Hello James,
one request for your opinion on what would be a rules question, if I may...
Would you consider an outsider familiar (as attainable via the Improved Familiar feat) to be affected by spells like Banishment or Dismissal?
If so, is there any easy way for the Wizard (or Witch, or whatever) to get her familiar back?
6 (Acro 3) + 2 (Cautious Fighter) + 1 (Shielded Fighter) + 1 (Crane Style) = +10 AC (Dodge) using the Total Defense Action
Then the monster just walks around the little guy and eats the wizard. I have heard they are good with ketchup.
Here are two abilities:
At 1st level, a cavalier receives a teamwork feat as a bonus feat. He must meet the prerequisites for this feat. As a standard action, the cavalier can grant this feat to all allies within 30 feet who can see and hear him. Allies retain the use of this bonus feat for 3 rounds plus 1 round for every two levels the cavalier possesses. Allies do not need to meet the prerequisites of these bonus feats. The cavalier can use this ability once per day at 1st level, plus one additional time per day at 5th level and for every 5 levels thereafter.
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At 5th level, a tactician gains this ability as the cavalier class feature. He may use this ability once per day at 5th level, plus one additional time for every five levels after 5th (to a maximum of four times at 20th level). If the tactician also has cavalier levels, these levels stack for determining the number of uses per day, and he can take the better progression.
This ability replaces weapon training 1.
How would you say these two abilities interact for a multiclass cavalier / fighter? Would you get a second Teamwork Feat as a bonus feat to use with Tactician? Does the second ability also allow Fighter and Cavalier levels to stack for determining tactician's duration per use?
I think I'm going to post this in the rules forum too, but I wanted to see what you thought.
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6 (Acro 3) + 2 (Cautious Fighter) + 1 (Shielded Fighter) + 1 (Crane Style) = +10 AC (Dodge) using the Total Defense ActionThen the monster just walks around the little guy and eats the wizard. I have heard they are good with ketchup.
The focus is not to have the halfling be the actual target. The main intention is the +5 AC/CMD (Luck) that it sports by being next to someone. The more the merrier.
/insert Fireball
Is there a chance that a gazetteer for the following areas will be released far into the future:
1) Southern Garund
2) Casmaron
Or is the main focus right now on the Inner Sea? Would there have to be enough interest from fans to consider publishing those gazetteers?
Considering the difficulties in creating the Jade Regent AP and its supporting products, how long until we leave the Inner Sea again?
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Hello James Jacobs; I hope you're having / had a good night.
Do dinosaurs that lived during different periods on Earth all exist at the same time on Golarion?
Thanks!
Nope. There's not enough room for all the dinosaurs that ever lived to exist at the same time on Golarion. They have lots of competition for food and territory too, what with all the monsters.
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Is a vampire succubus an outsider or an undead? I'd assume the later, but it doesn't really make sense to me. Which raises another question: Are evil outsiders such as demons/devils healed by/dependent upon positive energy? Again, I'd assume as much... but it's weird.
She'd be an undead with the extraplanar trait.
Undead outsiders are treated as any other undead as far as how positive and negative energy affect them.
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1) Do you have a specific adventure or other piece of writing that you are most proud of? If so, what is it?
2) Do you ever catch errors in your work after it goes to print? Has there ever been a particularly embarrassing/irksome one?
1) Burnt Offerings is the RPG thing I'm the most proud of now, but the Demonomicons of Iggwilv for Dragon Magazine, collected as a whole, are a close second.
2) All the time. It's annoying, but learning to accept the fact that errors creep in to print is part of being a writer. All you can do is find out WHY you did the error and then try to learn from it so as not to do it again.
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Mr. Jacobs,
While I love the mechanics for the pathfinder rpg, there are a few aspects of the lore I'm not too fond of(and many more I love), the main being the enforcing of the "always chaotic evil" label onto certain races (orcs, goblinoids, etc).
As a rule I don't like setting the distinction between good and evil on racial lines, I don't like labeling sentient creatures as monsters to make it "ok" for a party to slaughter them en masse, and somewhat selfishly, my favorite races happen to be orc, half-orc, and tiefling, which in most campaigns are often shoe-horned into villainous roles(worse, in regards to the first, cannon-fodder roles, and I hate cannon fodder in all it's forms). So while I use pathfinder mechanics for the most part, my world is largely homebrewed to allow for so called "monster" races to have as much capacity for good or evil as any humanoid race(which tends to have them floating around the darker side of neutral, truly good characters of any race are a rarity in my world).
Now, my question is what was paizo's primary motivation in enforcing the role of the traditional badguy races? Was there a lot of debate over the matter or was it fairly unanimous?
We don't "enforce" the always chaotic evil label, in fact. As mentioned on page 5 of the Bestiary...
The alignments listed for each monster in this book represent the norm for these monsters—they can vary as you require them to in order to serve the needs of your campaign. Only in the case of relatively unintelligent monsters... and planar monsters... is the listed alignment relatively unchangable.
Emphasis mine.
The assumed world for Pathfinder is Golarion, and we made a lot of choices with that world. One of those is that orcs are MUCH more like Tolkien's orcs (AKA chaotic evil rampagers) and less like the orcs of Warcraft. There can certainly be non-chaotic evil orcs in Golarion, but they're rare and unusual.
For the most part, we skewed heavily traditional for the alignments for 2 reasons.
1) We were nervous that if we made TOO many changes to things underlying the flavor of the game that we would estrange our existing fan base. The fact that at the time we were switching from 3.5 to Pathfinder was the same time D&D was switching to 4th edition and that they WERE making some sweeping and enormous changes to the flavor of the game further convinced us that we should stick to the traditions because there would be a fair number of folks who prefer those traditions. As it turned out, we were pretty much spot on with that assumption.
2) Because we at Paizo are fans of the game's traditions and legacy and nostalgia, and changing things just to change them doesn't sit well with us unless we REALLY think they need to be changed. And orcs as chaotic evil creatures isn't something we thought needed to be changed.
BUT. As the Bestiary mentions... those are the assumed norms for their alignments, and can vary as needed for anyone.
Wrath of the Righteous spoiler...
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After reading that spoiler, did anyone else hear a squee coming from the general direction of Mikaze?
Spoiler:Heck... we've got a chaotic good succubus coming up in Pathfinder's "Wrath of the Righteous," after all!
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Hi there James,
Do you get as excited about RPG Superstar as much of the wider Paizo community does?
What general aspects of the competition do you particular enjoy or not enjoy?
Has any aspect of this year's RPGSS experience been significantly different for you?
Cheers!
I don't.
I do like the fact that we've found some excellent authors and even some valuable, now indispensable employees via RPG superstar. THAT is an aspect I get excited about.
But managing the contest is a big deal, and takes a lot of time and resources. I don't have those to spare for the contest, and so I generally don't really pay much attention to it other than a cursory glance now and then and chatting now and then with folks here about how things are going. It's not until the final round stats that I get in there and spend a weekend reading and writing feedback for the final four proposals—I want to do so without any preconceived notions about who the contestants are as well.
This year's RPGSS experience has been slightly different, in that I got a chance to screen the basic ideas for the proposals for the last round before they were developed into full adventures. This screening wasn't intended to provide any feedback—only to let the writers know that they can proceed because their ideas don't parallel anything we've got in production. That happened last year, and as a result the proposed adventure (which in my opinion was easily the best and most interesting of the 4) essentially died on the vine because we couldn't do it. (The adventure was about a monastery taken over by giants that had a portal to Leng in the dungeon below... which is pretty much the same plots as Shattered Star parts 4 and 5, which at that point had not yet been announced.)
And a question: are you hopeful, negative, or lukewarm towards the Veronica Mars movie kickstarter?
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Hello James,
one request for your opinion on what would be a rules question, if I may...
Would you consider an outsider familiar (as attainable via the Improved Familiar feat) to be affected by spells like Banishment or Dismissal?
If so, is there any easy way for the Wizard (or Witch, or whatever) to get her familiar back?
Yes. It's an outsider after all.
And the way you get this familair back is by doing the special ritual in a week that lets you replace a slain, dismissed, or lost familiar (emphasis mine). Being banished counts as lost.
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Here are two abilities:
At 1st level, a cavalier receives a teamwork feat as a bonus feat. He must meet the prerequisites for this feat. As a standard action, the cavalier can grant this feat to all allies within 30 feet who can see and hear him. Allies retain the use of this bonus feat for 3 rounds plus 1 round for every two levels the cavalier possesses. Allies do not need to meet the prerequisites of these bonus feats. The cavalier can use this ability once per day at 1st level, plus one additional time per day at 5th level and for every 5 levels thereafter.and
At 5th level, a tactician gains this ability as the cavalier class feature. He may use this ability once per day at 5th level, plus one additional time for every five levels after 5th (to a maximum of four times at 20th level). If the tactician also has cavalier levels, these levels stack for determining the number of uses per day, and he can take the better progression.
This ability replaces weapon training 1.
How would you say these two abilities interact for a multiclass cavalier / fighter? Would you get a second Teamwork Feat as a bonus feat to use with Tactician? Does the second ability also allow Fighter and Cavalier levels to stack for determining tactician's duration per use?
I think I'm going to post this in the rules forum too, but I wanted to see what you thought.
Yup; good post for the rules forum.
My take? Whenever you mix archetypes with a multiclass character, you're in uncharted territory, and your GM is going to need to make a lot of judgement calls. Archetypes work best for single-classed characters.
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6 (Acro 3) + 2 (Cautious Fighter) + 1 (Shielded Fighter) + 1 (Crane Style) = +10 AC (Dodge) using the Total Defense ActionThen the monster just walks around the little guy and eats the wizard. I have heard they are good with ketchup.** spoiler omitted **
The focus is not to have the halfling be the actual target. The main intention is the +5 AC/CMD (Luck) that it sports by being next to someone. The more the merrier.
/insert Fireball
Let's leave the posts here to questions for me, please.
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Is there a chance that a gazetteer for the following areas will be released far into the future:
1) Southern Garund
2) Casmaron
Or is the main focus right now on the Inner Sea? Would there have to be enough interest from fans to consider publishing those gazetteers?
There's a chance. I'm more interested at this precise moment in doing a gazetteer of Southern Garund or Arcadia. A gazetteer for Casmaron would require us to have published rules for psychic magic since Vudra's all about that... and since we don't have a psychc magic sourcebook yet... Casmaron is not yet an option.
The main focus will ALWAYS remain on the Inner Sea. When we do other continent books, they'll be like the Dragon Empires Gazetteer—tied to an adventure path and several other products that feature themes from that continent for 6 to 9 months... but then we want a few years of Inner Sea focus before and after those at the least.
If we do one of the other continents and we see a huge upsurge of interest in that other contient, all bets are off. We didn't see a surge of interest large enough to abandon the Inner Sea after Tian Xia was covered, though...
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Considering the difficulties in creating the Jade Regent AP and its supporting products, how long until we leave the Inner Sea again?
We've got 2 adventure paths that spend a long time away from the Inner Sea very soon... one is happening right now—the Reign of Winter AP spends 2/3 of its time outside of the Inner Sea region. And a little less than half of Wrath of the Righteous will not take place in the Inner Sea region.
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James how hard would it be to run a Kingmaker style game in Varisia?
Less difficult than Rob had a time of it running Kingmaker in Iobaria, since we've published SO MUCH about Varisia that a GM has a lot of stuff to go to.
If I were to do this, I would start the campaign in Magnimar and have the PCs charged with settling the land west of Riddleport and north of Ravenmoor in order to expand Magnimar's influence. Riddleport would become an early antagonist, but the main enemy would end up being the city of Korvosa... likely with some Ileosa or Runelord involvement.
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After reading that spoiler, did anyone else hear a squee coming from the general direction of Mikaze?
I'm pretty sure that spoiler wasn't a spoiler as much as just another confirmation of what's coming up... but there's a chance that is indeed an actual spoiler, in which case, SURPRISE.
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** spoiler omitted **Colour me curious, intrigued, and somewhat cautious.
One of the biggest themes in Wrath of the Righteous is redemption. What better way to get that theme across?
It's not even CLOSE to the part of that AP that makes me the most nervous; doing up that character doesn't actually make me nervous in the slightest.
The part that makes me nervous is that the whole AP is a Mythic AP, and no one knows if folks will love or hate that... and worse, no one has ever done a Mythic AP before, and so there's a lot of uncharted territory in the development of it. More so than there was for the first Pathifnder AP, which was partially written and developed before the Pathfinder rules were finalized in print.
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James how hard would it be to run a Kingmaker style game in Varisia?Less difficult than Rob had a time of it running Kingmaker in Iobaria, since we've published SO MUCH about Varisia that a GM has a lot of stuff to go to.
If I were to do this, I would start the campaign in Magnimar and have the PCs charged with settling the land west of Riddleport and north of Ravenmoor in order to expand Magnimar's influence. Riddleport would become an early antagonist, but the main enemy would end up being the city of Korvosa... likely with some Ileosa or Runelord involvement.
Now that is evil plot matterial right there *goes to plot*
Wrath of the Righteous spoiler...
Spoiler:Heck... we've got a chaotic good succubus coming up in Pathfinder's "Wrath of the Righteous," after all!
Awesome! Have you ever read Sepulchrave's Tales of Wyre? It was a campaign journal on ENWorld that explored whether a similar thing were possible.
Yup; good post for the rules forum.
My take? Whenever you mix archetypes with a multiclass character, you're in uncharted territory, and your GM is going to need to make a lot of judgement calls. Archetypes work best for single-classed characters.
That's disappointing; sort of. I was really excited when I learned about the "fighters get tactician too!" concept. I thought it might be an attempt to help make multiclassing more viable. Not in the sense of, "is it mechanically possible to multiclass?" but rather in the sense of, "how can I build a unique character?"
If archetypes have one fundamental weakness as a design idea, I'd argue that this is it. Archetypes often remove much of a character's unique specialization, especially when they trade away things like bloodline powers, bonus feats, rogue talents/rage powers, and so on for a specific unalterable list of abilities. And I'd also argue that the ability to make a unique character with his (or her) own personal mix of powers is one of Pathfinder's draws over, say, 4th Edition. That's why I always liked multiclassing / prestige class dipping, anyway.
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I am trying to determine the intent of the Alchemical Weapon ability of the Grenadier Alchemist...
Alchemical Weapon (Su)
At 2nd level, a grenadier can infuse a weapon or piece of ammunition with a single harmful alchemical liquid or powder, such as alchemist’s fire or sneezing powder, as a move action. This action consumes the alchemical item, but transfers its effect to the weapon in question.
Would this include
a) Alchemist's bomb - seems a little strong to put this on my weapon and get both weapon damage and bomb damage. I cant find anywhere where it would imply you can.b) Tanglefoot bag - alchemical item, but not a liquid or a powder? Seems to me the "liquid or powder" was not meant as an exclusive list, but more of examples.
a) Nope.
b) Nope.
It's basically a way to get things like acid or alchemist fire or the like to affect targets that might be out of range (by using a ranged weapon) or to bolster a weapon attack by basically allowing you to do damage with the alchemical item AND your weapon at the same time.
Regarding Tanglefoot bags please explain why a flask of alchemist's fire is a liquid and a bag of tar or resin is not. Viscosity does not change its state of matter.
Hello Mr. Jacobs,
I have a rules question if you don't mind. I already asked this of Mr. Reynolds, but I think he maybe busy.
In this thread: Best Larger Weapon: Huge Falcata?
The question about if having to use an additional hand to use a larger weapon than they would normally be able to is considered a penalty.
This is confused a little by the monster ability that the redcap has the ability:
Heavy Weapons (Ex) A redcap can wield weapons sized for Medium creatures without penalty.
As a redcap is size small and uses a medium sized two handed weapon.
Now with the tiefling variant ability:
You have over-sized limbs, allowing you to use Large weapons without penalty.
Very similar language is used and I was wondering if you could please give your best interpretation.
Thank you,
-Hexen
Hey James,
Do you have any books, novels preferred over rule, you'd recommend that gives a good take on what it takes to actually live in Golarion? Specifically I'm looking for something set in Kyonin. I'm just looking for something that goes into some of the minutia of life and politics in addition to adventuring goodness. Extra points if it involves the struggle with Treerazer and gives a good look into both internal and external dealings.
Thanks!
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Hey James, I have two questions about creature creation.
1. What factors go into deciding the main type of an original creature you are making? Like, what made the bone golem a construct instead of undead? Or the rust monster an aberration as opposed to a magical beast?
2. What characteristics make a creature the Fey type? I felt a connection to nature was one, but there are several creatures of the Outsider type (like kami) that have similar connections to the natural world.
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BUT. As the Bestiary mentions... those are the assumed norms for their alignments, and can vary as needed for anyone.
Wrath of the Righteous spoiler...
Spoiler:
playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button
After reading that spoiler, did anyone else hear a squee coming from the general direction of Mikaze?
STOP TEMPTING
BUT. As the Bestiary mentions... those are the assumed norms for their alignments, and can vary as needed for anyone.
Wrath of the Righteous spoiler...
Spoiler:
playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button
After reading that spoiler, did anyone else hear a squee coming from the general direction of Mikaze?STOP TEMPTING
You should really read it. You may wet yourself when you do.
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You should really read it. You may wet yourself when you do.BUT. As the Bestiary mentions... those are the assumed norms for their alignments, and can vary as needed for anyone.
Wrath of the Righteous spoiler...
Spoiler:
playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button playing in WotR shouldn't click the button
After reading that spoiler, did anyone else hear a squee coming from the general direction of Mikaze?STOP TEMPTING
nospoilersneedtogoinpurenospoilersneedtogoinpurenospoilersneedtogoinpure
HRHRRNRGNGGG
First of all, you are awesome for having a thread like this. I was just recently made aware that this thread existed and I think it's great. I only have two questions right now:
1. A similar question has been asked about teleportation in general, and answered by you. I still have a nagging curiosity in the back of my head so I hope you don't mind. Lets say a character has the Dimensional Dervish feat and is fighting a flying creature. Can that character teleport up to the creature's level, strike it, teleport around it striking it a few more times, then teleport back to the ground for his final stopping point? Or do all intermediate teleportation points need to be on solid ground? This is assuming the creature is within range to do this, as the feat limits total distance you can travel. I know it could be done with some method of levitation or flying, but how about without it? Due to the general answer about teleportation you gave before I feel like this probably can't be done, but I am still curious.
2. Dimensional Agility specifically calls out Dimension Door or Abundant Step as it's only prerequisites. Could a Shadowdancer's Shadow Jump ability qualify for taking Dimensional Agility? The only difference I could see between abundant step and shadow jump that would really make a difference was the range increments for Shadowdancer's vs. the Ki required for Monks, so I compared them. A lvl 20 Monk with 18 WIS could use Abundant step 7 times per day (this is assuming the Monk doesn't use Ki for anything else that day), a Shadowdancer would eat up his total range in about 5 jumps if he used the full 60 feet allotted for each jump. Of course the number of jumps could go up slightly if he did not use a full 60 feet each time (this is assuming the Shadowdancer only use Shadow Jump for Dimensional Dervish attacks that day). I am curious if there is an official rule on this? If not what is your opinion?
V/R
Shadowlord
O_o Hope you survive Mikaze!
For James Jacobs:
About linear warriors, quadratic wizards:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards
1) Assuming that you think this is true of Pathfinder, do you think it is a flaw or a feature?
I kind of like that this is the case as long as the martial characters can still contribute to a group at high levels (which they can).
2) Are there any BBEGs in APs that are non-spellcasters? Which APs?
3) Do you have any advice on making non-spellcaster BBEGs? I want to make a warlord type villain that is still a threat by himself. I'm thinking some good unique magic items might go a long way toward that goal. Any other advice?
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I am trying to determine the intent of the Alchemical Weapon ability of the Grenadier Alchemist...
Alchemical Weapon (Su)
At 2nd level, a grenadier can infuse a weapon or piece of ammunition with a single harmful alchemical liquid or powder, such as alchemist’s fire or sneezing powder, as a move action. This action consumes the alchemical item, but transfers its effect to the weapon in question.
Would this include
a) Alchemist's bomb - seems a little strong to put this on my weapon and get both weapon damage and bomb damage. I cant find anywhere where it would imply you can.b) Tanglefoot bag - alchemical item, but not a liquid or a powder? Seems to me the "liquid or powder" was not meant as an exclusive list, but more of examples.
a) Nope.
b) Nope.
It's basically a way to get things like acid or alchemist fire or the like to affect targets that might be out of range (by using a ranged weapon) or to bolster a weapon attack by basically allowing you to do damage with the alchemical item AND your weapon at the same time.
Sorry for bring up this question again, but I got an additional query on this subject.
You mention that the ideal of the Alchemical Weapon (Su) is to get "damaging" alchemical weapons like acid or alchemist fire to affect targets that are some distance away.
However, Alchemical Weapon (Su) states sneezing powder as an example of a harmful alchemical liquid/powder. Yet sneezing powder is not a damaging alchemical substance, it is a disabling one. It gives a disabling effect on a failed save.
Even though sneezing poweder is a non-damaging alchemical item, it can be used by Alchemical Weapon (Su), as per the ability's description.
In the same vein, Tanglefoot bag is also listed as a Alchemical Weapon in Ultimate Equipment. And it is also a disabling alchemical item.
Tanglefoot bag is also stated that it is a "goo", which is usually a liquid, a thick liquid, but still a liquid:
A tanglefoot bag is a small sack filled with tar, resin, and other sticky substances. When you throw a tanglefoot bag at a creature (as a ranged touch attack with a range increment of 10 feet), the bag comes apart and goo bursts out, entangling the target and then becoming tough and resilient upon exposure to air. An entangled creature takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty to Dexterity and must make a DC 15 Reflex save or be glued to the floor, unable to move. Even on a successful save, it can move only at half speed. Huge or larger creatures are unaffected by a tanglefoot bag. A flying creature is not stuck to the floor, but it must make a DC 15 Reflex save or be unable to fly (assuming it uses its wings to fly) and fall to the ground. A tanglefoot bag does not function underwater.
A creature that is glued to the floor (or unable to fly) can break free by making a DC 17 Strength check or by dealing 15 points of damage to the goo with a slashing weapon. A creature trying to scrape goo off itself, or another creature assisting, does not need to make an attack roll; hitting the goo is automatic, after which the creature that hit makes a damage roll to see how much of the goo was scraped off. Once free, the creature can move (including flying) at half speed. If the entangled creature attempts to cast a spell, it must make a concentration check with a DC of 15 + the spell’s level or be unable to cast the spell. The goo becomes brittle and fragile after 2d4 rounds, cracking apart and losing its effectiveness. An application of universal solvent to a stuck creature dissolves the alchemical goo immediately. Crafting this item is a DC 25 Craft (alchemy) check.
Given that sneezing powder, a non-damaging, disabling alchemical item is allowed to be use with Alchemical Weapon (Su). Why would tanglefoot bag, a similar, non-damaging, disabling alchemical item, not be allowed?
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Awesome! Have you ever read Sepulchrave's Tales of Wyre? It was a campaign journal on ENWorld that explored whether a similar thing were possible.Wrath of the Righteous spoiler...
** spoiler omitted **
Nope, never did.
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Regarding Tanglefoot bags please explain why a flask of alchemist's fire is a liquid and a bag of tar or resin is not. Viscosity does not change its state of matter.
Because I said so?
More seriously though... that's always how I've imagined them to be. It's no big deal if you let tanglefoot bags work.
Hey James...Merisiel has fainted in her thread...
Is she going to be ok?
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Hello Mr. Jacobs,
I have a rules question if you don't mind. I already asked this of Mr. Reynolds, but I think he maybe busy.In this thread: Best Larger Weapon: Huge Falcata?
The question about if having to use an additional hand to use a larger weapon than they would normally be able to is considered a penalty.This is confused a little by the monster ability that the redcap has the ability:
Heavy Weapons (Ex) A redcap can wield weapons sized for Medium creatures without penalty.As a redcap is size small and uses a medium sized two handed weapon.
Now with the tiefling variant ability:
You have over-sized limbs, allowing you to use Large weapons without penalty.Very similar language is used and I was wondering if you could please give your best interpretation.
Thank you,
-Hexen
Redcaps break the rule and their ability should not enter into any arguments or assumptions about any other creature doing this trick, so you can't cite or refer to redcaps for this reason.
That said, the ability is basically the same, just worded different.
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Hey James,
Do you have any books, novels preferred over rule, you'd recommend that gives a good take on what it takes to actually live in Golarion? Specifically I'm looking for something set in Kyonin. I'm just looking for something that goes into some of the minutia of life and politics in addition to adventuring goodness. Extra points if it involves the struggle with Treerazer and gives a good look into both internal and external dealings.
Thanks!
For Kyonin, check out Elves of Golarion and the Kyonin gazetteer in Pathfinder #17. There's a lot of non-rule stuff about Kyonin in both places.
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Hey James, I have two questions about creature creation.
1. What factors go into deciding the main type of an original creature you are making? Like, what made the bone golem a construct instead of undead? Or the rust monster an aberration as opposed to a magical beast?
2. What characteristics make a creature the Fey type? I felt a connection to nature was one, but there are several creatures of the Outsider type (like kami) that have similar connections to the natural world.
1) For the most part, it's personal preference. In the case of something with the word "golem" in its name, it's always a construct.
2) Fairy tale elements combined with links to the first world combined with a generally humanoid shape combined with generally humanoid emotions, all mixed with personal preference.
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Were you a fan of Veronica Mars, James? If so, then the aforementioned Kickstarter was launched with a $2,000,000 goal this morning, where Warner Brothers gave them permission and said if they hit the goal they would distribute a Veronica Mars movie. It fully funded in under ten hours.
Since I had to google Veronica Mars to know who you were talking about... I guess I would say no, not a fan.