So what is AHAV and what is the angel, devil and invetable in the book like?
AHAV = autonomous heavy assault vehicle.
Can't really comment on the angel devil and inevitable. What do you want to know?
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Well, what is their "thing". Like, Endbringer devil, what end it brings, some sort of apocalyptic one or what?
Endbringer devils are basically living spaceships, they get summoned into space full of devils and then plummet onto a planet and send an army out, then go full-on titan mode and start crushing everything. They don't have any rel propulsion though so once they land they can't leave the atmosphere, just get re-summoned to hell and then back into space when they're next needed.
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Ah, gotcha.
Well, Barachius Angels are guardians of technology, be it computer code or arms and armor, as far as I read. They are fighting 'evil code' as much as hackers and I think even cursed tech/hybrid items.
Endbringer Devils are colossal warmachines that can traverse space as spaceships (huge size). They are 'true devils' but also akin to constructs, and they can transport other individuals (even through space).
Anhamut inevitables 'think' that the chaos of space can be fought with mapping and exploring. They, and their equipment are made of nanites and can give up their 'solid form' to disperse as a nanite swarm (and reform again).
Are there rules for crafting/ purchasing robots?
If there are such, I haven't seen them
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It's actually just all skittermanders. Hundreds of pages of the lovely little bastards.Bah! (space) Gremlins get the short shrift again!!!! (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
It's time to take a play from the core Human race and taking over the bestiaries another way... by making half-gremlins, the old-fashioned way.
{buys owlbear a drink} Hey, baby, how you doing? {waggles eyebrows flirtatiously}
What's the deal with the Draelik and Wrikreechee? I don't think those have ever been mentioned before Starfinder, so they're the biggest unknowns of the new PC races. We saw a Wrikreechee on Ninja Division's Kickstarter, although I don't think a Draelik has been shown anywhere.
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What's the deal with the Draelik and Wrikreechee? I don't think those have ever been mentioned before Starfinder, so they're the biggest unknowns of the new PC races. We saw a Wrikreechee on Ninja Division's Kickstarter, although I don't think a Draelik has been shown anywhere.
Draelik are lumpy pickle-looking dudes who are mixed up in some weird negative energy plane stuff. Wrikreechee are just mollusk people who lived in an ocean under ice until like 50 years ago when the pact worlds explorers found them.
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What are the dragons in the book?
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What are the dragons in the book?
Full stats for a young adult blue dragon (size Huge) plus template grafts for all five types of chromatic dragon.
What are the dragons in the book?Full stats for a young adult blue dragon (size Huge) plus template grafts for all five types of chromatic dragon.
Interesting, no Outer Dragons? Good thing it's so easy to convert stuff from PF!
Why aren't Elebrians (Eoxians) among the playable races?
From the blurb of the pact worlds book it sounds like that is where they will be.
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Are the Contemplative, Space Goblin, Haan, and Sarcesian stats different than those presented in First Contact?Yes, in various minor ways, since First Contact did not use the final monster rules.
I assume the player stat blocks got updated a smidge. In first contact everything seemed to be a total of +3 stats whereas the pathfinder core book everything works to +2. I am awaiting the final call so I can be a fully official goblin instead a slightly maybe better than I should be uber goblin.
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I am glued to my computer waiting for that shipping notice, salivating like a dog.........
still nothing......
:(
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Put on a Skeld mask until Paizo is fooled into shipping your subscription.
Hey, it worked for me!
uber goblin.
Uber and Goblin are redundant. :)
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I know but I don't want to make the party feel even worse than they already will basking in my glory by being +1 attribute better than I should be!
Does the outsider type still have to breathe? This has implications for the environment of the drift (vacuum everywhere or localized planar atmosphere around stolen splanar chunks) if we're supposed to encounter them in the drift.
Does the outsider type still have to breathe? This has implications for the environment of the drift (vacuum everywhere or localized planar atmosphere around stolen splanar chunks) if we're supposed to encounter them in the drift.
The outsider type itself does not grant the ability to do without breathing. Monsters with the "No Breath" or "Unliving" qualities can do without breathing.
I suppose that means that there is a good chance of encountering the corpses of dead outsiders who lack those qualities.
I can't wait for mine to ship.
Looks like a great book! :-)
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According to a comment on fridays blog, this book is already sold out and on backorder (second printing) for december 2017... ;-/Yeah, it's gonna be an awful time waiting until they make new PDFs.
Yep. But don't worry, they've subcontracted out all the necessary overtime for mining and refining raw bits into shiny pure PDFs... to us gremlins. Ha ha!
Wait, what do you mean that isn't how PDFs are made? Wha-? Oooo, MP lied to me. {shakes tiny fist impotently}
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It really gets old seeing people with their copies and I'm over here "pending." WTF?
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It's all good, I'm still pending myself.
They should get it all shipped by the end of the upcoming week. :-)
For those of you who have gotten the PDF already, do the grafts do a good job of cutting down on space taken up by stat blocks? I saw the comment above about the chromatic dragons, and dragons have always been page-hungry in the Bestiaries. The chromatic dragons take up 10 pages (12 pages if you consider the universal dragon rules) in the first Bestiary, and that is almost entirely crunch, very little description. How does the dragon entry in Alien Archive compare? Does it give more description than the Bestiaries? I'm hoping that in Alien Archive 2 we will get outer dragons, and that there will actually be space for real descriptions and ecologies, not just a sentence or two. Reducing the size of the stat blocks would definitely make that more likely.
As I stated earlier: 1 full stat block and 5 template grafts. 2 pages total.
Creating a monster is fairly simple Bluescale.
This is a critter I made using the guidelines presented. The two special abilities it has are my own creation though.
You really just decide on the CR, what type (creature(type), or NPC with class graft), position a few stat modifiers (which don't really seem to govern too much, and the skills. Picking special abilities will likely take the most time.
It really gets old seeing people with their copies and I'm over here "pending." WTF?
Be thankful you don't have to wait until the 18th to get your PDF.
hey question i have seen that the books releases on the 18 of Oct., but every store i go into said that it doesn't release until Nov., are they wrong or is there a giant back order in the suppliers
There's a big back order. To get the book out this early they had to order it before they had a full idea of how popular Starfinder was going to be, which means they weren't able to order enough to fulfill demand. The pdf will be available from the 18th but physical copies will take longer to get a hold of.
Any overall impressions on the frequency of elemental and damage resistances? Immunities?
Any changes or noteworthy issues among the "build a monster" creature type defenses? For example, do any construct types get hardness, or is it more like DR/adamantine? (Trying to figure out if Penetrating weapons are ever going to be relevant to creatures rather than vehicles/buildings.)
Curious if its already on back order then why is it still listed as available. I can add one to my cart and so on. I have subscribed from the get go so im not worried for this particular book but how am I supposed to know if a book is truly available or not when i add it to an existing subscription order. I just don't want to get into a situation where I accidentally hold up a subscription order by side-carting something that's on back order.
It’s because you’re not ordering it right now, you’re pre-ordering it.
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It’s because you’re not ordering it right now, you’re pre-ordering it.
Ah right, makes sense. Thanks for the quick reply. Now if the Kabolds would kindly stop hiding my books from the shipping folks so my order could ship out that would be great :)
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It’s because you’re not ordering it right now, you’re pre-ordering it.Ah right, makes sense. Thanks for the quick reply. Now if the Kabolds would kindly stop hiding my books from the shipping folks so my order could ship out that would be great :)
Np :3
And hehe, same. Though I suspect it’s Pugwampis...
I took a look and quickly jotted down how much Energy Resistance/Immunity and Damage Reduction came into play.
Nothing was really common. Most DR could be overcome by simply having a fusion on the weapon. Energy resistance was fairly spread out. Fire and Cold were nearly tied, but a few had Electricty.
My suggestion is to throw any infusion you can on a kinetic weapon to overcome DR/magic. If you specialize in energy weapons, carry two. Probably safe with Electricity and either Fire/Frost.
Hardness barely showed up (the AHAV comes to mind). It isn't something that shows up on all security robots. Probably not going to be a common defense.
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hey question i have seen that the books releases on the 18 of Oct., but every store i go into said that it doesn't release until Nov., are they wrong or is there a giant back order in the suppliersThere's a big back order. To get the book out this early they had to order it before they had a full idea of how popular Starfinder was going to be, which means they weren't able to order enough to fulfill demand. The pdf will be available from the 18th but physical copies will take longer to get a hold of.
Many thanks for the update.
Curious if its already on back order then why is it still listed as available. I can add one to my cart and so on. I have subscribed from the get go so im not worried for this particular book but how am I supposed to know if a book is truly available or not when i add it to an existing subscription order.
There are many different distribution channels and it’s not unheard of for
Paizo to have some in stock when distributors list it as a backorder. It gets particularly messy during a subscription run (like now). Paizo estimate how many they’ll need for subscribers, returns, preorders, etcetera - sometimes they’ll overestimate and have some left once the dust settles, even if FLGSes are reporting the book as on backorder.Usually, Paizo’s site distinguishes between backorders and books which are in stock. So barring subscription glitches, the fact you can order it now should mean that there’s a few still in stock at the Paizo warehouse.
If they had none left, it would be listed as “backorder” rather than “add hardcover”.
I just don't want to get into a situation where I accidentally hold up a subscription order by side-carting something that's on back order.
This can happen, but it’s infrequent (and isn’t supposed to). If something is in your sidecart, it shouldn’t get added to your monthly order unless it’s actually in the building.
Any stats on Skittermanders? I got a player who wants to play one this week in Dead Suns and I'm still pending.
Yes the Skittermanders Are statted up in this :3
I'm having a little trouble determine DCs from template grafts. For instance, the Nihli on page 82-83 get the decompression gaze and gravity well abilities at cr-2, plus 2 to the DCs as part of their graft. How would I determine the DCs? It isn't explained in the book, at least not that I saw
What are the CR 20 creatures? What are their ACs and hit points?
Do NPCs get the same amount of wealth as PCs, or a lesser amount? If so, please compare the CR 20 NPC wealth vs a level 20 PC wealth.
The Kyokor has CR 20, 485 hit points, EAC 35, and KAC 37.
The class graft entries in Appendix 1 give suggested levels by CR for weapons and armor for NPCs with those class grafts.
I'm having a little trouble determine DCs from template grafts. For instance, the Nihli on page 82-83 get the decompression gaze and gravity well abilities at cr-2, plus 2 to the DCs as part of their graft. How would I determine the DCs? It isn't explained in the book, at least not that I saw
Reference the tables starting on page 129. The example creature is a CR 5 combatant, so you would get the Ability DC from Table 1 and the damage from the CR 3 entry for ranged damage (energy) in Table 2.
Can you give descriptions of the Deh-Nolo, Hesper, and Bryrvath?