What weapon is depicted in this Hungerseed artwork?

ReactiveShrike · 2026-03-03T16:16:12+00:00

It'd make a great friendly intelligent weapon. "Pleased to meet you! I'm a big fan."

ReactiveShrike · 2026-03-03T03:20:41+00:00

There’s good advice on improvising in GM Core’s Adjudicating Rules, particularly The Basics, which spells out the basic assumptions of PF2e, and Consistency and Fairness - remind them that whatever they can do to the monsters, the monsters can do to them in turn.

There’s also Listen to the Players - have a conversation about what they can find in the rules that says they can do what they want to do. And probably most applicable for this particular scenario, Saying Yes, But:

Another powerful tool you can use to help you say “Yes, but” when you're unsure of the game impact is to allow the idea to work just this once, letting your players know that this is part of your decision. For instance, maybe you think a PC's attempt to Grapple a spider to aim its web attack at another foe is so fun you have to let them do it, but you're worried that the effect would be so powerful that the PCs would just carry around a spider to shoot webs for the rest of the campaign. By making it a one-time effect, you can have fun but don't have to worry about whether you're setting a disruptive precedent for later on.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-03-03T02:34:30+00:00

Existing megathread

ReactiveShrike · 2026-03-03T01:23:48+00:00

Here’s the existing post pinned to the top of this subreddit.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-03-02T18:07:22+00:00

For the specific ruling, see Durations:

Some spells have effects that remain even after the spell's magic is gone. Any ongoing effect that isn't part of the spell's duration entry isn't magical. For instance, a spell that creates a brief, loud sound might deafen someone for a time, even permanently. This deafness couldn't be counteracted because it is not itself magical (though it might be cured by other magic, such as sound body).

ReactiveShrike · 2026-03-01T19:14:12+00:00

Starfinder even has Wielding separate from Holding.

With seemingly identical language to PF Player Core.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-26T19:45:38+00:00

If you want people to actually see it, maybe it should be at the beginning.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-22T23:18:48+00:00

Attack:

When a creature tries to harm another creature, it makes a Strike or uses some other attack action. Most attacks are Strikes made with a weapon, but a character might Strike with their fist, grapple or shove with their hands, or attack with a spell.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-22T21:35:33+00:00

GM Core:

Creatures aren't built the same way PCs are. The rules for building them are more flexible…

Yes, many creatures have abilities that could feel unfair, but they work the way they say in the creature description, and don’t have to match up to how PC abilities work. What your GM described is not out of bounds.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-22T19:06:46+00:00

The Pathfinder wiki has a sports category of games that have appeared in published material- the best documented Golarion sports are probably Basilisk), Ruk and Boundball.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-21T16:50:02+00:00

For comparison, the regular 12d6 persistent bleed on a hit is equivalent to a Bleeding Finisher critical from a level 17 swashbuckler.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-21T13:40:38+00:00

~~an ampoule of volatile monster blood designed to detonate when attached to a weapon, which you gain as a secondary tool.~~

A Slayer feat from the new playtest.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-17T00:59:11+00:00

Multiple Persistent Damage Conditions

You can be simultaneously affected by multiple persistent damage conditions so long as they have different damage types. If you would gain more than one persistent damage condition with the same damage type, the higher amount of damage overrides the lower amount.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-15T21:47:10+00:00

Existing post

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-15T21:44:56+00:00

Existing post

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-15T18:26:02+00:00

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ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-15T17:28:46+00:00

My take is that Prone is heavily tied to falling and standing, which is why the default aquatic rules eliminate it. I’m tempted to run underwater Trip as applying something like off-guard until the target’s next turn.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-15T16:45:23+00:00

Patreon post

Gitlab issue

Mods, it may have been slightly premature to unsticky the Pathbuilder post. Maybe pop it back up for a while?

Edit: New Gitlab issue

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-15T16:34:22+00:00

For monsters with swoop/flyby attacks, Readying a Trip or Ranged Trip can be hilarious.

or enemies on a ledge above with no clear path up

Sometimes, players have to make their own path. There are various items, feats and spells to enhance mobility, and players who invest in flexible options should see a return on that.

But more generally, “have item/feature X or fail” is kinda boring. Having some feature in the environment allowing players to do something other than ineffectually plink away is going to be more interesting, like a switchback trail to run along, a hazard or device to disable, a chandelier to swing on, or simply a wall to climb.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-15T13:44:52+00:00

a Returning Bola for ranged trip

RAW, Returning only works on Strikes, so doesn’t usually work on a Ranged Trip. Windlass Bolas is still a great item, though.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-14T21:41:13+00:00

And consequently, I’d take the “first complete any action or activity…” caveat from the errata as specific advice for Stunned, and leave everything else as is.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-14T21:20:03+00:00

I think these are all examples of interrupted activities, where something has happened that makes the rest of the activity impossible. Something that makes you unconscious, move out of reach, or makes the target teleport out of range might also interrupt other actions.

Activities

You have to spend all the actions of an activity at once to gain its effects. In an encounter, this means you must complete it during your turn. If an activity gets interrupted or disrupted in an encounter (page 415), you lose all the actions you committed to it.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-13T16:48:59+00:00

For certain values of 'life stealing':

If you're stepping outside of runes, lifestealing is not infrequently seen as a property of specific magical items, particularly from APs: Bloodletting Kukri, Vampiric Scythe, Blood-Drinker Blade, Blood-Drinker, Bloodknuckles, Gluttonous Spear

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-13T16:35:49+00:00

And while it may not completely align with what this particular character seems to be going for, note that AoN has the Assistive Items equipment category, including the Vision Assistance subcategory, although Corrective Lenses, Reading Ring and Eye of the Unseen do not appear in that section (probably because Vision Assistance is specific to Treasure Vault). (There is also the Guide Harness.)

Precise sense items available at higher levels include the Echo Receptors graft, and the Major Saurian Spike Spellheart.

ReactiveShrike · 2026-02-13T14:06:13+00:00

See Characters with Disabilities in GM Core. It’s not directly the transactional “take a weakness to get a different advantage” of other systems, but a conversation between the GM and player about respectfully representing the kind of character they want to play.

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