varbles's page

For characters we don't expect will be in a fight, we never put full stats. If you need to generate DCs against them for things like Deception or Diplomacy, you can just use Table 10–5 on page 503 of the Core Rulebook to create perfect DCs for them, and if you feel that you'll need stats for them, you'll have to create them yourself (we don't have room to include stat blocks for every NPC in an adventure and have to pick and choose which ones "deserve" the wordcount based on whether or not they're likely to be fought by the PCs).

References to a "Bestiary 6" are actually references to PAGE 6 of the bestiary, where the Weak or Elite modifiers for the stat block is found. It's hard to see, I get it, but the "6" isn't italicized in this case (as it would be if it were part of the book's title), and it's our current style to not include a "page" notation before these numbers to save space in stat blocks.

The reference to area D20 in area D17 is a typo. The chains and pulleys that can be harvested are in area D19.

Thanks! That was really helpful and cleared a lot of things up. I appreciate it!

Just did my read-through of the hardcover as someone getting in Pathfinder for the first time. A couple notes\questions:

- For human NPCs, the book doesn't point towards anything in the bestiaries to use for stats. For example Kabran Bloodeye is (CE male half-orc rogue 6). Does that mean I use the player character rules to build that character as a level 6 rogue?

- There are a number of monster encounters that point to Bestiary 6. My understanding was that 2e only goes up to Bestiary 3 at this time. For example, Raksmit in area G7 instructs me to use the elite mummy on page 240 of Bestiary 6. What's going with those monsters?

- Area D17 says that chains and pulleys could be harvested from room D20 to construct an elevator to go down to the next level, but there is no area D20. Is this a d20 joke or something else?