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So I have a question about skills. According to the FAQ if you don't have a skill, you get a d4 for it.

So if I run into a Diplomacy check, and don't have Diplomacy, I am rolling a d4, and NOT my Charisma? Right?

But if the card says Charisma Diplomacy, then I can roll either (defaulting to my charisma). Am I interpreting this right?

I have been considering any Diplomacy defaulting to Charisma since it is generally a Charisma skill, but in reading that FAQ I had the thought I've been doing it wrong all along. MOST checks list both an attribute and a skill, but some only list the skill.

And that makes the boon that adds to diplomacy checks are adding to a d4, not whatever my Charisma is. Again, since to use the boon I have to make that specific kind of check.

Lightbulb moment. Geh. So many ways I've messed up playing the game so far. Glad we are not too far into it. Heh.

... I can play certain cards.

For example, a spell like Cure. Can I only use it on my turn? Normally I can add cards to other people's checks off turn, and I know my Cleric's base ability of healing is only usable instead of her first exploration so that is pretty straight forward. But when can the spell be used? The card doesn't say.

Also, is there a full list of card changes for errata? I'm not sure which items suffer from the 'you only' rule. We have generally ruled any card that doesn't say 'Your' can be used to help other players, but I'm getting the impression that is incorrect based on another thread, but when I looked through the FAQ, I didn't see an entry on that. Is it in the main rulebook and I missed it?

Thanks,
Wraith

Some family and I were playing over the holiday weekend, and we got to the point where we were doing Blackfang finally. We had beat every scenario to that point, but some of them were close. Then we hit this scenario.

Not sure what is was about Blackfang himself, but he popped up mid game then fled. We had characters still sitting at locations they had just closed, so there were three or so open locations for him to flee to.

Anyways, we proceeded to close other locations and fan out, but the blessing were running pretty low. The last blessing card was flipped up. Valeros had a Holy Candle in his deck, but it never materialized as he doesn't go through his deck very fast. This is something that player has started getting better at, discarding unwanted cards to get a chance to see more of his deck.

I'm rambling, sorry. So there we are, last turn of the game. The rogue uses her last exploration and bam. Henchman. Location closed. Blackfang is in the deck so gets revealed! We all get excited. I hit the rulebook to clarify.

A villain found in this way is returned to the now unclosed location as the top card. We needed one more exploration to find and defeat Blackfang. One more. Argh!

The most non-gamer at the table was playing the rogue, she was yelling at the cards, mad that we had been beat. Okay, not in real anger. Still it was great to see her so into the game.

In the end, before the weekend was out, we gathered once more, and this time Blackfang met his doom before half the blessing deck was done. Take that you stupid dragon!

Been GMing for years, after trips to various other games, I decided the best time I've had in gaming in years was D&D 3.5. Picked up the core rulebook, and glanced through some modules, but need some help understanding the PF setting.

I know the new Inner Sea Guide might be the best place to start, maybe the primer prior to that coming out, but is the older Campaign Guide still relevant? Is it 3.5 or PF?

As an experience GM who has the core rules, what would YOU suggest that I buy in what order to better familiarize myself with the PF setting?