth to switch it for Infosphere Integration? Is it a viable alternative to use Darvision Capacitors?

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Hi!

Having trouble with wrapping my head around some of the rules surrounding Reach weapons and AoO. Apologies in advance as it seems this question is asked a lot, but none of the threads I've found really helped me.

So, based on This Rules reference card and this FAQ, it seems that you threaten the second diagonal with a Reach weapon. This would mean that any action normally provoking an AoO (as well as passing through the square) would provoke from the character on the second diagonal. Is that right?

But as the square is 15 ft. away, you can't make a non-AoO attack on that square, am I mistaken? So while the threatened are would be a full square, the area in which you can attack normally would be a square without corners:

O X X X O
X O O O X
X O C O X
X O O O X
O X X X O

C = Character
X = Square you can attack
O = Squares you cannot attack

Have I missed something?
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Currently building a Magus, and I stumbled upon Walter's Guide to the Magus:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DB6sOfbAzFmKVPgcyLWipTVqvWFjfDSv6v_YiGQ b5Yw/edit?usp=sharing

Now, I'm using Abellius' autofill character sheet, and with Studded Leather (+3) and +4 Dex, I'm getting 17 AC @ lvl 1. Though, the guide, under the section "Dervish Build", lists his AC as 18. Did I miss something?

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Hi!

Very new to Pathfinder, I'm building a Life Oracle with the Dual-Cursed archetype, which says the following:

"[...] In addition, the cursed oracle may select the following revelations in place of a mystery revelation.

Misfortune (Ex): At 1st level, as an immediate action, you can force a creature within 30 feet to reroll any one d20 roll that it has just made before the results of the roll are revealed"

Now, I'd like to take the Channel Energy revelation at first level, and Misfortune at a higher level, but I'm not too sure what the "At 1st level" actually means. Does it mean I have to take it at first level, otherwise it's lost, or can I take it at whatever level I want?

Thanks!