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Last month, I mentioned that we will be continuing with 1e Pathfinder support. We love the game and will continue supporting it. I also said that we didn't have anything immediately available for publication. So I plan to fill the gap between now and when we publish something new for Pathfinder with regular blog posts. Starting today and at least once a week, we will be posting Pathfinder material over at blog.jonbrazer.com. And I will be posting links to new blog posts to this thread when we post a new one.
Today we are kicking things off with a new monster since I love designing monsters. Check out the ravager wolf now.
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For today's post (and yes, there are still a few minutes left in today ;) ), I would like to share with you the carrion bug. These bugs are perfect for low level adventures in a place like Shadowsfall where the dead rise again. Read all about it now.
For this week's JBE blog, we have some new player options. Fans of monks will enjoy the new Blurred Strike Style. Not only that, we show off the cover to the upcoming small PDF Book of Feats: 3 Monk Styles, available at the JBE Shop this coming Tuesday and available at DriveThruRPG, the Open Gaming Store, and Paizo shortly thereafter.
Check out the Orc Skeletal Champion at the JBE Blog!
Just curious, but is everyone enjoying our series of unchained monsters?
Just curious, but is everyone enjoying our series of unchained monsters?
I can only provide my own singular datapoint; I have a massive library of monsters to draw upon, so I don't really follow anything to do with them.
I can only provide my own singular datapoint; I have a massive library of monsters to draw upon, so I don't really follow anything to do with them.
Fair enough.
I should have kept up posting my Pathfinder blog posts here, but I had forgotten. So let me share with you a number of my recent Pathfinder posts.
First off, if you need a new swashbuckler archetype, check out the Luckstealer Sword.
Are you more of a brawler fan? Add a bit of a draconic flare with the Dragon Fist archetype. Not only that, this archetype includes a table to expanded dragon types usable for sorcerers and bloodragers with the draconic bloodline as well as dragon disciples.
Today, we shared some android favored class options for the occult classes plus the shifter and vigilante classes.
Also, don't forget about the Pathfinder Blowout Sale going on right now at DriveThruRPG. Grab JBE's Pathfinder books while they are 40% off the regular price.
Want more of the dark folk in your game, check out the Dark Soldier. This new monster is written in the unchained monster style that we are using these days.
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Why should shifters and druids have all the shapeshifting fun. Here we have the animal shaman archetype for the shaman class, giving it some shape changing abilities. Check it out now.
I really have to update this more often.
Today, I posted a new monk magic item that gets monks something rather basic that they've been missing: a way to get a +1 enhancement bonus to their unarmed strikes. Check it out today at the JBE Blog.
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I really have to update this more often.
Today, I posted a new monk magic item that gets monks something rather basic that they've been missing: a way to get a +1 enhancement bonus to their unarmed strikes. Check it out today at the JBE Blog.
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It was pointed out to me last night. Mind you, it was in their campaign setting line instead of their RPG line and I avoid their campaign setting line like I avoid other people these days.
Still, I find it silly that theirs are limited to hands considering that unarmed strikes can be fists, feet, head elbows, knees, etc. This is why we made ours able to be placed on three different slots.
Also, AoMF?
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It was pointed out to me last night. Mind you, it was in their campaign setting line instead of their RPG line and I avoid their campaign setting line like I avoid other people these days.
Still, I find it silly that theirs are limited to hands considering that unarmed strikes can be fists, feet, head elbows, knees, etc. This is why we made ours able to be placed on three different slots.
Also, AoMF?
Amulet of Mighty Fists. Seems like you're avoiding Core Rulebooks, too :)
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Amulet of Mighty Fists. Seems like you're avoiding Core Rulebooks, too :)It was pointed out to me last night. Mind you, it was in their campaign setting line instead of their RPG line and I avoid their campaign setting line like I avoid other people these days.
Still, I find it silly that theirs are limited to hands considering that unarmed strikes can be fists, feet, head elbows, knees, etc. This is why we made ours able to be placed on three different slots.
Also, AoMF?
You might be speaking disingenuously, but just in case I believe the point of the 3pp item(and Handwraps) is that it costs the same price as a normal weapon to enchant and can be equipped to whichever flavor of unarmed strike you prefer.
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I think that agreeing with your GM that handwraps handle your unarmed attacks regardless of what part of body you use (which, BTW, is what RAI likely was) is a better bet than paying 300gp for a redundant item, but YMMV.
Apart from that, the way JBE's item is worded it stacks with AoMF (there's no "A character can’t benefit from both this and other items that enhance attack..." lines handwraps have, all it says is that wrappings don't stack with themselves) sooooo let me file that in the "You really need to vet the 3PPs before allowing them" category.
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I think that agreeing with your GM that handwraps handle your unarmed attacks regardless of what part of body you use (which, BTW, is what RAI likely was) is a better bet than paying 300gp for a redundant item, but YMMV.
Apart from that, the way JBE's item is worded it stacks with AoMF (there's no "A character can’t benefit from both this and other items that enhance attack..." lines handwraps have, all it says is that wrappings don't stack with themselves) sooooo let me file that in the "You really need to vet the 3PPs before allowing them" category.
Enhancement bonuses do not stack.
An enhancement bonus represents an increase in the sturdiness and/or effectiveness of armor or natural armor, or the effectiveness of a weapon, or a general bonus to an ability score. Multiple enhancement bonuses on the same object (in the case of armor and weapons), creature (in the case of natural armor), or ability score do not stack. Only the highest enhancement bonus applies. Since enhancement bonuses to armor or natural armor effectively increase the armor or natural armor’s bonus to AC, they don’t apply against touch attacks.
As for RAI, Handwraps seem pretty clear that they only work on fists.
Many unarmed fighters wrap their hands in cloth to minimize injuries to their fists. Some martial artists also weave small coins or metal bars into their handwraps, adding special material effects as well. Handwraps don’t alter the damage a character’s unarmed attacks deal. However, masterwork handwraps can be enchanted as weapons, providing their benefits on unarmed attacks the character makes with her hands. A character can’t benefit from both handwraps and other items that provide enhancement bonuses or weapon special abilities (such as an amulet of mighty fists) on the same attack.
Bolded for emphasis. Though it's a fairly common houserule at my table.(We mostly run Automatic Bonus Progression +2 anyways)
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Amulet of Mighty Fists. Seems like you're avoiding Core Rulebooks, too :)
No, I'm just not up on abbreviations players have for everything.
I appear to have forgotten to update this with thinks to the blog. I'll take care of that.
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As I mentioned before, I'm working on some new spells designed specially for the magus class. Today I'm sharing a particular favorite if mine if the ones I've written thus far, Steal Strength.
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I've forgotten to update this for more than 6 months. *Sigh* Here's our blog posts:
Previews for the Book of Beasts: Witch Codex
Coven Aspirant
Draconic Debilitator
Arrogant Mage
Previews for the Book of Beasts: Magus Codex:
Clan Outcast
The Helltouched Archer
Curse Commander
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Read about our Hunter signature character Shinara and her wolfhound Pony.
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We made a new monster for 1e Pathfinder. Check out the Emridia today.
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We created a new monster for Pathfinder 1e. Check out the Cave Chupacabra today.
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We created a new 1e Pathfinder monster. Check out the Memory of Anger.
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Recently, I put a deva in my dungeon to give my players a breather. Read about what happened and their response.
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Because it is Friday, we're sharing something fun. Check out one of our new PF1e signature characters focused on the human experience. Read about Thando Xolani today.
In today's blog post, we released a new monster. Literally, I saw this piece of art for the first time Friday and today it's a monster. It's a magical beast that is a cross between a skunk and a mandrill, called a skunkdrill. Check it out today.
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We're starting to show off the upcoming Book of Beasts: Slayer's Codex. Check out the Fugitive Hunter at the JBE Blog.
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Now that the Book of Beasts: Slayer Codex is with the editors, I am writing some slayer talents and archetypes that I feel are missing from the slayer's line up. Check out a few that I wrote today at the JBE Blog.
We posted a new monster at the JBE Blog. This is a horse-theme minotaur called an equitaur. It is inspired by the Filipino folklore monster Tikbalang. Check it out today.
Our Patreon backers this month said they want me to create minor deities when I am not writing new monsters. Earlier this week, I created Avarna, the minor deity of tradespersons. Check it out today and join our Patreon so you can help decide the future of our blog posts.
Today I posted a blog posts about a possible Pathfinder Encounter Codex. Tell us your thoughts on such a possible book. Would it help you in your games? Let us know.
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Would it help you in your games? Let us know.
Frankly, no. Just random table dedicated to CR and terrain I can extrapolate myself from d20pfsrd. I already have a more elaborate version with Random Encounters Remastered (series of 5) from Purple Duck Games. They have dispositions, some random terrain stuff... If I needed just tables, they would have to be specifically designed for campaign setting (and since I play Midgard interspersed with Vathak, Lost Lands and Thedas, there is no table that is going to be specific enough).
What I could use best is something like more random encounters the way Raging Swan does them, more like adventure seeds rather than just monster tables. You could still concentrate on monsters, but extra random columns with encounter ideas could work.
Frankly, no. ...What I could use best is something ...
Thank you. I appreciate the feedback.
Today were continuing our series of previews for the upcoming Book of Beasts: Slayer Codex. Today we've got a Vishkanya that loves to poison their targets. Check it out now at the JBE Blog.
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Dang! Has it really been since last July since I shared my blog posts here? Well, time to correct that.
I created a new Pathfinder 1e spell. Tiny Chapel. Check it out.
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With the stat blocks for the Arcanist Codex being off to the printer, I took a few moments and shared with you my process for creating them. Check it out at the JBE Blog.
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The next Pathfinder book we're coming out with is the Book of Magic: Spell Codex Vol 1 . Today we talk about what is in it and why we came up with it. Read about it today at the JBE Blog.
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The next Pathfinder book we're coming out with is the Book of Magic: Spell Codex Vol 1 . Today we talk about what is in it and why we came up with it. Read about it today at the JBE Blog.
I'm a little confused.
"This volume takes all the spells from 22 different books that never made it into one of the big Roleplaying Game hardbacks and reprint them in one place."
"As a much smaller publisher, I don’t have the resources to do a sizable hardcover like that. What I can do, however, is a series of smaller books. 22 different books is nearly 2 years worth of “companions” that you don’t have to carry with you or hunt through to find the perfect spell for the perfect occasion. "
This is pretty much saying that SCv1 is a compilation of content from 22 (Paizo?) companion books into one. Only you can't do one, but can do 22 smaller ones.
So I don't get it. But I'd (probably) like to.
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22 (Paizo?) companion books into one.
Yes.
Only you can't do one, but can do 22 smaller ones.
I lack the resources to create a massive spell compendium. Sorry for the excessive use of pronouns.
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It was about 5 years ago when we released a series of blog posts called summon monster unchained where we expanded the monsters someone could conjure up with the summon monster spells.
Today is the first in the series on summon nature's ally. Check it out today at the JBE Blog.
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I'm a little late in sharing the link to the blog post. Check out summon nature's ally II Unchained today at the JBE Blog.
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New monster alert! We created a corrupted spider for your Pathfinder game. Check I out today.
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Need a high-level water elemental shared like a dragon? We've got one for you right here. Check out the panlong today.
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Looking for a high-level monster for your Pathfinder 1e game that brings in all manner of complications? We have a fallen angel stated right here for you.
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Looking for a high-level monster for your Pathfinder 1e game that brings in all manner of complications? We have a fallen angel stated right here for you.
That is pretty cool. I like the (potential) stacking of the aura then the confusion touch. This thing slamming down in the middle of a party and going to town could really suck.
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That is pretty cool. I like the (potential) stacking of the aura then the confusion touch. This thing slamming down in the middle of a party and going to town could really suck.
Thanks.
With the editors checking over the Book of Beasts: Arcanist Codex, I figured it was time to show off what is inside. Let's start with the level 1 arcanist.