Questions tagged [pathfinder-2e]
Pathfinder Second Edition is the successor to the Pathfinder RPG on which it is based, and was released on August 1, 2019. Use this tag for questions specific to Pathfinder Second Edition.
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Can someone Invent formulas of any level?
Alice took the Inventor feat. Their PC is currently level 10 and have months of downtime. Can they use this downtime to invent the formula to any common item including one that is of a level higher ...
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PF2E Eidolon Grappling Capabilities?
As far as I know, there is no way for an Eidolon to obtain the "Grapple" trait on one of their attacks.
A level one Summoner is granted an Eidolon and has the ability to choose from one of ...
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What if your character is both trained in category and group of a weapon, does your character get 2 bonuses because of its proficiency when attacking?
I am making a dwarf barbarian character and as a barbarian he is trained in simple, martial and unarmed attack. I also choose dwarven weapon familiarity as its ancestry feat so now he is also trained ...
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Can I take the Bastion Dedication if I have the Hardwood Armor impulse?
Bastion Dedication has a prerequisite:
Prerequisites Shield Block
Hardwood Armor gives you the ability to use Shield Block, but not the feat itself:
When you use this impulse, you can also create a ...
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Rouse Skeleton and movement
Rouse Skeleton is a spell with 60 feet range:
On subsequent rounds, the first time you Sustain the Spell each round, you can move the area of skeletons up to 20 feet within the range of the spell and ...
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Do Skeletons need to breathe?
Cloudkill says only breathing creatures are hurt:
You deal 6d8 poison damage to each breathing creature that starts its turn in the spell's area.
Do characters with the Skeleton ancestry need to ...
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Which Esoterica actions can I use if I choose the Thaumaturge Dedication?
The description for Thaumaturgy Dedication states the following (emphasis mine)
Choose an implement; you can use it to Glimpse Vulnerability, but don't gain its benefits. You also gain a few ...
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What does the +1 to damage rolls of Inspire Courage apply on, exactly?
In Pathfinder 2, bards get the Inspire Courage cantrip which, among other things, provides a +1 status bonus to damage rolls.
For the most basic scenarios, this is a no-brainer: hitting with a sword ...
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Is lifesense a precise sense, or imprecise?
The question has come up in one of my chats, and I could not find an answer after a search of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook and Bestiary for 'precise' or 'lifesense'.
Aiudara wraiths (...
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Does the bulk of heavy armor include the bulk of the included padded armor and gauntlets
Nearly every heavy armor in Pathfinder 2nd edition includes the following in its description:
A suit of this armor comes with an undercoat of padded armor and a pair of gauntlets.
Does the bulk of ...
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Does the Leshy Ancestry Feat Grasping Reach reduce Deadly/Fatal damage dice?
The Leshy ancestry feat Grasping Reach allows the Leshy to use most two handed weapons as Reach weapons, in exchange for reducing the weapons damage die by one step.
Does this reduction apply to the ...
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Do Blast Boots ignore your Speed?
Moderate Blast Boots increase your Long Jump distance:
When you Activate them to Long Jump, you can increase the horizontal distance of your Long Jump by up to 45 feet.
Anyone can Leap 10 feet, and ...
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Does Assurance bypass the MAP?
I was watching a YouTube channel that does P2E builds this morning. This one was for a grappler-type character, and it mentioned taking Assurance to avoid the Multiple Attack Penalty.
That seems like ...
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Can battle medicine feat work together with the ward medic feat?
I have made a character that has the Medic dedication and has both the battle medicine and the ward medic feats. See below for description.
Can my character heal multiple allies during combat ...
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How can my players gain long-term resistance against a specific damage type?
My players are exploring a megadungeon. They're close to encountering a section of the dungeon where ancient elemental spells have run amok and do constant area damage. Specifically, in some areas in ...
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How do I get back my Helmsman's Recourse after throwing it?
Helmsman's Recourse is a specific shield from Treasure Vault, that is based on a Meteor Shield. The only benefit of a Meteor Shield over a Steel Shield (that I can see) is that it can be thrown to 30 ...
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Can a barbarian dual wield with Giant Instinct?
The ability Giant instinct gives you access to an oversized weapon:
You gain access to this larger weapon, which can be of any weapon type otherwise available at character creation. It has the normal ...
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What is the price for a non-empty spellbook?
One of the NPCs in the campaign I run doesn't have enough time to teach their spells to adventurers, but they have most of their spells carefully written into books they are ready to rent.
Their ...
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Automaton Energy Beam on an Investigator
The Definitive Investigator Build Guide by GazeboMimic states that:
Energy Beam allows you to use Devise a Stratagem to deal fire precision damage, which is helpful when you need to avoid physical ...
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What is the base of a Broadleaf Shield?
The Broadleaf Shield does not say what its base shield is. Based on the Wood trait I guess it is a Wooden Shield. Is that right?
The AC is the most important aspect, but it would be nice to know if ...
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What animal does a Jorogumo summon?
I'm running an AP that calls out an encounter with a Jorogumo. This appears to be a spellcasting monster, and its absolute top level spell is a 7th level Summon. So it seems important to playing this ...
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Was the grab ability nerfed? If so, which version is supposed to be used?
Archives of Nethys lists the Grab ability twice in the Creature Abilities section. The first one says:
Requirements The monster's last action was a success with a Strike
that lists Grab in its damage ...
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How do the items and sizes rules apply to consumables
A tiny character, such as a Sprite, can have their weapon and armor adjusted to their size.
When the adventuring party now loots Healing Potions, I assume they are regular sized potions. They will be ...
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Eidolons and weapons with the Trip trait
An Eidolon's attacks can be enhanced by your handwraps of mighty blows (Secrets of Magic, p53):
Alternatively, you can Invest a magic weapon (even though magic weapons can't normally be Invested) to ...
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Striking nothing
The core of this question is: Does pathfinder 2e include a mechanism to trigger "on strike" effects without a target in RAW? By hitting the ground, angrily shaking your fist at a cloud while ...
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Alternative source for Pathfinder (or Starfinder) Society School items
If you play in Pathfinder Society, you can pick a School (Spells, Scrolls, etc). These give you a free item for each Society game, and a skill feat on level 5 among other things.
Up until a few day ...
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Rage of Elements Familiars Questions
I'm a 20+ year DND veteran/forever DM trying to switch my players to PF2e. I have some questions about PF2e familiars, "specific familiars", and the rage of elements familiars, that I can't ...
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What is the difference between Worn, Readied and Other Items?
In the official character sheet of Pathfinder 2e, the Inventory is divided into three lists: "WORN ITEMS", "READIED ITEMS" and "OTHER ITEMS". What is the difference ...
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Large creatures flanking medium
Flanking says:
To flank a foe, you and your ally must be on opposite sides of the creature. A line drawn between the center of your space and the center of your ally's space must pass through ...
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When does the Caligni Slayer's Soul Harvest trigger?
The Caligni Slayer has the following ability:
Soul Harvest (necromancy) The caligni slayer deals an additional 2d6 negative damage to flat-footed creatures.
It seems to work like Sneak Attack, ...
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Can a Champion use a polearm and shield?
I'm building a Champion of Shelyn and like the glaive, but I planned on being the group tank. Is there a way in 2E for someone to use something heavier than a buckler while wielding a polearm?
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Can I cast Clinging Ice twice on the same target?
Clinging Ice is a Witch cantrip. It does very good damage for its action cost, but the "target becomes immune for 1 minute after the spell ends". The spell ends if you do not Sustain it at ...
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Act Together: how many times?
One question: I don't find the rule that you can use Act Together just once in a round. Technically I can use it three times and me (summoner) and my eidolon can make three one-action activities each ...
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Are non-damaging effects obvious in combat without a check?
This question came about in response to a debate relating to this answer, wherein I stipulated that the effects of the Warp Mind spell are not immediately obvious to your allies.
The reasoning I had ...
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Can Warp Mind's effect be mitigated just by hitting your friend?
The Warp Mind spell says the following:
You scramble a creature's mental faculties and sensory input. The
target must attempt a Will saving throw. Regardless of the result of
that save, the target is ...
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Is this Electrifying Body spell thematic and balanced? (V2)
Stark Rost, look away!
Version 2 of this question.
I've omitted most of the redundant discussion from this iteration of the question and instead focused on what changes I made and why. For the ...
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Does Shielded Arm require a free hand to raise/block?
The description of Shielded Arm reads (emphasis mine):
Reinforcing veins of ore run through the target's arm, letting it ward off blows with its bare skin. It can use the Raise a Shield action to ...
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What is the AoE of Acid Splash?
The description of Acid Splash says (emphasis mine):
Range 30 feet; Targets 1 creature
You splash a glob of acid that splatters your target and nearby creatures. Make a spell attack. If you hit, you ...
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'Shove' feats and 'shoving' weapons
In 2E of Pathfinder - there is a number of fighter feats that allow to automatically shove opponent in certain conditions, icluding Agressive Block and Brutish Shove.
But, at the same time Shove as ...
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Risky Surgery and resistance to slashing damage
Is taking the slashing damage necessary to get the benefit of Risky Surgery? If the target's resistance1 to slashing completely blocks the damage, is it still a critical success?
like a Cosmos Oracle
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Can I combine Assurance and Risky Surgery to consistently get Critical Successes for Treat Wounds?
I am currently playing a Rogue who is the party's 'healer'.
I put that in quotes because he's taken a background of Back Alley Doctor, meaning he has the Risky Surgery feat which says:
Your surgery ...
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When you receive a physical attack and Shield Block it, if it deals multiple types of damage, how is damage reduced?
Shield Block states that:
Trigger While you have your shield raised, you would take damage from a physical attack.
You snap your shield in place to ward off a blow. Your shield prevents you from ...
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Can you Crawl while on uneven ground?
I think it is sufficiently different from the previous question concerning jumping.
Assume you character is not trained in Acrobatics, but somehow finds itself on Uneven Ground. You do not have viable ...
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What are the design differences between Pathfinder 2E and D&D 5E? [duplicate]
(I do not believe this is a duplicate of What are the major differences in style and system between D&D 5e and Pathfinder 2e? [duplicate] -- despite the similar name, the answer there just ...
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Can you Leap while standing on uneven ground?
Uneven Ground says that you need to Balance:
Uneven ground is an area unsteady enough that you need to Balance (see Acrobatics) or risk falling prone and possibly injuring yourself, depending on the ...
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How does Tail Spin increase MAP?
Tail Spin is a Goblin feat:
Attempt a single Athletics check to Trip up to two adjacent creatures.
Trip has the Attack trait, so it increases the MAP. However, it says you make a single check, does ...
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Does Safe Elements prevent Steam Knight damage?
Safe Elements: you can designate a number of creatures up to your Constitution modifier ... Choose whether they are immune to the benefits of your kinetic aura or immune to its damage and drawbacks.
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Do overflow impulses benefit from Kinetic Aura?
Overflow: When you use an impulse that has the overflow trait, your kinetic aura deactivates until you revitalize it (typically with Channel Elements).
The question is does the aura deactivate before ...
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Can Lightning Dash affect the same enemy more than once?
In the new Rage of Elements, the 4th level Kineticist feat allows you to move 30ft through creatures. I was wondering if there was any way to trigger the damage on the same creature more than once. ...
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How does Steam Knight interact with Final Gate?
Final Gate (level 19): "If your kinetic aura is inactive, you automatically use the first action of your turn to Channel Elements as a free action."
Steam Knight: "At the start of each ...
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