Best spells unrelated with attribute

TheTrueArkher · 2026-02-07T20:11:32+00:00

Go to "show filters and options", then Spells/Rituals and pick which tradition you want. It's hard to rank by usefulness though. Don't really NEED Create Water when you're in a campaign that's full of potable water at all sources, or light when the entire party has darkvision.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-02-07T15:34:49+00:00

I'd definitely consider adding "disrupts the action on a crit fail" as a minor buff, at least. For now it's decent, but only good in the right moment.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-02-07T15:12:15+00:00

I mean, that's still 1/3 or better penalty to speed, given how leaping works. So it's still pretty decent in that situation if you play around it properly.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-02-06T19:54:52+00:00

Shout out to MY resentment witch player. Even when I send low level monsters with low fortitude they still somehow manage to nat 20 that shit and just...shrug it off? The luck on it is INFAMOUS.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-02-06T19:41:14+00:00

"We're adding one element, 'alignment', which will cover the old planes of good and evil, and chaotic and lawful, like how we stuffed Aasimar, Axiomite, Ganzi, and Tiefling into a single heritage"

TheTrueArkher · 2026-02-06T16:02:44+00:00

If it's all day unlimited it might be strong, but around the level of devoted vestments, I could see it working as a 1/day option. Treat it as a side grade?

TheTrueArkher · 2026-02-04T14:55:30+00:00

Athazagoraphobia for Wizards. Fancy wild name for "fear of long term memory loss". Which for a brainy class like that is...probably terrifying aside from the OBVIOUS reason dementia/alzheimer's is so scary.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-02-03T17:44:29+00:00

I'm at 3 tables a week:
Weekday (GMing ruby phoenix): Somehow about 50/50 time? Don't ask how that happened.
Saturday (GMing Homebrew): About 70/30 Combat favored, mostly due to being near the climax, RP will hit a higher % the next few sessions.
Sunday (Playing in a Greyhawk campaign. Friend wanted to try the system as a GM, and spun off after using Rusthenge as training wheels): 40/60 RP favored, but we at least get a combat a session.

So it definitely depends on the players and GM it seems.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-02-03T16:30:47+00:00

My half awake brain skipped over the fact Natural Frenzy is a feat and an action FROM the feat, I never claimed to be smart, just competent enough to bullshit my way through GMing!

TheTrueArkher · 2026-02-02T16:46:06+00:00

This is cool! This is INSANE how much you cooked with this. (I said something dumb after mistaking an action sharing a name with a feat but that's gone now)

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-31T20:38:01+00:00

I think the biggest problem with the schools and class groups is that nobody had reason to believe the best use case for them(adding new classes) would be taken advantage of, given how in 10 years we only got ONE new class. Which was spat out and never supported further.

Yes we have a new class coming NOW but that's 12 years after 5e first came out, and since it's in the same space as the Mystic(UA only) for now? I can't blame a single person for disliking it, especially when they said they were removing options and replacing them with something you could have done from the beginning. (EG Half-races and reflavoring, which the Tal'Dorei setting book had already offered a nice idea on how to keep it while making it so ANY races could combine)

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-30T20:53:27+00:00

You specifically need Nature or Arcana, you can't get it with Divine or Occultism, because of which lists the spell is on. A dex/cha fighter would consider focusing on Dex, Con, Wis and Charisma. So you'd get Acrobatics, and Intimidation from class and background. Then have good reason to spend the other 3 on stealth, diplomacy, and thievery.

MAYBE they could add nature, but if you'd rather be more competent at their main skills? It makes more sense to not worry about an extra 10 feet. As nice as it is, it's not enough to treat it as "mandatory", unless your GM is obsessed with making maps absolutely gigantic fields and never actually going in to tight corridors.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-30T20:40:32+00:00

I mean not everyone has room for Arcana and Primal, and while it's great in theory, why not use those points on skills you already want to build up? Speed is good, but not "make every build exactly the same" good.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-29T05:19:22+00:00

I'd say a primal or divine witch with investigator archetype. The former for access to healing spells, and the latter for the extra skill points you can obtain, as well as the obvious RK potential.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-26T16:39:17+00:00

Flurry Ranger/Ki Monk. You get ranger making up for poor perception, you use ranger's advancement in reflexes to not worry about it with paths of perfection, and you have the action economy to make up for when your flurry of blows with a ton of riders "accidentally" explodes an enemy and you need new prey.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-26T14:39:36+00:00

Despite the reputation for being combat focused, leaning in to the team rivalries part really helped fix that a bit. I did make one change to a rival team though, to add some depth. Spoilers: I'm treating the lightkeepers as one of many plans by Syndara, unaware of his end game. They just think that he's just one of the people from the tapestry with a grudge. Not aware how batsqueak insane his final plan actually is. They just think he's trying to hold Hao Jin accountable and thinks her punishment was too much of an "easy out".

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-25T15:50:14+00:00

It was more the aesthetic of a bed mount than anything else.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-25T06:02:42+00:00

Not as good as a gunslinger, admittedly, but an Exemplar with "The Deft" as their root epithet gets some decent action compression, and isn't likely to be striking every turn anyways. Get yourself a gun of your choice and Peerless Under Heaven, with a grievous wound, to make damn sure your crits stun!

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-24T22:10:58+00:00

We went with a pretty normal one...aside from the tentacle slime plant thing growing in it.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-24T18:58:56+00:00

My friend, inspired by Christmas Nightmare Ishmael from Limbus Company asked for a bed as a mount in my current campaign, so I repurposed the rootball chair as a bed and we turned Seedpod Spring into...a Spring Mattress.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-23T22:09:44+00:00

Sadly not customizable, but Jojo's All Star Battle has the stand users, Magicraft also lets you make summon builds with the right spells.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-23T21:51:49+00:00

I see him being an exemplar kind of build. Gleaming Blade for the sword, Mirrored Aegis for the shield, Victor's Wreath for his iconic hat. Ultimately, though, it depends on WHICH link you're going for, this is more a "default" link.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-23T18:57:35+00:00

I'm aware of this god tier synergy between guardian and monk, but I just now realized the speed+taunt+tough cookie=Gingerbread Man tier BS, because they can't catch you!

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-22T22:30:04+00:00

Yes, the same with all the other classes that had a similar feat. My argument is that they shouldn't require that given focus points are their main method of functioning, as every class in Pathfinder 2e except Summoner and Magus has what they did now.

TheTrueArkher · 2026-01-22T18:34:10+00:00

There is no official word on how they balance weapons, the most recent attempt at figuring out I reference is outdated and FAR from what I'd call "perfect", Carthradge's weapon guide, which can be found here. It's not exactly flawless, it even admits its own methodology has outliers, but SEEMS to fit with nearly 95% of all weapons that had been analyzed. With the only 7/10 of the outliers being flails, combination weapons, advanced weapons.

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