Questions tagged [pathfinder-1e]
Pathfinder is an RPG originally derived from the open licensed rules to Dungeons & Dragons v3.5. It was published by Paizo Publishing in 2009. (For questions about the 2nd edition, use the tag [pathfinder-2e] instead.)
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Can NPC's be tricked into giving verbal consent to a spell that they would otherwise resist due to the wording of the spell?
So there has been this meme-story circulating over the internet where a noble says:"Make me a sword" and the wizard argues that he shouldn't get a save against being turned into a sword ...
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How to consistently Shake and Sicken enemies as a caster?
I'm an Arcanist. This time I want to go heavily for save-or-die and save-or-suck spells, kind of a dark wizard fantasy. To do this I need to maximize my chances of actually affecting enemies with my ...
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How can I optimize my familiar as a pack-mule?
Low strength spellcasters could use a strong, loyal companion to carry any loot and excess equipment. They can fairly easily get a loyal companion in a familiar, but most familiars aren't exactly ...
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What does the transmute golem spell mean by "subtype"?
The transmute golem spell states in the description that "Both types of golems must share the same subtypes, if any". What exactly does it mean by subtype?
I've been interpreting it that a ...
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Is there a way for a Zen Archer to enchant arrows?
Is there a feat to let a Zen Archer use his Ki to enchant an arrow to have the same property as Monk Ki strike of the same level?
If not is there a class a Zen Archer can multiclass into to be able to ...
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Can Greater Gift of Consumption redirect a coup de grace?
The hexes Gift of Consumption and Greater Gift of Consumption are thematically fascinating, allowing you to share and redirect enemy spells and poisons to nearby enemies (or allies!). Greater Gift of ...
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Can Paragon Surge be cast on a familiar?
Familiars have the Share Spells ability, allowing spells with special targeting rules to be cast on them:
Share Spells: The wizard may cast a spell with a target of “You” on his familiar (as a touch ...
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In Pathfinder 1e, does damage accumulate for the purpose of calculating Concentration Checks with Injury
Here is the scenario:
A party has been giving chase to a spellcaster and corners them in an alley. Initiative is called for, and two archers in the party with higher initiative than the spellcaster ...
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What is the etymology of Mind Blank?
The spell mind blank protects you from divinations.
For most spells, I can figure out how their name reflects what they do: mind fog produces fog that makes your mind foggy; meteor swarm creates a ...
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On Puppeting Myself
Puppet says:
When you lift a creature with your telekinesis you may spend a spell
point to take precise control over their physical form. You can force
them to run, jump, manipulate objects, and ...
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How to determine Tower shield cover against an adjacent, Large creature?
Suppose that a Medium creature stands 10 ft. away from a Large one (e.g., after taking a 5 ft. step back), and uses a Tower shield to grant itself total cover towards the direction of the Large ...
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How does an angel's Protective Aura affect its spells and allies' spells?
Angels in Pathfinder 1E all have the Protective Aura supernatural ability:
Protective Aura (Su) Against attacks made or effects created by evil creatures, this ability provides a +4 deflection bonus ...
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Are bloodrager's bloodline abilities only active while in a bloodrage?
I'm looking at 2 different bloodlines:
Blackblood
Abberant
Abberant's bloodline powers description reads like so:
Bloodline Powers: While bloodraging, you gain the abilities and immunities of some ...
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Is Continual Flame affected by the object's size?
A flame, equivalent in brightness to a torch, springs forth from an object that you touch.
If you cast Continual Flame on a Fine-sized object, like a ring, would it cast a very small amount of light ...
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Highest damage touch spells by level?
So I'm currently playing a Gestalt game - and have selected Barbarian and Wizard as my classes (Don't worry - me being iliterate doesn't actually stop me from casting read magic, I checked... and we ...
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What class abilities does a character earn after reaching top level in the Evangelist class?
We have a character which at lvl6 bard jumped to evangelist prestige class. Now he's about to finish evangelist class, and we wonder what will be it's following level after bard 6, evangelist 10.
Does ...
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Gestalt caster balance: what price should allow multiple casting classes to share a spellbook?
I'm planning on running a P6 (tl,dr: stop leveling at 6, keep getting feats every 5k XP) campaign wherein the PCs are all gestalt characters, one "side" of which needs to be a full caster. ...
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How to fix Orm Shieldbreaker's build? [closed]
Spoilers for Giantslayer book 5: if you suspect you're one of my players, don't read further!
Preamble ramble
Anvil of Fire, the fifth installment of the Giantslayer original Adventure Path for ...
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Does Glue Seal stack with Web?
The rules text for both spells is fairly identical:
Glue Seal:
Anyone in the area when the spell is cast must attempt a Reflex save. Those who fail become entangled, but can break free by succeeding ...
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How long does a haunt stay neutralized?
How long since been reduced to 0 hp does a haunt stay neutralized?
I tried reading upon the rules multiple times, but failed to see the part where it says this specifically.
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Is there a way to speak with vermin (spiders specifically)?
Is there a method in any first or second party source, be it a spell, item, feat, class feature or what have you, that grants the ability to speak with vermin (spiders specifically)? I understand ...
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Spell Perfection and Magical Lineage
Spell Perfection - Pick one spell which you have the ability to
cast. Whenever you cast that spell you may apply any one metamagic
feat you have to that spell without affecting its level or casting
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Can you use a swift/immediate action to interrupt an attack of opportunity?
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Enemy A has Greater Trip, allowing it to make an attack of opportunity on a successful trip. Player B has Landing Roll, which lets him move 5 feet as an immediate action upon being tripped,...
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maximize AC with full plate and tower shield
I know the max AC is without armor.
monk / fist of the forest / sorcerer / cha / con / dex to ac etc./ polymorph and spells. +-114AC
I would like to know of way's to max up AC with full plate.
For a ...
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Adaptive special property with Strength Penalty
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When an archer wielding an Adaptive composite longbow's strength is reduced below 10, should the archer suffer a -2 penalty to attacks for using a composite bow with a strength rating that ...
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Is there an alchemist archetype that gets more or earlier discoveries?
I'm wanting to get discoveries as early as possible and as many as possible,
I'm willing to sacrifice other class features, is there a paizo-made archetype that does this?
I'm going for stuff like ...
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Can you take a spellcasting class without having at least a 10 in the casting attribute?
So I am designing a character for a pathfinder 1 e campaign.
My intention is for him to be a reach build bloodrager. However, I was intending for him to dip a few levels into alchemist so he can get ...
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Is there a limit to how many metamagic feats can be put on a spell if you are using the spell point system?
In my current campaign I'm playing a Kobold sorcerer using the spell point system and I have recently gained a few metamagic feats and this question popped into my head.
When using spell points is ...
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Alchemist and Healer's Touch interaction
How does the feat Healer's Touch interact with an alchemist?
From my initial reading, since alchemist extracts are considered 'spells' it would work, so long as it was used on others via infusion.
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Can becoming a familiar make an Improved Familiar worse: Pathfinder edition
As per this 3.5e question, I believe Pathfinder also has flat tables about familiar advancement - ones that aren't granting "+X to existing statistic", I mean - and thus I find myself ...
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What is the CMB when casting Hydraulic Push from a Tidewater Cutlass as a Swashbuckler?
When using a Tidewater Cutlass to cast Hydraulic Push, what would the CMB be? It's normally caster level plus an attribute mod, but I'm a Swashbuckler, I don't have a caster level! I'm aware that ...
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Can CMD be aided, directly and/or by aiding AC?
Can one Aid another's CMD?
Let's look at two possible ways, and then a twist.
1. Can one aid CMD directly?
Aid Another lists several uses, of which CMD isn't one of them:
If you succeed, your friend ...
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How do Multiclassed Bard/Class-With-Performances calculate their benefits from feats affecting Bardic Performance?
Viewing my question about how classes that grant bardic performances interact with Pathfinder Chronicler may be useful pre-reading, because it lists a whole bunch of the classes that grant bardic ...
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Is a class level that grants progression in all the features of an aligned class, a class level that itself grants those features?
The title is honestly succinct enough, so here it is again: Is a class level that grants progression in all the features of an aligned class, a class level that itself grants those features?
This is ...
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Pathfinder Chronicler and All These Bardic Performance-Alike Archetypes and Prestige Classes: How do they stack, in practice?
So. Pathfinder Chronicler is basically "meant" to stack with your bard level for the purpose of determining your bardic performance rounds per day.
The relevant rules text of Pathfinder ...
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Do magical enhancements that are not of the 'correct' melee/ranged weapon/damage type still apply to attacks made of some other sort?
Following on this question, what happens if you deliver an attack with a weapon that has a special property that can only be applied to weapons of type X - but, despite the fact that your weapon is ...
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Do weapons that are both melee and ranged have separate enhancement bonuses?
This question seems to need a few followups. If a shield is enchanted as a shield and as a weapon separately, are types of weapons that can be used in different ways e.g. stabbing vs. throwing dagger ...
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Does being able to cast a divine spell, as a spell, because of a class feature make your class a divine spellcasting class?
There are multiple elements to the question I really want to ask, right now, but it primarily boils down to resolving a question about this Arcane Discovery:
The text of the Arcane Discovery "...
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Can an Aegis Brawler using Hardened Strike astral suit mod or Cestus use Bleeding Attack feat without the Improved Unarmed Strike?
Can an Aegis Brawler using Hardened Strike or Cestus astral suit mod use Bleeding Attack feat without Improved Unarmed Strike?
Hardened Strikes: The aegis is considered to be armed even when unarmed, ...
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How does Frightful Aspect work for a creature that is already large?
I'm a druid and I have the Improved Spell Sharing feat, which allows me to share spells that have "you" as the target. I'm considering using the Frightful Aspect spell on myself, which if I ...
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How can Kineticists improve the DC of their wild talents?
How can Kineticists improve the DC of their wild talents? Since wild talents are considered spell-like abilities (with effective spell levels) or supernatural, would Spell Focus feat chains work?
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Can a gelatinous cube block line of effect
If there is a 20-foot by 10-foot passage, can two adjacent gelatinous cubes (or similarly large ooze) block line of effect? If the cleric casts prayer, are enemies behind the cubes protected from the ...
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On what initiative order do you act after possessing a creature?
In a ongoing campaign I'm playing a character themed around ghosts and possession. I'll later gain access to the Possession spell. But I don't have a grip on how it's supposed to work regarding ...
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Can a Kineticist benefit from Surprise Weapon trait bonus with Telekinetic Blast?
Can a Kineticist benefit from Surprise Weapon trait bonus with Telekinetic Blast?
Telekinetic Blast
You throw a nearby unattended object at a single foe as a ranged attack. The object must weigh no ...
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How do I convert the skills/Abilities of my Fallen Aasimar 5E Character to Pathfinder?
Hey there I was wondering how I would convert my Fallen Aasimar Character and their ability of Necrotic Shroud over to Pathfinder 1E?
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What is the origin of Pharasma's name in Pathfinder?
Many names in Pathfinder come from Earth languages or refer to things. Where does the name Pharasma come from?
The only similar name I could find is Pharasmanes, the Latinized Georgian name of two ...
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15th-level gestalt stealth master build help
I am trying to make a character for a combat heavy, largely PvP game, with 15th-level gestalt characters. The concept that I have in mind is some sort of Jack-of-All-Trades-y Wizard/Rogue class, with ...
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A spell or curse to make enemies take damage from healing?
I'm looking to turn my enemies healing against them as harm.
Is there a spell or a curse that causes positive energy to do damage instead of healing as if they were undead without actually making them ...
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Boosting Poet’s Cloak? (Pathfinder 1e)
I’m trying to make my Skald a bit more versatile to assist the party and the Poet’s cloak caught my eye. Not all the party greatly benefits from my inspired rages all the time but being able to shift ...
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Would Prestidigitation remove poison from an object's surface?
I had the passing thought of getting revenge, I mean protecting your items from thieves by using a strong contact poison. Now in the case of coins, would a casting of Prestidigitation be enough to ...
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