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Vudra specific archetypes and details from there

Only PC death I've seen was a pregen we brought as a backup. Aside from that, only a couple from Year 1 have come close to seriously hurting us

PFS games restarted after Christmas here. Unfortunately despite the store owner having a word, no joy. Apparantly Pathbuilder doesn't handle the crits right. By that point, it was 10 minutes into the session with a new player. I wasn't exactly going to start a fight then.

To an extent each season is its own arc. However, the only thing I've seen that's close to what you describe is any additions to the title or description that say "Part of XYZ story". I would be interested in an updated list though.

Sorry you're dealing with this. I actually use a dice roller to save table space and time. It's just faster for me to press buttons than it is to dig out dice, chase dice, and all the other fun stuff. If they're worried about cheating, I would offer to sit next to them so they can see your screen. With the few cheaters I've caught and dealt with over the years, they try to put themselves and their dice as far away from the GM as they can be. Kinda clue #1 to that behavior. Maybe they'd be more accommodating that way?

Just a thought.

Hopefully yes. Thankfully recently they haven't run anything in the runup to Christmas/New Year.

Sometimes logistics are a bit off due to room size (one room we regularly use is so cramped that we have to play a variation of musical chairs if the wrong person wants to go to the toilet. If I get there early enough I tend to get a seat basically next to the GM but at a 90 degree angle to them. I've always offered to share rolls as required.

Only big rolls I've seen that aren't covered by Pathbuilder 2e are death saves and the 2d8 health recovery rolls for treat wound checks. And I could easily enough figure something out if I was desperate.

There might be reasons for it, but it is certainly something to talk with your local VO about. It might also be the case that the GMs find it easier to see the dice than you calling out the number - or there might have been issues or worries about people cheating.

Or maybe try some online gaming, where using a VTT is perfectly normal, and people wanting to roll their own dice are the minority.

Unfortunately the local VO is one of the two who started calling for it...... and is also a friend of the store owner. Main reason I went to said store owner first is to ask "how do I approach this?" To which the response was that the store owner would have a word and ask.

Otherwise, I may just try going online for a few games more

Minor update for this: I spoke to the store owner, pointed out it was kinda taking me out of the zone because disabled brain is weird. Owner said they'd have a word. Not sure if that happened yet, but it only seems to be maybe 2 GMs, one of which ran today. Second roll in, I got "please can you use physical dice" which brought me out of my zone. I'm going to ask if that conversation did happen before doing anything else because I really don't feel comfortable playing with those GMs now if they're going to pull this stuff 10 minutes into session. Especially when the room we're in barely fits 7 people+GM screen.

I really want an inventor subclass that comes off partly as an alchemist bomber for items that aren't necessarily bombs.

Also, possibly a way for either gunslinger, fighter or inventor to have an option for a 2handed pepperbox for firing rate.

Just from reading Shift Immanence from Pathbuilder I am seeing the following:

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That ikon ... is empowered in a way that matches your growing divinity, granting the ikon the divine trait and granting you that ikon's immanence effects for as long as your divine spark is empowering it. Your spark is indivisible, so it can empower only one ikon at a time.

So it seems pretty iron-clad that you can only have one Immanence effect active at once.

Even if it is allowed to put two or more ikons into the same item, you could only power one ikon in there at a time.

This absolutely makes sense.

I had a reread of the rules and ikons. If we allow that you can stack "Skin Hard as Horn" on skin and "Scar of the Survivor" on skin level scars, this would imply you can stack ikons into the same item.

Reasonable. I think the wording needs cleaning up ever so slightly to clarify whether item ikons can hold multiple ikons.
Based on how the body ikons work, my interpretation is that the body can hold multiple ikons. Depending on how Rules As Intended were designed, items could hold multiple ikons.
Maybe some phrasing like "item ikons may not share an item" would work. Or "Multiple ikons may be put in the same item but only one may be activated at a time"

If the idea is that the same weapon is both the Barrow's Edge Ikon and the Gleaming Blade Ikon so that when you Spark Transcendence for one of them then the Immanence moves to the other Ikon of the same weapon - and since it is the same weapon that is both Ikons then the Immanence is still in both Ikons at the same time ... then you can Spark Transcendence of the same Ikon repeatedly without needing to Shift Immanence...

Then, no.

The idea isn't for Sparking Transcendence. I'm trying to find out if the Immenance stacks

Ikons are items (or body parts).

So you need to select 3 items/body parts.

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Ikons are items or bodily

features intrinsically linked to you—sacred vessels
forged from your divinity that are capable of conducting
its power. Select three ikons from the list

Makes sense

Hi all. I'm currently looking at the exemplar class and wondering whether I need to select 3 seperate ikons, or if I can use the same ikon for several things. For example, stacking barrow's edge ikon and gleaming blade.

eachtoxicwolf wrote:

Is the exemplar class allowed in Pathfinder Society? The boon text I can see says "exemplar multiclass archetype" which to me implies archetype rather than class

Character options

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All Pathfinder agents have access to the rare exemplar class. The exemplar archetype is only available as a boon from the Boon Store.

Thanks. I feel a bit silly now

Is the exemplar class allowed in Pathfinder Society? The boon text I can see says "exemplar multiclass archetype" which to me implies archetype rather than class

That’s funny, though not for you. The rationale is technically correct—digital randomization is not random—but one would need to be very adept at computer science to abuse that fact.

More likely could be that a specific version of dice roller is suspected of being controlled so rather than playing whack-a-mole versus digital apps, they banned all dice rollers. Suggest they generate a list of allowed dice rollers. Pathbuilder should have a decent reputation.

Worth a try. Thanks for the advice. Funny thing is, I am using Pathbuilder to generate the dice rolls.

Only other thing I'm tempted to suggest is that their dice may not be 100% random due to damage from use or imperfections when created

There is no PFS-wide rule or restriction about rolling via an app or using physical dice.

The usual reason why a GM will mandate physical dice at their table is to be able to see what players rolled and determine whether this matches what they say they rolled. In other words, there is, or has been, a suspicion of dice rolls being fudged by somebody using an app where the rolls could not be seen by anyone else. This doesn't necessarily mean that you specifically are suspected; it may be that they were told to apply this policy uniformly (i.e. for everyone to "roll openly").

Talk to the VO for your venue. If the reason for the mandate is the desire for open rolling, there may be reasonable alternatives that serve the same purpose, such as showing your screen.

Perfect, thanks. I'll have a try next time I meet the VO. I've followed a policy of sharing my screen on request, and generally whenever I feel anything is questioned. The reason I was given for using physical dice was that the apps used aren't mathematically random enough for the GM.

Hi all

Are there any restrictions to IRL sessions for whether I use a dice rolling app or physical dice for Pathfinder Society games?

My curiousity arises from the fact that my local gaming store has been running sessions for several months now and nobody has cared about what I use to roll dice. However, recently the GMs have started requiring that I roll physical dice. This has made it much harder for my brain to focus on the game, as I am used to keeping track of my stats etc on pathbuilder 2e, then using that to generate a dice roll. I am tempted to have a word, but it's only happened twice and I don't want to cause too much trouble with the group yet.

eachtoxicwolf wrote:

Does anyone know if champions can take the obedience cause and touch of the void devotion spell? This is for a potential character I want to spin up

Yes and yes.

To help you navigate character options in the future, is there a specific reason why you're unsure if either are allowed?

To expand on this: character option page says that all options in PC2 are standard unless otherwise noted, and both of those are among common options, and neither requires sanctioning to unholy (which is specifically illegal).

Many thanks for the response. I didn't want to assume that either option was allowed, due to the Tyrant cause being tied to Lawful Evil before the remaster.

Does anyone know if champions can take the obedience cause and touch of the void devotion spell? This is for a potential character I want to spin up