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On page 180, I noticed that the Bastard Sword only deals d8 Piercing Damage, is this correct? Or is it supposed to be Versatile like the Short Sword, Longsword and Greatsword?
Whoever wrote the Rogue feats Perfect Distraction and Implausible Infiltration back-to-back neglected to include any reference to The Long Run or Trent the Uncatchable.
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On p. 228, the spell Grim Tendrils comes before Grease.
Minor alphabetical quibble, I know.
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Ghost Dust (pg 392) says it casts 8th level invisibility. I think it might mean the 8th level Disappearance spell, which perhaps used to be a heightened version of invisibility.
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On page 188, Table 6-16: Spellcasting Services only goes up to 9th-level spells, even though 10th-level spells exist. I realize it's implausible that you could hire someone to cast one, but come on, like you could hire someone to cast a 9th-level spell either.
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That may be what you define it as in your head, but there is no book definition for a Will DC at all, it is a completely foreign term. Despite that it may be possible to infer what it is means, this would be the only ability in the book I've read thus far that uses "Will DC" as a term.
FWIW, p. 8 of the Rulebook (under "Your Difficulty Class") says:
Often, you roll dice against a Diffculty Class determined by the GM. But when a creature or situation is testing your character’s ability, it attempts a check against a Difficulty Class based on the most relevant of your character’s statistics. The DC for any statistic is 10 plus all the same modifers you’d add to a d20 roll using that statistic.
"Will DC" certainly appears to be implied there.
Also, I saw references to "Will DC" in the Make an Impression use of the Diplomacy skill (p. 150) and the Coerce and Demoralize uses of the Intimidate skill (pp. 150-151). "Will DC" is also referenced under the Group Coercion and Group Impression feats (p. 166), and the Scare to Death feat (p. 170). There was one more reference to "Will DC" on the Gorget of the Primal Roar (p. 392).
All of that said, yeah. I'd still like it called out somewhere, maybe as an example in the "Your Difficulty Class" paragraph.
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Enchantment
Enchantments affect the minds and emotions of other creatures, sometimes to influence and control behavior, and other times to bolster them to greater heights of courage.
Since "bolster" is a technical term now, it shouldn't be used here.
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HIT POINTS AND HEALING
All creatures have Hit Points (HP). Your maximum Hit Point value represents your health, wherewithal, and heroic drive when you are in good health and rested. Your maximum Hit Points include the HP you gain at 1st level from your race and class, those you gain at higher levels from your class, and any you gain from other sources (like the Toughness general feat). When you’re dealt damage, you reduce your current Hit Points by a number equal to the damage dealt.
What is this "race" you speak of? I know of no "race." I know only "ancestry."
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Do sorcerers start with 2 1st level spell slots or 3 1st level spell slots? The rulebook says you get an extra spell slot from your bloodline when you learn a spell of a new level. At first level, you are learning 1st level spells. I assume you gain the extra spell slot, but maybe I'm wrong.
Do sorcerers start with 2 1st level spell slots or 3 1st level spell slots? The rulebook says you get an extra spell slot from your bloodline when you learn a spell of a new level. At first level, you are learning 1st level spells. I assume you gain the extra spell slot, but maybe I'm wrong.
Two freely chosen, one from bloodline. Three total.
Drain Arcane Focus only specifies prepared spells, and as written doesn’t foreclose using it on cleric spells gained through an archetype.
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Then, for skills in which you are trained, add your proficiency modifier to your ability modifier to determine the modifier your character has for each skill roll. For the rest of your character’s skills, subtract the proficiency modifier for being untrained (your level – 2) from the relevant ability modifier, and record those totals on the lines below the respective skill names.
"Subtract the proficiency modifier" is garbage; that would mean that at 20th level (untrained prof mod +18) you would have untrained skill mods of ability mod MINUS 18. It should be PLUS 18. There's no reason for trained and untrained skills to be calculated differently at all; the quoted section should read
Then, for each skill, add your proficiency modifier to your ability modifier to determine the modifier your character has for that skill, and record those totals on the lines below the respective skill names.
(Or even better "Then, for each skill, add your proficiency modifier to your ability modifier to determine the skill modifier, and record...." But now I'm editing.)
Mr.Fishy wants to know where animate dead went. Mr.Fishy has a bunch of adventurers coming over and his necromancer can't make any extra skellies, or zambos without that spell.
Check Penalty
You take this untyped penalty to Strength-, Dexterity-, and Constitution-based skill checks, except for those that have the attack trait. Armor that is better than standard quality has a lower check penalty, as described on page 190.Armor and Skills
Some armor imposes a penalty on specific skill checks and DCs. If a creature is wearing armor that imparts a skill penalty, that penalty is applied to Dexterity- and Strength-based skill checks and skill DCs, unless the use has the attack trait. Check penalties from armor are detailed in Chapter 6: Equipment on page 176.Since there aren't any Con-based skills at the moment I assume page 176 is futureproofed, which is fine by me, but either both sections should mention Con-based skills or neither should.
Like 5e the skills section explicitly calls out alternative skill stat combos as being possible, so it's probably best for both sections to include it.
WALLS
Some spells create walls. Each spell lists the depth, length, and height of the wall, and specifies how it can be positioned. Some walls can be shaped, meaning that you can manipulate the wall’s shape into a form other than a straight line, choosing its path square by square. Each square of the wall’s length must be adjacent with the square or squares next to it, so walls cannot be shaped to make a diagonal line. The path of a wall can’t cover the same space more than once, but it can double back so one section is adjacent to another section of the wall.
Pretty sure you don't really want to implicitly define "adjacent" such that diagonals don't qualify, because it's a term with very general use. You want something like "Each square must share an edge with the next square, so walls cannot be shaped to make a diagonal line."
An apparent contradiction as to whether a power has a tradition or not. I'm pretty sure I understand what you mean by it, but it still looks bad and could be confusing.
Spellcasters with Powers
If you are a spellcaster, your powers are the same tradition of spell as the class that gave you the power, so a wizard’s powers are arcane, a cleric’s are divine, and a sorcerer’s are determined by their bloodline.
READING SPELL LISTS
The spell lists on the following pages present the spells for the four magical traditions (though not powers, which are granted by class features and belong to no specific tradition).
Monsters with innate spells probably need a rule substituting somatic for material components for spells like invisibility.
Mr.Fishy wants to know where animate dead went. Mr.Fishy has a bunch of adventurers coming over and his necromancer can't make any extra skellies, or zambos without that spell.
They said animate dead isn't going to be in the playtest so you might have to create your own version for now :(
Heightened (4th) You can target any type of creature, not just humanoids, as long as they would find you attractive.
One, it is inconsistent that the bolded phrase appears in the "charm monster" version but not the "charm person" version before it.
Two, the bolded phrase is totally undefined. Would a dragon ever find a human attractive? Is this supposed to be gender- and orientation-based? Now there's an unnecessary can of worms.
I suggest dropping the phrase, but if you keep it, provide guidance.
On page 210, Charming Words lists the results of the target's save in the wrong order (fail, crit fail, success, crit success).
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Heightened (4th) You can target any type of creature, not just humanoids, as long as they would find you attractive.Two, the bolded phrase is totally undefined. Would a dragon ever find a human attractive? Is this supposed to be gender- and orientation-based? Now there's an unnecessary can of worms.
Not in the slightest. Leaving it undefined and up to the players and GM works perfectly fine. Attraction is on a case by case basis.
On page 215, Dimension Door really, really should allow you to bring your own darn familiar with you.
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Do sorcerers start with 2 1st level spell slots or 3 1st level spell slots? The rulebook says you get an extra spell slot from your bloodline when you learn a spell of a new level. At first level, you are learning 1st level spells. I assume you gain the extra spell slot, but maybe I'm wrong.
My sorcerer player was confused about this as well. Since all the bloodlines grant you an extra spell slot, why doesn't the table just include them?
Do sorcerers start with 2 1st level spell slots or 3 1st level spell slots? The rulebook says you get an extra spell slot from your bloodline when you learn a spell of a new level. At first level, you are learning 1st level spells. I assume you gain the extra spell slot, but maybe I'm wrong.My sorcerer player was confused about this as well. Since all the bloodlines grant you an extra spell slot, why doesn't the table just include them?
So that Alternate Classes (aka PF1 archetypes) can replace them I expect, or specific bloodlines can; just like the Wizard can trade Specialization slots for Generalist benefits.
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Spiritual Weapon is on the Occult list, and therefore the restrictions on deity's weapon and shared proficiency may need an alternate choice for Bard's who have no deity or who aren't proficient in their favored weapon.
Do sorcerers start with 2 1st level spell slots or 3 1st level spell slots? The rulebook says you get an extra spell slot from your bloodline when you learn a spell of a new level. At first level, you are learning 1st level spells. I assume you gain the extra spell slot, but maybe I'm wrong.My sorcerer player was confused about this as well. Since all the bloodlines grant you an extra spell slot, why doesn't the table just include them?
Also for the purpose of spells known. Because every time you get a spell slot, you also get a new spell known, if it was written directly on the table, there'd have to be a line counting the bloodline spell for that purpose.
On page 225, Fleet Step's "You are accelerated 30, but this applies only to your Speed" seems likely to make a lot of people go "Huh?" for lack of the (admittedly technically redundant) qualifier "land" before "Speed." It did to me.
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You deal 2d4 negative damage and 1 persistent bleed damage to living creature in the line, depending on their Fortitude saves.
Pluralize.
You can substitute an equal value of gp for the spell’s cost.
Almost sure you want "currency" instead of "gp."
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Sturdy Shields, with how objects work I see no reason to ever by the legendary heavy steel over the Master Adamantine
Quoted from rulebook:
"Type master heavy adamantine; Level 12 (Uncommon); Price
1,800 gp; Hardness 18; Craft Requirements Initial raw materials
must include 350 gp of adamantine.
Type legendary heavy steel; Level 17; Price 14,000 gp;
Hardness 17"
It seems inferior in every way... even price.
Sturdy Shields, with how objects work I see no reason to ever by the legendary heavy steel over the Master Adamantine
Quoted from rulebook:
"Type master heavy adamantine; Level 12 (Uncommon); Price
1,800 gp; Hardness 18; Craft Requirements Initial raw materials
must include 350 gp of adamantine.Type legendary heavy steel; Level 17; Price 14,000 gp;
Hardness 17"It seems inferior in every way... even price.
It has superior availability, since the master heavy adamantine is uncommon.
Does not legendary quality also affect the max enchant it can get?
Does not legendary quality also affect the max enchant it can get?
Oh yeah! It can get potency up to +5 (instead of +4) and up to 3 properties (instead of 2). See page 370.
Does not legendary quality also affect the max enchant it can get?Oh yeah! It can get potency up to +5 (instead of +4) and up to 3 properties (instead of 2). See page 370.
I don't think shields qualify for potency runes, so the advantage of a legendary shield is reduction of penalty for it.
Shields
Unlike magic armor, magic shields can’t be etched with runes granting potency or properties. All magic shields are specific items with a wide variety of protective effects, as described in their entries.
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Does not legendary quality also affect the max enchant it can get?
Only weapons and armor, shields are "always specific", a little like magical ammunition. Sturdy isn't a 'property rune' you can transfer for example, it is a specific shield with lots of permutations. Indestructable only 'applies to' Legendary Adamantine Heavy Shields.
The target’s essence and your own become linked. The target takes half damage from all sources that deal Hit Point damage, and you take the remainder of the damage. When you take damage through this link, don’t apply any resistances, weaknesses, and the like that you have to that damage; you simple take that amount of damage. The spell is dismissed if the target is ever more than 30 feet away from you.
It doesn't say whether to apply the target's resistances/weaknesses/etc before or after splitting the damage.
Your body sprouts a coat of brambly thorns. Adjacent creatures that hit you with a melee attack, as well as creatures that hit you with unarmed strikes, take 1 piercing damage each time they do.
I understand things that say "a weapon or an unarmed strike" because some (though not all) of the rules say an unarmed strike isn't a weapon, but surely there's no question that an unarmed strike is a melee attack?
Oh, I see, creatures that hit you with unarmed strikes take damage whether they're adjacent or not. IMHO that's not obvious enough; it should be "as well as creatures that hit you with unarmed strikes from any distance" or something.
The target’s skin hardens like stone. It gains resistance 5 to physical damage (any bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage) and weakness 5 to adamantine. Each time the target is hit by a bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing attack, stoneskin’s duration decreases by 1 minute.
I think if the resistance reduces the damage to zero that the hit is negated and won't trigger that clause, but I'm not positive. If I'm right, it should probably be "takes damage from" instead. If I'm wrong, it should probably say "...even if it does no damage."
On page 262, Swamp of Sloth uses the obsolete term "Diminutive."
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I don't believe the term "enemy" is defined anywhere, yet many spells rely on it.
You emit a pulsating mental blast through the minds of all enemies in the area, with effects depending on their Will saves.
Is an enemy anyone hostile towards you, whether you know it or not? That is, anyone who perceives themselves as an enemy? Then you can use such spells to blast hidden traitors in the party and quite possibly reveal them. Is that RAI?
Is an enemy anyone you perceive as such? Then such spells will presumably not affect any creatures of whose presence you are unaware. Is that RAI?
These things will lead to many FAQs if the rulebook doesn't clarify it.
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Targets one object weighing up to 500 pounds and with no dimension longer than 20 feet
Dudes, if you're going to use Bulk instead of weight, be consistent about it.
You disguise the targets as other creatures of the same body shape and roughly similar height (within 6 inches) and weight (within 50 pounds).
You mean "of the same body shape and size category," right?