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Cause I am !!!

Cause I am !!!!

One question about Arch types:

There is a Pathfinder Archetype called Inspired Blade. It gets to add Dex damage at Level 1 by taking Slashing Grace early as opposed to level 3 by letting you have Weapon Focus free. The Big Drawback, no Panache for Kills only confirming Crits.

Do you think that’s equal to losing the Crit to kills ? Seems a lot to give away.

You know, I’ve been distracted by rules talk from the real reason to post here...

You are going to play with Greg Vaughn! That’s awesome!

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I count myself very lucky indeed ! The group also includes the Remarkable Lou Agresta, the Amazing Neil Spicer, and some kid who knows a lot about Greyhawk and Cheliax named Erik Mona. Hope he’s not the weak link.

Swashbuckler's flair are items. Worth looking up on Archives of Nethys.

OMG words!

He meant SWORDMASTER'S Flair, my search for pfsrd blue scarf flair kept taking me to My Mom's (I'm visiting her for the Holiday) Nordstrom's womens fashion page!!!

Hilt Hammer

A front-liner is meant to do damage and you can't take piranha strike

My God even with Google it took me the better part of an hour to find out what that damned Hilt Hammer does. I've been gaming since 1980 and game slang and dice speak still slips by.

And why can't I take Piranha strike?

That seems very much part of the build.

The Swashbuckler's flair is much more useful as it allows all the sweet bonuses of reach without any negatives.

I'm very sorry I lost you on your short hand here.

Merry Christmas!

If you want a very standard Swash build then here's a proposed feat path. I also recommend you to take the Scion of Humanity ART so you qualify for the +1/4 Panache FCB.

Does not have to be Standard at all, was looking for help with Level dips (partially for Class Features and Saves), Archtypes and Feats.

Wanted to do a level of Paladin but Greg Vaughn said he can not see me play a Paladin. Not yet done reading your posts I have to check the rules you mention as I go.

In PFS, my swashbuckler has a bard dip for story reasons but it actually helps out a lot to make them be that all-rounder that you always need in Pathfinder Society play.

I helped with PFS for many years, was the Bard level for Social encounters?

At higher levels then combat reflexes combined with stylish riposte and the blue-scarf swashbuckler's flair

Sorry, you lost me on your short hand there, blue-scarf flair?

Thank you very much Wonderstell (for going above and beyond), *Khan*, GeraintElberion, & Belafon.

Happy Holidays !!

Going to read these and look over, I'm sure I will have questions.

GeraintElberion, that's still you right? I've been reading your posts since Dragon Magazine and Dungeon Mag days.

Happy to see fellow grognards still here.

baron arem heshvaun wrote:

Hello again All FaWtL !!!

Happy Christmas !!! I asked Freehold DM where to post for advice and decided to put the querry here as well.

HELP ME BREAK GREG VAUGHN

I have been fortunate to be invited to play in a Campaign with Pathfinder Author Greg Vaughn, who has killed so many of us in his award winning AP Contributions. Greg is a lovely fellow in real life, but loves to kill characters at conventions to humble we who think we know every trick in the book.

We start the campaign this weekend and I need help with a Swashbuckler build. Go for broke. Anything in a Paizo rulebook is allowed.

Please feel free to add other Class Levels in the build and suggest archtypes, traits & feats.

I was going to Level dip in Paladin for Saves and Smite but Greg said thats the one class he can't see me play (he's right), advice for level dip and when they occur would be great.

I am on of the two Martial Classes and there is no real tank.

Here is what I have so far:

Race: Aasimar, Azata Blooded

Class: Swashbuckler 1

Rolled Stats 4d6 take best 3

ST: 11

DEX: 17 + 2 = 19

CON: 15

INT: 12

WIS: 12

CHA: 14 + 2 = 16

Once per day: Glitterdust

Starting Gold: 170 GP

Possible Feats: Steadfast Personality (??)

Going with a Scimitar (Saber) as the primary weapon

Happy Holidays, Cheers and thank you !!!

With no strength, what is your plan for going dex to damage?

Swashbucklers pair well with other dex/charisma classes. A level or two of rogue/ninja/slayer could work well, depending on what your party does.
Swashbuckler is relatively front loaded, so you get most of what you want by level seven. So dipping another class for a level or two can be benefisial.

Thank you for the input, may I kindly ask how you would build that PC? I am more than a little rusty.

Dex to Damage comes from Slashing Grace.

Sorry, more than a little rusty.

baron arem heshvaun wrote:

Going with a Scimitar (Saber) as the primary weapon

Hm. You won't be able to apply Swashbuckler's Finesse to that since it isn't a piercing weapon, at least not without Slashing Grace. So it might be an idea to start out with a Rapier until you can apply your dex to attack with scimitars, or use the Whirling Dervish archetype if you can worship Sarenrae.

baron arem heshvaun wrote:

Please feel free to add other Class Levels in the build and suggest archtypes, traits & feats.

Rich Parents for a +730 GP boost to your starting wealth (Chosen Child is region-locked). Since you're actually starting out at level 1 you'll have to do what you can to survive. This might include buying a Wand of CLW if you have someone in your party that can use it without UMD.

And before I start seeing what sticks, what character choices aren't changeable? Race, ability scores, main class, weapon choice.

Merry Christmas and thanks for all the help so far, it is appreciated!!!!!

Race is locked to Aasimar, Stats can be moved around, Slashing Grace will be swaped out for Swashbuckler Finesse, it’s a fair and DM approved trade.

The Extra GP early on for Trait never appealed to me alas, I would rather use the Traits for more long term Campaign boosts.

Hello again All FaWtL !!!

Happy Christmas !!! I asked Freehold DM where to post for advice and decided to put the querry here as well.

HELP ME BREAK GREG VAUGHN

I have been fortunate to be invited to play in a Campaign with Pathfinder Author Greg Vaughn, who has killed so many of us in his award winning AP Contributions. Greg is a lovely fellow in real life, but loves to kill characters at conventions to humble we who think we know every trick in the book.

We start the campaign this weekend and I need help with a Swashbuckler build. Go for broke. Anything in a Paizo rulebook is allowed.

Please feel free to add other Class Levels in the build and suggest archtypes, traits & feats.

I was going to Level dip in Paladin for Saves and Smite but Greg said thats the one class he can't see me play (he's right), advice for level dip and when they occur would be great.

I am on of the two Martial Classes and there is no real tank.

Here is what I have so far:

Race: Aasimar, Azata Blooded

Class: Swashbuckler 1

Rolled Stats 4d6 take best 3

ST: 11

DEX: 17 + 2 = 19

CON: 15

INT: 12

WIS: 12

CHA: 14 + 2 = 16

Once per day: Glitterdust

Starting Gold: 170 GP

Possible Feats: Steadfast Personality (??)

Going with a Scimitar (Saber) as the primary weapon

Happy Holidays, Cheers and thank you !!!

Hi All,

I have been fortunate to be invited to play in a Campaign with Pathfinder Author Greg Vaughn, who has killed so many of us in his award winning AP Contributions. Greg is a lovely fellow in real life, but loves to kill characters at conventions to humble we who think we know every trick in the book.

We start the Aegis of Empires Campaign this weekend and I need help with a Swashbuckler build. Go for broke. Anything in a Paizo rulebook is allowed.

Please feel free to add other Class Levels in the build and suggest archtypes, traits & feats.

I was going to Level dip in Paladin for Saves and Smite but Greg said thats the one class he can't see me play (he's right), advice for level dip and when they occur would be great.

I am on of the two Martial Classes and there is no real tank.

Here is what I have so far:

Race: Aasimar, Azata Blooded

Class: Swashbuckler 1

Rolled Stats 4d6 take best 3

ST: 11

DEX: 17 + 2 = 19

CON: 15

INT: 12

WIS: 12

CHA: 14 + 2 = 16

Once per day: Glitterdust

Starting Gold: 170 GP

Possible Feats: Steadfast Personality (??)

Going with a Scimitar (Saber) as the primary weapon

Happy Holidays, Cheers and thank you.

Bump like it’s Jan 1, 2009.

Le Bump and Grind

@Tacticslion can @Freehold DM give me an invite to the Discord?

He has all my contact info and I am rather weaksauce on tech and do not want to trouble you, although he may have missed my message a few pages back.

Don’t mind what follows,

Hey there baron! I hope that you are doing well.

Hey Sharoth, my fave tin dragonne, how I have missed you!

Cheers to you! Hope your new age catagory has given you a slew of new abilities!

Have you unlocked how to make killer banana pudding and how to shrug off tequila hangovers yet?

@Tacticslion hope you are well, can @Freehold DM give me an invite to the Discord?

He has all my contact info and I am rather weaksauce on tech and do not want to trouble you.

I hope everyone is doing well, all things considering.

Please keep safe in these times.

I come bearing some very minor good news:

HBO GO/NOW will have free movies/series/documentaries starting tomorrow, including Pokemon Detective Pikachu.    No subscription required. (link)

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9 Full Series

Ballers (5 Seasons)

Barry (2 Seasons)

Silicon Valley (6 Seasons)

Six Feet Under (5 Seasons)

The Sopranos (7 Seasons)

Succession (2 Seasons)

True Blood (7 Seasons)

Veep (7 Seasons)

The Wire (5 Seasons)

10 Docuseries and Documentaries

The Apollo

The Case Against Adnan Syed

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Jane Fonda in Five Acts

McMillion$

True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality

United Skates

We Are the Dream: The Kids of the MLK Oakland Oratorical Fest

20 Warner Bros. Theatricals

Arthur

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

Blinded By the Light

The Bridges of Madison County

Crazy, Stupid, Love

Empire of the Sun

Forget Paris

Happy Feet Two

Isn't It Romantic?

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Midnight Special

My Dog Skip

Nancy Drew And The Hidden Staircase

Pan

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Red Riding Hood

Smallfoot

Storks

Sucker Punch

Unknown

I can personally vouch for Barry and Veep, many friends swear by The Wire, I plan to see Succession.

Upon competing Runelords, will be running either Crimson Throne or Shattered Star. Still weighing support for both APs.

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Rakshaka, I am using your campaign notes for my second run of Carrion Crown and I am very grateful for them and all your work.

I completed Crimson Throne as a player and Shattered Star as the GM, and even I would have to endorse Crimson Throne for your next AP, and if you are up to it, Shatterd Star can be run as a sequel of sorts to Crimson Throne anyways.

Cheers again to all your work on the Horror AP!

Welcome to The Carrion Crown AP!!!

I like your idea, in both campaigns I run I made Adrissant a dear friend of the Professor and was the benefactor who paid for the early careers of the the PCs, he is with the Professor in an early scene, a few years later he is a pallbearer and sings The Future Belongs to Me at the funeral, he is quite familiar with the PCs from many years of contact and can scry them at any time he chooses.

I’m running the AP now and you can PM me for direct advice, I have one more GM and the authors of Broken Moon and Wake of the Watcher giving advice as well on chat.

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Suggestions from whom?

(new comic)

Baron,

Considering I've been in multiple groups and none of them had any subtlety about voicing their dislike of my wizards...I think my paladins are more welcome.

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Unloved and Under Appreciated PC Wizards you say? Now that’s my area of advanced doctrinal expertise.

All I have know I've played plenty of paladins and only TWO groups tried to kill my paladins...

That you KNEW of.

Dragon,

I doubt it. Also while Julia is TN, I don't see her HELPING Team evil JUST yet.

Team Demon on the other hand...maybe.

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I don’t think that other invisible party was helping Team Evil as well.

Hi James

Have you heard of the newly discovered Tyrannosaur Reaper of Death?

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To be fair here, that’s a solid Perception roll for a Fighter.

Giantitp.com's forums are down until further notice; Rich started a Patreon to get it back up.

Share an update Mortagon.

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Thank you gents!!

Thank you for your advice gents.

There was an earlier D&D edition proficiency called Weather Sense, a character’s understanding of weather cycles and patterns.

That would fall under Knowledge Nature as well?

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Christopher Tolkien has passed away today at the age of 95. Thank you for all the work you did for your father's legacy, and for us.

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The Road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
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Like I said up thread, God Bless Mortagon! Thank you, remarkable stuff!!

Congratulations on the start of your Campaign Mortagon!

I ran this AP many years ago and will be running it again soon for a new group with one veteran player and four brand new ones to Pathfinder.

May we each have success with running in the new year!

Please keep us posted.

Hi Set

Would you please help a fellow Grognard.

I need help with a PC who wants to run a Druid of Sheela Peryroyl, the proficiency Herbalism from Second Ed D&D translates into what in Pathfinder 1E?

How about the proficiency for Agriculture? Profession Farmer?

Let me know. Thank you.

Its from a different Star-based series, but this post and this entire thread reminds me of why you are, and will always be, my friend, Baron Arem Hashevaum.

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To be logically precise here, I was already a big Freehold DM Fan long before the original Pathfinder Core Rulebook.

This is the Way!!!

SPOILERS

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Opening Crawl

EPISODE IX THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

The dead speak! The galaxy has heard a mysterious broadcast, a threat of REVENGE in the sinister voice of the late EMPEROR PALPATINE .

GENERAL LEIA ORGANA dispatches secret agents to gather intelligence, while REY, the last hope of the Jedi, trains for battle against the diabolical FIRST ORDER.

Meanwhile, Supreme Leader KYLO REN rages in search of the phantom Emperor, determined to destroy any threat to his power ...

Final Trailer

Shame! Shame!

Encounter idea.

After the PCs find the cursed items in the prison, when they return to the safety of the Lorrimor residence, have the Lopper through his axe posses Kendra as they sleep one evening, one of them can awake to see her standing over their beds, grinning wide eyed, clearly not herself and then force the players to save her without harming her.

No Time to Die Trailer

Teaser

1189: Wait and See

Now begins the winter of our discontent.

That’s the most perfect quote for this TriOmegaZero.

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE HAUNT CARDS THAT SHOULD WORK.

Happy haunting!

Does anyone know how to save this on iBooks on the iPhone X?

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I summon ye to the front page!

It's the Amway of witchcraft! Each witch takes a Patron from the more established witches, and then recruits lower level people to be witches, taking *her* as their Patron!

I find that the “Amway of witchcraft” is rather redundant.

My Mandalorian Musings

About 30 posts so far.

Winston Churchill he is not.
But Roy still gets my vote.

Great art for use with Haunt Syphons and potions.