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I have a nagaji naga-aspirant character in PFS. He's a GM-credit character who I only began playing upon his reaching 4th level when his animal companion bumped up to Large size. I've played him exactly once. I won't bore you with the details of his build and character, but needless to say he's all about snakes, up to and including worship of Ydersius.
I already knew about the alternate summoning lists in various adventure paths, but I was on the PRD the other day and noticed that summon nature's ally actually has an alternate list that allows you to summon some sort of snake at every spell level. Imagine my surprise at how perfectly this slotted into my character concept.
Looking over the additional resources list, though, it seems Serpent's Skull, Vol. 6: Sanctum of the Serpent God (AP.42) isn't a legal source for PFS and I'm trying to understand why. The following appears to be all that could possibly be legal for PFS from this AP volume:
EQUIPMENT
Belt of the Snake King (pg.28, but legal already from Gods and Magic)
Snakescale Armor (pg.39)
SPELLS
constricting coils (pg.71)
customized summoning list (pg.71)
And I recognize this isn't a whole lot, but it's honestly on par with the quantity available in many of the other volumes of Serpent's Skull (and other APs), many of which are legal for PFS. So, I guess I just wondered whether this was intentional and whether it would be possible to have this book added as a legal source.
The only reasons I can think why this book wouldn't be allowed are:
1) Ydersius is an evil god, and not just a little bit evil either. Nevertheless, he is a legal PFS deity, and I feel like a player willing to come up with a creative solution to worshiping an evil god without being (or acting) evil shouldn't be denied access to rules like these, especially when they're comparable to rules open to worshipers of several other gods.
2) Grandfathered source selection from the Josh Frost era. And if this is the only reason, could the current campaign leadership please take a second look at this book? There's so little material in this book, it would only take ten or fifteen minutes to give it a thorough look. I'm sure in the grand scheme of things it's not adding much to PFS, but even if only a small handful of people benefit from its addition, it's probably worth it at that sort of a time investment. And this alternate summoning list would really add a lot to my character and his story, if nothing else.
Thanks in advance!
