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For better or worse, that is a Gug

What about tying the item to a skill (craft for alchemical, magic tradition for magic items) and giving the character's proficiency bonus to the item DC when they use it?

So, how's this going? Who do I contact to get the rest of these minis?

I'm planning on imposing a penalty on specific activities or events the offended party would be interested in or capable of meddling in, such as Trade Commodities or Establish Diplomatic relations for certain noble houses or Celebrate Holiday for certain religions.

I may tell the players the source of the penalty if it's as obvious as a chruch not sanctioning an event or sending a representative or keep it a secret if it's the meddling of politicians. A successful Intrigue activity should reveal the source if it's hidden.

Varn is described as a swordlord in the non-crunchy bits as well ("a low-ranking but eager-to-impress swordlord named Maegar Varn," page 40)

Perhaps he's so low-ranking that he hasn't taken the name or sworn the oath yet.

For myself, I'm going to play it that Jamandi's ploy includes having a loyal, but technically non-Aldori controlling the lands opposite the likely front of the coming civil war. Thus Varn is complicit in, and benefiting personally from, the political war games in Brevoy. Maybe after the dust settles he'll take the Aldori name, or maybe he gets to keep his little kingdom...

From 'What Grows Within'

[PCs] show no symptoms—a successful DC 30 Heal check is required to uncover any hint of illness—and are effectively immune to its effects. Nonetheless, they harbor the infestation within their bodies and minds, and are treated as carriers of the affliction.

Seeded: The tendril attack of a seeded creature can infect a target, and the Fortitude save DC varies based on the creature’s statistics. A seeded creature can also accelerate the infection and transformation of a helpless victim.

For Seeded creatures, the Fort DC = 10 + 1/2 the seeded one’s HD + the seeded one’s Charisma modifier;

Xhamen-Dor has a Seeded Infestation ability with a Fort DC 41.

Haven't come across anything glaring yet, though I was considering K&V's changes to some building to make sure every activity could be supported...

The Parchlands are in the Meraz Desert east/southeast in Casmaron.

From Okeno, you could sail east to Ayesh (pop 40k) or Sadiyeh (pop 14.5k), to stock up, but you'd be adding 500 miles to your trek to get to the edge of the Meraz and the smaller Sadiyeh might not have what you need or might charge a premium.

You could go around the southern end of that penninsula and go as far as Heger (pop 12.5k) or Husanah (pop 14k, not a port city) in Al-Zabrit, but crossing 200 extra miles of desert belonging to the native horse tribes might complicate your journey in addition to the issues smaller population towns have when it comes to supplies.

Which leaves the 'best' way: Katheer (pop 132k). Landing in Katheer, you're going to be able to get the best deal on supplies. You can travel 250ish miles upriver on the Pashman to a natural pass between the Northern and Southern Zho mountains, and then another 230ish miles in the highlands (importantly not desert) to reach the western edge of the Meraz, starting the real journey much closer to the Parchlands than coming in from the south.

Updated with links from the activities, structures, and feats tables to each respective description (player request).

Ah, I see some of the changes I attributed to n8_fi may have come from that other document of your's, Vance. Once again, apologies.

It looks like you haven't seen our original patch.

That's where the 10 trained skills to start and most of our XP fixes are.

I did see it in this version, but the 10 total skills are mentioned on page nine under 'Leadership Bonuses,' and there's no mention of where the other 6 skills are taken from (it says to pick 4 additional ones).

Now this one (which I hadn't seen before) does make it clearer that there are 2 skills from each of the charter, homeland, and government.

But, the lack of clarity is why I DM'd you about it in April.

Just Modified the Kingdom sheet for use with these rules.

Sources
1. Vance and Kerenshara's Comprehensive Pathfinder 2e Kingdom Building Rule Analysis and Changes
2. n8_fi's Kingdom Rules 2e, Revised (pet project: feedback wanted)
2b. Additional credit should go to Paul Zagieboy for his contributions to n8_fi's stuff
3. Deriven Kingdom Building House Rules

In addition to n8_fi's fine additions, I'll probably steal/borrow from Leopolitan's Kingmaker Warfare Rules Addition / Rewrite (No Kingdom Rules Required) when I start working on the warfare.

Something of a changelog...

I assume this still is not a thing? Or am I just too dense to find it?

Then I apologize for my cynacism.

Cannot tell if that's sarcasm or an AI response, what with the filename being a significant part of it...

After reading through the rules changes that Vance & Kerenshara put together, I combined them with what I liked from n8_Fi's re-hash with a splash of DerivenFirelion's thread's suggestions. Rewrote it all to suit my table, and put it through inDesign for beautification.

Still have the Warfare section to update and some art to add before I print and bind it for my table, but we're using it as is, and I figure someone else might like it too.

Here's a PDF

I did cut down and redistribute the number of homebrewed feats slightly so that there were four per kingdom skill (1st, 7th, 11th, and 15th levels). I also removed the limit on claiming hexes since I found my group self-regulated against the increased control DC.

If you spot mistakes, have suggestions (layout, content, whatever), or criticisms, I'm still working on this doc, so changes can and will be made.

From the 4th level Spellstriker feat of the Magus multiclass dedication:
"You gain the magus's Spellstrike activity. You can recharge it only as an activity that takes 1 minute. This restriction applies even if you gain another ability that recharges Spellstrike."

Does the restriction on recharging your spellstrike contravene both the normal recharge action and the conflux spell recharge?

For some things, the degree of success of failure is known, but perhaps not what the effect is. Is Unrest or Ruin going to increase by some amount? Is a hostile army going to get a bonus? etc.

The patrols are a good idea. You can also start trapping the parts of the hideout the enemies know the PCs were in (or lock some wild animals in those parts). When your teleporting PCs hits a few of those, maybe he'll rethink his solo-strategy.

Smart foes might leave the ransom note(s) in those same areas if they expect the PCs might be back, and if you want to demonstrate that the foes are smart enough to anticipate the PCs repeated tactic.

Any chance the captive could escape in a short one-on-one session? Assuming his previous location was the more secure one, their new location may be less so, or could have a friendly NPC/co-captive that could help.

Could one of the bad guys turn traitor and offer to sell the PCs information on the layout of the base, number of guards, and location of their friend?

I agree that Earn Income is the best way to translate this into the game.

Tanning a hide takes between a few days and a few weeks. It takes an extensive list of tools and materials to accomplish. Simply skinning an animal and carrying its hide around is like carrying raw meat around; it will rot over time.
Check out something like 'My Side of the Mountain' or this wildabundance.net blog post for a simple rundown of the steps.

Now, specific animal parts, such as a venom glands or a torch bug's abdomen are harder to adjudicate. I'd suggest:
1-require an artisan's toolkit
2-take at least 10 minutes
3-use the level of the creature to set the a survival check DC to harvest a part and/or a crafting check to preserve it correctly
4-increase level if the creature is uncommon or rare
5-allow the part to be sold for the Earn Income amount of that same level

I presume she was sacrificed to the star stelea under Iris Hill, since the book says all the kidnapped townsfolk were sacrificed there.

I'll likely steal or adapt these for my current game (still pre-stag lord).

I may assign each of the friendly NPCs or kingdom leadership roles two kingdom skills. Putting an NPC in a leadership role would grant the proficiency increase to one of the two skills, just like PCs get. This might encourage including them in the kingdom.

Some Gunslingers and goblins can go prone as a reaction.

Just to rez this, since it is still useful:

-The Ghost Stone War is mentioned on page 93 (of the pdf)

- Amiri's structure (Gladitorial Arena) is CG10

- I Swear I'm Sober is on page 513

Steal all the things from this board. DMDudemeister's changes (Venture Capital, Hargulka's Monster Kingdom, etc.), the old tyme stolen lands map, party themes, additional hexploration descriptions, etc.

Along similar lines, have you considered that a summoner with Meld Into Eidolon is wholely inside the eidolon (since it cannot act) while joined with it and thus not directly in sunlight?

Otherwise, custom magic item for a permanent "Cloak of Shadow" effect.

Having trouble parsing this:

For Extract Element,

Success The creature takes half damage, and you add some of its elemental matter to your kinetic aura. Your impulses bypass any immunity the creature has to their elemental trait or traits, and the target takes a –1 circumstance penalty to its saves and AC against your impulses. If the target normally has a resistance that would apply to damage from one of your impulses, ignore that resistance; if it normally would be immune to that damage type, it instead has resistance equal to its level to damage from the impulse. You can't target a creature with Extract Element if elemental matter you extracted from it is already in your kinetic aura. These effects last for 5 minutes or until your kinetic aura ends, whichever comes first.

Scenario: A single-gate fire kineticist, newly third level, runs into a fire elemental and uses Extract Element on it.

Assuming the elemental was successful on it's save, for 5 minutes:
1. The kineticist's "impulses bypass any immunity the creature has to their elemental trait or traits" (fire in this case).
2. The elemental takes a –1 circumstance penalty to its saves and AC against your impulses (perfectly clear, we can ignore this).
3. The Fire elemental "normally would be immune to that damage type, it instead has resistance equal to its level to damage from the impulse.

So, does the kineticist "bypass any immunity", does the elemental's immunity now give it resistance, or is there some other case where a creature has immunity to a trait but a different immunity/resistance to the damage?

Perhaps your character has a history of paranoia; firmly believing every object is a mimic.

To update this, anyone care to double check these newer traits:

Working backwards:

-Is this worth a focus point?
This depends on what else you have that costs a Focus Point, and what your familiar is capable of. It's basically trading a Focus Point for an action, and since you can get Focus Points back between fights (usually), this seems pretty good.

-It allows my Familiar to act without me spending an action to control it?
Yes, but it also removes the traits from the action you would normally use to control it, which could save you from someone's reaction.

-so it works for one turn then I can't use it again?
Correct, but you can use it again if you have more Focus Points to spend on other rounds.

-How does this ability work?
As a free action on your turn, your patron grants your familiar its two actions, and you lose a Focus Point. (this was simply included for completeness. I think you understand the ability fairly well)

Cheers.

Sounds like you don't get the extension except when you do the requisite 'Cast or Sustain a hex'

For rituals in 1e, I would modify them to use two skills for each check, one knowledge-based and one physical-based; verbal vs. somatic component. You could tailor these to the character's so they would have less risk/more incentive to attempt the ritual.

For inspiring them to try it... bait them from the dreamside? Have them dream of their doubles discussing the count, but the PCs only make out a few tantalizing words.

Or, when the PCs fall asleep, have them each make a knowledge check (can be done untrained), highest result(s) glimpses some of the rewards of the dream quest with the rationale that since they now know of the ritual, they have more insight into their own dreams.

Edit: Have an NPC/follower they like accidentally 'fall' into the dream realm (or even a PC that really bombs a knowledge test or Will save while reading the ritual) and appear in the PCs' dreams begging to be rescued.

Just (re)starting Kingmaker. Any updates on this alternate kingdom ruleset? Did it continue to work well?

I used a craft knife and a straight edge. I think I got 6 hexes to the sheet, and I cut three sheets at a time.

Those were actually pics from when I ran the first edition AP. I just added some new pictures for this P2 run.

The map is now mounted on cardboard with a lovely royal purple border, and each hex is ID'd by a number-letter combination my SO was kind enough to practice their caligraphy on.

Just under 21k pounds (according to this calculator).

5 lbs per bulk = 4,200 bulk
10 lbs per bulk = 2,100 bulk
50 lbs per bulk* = 420 bulk

*A medium creature is estimated at 6 bulk to "carry [...] off the battlefield" (CRB, 272, I don't have the remaster). 300 lbs of meat and equipment is not unreasonable for a heroic-sized knight.

So... there's a lot of fuzziness around bulk estimations.

New group of players, age 9 to 40+. For some this is thier first TTRPG experience. Some are converting from 5e. I've run this AP in PF1e, so we'll all be learning the system together.

But I get to re-use my banner map!

Here's some photos of my map, printed on a large banner and covered with blank paper hexes: LINK

While listed as an aura, it is described as, and has the stats for, a gaze attack. I would probably run it as such:

Thank you for the link.

Any word on when PF1 will be compatible with v11?

Could you give each doppelganger to a different character's player to play?

Glad it works for you.

Got a box of minis (big thank you to Archon!). The details on the minis are nice. Haven't begun to clip and assemble; motivation for Starfinder is lacking. Still, when I have some free time, maybe putting a few together will rekindle some of those old feelings.

Just their physical bodies.

I'd be quite tempted to have them make Will saves or Charisma checks as ages pass while they guard the Yellow King waiting for their companions to return. Every hour in the real world, a day would pass in the dream. Each day in the dream, a new check. Each passed check increases the DC. Each failed check doubles the relative time difference for the character and the yellow king. A few failed checks and they're practically standing still as the caravanserai seems to speed up around them. The few travelers that come through are blurs, and the sands shift quickly to alternately engulf and reveal parts of the buildings. By the time the rest of the party rejoins the dream, the character left there has grown old (and taken a lot of insanity damage).

Shipped in June. Never showed up. E-mail sent.

Sent an e-mail to paizo to see if I should be expecting a second code as an all-in backer, but haven't heard back from them. Any other all-ins only receive a single code?

Too bad ND was never prosecuted for fraud -- for collecting shipping funds and never shipping -- separate from the kickstarter ponzi scheme.