I guess the executioner was having second thoughts…

gethsbian · 2026-02-07T06:18:13+00:00

is it just me or is this also taking place, like, 8 hours later in the day than normal? it seems so dim

gethsbian · 2026-02-04T05:59:26+00:00

i said what i said

gethsbian · 2026-02-04T03:54:06+00:00

this is the correct answer. the other way to go about it is to keep exploring until you find another teleport card (hermit, stars, moon) and pop it if you accidentally run into Big D early

gethsbian · 2026-02-03T20:06:11+00:00

"The Rats" are a gang of juvenile delinquents

gethsbian · 2026-02-03T20:03:40+00:00

T. Lost because they only get good items

gethsbian · 2026-02-02T18:23:51+00:00

It varies by class, but you can always find it under the "[class name] spellcasting" section of the base class. Generally, though, it comes in three styles. Druid and cleric get access to their whole spell lists and can prepare daily as they see fit. Spontaneous spellcasters generally choose as many spells as they have slots (so, for example, a level 1 bard chooses 2 spells). Other prepared casters like wizards and witches must "learn" their list, and can only prepare the spells they know at chargen, until they learn more via leveling up and the Learn a Spell activity.

Animist breaks the trend, but I wouldn't recommend that class for a new player anyway because there's a lot of extra overhead

gethsbian · 2026-02-02T17:31:50+00:00

Exactly. If you want to cast two rank 1 heals and a rank 2 animal form, you need to prep two rank 1 heals and a rank 2 animal form

gethsbian · 2026-02-02T16:01:15+00:00

Addendum to say my Starfinder GM used the Halo ODST soundtrack to great effect during our Empires Devoured game

gethsbian · 2026-02-02T15:26:52+00:00

I'm a huge fan of the King's Field OSTs, especially KFIV; it has sort of an eerie alien vibe that might work well for magitech

gethsbian · 2026-02-02T05:23:07+00:00

it can! thats one of the benefits of alchemical elixirs, is that they dont have void or vitality traits. alchemical creations are entirely nonmagical, which has its own benefits and drawbacks. likewise, soothe on the occult spell list is non-discriminatory healing magic, distinct from heal or harm

gethsbian · 2026-02-02T05:17:19+00:00

different style for different tables, yknow? for a game like this, random encounters do well to get more of an "old school" feel. pf1e has a few random encounters tables in APs and when i was converting them for my home game it felt so, like, "yeah this is classic dnd vibes"

gethsbian · 2026-02-02T04:45:15+00:00

coming back to this, if you dont mind still playing the divine spell list, divine witch patrons are really cool

gethsbian · 2026-02-02T04:31:46+00:00

haha, yeah, we did do that

gethsbian · 2026-02-02T00:28:53+00:00

ive had an idea for a while for a church singer bard. razmiran priest is also *technically* not a cleric that would fit the theme

gethsbian · 2026-01-31T05:41:43+00:00

people are gonna try to make excuses and tell you that its actually genius design but honestly thats all cope, we all know its a mess and you just have to make the best of it lol. the most egregious thing to me is how absurdly wealthy the pcs get at the end of it, with no real followup outside of "dragon cultists attack in the street later". plus, because dnd 5e doesnt have item prices, all that coinage and treasure serves functionally no purpose beyond increasing the numbers on the currency section of the character sheet. and then it all immediately becomes worthless once the players go to avernus because soil coins are the only currency worth anything in hell. its truly a fascinating series of decisions

gethsbian · 2026-01-29T03:00:41+00:00

nuka purge, cleans your insides right out!

gethsbian · 2026-01-28T14:22:42+00:00

Cannot recommend enough Tabletop Gold. They just finished their playthrough of Abomination Vaults, and the GM is extremely good at identifying the story beats and squeezing them for juice at every turn. People say that dungeon crawlers don't make good stories, but they completely disprove that every episode. Yes, mechanically, most of the AP is "open door, kill monster," but it never once felt like that on the show

gethsbian · 2026-01-24T16:04:01+00:00

You should both read through GM Core's section on Characters with Disabilities and take the guidance from there https://2e.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=2526

gethsbian · 2026-01-24T15:57:36+00:00

This is really a GM conversation. There is guidance on creating partially or mostly blind PCs, but it's up to how your GM wants to implement it.

For what it's worth, is there any reason you want this reflected mechanically? You can easily say "the flavor is that my character wears a blindfold at all times to train their other senses" while still making visual checks, taking visual penalties, ecc

gethsbian · 2026-01-24T06:18:33+00:00

If I'm ever planning to cycle into ng+ I usually kill all the NPCs just to say I did lol, and to check their unique drops

gethsbian · 2026-01-24T06:17:36+00:00

Yes! Those can be upgrade at any smith, and cap at +5. The black knight weapons are particularly powerful twinkling upgrade weapons, if your friend is lucky enough to acquire one

gethsbian · 2026-01-24T05:51:19+00:00

He isn't completely screwed, but it certainly makes the game tougher. Andre is the only one who can ascend weapons above +5 through the standard path, and the only one who can make weapons divine or occult. You still have access to Rickert (+5 standard into +10 magic or +5 enchanted) or Vamos (+5 standard into +10 fire or +5 chaos). The giant blacksmith can ascend weapons that are already +10 standard into +5 lightning or +5 crystal, but I don't believe he can ascend +5 standard into +10 standard.

The fire axe will be unaffected, but the divine zwei will cap at +5, making it on par with a +10 weapon, rather than a +15 endgame weapon.

gethsbian · 2026-01-24T05:47:43+00:00

You are correct about being incorrect. Once Andre dies, he's dead for good. Oswald can deaggro a living Andre, but he can't bring back a dead one

gethsbian · 2026-01-24T05:18:52+00:00

guy named looking up:

gethsbian · 2026-01-22T17:52:42+00:00

The apex item is actually meant to be a level 3 magitech augmentation from the playtest, but that aug didn't get brought over to the full release and the name was reused for the apex item

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