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Howdy folks. I'm just curious what sort of material is banned in your games, either those you play in or DM for. Obviously this is about home games, not PFS stuff.

For my own games, aside from some things disallowed for setting reasons in my homebrew campaign world, a short list is the following:

Alchemist - Vivisectionist Archetype: Banned.
Fighter - Swordlord Archetype: Banned.
Sorcerer - Crossblooded Archetype: Bloodline arcana that grant similar effects do not stack.
Sorcerer: Bloodline powers that modify spells (such as those that add damage per die) apply only to spells cast as a sorcerer.
Summoner - Synthesist Archetype: Banned.

In addition, there are a few other ways that I have toned down problems in my game, For instance:

I have adjusted the way teleportation works. You must know how to get from where you are to where you want to go, just seeing a destination in a patch of random trees isn't sufficient, you must know how to find that place if you were to walk there. (Mostly so 9th level wizards don't put every bounty hunter everywhere out of a job.)

Magical item manufacture requires a rare substance called "quintessence" (which accounts for 50% of their cost) to manufacture. This element is manufactured by a pair of competing guilds and available only in large population centers in limited quantities. This helps to limit crafting a bit without removing it as I can limit the flow of the resource and tone down item inflation. I also allow magical items to be disenchanted, which destroys the item but reclaims half of the quintessence that was used to create the item. This can help to siphon some gold out of the party.

That's about it off the top of my head, I'm curious what other people do in their games to deal with problem areas or nerf problem combinations.

I am playing a halfling titan mauler for an upcoming Skull & Shackles game and was debating about which combat maneuver feat I wanted to take, when it occurred to me:

At 5th level, as a swift action, a titan mauler may choose one creature within her line of sight. Until the end of her turn, that target’s reach is treated as if it were 5 feet shorter with respect to reaching the titan mauler, and this reduction increases by 5 feet for every five levels beyond 5th.

Does this mean that I can designate a medium target (using a non-reach weapon of course) at 5th level and perform any combat maneuver against them and avoid an attack of opportunity since they would have an effective 0 reach?

mind=blown.

Howdy folks. I recently began a campaign and decided to require everyone to create a follower of Iomedae. I'm posting here because I would love to see some examples of Iomedaen oaths, prayers, war crys, or whatever that you guys might have had crop up organically or otherwise in your own campaigns.

From my own game I used this as an oath administered to the group in their "graduation" ceremony from the Seventh Church:

Justice and honor are a heavy burden for the righteous. We carry this weight so the weak may grow strong, and the meek grow brave. We bring light to the darkness and stand the line between the monstrous and the common man. We shed blood for the innocent that their innocence is kept.

So long as we draw breath, so long as we can clutch a sword, so long as the Goddess' light fills our hearts we will not falter in our valorous pursuits, nor abandon our honor, nor compromise in the face of evil. You kneel as supplicants but you rise as weapons of the lady's will. I christen you Knights of the Lady and I name you the Circle of Seven Stars, and I bid you make me proud as the products of my tempering. Stand and take these swords and wield them forevermore in the Inheritor's name.

I recently started a new campaign with some friends, and we had a lot of advance notice so I set to painting up a nice, big barbarian figure for the game. I think the figured turned out great, I was really excited to get going, but wouldn't you know it - I made it through 2 sessions before dying.

My Kellid Barbarian

I just received an "ezren" figure that I will be painting up for my new diviner.