The Pathfinder RPG, by Paizo Publishing, is a fork of the d20 ruleset that was open licensed from Dungeons & Dragons v3.5.
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What's the best way to use a tablet computer for your character sheet?
I have a Kindle Fire HD that I'd like to use as my character sheet for a Pathfinder game.
What's the best way to go about doing this?
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Is there a Masterplan-like tool for 3.5?
I'm looking for a tool like Masterplan or something near, but for a 3.5 / Pathfinder d20 game.
I don't mind if you know of something better ;)
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Need a good “Katrina Horror” scenario/resources for my Pathfinder campaign
AVAST! THAR BE SPOILERS AHEAD!
In my current Pathfinder campaign, set in Golarion, I'm mashing up the Second Darkness Adventure Path, initially set in the seedy pirate-infested town of Riddleport, ...
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How should I build my Oracle character?
I have been playing table-top for about 13 years now. I am most experienced with the World of Darkness games and system and have a passing acquaintance with D&D 4.0. My group and I have only ...
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Character Build - “Bad Luck” Theme
I'm trying to build a character who suffers a strange and inexplicable stigma that attracts misfortune to all the people around him. (In South America it's called "mufa"; in colloquial language, ...
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Alchemist bomb attacks
In Pathfinder, is the Alchemist class capable of using Two-Weapon Fighting with bombs? If no, does the Fast Bombs discovery change this?
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Can detect magic detect psionic effects?
In Pathfinder Psionics, the standard rule is that magic and psionics are more or less the same. Spell Resistance is also Power Resistance and so forth.
Can Detect Magic detect a n active psionic ...
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What are the differences and similarities between Pathfinder and Fantasy Craft?
Pathfinder or Fantasy Craft?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of these two unofficial D&D 3.5 "upgrades" compared to 3.5 and each other?
What kinds of play/groups are they more fit for? ...
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How are feats determined for creatures with hit dice and class levels?
For a character with hit dice that is adding its first character level, does it get a feat at first character level or its next odd hit dice?
For example a bugbear becomes a bugbear barbarian 1. ...
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Do underwater opponents have cover from someone in the water?
Someone under the water has total cover from someone on the land. If you are in the water but not under it you have partial cover from a land based opponent. What I'd like to know is if you are in ...
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How far do you go with custom rules before you have a new game?
We are working on a setting with low magic for Pathfinder, and we initially started out on creating lots of custom rules to go with that. However we found that the more rules we created, the more we ...
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Is a Fighter/Wizard/Thief viable in Pathfinder?
I'm looking for a decent build for a Fighter/Wizard/Thief in Pathfinder. The goal is to have a "jack of all trades" PC.
I'd like to enhance these aspect if possible:
Fighter: melee dps
Wizard: ...
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Creatively targeting summoning spells
Me and my party have a plan in our upcoming session, that will need some clarifications on how summoning spells can be used.
Its all about creative targeting with the Summon Monster I spell, let me ...
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What do the Alchemist's bombs look like?
What do bombs crafted by Pathfinder's Alchemists actually look like? I was trying to figure this out for a magic item I wanted to create, something that'd be involved in the bombs' creation - e.g. a ...
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When to apply XP in Pathfinder?
I'm running a Pathfinder game from the beginners box, I can't find anywhere that states when to apply the XP earned from encounters.
The Game Master's guide states in Wrapping up a session (p21):
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Is the blinding effect of Glitterdust effective on mindless undead?
We have just started a new pure Pathfinder campaign and I'm playing a Witch, one of only two arcane casters in the party (the other is a knowledge-based Bard). It looks like the campaign might involve ...
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How to mitigate glass cannon syndrome in Pathfinder?
This is the more gamey part of my other question, What to do when your character is just too good?
In D&D 3.5e and Pathfinder, damage output grows very, very quickly. Much more quickly than hit ...
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Changing systems: Player and GM considerations in adapting a campaign from PF to 4e
I am resurrecting a campaign which had been on hold for several months, and considering updating from Pathfinder to 4e (which I have never run before), and juggling the mental calculus that goes into ...
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Running a Norse campaign
I am about to start running a Norse themed Pathfinder campaign set around 800 AD, most likely in Norway. I am looking for ways to make the characters feel as though they are part of the culture of the ...
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Does the Cleric's Channel Energy ability heal living enemies too?
From the description of the Pathfinder Cleric's Channel Energy ability it seems that it will heal damage to enemies as well as allies. Is this correct or is the healing applied to only the cleric's ...
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In a high fantasy setting, what changes when you restrict player magical item purchases?
In every game that I've played or run, the players have been able to easily buy or craft any magic item that they could pay for. What are the pitfalls of this kind of unlimited magic freedom system? ...
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What body parts can I use to deliver a spell whose range is “touch”?
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When delivering a melee touch spell can I use any body part? (hand, elbow, foot, head), any body part I could attack with or must I use my hand?
If I am a witch ...
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How much damage does a thrown tower shield deal?
Out of curiousity, I've been trying to create a sort of "Captain America" type character using the Tower Shield Specialist and the Throw Anything feat. Unfortunately, I've been having a lot of trouble ...
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Is Cartography a craft or a profession?
Simple question, for pathfinder is Cartography used as a skill classified as "craft " or "profession"?
For reference:
Craft Skill
Profession Skill
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Pathfinder and the Rogue's Sneak Attack
Coming from 3.5 to Pathfinder has been interesting in that while it was an update to 3.X, some of the mechanics have changed. An example of this is a PF Rogue's Sneak Attack.
In 3.5 a Rogue could ...
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What's the difference between Pathfinder and Pathfinder Chronicles?
I was poking around the Paizo website, and noticed that there are minis for Pathfinder, and others for Pathfinder Chronicles. What's the difference between the two? I couldn't see anything in my ...
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How can more than one person work on a single magic item?
The Pathfinder magic item creation rules have this to say about prerequisites:
Most of the time, they take the form of spells that must be known by the item's creator (although access through ...
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How do I represent semi-realistic gun fire-fights using Pathfinder/D&D 3.5 cover rules?
I am running a sci-fi/fantasy game using Pathfinder. The setting is firearms and future weapons focused. It's also being played on a virtual battle-map with tokens and will be run very tactically.
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Do metamagic feats increase a spell's casting time in Pathfinder?
In D&D 3.5, there was a rule that a spontaneous spellcaster had to spend extra time casting a spell if they chose to apply a metamagic feat. Is this also true in Pathfinder, or was this limitation ...
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How can GMs quickly calculate the effects of level drain?
I've GM'ed a few Pathfinder games, and while I really enjoy the setting, I just can't wrap my head around some of the crunchy mechanics. In particular, how do you (quickly) deal with effects like ...
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Does being grappled provide sneak attack opportunities?
Last night, some people thought that the Grappled condition should make a character vulnerable to sneak attack, but my reading of Grappled was that it imposed a dexterity penalty, but does not deny ...
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Are any bonuses added when using Vital Strike in Pathfinder?
For the Vital Strike feat in Pathfinder, are other bonuses such as enhancement or sacred bonuses to damage applied when rolling the extra damage dice?
From the Pathfinder SRD.
Vital Strike ...
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How is the clockwork soldier priced?
I've been looking at the possible constructs in current Pathfinder bestiaries looking for options for a crafter character and I couldn't help but notice that the pricing of the clockwork soldier ...
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Can you take a free action during an immediate action?
Scenario 1:
Consider a Stalwart Defender with the following Defensive Power:
Intercept (Ex): Once a round as an immediate action, when a melee or ranged weapon would successfully strike an ...
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What abilities can change a class dominant stat in Pathfinder?
I noticed some abilities allow you to change the main stat used by a class, like:
Sorcerer:
Empyreal version of the Celestial bloodline: use Wis instead of Cha (Ultimate Magic)
Sage version of the ...
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What is a good starting point for GMing Pathfinder Society Games?
So I am considering GMing a few Pathfinder Society (PFS) modules (probably home games at first, the PFS group that plays at our local gaming store doesn't meet more than once a month), and I was ...
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What setting changes need to be addressed in order to convert Golarion to the E6 variant system?
For those who are confused what E6 is, please go here: E6: The Game Inside D&D
I will be running an E6 game in Golarion in a few weeks. Two main assumptions I have made in the E6 version I am ...
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What are the racial skill modifiers for Dragons?
I'm interested in determining the skill modifiers for a Gold Dragon for Pathfinder, for a one-shot game for a friend where they play a dragon. Dragons have massive perception modifiers which can ...
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Penalty for failing Aid Another? Does it change per circumstance?
We were having a diplomacy-off yesterday between the party and a higher level bard where we needed a succession of successes to beat the encounter. The issue was that it was basically a 50/50 shot for ...
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Does casting a spell require a check to succeed?
If my character is a spell caster, and he is not wearing any armor, is there any chance to fail casting the spell? I'm wondering specifically about normal circumstances: There is nobody who can attack ...
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Is casting the spell Blood Transcription an evil act?
A player of mine in a recent game of Pathfinder was playing a Lawful Neutral Magus and was about to drink blood from a fallen spellcaster to get his prepared spells for the day by using the spell ...
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Bull-Rushing someone off a cliff
Can you bull-rush someone off a cliff, with either melee or a spell such as hydraulic push?
Bull rush says You cannot bull rush a creature into a square that is occupied by a solid object or ...
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Starting a campaign at higher level
It's been difficult for me to start a game at higher level than level 1-4 in Pathfinder.
At higher level, the scale of the game changes. In the beginning of level 1-4 you save a village or a clan ...
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Pathfinder Fate Points
I'm looking for a mechanic in Pathfinder to provide a fate-point like system for the characters.
What mechanic could provide players a small boost here to belt the bad guy when needed or save them ...
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Was psionic combat removed from Pathfinder?
I have the 3.5 edition of the Psionic Handbook that covers psionic combat. But reading through the Pathfinder I have found nothing so far.
If changing to Pathfinder, will I no longer need psionic ...
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What is this player planning?
I'm running a Pathfinder game for a few friends (using core + UM + UC + APG). Last session the party thief said that he was planning on buying a called anchoring adamantium axe. What I want to know is ...
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Which classes continue to synergize well for a multi-class character?
I've recently committed to playing in a Pathfinder game, and I've become somewhat intrigued with the idea of playing a rogue/sorcerer multi-class character. I'm concerned, though, that as the game ...
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How do I interpret “add +1/3 to natural armor bonus”?
I am new to Pathfinder and am building a Half-Orc Druid.
Half-Orcs
Favored Class Options
The following options are available to all half-orcs who have the listed favored class, and unless ...
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Pathfinder 5-foot step vs. D&D 4e shift
Is a 5-foot step in Pathfinder essentially the same as a Shift movement in D&D 4th edition? I believe that neither movements provoke an attack of opportunity so they sound like the same thing with ...
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Can an enemy be taken over in a fight with charm person?
In a fight, can one wizard take over one of the enemies? Wouldn't it be strange, my new best friend was some seconds before my worst enemy?
And if it works, how to handle the rest of the fight? Does ...
