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Jabba, it doesn't seem like I can PM you for some reason- do you have it turned off? I've been looking for a bolida/vlaka boon since they came out. As far as SFS boons go, I have:
Nanite Corruption
Universal Explorer
Lone Agent
Season 1 Explorer
Rabid Fan Base
Damai/Quorlu/Verthani
Temporal Anomaly
Public Relations Specialist
Broad Arc Upgrade
Mystical Weapons System
Possessed Augmentation
Light Spore Torpedo Launcher
Embri/Phentomite/Witchwyrd
Maraquoi/Nuar
Mining Laser Upgrade
Free Captains Affiliation
Relics of Lost Golarion
Inside Manufacturer
Any of those interest you? Also got a pile of PF1 boons if you're interested in those.
Yup, I'dve loved to give this a go, but with current schedules and lack of games, I'd only have the opportunity to play one tommorow night and then in another two weeks.. I'm unlikely to have any ability to try the new classes, unfortunately.
Darn. The only thing that I actually cared about (Warrior Poet archetype) isn't legal.
I wonder why not. It really doesn't seem particularly overpowered to me. I guess Paizo REALLY hates the glaive :-) :-)
Yeah, I was going to make my last PFS character a Warrior Poet too, but I figured it wouldn't be legalized. They've avoided stuff like Bladed Brush in the past, so something else letting you use Dex with non-standard stuff was likely out as well. Very dissapointed though.. and pretty much locks in that I won't be buying any more books for PF1.
It's been frustrating to watch this fall further and further behind- I understand that proofreading and checking to see how well something fits PFS play is important, but I honestly can't imagine why it takes 6+ months to do so. I had to cancel my subscriptions as almost all of my gaming is through PFS/SFS rather than home groups. If the book isn't legalized for most of a year, what good is it to own it? It's been a little over a year since I stopped getting Player Companions- apparently, 11 have come and gone without me buying them. That's $165 dollars that I would have gladly supported Paizo with just from those.
I'd say something needs to be done to streamline the process- and hearing things like 'the documents have been sent to the tech team to add to the site' and going a few more weeks before that happens.. it's frustrating. I don't know what kind of sales model PF2 will have, with similar products to 1.. but I don't know that I will be able to justify supporting that either.
I know there's a lot of people with these frustrations, and I'm not trying to be whiny or angry. I would, though, like to be able to trust that the money I spend will be usable in some way.
Name: Maroz Ganutir
Alignment: Lawful Good
Race: Human (Garundi)
Class: Ranger 10
Description: An ex-slave from Geb's Rest, Maroz found solace in any stories or books of the outside world he could get his hands on. Rescued by a Pathfinder team, he spoke with them at length on their way back to the Grand Lodge and learned of their organization; something far outside of anything he had ever imagined, a source of great knowledge and adventure. Resolving to join the Society after his training and Confirmation, Maroz devoted himself to the pursuit of the knowledge he loved, and the protection of those who could not fight for themselves.
Upon joining the Society, Maroz served on many missions into the elemental planes, using his extensive knowledge to aid his companions in their fights. Taking a personal interest in the freeing of each of the good elemental lords, he works intently to free Ranginori from his prison.
Maroz is a spear-and-shield ranger using the Comprehensive Education alternate racial trait and his 20 Int (yes, it's his highest stat as a ranger) to keep max skill ranks in every knowledge skill. His current highest is Religion at +24.
As has been suggested in this thread, I have just requested cancellation of my two subscriptions, as well as voting in the poll that was linked. While I intend to still support Paizo, the amount of reprints, errata, extremely situational material, and extremely slow AR updating makes it not worth my time to get every book on release.
I appreciate the time people put in to review the books, but these delays are too often and too long in my opinion.
Had a game recently that I was playing my barbarian. The rest of the party had managed to bluff their way into a fort with no apparent problem, so while they were all talking and negotiating (boring!), he heads up to a ballista tower with three guys manning it. We start talking ballistae and how I'd always wanted to shoot one. One of them, a guy named Fred apparently, started giving me a run-down on how to fire one, the different types, etc. He was writing a report on them!
Then fight breaks out downstairs. I bull rush the others off the tower and say to Fred "Got nothing against you. Stay outta the fight, maybe you'll make Captain!" Next round, Fred loads the ballista and I shoot at the commander of the garrison outside. Got like a 3 on the d20.. used my reroll for a nat 20 and crit.
Few rounds later, the party's leaving, and I wave bye to Commander Fred, who was already using the previous commander for menial labor. Kept the broken bits of the ballista bolt I'd fired to remember him by. ;)
Your thread is relevant to my interests! Brainstorming FF6 characters in PFS is something I spend too much time on.
I'd say magus is best, with a focus on dispelling and cold spells (the ones she learns naturally). There's an arcana to dispel things you hit, and dispel magic is on your class list. There's also the Spellsink armor from Dirty Tactics Toolbox that works for it. Bard wouldn't be a terrible idea either, as she's a general and inspired her troops...in theory.
I would personally rule yes for all of those weapons, assuming you had Titan Mauler to let you wield them in one hand.
As far as making the Sword Saint work goes though, the Order Of The Flame is perfect for making Iaijutsu strikes consistently. You'll need plenty of backup weapons, but you can move from one to the next while chaining challenges.
Tonya, thanks again to you and Tanis for making the trip all the way out to Fort Wayne. Getting to meet you in person, even GMing a game for you, definately made it memorable!
And congratulations to the contest winners! I'm always envious of the skill you guys have, it's amazing how realistic and detailed you can get!
The new Weaponmaster's Handbook has two useful feat chains in it, I was considering a rope dart build myself.
Ascetic Style lets you use your monk unarmed attack progression for the weapons' damage, as well as any feats that have Improved Unarmed Strike as a prereq. Stunning Fist for instance. The second feat in the chain lets you use any class ability that works with unarmed strikes, like the Style Strikes. You also get an effective monk level equal to your character level for things like Stunning Fist, if you multiclassed.
Startoss Style lets you richochet a thrown weapon around to other people in it's range. Given that you're already able to flurry with it, that's probably gonna be less ueful.
I gotta say, this book has given me more new ideas than any this far with the possible exception of Occult Origins. Those two have really knocked the ball out of the park- great job Paizo!
I don't believe there's a single style chain in the book that I don't like and have immediately started coming up with ideas for. The weapon training sections are great and really give fighters some great stuff. The weapon masteries allowing you to cut spells out of the air? Pure gold.
Id Bloodrager looks amazing! The lack of slam attacks will make some options worse, certainly, but the flavor's awesome. Love the Nex Medium and Serpent-Fire Monk too. :)
Our group (Agna, Valeros, Zarlova, Lem, and Olenjack) just finished Season of the Shackles last night! As two of our players (Meliski and Melindra) couldn't make it, we'll be backtracking some for them to help. I'm kinda surprised this thread hasn't had more posts- have people not finished yet? I find it fun to see how people have built their decks. Even between Zeroth and I there's a lot of differences- I prefer allies to blessings, for one. Seems neither of us got our belt of physical perfection that we wanted though!
Character Name: Agna
Role Card: Beastmaster
Skill Feats: Strength +4, Wisdom +2, Dexterity +1
Power Feats: +3 hand size, recharge offhand for d6+2, reveal an animal for d4+2 to your check.
Card Feats: Weapon +1, Armor +1, Item +1, Ally +3
Weapons: Vicious Double Axe +1, Dancing Mace +2, Adamantine Poniard +1, Shock Greatsword +2, Invigorating Kukri
Spells: None
Armors: Reflecting Buckler, Ophidian Armor
Items: Belt of Incredible Dexterity, Belt of Giant Strength, Staff of Minor Healing. (Two replaced with Impossible Bottle and Besmara's Tricorne)
Allies: Lizard, Snow Leopard, Sabre Toothed Tiger, Mountaineer, Dog, Monkey, Biter.
Blessings: Blessing of Achaekek x2, Blessing of Sivanah, Blessing of Abadar
Your Ship: Abrogail's at the end (Blessing for d12 vs a bane). Kraken for decks 4+5.
Huh, that's an excellent combo. I knew about the twist away feat, but the ring.. nice! If/when I make my tengu rogue I'll have to keep that one in mind.
As far as builds go, dex fighting just a big upgrade (pretty much mandatory now) with free Finesse and dex-to-damage with a single weapon. I'd suggest stacking up dex and going either a race with natural attacks (tiefling gives 2x claws and immunity to charm/dominate person, or tiefling for claw/claw/bite), or another race that bumps up dex.
Really though, nothing build-wise has changed; you get free finesse/slashing grace, but most rogue builds already went that route. The debilitating strikes are also awesome, but not build-around. They're just addons. Granted, getting Bewildered and taking Antagonize/In Harm's Way as feats could be pretty useful.
This might be a bit of a shameless plug, but I came across this thread while lurking. ;)
Myth-Weavers has an active PFS chapter with rules and responsibilities laid out for both players and GMs. We currently have 13 games running, all are currently in 1-4 tier, though a few characters are getting up into the next tier. Games run anywhere from three weeks to three months, depending on the group makeup- actually pretty good for most of the games I've been in/DMed, as the player base it quite active.
Joining the forum is simply a matter of providing your PFS number and preference for player/GM and requesting an invite.
Good luck with your game, at any rate, PFS is a blast! :)
