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Tonite we meet and work out the PC details, the only restrictions are:

No winged races/ability to fly right off the bat at 1st level.
No 3rd party resources.
No Gunslingers.

Other than that, 25 point buy; if you write a background, 2 Traits that have to do with that background, otherwise no Traits.

Since this is epic fantasy, expect the DM to scale the AP upwards and add in additional challenges right from the start.


Two Paladins and a twice-cursed Oracle.

They made it through the first act of Empty Graves, though one of the Paladins was brought to 0 with the very first trap. They had to go back into town to get bludgeoning weapons and return because none had any for one of the encounters where it was needed. They climbed to the entry to rest for a night and re-enter the tomb. I described the noises from gangs of ghouls and other monstrosities fighting each other during the night back and forth just outside their tomb.

Act 2. Oracle drops out of the party, a Rogue joins the party. They have gone through the entire outer portion of the house and down into the crypt. So far the paladin who bought a CLW wand rolled a "1" and nerfed its use for the rest of the day, they have used up their CLW potions, the Rogue has caught a case of Filth Fever (does not know it yet because of onset delay) and also failed three sets of S/T vs. Ashabti Fever from the you-know-what swarm (with attendant ability score damages.)

Additionally, one of the Paladins has also taken DEX score damage that is affecting his AC pretty bad but has decided to tough it out. They have not completely cleared the crypt portion yet.


Ha ha ha...

End of Act 2: Two of the PC's got paralyzed & "kissed," the Pally rolled a "1" for his CLW wand (making it inert for 24hrs), and even after paying for various Remove curatives in town (many of which did not work the first time around - caster DC20 to heal some of those wounds y'know), the Rogue still has an uncured case of Ushabti Fever, he's down to 6 WIS.

I saved the BBEG from the estate to sabotage and hound them throughout Act 3...


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So far the paladin who bought a CLW wand rolled a "1" and nerfed its use for the rest of the day,

Im curious, why is he rolling a d20 for the wand?

Its funny to read other's experiences on this adventure, seems like everyone does things differently.
My players let most of the "bosses" escape, except for velriana and her group. The body of nebta kufre was left inside the temple full of necromantic energy to MAYBE resurrect later as a revenant seeking vengeance.

Scarab Sages

Probably playing it like a scroll instead of a wand. xenlev, I'd point you to the Magic Items section. Wands are spell trigger which just needs it on your class list, regardless of actual caster level.


Hmm, well, we'll change that up then.

It was the player himself (not a new player BTW) that said he was going to use the wand, grabbed a die, rolled a "1" broke out laughing and declared the nerf. I went with it unknowingly.

And one of the players does read the Paizo boards; that is why I am avoiding specifics (like creature types/names of enemies that have not been revealed in game yet) in this thread.

For my own edification, what do you mean by class list? "...just needs it on your class list"

Were you referring to it can be used w/o a check as long as the spell(s) stored in the wand are one(s) that the class may cast?

Scarab Sages

Spell Trigger: Spell trigger activation is similar to spell completion, but it's even simpler. No gestures or spell finishing is needed, just a special knowledge of spellcasting that an appropriate character would know, and a single word that must be spoken. Spell trigger items can be used by anyone whose class can cast the corresponding spell. This is the case even for a character who can't actually cast spells, such as a 3rd-level paladin. The user must still determine what spell is stored in the item before she can activate it. Activating a spell trigger item is a standard action and does not provoke attacks of opportunity.

From the prd


Yes, thank you, I already went to the link and read & understood that.

No mention of "class list," hence my wondering if there was something else I might be missing regarding that specific term.

Scarab Sages

Na just the class can cast = on class list. Good luck with the finale of book 1. The Erudite Eye was my favorite dungeon from the book.


Got it. Thank you.

Yea, I've plotted out SO MUCH challenging nastiness for them there...

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