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Zaister, I have but one dying question: are there any new archetypes, and if so what are they called?
Yes, there is one new archetypes, the Augmented, focusing on cybernetics integration.
Subscriptions were supposed to start being sent out on Wednesday.... it is currently Friday and I haven't heard of anyone receiving a shipping email for this yet. I am now greatly concerned about this and am beginning to freak out.
As you can see, there are people who did get their shipping mail already, such as me.
Subscriptions were supposed to start being sent out on Wednesday.... it is currently Friday and I haven't heard of anyone receiving a shipping email for this yet. I am now greatly concerned about this and am beginning to freak out.
No need to worry, it seems a few people (unfortunately not including myself) have received their shipping notices and got their pdfs, now it's just a waiting game!
Subscriptions were supposed to start being sent out on Wednesday.... it is currently Friday and I haven't heard of anyone receiving a shipping email for this yet. I am now greatly concerned about this and am beginning to freak out.As you can see, there are people who did get their shipping mail already, such as me.
Sorry, I'm just glad to see them start going out. i was getting very worried for a little bit.
The book looks really good to me.
The only thing which is a bit iffy that the book, on the table of contents, prominently restates that you "[...] can find the complete rules of these books available online for free at paizo.com/sfrd." – which hasn't been true for more than a year now. That is a bit sad.
I wouldn't mind some information on augmentations. Are there any new augmentations that can be used offensively or that let you integrate weapons into your body?
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Zaister, can you share the new class features for equipment-focused characters mentioned above?
Well there are quite a few, each class gets a two-page-spread containing various new options:
Envoy:
New expertise talents: Battlefield Medic, Borrowed Guise, Computer Whiz, Create Diversion, Demolition Export, Expert Advice, Tech Familiarity
Mechanic:
New drone mods: Barricade, Cybernetic Bridge, Grease, Heuristic Programming.
Mystic:
New spells: detect augmentation (level 1), reject augmentation (level 2)
Operative:
New operative specialization: Gadgeteer.
Solarian:
New zenith revelations: Particle Wave, Quantum Entrapment.
Soldier:
New fighting style: Shock and Awe.
Technomancer:
New spells: animate armor (level 5), electroplating (level 2), incompetence (level 1)
I wouldn't mind some information on augmentations. Are there any new augmentations that can be used offensively or that let you integrate weapons into your body?
There are lots of augmentations, 2 pages biotech, 2 pages cybernetics, 4 pages magitech, and 4 pages necrografts. There are some offensive options, such as the shock fist, or the optical laser that you can get built into your eye. There is also the weaponized prosthesis that is basically a cybernetic arm that can be fitted with a weapon. The necrografts also have some unsavory stuff such as the bone blade, or the enervating hand.
Are there any new alien statblocks? Sentient items?
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Are there any new alien statblocks? Sentient items?
No, nothing of the sort, sorry.
Any cool lore things that you're seeing?
Any cool lore things that you're seeing?
There may be bits and pieces spread across the item descriptions, but no dedicated lore information.
If you've ever wanted a keytar that looks like a space gun, now is the time!I did have the thought recently on whether there were currently mechanics to make something along the lines of a Noise Marine from WH40K.
Hasn't stopped me from trying with just core anyways.
Why the <expletive deleted> do I get to the top half of the page before the last page in this thread when I click on "3 new" or whatever in the forum listing. I already read all that crap, dammit! :-(
No treasure tables, sorry.
Zaister, can you share the new class features for equipment-focused characters mentioned above?Well there are quite a few, each class gets a two-page-spread containing various new options:
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I would love to hear more about the Envoy's Bedside Manner improv and the Soldier's Twinned Threat boost.
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Bedside Manner
Twinned Threat
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Could you also tell about Solarian's Stellar revelations: Attractive Force (6th), Subduing Beams (6th)
Bedside Manner ** spoiler omitted **
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What I expected from the former, not what I was hoping for the latter. I would like for some class to get *some* option that makes double pistols a worthwhile choice, rather than just a flavor choice.
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Attractive Force
Subduing Beams
What is new fighting style for the fighter?
Lighting Reload?
Massive Momentum?
Ooh! Do any of those Operative exploits improve sniping and/or allow long-range trick attacks?
Thanks for all the info!
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The new fighting style for the soldier is Shock and Awe and employs auditory and visual stimuli to overpower the opponent's senses.
Lightning Reload lets you reload all non-automatic weapons as if they had the quick reload property.
Massive Momentum improves the effect of bull rush or reposition combat maneuvers made with unwieldy melee weapons.
The Fast Aim exploit helps with sniper weapons. No long-range trick attack as far as I can see.
Thanks man. I would love to know what all of the options do, but those sounded like fun. Just looking for things for my Blitz Nuar. He is going to be a charging power hitter. Anything fit those lines?
The new fighting style for the soldier is Shock and Awe and employs auditory and visual stimuli to overpower the opponent's senses.
The Fast Aim exploit helps with sniper weapons. No long-range trick attack as far as I can see.
Debilitating shot, at long range, that's what I meant. (Sorry, it's been a while since I looked at the class.) But I'm guessing Fast Aim is to aim as a swift, and full actions require your swift as well now.
Paizo has already stated that you can aim a sniper rifle instead of moving as part of the full action to Trick attack. I'd assume fast aim lets you aim as a swift or free action.Debilitating shot, at long range, that's what I meant. (Sorry, it's been a while since I looked at the class.) But I'm guessing Fast Aim is to aim as a swift, and full actions require your swift as well now.The new fighting style for the soldier is Shock and Awe and employs auditory and visual stimuli to overpower the opponent's senses.
The Fast Aim exploit helps with sniper weapons. No long-range trick attack as far as I can see.
Oh! I missed that. If you happen to know where the link is for that, or where I should look for it, that'd be awesome! Thank you very much for letting me know. I found it in the FAQs from February!
Zaister, can you share the new class features for equipment-focused characters mentioned above?Well there are quite a few, each class gets a two-page-spread containing various new options:
Envoy:** spoiler omitted **
Mechanic:** spoiler omitted **
Mystic:** spoiler omitted **
Operative:** spoiler omitted **
Solarian:** spoiler omitted **
Soldier:** spoiler omitted **...
Could I get a little description of the Mechanic Triks and Drone Mods you mentioned? And thanks for the good work!
Shields???
Paizo has already stated that you can aim a sniper rifle instead of moving as part of the full action to Trick attack. I'd assume fast aim lets you aim as a swift or free action.Debilitating shot, at long range, that's what I meant. (Sorry, it's been a while since I looked at the class.) But I'm guessing Fast Aim is to aim as a swift, and full actions require your swift as well now.The new fighting style for the soldier is Shock and Awe and employs auditory and visual stimuli to overpower the opponent's senses.
The Fast Aim exploit helps with sniper weapons. No long-range trick attack as far as I can see.
This is strange, since you cannot Trick Attack with a sniper rifle, unless there is an errata I have missed?
This is strange, since you cannot Trick Attack with a sniper rifle, unless there is an errata I have missed?Paizo has already stated that you can aim a sniper rifle instead of moving as part of the full action to Trick attack. I'd assume fast aim lets you aim as a swift or free action.Debilitating shot, at long range, that's what I meant. (Sorry, it's been a while since I looked at the class.) But I'm guessing Fast Aim is to aim as a swift, and full actions require your swift as well now.The new fighting style for the soldier is Shock and Awe and employs auditory and visual stimuli to overpower the opponent's senses.
The Fast Aim exploit helps with sniper weapons. No long-range trick attack as far as I can see.
There's a FAQ to clarify this:
[Operative] Debilitating sniper (page 96) allows trick attack to be used with a sniper weapon (though it does no extra damage), but sniper weapons are unwieldy and require taking a move action to aim them.
If you have debilitating sniper, or any other special ability that specifically allows you to use trick attack with a sniper weapon, using trick attack with a sniper rifle counts as taking a move action to aim the weapon to use the range increment listed in the sniper weapon special ability. You can do this even with unwieldy sniper weapons.
You can find the ruling here. :)
Any new ballistic side arms?
What are the non magical weapon mods?
Are there single shot plasma weapons ala fallout?
Are there laser shotguns?
Sorry, I can't post any more details tonight. I'll try agaim tomorrow.
Sorry, I can't post any more details tonight. I'll try agaim tomorrow.
I await eagerly!
Not sure what you bey fallout weapons.
Not sure what you bey fallout weapons.
It's a video game series. Basically I meant if there's any pew pew plasma pistols and rifles as opposed to flamethrower style plasma guns.
Not sure what you bey fallout weapons.It's a video game series. Basically I meant if there's any pew pew plasma pistols and rifles as opposed to flamethrower style plasma guns.
Ah ok, I know the games, but I have never played one of them. There is a list of plasma small arms. As in Pathfinder, in Starfinder plasma is electricity and fire.
The electroplating enhances a kinetic weapon via some magic technobabble to overcome DR/silver and DR/magic.
Not sure what you bey fallout weapons.It's a video game series. Basically I meant if there's any pew pew plasma pistols and rifles as opposed to flamethrower style plasma guns.
I think you're getting the flavor of the plasma weapons wrong. The "line" property is not meant to be an analog of a flamethrower (wich has the "blast" property, a cone attack in the first range increment). The "line" is a single shot that pierces through all targets it hits. It's a very much pew pew atack, but it can hit targets behind the first one (unfortunately, all "line" weapons are "unwielding", so you can fire only once per round). If you really dislike this proprerty (or want to fire more than once per round), the plasma caster longarms exchange the "line"property for the boost. But yeah, there are no such options for pistols in the core book, so maybe that's what you're looking for in this book.
Tldr; plasma guns are "line" weapons, flamethrowers are "blast" weapons. Flame rifles and flame pistol are "line" weapons with a very flamethrower feel (you could say they are focused flamethrowers), but I still get a strong "fallout" vibe fro "line" plasma guns, each shot so hot that it pierces the target. It's the same mechanic for both these last weapons, but with a different flavor to then imo
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Ah ok, I know the games, but I have never played one of them. There is a list of plasma small arms. As in Pathfinder, in Starfinder plasma is electricity and fire.Not sure what you bey fallout weapons.It's a video game series. Basically I meant if there's any pew pew plasma pistols and rifles as opposed to flamethrower style plasma guns.
So are they single shot as opposed to AoE? And are there any plasma longarms like that that are single shot ad opposed to AoE?
Tldr; plasma guns are "line" weapons, flamethrowers are "blast" weapons. Flame rifles and flame pistol are "line" weapons with a very flamethrower feel (you could say they are focused flamethrowers), but I still get a strong "fallout" vibe fro "line" plasma guns, each shot so hot that it pierces the target. It's the same mechanic for both these last weapons, but with a different flavor to then imo
1. I was referencing real flamethrowers, which shoot jets in a line.
2. The flavour text clearly says the plasma weapons shoot a literal line of plasma. It's not just a hot projectile that goes all the way through the target due to its heat, it's a thick lance of plasma that goes through the whole line as a continuous beam.
Ah ok, I know the games, but I have never played one of them. There is a list of plasma small arms. As in Pathfinder, in Starfinder plasma is electricity and fire.Not sure what you bey fallout weapons.It's a video game series. Basically I meant if there's any pew pew plasma pistols and rifles as opposed to flamethrower style plasma guns.So are they single shot as opposed to AoE? And are there any plasma longarms like that that are single shot ad opposed to AoE?
Tldr; plasma guns are "line" weapons, flamethrowers are "blast" weapons. Flame rifles and flame pistol are "line" weapons with a very flamethrower feel (you could say they are focused flamethrowers), but I still get a strong "fallout" vibe fro "line" plasma guns, each shot so hot that it pierces the target. It's the same mechanic for both these last weapons, but with a different flavor to then imo
1. I was referencing real flamethrowers, which shoot jets in a line.
2. The flavour text clearly says the plasma weapons shoot a literal line of plasma. It's not just a hot projectile that goes all the way through the target due to its heat, it's a thick lance of plasma that goes through the whole line as a continuous beam.
"Superheated or electromagnetically charged gas becomes ionized plasma, which plasma weapons emit in a controlled blast"
Just saying: Nothing in there about how thick it is, just that it is powerful enough to penetrate multiple objects.
Constructive Interference (2nd), Stellar Equilibrium (2nd)
Could you give some details on the Solarian revelations Constructive Interference and Stellar Equilibrium?
Is there an option to modify the Solar Weapon, such as giving it the reach quality or have it target EAC?
Are there any options to modify Solar Armor akin to weapon crystals?
"Superheated or electromagnetically charged gas becomes ionized plasma, which plasma weapons emit in a controlled blast"
Just saying: Nothing in there about how thick it is, just that it is powerful enough to penetrate multiple objects.
Sorry, I didn't mean the fluff on Plasma Weapons in general, I meant the fluff on Plasma Pistols and Plasma Rifles specifically, which fire lines of plasma, as opposed to something like the Plasma Caster, which fires bolts like the Plasma Guns in Fallout or the Blasters in Star Wars.
And it doesn't actually say anything about plasma being able to penetrate multiple objects under the fluff for Plasma Weapons in general.