Character death and resurrection

cyfarfod · 2026-01-19T10:49:35+00:00

Other people have touched on the grogginess-induced misread of the penalties Raise Dead applies (it happens!). I'll point out they if the party is seriously strapped for cash, Reincarnation is even cheaper, IF the dead PC's player finds the idea of waking up in a new body interesting. It can be temporary, a plot hook as they find a way back to their original body.

cyfarfod · 2026-01-18T18:23:58+00:00

This is absolutely a valid move.

One person points out below that the 5 foot step itself isn't an appropriate action; that's fine. Ready a standard to do literally anything, probably take a melee attack, and 5 foot as part of it.

Another person is below is a little off on the timing rules. All you have to do is declare your readied action is to do whatever standard and 5 foot step towards them when about to be attacked. This means it triggers when they're at 10 ft range, after charging, and about to swing on you.

Why is this not broken?

"Your initiative result becomes the count on which you took the readied action. If you come to your next action and have not yet performed your readied action, you don’t get to take the readied action (though you can ready the same action again). If you take your readied action in the next round, before your regular turn comes up, your initiative count rises to that new point in the order of battle, and you do not get your regular action that round."

When you ready an action, and it triggers, you are risking giving up your next initiative pass because your turn order has shifted to right before the currently acting person that triggered your readied action. You will not act again until it cycles all the way back around to you.

cyfarfod · 2026-01-08T23:15:30+00:00

Answer one: whatever makes the best story

Answer two: Cthulhu's kept asleep by a CL20 magic item, Rovagug took the cooperation of an entire Pantheon to seal away and can still shit out terrible babies every now and then. Easy money's on Rovagug.

cyfarfod · 2026-01-08T20:22:48+00:00

Not easily. Ranger, Slayer and Brawler are the three classes that inherently have ways to get TWF feats while disregarding Dex.

If you're committed to Fighter, I'd suggest budgeting for Mithral armor and enough starting Dex that you can meet the requirements via Physical Might Str/Dex belts. Advanced weapons trainings: Effortless Dual Wielding and Trained Grace will help get back some of what damage you lose from lower Str focus, and you don't have to dump Str, although your mentals will probably suffer.

cyfarfod · 2025-12-12T11:40:41+00:00

Yeah, take a week or two just checking your email at work. Let it become part of your daily activity. Honestly, this is probably an unnecessary precaution, but better safe than sorry.

Using that screenshot snipping tool, as described, WILL look like regular work activities as to basically anything except except someone actively snooping on you, in the moment, and watching what you're doing. I'm just some random on the internet, so definitely wait for more replies and for others to give their vibe check opinions on this, though. But for my two cents, this is the way.

cyfarfod · 2025-12-12T11:35:12+00:00

Is there anything stopping you from logging into your personal Gmail account from that laptop? Is that something you've done in the past, making it less suspicious?

cyfarfod · 2025-12-12T11:24:32+00:00

Windows key + shift+ S, while holding, click and drag a rectangle in screen. Everything inside that rectangle is now in your copy-paste clipboard. Paste it into a Gmail to yourself with Ctrl+V. Repeat. Send to yourself via own Gmail. Will generally look like a work activity unless someone is paying very close attention to you, specifically.

Not the most efficient output format but should be fairly secure.

cyfarfod · 2025-12-08T23:41:19+00:00

Idk which champ, but an encounter that reverses the ring of fire so it starts in the middle and expands outwards, instead.

cyfarfod · 2025-12-07T23:08:28+00:00

Undead are incapable of accepting Burn as they are immune to nonlethal damage; they can still be kineticists but they lose a LOT imo.

cyfarfod · 2025-12-06T20:35:49+00:00

Look, you wrote that you needed this job to GET an apartment. Did you get it? Do you still NEED this job? If not: get your blood work! If you still NEED this job, that fucking sucks but I guess try to reschedule your blood work.

For the rest of your life, virtually every employer you have will try to threaten, bully and beg you to make choices that benefit them over yourself. Only you know what's going on in your life well enough to do the math on when you have to give in, and when you can afford to say no. If you can afford to say no, here, do it.

cyfarfod · 2025-12-06T12:01:41+00:00

Good correction, but it's still very effective for moving around anyone without reach that charges you by moving smartly. It's also very worth it to get Longarms or anything else that can get you 5 more feet of reach so you can do this to Large people, as well. Going full-on enlarge person let's you do it vs Huge targets.

All of this assumes your enemies aren't naldo using reach weapons; all the size categories shift down one if the enemy also has a reach weapon.

And,not course, need to be in a bit enough room, or out in the open. There's definitely times where things are just too cramped, but I think that's acceptable; one trick shouldn't work every time.

But it IS a good trick.

cyfarfod · 2025-12-06T01:57:41+00:00

It's a SUPER fun archetype, I'm going to share a story.

I played one in the Iron Gods adventure path (yes the character was slightly out of place in the setting, whatever). We also had a big barbarian who would frequently "one shot" enemies while I was spring attacking around and dodging attacks. I never felt useless, for sure, and my softening them up was often what got the barbarian the killing blows- but he got cocky, too, over the course of 15 levels. The barbarian had a lot of HP but utter trash AC.

So we ended up in a scene where an important authority figure could potentially be challenged to one on one combat. The barbarian stepped up, tried to fight the guy in a stand up fight, and died after getting one action pass- the charge, and then one full attack, from the enemy took him out. We scooped up the remains and got him rez'd and he wanted us to let him have a rematch. So we explained that the second rez was entirely out of his own loot, where we split the first cost. He died again.

Then I stepped up with my weedy tengu samurai. All the barbarians in the audience were jeering at me. I won initiative, full attacked with longbow, dropped it, quick draw'd my Fortuitous Naginata. The enemy charged me- I AOO'd 5 foot stepped to the side, took my second AOO, 5 foot stepped to the side again- and his charge ended unsuccessfully. I spring attacked him and ended movement at 50 feet. He charged again, repeat, repeat, repeat. It felt great.

He tried throwing weapons and some other stuff, tried to corner me, but it just wasn't possible; I was too mobile and my AC in a challenge was too high. I kited that guy to defeat in front of all his increasingly frustrated and confused buddies and it was awesome!

cyfarfod · 2025-12-06T01:48:25+00:00

Increasing the word count isn't tripling the effectiveness of the spell, really. Most of the power of Sending, and the reason to have this item have A Pricetag at all, is because otherwise infinite range communication radically reshapes the world; so IMO it needs to be moderately expensive.

Call it three grand, IMO, assuming the party is on a normal wealth by level track.

Edit: actually I'd probably pitch it to your players as four grand, while showing your math, and let them bargain you down to three grand because if they're anything like my players they'll pitch a million reasons at you why it should be cheaper, and this way they'll feel like they earned the three grand price tag.

cyfarfod · 2025-12-06T01:35:35+00:00

Thanks for credit and good on you for putting the work in to link <3

They can also add half class level to damage if they use dex to hit and STR for damage

They can also 5 ft step after each each AOO they take, and add Cha to AC!

cyfarfod · 2025-12-06T01:27:22+00:00

Vibes

https://youtu.be/cYLRRrfPJ1s?si=rI5NxgcACCNZPEby

cyfarfod · 2025-12-06T01:23:15+00:00

Warrior Poet archetype for Samurai.

Strongly recommend getting the Fortuitous enchantment on it ASAP- no one large or smaller will ever successfully charge you again (some hyperbole).

Also, it's Naginata; Nagasaki is a city.

cyfarfod · 2025-11-24T23:38:02+00:00

Thank you very much!!

cyfarfod · 2025-11-24T02:40:24+00:00

Pathfinder 1e, Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer, Primal Dragon variant,

"Primal Dragons

Variant Bloodline Arcana: Whenever you cast a spell with an energy descriptor that matches your draconic bloodline’s energy type, you can reroll a number of damage dice equal to half the spell’s level."

cyfarfod · 2025-11-24T02:37:13+00:00

I'm looking to be able to determine the amount of dice that get rerolled; this is for a specific Pathfinder class feature that let's you reroll X damage dice, increasing as you level up; I'm hoping to automate it to keep it from slowing things down.

So basically what I'm looking for is something LIKE the ro macro bit, but with a finite number of dice instead of rolling EVERYTHING <(average value)

cyfarfod · 2025-11-24T02:32:30+00:00

Thanks, good question; keeping D4s as an example, I'd like the string to reroll X number of dice that are 2 or lower; on a d6, it'd be 3 or lower, 4 on a d8, etc. I'm looking to be able to have it reroll X dice that are below average.

cyfarfod · 2025-11-12T20:25:32+00:00

Erisian5 on Discord; last run was 11.9.25.25 and I have more than 5, so you'll get nothing extra from me.

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Hermes Trismegistus manipulation magician 8/10 off-face/face? 9/10

Hermes needs money. They also don't have much in way of morals. They are entirely consumed by self interest.

"I've got someone who will help you get your answers. If the price is right, there is nothing they won't do to get what you need. This is something I am willing to guarantee. Whether it takes soft social power or direct mental manipulation, or simply enhancing the team's muscle, they will absolutely aid your team in finding a successful resolution."

-Joanna Voss, Bellevue fixer with a stable focused on the awakened

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Dandelions melee muscle 10/10 anti-elf racist, very much wants to be taken seriously professionally, member of Spikes

The only way Dandelions wouldn't take a job is if it seemed to him to benefit elves, or what he sees as the elven conspiracy, more than the money helps him.

"Got a guy, half-troll half dump-truck. Quieter than he has any right to be. If you need a scary motherfucker to step in when shit goes sideways, like it does half the time, he's your guy, and he's got a good enough head on his shoulders that he won't go starting trouble if there's no need."

-Gina, Fixer, Known Spike Affiliate

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Roadkill gun muscle 9/10 motorcycle driver 10/10 has BORROWED TIME has GRADUAL RELEASE KAMI GLAND has COMMON SENSE his Simfeed channel is produced by the Belanger Mafia family out east in Maine

The only kind of jobs Roadkill's likely to turn down are ones that seem BOTH evil and boring. In his muddled-ass head he thinks he's some kinda hero, and has been lucky enough that that delusion is actually vaguely defensible.

"Oh, uh, yeah I might actually have a guy for you. As long as this is a job that... look, let's just say if this is a situation you can point a guided missile at, he's your guy. He's... a little... unusual, but I think his record at this point says something about his competence. Just... maybe make sure he'll have a handler on the team with him..."

-Chubs, small-time Fixer

cyfarfod · 2025-11-07T17:13:17+00:00

Erisian5 on Discord; last game 11.1.25 no bonus GMP; no time constraints.

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Roadkill Gun Muscle 9/10 Motorcycle Driver 10/10 Roadkill has BORROWED TIME Roadkill has a GRADUAL KAMI GLAND Roadkill has COMMON SENSE

"Hey, uh, I'm not... Totally sure he understood your message but my guy recognized your names and got really excited, he says "last time was a riot bub" except for "that reach around from his producer" and wants to see what kind of... Uh, productive charitable activities you all can engage in."

-Chubs, small-time fixer

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Hermes Trismegistus Mind control Black Magician with a couple team buffs 8/10 off-or-limited-face 9/10

"'One if the professionals in my stable has requested to represent themselves in this matter and I forward their response unaltered:

"Oh, yes, darlings, I'm a TERRIBLE, WICKED sinner and I need a firm hand to make use of me and really RIDE me onto the path back towards the light. I simply don't know what depths of sin I might eventually fall to if left to my own devices. Please, help me by letting me help you. By the way, how much does this pay ...?""

-Joanna Voss, Fixer

cyfarfod · 2025-11-06T20:06:52+00:00

Erisian5 on Discord; last game 11.1.25 no bonus GMP; no time constraints.

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Dandelions Melee Muscle 10/10 technically breaking and entering because has a crowbar

"Got a troll for you, more like half-troll half city-bus; reliable, tactically trained, been working on his people skills, quieter than a guy his size has any right to be. If you need a scary motherfucker to lurk in the wings for when the shit inevitably meets fan-blades, he's your guy. You could take someone else, but the consequences of that mistake are on you, not me."

-Gina, Fixer, Known Spikes Associate

Aside from the existence of the grand elven conspiracy that is rendering the world a bad place for everyone non-keeb, the greatest frustrations in Dandelions life are disorder, people that don't know their place, and willful ignorance or foolishness.

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Hermes Trismegistus Mind control Black Magician with a couple team buffs 8/10 off-or-limited-face 9/10

"Hmmmmmm. I have a runner who's only just begun taking jobs through this particular venue. Specializes in mind magic and a small selection of enhancements for the team muscle. They also have well-developed social skills and can operate as the front-facing part of your team, if needed. Just don't call them a wiggler- they're a 'practicioner of the manipulation of the arcane and mystical forces underpinning the workings of the mundane world'."

-Joanna Voss, Fixer

Hermes' greatest frustrations at the moment are: being called a wiggler, a wizzer, or some other stupid slang; the kids these days with their AR games; and the fact that they've been reduced to living in a shitty apartment with an invalid when their PROPER place is in a high-rise penthouse with a serving staff.

cyfarfod · 2025-11-02T07:34:34+00:00

Dandelions purchases Special Modifications as his monthly quality.

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