Reflection editionPrevious Thread: >>98683261/pfg/ (pathfinder 1e) link repository: https://pastebin.com/RSt0rF0T/p2g/ (pathfinder 2e) link repository: https://pastebin.com/5iVEH8Gh/sfg/ (starfinder) link repository: https://pastebin.com/5yp9s2U3>>CHECK THE SHARE THREAD FOR MATERIALS<<TQ: What vices and weaknesses do you like to give your characters?
>>98834009The Blood Crow Strike effect is definitely the strongest part of the feat chain and should be the final feat if so. I'd change the order so that Precision comes beforehand (Style->Precision->Strike) and delay the bleed increase to the last feat (Strike). I'd also add a knowledge skill rank requirement of 1, 5, and 9 to the feat path while removing the BAB and heal skill rank requirement.Nailgun Precision is just a holdover feat until you get Strike, as the action economy makes it a poor choice when you can just full attack at range, so it works as a feat prereq for the much better Strike. I'd still add Lunge as a prereq to Strike though, as such a strong effect is worth more than what you're paying right now. I'd rewrite Nailgun Strike so that it is obvious that they are still melee attacks, just at range. Something like >Dex 15, Str 15, Lunge, Nailgun Precision, Nailpunch Style, Knowledge Engineering 9 ranks>When fighting in Nailpunch Style, you may use unarmed strikes to launch nails at range. During your turn, your reach is increased by 5 ft and an additional 5 ft for every five ranks in Knowledge Engineering you possess.
>>98839847Last guy I played was a cannibal but nobody noticed.
>>98839847are there any spellcasting archetypes in 2e that don't require you to level up a specific skill for?Alternatively, are there any aside from the class ones that require arcana?
>>98840953Most archetypes in general require some form of skill training to enter, I don't think there is an archetype with spells that doesn't ask for the associated skill tradition.But there is Magaambyan Attendant and Runescarred for non-MC Arcana spellcasting options.
>>98841007rest in ripplaying bloodrager, trying to get more spell lists/slots but I'd be spreading my skill progression way too thinI think I might just say fuck it and settle for only sorc and bloodrager dedication for spells and just grab like, mauler or something
>>98840953>>98841024Hedge Mage, it has no skill requirements for the higher spellcasting feats, but it comes with other limitations in the form of only being able to use lower rank spells.That said I never saw the appeal of out of class spellcasting for Bloodrager, its not like you can use any spells not in your Bloodrager repertoire when raging.
>>98841701Hedge mage gets ALL the cantrips though...
>This book began as an airing of grievances; an essay expressing my personal concerns with how divinity and the broader structures of religion have been handled in Pathfinder’s setting. In my years of experience as a player, game master, and game designer for Pathfinder, I’ve found that many of Paizo’s decisions regarding religion and divinity hold back the game’s potential as a piece of art and as a structure for a community. Role-playing games have served an important role in shaping my political and religious understanding, and Pathfinder in particular has been a beacon for many discussions on community, solidarity, and liberation. While many marginalized players and writers have found solace in the game and its setting of Golarion, the ascendancy of cynical, stringent, and untouchable authorities who entrap moral understanding with their obedience quashes much of the setting’s revolutionary potential. As I write this, many of the religious paradigms which are presented as universal or virtuous in Golarion are being weaponized by real-life demagogues and religious leaders to target vulnerable communities or abuse members of their own congregations. While I will not go so far as to say that Paizo has a duty to challenge such principles of authoritarianism with its writing, I strongly believe that expanding the scope of Golarion’s religious understanding would be valuable to the Pathfinder community.>Deposition of Godhead: The Divine Orthodoxy centers on an imperialistic and manipulative religious hierarchy which draws heavy inspiration from the Roman Catholic Church and the many nations which have used Christianity to justify atrocities. The reflections of religion within this text mainly draw from Christian and Catholic doctrine which game designers have used as a template for creating fantasy religions.Why does Christianity live rent free...
>>98841810We all know sarenrae is a evil bastard who nuked a city
>>98841007>Most archetypes in general require some form of skill training to enterNo? Most archetypes give you skill training
Let's be honest, Pharasma is a cruel tyrant who preinstalled an end date on the entire universe when, as the one who made it, she didn't have to.This message sponsored by Urgathoa
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>>98841810Christ, what's with these people? The most Judeo-Christian religion in the system is fantasy Islam whose goddess is a BIPOC lesbian woman. Sarenrae is far more Islam than Christian, I'm saying that now and holding to it because Paizo is both not that clever and I'm pretty sure I heard they had a hajj equivalent.
>>98841701all spells in bloodrager's repertoire can be used while raging, not just bloodrager dedication spells
I am angryAngry about wizards
>>98843375>includes the foundry how to for automationKing shit
>>98841810>Why does Christianity live rent free...Probably because most of the authors live in christian countries.
I want to FUCK Shalelu. And also Amiri.
>>98845577Ah. Hatred of one's own culture. We run into that over here too, have you tried killing them for apostasy?
>>98845635same
What's a good spell list to pick up with witch if I'm grabbing it to augment necromancer.Primal?
>>98846209Arcane and Divine as awell as Primal and Occult are the two pairs that are somewhat opposed, which means they cover each other's weaknesses.
>>98846209>>98846346Conveniently for necromancer, the witch patron focused on decay is already primal, making it a fairly easy choice for patron if you need to justify it.
>>98844157No, only Bloodrager spells can be used. Every dedication gives you its own Repertoire, they don't all get combined into one big Repertoire.If you're a Bloodrager, Sorc Archetype and Oracle Archetype you have 3 different Repertoires, and only the Bloodrager ones gain the Rage trait when you're Raging and give you Drained when cast.
Do you guys have any homebrew or 3rd party stuff for Champion's blessing of the devoted/divine ally? Only know the ones in soldiers of the immortal war
>>98847749OHthatthat's kinda fucking retardedI assumed when the game refers to your repertoire it's literally all of your spellswell, this makes my build much more flexible I supposeI mean I could always take a spell list for purely out of combat buffs/utility but I would need to look at spells to see I was already planning on just getting a wand of 2nd level tailwind to cast at the start of every day
Really?
>>98845577Most of Europe and America haven't been "Christian" for decades.
>>98849469"No true Scotsman" bullshit.If you want to hear grievances about islam, read stuff made by secular people living in MENA or Indonesia. But if you read stuff written by whites, you shouldn't be surprised that they talk about christianity.
>>98840597Solid points, current feat order is a holdover from when the effects were weaker. I think with those revisions, this style tree should be in a good place!
Howdy gamers I'm currently running a pf2e campaign and am taking a lot of creative liberties with what Alseta's Ring in Age of Ashes can do and just summoning random bullshit for my players to fight. What are some of the most FUN monsters you've ever played or fought as a player that you'd recommend? Nothing too strong, battlefield-warping, or anything that requires to know the system super well, ideally. They're all still relatively new to the system having only played through Plaguestone.To give an example of what I mean of just being fun, I plan on throwing some Bone Croupiers (https://2e.aonprd.com/Monsters.aspx?ID=1843) at them because their Roll the Bones ability is really silly. They're level 4, but that shouldnt really matter much because I have no issue with adjusting stat blocks downward/upward.
>>98848874so I am planning my build out again now and now I am struggling to decide what multiclass archetype to take at 9 with multitalentedI guess I can just go sorc again and stack it with buffs/utility
>>98843012>The best way to gain favor with Urgathoa as a skeleton is to travel to the Boneyard and make fun of Pharasma directly by using as many skeleton puns as unhumanly possible
>>98831653>Thrune basically sacrificed the entirety of it to make it the 10th Circle of Hell and effectively another Worldwound. Asmodeus was all-in for it, but does have to put her on a 10-year probational period before she can TRULY be Archdevil Abrogail.Only by the grace of "this could actually be stopped before it gets really bad" am I not annoyed by this. A decently powerful party of adventurers could shut this shit down before it gets to proper Worldwound status, but it just irritates me that one of the biggest happenings is literally just "Worldwound 2: Asmodean Boogaloo". There are a thousand better ways to introduce new fucked up locations full of infernal punch-me monsters, they don't need to do a near exact fucking retread of Sarkoris.
>>98853887Honestly, Hell is different enough from the abyss that it being the new threat is fine in my eyes. Like, Hell plays by the rules. They aren't going to go pillaging nearby countries, they're going to be Perfectly Acceptable Neighbors until other countries go "hey, maybe dealing with devils isn't so bad". Deskari WISHES he could have played the propoganda game as good as Asmodeus can.
>>98853616Oracle's cursebound actions don't have concentrate. Whispers of weakness would be best for a bloodrager.
>>98853887>>98854546If they REALLY wanted to do Sarkoris 2 they should have introduced an Abaddon Worldwound or something with the intention of doing something like breaking open the lock of Rovagug's seal from the outside so that it's a goal EVERYONE else would want to fight against. The setting makes a big hoo-rah about how Daemons are AKTUALLY the biggest and baddest of them all, to the point where even the Devil and Demons will team up to fight against them, but we never actually get to see that play out in real time. Hell, get the Qlippoths involved too just for the heck of it.
Can't wait to play a goat-man
What's free archetype like in starfinder, there's not too many archetypes currently so I don't know if it's worth it
There. I actually gave this company money to put a copy of Secrets of the Swarm on the trove. Hope somebody enjoys it when it goes up.
i miss gorum
I'm currently working on a PF1e plugin that can be inserted into GPT for anyone that wants to have an AI GM but realized that they didn't want to wait 15 minutes every time their characters wanted to do something slightly interesting. The tl;dr for the tool will be that it will serve as a mechanical shorthand for the AI to use for things like generating maps it can understand, represent the movement of characters on said map, and simulate the math of combat quickly and with much more fair RNG than just asking an LLM to come up with a random number on its own.The ultimate goal will be that prospective players should be able to just upload a pdf of whatever campaign they want to play, and then they can interact with the AI like a normal GM (more or less), and then the AI can handle things like creature tactics and character relationships, but then rely on the tool to do all of the mechanical heavy lifting behind the scenes.What do you guys think? Does this concept have legs? Theoretically this same concept could be applied to other systems as well.
>>98856093Didn't you hear? He's not dead. Achakek sucker punched him because he was afraid of Gorum's growing power. Every time Achakek facilitates the assassination of a powerful figure it inevitably leads to war, ultimately growing Gorum's influence over the world and giving Gorum a literal army of souls in the afterlife. He conspired with Calistria to lure Gorum out into the open, and then relied on her networks of spy-priestesses to spread all levels of lies and propaganda about the event. Hence why the official story makes Gorum look like a retard who has the same views on war as the average Seattleite. Miraculously, Gorum survived the assassination and retreated in secret to the elemental plane of metal where he waits to be restored by the smiths of the plane who were once his priest. The corrupting wound Gorum received from Achakek has cut him off form divine healing and the ability to anoint his clergy. This leaves it up to the raw skill of the greatest collection of smiths in the Ringing City to find a way to restore his body of iron. There are rumors on Golarion of a group of smiths on the plane of metal trying to create a suit of impenetrable armor. Normally this wouldn't be newsworthy, except this time these smiths are alleged to be using shards of Gorum's armor in their work. The shards are rare enough on Golarion, and it will seem odd to anyone that multiple shards would exist on another plane. This could draw the attention of anyone from adventurers looking for the ultimate suit of armor to the Red Mantis Assassins themselves. But if Gorum's loyalists are able to reforge him before the assassins kill them, Our Lord in Iron could potentially be restored to his full glory.
>>98856093Godsrain is a cool concept (I'm actually using the base aspects in my own campaign). The execution (in every sense of the word) was fucking stupid.>>98856212Paizo's writing is so godawful that I genuinely don't know if you're bullshitting or not.
>>98856503What if it's not Paizo's writing? What if it's my genuine dogshit campaign idea? What then?
>>98856555>he has an original thought and isn't bound to what's written in an AP or Lost Omens bookWOOOOOW time to spam about how 1E was better because we didn't have to do this but also complain that there's no homebrew or original ideas anymore!
Considering running Night of the Grey Death as a quick halloween thing, but am kind of concerned about the high level trivializing it and players cheesing it.Thoughts? Suggestions?
>>988595741) High-level 2e is not a major step up in power. You gotta remember how constrained the game can be a lot of the time. You'll be fine.2) Even if it was cheesable, it is a single-book adventure you are doing for Halloween night. Have fun, nigga. It isn't like you made the damn campaign.3) If you really are that afraid, just run Head Shot the Rot.
>>98859608Fair enough! I'll be a bit more chill about it,. then.Thank you.
Did paizo ever give a reason why not every class that uses weapons get crit spec?
>>98839847To this day, the PFRPG 1e Corebook, by itself, is still the best way to play 3.xIt's too bad they didn't keep it in print, if they did, it'd still be selling.Those POD books literally fall apart from use.
Does anyone have Impr0phet's Tome and Unconventional Engineering: Kinetic Inventor? Or am I better off asking in the share thread?
>>98856503> Paizo's writing is so godawful that I genuinely don't know if you're bullshitting or not.It used to be better when they just wanted to be an edgy pulp setting and threw every fantasy cliche into a blender to see what works. Now everything has to be written around their obnoxious, american-centric social justice politics and being a faggot.
>>98856122I don't want slop in my games.
why would a character need top surgery scars when they could just drink elixirs of gender transformation? Are they stupid?
>>98864229Because we have to reaffirm the agenda that chopping off your tits is completely normal.
>>98864229It's not about being, it's about showing.
>>98864229More importantly, how are they doing top surgery with the equivalent of 17th century surgery techniques? Unless they're doing fleshcrafting.
>>98864229both of these >>98864370 >>98864392, it's about virtue signalling and promoting a certain narrative >>98864922don't ask logical questions, chud
>>98864229the same reason why we need wheelchairsit's not about appealing to the actual people. Actual trannies just play whatever they want or the character they want to be, cripples play non-cripplesbecause why do they need to be reminded of who they are irl when TTRPGs are about escaping thatit's a jingling keys virtue signal for retarded leftist "allies" who are the ones actually playing these crippled characters or chopped up troon freaks because they think it makes them look better when in actuality it's incredibly offensive both to crippled people and tranniesThis is also a subtle way for them to exert control over youNo you can't escape your disability or your biological gender, you're not allowed, not get in the combat wheelchair little cripple, isn't it great we made it just for you?
>>98865005well there is a growing subset of trannies that fetishize the "imperfectness" of being transgender and they're getting increasingly louder about it
>>98865005I actually joined an online game recently where I got met with this bullshitI'm paralyzed from the waist down. I wanted to play a normal character who could walk like a normal personBut when I was in session 0 for this game, I was shooting the shit with the other players and the topic got brought up where I told them yeah Im wheelchair-bound yadda yaddaand the GM butts in with "Well it's a good thing 2e has options for wheelchairs so you can use them"I was so taken aback I just said "I dont plan to use them because my character isn't in a wheelchair" GM went quiet for a bit and I ended up being ghosted on the game the next day. Only found out because I added one of the other players because they seemed cool and asked them what happenedOther players left because of it and the game presumably fell apartI'm used to people babying me in public all the time for it but this situation really stood out to me because it was the first time in a long time I actually felt like someone was actively being ableist
>>98865053oh forgot the context but the GM apparently told the other players that he felt I was rude and confrontational and he didn't want that vibe going into the game and they were all fucking confused
>>98865053>>98865058dang, that sucks anon. Sorry you had to deal with such an asshat DM
>>98863092That's fair, but I know some people either don't have games and this is the next best thing, or want to use AI as a sort of "rubber duck" to bounce their ideas off of, so I figure those people should have tools to do what they want well instead of half-baked.
>>98865005>the same reason why we need wheelchairsI will at least defend the Wheelchair argument in the sense that with Regenerate and its equivalents in other games being ridiculously high-tier spells to cast, it isn't likely the average peasant would know someone that would just heal that affliction. Combined with circumstances like being born without arms or legs, or outright losing the entire limb, it would make sense stuff like wheelchairs and prosthetics would still be a codependent technology in a world of healing magic. Combat Wheelchairs is a step too far in the land of goofiness, but I can't say they are an unrealistic expectation in such a world (though I think stuff like the Legchair fits more than a pimped out Lv. 10+ magical item on a Lv. 0 peasant).Top scars, brittle bones, and other transgender medical fetishisms really have no place in such, though. There's literally *no reason* to mutilate yourself, Serum of Sex Shift isn't even an uncommon item! Taking crack cocaine makes more sense if you just want to hurt yourself.
>>98865058You made him feel uncomfortable while also making his hollow virtue signal look stupid in front of others which is tantamount to committing a crime to these types of people. They love talking about other people's biases but hate being shown their own. Sorry to hear that happened to you anon.
>>98865346>Combat WheelchairsI don't care about that shit as long as its fucking cool and actually has downsides. The problem with most modern iterations of this concept being that they are purely for the aesthetic of being a disabled person.
>>98865346>There's literally *no reason* to mutilate yourselfAnti-Kuthite sentiment detected, report to the nearest Joyful Thing for morale reinforcement.
>>98865430>as long as its fucking cool and actually has downsidesagreed>The problem with most modern iterations of this concept being that they are purely for the aesthetic of being a disabled personprecisely; these people treat disabilities as a aesthetic, something to to brag about and get special folk points from, without any actual consequences ingame. hell, if I remember right the rules straight up state that the wheelchairs cannot be damaged in any way nor its users be deprived of them just because
With this talk of disabilities, I am kind of curious about autistic characters and how they're depicted.
>>98865703They tend to be the characters I take both WIS and CHA as a dumpstat for. I like to depict them both emotionally fragile and socially inept, but valuable through either they incredible intellect or hyperfixations that a dungeon party would like. Think like Laios from Dungeon Meshi (which granted he's absolutely maxing out his Nature or Monster Lore skills), Y'shtola from Final Fantasy XIV, or L from Death Note.They don't all need to be super geniuses, but it is a fantasy at the end of the day. This ain't special ed, you don't have to deal with the low-functioning people when you also need people to kill (albeit they all would make GREAT barbarians).
>>98865703>I am kind of curious about autistic characters and how they're depicted.There's a clear connection between trannies and autism, so technically any trans representation in Pathfinder is also autistic representation. Really makes you think.
Player asked me if I could bring in old 3.x Smite Evil or 5E smite into PF2EI was thinking a Focus spell either with Heighten 2 or Heighten 1 that caps at xdy.Also considered making it only do xd4 on non-evil creatures,
>>98866508I made a feat that lets you spellstrike with lay on hands and covert the damage into spirit.
>>98866508>Focus spell either with Heighten 2 or Heighten 1 that caps at xdythat works for me, but I'd limit its possible targets it by trait; undead and fiend, or maybe limit it to unholy
>>98866508I'd say do something like >>9886686 and make a level 1 feat similar to Channel Smite, but using Lay on Hands. Two Actions-> Cast Lay on Hands then Strike. If you hit, enemy counts as failing the save, if you crit they crit fail the save. The spell loses the Manipulate trait when cast this way, and it can affect creatures other than Undead.You'd need to decide whether you go PF1e and it can only target Unholy creatures, or if you lean in more 5e and have it do more damage vs certain types. You could also do both: the initial feat can only target Unholy, and a later feat (level 6 or 8) cam target anything but gets extra oomph versus Fiends, Undead and Dragons (or whatever you feel is appropriate).
>>98865005>>98865346You hate Combat Wheelchairs because they're deeply patronizing to disabled people.I hate Combat Wheelchairs because their swift adoption signals that most of the hobby is ran by a small cabal of blue-haired freaks who hold complete dominance over the direction and shape of the industry.We are not the same, but we are both allies.
>>98867845>I hate Combat Wheelchairs because their swift adoption signals that most of the hobby is ran by a small cabal of blue-haired freaks who hold complete dominance over the direction and shape of the industry.To some degree, I kind of feel like this was pretty inevitable. Even if D&D and its associates was still crunchy and math-heavy, the rise of more narrative systems and the ease of access/creativity would have just brought over the likes of theater kids that shareholders and designers feel like they MUST cater to anyway. Combined with how much of a pushover nerds like Mearls and Bulhman and the like already were in retrospect (Mearls is really funny with how candid he's been about how pretty much NOTHING in 5e actually worked as intended, feels like one of those Twitter ragebait accounts that shits on old games to defend new ones except it is the creator of old game and there isn't actually a new game to defend; it is just old game); there aren't a lot of possibilities I could see where they would see something like Combat Wheelchairs and go "no".
I was looking over Pathfinder 1e 3pp again and saw this one prestige class from all the way back in 2017:https://metzo.miraheze.org/wiki/Grand_UnifierI like how much this exist solely to facilitate someone's epic chungus wizard 3/psion 3/cerebremancer 10/grand unifier 7 build with 9th-level spells and psionic powers by 20th level.
>https://www.aonprd.com/ArchetypeDisplay.aspx?FixedName=Paladin%20Tortured%20CrusaderHow do you realistically roleplay this archetype without making yourself middle aged or starting at like level seven?
Playing a homebrew campaign in Ustalklav part is a thaumaturge human duskwalker strength focus, half-elf thief rogue and life human oracle. We have just gotten to lvl 1 from 0 we are playing as 16-year-old orphans; we didn't get the equivalent starting gear for lvl 1 when we levelled. My thaum has a machette, a club and Studded Leather plus a club he swiped from the groundskeeper that turned out to be part of a cult. How fucked are we?
>>98871107Oh we all have adventurer kits
>>98871107Biggest issue is a lack of a frontline tank (one of those moments that make me wish Life Oracle kept the d12 Hit Die a level), but frankly you all are fine. The thief will need a Thieves' Toolkit eventually and your lack of backpacks will be a constraint but nothing should be stopping you that just playing like a good party should prevent. Ultimately, your lives are in the hand of your GM, not really much else you can do than just find a way to get some spare potions just in case the Oracle eats dirt.
>>98871120oh we all got adventure kits
>>98871120went with weapon implement
>>98871126>>98871144Figured. Like I said, very much just depends on what your GM challenges you with. I can't imagine you all having too tough a time unless they are some kind of dick or forgets to account you are only 3 guys with no real frontliner.
>>98856086>still not on jan23ACK
https://www.patreon.com/OwenKCStephens/posts/still-not-done-145574868https://spheresofpower.wikidot.com/arcane-voidThis is a fascinating Pathfinder 1e homebrew class (plus an accompanying archetype from someone else). It is a magic-user whose magic is plundered from all of the bits and pieces of non-spellcasting magic found across the game.
If I cast a spell with duration Sustain on an enemy, and I then hit 0 hp. And my initiative gets moved. When does the spell expire? End of my original turn order, or end of my shifted turn order?
>>98873775End of the shifted turn order.
>>98873775Sustain spells end if you don't use the Sustain action before the end of your turn, and extend the duration to the end of your next turn. Your turn has moved in the initiative, but the rule still applies. If your buddies get you conscious you can keep Sustaining, otherwise spell will be lost.
>>98839847PF1. Besides Prehenstile Tail, Prehenstile Hair, Lefty and Righty, are there any methods of getting a character (tiefling gunslinger/witch) more fine manipulators? Starting at Level 9, game's going to 20.
>>98841810When you take the time to scream outside everyone’s windows at all hours no shit people think of you
>>98874552Since you're taking levels in an arcane spellcaster, you could just take Spell Cartridges instead of Rapid Reload. One less missfire since you're not using alch cartridges and no reload action so you don't need extra appendages.
In Pathfinder 1e, are there any items which work well with the Pathfinder Savant's Item Master capstone?>Item Master (Su)>At 10th level, an arcane savant can spend an hour focusing his energies on a single non-charged magic item that requires an action to activate. At the end of this hour, that item becomes attuned to the arcane savant, and from that point on, that specific item can use the arcane savant’s caster level to resolve its effects rather than the item’s caster level. An arcane savant can change which item is attuned to him by repeating the attunement ritual, but he loses attunement to the previous item. An arcane savant can have only one item attuned to him at a time.I've seen people recommend the Ring of Telekinesis, but that caps at 15. The Skin of Proteus looks promising, but I can't find anything else. I thought about staves (staff of power, staff of the magi, staff of eldritch sovereignty), but I believe those already use your own caster elvel.
>>98875053Eh, hard to say actually. It comes online at pretty late level, so things like Hat of Disquise or Cloak of Hedge Wizard are already quite outdated even with the boosted caster level. Whereas later items naturally have high inbuilt item caster level so the benefit would be very slight or even negative. And on top of that quite large number of objects do not really tell how the increased caster level would influence the effect.
>>98875194You make a good point about the late level. Thanks!
>>98875053It should be obvious considering the name of prestige class is Pathfinder Savant, but Wayfinder of Passage with Clear Spindle inserted. Wayfinder of Passage gives multiple useful spells that are affected by caster level one way or another, but are kinda bothersome to keep remembered in spells slots, and Clear Spindle gives Protection of Evil which will remain useful due protection against mind controls and the aeon stone effect comes from wayfinder rather than the stone itself so it should work with the ability.
>>98853379Was the anime picture too cringe? Well just held the session and it went well, my players had fun. Still gladly accepting recommendations for fun monsters.
>1eAre there any workable Orders for a Luring/Musketeer Cavalier?
Man, there is barely any third party content for Starfinder 1E out there huh? It's like 2 or 3 dudes just making everything from what I've seen on drivethrurpg. Nobody has even bothered to put up any 3rd party content up on the troves. I was really hoping for something to supplement the very barebones mecha system they introduced late in the game's life but there's nothing out there.
PF1E question -Is there a listing somewhere of what qualifies as 'positive energy effects' and 'negative energy effects'?Asking due to a Knight of the Sepulcher that is infiltrating the party.
2eDoes Alchemist have a feat like Quick Bomber but for using Bottled Monstrosities?
>>98878476No. BMs are one the least supported aspects in the game in general, much less for Alchemist... Can check Team+ Alchemist+ 3pp splat to see if they got something, I know they provide additional buffs for that.
Why hasn't your character taken the Test of the Starstone? Is he a pussy?
>>98878710He refuses to go to Absalom because it is a degenerate shithole full of lesser species
Trying to learn pf1e. Noob question.My level 1 Sorcerer only has 7 HP (6 from hit die, one from having 12 CON). Is that right, or did I miss something. I'm used to 2e, where you get HP from your class and race.
>>98879265PF1e also has what's known as the Favored Class bonus, it's a little extra sum'n sum'n you get for sticking with your "main class", and can either take the form of an extra skill rank or HP per level you've invested, chosen each level you gain in the class (aka you can mix and match how many bonuses you've invested in HP, skill ranks, or if you're feeling real spicy the special "race/class-only" bonuses that are all the way down at the bottom of the page on PFSRD).
>>98879265You could have 8 if you chose +1 HP as your favored class bonus, and if you pick up a feat like Toughness at level 1 (from being human, for example) that'll also increase it.Otherwise yeah its just Class HD+ Con Bonus and that's it. You'd think it means you're more fragile but 1e monsters do less damage too so it about evens out in the end.
2eIf you Duel Classed Fighter / Kineticist would you be able to select your weapon group as your Elemental Blast? If so, would that mean you get your element(s) critical blast junction for free?
>>98882253Elemental Blast != Weapon
>>98877061Well, what does your build look like? Feats, race and such? You're trading away your mount and far challenge doesn't count as normal challenge (b4 you get hit) so it's tricky. >>98878710That's an Aroden conspiracy to make exceptional individuals of "lesser races" kill themselves in pursuit of godhood so that humans stay a dominant race despite their many failings. Fuck the starstone, and FUCK Aroden. My elf ain't falling for it.
>>98882253No, Elemental Blasts are not in any weapon group, so they're not elegible for Fighter class features that call for one. If you go Fighter/Kine Dual Class you're much better off picking an actual weapon to use and leaving your Blast as a Backup option, focusing more on utility Impulses.
>>98882778As ranged as possible, human with a musket, then switching to bayonet when enemy is too close to musket.It's mostly a test run though, so technically nothing's properly nailed down.Like if I take VMC Paladin and Order of the Star, I could play a shittier healer.But almost every Order I've seen only gives you bonus to melee.Hell, because we have Elephant in the Room and Drawbacks, I might be able to just feat up for a new horse.I just don't know what Order to take, man.
Why is it suddenly so hard to find old miniatures?Stuff from Reign of Winter or Mazes of Death were expensive, but at least you could find something, I haven't seen a giant scorpion in three years.What the fuck is happening.
Am I stupid ir this pretty useless? You can barely do stuff with it even at higher levels. If I'm reading it correctly, at level 20 you couldn't even move a door if you had metal or wood for example, or stole a metal key from a guard, or basically anything.
>>98887569It's flavor but it isn't a complete ribbon. It's more of an "ask your GM what you can mess about with" tool that's needs to be here to be an actual X-mancer of your element, but it isn't going to replace an actual spell like Knock or Create Water by virtue of being a free problem solver.
>>98887569It's basically the Kineticist's Prestidigitation - it's not meant to be massive, just a few little tricks. Now, if you're a Metal Kineticist and have Extended Kinesis, that's about 6 million gold (or platinum, or silver, or whatever) a round, thanks to the Proliferate option it adds.
>>98886676Order of the Lion is great if you're CHA maxxing. You get a spammable fear removal at lv 2 and at lv 8 you can add your CHA modifier as a competence bonus to everyone's Att/Dmg once per combat (yourself included as you count as your own ally). The Challenge bonus also synergizes with your Far Challenge as the moment you do get hit in melee, you instantly lose the AC penalty and instead get a scaling AC bonus to turn the tide on your challenged foe.>https://aonprd.com/CavalierOrders.aspx?ItemName=Order%20of%20the%20LionThen take the human FCB every lv and choose the Stalwart Standard from the alternate banners. This grants everyone (you included) a scaling morale bonus to CMD, and attack against any enemy who threatens an ally. Which is very easy to achieve. >https://aonprd.com/CavalierBanners.aspxSo at lv 8 with 18 CHA (headband included) you'd constantly give out and benefit from a +3 morale bonus to Att vs any foe who threatens an ally, and can unleash a fat +4/+4 competence bonus to Att/Dmg to everyone for one round every combat. No resources spent.
>>98887593With all the conditions the ability has I don't know if even with the gm's permission you can do much with it...I'm trying to do a metal kinecist and it's REALLY underwhelming, 95% of it's kit is "throw metal at someone" and no other cool uses for it. Deforming weapons and armors, making them weight more, using magnetism to attract/repel characters, using metal to do a jail surrounding an enemy... Instead of a metalbender you are a guy with a very fancy nail gun, a taser and a fridge magnet. Have I drawn the short end of the stick?
>>98887665>Metal Kineticists can break the economyFinally a use for them besides exploding infinity shields
>>98874984Anon. I want extra appendages. I'm committing to a bit.
>>98878814>Character is an inbred hillbilly with no chin
>>98887569Paizo is extremely averse to making things useful, especially out of combat
>>98888499they really love making raped useless whores into goddesses for some reason
>>98887913I mean, if you go Synthesist instead of witch you could just spend all your evolution points on the Limbs evolution. 7 levels of Synthesist nets you 10 extra arms.
>>98892956Shame that synthesist isn't very good, it's a very cool concept and can do some funny shenanigans (like playing as a colossal size kaiju)>>98892398I don't know much about the lore, when did that happen?>>98888499I've noticed, every time I see something that seems cool or fun, it either sucks or has some gotcha stuff that makes it boring. It's incredible how souless a game can be.
>>98893029Arazni
>being raped makes you a godyou can't make this shit up
>>98893029They meant that Arazni, who was raped and fucked up the Whispering Tyrant and became Geb's thrall before becoming free, became one of the Core 20 of Inner Sea gods.Outside of the obvious hyperbole of this all, is important to remember Arazni was a popular-ish character, already a minor God by being both Aroden's herald and a full-fledged lich, and noted as *not* a replacement for Gorum in any way that matters outside of being the most important in-universe Gods of the Inner Sea.
2eIf you're not running mythic rules are the mythic archetypes any good as just high level options, assuming Free Archetype?If they're actually viable are any of them potentially busted?
>>98893360Geb's mythic sperm
>>98893360>Arazni was a popular-ish characterWith who?Retards on twitter?
>>98894247It's the audience they want and appeal to after all.
>>98894195Ehhhh...The feats worth a damn either expect or just require the full Mythic system to be active. Can't really do Mythic stuff without Mythic points, after all. There are some feats in each Destiny that don't require such, but you could probably find another non-Mythic archetype to get some of those powers.>>98894247I think if getting 3 different deity blocks in 1e alone, direct ties to the notable location of Geb and the Whispering Tyrant, be a major player in the final 1e AP, and only complain about her being THE RAPED now and all the previous attempts at shilling, doesn't say she's popular-ish among the small subset of the community that cares for Golarion Lore and subplots, then I dunno.Feels like there was a lot of time on your hand to object about it if there was a shilling campaign here.
>>98894975you're under the impression TTRPG companies listen to their fanbases at all
I don't know about you but I loved the change from phylactery to Soul Cage because it was very insensitive to Jews who no longer even use it.
>>98894982The fanbase has to complain first to not get listened to. At worst, people mostly raised an eye at her "replacing" Gorum and even then it was less about Arazni herself and more the whole idea and execution of killing Gorum.also most people don't think being THE RAPED is a bad character trait anyway.>>98894995It really is funny at the timing of things given how much the Omnicause have shifted from Jewish Solidarity to just plain antisemitism EVERYWHERE. Paizo really have to be kicking themselves even removing the word Golem out of the bestiary knowing how people switched around on the Jews.Though to be frank, what WAS Gygax up on when he considered the word phylactery for "lich's soul frame"? That was definitely a choice, especially considering the Satanic Panic in hindsight.
>>98895030i'm sure everyone cared about the company writers' favorite fictional cum rag
Orcs raping human women was extremely problematic and racist towards people of color. And I am so glad Paizo changed it in accordance with fanbase complaints.
How can someone actually care about Golarion's lore in 2026? I thought people would've checked out of by the time the Godsrain happened.
Need advice on my BBEG. I probably won't use him for a while, but he is essentially an evil(er?) version of Paul Muad'Dib from Dune, where he basically embeds in a bunch of Mongol horse archers who also have dinosaurs and convinces them to set out on a holy crusade to ransack civilized lands. Just want some advice on his build, as he's meant to go up against level 15 characters.The ProphetMale human oracle 20 (dual-cursed, time myseter)Hit Points 233Initiative +17 (roll thrice take best)Speed 30 ft.Armor Class 43, touch 21, flat-footed 38(+4 Dex, +1 Dodge, +1 Insight, +12 Armor, +5 ring, +5 natural, +5 defense)Fortitude +19, Reflex +16, Will +22CMB +18, CMD 39Melee +5 defending sickle +18/13/18 (1d6+3) -- full investment into ACRanged masterwork dart +20 (1d4+3) or spell +19 touchOracle Spells Known (CL 21st, concentration +30):9th (7/day): massacre (DC 28), mass heal, overwhelming presence (DC 28), time stop8th (7/day): maw of chaos (DC 27), nine lives, stormbolts (DC 27), temporal stasis7th (7/day): control weather, greater bestow curse (DC 26), repulsion (DC 26), disintegrate (DC 26)6th (7/day): blade barrier (DC 25), chains of light (DC 25), greater dispel magic, contingency5th (8/day): spell resistance (SR 33), caustic blood (DC 24), greater reversion, hunter's blessing, permanency4th (8/day): communal protection from energy, death war, divine power, restoration, threefold aspect3rd (8/day): blindness/deafenss (DC 22), cure serious wounds, glyph of warding, greater stunning barrier (DC 20), sands of time2nd (8/day): aid, cure moderate wounds, darkness, silence, weapon of awe, gentle repose1st (9/day): ant haul, cure light wounds, divine favor, hedging weapons, murderous command (DC 20), memory lapse0th: create water, detect magic, detect poison, guidance, light, mending, sotto voce, vigor, virtue
Special Abilities: mystery(time), oracle's curses (clouded vision, haunted), darkvision 60 ft., blind beyond 60 ft., blindsense 30 ft., blindsight 15 ft., slow retrieval, revelations (temporal celerity, aging touch 5/day, rewind time 4/day, speed or slow time 3/day, time hop 200 ft. per day, time sight 20 minutes per da), diverse mysteries alternate capstone (ancestor mystery, revelations spirit shield 20 hours per day, spirit walk 3/day)Abilities: Str 10 (16), Dex 13 (19), Con 14 (20), Int 10 (16), Wis 12 (18), Cha 22 (28)Feats: Combat Expertise, Divine Interference, Divine Protection, Dodge, Eldritch Heritage (dreamspun), Great Fortitude, Improved Eldritch Heritage (dreamspun), Improved Initiative, Noble Scion (scion of war), ToughnessSkills: Diplomacy +33, Heal +28, Knowledge (history) +27, Knowledge (the planes) +27, Knowledge (religion) +27, Perception +28, Sense Motive +28, Spellcraft +27Possessions: +5 defending sickle, rod of greater metamagic (quicken), belt of physical perfection +6, headband of mental superiority +6, orange prism ioun stone, dusty rose ioun stone, ring of protection +5, amulet of natural armor +5, cloak of resistance +5, stone of good luck, 169,700 gp.Challenge Rating 20 (would be 19 but he was based with PC-tier wealth).He has a lot of abilities to reroll saves, add to his saves, negate attacks against him, while also being nearly guaranteed to win initiative, so he can time-stop and buff himself and retreat, and still go first when the PCs encounter him. That said, any advice on buffing him up to be more challenging, would be good. Would prefer to stay within 1e stuff, and PC-accessible stuff, as much as possible. Haven't messed with mythic stuff, dunno if it would help here. Just any advice to make this guy a better fight. The group he'd be up against would be (presumably) at level 15:>brawler>oracle>alchemist>sorcerer>unchained rogue>cleric>swashbuckler
>>98899358>massacresounds like it's going to do exactly that to the party
>>98899669It might kill 1 or 2 of them. I doubt they'll all be in a 60 foot line for him. I don't necessarily want to use that spell and I'm open to changing it out. But, in my past experience with two campaigns that get to high levels, the only real way to make a BBEG fight viable is to kill or disable half the party in the first round. Which, by the way, isn't fun at all, but it's the only way to cope with the insane offensive output of a high level Pathfinder party. I had a group in my last game who had one player kill a CR 27 monster in one round. With damage. It wasn't a save or die thing. There are plenty of those thoughbeit less effective cause of spell resistance and massive saving throw bonuses.
Is a creature that critically fails the roll against Calm just... fucked? What can they even do except stand there and get killed?
>>98901930Calm only blocks hostile actions. It's kind of like Sanctuary, except instead of targeting a buddy you don't want attacked, you target enemies you don't want attacking. They can still defend themselves, buff, heal, run away, etc. If some but not all of the bad guys critically fail, the ones who crit-failed might do any of those things while the ones who didn't try to rush down the caster (Calm needs to be sustained). If everyone crit-fails, or if it's a solo enemy, they're pretty fucked, although they still have the option of running away/trying not to die for 10 rounds, which is the maximum duration.
New homebrew style feat chain, this time for what are essentially a pair of falx swords. Look at antlion mandibles, make them huge, then have a culture Monster Hunter them into weapons. Statwise they're exotic longswords with Trip and Disarm.Thoughts?
Are Archives of Nethys pulling leg on me, or does Kineticist only have one class feat choice at level 16?https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?Traits=504&values-from=level%3A16&values-to=level%3A16&sort=level-desc&display=full
>>98905466Sorry but making both feats and impulses was too much work :(
>>98905472It is work and I'm not surprised Kineticist has been starved for more content... but I'm disappointed.Still, such a glaring hole doesn't seem like laziness, because there's half a dozen feats for levels 14 and 18, so what gives?
>>98905466>Paizo>Giving Kineticist stuffPick one and only one
>>98905995It is weird how there's been no Kineticist content since it launched. Not even that whole promised errata so that they work with Commander's Tactics.I wonder if the whole money and union issues pushed away the frontrunner for them and they only just got them back, since I think the upcoming LO: Spirit World book is giving them some content.
>>98905995Let me repeat: I'm not asking about lack of content in general, I'm asking why specifically level 16 has such a hole.
Speaking of kineticist are there any good archetypes for it? My GM is running a game with free archetype soon.
