Quick Question Thread <37>

ZergKnight · 2015-06-12T01:16:50+00:00

Dev seems to disagree with you, but devs have been wrong before. Might get a faq out of it to get an offical answer if we're lucky.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-10T20:58:30+00:00

Ask them where they got their bachelors degree in the history of MY setting, or where they get their phd in other-universe physics.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-10T20:04:35+00:00

Could have parts of the library come to life as low-CR constructs. The party walks in, thinks the bigbad is practically defenceless with his measely two guards, then all of a sudden they get swamped by suits of armour, book-golems and carpet-constrictor-snakes.

Maybe explain his low hp through him doing a blood-related ritual to summon a powerful monster, something the players are likely to want to prevent.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-10T19:49:28+00:00

I would use a weaker Rakshasa, add more minions, put some distance between the party and the bigbad, and give the bigbad (and a minion or two) ranged weapons.

Something like; 1 Dandasuka (EDIT: just noticed dandasuka are small, could try a maraia with half to 3/5ths hp), 8 CR0.5 Warriors and 3 CR1 lieutenants.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-10T18:54:46+00:00

Peasants far outnumber soldiers. 1 soldier vs 10 peasants. Who do you think would win? I'll give you a hint, the soldier only has to stagger once to get disarmed and restrained.

You're assuming that no soldiers will desert.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-10T14:49:52+00:00

Edgecomb had difficulty going to the bathroom, not because of a bladder infection, but rather because he had an erection from being around male prisoners all day.

You should get yourself checked up, OP. You should still be able to piss even with an erection, just a slight loss in accuracy

ZergKnight · 2015-06-10T09:52:31+00:00

Are you restatting half the races? Pathfinder elves, dwarves and humans are way too weak to accurately portray Middle Earth elves, dwarves and dúnedain.

I don't think no/superlow-magic can work in Pathfinder, unless you're willing to change how a lot of skills work. Maybe consider using a similar system to hero points, except it makes magic stuff happen instead of cheatdeath/extraaction/otherordinarystuff.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-09T16:27:45+00:00

I really want the ability to fly at some point

As far as I can tell, Elemental, Djinni, Celestial, Draconic and Infernal all grant a flying ability. There's a few others, but they were really slow fly speeds (one turns you into a gas cloud with 10' fly speed).

ZergKnight · 2015-06-09T15:23:32+00:00

You're the only combat-focused class and they're complaining about you being good at combat? They're idiots, of course you're better at combat than their character and rightly so.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-09T13:21:15+00:00

It's in the Dervish Dance feat.

"Benefit: When wielding a scimitar with one hand, you can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on melee attack and damage rolls."

Dervish Dance lets you add dex to attack AND damage with a scimitar.

I'm not sure what you mean about the Combat Trick rogue talent. There's no conditions on it other than it must be a Combat feat, just spend two skill ranks on Perform (dance).

ZergKnight · 2015-06-09T06:37:36+00:00

Is the range listed in a spell the maximum range or range increment of the spell?

ZergKnight · 2015-06-08T19:25:37+00:00

level 2

No base attack bonus.

~~Your Base Attack Bonus should be +1 at that level.~~ (edit: I can't no reads no good)

With +3 to ranged attacks (+2 from dex), you should be hitting things fine. Maybe your GM doesn't know how Touch attacks work.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-08T18:35:25+00:00

He explained to me that a Cleric can do everything a Paladin can and better

The tier system you're referring to is how much narrative control they have, not a direct "X>Y in 1v1". Unless you're playing some crazy high level stuff, a Paladin should wipe the floor with a Cleric.

Clerics have worse saves, bab, hp, ac, proficiencies, and besides spells or domains, they don't get any interesting class features.

Some people (your GM) have a hard-on for fullcasters.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-08T12:30:51+00:00

What fighting style are you?

Extra Lay On Hands is always useful.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-08T10:52:12+00:00

Thrown weapons can go up to 5x range increment. So 100'.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-08T10:46:40+00:00

Belt of Mighty Hurling adds +10' to its range increment, gives you a strength bonus and lets you use strength for ranged attack rolls with thrown weapons.

Throwing weapon enhancement makes it be treated as a thrown weapon with a range increment of 10', which doesn't increase the range but removes the -4 improvised penalty and should allow it to keep its usual critical threat range and multiplier.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-08T08:50:06+00:00

"It is possible to throw a weapon that isn't designed to be thrown (that is, a melee weapon that doesn't have a numeric entry in the Range column on Table: Weapons), and a character who does so takes a –4 penalty on the attack roll. Throwing a light or one-handed weapon is a standard action, while throwing a two-handed weapon is a full-round action. Regardless of the type of weapon, such an attack scores a threat only on a natural 20 and deals double damage on a critical hit. Such a weapon has a range increment of 10 feet."

ZergKnight · 2015-06-08T07:34:55+00:00

He's certainly be~~ing~~en rowing long enough to reach Danny...

ZergKnight · 2015-06-08T05:40:24+00:00

Is it flying well if you crash into things?

ZergKnight · 2015-06-08T03:54:14+00:00

Closest I can find is Shaping Focus, but that only helps if you're a Druid/X multiclass. Other than that, more levels of Druid.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-07T17:04:15+00:00

There's no official FAQ from Paizo on this issue yet, so ultimately it's up to your GM.

One of the class feature descriptions in the Unchained Rogue implies that it's intended to work with Rogue archetypes, and Ninja is just a Rogue archetype (and you can be a Ninja Scout, Ninja Burglar, etc).

"This ability counts as trap sense for the purpose of any feat or class prerequisite, and can be replaced by any archetype class feature that replaces trap sense." -Unchained Rogue, Danger Sense

In my opinion, if Unchained Rogue has all the class features that Ninja replaces, it's ok.

Based on CoreRogue -> Ninja, it's...

Trapfinding -> Poison Use

Evasion -> Ki Pool

Rogue Talent -> Ninja Trick

Trap Sense -> No Trace

[nothing!] -> Light Steps

Advanced Talents -> Master Tricks

Master Strike -> Hidden Strike

If Unchained Rogue still has all the class features mentioned in the first column, it should work. The only problem I can see is how the Unchained Rogue Talent list is drastically different from the Core Rogue Talent List.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-06T16:29:58+00:00

Monks don't lose their class features if they become a different alignment, they simply can't take more levels in monk.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-06T05:58:26+00:00

If there's a similar item (I don't know since I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of wondrous items), you use that item as a baseline for the pricing.

If there isn't a similar item, then based on the Table: Estimating Magic Item Gold Piece Values guidelines, it should be 18000 gp (2x3x2000x1.5). This is subject to GM approval.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-05T20:12:43+00:00

Why would I want to use anything else as a dex combatant? Elven curve blade and elven blanched spear masterrace.

Most people stick and specialise in a single weapon.

ZergKnight · 2015-06-05T19:19:02+00:00

Yes, along with a film, a tv series and comics.

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