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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Is it safe to use the dnd 3.5 skill system in pathfinder 1e?
I really like the DND 3.5 skill point system, I think it opens up more doors to make different choices, but I like the Pathfinder system much better for many other things like classes (I intend to ...
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What are the restrictions for objects targeted by Glyph of Warding?
To trigger an object glyph, a creature must "open" the object:
This powerful inscription harms those who enter, pass, or open the warded area or object....
But also, the caster can "...
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Can you actually stack Explosive Runes?
This answer implies you can, albeit without stating the reason. I'd guess "absence of rules to the contrary" is the rationale, but I may be overlooking something. The spell clearly says the ...
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How can Ketephys have the Moon Subdomain without the Darkness Domain?
So in Ketephys's entry in Inner Sea Gods he clearly is listed as having the Moon subdomain but does not have the Darkness Domain. How exactly would taking this subdomain work?
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Can a caster level from a racial spell-like ability fullfill the requirement for a magic item creation feat?
Related :
Does a Qinggon monk fulfill the requirements to take craft magical arms and armor feat?
Does the caster level of a spell-like ability satisfy prerequisites of item creation feats?
These two ...
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Is this an accurate interpretation of the elasticity magus arcana?
Now I admit this is kind of flimsy but I wanted to double check just to be sure.
Kapenia Dancer Arcana: A kapenia dancer gains access to the following magus arcana. He cannot select any arcana more ...
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Does the kapania dancers' elasticity arcana allowthe bladed scarf to quality for the tangled limbs feat?
I just want to double check because everything I'm looking at as well as prior knowledge is pointing to yes, but it never hurts to double check ya know?
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Do spell-like abilities have descriptors?
Following this thread:
What rules say that summoning undead is evil, and what rules say why?
It talks about spells and ask the question if casting a spell with an evil descriptor is an evil act or not....
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Is Cohort level hard capped? [closed]
A cohort's level is determined by your Leadership score. This score can go higher than 25 but you earn no benefit from doing it. Only an epic feat seems to break this rule.
When the cohort subject is ...
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Sniper build variations
After finishing quite a lengthy journey my Unchained Rogue(5)/Ranger(3) was allowed to respec to a different class, since our party mostly consists of melees and I'm pretty much the only ranged PC. I ...
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Can you bring a cohort back to life?
I have had a conversation about the Leadership feat a long time ago and someone told me that you cannot bring a cohort back to life. Once they are dead, they are dead. How true/untrue is this?
I know ...
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Does an Incorporeal Creature add 1.5 x Dexterity to damage when wielding a two-handed weapon?
When a creature becomes incorporeal they use Dexterity in place of Strength for attacks, I take that to assume to-hit and damage. Does it function in all the same ways Strength does including adding 1....
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Spellstrike doesn't require an empty hand to use right?
So, I kind of wanted to clarify something, when it comes to spellstrike you don't need an empty hand to use spells through the weapon correct?
So, if I wanted to run a Myrmidarch magus, and fight with ...
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What is the maximum bonus to profession rolls that can be achieved in Pathfinder at level 20 with one level in Asmodean Advocate Cleric?
I have been working on a Asmodean Advocate Cleric and as their primary features lets them sub the Profession(Barister) in place of Diplomacy and bluff. As such I was looking into ways that can be used ...
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Does moving through a target by overruning them provoke an attack of opportunity?
The internet seems to have conflicting opinions about this. What is the RAW answer for this question?
If you have the improved feat for a combat maneuver, the maneuver itself doesn't provoke. (Without ...
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Unchained rogue damage output
I'm in the middle of my first campaign and am still confused about calculating hits and damage.
I'm a level 5 unchained rogue, 18 Dex, weapon focus on daggers and 2 masterwork mithral daggers. I just ...
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How do some Hunter’s Tricks work when used by an animal companion?
Hunter's animal companion can use hunter's tricks from ranger skirmisher archetype.
A hunter may teach her companion hunter’s tricks from the skirmisher ranger archetype (Pathfinder RPG Advanced ...
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Does the Dual Wielding Sphere from Spheres of Power allow a humanoid to attack twice a round with a slam attack?
Does Spheres of Power Dual Wielding Sphere allow a humanoid to attack twice a round with a slam attack?
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How does Magic Item creation cost differ between Sorcerer and Wizard?
I know that Potions, Scrolls and Wands vary in price, depending on class making them. This is explained by the fact they are usually made at lowest possible CL and have a fixed CL of spell being ...
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Magical Components - Material or Focus
The 6th level Wizard/Sorceror spell Emblem of Greed has a requirement of using a masterwork or magical weapon as the target to be enchanted by the spell. That is already a limitation, but then it ...
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Which healing spells heal undead?
I'm aware that some healing spells, such as:
Cure XYZ Wounds series,
Heal,
...do deal damage to undead creatures instead. There's plenty of other, interesting healing spells though, such as:
Purify ...
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Permanent Image Specifics - Movement Rules
What does movement means within the context of the Permanent Image spell (or, in fact, entire family of Image spells, which Permanent Image seems to be the peak of)?
Is movement in X axis allowed?
Is ...
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Is there any way to make familiars useful at higher (10+) levels of play?
Here's my problem.
I'm playing an Arcanist, currently level 12, Mythic 1 (fresh after level-up), so called god-wizard build (plenty of CC and pre-combat buffs for fights and swiss-army-knife for ...
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Trumpet Archon Spell Slots
I need help figuring out where Trumpet Archon Spell Slots come from. Statblock says it's a 14'th level cleric without domains and, combined with 20 Wisdom bonus spell slots, it holds true for all of ...
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Do abandoned buildings count as broken rooms for the purposes of downtime rules?
To clarify the question let us assume a group of adventurers found a trade post that has been infested with undead for a decade and cleared the place of undead. If they decide that rather than looting ...
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Can you combine Arcanist's Counterspell Exploit with Dispel Magic
I was wondering if Dispel Magic can be used with Counterspell Exploit feature instead of same level / same level +1 spell slot in counterspelling attempt...
...in the same way it can already by used ...
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Does Possess Object have the size limitation?
Posses Object is a spell that shares some features with both Magic Jar and Animate Objects and is written very strangely.
https://aonprd.com/SpellDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Possess%20Object
Key parts being:...
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Is there any way to improve a Cleric's Channel Bonus for variant channeling abilities?
For Variant Channeling scaling is related to a Cleric's "Channel Bonus" which is 1 + 1 every 5 levels. Is there any way such feats or magic items to improve it?
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Spellcasting Contract as an Arcanist
I intend to use:
https://www.aonprd.com/SpellDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Spellcasting%20Contract
...for the sake of improving my action economy as an Arcanist. I intend to cast Spellcasting Contract in one ...
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What tier are Pathfinder Classes from Legendary Games?
What I'm asking is basically an extension of this answered question:
What tier are the Pathfinder classes?
I'm interested in how reworked classes from Legendary ... series by Legendary games fare ...
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Animated Objects vs Existing Objects
How spells Animate Objects, Possess Object and similar ones interact with pre-existing features of objects?
Let's say I animate Medium Object out of something that is entirely/mostly made out of ...
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Possession and Buffs
How buffs interact with Possession RAW? Can I assume body-related buffs are attached to the vessel while mind-related and soul-related buffs are attached to the possessor?
So for the simplest of ...
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What does Empower Metamagic affect?
Feat says:
All variable, numeric effects of an empowered spell are increased by
half including bonuses to those dice rolls.
Saving throws and opposed rolls are not affected, nor are spells
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How long does it take to use 3 Efreet Wishes?
I have a problem with how unspecific the wording "1/day—grant up to 3 wishes" is. What does this mean from a mechanics standpoint?
Is granting a Wish mechanically identical to casting a ...
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Provoking AOO by moving closer than where a reach weapon can attack?
Suppose a medium PC were wielding a reach weapon. If an enemy were to move through the weapon's reach, and into the 5ft "dead zone" directly adjacent to the PC, would that provoke an attack ...
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How does Hard to Kill ability interact with Undead PC?
Hard to Kill is a Mythic Heroes feature that says:
Whenever you’re below 0 hit points, you automatically stabilize
without needing to attempt a Constitution check. If you have an
ability that allows ...
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Does Extend Spell Metamagic affect duration specified in spell description?
Some spells have duration as secondary effect of the spell,
Some spells have both tagged duration and secondary duration within spell description.
My question is: does this kind of in-description-...
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Is it possible to make an viable build centered around handle animal? [closed]
So, part two to a question I asked regarding how to make a horse viable, I decided to try going with Plan B and wondered if there was any way to make a build centered around handle animal. On one hand,...
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Can you combine Form of the Dragon spell with the Metamorphosis power?
The polymorph subschool rules states that you can only be affected by one polymorph spell, but Metamorphosis (from Psionics Unleashed by Dreamscarred Press) is not a polymorph spell, even though is ...
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If a Water Orm uses its Water Travel ability after swallowing a creature, what happens to the swallowed creature?
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I'm GMing a game where the PCs may encounter a water orm, and I want to understand how its abilities work (or be able to rule on them fairly). Specifically, I notice that a water ...
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How to get access to a specific single spell, regardless of list?
I'm an Arcanist.
I want to be able to use Paragon Surge, but I'm not a half-elf, nor can I qualify for being one in any way.
I know there's Clerical version of Paragon Surge that works for any race (...
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Homebrew review request: 15 regional traits
I'm trying to assign regional traits to my homebrewed world. As some background, these would be a set of fifteen regional traits for 15 universities in a metropolis dedicated to the pursuit of ...
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Can I use a single target spell on a creature I can't see?
I was looking at the spell Mind Thrust I; in this situation, I was aware of a target, and I knew what square she was in, but because of Obscuring Mist, I couldn't actually see her. The actual text of ...
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Is there any way to improve or adjust familiar stats in PF1e?
Basically what it says on the tin; I'm playing in a campaign where I've taken the leadership feat, and I have 1st level wizards to manage. I'm looking for something low level that can improve or ...
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What are ways to copy self?
Intention is: make a copy of self (as in PC) as close to the original as possible. Copy goes on adventures while original works in the lab and only gets involved when copy dies or is captured.
Target: ...
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Is there any way for an undead to become temporarily living?
By "temporarily living" I mean "temporarily lose undead type and all features that come with that"?
Exact use case: I want to be able to use Blood Money with my undead PC.
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What methods could one use to make horses a viable animal companion in the late game?
I think we all know that having an animal companion is one of the most powerful things you could have in pathfinder, and we also know some animal companions are better than others. The horse in ...
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Mounted targets interaction with spells
I'm looking for information on how spells interact with/affect mounted targets. Examples I'm most interested in (since I suspect it might vary between spells):
Invisibility. Are mounted target ...
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How locate a source of knowledge with a spell?
Specific case:
Big Bad's library/laboratory/office inside his headuarters, right after his demise.
Extremely short amount of time (half an hour to hour before other interested parties arrive).
Need ...
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What is a "general emotion" for Empathic Link?
As a Wizard, I have a Familiar:
Empathic Link (Su): The master has an empathic link with his familiar to a 1 mile distance. The master can communicate empathically with the familiar, but cannot see ...
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