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Thanks sooo much for this sticky guide... after much deliberation, iterating, number crunching, and going through CRB, UM, UC and APG this has helped me create the character I was after... the look on the GM's face as I rattled off the numbers, feats and character concept/backstory was priceless... wish I'd had my camera with me ;)
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Hey BZ, since my Alchemist guide isn't a thread anymore, can you list sources on it? CRB/APG/ARG/UM/UC+ with Mythic Support. Same with my Barbarian guide, although Mythic is iffy on the Barb guide since it's a lot to do and I didn't particularly enjoy doing it for the Alchemist (since I haven't played Mythic, they're all just suggestions instead of playtested data)
The guide is officially finished until new material is put out, so I'll be finishing up my Barbarian Guide up soon.
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Hey XmorsX
You seem to repeatedly mention how the Dervish Dance magus deals the same damage as a strength magus, but it's just a little off...
Whenever you don't use spell combat, a strength magus can use his weapon with two hands, while a dervish dance magus cannot (The feat specifically calls out "while wielding it in one hand"). So Str Magi can deal more weapon damage still, and even more damage with power attack.
EDIT: I didn't see any threads with your guide mentioned other than here, so I posted this here. Are you going to make a discussion thread for your guide?
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@ N.Jolly - Done!
@ XMorsX & Frodo - Added, thanks for that. I've also made a discussion thread for the guide here.
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I think you listed one of the books in the Alch guide as the ARB instead of the ARG...
And I have a new guide
Getting into Someone Else's Skin
This is my mini guide for the Synthesist Summoner, still a WIP, but I'm slowly getting on it since there's a thread asking for guides, and that's the only one that interested me.
RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 16, RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32
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I have done a guide on how to play a paladin's code of conduct.
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Hey XmorsX
You seem to repeatedly mention how the Dervish Dance magus deals the same damage as a strength magus, but it's just a little off...
Whenever you don't use spell combat, a strength magus can use his weapon with two hands, while a dervish dance magus cannot (The feat specifically calls out "while wielding it in one hand"). So Str Magi can deal more weapon damage still, and even more damage with power attack.
EDIT: I didn't see any threads with your guide mentioned other than here, so I posted this here. Are you going to make a discussion thread for your guide?
I'm the author of the finesse guide - thank you for mentioning it and asking for it to be added to the guide lists.
I'll add in a mention of the Str-Magus's balancing factors. I haven't actually had the chance to compare them in-play or by running serious numbers yet, though for now I'm still behind the idea of the Dervish Dex-Magus being equally viable compared to the Str-Magus. At the middle levels, I would expect that the critical mass of spell slots combined with Spell Recall means that an average adventuring day (@4 encounters) with combats sticking to the average length (2-4 rounds) means a Magus will be spending most combat rounds casting and attacking. It's still worth mentioning though, as it does give the Str-Magus a better "buff and fight" option, where the Dex-Magus is a little bit more stuck in nova mode, and the Str-Magus can fight a little bit better when running on empty or conserving resources.
Found an error in the guide. You list "Rogue Eidolon’s Guide to Clerics" as the guide name. It is not a guide to clerics, but to domains.
/cevah
The Forge of Combat: Thoughts on Victory and How the Group Achieves it [Discussion]
Hey Broken Zenith, the discussion thread doesn't match to the Forge of Combat.
But I don't know what the correct one is.
Found another:
Nephril's Extended Beginners Guide to Pathfinder
Discussion
/cevah
how about a guide to traits...Getting what you want
Are somewhere a guide for Mythic, or someone planning to make one?
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There are two guides to traits and three guides to mythic here: Comprehensive Guide to the Builds. There are also a few guides that have mythic options, and are marked as such.
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It's so I remember where it's at.
Oh..thanks!
Not sure this counts:
Thread: The Mini Guide to Paragon Surge
/cevah
There are two guides to traits and three guides to mythic here: Comprehensive Guide to the Builds. There are also a few guides that have mythic options, and are marked as such.
That points to the Guide to the Guides, and not to a guide to builds. Is there a guide to builds?
/cevah
The very last guide in the Guide to the Guides is, in fact, the Guide to the Builds.
I don't think the mini guide to paragon surge should truly be here. It was a thinly veiled attempt at nerfing the spell, through a guide like style. The guide might have some purpose, but based alone the honesty of it, I wouldn't include it with other guides that were honest in their principles.
I don't think the mini guide to paragon surge should truly be here. It was a thinly veiled attempt at nerfing the spell, through a guide like style. The guide might have some purpose, but based alone the honesty of it, I wouldn't include it with other guides that were honest in their principles.
That guide was made Sep 2012. The author's post indicating a desire for a nerf was made Tuesday, over a year and a half later, after extensive use of it. An opinion can change in that amount of time.
As it still functions as a mini-guide, I think it should be considered.
/cevah