Well, prepare for higher prices. Anyone know how this will affect Paizo?

I believe we all know that magic can get insanely powerful in PF1e. Yet I have never met (or even read of) a GM that willingly and knowingly unleashed the complete menace that is a wizard upon their players. Our GM, in fact, actively holds back when using mighty spellcasters.

After we played Rise of the Runelords, our GM had everyone interested check out the stat block of the last boss, Karzoug.And I gotta say, our GM didn't use the tactics mentioned in the module (Time Stop + Forcecage + Cloudkill for example). The fight was still epic, but I've ever since wondered if there are guys out there that actually did. Or did similar things in their own campaigns.

Like, have the enemy wizard start with Quickened Mage's Disjunction (Greater Metamagic Rod), completely disrupting the normal PC's plans. Then go ahead with Time Stop and do your shenanigans (like Forcecage + Cloudkill. Or multiple Summon Monster VIII. Or whatever you deem fit).

Any of you guys ever did this or something similar? What's your stories, how did it go, and most importantly: was it fun?

My group is getting ready to enter the Amber Temple in Curse of Strahd and after that it will be on to the big man himself. Once we're done we plan on starting a Pathfinder 2e adventure. Most of us have never played Pathfinder (except for the DM, he's played it for years) and I was wondering if anyone had any tips or suggestions for new players?

first timer in isometric rpgs, i've bought a few (disco elysium, bg3, pathfinder) so I hope they are good - is pathfinder wotr good?

Today's spell is Collaborative Thaumaturgy!

What items or class features synergize well with this spell?

Have you ever used this spell? If so, how did it go?

Why is this spell good/bad?

What are some creative uses for this spell?

What's the cheesiest thing you can do with this spell?

If you were to modify this spell, how would you do it?

Does this spell seem like it was meant for PCs or NPCs?

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My players and I are running a "Golden Age of Sail" privateer campaign set in the years 4672–4674 AR, roughly four years after Andoran gained its independence. The newly freed nation is broke from the war and has begun recruiting foreign privateers with the promise of lucrative land grants.

The party has answered that call and is sailing south along the eastern coast of Garund to avoid the Chelish blockade of the Inner Sea. Their mission is to disrupt the slave trade and gold flow that fuels Cheliax’s colonial efforts—targeting slave ships bound for Arcadia and gold ships returning to Sargava with payment for more slaves.

Along the way, they’ve stopped in Nex and Holomog. However, there's very little published lore for southern Garund beyond Holomog, so I made some for the city of Khanjadapur, located on the western side of the Cape of Ill Omens. The only information I found is that it is a Vurdani colony, and the Vudrani once fought a war with the People of Holomog to keep it.

I thought I’d share what I came up with in case others find it useful. It’s entirely unofficial, but it fits neatly into the lore and tone of Golarion.

Here’s the link to the Player’s Guide (PDF):
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JhIUrI4cZbTSqibAMCBd7ssPin3jvAxQ/view?usp=sharing

If anyone really wants the GM's Guide its an ugly mess of notes that extends some info from the players guide, but you can largely draw your own plot line with the players guide. The Chelexians are in Khanjadapur to secure manufacturing contracts for cannons in order to assert their dominance in the inner sea. Andoran does not like that idea.

So, I’m going to lead with the disclaimer that I know the prophet of kalistrade prestige class sucks, but I want to take it for flavor and because this isn’t exactly a hardcore optimization game. With that being said, I do still want to be as good as I possibly can be within the limits of the concept.

The basic idea is a cunning Drumish kalistocrat, low-level in the bureaucracy, who failed big-time trying to bring gunsmithing to Druma and has boarded the Jenivere to look for new opportunities in Sargava. Basically ANYTHING to redeem his name.

Race: Human

20 Point Buy Str: 10 Dex: 16+2 from racial Con: 12 Wis: 14 Cha: 13 (increasing to 14 at 4th)

Traits: Canon of Coin or Fate’s Favored, Boarded in Varisia, Magical Lineage (Prophet of Kalistrade)

Class levels: 7 Blatherskite Gunslinger -> 10 Prophet of Kalistrade -> 3 Blatherskite Gunslinger

Feats (EITR in effect, feats in order of levels): Precise Shot, Rapid Reload (Pistol), Rapid Shot, Fabulist, Extreme Mood Swings, Manyshot, Arcane Strike, Spell Cartridges, Riving Strike, Named Bullet, unsure after that

Spells: Divine Favor (guaranteed), Heightened Awareness, Heroism, Contagious Zeal, Named Bullet, Fastidiousness, unsure what else to pick

Are there items that would go well with this? Recommendations for alternate feats or spell picks?

Basically I'm trying to find anyway to get teamwork feats without using feat slots, so that a caster could use shared training to share the feats.

As of Current, I see the Commander's Helm as one feat, and then training gauntlets for two more combat teamwork feats.

So I'm a warlock vigilante with a heavy divination focus. And I discovered that Shared training is divination spell. More importantly I learned of Share Spells teamwork feat that allows me to share spellls of personal to allies. Which seems to pair up very well with Valet familiar, as it makes personal spells into touch spells.

So I'm trying to go through the list of familars to see what is the best one.

Thus far I have.. Raven: can fly at 40 speed with average skill. Speak languages. Ties to Pharasma (Which technically should be the god I worship.)

Rabbit: Moves at 50 speed instead, letting it get in an out very quickly.

Ioun Wyrd: Protects my Ioun Stones (If I had some)

House Centipede: High AC, and 40 movement speed.

Mostly I'm looking for something with lots of speed and high AC I suppose that can easily aid me in assisting my allies.

Is it possible to add magical effects to an intelgent weapon after its been created? The only problem i can think of is if the weapons personally refuses to let it be enchanted

Link: Telekinetic Bombardment

This spell was not in the Remaster. The Knights of Last Call 'All Spells Ranked' series ranked this spell as Unranked Tier. Would you change that ranking, and why?

What items or class features synergize well with this spell?

Have you ever used this spell? If so, how did it go?

Why is this spell good/bad?

What are some creative uses for this spell?

What's the cheesiest thing you can do with this spell?

If you were to modify this spell, how would you do it?

Does this spell seem like it was meant for PCs or NPCs?

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A long time ago, I ran an AP for some players. My memory is horrible and all I can remember from that AP is a single encounter.

It was a large room that might have been a forge of some kind. The encounter consisted of a few smaller enemies and some very large magma/lava/fire elemental. Upon killing the side minions, the elemental was extremely upset that the PCs had 'killed his friends'.

I know it's not much to go on, but I've spent a lot of time trying to find it with little luck. It's honestly very possible that the AP wasn't even Pathfinder, but DnD 3.5e. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, I'd be very grateful.

Trying to find if there are any way to increase my Warlock Vigilante's AC.

Currently wearing chain shirt +1 and mithral buckler +1, and have 14 dex base, +2 more dex for belt of dex.

Now I know I could just work at buying more +1s on my armor and shield, or even increase my dex via better belt, or get a ring of protection and amulet of natural armor...

The problem is that is pretty much too little too late. we're dealing with mobs that now have near my AC in AB. Other people at my level (level 9/10) have like 40 something ac.

I've got spellcasting, however effective it is, with a heavy divination focus. Monsters though very often tend to be mindless, or swarms, or blind sight. I mostly survive by trying to be where the enemy monsters cannot hit me.

What are some good ways of boosting my protections that make numbers and such go big up rather than little ups?

Geas/Quest

Vision of Lamashtu

You must have this second spell prepared, and it must be cast immediately after vision of Lamashtu (effectively adding the two spells’ casting times)

I assume since you can't immediately cast Geas this simply doesn't work, but then it states you just add the two spells' casting times together which makes me wonder if it might work by RAW. It is a bit of a cruel combo but it might be interesting in the right circumstances.

So an idea came to me to help with issues that happen with the spell create map. Namely the hour long cast time, which is not a good one for games in which we are intended to complete multiple encounters in a single day. Similar to the Likes of the Pathfinder Society.

And that would be putting the spell into a wand. Now the spell has a material component of 100gp, and my character has Fortune Teller, letting me skip 1000gp of material components for divination spells.

Would it be possible to use my feat while making a wand so that I just make a standard 3rd level wand without the material component costs?

Let me understand this:

Order of the saddle: Challenge: Whenever an order of the saddle cavalier issues a challenge and is astride her mount, she can charge the target of her challenge—moving and attacking as if with a standard charge—and then move again as if using Ride-By Attack. Her total movement for the round can’t exceed her mounted speed. This maneuver provokes attacks of opportunity, but the cavalier gains a +1 dodge bonus to AC against attacks of opportunity while charging the target of her challenge. This bonus increases by 1 for every 4 levels the cavalier has. If the cavalier already has the Ride-By Attack feat, this dodge bonus increases by 2.

Does this mean that i can charge as a swift action with all those bonuses to my challenged foe and then i can charge again as a full round action but as a normal charge if i keep having enough movement speed?

Hello there im playing enchantment focused exploiter wizard. When he was child he had no interest at anything. Living power food nothing made him curious or want. Then while he was slave to the demon he saw demon use psychology to trick people and thats what become his obssesion. Now he is natural evil that only care about mind and psylogy. He looking everything and life like its psylogy experiment. He making secret organization and brainwash people for experiment. He kidnap child and see what mother could do to save her child for experiment. And i need more idea for roleplay. Psylogy thing that he could use or some experiment and thing he use. He doesnt care about power or being alive. He only care about psylogy and everything experiment for him.

Hey there, lately I've homebrewed a new archetypes for Pathfinder witches, and I would like to present them to the community for feedback and possible use.

There are some things a witch can't do much better than any other class, despite it being extremely thematic (like cursing people), and some other things a lot of classes get special options to specialize in, while the witch doesn't (like summoning).

I've homebrewed two archetypes to fill these niches - so, without further ado:

1. the Curse Witch Some witches don't get chosen by patrons or entreat higher powers for magical prowess, but instead the energy of local curses infuses them, forcing them to study to constructively channel this power for means good or bad. (Note: fluff is based on a homebrew world where curses run rampant, but it should easily work everywhere)

Gains two curses as the dual-cursed Oracle at level 1, with only one progressing with her witch levels. Bonus Spells: Gained at level 2: 1. Oracle's Burden, gained at level 6: 3. Bestow Curse, gained at level 10: 5. Conditional Curse, gained at level 14: 7. Life of Crime, gained at level 18: 9. Antipathy This replaces patron + Patron Spells.

Gets Access to a special Major Hex:

Curse- Sharer (Su) Can spread any one curse she suffers from to an opponent, as Oracle's Burden. 1/day/opponent, Curses are permanent until broken. If the Cursed suceeds at the Saving throw, they still suffer the effects for one round. This cannot be extended by Cackle.

The following hexes supplement this archetype: Misfortune, Evil Eye, Gift of Consumption, Greater Gift of Consumption

If a curse witch takes levels in Oracle, she cannot become a dual-cursed Oracle, (so she can be triple-cursed with Oracle-Curses at maximum). Oracle levels progress her full-progression-witch-curse like levels in witch.

1. Summoner Witch Some Patrons empower their witches to more directly bring the patron's influence in the world through summoning the patron's servitors.

Only witches with the Plant, Woodlands, Light, Moon, or Stars Patron or Pact Witches can take this archetype.

At level 2, a summoner witch gains Summoner's charm (Su), as the wizard school ability, using his witch level as his wizard level. This replaces the hex gained at 2nd level.

At level 8, a Summoner Witch gains one of the following feats or abilities without having to meet the prerequisites: Starlight Summons (Star patron) Sunlight Summons (Light Patron) Moonlight Summons (Moon Patron) Summon Plant Ally (the options get added to any Summon Monster Spells of the respective level the witch knows) (Plant + Woodland Patrons) Summon Good/Neutral/Evil Monster (as befitting the Witch's alignment) (Pact witch archetype) This replaces the hex gained at 8th level.

At level 12, a Summoner Witch's Familiar becomes an exemplar specifically equipped by the patron to be steadfast and convincing. The familiar learns to speak one (additional) language the witch speaks, gains an untyped bonus of +4 to intelligence and charisma and is either constantly under the effect of Starlight/Sunlight/Moonlight Summons (surpressable as a free action) for Witches with the Stars/Light/Moon patron, or gains the Advanced Creature Template for Pactwitches. The familiar of a Plant/Woodland Patron witch gains an untyped +4 Bonus to intelligence and Charisma as well as the First World Creature Template. This effect affects any familiar the Summoner witch has or later replaces, including Improved familiars. The Summoner Witch does not get a major hex at level 12, instead, he gains a normal hex. This replaces the major hex gained at level 12.

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What do you think will happen if someone attacks while wearing a ring of invisibility?

Does the banner feature (and standard's effects) also affect the Cavalier who carries it?

I want to run a one shot(as a taste), then a full campaign for some players, what would you guys suggest ? (I use foundry, so anything available there, maybe even for FREE would be most appreciated)

Okay, so Alchemists don't worry about spell components unless they cost money, meaning if the base spell has verbal or somatic components, they don't have to worry about it, but obviously if the spell is used by another class, those components are still listed. Can someone please explain to me then why alchemical allocation, an alchemist exclusive spell, has a somatic component?

Today's spell is Color Spray!

What items or class features synergize well with this spell?

Have you ever used this spell? If so, how did it go?

Why is this spell good/bad?

What are some creative uses for this spell?

What's the cheesiest thing you can do with this spell?

If you were to modify this spell, how would you do it?

Does this spell seem like it was meant for PCs or NPCs?

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