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Up this theme. Sorry for my eng, if there're any mistakes below.
My group started AP Hell's Vengeance and one of the players is Antipaladin of Urgathoa. Now group reaches 3rd level and he said that now he needs a disease (and he caught ghoul fever in church, voluntarily failed his Fort save) to spread it around.
But I think that it is not Plague bringer about.

Another example - ghoul fever. It can be carried by undead or some special types of creatures, diseased human can't bite someone and injury disease, until he became undead by ghoul fever.

And my second thought - Antipaladin created equal to Paladin. Paladin has immunity to diseases and nothing more. Antipaladin has the same immunity, but if first just don't contract with it, second contracts with no effects and penatlies, and in this way he counts as diseased, and so there's "he can still spread it to others".

If antipaladin becomes undead he can't contract with diseases at all, i think. Exception if he has died from ghoul fever and became a ghoul.

The big problem here that there is no detailed rules and descriptions for diseases, i don't find them at least.

1) Is it dismissal, when i have to define duration for this wall? When i cast it?
2) Can i have more than one wall at the same time?

How many times per day Cleric can use "Wall of Ashes (Su)" ability from Ash subdomain

"You can use this ability for a number of minutes per day equal to your cleric level, but these minutes do not need to be consecutive."
But how many walls per day i can create? Is it dismissal?

Thank you!
I think that your post is about how it really works

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Cruel Thicket (Su)

As a standard action, you can cause the ground in a 5-foot-radius burst centered on you to sprout twisting, thorny vines. Any creature moving through it must travel at half speed or take bleed damage equal to half your cleric level; if you activate this ability in an area with numerous plants (grass, weeds, trees, etc.), the area also becomes difficult terrain. These effects last for 1 minute, after which the vines crumble to dust. Creatures able to move through natural undergrowth unhindered ignore the effects of this ability. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier.

Can anyone please explain me "cruel thicket" subdomain power from Thorns (plants)? How does it works, particularly this moment:
"if you activate this ability in an area with numerous plants (grass, weeds, trees, etc.), the area also becomes difficult terrain"
Which area means? Nine squares around you or all area with grass,trees such as meadow or forest? If it's only 9 squares, so - how does it works, i mean - creature must move with half half speed?

"These effects last for 1 minute, after which the vines crumble to dust. Creatures able to move through natural undergrowth unhindered ignore the effects of this ability"
And this? What undergrowth means?

Please cancel my subscriptions for:

Pathfinder Chronicles

Pathfinder Companion

Thank you.

This order has had the status pending for quite some time now. Could you tell me what the status on this one really is? Is it waiting for a delayed product to be included? Are there some other problems with it?

I also noticed a previous order had been lumped together with this one, putting the total cost and weight of the package into probably the next postage charge and value added tax category. Could you give me some information regarding this?

So, what's in store for season 1? What kind of plotlines and scenarios are already being planned or even written? So far we've had precious little information regarding these. I'm supposing the next batch of scenarios will be out on the last Wednesday of this month, that is September 30th? Give us teasers! ;)

Topic says it all. I just noticed, that the "available June 24th" text changed to "add to cart". The link isn't working, however.

I just noticed that the four modules scheduled for June will be out at Paizocon (the upcoming weekend). Under normal circumstances the modules wouldn't be out until the last Wednesday of the month (June 24th). Does this mean the modules will be available for purchase as early as this weekend or at latest the week after Paizocon?

May 27th:
21: The Eternal Obelisk (Tier 5-9) by C. Robert Brown
22: Fingerprints of the Fiend (Tier 7-11) by Larry Wilhelm

I take it these scenarios are a bit late? When can we expect them?

Ropecon, the largest gaming convention (about 7000 visitors during the weekend in '08) in Scandinavia and among the largest in Europe is being held on 07.31.09 - 08.02.09 in Espoo, Finland.

The Finnish Pathfinder Society has a presence there with around half a dozen GM's and somewhere in the region of 15-25 game sessions being run during the weekend. Be there, or you'll be sorry later. ;)

To Paizo: Would it be possible to get some kind of support for the event? I'm talking about promotional materials, posters, fliers, what have you? This is the Main Thing in the Finnish role-playing scene and it would really benefit the Society to have as much visibility as possible.

So.. any comments? What's the main fault of this entry? Not interesting enough backstory? Not interesting enough encounters? Too lethal? Not lethal enough? Not enough ties to the name of the scenario? Crappy grammar?

Any kind of constructive criticism is welcomed as I'm quite stumped as to what caused the rejection this time around. Then again, it's quite possible that the end product will just blow me away with sheer awesomeness. ;)

So.. any comments? What's the main fault of this entry? Not interesting enough backstory? Not interesting enough encounters? Too lethal? Not lethal enough? Not enough ties to the name of the scenario? Crappy grammar?

Any kind of constructive criticism is welcomed as I'm quite stumped as to what caused the rejection this time around. Then again, it's quite possible that the end product will just blow me away with sheer awesomeness. ;)

I've been struggling with the form of my proposals for a while now. It seems my biggest problems are how much information to put under which header. I was wondering, would it be possible to see a couple of different style accepted proposals? Obviously these would have to the original proposals for already published society scenarios.

Lets see if I got the list right...

Feb
15: The Asmodeus Mirage
16: To Scale the Dragon

Mar
17: Perils of the Pirate Pact (first open call)
18: The Trouble With Secrets

Apr
19: Skeleton Moon
20: Demon Haunts the Devil's Hall

May
21: The Eternal Obelisk
22: Fingerprints of the Fiend

Jun (Origins)
23: Tide of Morning,
24: The Decline of Glory
25: Our Lady of Silver
26: Lyrics of Extinction

Jul
Transitional period from 3.5 to Pathfinder RPG:n.

August 13th (Gencon)
The release of the Pathfinder RPG. Season 1 starts. The first four scenarios using the new system.

The Temple Sword in the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting has the following text:

A temple sword is a monk special weapon. This gives a monk wielding a temple sword special options.

Does this mean monks are automatically proficient with the temple sword? Or do they have to get the Exotic Weapon Proficiency -feat?

What are the special options mentioned? All of the options that monks have when using the other special monk weapons?

I was hoping that today's blog might've been a teaser about these scenario's. When are they due?

I'd like to cancel the above-mentioned order (status: pending).

Loosely paraphrasing and translating from a conversation about the problems with high level play and writing scenarios for high tiers.

The way I see it the main problem with writing scenarios for a group of high level characters is the access to mind-bogglingly powerful travel and divination magic. These spells in particular are adept at causing problems for a budding scenario writer: Divination, Commune, Plane Shift (if the character has planar forks), Find The Path, Planar Binding, Contact Other Plane, Teleport and Scry. There just isn't an easy way around this problem. Here are a few options:

1) Ignore the problem altogether. The main problem with this approach is that a party with access to said types of magic will just waltz through the scenario divining everything in advance and don't even think about writing something that hinges on the characters actually taking the time to travel to a location by normal means.

2) Have all the main McGuffins and NPC:s be magically protected against said measures. This approach is sure to piss off said diviners since it practically makes their whole character concept null and void.

3) Write the scenarios in such a way that information gathering and travel are non-existent to begin with. This puts a serious damper on most plot structures and again we have the problem of the players of diviners getting shafted. Also, I'd imagine that scenarios like this could get quite tedious after a while.

4) Find a solution that is better than any of the above. So far I'm drawing a blank.

As always, a constructive and insightful discussion on this topic would be most appreciated.

PSS #1: Silent Tide

PSS #2: The Hydra's Fang Incident

PSS #3: Murder on the Silken Caravan

PSS #4: The Frozen Fingers of Midnight

PSS #5: Mists of Mwangi

PSS #6: Black Waters

PSS #7 or #8: Tease #2--Dawn of the Dead in Oppara!

... no, really?

In my opinion the scenarios are very undead heavy. Don't get me wrong, I like undead, but too much is just too much... I'm sure there are other tier 1-2 monsters to throw at the characters. Goblins, kobolds, gnolls, human thugs, what have you, and sure, some scenarios have had these as well, but.. well. Please, please. Cut back on the undead already. (And no, my whining has Absolutely Nothing at all to do with the fact that I play a sorcerer that specializes in enchantment spells... ;) )

Hello,
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The thing is, I already have this book. It came for free with my AP-subscription. I hope this doesn't mean I'm getting a second one which I'll have to pay for.

Hi,

I've received part of this order, which arrived last week and included Pathfinder #13 and Pathfinder Companion. I'm still waiting for: Pathfinder #12, Curse of the Crimson Throne Map Folio, Campaign Setting. I was wondering when the rest of the order will be arriving? I hope there isn't a problem.

Page 22 of the Guide states that a character with any Craft, Perform or Profession skills may use said skill to earn money between games. Note that it does not state that skill ranks are needed, just skills.

My question is this: Perform is untrained. Can any character without Craft or Profession do an impromptu performance to earn a few gp?

The guide states that the characters are made using the PHB. A human gets one language (Common). Suppose a human character with average or less intelligence from Osirion. If going by the PHB, he will speak Common, but not his native tongue (Osiriani) at all, which seems a bit wonky to me. The sidebar on p. 7 of the Guide seems to imply that said Osirian speaks Osiriani, not Common as his only language. Which one is correct?

Some kind of answer to this one before Sunday would be appreciated. Thank you.

I'm GM:in Silent Tide and playing the other three scenarios. My question is this: If I later want to run the scenarios in which I have already played myself, in order to get the games registered properly, do I need to buy a copy of my own or can I just use the same one the first GM of said scenario used?

Hi,

Made a slight blunder with the character creation tool ending up with a character with my real name for a character name, a faction and no stats of any kind. Is it possible to delete the entry or should I just leave it there and make my proper character using a new entry?

Hi,
I acidentially made a double order of a book and would now like to cancel this one: 1009402.

Please notify me asap if for some reason this isnt possible.

Thank you,

Juhani Seppälä

Hello,

I currently have two orders with the status "pending". The first one was placed several months ago (the Pathfinder Beta) and the second one was placed a few minutes ago (Cthulhutech RPG). I was wondering if its possible to combine these orders into the same shipping?

Juhani Seppälä

Right,

Regarding the revenant Ieasha. The description says that unless the mirror is removed all she does is wallow in self-loathing.

* What happens if the PC attack her? Does she defend herself?

* What incentive is there for the PC to even consider the mirror being the reason for her dismal mood? Assuming the PC:s do anything other than attack her, what possible motivation do they have to remove a common mirror from the room? Does Ieasha point at the mirror and say: "Mirror.. bad.. take it away, please..!"

Hello,

I just received the package containing Pathfinder #9, Pathfinder Chronicles Gazetteer and Classic Monsters Revisited.

All of the books are badly damaged. They package had been bent at several places, evidently partly opened, and at some point it had gotten wet. As a result the covers and pages of all the books are warped out of shape.

How do I go about getting a refund on said items and preferably new copies ?

The webpage says shipped May 6th.

Hasn't arrived yet.

Three weeks for even an overseas package seems like an awful lot of time. What's the situation here?

So.. any other European subscribers still waiting on their packages?

Mostly copy-pasting from another thread:

I'm just starting running the RotRL adventure path today. The pc troupe is somewhat unorthodox:

* Elf Ranger 1
* Elf Barbarian 1
* Human Monk 1
* Human Ranger 1

All of the above are lightly armored "skirmisher" -type characters with little (well, at this level, none whatsoever) magic at their disposal. The group is heavily into roleplaying, which I hope will help in compensating for the party's shortcomings (no healing magic, no arcane knowledges, no trapfinding). We'll be using the Pathfinder Alpha 3 rules pretty much as written, which should also give them somewhat of a boost. Yes, there are some major villains later on in the story which would absolutely murder this party as it stands and I've among other things pondered on the possibility of adding a cleric NPC to the party. I guess we'll see how it turns out.

We used the racial bonus hit points -option. The encounters were played as is. House ruled that the racial bonus hit points apply to all heroic class characters (that is, including the NPC).

Right,

Got the first session of Burnt Offerings behind us now.

Comments:

* I really like the more hit points at lvl 1. The players mostly aggree.
* The CR of encounters seems a bit off unless the NPC are given a boost as well.
* The CMB-rules still seem a bit difficult to use. Also, many of the maneuvers now seem to be quite a bit more difficult than they would've been in 3.5.
* The Barbarian rage points and powers are quite neat. The player seems to enjoy them as well.
* The Monk still seems a bit underpowered when compared to some of the other martial classes. I'll let the player of said character comment on this if he happens by here.

Hello,

Got a question regarding shoanti complexion. The Rise of the Runelords describes their skin color as "ruddy", which a few internet searches points as being "a healthy reddish color associated with outdoor types". Then there is the shoanti sheriff of Sandpoint, who, according to the picture of him appears to have a cafe latte brown complexion. I'm confused. Is it caucasian with a tan, light brown, reddish brown, african, middle-eastern or something else? Just the color that is.

Hi,

I just placed a subscription of Pathfinder Chronicles. I'm already a subscriber of the Pathfinder Adventure Path, so naturally I chose the group into as few packages as possible option to cut back on shipping.

A few hours after placing that beforementioned order, I placed another order. I was wondering if it would be possible to ship all of these items in the same package (That is, the next issue of the Adventure Path, The first issue of the Chronicles and the order consisting of the Rise of the Runelords and Curse of the Crimson Throne Player's guides).

On another note: I just received the order consisting of Guide to Korvosa and Rise of the Runelords Map Folio. Both of these have suffered some damage during the shipping. The upper left corners of said items are bent out of shape.

Order # 925603
Placed April 1, 2008
Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscription starting with #7

Still haven't received it.

Any idea when it might arrive or should it have arrived already?

Juhani Seppälä