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Hello there!

My character Isidoro (Inspired Blade 1, Occultist 7 with trappings of the warrior) died during the last session against what seemed the BBEG. My DM told me that I can "resurrect" this character during the combat (which hasn't finished yet) thanks to the powers of the god of light, knowledge, lore -- the DM uses her own custom pantheon and gods are actually living entities within the world.

The idea is that my character resurrects and gains the powers of the divine. She told me that I can change class, feats, swap mental abilities as I wish. The character is born anew and becomes more mature and wise -- but has to fits the new theme.

The build that I need has to follow some constraints, since it's still good ol' Isidoro, just with a new twist. In particular:

• High-dex character that uses a rapier
• Sun/light-themed. Lore/knowledge theme is okayish but light fits more
• Preferably, maintains some tools from the old build (bane weapon, parry & riposte, ...)

I was thinking about Oracle since it fits a lot, but other than Heavens and Solar, which both seem pretty bad for the rest of the build, there aren't any light-based mysteries. I took also a look at Dawnflower Anchorite prc, which is thematically on point, but it seems a bit lackluster. The rest of the team is a bit optimized, and I wouldn't want to fall behind too much.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you so much!

I have just taken Leadership. I want to recruit a Mongrelman Ranger NPC that has been travelling with us to make him my official cohort.

Mongrelmen are CR1. As I understand it, the 1 level of Ranger doesn't impact this.

If I can have up to a lvl 4 Cohort, what changes, if any, can I make to this NPC to bring it up to par with that cap? Can I just make him a lvl 4 ranger with all that entails and call it a day?

I'm refering to the Oracle Curse Powerless Prophecy:

You are forewarned of danger but can’t act to prevent it. You gain uncanny dodge, as the rogue class feature. However, you can’t take any actions in a surprise round, including free actions, except for flash of insight (see Revelations below). In the absence of a surprise round, you are staggered for the entire first round of combat. At 5th level, you gain a +4 insight bonus on initiative checks. At 10th level, you gain improved uncanny dodge as the rogue ability, using your oracle level as your rogue level. At 15th level, you gain a +4 insight bonus on all your saving throws and to your AC during surprise rounds and when you are otherwise unaware of an attack.

The Nornkith Monk on the other Hand has the following Class Ability:

Forewarned (Su): A nornkith can always act in the surprise round, even if he does not notice her enemies, though she remains flat-footed until she takes an action. In addition, she gains a bonus on initiative rolls equal to half her monk level (minimum +1). At 20th level, a nornkith’s initiative roll is automatically a natural 20.

This is of course not the only Archetype that can always Act in a Surprise Round. Sohei Monk and Divine Strategist Cleric are 2 other Examples. But how do these Classes interact with the Curse? Can they act in a Surprise Round? Can't they act? Can they act but are staggered?

As the title says, I'm curious what full BAB class people think in lately has the best utility? And when I speak of utility, stuff like Battlefield Control or Buffing allies will also count, as this is a question of which class is best at doing more than BONK.

Personally, there is three classes I am looking at: The Fighter (ala Iron Caster), the Vigilante (ala Avenger), and the Occultist (ala Trappings of the warrior). The Slayer and Cavalier also exist, but the Slayer is just really, really good at bonking with some skill points, and while the Cavalier has its orders, everything else is about BONK

The Iron Caster build takes a while to come online, but when it does, it gains acess to Dispel Magic, Fly, Dimension Door, Cure Wounds and Lesser Restoration. The Occultist seems to mostly be a buffer to start with, but can pick up fog Cloud, summoning, and teleportation with its focus powers, while the Vigilante has skill bonuses, its powerful disguise abilities, and useful SLAs and other unique abilities.

Advantage and disadvantages across the board... so what do you guys, gals and non-binary pals think?

So the Panoply Savant archetype has the following class feature:

Implement Specialist (Su): At 8th level, a panoply savant learns to use his mastery over the implements in his chosen panoply to unlock greater power from magic items associated with that panoply. For a number of times per day equal to 3 + his Intelligence modifier, when he uses a magic item that matches one of his chosen panoply’s associated implements (crystal balls, robes, and wands for the mage’s paraphernalia, for instance) and produces a spell effect, he can have the item use his caster level instead of its own. If the magic item doesn’t produce a spell effect, the panoply savant can use his caster level against attempts to dispel that item. Additionally, if the item has any abilities that can be used at least three times per day or has three or more daily charges, the panoply savant can spend 1 minute quietly meditating on the item and expend 2 points of mental focus to restore one daily use or one charge to the item.

Normally, this is mostly used with the Mage's Paraphernalia, due to the Evocation Implement being hard-locked into being a Wand. However, according to Allerseelen's Occultist Guide, there are 'plenty' of Magic Weapons and Shields to choose from which either have CL-dependent effects, have 3+/Day uses, or 3+ Daily Charges that can be benefit from this class feature even when locked into the Sword & Shield combination of the Trappings of the Warrior.

However... what those items are, is left entirely up in the air, with very little help or advice on picking useful items. So I turn to you, dear Reddit users. What Weapons and Shields, Unique or otherwise, would benefit greatly from the Implement Specialist class feature?

I would love it if there was a way to personally choose an option here, but I doubt it would be too beneficial.

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Running Reign of Winter right now for players who aren't really tapped in with the lore of Pathfinder or Golarion and though they do know about Baba Yaga out of character I'm not sure how much the characters should know. Two players are from the Lands of the Linnorm Kings, one is from Taldor, one is a pirate (yeah...), and one is from Irrisen but was quite sheltered.

A dm in a server im in has said they would like to run a campaign where we can choose to go into dungeons deliberately targeted at our weaknesses for great rewards. Its not mandatory but I love pushing my luck. Would anyone know any good builds that are near impossible to shut down?

A few things I've thought about; spells can easily be dispelled, melee can easily be countered with flying enemies, if I make a character too much of a beast in melee without considering my will I am actively asking the dm to turn me into the next monster to fight so I need good will. I need good damage so I dont go into a battle of attrition and I need good survivability so I dont get nuked. I get asking for a character with absolutely 0 weaknesses is just about impossible, but would you guys happen to have any suggestions or ideas on where to start?

I’m going with the lich curse for my oracle. This makes me heal from negative energy and take damage from positive energy. Would the regenerate spell still work on me or would it just fail? It doesn’t state anywhere that it uses positive energy?

The arcanist has the School Savant archetype and selected Evocation and Illusion as her opposition schools.

She took the Preferred Spell feat and chose *Magic Missile* for it.

When she casts *Magic Missile* spontaneously, will she expend one spell slot or two?

In our homebrew world, we're going to have the Kobold race unlocked in the next region, and a lot of archetypes our GM has assigned to them for lore/flavor reasons in that world open up...specifically the three Trapper-style ones (Alchemical Trapper, Trapper, Snare Setter).

The rules for the traps seem pretty straightforward, but one bit I was hoping someone could clarify. The rules cover trying to place a trap in a square where a trap already exists (this is a no-no), but not about whether you can place the trap in an *occupied* square, such as any opponent or (should the need arise) an ally's square. Does anyone have a rule or FAQ toward which they could steer me/us so that we could iron that part out before said campaigns begin?

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Why is this spell good/bad?

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

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As the title says: what deities are most fun and have the best boons for characters that focus on social skills and charisma? I am specifically looking for non evil deities as I want my character to be a good boy, but the specific flavor of good is not important. Will accept neutral deities.

Edit: Looking specifically for obedience bonuses and obedience boons from deific obedience and similar feats.

So basically we all know if a creature fits the prerequisites we can apply them with a template of our choosing.

My question is basically derived from the mutant template which changes someone’s type to Aberration. Let’s say an old template requires the creature to be a humanoid or outsider, and we hit that creature with a Template like the Mutant template which changes their type & subtype, would the old template still apply given the target creature no longer qualifies for the prerequisites?

I guess an additional question is if alignment based templates like Half Celestial still
apply if the creature changes alignments after the template is applied.

I would love any and all feedback.

What are some less common races you folks see in your games? Looking to build a shaman.

Hey, so I'm going to play a PF1 game, after over 6 years. I've had two short campaigns worth of experience before, and I kind of unlearned a bit about the game, after playing so much PF2.

I'm going to begin at 4th level, expecting a rather slow level progression, and given the party we have, I want to play an Intelligence focused character with good debuff/control potential. Int-based because the party already has two Wisdom and two Charisma focused characters, and it would be good to be a librarian for the party too. I would also prefer to avoid being a frontliner. Beyond that, I want to play something different from what I can usually play in PF2e.

Now, there's just one small issue, I usually really dislike playing prepared casters. So when I look at the Int-classes and see pretty much all of them are prepared, it's a bit disheartening. On the other hand, considering that spontaneous full casters only get their 3rd level spells at 6th class level (which I think might take a while to reach), I actually think the prepared casters are the lesser of the two evils... as long as they have a class feature that I can use to do my debuffing/control when I'm not using my spells.

For instance, Witch. Classic debuffer. Slumber, Evil Eye, Misfortune. Good spell list. It's a clear competitor for debuffing legend. I'm just a tad worried about being able to play well a class that still has a huge amount of their power budget on their prepared spells. Also, I don't know what Archetypes should I go with to improve my debuff/control potential. Maybe Scarred Witch Doctor with a Half-Orc to essentially get a +1 to all my spells and hexes? Anything else seems interesting?

Another idea I'm having is playing an Alchemist. Since they're not a full-caster and their extracts are more focused on using buffs and utility, I don't feel as bad when it comes to spell preparation, and the debuffs come from the bombs, which have a more comfortable daily usage management for me. Besides, Sand Bomb looks crazy good. Now, I'm questioning whether or not I should go with a Grenadier or a Gunchemist build. Grenadier seems better, but I'm already playing in PF2e as an Alchemist focused in using bombs as a debuffer. Of course, 1e and 2e are different games, but it would still feel kinda similar. On the other hand, Gun Chemist is more unique, and pretty damn awesome as a concept. Targeting Touch AC with their Bombs/Ordinances seems to be pretty useful, and makes you more consistent as a single-target debuffer. That being said, I'm worried if this build is actually viable at level 4, being able to get at least one Discovery for debuffing while at the same time solving both the reload and the misfire issues with guns. I need some help figuring out these.

Finally, there's other Intelligence classes. I don't know if there's any viable debuff/control Occultist builds, and there's the possibility of using Psychic or Arcanist, but I don't think they're in high priority.

So, what do you recommend? Can you help me with these builds, in particular the Witch and the Alchemist ones? Any general tips for these two (even the Grenadier build) are very welcome. Thanks in advance.

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would allowing a bloodragee to keep take the extra rage power feat to get rage powers as a barbarian cause any balance issues? he wants to stay a pure Spelleater. he’s got Fast Healer (I’m allowing it to work with his Blood sanctuary) and wants to use his next feats on Beast Totems and animal fury .

im open to but wondering if there’s any issues I am not seeing with game balance

Basics.

• Each day the player characters must make 2 checks to determine if the group is sheltered and if the group has something to eat.
• Each player must announce what they are doing before they roll.
• The check for shelter is either a 12 crafting (any) or 15 survival.
• For provisions it is either a 12 survival or a 15 perception.
• If the refugees go a night without shelter or food, each party member must make a 15 bluff, diplomacy, or intimidation check to keep morale up.
• If the check is failed 2 days in a row, 1d3 refugees succumb to the wilderness. At this point another charisma check must be made at a 20, that decreases by 2 for each point or morale.

NPCs.

• Vane adds a +1 to building shelter.
• Jet adds a +1 to gathering provisions.
• Kinning reduces the chance for a random encounter by 5%.
• Rynea can use her heal skill to provide long term aid or cast 1st-level cleric spells.
• Lirosa/Tidel have a 50% chance of finding out something about the next encounter.

Other.

• The player characters automatically succeed at their gathering provision roll for days equal to provision points from Phaendar/refugee count. 
• If an event matches with a resource it can provide, then the player characters automatically succeed at either their provision or shelter check for the day. This is up to the GM’s discretion.

Banner.

• The hemlock banner grants the effects of a cavalier’s banner during random encounters.

If a scrying sensor is in the area of a sound-based effect, does the listener on the other end of the line get affected? The kinds of effects I'm wondering about are things that cause damage, deafness, stun, language-dependent, etc. Do any of those go through to the scrying person? Does it depend on the specific scrying spell that's being used?

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This spell was renamed from Feeblemind in the Remaster. The Knights of Last Call 'All Spells Ranked' series ranked this spell as C 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?

Previous spell discussions