Pathfinder Society FAQ Updated

[Linda Zayas-Palmer]

Hi all! We’ve updated the Pathfinder Society Roleplaying FAQ. The update focuses primarily on clearing up rules surrounding companion creatures, but it has a few other bits too.

Here’s a summary of the changes:
*Added a question to address how to calculate rewards for quests.
*Modified the answer to the question about how poisons work. Some characters have an ability to apply poison without poisoning themselves that is not called poison use. Those characters may now also purchase poisons that are not listed on a Chronicle sheet.
*Described the function of fitting armor in Pathfinder Society.
*Provided rules for buying Tiny size equipment.
*Stated that a character’s money does not encumber them and clarified rules surrounding the encumbrance provided by treasure found in the course of an adventure.
*Answered a variety of loose questions surrounding companion creatures, such as which animals use exotic saddles, what to do with barding if your animal companion grows, and how to get an animal companion to drink a potion.
*Updated the entries on weapon, armor, and magic item use for companion creatures and familiars. The changes to these entries are designed to clear up some corner cases and allow for the use of more magic items. There a are a fair number of tweaks here, so I recommend reading these entries in full, but here are a couple of highlights.
**Class-granted mounts always gain a saddle slot. Creatures with a saddle slot can wear magic items in that slot without taking a feat.
**A familiar can wear magic items in its armor and neck slots without taking a feat, as long as its body shape is eligible for these slots.

I’d like to specifically thank Lau Bannenberg for his help. After the previous companion creature FAQs came out, he offered to help organize the lingering questions from the forums. I took him up on his offer, and he compiled a 10-page document listing all of the remaining questions regarding companion creatures and suggested answers. That document was the roadmap for the discussions that led to this update.

[Tallow]

Linda, please see the thread on saddle's I just created in relation to this FAQ, as there are still a couple lingering questions that the new FAQ created.

[DrakeRoberts]

I think this is great, although I’m sad that Giant Mantis can no longer wear a saddle, and so can no longer be ridden by my Hunter.

[Tallow]

you can ride it. you just get the penalty for riding bareback

[thistledown]

The poison entry still shows its date as Mar 13, 2017.

Paying an extra 4500 to keep my fitting armor is rough to swallow, but I like the solution you came up with.

[Flutter]

yay for form fitting saddles and BBQ flavored potions.

[DrakeRoberts]

Tallow wrote:

you can ride it. you just get the penalty for riding bareback

Hmmm.... is that -5 for bareback or -10 for bareback and ill-suited as mount?

[Tallow]

DrakeRoberts wrote:

Tallow wrote:

you can ride it. you just get the penalty for riding bareback

Hmmm.... is that -5 for bareback or -10 for bareback and ill-suited as mount?

probably both.