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I don't see the problem. You are the GM you control what is and is not allowed in your games. I do the same thing with Ninja's and Samurai, and a lot of the non human looking races.

If you do not want him to play the race simply tell him its not allowed.

If he insists, tell him to run a game or to find a new one to play in.

^^^^^^^

I think people are underestimating what some of these creatures can do quite greatly.

People know what they can do, the encounters have just been dumbed down to favor the characters and limit the creatures.

Is there any chance of adding any no toys pledge levels/ I just cannot see myself paying money for the toy ships.

Like possibly a 425-450$ level the same as the 500$ level minus the 3 ships and mini.

425$ Buccaneer no toys: Both Pathfinder and Swords & Wizardry Signed & Numbered Hardcover Copies of Razor Coast w/ PDF, 2 Player's Guide w/ PDF, 2 pads of Character Sheets, both PF & SW EXCLUSIVE bonus modules by Casey Christofferson.

225$ Swashbuckler SW of Pathfinder no Mini: Swords & Wizardry or Pathfinder Signed & Numbered Hardcover Copies of Razor Coast w/ PDF, print Player's Guide w/ PDF, EXCLUSIVE bonus module by Casey Christofferson.

Yeah, I am just looking for 2 copies of all the printed materials (1 of each version), nothing else. maybe a map if they could be added on, but I have no room for ships and stuff.

Bird (Eagle/Hawk/Owl)

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft. (average); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die

Okay so I have a question. My friend is intending to play a wrestler in my next game. The monk is not allowed so he can't play a full sumo. However, he wants to play a wrestler with the Rikishi diet. My friend is an optimal gamer and we are using point method for attributes. He is destroying all of his mental stats, and going for high strength and constitution. My question comes with the Rikishi Diet feat. Is the feat a little overpowered for a first level character? My friend with this will have a CMB of +8 and a CMD of 20 with the way he has made his character, plus he will be considered large, which makes him able to grapple enemies from a square away. When he requested to play this, I thought whoa this is overpowered for a first level character! I do understand that he needs to eat at least 5 trail rations a day, but a character who has a super high strength it won't matter for his encumbrance. I don't want to upset the player, but I guess I didn't understand that Rikishi diet was that strong of a feat. Oh and the player has already told me, that because his character's intelligence is so low, he intends to eat anything he can scavenge if he runs out of trail rations. Love the class, not sure about the Rikishi diet. Please Help!!!

He is only treated as large for the purpose of Grappling and forced movement. He does't get reach or anything else for being counted as large.

Benefit: You count as one size category larger for the purposes of grappling and resisting forced movement.

The Leng stuff is awesome, we need a 100% Lovcraftian/Mythos AP extravaganza!!!

Falchions look better.

LOL. This is funny stuff.

This will be one of the few 3PP PDF only products I ever buy.

From the FAQ

Trip Weapons: If you want to make a trip combat maneuver, do you have to use a weapon with the trip special feature?

No. When making a trip combat maneuver, you don't have to use a weapon with the trip special feature--you can use any weapon. For example, you can trip with a longsword or an unarmed strike, even though those weapons don't have the trip special feature.
Note that there is an advantage to using a weapon with the trip special feature (a.k.a. a "trip weapon") when making a trip combat maneuver: if your trip attack fails by 10 or more, you can drop the trip weapon instead of being knocked prone.

On a related note, you don't have to use a weapon with the disarm special feature (a.k.a. a "disarm weapon") when making a disarm combat maneuver--you can use any weapon.

Note: This is a revision of this FAQ entry based on a Paizo blog about combat maneuvers with weapons. The previous version of this FAQ stated that using a trip weapon was the only way you could apply weapon enhancement bonuses, Weapon Focus bonuses, and other such bonuses to the trip combat maneuver roll. The clarification in that blog means any weapon used to trip applies these bonuses when making a trip combat maneuver, so this FAQ was updated to omit the "only trip weapons let you apply these bonuses" limitation.

—Sean K Reynolds, 03/15/11

So both weapons (any weapons) are able to trip so I guess the answer is yes.

All I can say is I would run away from this group if I was any of the other players. Having one person complain and try to control anothers gameplay basically before it has even started is a little on the zealous side.

Seems like poor coping and or roleplay skills to me if letting a OOC comment or reading of someones character sheet can cause so much discontent on a persons part.

Some people here are going to argue what a bad person/wimp/jerk you are for not letting the guy play whatever he wants. Others are going to make a case for evil games/evil characters as if they never were, and never will be disruptive or bad at all. (Some are, some aren't.)

That's all horse pie. Those people know it.

But the short and only true and right answer is this. It's a game. You gotta have fun or there's no reason for playing it. To have fun, you gotta be comfortable. And if you're not comfortable with evil characters around, you get to say so and you are not a bad person for saying so calmly and respectfully.

So tell your GM respectfully how you feel, and ask him if it is worth it to mention it to the player out-of-game, or if the GM is okay with mitigating this in-game.

But say something, and suffer no guilt.

So are you saying the one persons fun should trump the other persons?

If you do not mind using 3PP monsters there is the Devil, Lilin

"Among the devilish ranks, lilins serve as spies and information gatherers. Though they possess decent combat skills, they generally do not serve in the hellish armies in any other role. Many an arch-devil, ignoring the foolish rumors that lilins are indeed some demon-devil crossbreed, has employed the services of a lilin on more than one occasion. Even now, many arch-devils keep a small retinue of these devilish mistresses stashed in a rival’s palace gathering as much information as they can on each other."

Since this is a Player Companion, I was really looking forward to this as a player. However, as a player I feel like that this book is just full of super specific options that I'm probably never going to use. So much of this books is spent on roles and traits for organizations that I just don't ever see PCs joining. There is just so much trouble involved with a PC joining one of these orders. That's why the knights that I have seen played are usually the knight-errant type with simple ties to certain areas, religions, or ideals.

But am I the only one he sees it that way? Unless you are playing in a really specific campaign, isn't it really disruptive when one player decides to become a Hellknight for instance? What does the rest of the party do while that person is training to become a Hellnight, is taking his Test, and then getting orders to carry out from his superiors. Do they just go along with the Hellnight? Or does the Hellnight order let its new initiates go "adventuring" with random people all the time?

And that brings up another point. Do you let 1st level characters call themselves Hellknights? Even though it says that they must face a life-or-death challenge vs a devil to become one? If not, then the only way to take any of those traits is via the Extra Traits feat, which pushes these traits even further away from ever being used.

I had other problems with this book as well. I mean, there is an entire page dedicated to saying that dwarven knights don't use mounts, wear heavy armor, and wield two handed weapons, while elves use light armor, bows, and majestic beasts. Nothing even remotely new there. And Squire grants you a cohort 2 levels earlier than leadership, but because he is 1st level he is in constant danger of being knocked out (or even outright killed) by a single CR appropriate AoE attack.

The only things I may use from this book are the Carry Companion spell, which is awesome; the Cavalier Orders, which are okay; and the Knightly Code Traits, which are finally Traits...

Honestly quite a lot of options are that way from most of the books IF you are running a AP. Now if you are running a homebrew game while just using Golarion as the setting that will open up a lot of the options.

You should read these articles.

All About Illusions (Part One)
All About Illusions (Part Two)
All About Illusions (Part Three)
All About Illusions (Part Four)

I've backed this and I might break my no 3PP rule someday when Paizo finally decides what it is going to do with Psionics. I'm just waiting for the separate Psionics Expanded: Advanced Psionics Guide,then the Ultimate Psionics book when that is done.

How 'bout the power to kill a yak from 200 yards away...with mind bullets!

That's telekinesis, Kyle.

Gotta catch em all.

And I did..

Optimization is overrated.

It sounds like you are a poor fit for that group. They seem to be having fun and enjoying themselves and you seem to be in the minority and are not. Just a case of a bad fit, look for a new group instead of trying to change them or spoil your gameplay to fit in.

Sacred Bond
School conjuration (healing); Level cleric/oracle 3, inquisitor 2, paladin 2

Once the spell has been cast, you and the target may cast conjuration (healing) spells with a range of touch upon each other so long as you are within close range (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels). Should either you or the target remove your bracelet, the spell immediately ends.

Kill em all, let Pharasma sort them out.

1. No you cannot attack someone 5' away with a reach weapon.
2. Yes but the creature/person being attacked has cover
3. Same as number 1
4. Yes

Most of it is common sense. Try wrapping your head around attacking diagonally with reach weapons at distances greater than 10 feet.

But a class should be able to do what their very NAME suggests they do without depending on others and wasting the other party member's actions. Especially when multiple other classes can do it on their own without wasting someone's actions and throwing away money (Barbarian has dragon totem, Synthesist has overland flight or flight evolution, Magus has Force Hook Charge/Dimension Door+Spell Combat with Feather Fall prepared).

So fighters should be able to fly as a class ability?

Wow.

Like Bomanz said, use a bow, fight it that way.

So now I have read the Crown of the World has ruins of a culture that predates even the Aboleth coming to the world (I have a lot of catching up to do on reading). So...now there is a wild card in the deck.

Those are the Elder Thing's the supposed true creators off all life on the planets. But they lost a war with the Aboleths on Golarion.

I could not really find a definitive answer a question I have.

Can you use a Bardic Performance and Masterpieces at the same time?

Example: Inspire Courage as a Dervish Dancers Battle Dance and The Dance of 23 Steps

Masterpiece says that they are a unusual application of the Bardic Performance ability. And they use rounds of bardic performance. But are they actual bardic performances?

James Jacobs answered Here with a yes. I was just wondering what everyone else thought.

Soporific Lotus wrote:

Can a bardic masterpiece be used while maintaining a bardic performance such as inspire courage? Masterpieces obviously consume rounds of performance but its not clear to me if they actually count as bardic performances.

Yes.

All I can say is Slumbering Tsar. How many meaningless deaths have to occur until the 1st edition feel is done away with. We have lost ten characters to no save death traps. WTF this is so dumb and not fun at all. Does anyone else like being arbitrarily killed with no way to really do anything about it. Let me know.

I prefer to play Hard Mode with no cheats enabled. If the GM is not trying his best within the rules to kill me the game just breaks down to "the players win and we will just run through some encounters while already knowing the outcome".

Pathfinder is beginner mode IMO (with cheat codes).

My first gaming experience was 1979 at 7 years old when my father killed off my half elf ranger in module T-1 Village of Hommlet. So hardcore DnD is what I prefer and am used to.

Wendigos are scary/horrifying but at CR6 fall a long shot short of 'powerful monster'!

But following that theme of low CR horrifying monsters - the Voor!

You mean CR 17.

Wendigo are horrifically nasty creatures. They bury you in howling winds and feet of snow without respite. They tormet the nightmares of defenseless NPCs seemingly at random. At the worst moments, those afflicted with the psychosis cannibalize their spouse or children before running their feet off in the sky into burned stumps, screaming all the while ... then you have more than one wendigo ... and the accursed storm just ... doesn't ... stop ... more and more turn on the survivors ... when none are left alive to eat, they spread into the world ...

I statted up Grandfather Death a short time ago. While his stat block needs some tweaking, he's gawdawful in the Turin way .... ^__^

Have you ever seen the movie Ravenous. Its a pretty good movie about the Wendigo legend.

That is probably the ugliest mini I have ever seen.

I have some interest in this game. I have a D20Pro GM licence+12 players so I have my own licence.

I will keep up on this thread.

we were discussing that i would not get my sneak damage when 30ft or less away, so by Mr. Shadows explanation, i still would get my sneak damage in that case.

Yes if the target is denied a dexterity bonus to AC. Not just any old time you are within 30 feet.

The reason I say spoiled players is that a person comes here to post about how horribad their GM is and wants them to sign a petition basically.

None of us know anything about the nature of the situation except what the poster writes (which could be all lies). Then they more than likely will use people agreeing with them as evidence to prove to their GM just how bad they are.

It is something that happens over and over on these boards and should never be posted up in the first place.

Does it work that way?

You cannot take the revelation until 11th level. So you shouldn't be able to apply the bonus from favored level until 11th. So at 12th level it would be at a level 13.

I don't think you can apply a bonus to something you do not have.

So I think the earliest you could get 17th level would be at 15th.

I have been roleplaying for over 32 years and I started GMing almost immediately.

I say if you want good experience there is no better way than to jump in a make mistakes, its a good way to learn.

I make tons of mistakes and like I said I have been playing for over 32 years.

As long as everyone is having fun who cares if you make mistakes.

Some people prefer to steamroll every encounter.

Some people prefer a challenge.

You cannot please them all.

No.

I use D20Pro and I love it.

Nice!!!!!!!!!

Link to press release

I do not know where it would fit best but when I was running a Necroworld themed game I stuck it just above the Malgorian Mountains in Varisia. I stuck Tomb of Abysthor in the Fogscar Mountains and Rappan Athuk in the Sanos forest.

I substituted Reme for Magnimar and Fairhill for Sandpoint. I just added Bards Gate along the Yondabakari River.

HERE is a little conversation about that topic of gods from the Necromancer games forums.

This is a troll post right?

I love lamp.

bigkilla wrote:

Just let your fighter know that by RAW you cannot vital strike on a charge.

If you can execute an attack at the end of a standard action charge, wouldn't that make it an "attack action"?

No. Two entirely different actions.

Here is a quote from Jason Bulmahn the lead designer.

As of the current rules, you cannot use Vital Strike as part of a charge. Vital Strike is an attack action, which is a type of standard action. Charge is a special full-round action (excluding partial charge). You cannot currently combine the two. The preview was in error. Alas I did not catch it until weeks later, and by then, there was no point in digging up old topics.

Hope that helps...

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing

WINNING!!!

Hmmm, I need to finish up A Dance with Dragons so I can go back to the Pathfinder Tales books.

IMO the layout and look of the book is amazing, very easy to read and look at. I like the different symbols for the boxed text, or skill challenge, its a cool concept.