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My character is a rogue and a member of the Szarni. Since I want to role play a con artist who tells false fortunes and cons the crap out of people, I was going to take a level as an Oracle (it works even better because he's a half elf). I wanted to take a curse, even though I don't have an Oracle level. It only makes sense to me, as he was born with the curse. It would be an extra challenge, but is it legal?
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Also understand that telling fortunes at the table may be time consuming and frowned upon at some tables. Additionally, the most appropriate fortune telling item, a Harrow deck, is legal to own, but nearly anything (Feat, spell, trait, prestige class, etc.) that utilizes it to gain any benefit is illegal.
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Pay attention during the mission briefings and read the blurb to the scenario. Then tell the other characters fortunes based on that. Chances are good they weren't paying attention and it will seem like you know the future :)
Varisians are pretty much gypsies with the serial numbers lightly filed anyway.
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I have a suspicion that you'll like the fact that THIS book is coming out soon - who knows what options it might open up for this character.
Also, just a suggestion for the future - to use "ethnic Varisian" (or "Roma") to describe what you want to play, instead of what the thread is titled.
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I have a suspicion that you'll like the fact that THIS book is coming out soon - who knows what options it might open up for this character.
Also, just a suggestion for the future - to use "ethnic Varisian" (or "Roma") to describe what you want to play, instead of what the thread is titled.
Don't hold your breath waiting for anything in that book to be pfs legal, pfs has a long time stance of disallowing nearly everything harrow related.
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Profession (fortune telling), Sense Motive, and Bluff, should cover the basics, and allow you to give a cold reading that satisfies the mark that you knew what you were doing.
Not likely to come up in any but the most roleplayey of scenarios, but at least the latter two of those skills are generally useful, and the first allows you to make day job rolls at it.
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Don't hold your breath waiting for anything in that book to be pfs legal, pfs has a long time stance of disallowing nearly everything harrow related.I have a suspicion that you'll like the fact that THIS book is coming out soon - who knows what options it might open up for this character.
Also, just a suggestion for the future - to use "ethnic Varisian" (or "Roma") to describe what you want to play, instead of what the thread is titled.
My understanding is that the reason for that is that it is too easy to manipulate cards and cheat, and that they therefore disallow everything card-related. (Such as the Obedience of the Empyreal Lord Irez.)
If they've got some Harrow-related things that don't involve actual physical cards, they may well be PFS Legal.
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If you truly wanted to do "Harrow"ing, you could try going though the Cleric archtype of Pilgrim, which at level 8 grants it as replacement of one of your domain abilities at that level. Though... As others have said, you don't need it to play as a gypsy.
I find it really odd that this is actually a legal option, as the spell Harrowing is not legal and neither is the Harrower Prestige class that the Varisian Pilgrim refers to for the ability that it uses.
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Don't hold your breath waiting for anything in that book to be pfs legal, pfs has a long time stance of disallowing nearly everything harrow related.I have a suspicion that you'll like the fact that THIS book is coming out soon - who knows what options it might open up for this character.
Also, just a suggestion for the future - to use "ethnic Varisian" (or "Roma") to describe what you want to play, instead of what the thread is titled.
My understanding is that the reason for that is that it is too easy to manipulate cards and cheat, and that they therefore disallow everything card-related. (Such as the Obedience of the Empyreal Lord Irez.)
If they've got some Harrow-related things that don't involve actual physical cards, they may well be PFS Legal.
My personal hope is that said book will include a d% matrix to substitute for an actual harrow deck that will be made legal (and in turn, make a number of other harrow options legal).
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My personal hope is that said book will include a d% matrix to substitute for an actual harrow deck that will be made legal (and in turn, make a number of other harrow options legal).
Dice can already substitute the deck, d6 for suit and d10 (reroll 10s) for alignment.
for example would be Intelligence Chaotic Neutral, which is The Vision.
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My character is a rogue and a member of the Szarni. Since I want to role play a con artist who tells false fortunes and cons the crap out of people, I was going to take a level as an Oracle (it works even better because he's a half elf). I wanted to take a curse, even though I don't have an Oracle level. It only makes sense to me, as he was born with the curse. It would be an extra challenge, but is it legal?
I would also suggest treading lightly - if you want to be a fortune teller or con-artist then call yourself a fortune teller or con-artist but don't call yourself a gypsy - you are drifting into an offensive characterization of an ethnicity.