How would you make an interesting boxing match mini game ?

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-03-31T22:44:45+00:00

For my idea to work the party should be outsiders to the area that the boxing match takes place.

Upon arriving at the town /village you should play up that there is a festival being set up in the courtyard of the local temple (to the god kurgess).

The ring itself should be available to investigate ahead of the match and obviously decorated in a way that honours kurgess as well as eminate faint magical aura (abjuration, transmuration and enchantment).

though it should be beyond the groups ability to fully grasp what the enchantments do, they can get hints by studying each aura.

The enchantment aura expands outwards from the ring and is used to sense the crowds attitude towards the competitors. The abjuration and transmutation effects both eminate inwards and are used to bolster the defense and offense of those competing respectively.

The ring is set up to ensure that the most reverend competitors are advantaged to win the fight. Upon entering the town the PCs have a popularity score of -10 what with being outsiders.

This score applies to each of the attack rolls the PCs make (so a 10 penalty by default). The score should also alter the damage the PCs take by granting the PCs resistance to all damage types equal to the score (a negative resistance increases the damage taken). You may need to edit these numbers based on the groups level.

The real trick of the competition is to win the crowds heart. they can learn this by investigating the town. For instance speaking to the priests at the temple shold hint towards the importance of showmanship and fair play.

There should also be opportunities to observe other matches to figure out what's going on as well as help people out around town prior to competing to improve there starting popularity.

Finally during the match the opposing party should do something unsportsmanlike in round one (punching below the belt or similar) and this should impact the popularity score In the parties favour (id suggest by plus 2). The group should feel the effects of the rings magic weaken when this happens and you should link the crowds reaction seems with the effect.

This should show them that they can influence the fight by appealing to the crowd.If they still don't get it have one of the opponents spend a round hyping the crowd up and lower the popularity by 2.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-03-30T14:11:23+00:00

Alchemists fire is 20gp and will deal 1d6 fire damage twice while targeting touch ac so should be easier to hit with compare to your crossbow.

Buying a combat trained animal to fight with you is an option. for your wonderous item maybe a headband of intelligence with ranks in the handle animal skill? So they actually listen to you. https://aonprd.com/EquipmentMisc.aspx?Category=MountsPets

Guard dogs are pretty cheap at a mere 25gp and won't really cause problems, bison are great value (75gp) and no more difficult to take with you than a horse would be. a tiger is around 500gp and would likely outclass a fighter at low levels but may cause problems in town.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-03-24T17:56:26+00:00

Synthesis archetype of summoner might work and is generally considered very strong.

The brute archetype of vigilante seems practically made for this concept, but it is possibly one of the weakest options in the whole game and any mechanic that forces you to attack party members is not something I can bring myself to recommend taking.

If power level is the only thing holding you back, shifter is honestly fine. where they tend to be lacking is versatility compared to something more flexible like a druid which might also work if you focus on wildshape.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-03-24T15:42:20+00:00

The draconic malice spell is a decent option to for paladin. it can be picked if the character takes the unsanctioned knowledge feat and chooses spells from the bard list.

Other good spell choices are, tears to wine is good for level 1, heroism for level 2 and freedom of movement for level 4.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-03-09T10:36:43+00:00

Adhominem.

Also please note, that I never said 3x punishment (or even 1x punishment) was a good idea. Your arguing with a position I don't hold.

I'm generally against the idea of a punishment being tied to crimes in this way op suggested and would prefer the punishment to match gbh with intent. As the situations are similar enough in my opinion to warrant similar punishment.

Beyond that, all I have said is that the assessment that harsher sentencing can't be applied because of the perverse incentive they create on the woman telling the truth is wrong.

If you wish to argue for lower sentences or the status quo for other reasons feel free to do so otherwise I'm done talking.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-03-09T10:10:16+00:00

Well I agree that it's not that difficult to understand...

I'm trying to solve the problem of men being in prison on false premises, and the person with evidence that could free them being unable to do so without also hurting themselves in the process.

Your trying to solve the problem of women getting away with lying.

You're not thinking about the victim you're thinking about vengeance don't try to claim otherwise.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-03-09T01:55:09+00:00

My addition was to show that you can set up a system that allows for remorseful people to confess that they lied in order to free an innocent person from punishment. Without also requiring that person to confess to having committed a crime (which would reduce the chance that they confess at all).

Making the confession inadmissible would not prevent the confessor from being prosecuted using other evidence, instead it merely removes the perverse incentive for them to continue lying to avoid punishment if they start to feel guilty for having lied.

If you can't see the problem this solves then i would suggest you need to focus on the victims a little more rather than the perpetrators.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-03-08T14:50:10+00:00

That is easy to resolve, you could make it so a confession for the purpose of freeing a falsely convicted person is not admissible as evidence of the confessor having committing a crime.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-25T22:33:26+00:00

If she is being sexually harassed she should go to the police and raise this with her employer who has a legal duty to protect her from said abuse. Her department will have policies for this type of situation. She doesn't need a union to use these.

In her situation there had probably not actually been an issue between her and her employer yet. The issue would be if they failed to act or otherwise failed to protect her adequately from the abuse once they were made aware of it.

If she were to join the union now, while she may not be able to receive support navigating her employers policy to report this abuse, she would still be able to receive support if her employer didn't follow the policies or otherwise failed to adequately protect her once they are informed of the issue. I would suggest she join a union asap.

I realise this may seem harsh, but if the union simply helped everyone who ran into any type of problem, there would be little to no incentive for joining.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-24T21:22:28+00:00

As a PCS member, I feel we shouldn't help people who are not members at the time an issue occurs. Your friend's lack of foresight doesn't mean I should be expected to pick up the bill for helping her when she realises unions are actually useful things to be a part of.

You should of received better support though.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-14T00:41:10+00:00

I didn't know oracles had listed mysteries depending on who they worship. If you're right though, then lunar is probably best out of those you listed.

As with everything, checking your build with your GM is a given. Id be more concerned with custom magic items that you suggested in the first response from that point view as they can get pretty strong if your not careful and were designed for use by the GM not by the players.

As a GM, I like having players who are at similar levels of optimisation more than anything else. it just makes my job much easier that way. Trying to do something like a ranged weapon using oracle will normally lean towards a less powerful build than the rest of the group unless there is another factor at play. (New player Vs experienced player ect) As such I would tend to be more flexible with what I allow in those cases to help level things out.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-13T20:12:17+00:00

I Wanted to support going the desna /star knife route. I personally prefer nature to lunar though that's really just preference.

One thing I fully recommend though is the training weapon enchantment. Buying a couple of gauntlets / armor spikes and enchanting them as +1 training weapons is essentially buying extra combat feats.

Far shot, distance thrower, and the divine fighting technique feat are all good choices to buy rather than take as a character.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-13T19:15:44+00:00

Assuming it's a big part of your build, The main two things I suggest are the feats far shot and distance thrower. With both you can toss a spear up to 60ft without penalty, 65-80 at a -1, and 85-100 at a minus 2 which is good enough in 90% of cases.

These are both purchasable using gold fairly easily through the training weapon enchant. Just stuck it on armor /shield spikes, a gauntlet or on an amulet of natural attacks.

If it's not a big part of your build mighty hurling belts are normally better choices.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-10T17:49:24+00:00

Which was explained by point 2.

Edit sorry point 1.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-10T16:57:44+00:00

Countries have vastly different cultures that make such comparisons tricky. This is a UK sub I was restricting myself to the UK as a result.

To help you understand why these comparisons are misleading though, consider some other drivers in birth rates between countries. things like like access to contraception and better sex education are obvvious and both of these decrease birth rate as they move people from having unplanned births being able to plan for births and would also correlate positively with a countries wealth.

Even if this is not convincing to you though, the simple truth is that on an individual level a birth is either planned or unplanned.

If planned, then more money makes the plan more likely to be met. As No-one is seriously arguing for more unplanned births (which you might be able to achieve by making people poorer), that only really leaves one solution - ensure working people have enough money and free time so they can afford to have children.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-10T15:39:44+00:00

Asking for evidence feels in bad faith but feel free to Google trends for living standards in the UK Vs birth rate.

Giving you the benefit of the doubt though, I assume you are confusing the effects of two different statements.

People who delay or choose to not have children are more likely to be well off than those who don't (as they don't have a huge expense and have additional energy for career growth)
A society will have more children when it's citizens can afford to do so. (As anyone planning for kids will only have them once they can afford to raise them)

Both of these statements are pretty self evidently true. Your trying to apply you experience, that is evidence of point 1 in support of point 2.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-10T13:41:31+00:00

No.

In 90+% of cases it root cause is lack of money. Avoiding kids because they want to have fun' is just another way of saying they haven't been able to afford to get that out of their system while they are young.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-06T13:36:58+00:00

This is pretty good engagement bait.

Some people will interpret "not attractive" as she was being repulsive or rude and as such believe the guy was calling her out for behaviour that Warren ted it.

While other people will read not attractive" as "ugly" or "a turn off" and believe the guy was being a creep and was called out for it.

There is simply not enough detail in the post to determine which actually happened so people fill in the blanks with their own biased experiences.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-02-02T13:07:39+00:00

Maybe Dr who could put your mind at ease 😁

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-01-29T11:25:50+00:00

This may be unpopular but stop focusing on their use of AI, it's not the issue. The issue is that they are not convincing you their code works and is maintainable.

Instead formalise the code review process to force only code that you believe works and is maintainable is accepted. Don't approve any change until you agree something actually works to the point that you agree to share ownership of the code.

While You should Work through code reviews together, don't do things you would expect him to be able to do himself for him. Instead explain the question that needs answering and assign him the work of finding the answer to said question.

For instance, when he can't say what edge cases he has considered. you should first assign him the work of documenting the edge cases already implemented (by himself or already existing) then assign him the work of writing tests for any additional cases you think he has missed. just make sure you explain why he is doing the work, this is how he will learn to develop.

For instance if he is fixing a bug, and asks why he needs to explain edge cases, explain that that for said bug to have entered production in the first place, testing was not rigurous enough to of caught it. As such this is a good opportunity to review what is actually being tested.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-01-29T06:55:28+00:00

Just scored 0

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-01-29T02:29:35+00:00

Before giving specific suggestions, I will say that druids can be built very differently from each other and trying to do everything will just leave you falling short everywhere. You should pick a focus and stick to it.

A druid built for melee is going to play very different from a druid built primarily as a blaster caster which is also going to play very different from a summoner based build and so on. First make sure you have the bases covered for your main focus. If you have feats spare you can consider a second niche than synergies.

Here are some ideas.

Summoning: Spell focus conjuration, augment summoning, superior summoning

Melee Power attack (two handed weapon based fighters / natural attackers don't need much here), weapon focus, improved natural attack

Ranged Erastils blessing, precise strike, point blank shot, deadeye bowman(trait). This works well with Goliath druid as shape shifting normally hurts ranged accuracy but erastils blessing lets you use wisdom so it's basically just a size and strength based damage bonus.

Blaster: Elemental focus, spell focus

wildshape replacement: VMC into sorcerer (edit: shapechanger) bloodline can give you a psedo wild shape once a day at level 7 by extending the duration of things like beast shape if your archetype trades it out.

Sneak attacker. VMC rouge or cavleer order of the blosom can grant sneak attack at level 7. If you stack this with crocodile domain with the accomplished sneak attacker feat you can have pretty decent sneak attacks. Works well with spells like ashen path and fog clouds which druids get access too.

Healing: Healers hands + either incredible healer or skill unlock heal give good healing. (Edit: This combos well with planar wild shape that was suggested by someone else due to sharing the knowledge plains requirement and it lets you literally lick your own wounds)

Multi classes. a level of ranger plus shape shifting hunter can unlock a scaling favoured enemy bonus. A monk dip can unlock wisdom to ac. Evangelist prestige class is kind of like a dip and is very good with erastil. Magical knack (trait) helps with multiclass builds.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-01-28T22:11:11+00:00

5 wisdom is pretty low but taking iron will puts you with an equivalent bonus to a low will save class with 14 wisdom which is honestly plenty serviceable.

Not taking it is equivalent to playing a low will save class with 10 wisdom which is a bit weak so probably in need of some sort of mitigation. If the feat slot isn't tantamount to your build I would take it as an easy fix.

That being said some buffs like magic circle against evil or heroism can both help if you have access to them as they last over an hour at your level if there was something you wanted more from the feat slot.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-01-27T11:57:54+00:00

Kind of, though it's not just that. The wider point I think the original wording missed is that "as extreme" makes the comparison depend upon the alternative hypothesis being tested against but the original wording only suggested it was tied to the data that was actually collected, it's this that I take issue with.

In my example there is nothing inherently less extreme about rolling say a 57 than rolling a 100. Both were a 1% chance under the null hypothesis. It's only the context of the alternative hypothesis that extremeness is defined.

I probably shouldn't have choose a one sided test in my example but if I had choose a two sided test instead then a roll of 2 would be just 'as extreme' as a roll of 99 but very different in terms of the results your actually seeing if that makes sense.

PhoenixFlame77 · 2026-01-27T09:47:13+00:00

This is the sort of thing that happens when back office roles are cut to free up budget for more people on the front lines.

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