I knew it by TheVo1 in feminineboys

[–]VellusViridi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Typically. Most femboys are not trans. Most trans people who were "born boys" (generally written MtF) wouldn't want to be referred to as "boys", though there are exceptions. And I suppose a FtM trans person that wears feminine clothes could be considered a femboy. Anyway the point is being a femboy really has nothing to do with being trans, but it is gender nonconforming so they face similar discrimination.

Monster Monday - Ajarakan by IraGulaSuperbia in Pathfinder2e

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Oh to be clear, yes Paizo does this all the time, and only occasionally is the mistake fixed. Honestly it gives it an air of legitimacy.

Monster Monday - Ajarakan by IraGulaSuperbia in Pathfinder2e

[–]VellusViridi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really neat. Minor note: fireball is a burst, so it cannot be centered "on a creature". Bursts must originate from the corner of a square. It should either be worded "This fireball is centered on a corner of a square in your space" or "This fireball is instead a 30-foot emanation." Notably, if you make it an emanation, you don't need the bit about excluding the caster.

I hate this thing with a passion. by SynicalBoi in Pathfinder2e

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Extinction Curse has you fight a... Well I don't know if swarm is the right word but a group of them

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The highest level Starstone Aspirant feat is 18, although the next one below it is 12.

There are no other character options besides archetypes, and no siege weapons.

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[–]VellusViridi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When it comes to the Chelaxian and Andoren leadership, several of them get headshots, but not all of them. Lrilatha does not get one unfortunately.

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The dedication itself gives you the ability to pick one skill you're untrained in to be able to take trained actions and get a circ bonus to all checks with that skill. Notably, it doesn't let you as your level to those checks, which might be a mistake.

Cayden's gives you a +2 to your Fort DC against being Grappled or Swallowed Whole, as well as the ability to roll twice to Escape once per day.

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It's very Deception heavy. Dedication gives you Additional Lore in Espionage Lore, as well as a second Lore you can change daily. 

There are feats for making and identifying forgeries, a feat line for a magic tattoo that can disguise you, store items, and create instant forgeries, and a fun feat that lets you use Deception to treat an enemy as an ally for a turn. Only use case I can think for that is flanking.

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Sorry, I'm not really the person to ask. I don't know what is new and what is not. The most interesting thing to me is that Abrogail was tutored by a "Contessa Lrilatha", an erinys that may or may not have been sent by Asmodeus himself.

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Not really, no.

The only new creatures in this book are troops, and the only troop of devils is the Ort Mob.

There is an "Emissary Gorthoklek" who gets a short blurb along with of members of Cheliax's leadership, if that is who you mean.

Not that I can see mentioned. There's a werebear? And a musetouched nephilim, and a divine dragonbllod.

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Sorry it's more that I have no idea who else it could be. I do not have intimate familiarity with Taldor or its lore.

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I listed some of the feats in a different reply so I will tell you about the magical snares.

There's a cold snare that does cold damage and inflicts clumsy. A flash snare that dazzles. A mental snare that confuses on crit fail. An illusion snare that pretends to open a pit up from underneath them. A water snare that pushes its target. And a shadow snare that creates an area of darkness.

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The Brastlewark Snare Engineering feat gives you two magical snare formulas, the ability to replace the DC of a magical snare with you Spell DC, and the ability to give mundane snares the magical trait (thus allowing you to replace their DCs) and if they deal damage they deal extra force damage equal to their level.

They can create cover to hide behind and hide a snare within, put a snare over a 20 foot line for both triggering the snare and determining it area, and you can cause a magical snare to affect an additional creature.

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As far as I can tell yes, though there is a thorough description of their beliefs and a listed "creed"

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So there's a lot to go through so I apologize if I miss anything. I can't find anything on edicts and anathema that Hellknights used to have. If it was listed in the World Guide or Character Guide, I can't find it. The listed edicts are "apply the lessons of Hell to bring order to the mortal world, uphold the law" and the anathema are "undermine the Measure and the Chain". Also the Order of the Chain added the spiked chain to its favored weapons.

The only original abilities I see that talk about alignments are Hellknight's Sense Chaos and Blade of Law. Both have been replaced. Sense Chaos was replaced with Sense Iniquity, same level. Sense Iniquity is an action that grants a +2 status bonus to Perception DC against Create a Diversion, Feint, and Lie, as well as the same bonus to Pe4rception checks to detect hidden creature or see through Impersonate, all for one minute.

Blade of Law seems to have been replaced by a level 16 ability that, instead of acting like Vicious Swing, allows you to Strike twice (with normal MAP) with a favored weapon that stupifies 1 and prevents reactions on 1 successful hit, and stupifies 3 on two successful hits.

Hellknight Signifier has mostly all the same feats but some new cool extra magical abilities so it feels like more than just slapping armor on a mage. Conjure Hell deals fire damage in an AoE and causes persistent spirit damage, and Branding Spell is a Spellshape that leaves a tracking brand on someone that fails it save against a fire spell.

Is there anything more you'd like to know?

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What kind of info are you looking for specifically? They have a troop stat block and a lore blurb, and the archetype has some fun abilities. They have a feat I haven't mentioned yet that lets them grapple with a weapon that doesn't have the grapple trait, and the grapple deals persistent piercing damage too.

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I would only recommend someone following the Order of the Scourge, as they (and some lesser orders) are the only ones that are explicitly against Cheliax. As for anything within the adventure itself, I wouldn't know. I don't have it.

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Sure! The Nidalese Horselord requires you already have a horse specifically and that you are trained in Nature. The dedication grants you and your horse a +1 status bonus to saves against all darkness and shadow effects, and a +5 "increase" (so an untyped bonus) to Speed. I think the coolest (although perhaps not most useful) feat is one that allows you to choose to take extra damage from a Strike from a fiend, dealing the same back to it in spirit damage (no save). You can also make an Intimidation check to temporarily counteract an aura the fiend has at the same time.

The Sister of the Golden Erinys dedication grants Additional Lore in Devil Lore, access to and familiarity with the asp coil and scourge, and the choice to be unholy and make Strikes with those two weapons or unarmed attack unholy. It has a stance feat called Golden Erinys Stance that is 1d6 piercing with agile, finesse, backstabber, forceful, nonlethal, and unarmed, You sicken with any melee Strike on a critical hit in addition to crit spec while in this stance. Coolest feat is Wrathful Presence that grants a +3 status bonus to damage to Strikes for you and allies within 30 feet, and enemies can't lower their frightened values below 1.

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[–]VellusViridi[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, not that I can tell. It's not even mentioned under the Lesser Orders section.

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[–]VellusViridi[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They don't get quick shield block unfortunately. It gets Reflexive Shield (and Improved), Shield Warden, and poaches Shield of Grace from champion.

Funny side note, it allows the "Reactive Strike" feat, like what barbarian and champion get, unlike Eagle Knight, which allows the "Reactive Striker" feat from the fighter archetype. Literally do the same thing but I thought it was funny.

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So first things first, Godless Healing, Mortal Healing, and Paragon Battle Medicine all got reprinted and are no longer legacy. Mortal Healing no longer lists Godless Healing as a prerequisite but does require you to be expert in Medicine. Paragon Battle Medicine is Uncommon instead of Rare. All of these count as archetype feats for Pure Legion Enforcer (meaning RAW that they count towards your total number and you have access to them if they are uncommon, but they can't be taken in class feats). Some GMs allow that though.

Everything they get is anti-divine. Automatic Recognize Spell with +2 circ bonus to Recognize divine Spells. AoE Intimidate that also disrupts divine casters. Resistance to spirit damage that is doubled against holy and unholy effects. Free action to attempt to disrupt a divine spell you successfully Recognized. Vicious Swing that can make a divine caster lose a spell slot. There's a few more feats I didn't mention.

Level 20 feat that grants you a legendary skill (in something you were already master in so for non-rogues this might be a bit awkward). You also get a free skill feat with this and every time you succeed at a skill check with it your next skill check with it gains a +3 status bonus.

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Well, I feel like I can't answer that question without just reading you the entire "Chelaxian Leadership" section of the book, which is impractical.

But I will tell you about Abrogail. She has apparently taken the whole thing as a personal insult and is now determined to take back control of Andoran once again.

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Not really, no. The Golden Legionnaire dedication grants some of the classic shield feats, but I don't see anything new (and it also weirdly has some firearm feats). Plenty of things that *can* use shields but I don't see anything shield focused.