It's the same thing, but it has more VMC and it expands it so that you can multiclass even deeper. I would also recommend the Feats of Multiclassing from RGG. It basically gives you a very minor dip into a class or you can continue along the chain and get a little deeper. You can even combine them into an even more unique build.
You can use your Legendary Gifts from levels 19-22 to increase your Effective Weapon Enhancement from Attunement to +10. Although it does mean you cannot have a +10 weapon until 20th level unless you are a Magus or similar class that an Arcane Pool-like class feature which they can use to stack special abilities onto an Attuned Weapon.
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Cantriped is correct. However, you also almost certainly want to look at the rules in this blog. They are more accurate to the costs of the original system for weapons and armor with special abilities, but it can be less approachable in the math. If your group is able to understand the math of the system in the blog (which was the original system from the book that we changed because of its complication, not its fidelity), it is likely a good idea to use it.
In all things, remember, Unchained is a toolbox for modding your game; it's all about the idea that the game is most fun when you adjust it to match your group's playstyle!
Regarding the Unchained Summoner:
The general entry for the Biped Base Form lists that it has 2 claw attacks. Is this still true of Eidolons subtypes that do not include the term "claw" in their more specific Base Form entry (such as the Azata, Fey, and Kyton subtypes)?
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It's the default, but that general default is replaced by the specific evolutions listed by subtype. It's only there in case a later subtype wants to save space and use the default, but it might be more confusing than it's worth.
Thank you for the clarification!
Fortunately for my current Non-PFS Fey-Caller I assumed this would be the case. Although it does put the Fey Eidolon in the unfortunate position of being the only Eidolon Subtype (I know of) with no Natural Attacks or Weapon Proficiencies at 1st level; unless you invest in one of the few Evolutions they can take which grants one.
But I agree the RAW was a little confusing to me.
The subtype specific Base Form section lists claw and slam and other such traits as bonus evolutions, which based upon the descriptions of said evolutions would logically be added to or replaced qualities extant in the more General Base Form entry described later in the class description. The implication was that an eidolon subtype that granted a slam evolution to its biped base form would have replaced one of the two claws it "naturally" had, and an eidolon subtype that granted the claws evolution would have replaced the biped base form's extant claws with two identical claws. But... that didn't seem right given the formatting of the subtypes, so I assumed it was simply a Cut & Paste oversight when Unchaining the class.
If you ever get around to an Errata for Pathfinder Unchained, that might be a point worthy of an extra line of clarification regarding. You might even be able to save page space by simply removing the "Attacks" section from each of the General Base Form entries.
What's going on with the Improved Feint combat trick?
As it stands, that combat trick is only useful for a character who normally wouldn't be able to qualify for the Improved Feint feat.
The rest of that combat trick description basically lets a character use the feat but only if he pays stamina points for the privilege.
What's the benefit for a character who already has Improved Feint, and therefore can already feint as a move action? It looks like there is some missing (or misplaced) text here.
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What's going on with the Improved Feint combat trick?
As it stands, that combat trick is only useful for a character who normally wouldn't be able to qualify for the Improved Feint feat.
The rest of that combat trick description basically lets a character use the feat but only if he pays stamina points for the privilege.
What's the benefit for a character who already has Improved Feint, and therefore can already feint as a move action? It looks like there is some missing (or misplaced) text here.
So, you don’t need int13 and combat expertise.
Isn't that a chicken/egg situation? One can't choose the Improved Feint combat trick unless one already has the Improved Feint feat. If one already has the feat, then one has the qualifications for the feat (Int 13), so the first part of the combat trick text is irrelevant.
Special:
Since you have a stamina pool, you can spend your stamina points to use any combat tricks associated with combat feats you possess.
Unless you're suggesting a really corner case where a character takes the feat but cannot use it because he doesn't fulfill the pre-requisites, and then makes use of the matching combat trick in order to ignore those pre-requisites and be able to use the feat?
More to the point, the Improved Feint feat allows the user to feint as a move action. The matching Improved Feint combat trick allows the user to feint as a move action. There is no point to the combat trick for someone who already has the feat, and that sounds like it goes against the design philosophy of combat tricks.
All of which is why I was wondering if there is some missing text.
Considering it’s a 5 stamina point effect, I suspect the word “move” should actually be “swift”. Worth a thread in Rules Questions and some FAQ clicks.
Edit: or FAQ-click this post.
Isn't that a chicken/egg situation? One can't choose the Improved Feint combat trick unless one already has the Improved Feint feat. If one already has the feat, then one has the qualifications for the feat (Int 13), so the first part of the combat trick text is irrelevant.
Special:
Since you have a stamina pool, you can spend your stamina points to use any combat tricks associated with combat feats you possess.
Unless you're suggesting a really corner case where a character takes the feat but cannot use it because he doesn't fulfill the pre-requisites, and then makes use of the matching combat trick in order to ignore those pre-requisites and be able to use the feat?
More to the point, the Improved Feint feat allows the user to feint as a move action. The matching Improved Feint combat trick allows the user to feint as a move action. There is no point to the combat trick for someone who already has the feat, and that sounds like it goes against the design philosophy of combat tricks.
All of which is why I was wondering if there is some missing text.
If you take Combat Stamina before you take Combat Expertise, then you qualify for the latter feat even without Int 13+. That is the only interpretation that can possibly work for this feat combination.
So I was looking at the Alternate Profession Rules, and I cannot seem to find any benefit to having more than the minimum number of Employees once you have a Medium or Large size business. It seems that all they do is provide a penalty once you hit a certain point, is there something missing that got cut?
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Does anyone know why the price scaling for the sacred avenger scaling item is so off? Reading it, it honestly seems like it's actually a scaled version of the holy avenger, which is 120,630 gold and costs 60,630 gold, but the sacred avenger says its base price is 4800 gp (which is a lie, it shouldn't cost more than 4,315 because that's what a normal +1 cold iron longsword costs and this is only masterwork to a non-paladin so it should actually be even cheaper). It could be a nonmythic version of the sacred avenger from Mythic Adventures, but even that doesn't make sense because then the base should still be a +3 cold iron longsword while in the hands of a paladin it's a +5 holy defiant longsword and the SR is granted to everyone within 10 feet. So it can't really be that despite it sharing the same name.
So if you break it down, the cost for the scaled sacred avenger is listed at 64,500 making the market price somewhere in around 128,685. What exactly is the PC paying for that's worth them losing 30% of their wealth for the entirely of level 17 when a regular holy avenger is 8,055 gp less and it's holy? Even a standard +5 holy cold iron longsword without the SR and greater dispel is 100,315 gp. I'm very curious.
I think this is definitely a big math issue and someone in post didn't ask to see the work. Math 101: always show the work.
Maybe it's because of the new spell math for scaling items, and it somehow breaks down terribly, but as I said, a regular holy avenger is cheaper and has more stuff.
Am I right in thinking this book has been left out of the pocket edition printings?