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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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How can I justify complete failure of an elven village's magic as a plot point?
Elves? Without Magic?
Well, yes, you can have magic be blocked in most RPGs that feature magic.
I'm assuming this is some version of D&D, or at least the elves get their magic from something, instead …
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Pathfinder Improved familiar bonuses?
RAW (Rules As Written), it looks like it according to the rules for familiars and looking at improved familiar, improved familiars do not give you a bonus to skills. Not that this is a terrible thing; …
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How to design and determine CR of a respawning horde encounter?
This is actually really tricky, because you want several attributes of this encounter. You want creatures to provide a challenge, but you also don't want the challenge to be too much for them to handl …
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Characters Created via dice rolls: Do I have a problem with vastly differing characters?
This can be really concerning, especially if your group is very competitive or sensitive to this. P1 and P5 will be less able than P2, and this can be a larger problem if P1 and P5 have roles or class …
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How far can I push bluffing? To the point of death by 'poison'?
Bluff Bluff Bluff the Stupid Ogre!
The Bluff PRD page is going to be my main source, as well as years experience in GMing.
Bluff, and other social skills, have always been a bit nebulous. This results …
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How often should the players roll Bluff when interacting with NPCs
It's Up to the DM
Really, it is. Does the DM want everyone to roll every time a character opens their mouth? Or just when they're "selling an idea?" It's up to the DM.
As Often As Is Needed
This is a …
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How can I optimize playing a sentient wolf?
Hands!? We don't need no stinking hands!
Play to your strengths! Choose classes that give bonuses to damage, or allows you to better trip people. (This is assuming the DM lets you have the trip abili …
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How to deal with a player who doesn't understand party roles?
Roles Can Be A Bummer
Making actions/options not available to people can force people out of the magic circle pretty quickly. Sure, roles can help people feel special, but it can go overboard. This do …
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How should I handle REALLY big creatures in combat?
Math Time: Size Modifiers
Luckily for us, pathfinder has given us modifiers. If we believe that the people arrived at these modifiers using some sort of formula, we can use math to determine what size …
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My player wants to watch the world burn
From Experience:
I have players playing evil characters, both now and in the past, and I've played an evil character a few times as well, like every time I've ever played a Drow. (That's right, those …