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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 to stop a player constantly using Detect Magic/Evil?

Considering there is a casting time and a bunch of cues that he's doing this, how is the world reacting to his constant spellcasting? It seems that the real solution is there. Do his fellow players s …
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Are purchasable animals overpowered?

The part you're missing is (ignoring story consequences). I've played with a party who were really amused about the idea that they could buy an Elephant, and then did (and named it Bongo) and brough …
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How to run a campaign for intelligent players with idiot PCs?

For your players Use other solutions Intelligence is only one of 3 mental stats, and the one that refers mostly to book-learning, puzzling, connection-making and thinking stuff through. However, lacki …
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What is the reason to use the Heal skill assuming that other means of healing are not prohib...

When it comes to healing, if you have access to magical healing for the thing you want to fix, that's pretty much always preferable. The key advantages of the Heal skill is that it's a single skill th …
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What's a suitable mount for an Ogre?

An up-sized Rhinoceros seems pretty fitting. Rhinos are tough and beefy, famously ill-tempered, short sighted and love charging into battle and running over everything that gets in their way.
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How can I make my paladin alive again without his whole body?

One option is to use the Limited Wish to cast Reincarnate, which creates a new body. Granted, you might be getting back a Paladin that looks different from the original, but at least he'll be back ali …
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For the purposes of the Monk's AC bonus class feature, does the Gunman's Duster count as armor?

I see no more reason to consider this armor anymore as I would a set of Bracers of Armor or a casting of the Mage Armor spell. Just because it grants an Armor bonus to AC, doesn't make it Armor. Only …
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What can I do when I accidentally gave out an overpowered item?

Have someone powerful show up and trade it with them for multiple other, less powerful items. Make it clear that the powerful person wants to trade because he is a good guy, not because he feels that …
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What dice do I need to make for a Pathfinder player?

The default set of dice used by Pathfinder (or D&D, as you mentioned in the question body, they use the same) would be: a 4 sided die a 6 sided die an 8 sided die a 10 sided die a 12 sided die a 20 …
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Experience Awards For Role-Playing; Should I keep it?

I've had good experience with a system somewhat like this, which like Magician's suggestion focusses more on letting the players reward each other, but had as an extra criteria that you had to explain …
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Do I get back the feat slot spent on proficiency if I get it from a class level later?

Generally speaking, if you receive the same feature twice (whether it's because you invested a Feat and then picked a class granting the same thing, or simply because you have two classes that grant y …
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Uncanny dodge reduces damage?

Nothing from the description of Uncanny Dodge suggests that it would reduce damage. At 2nd level, a barbarian gains the ability to react to danger before her senses would normally allow her to do so. …
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Is there a minimum ability score?

The minimum score before racial modification when using Point Buy is a 7. See this short explanation from the SRD (emphasis mine): Purchase: Each character receives a number of points to spend on …
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Cursed items are being Identified too easily

If the player has invested heavily in this, then it would be a little unfair to just undo all of that by ramping up the DC, so I'd advise against that. However, there are other options. I'm guessing …
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Can an Animal Ally/Animal Companion have an Animal Ally?

Only if it becomes a separate adventurer and takes actual class levels. One of the requirements for Animal Ally is: character level 4th Character level is defined in the glossary as: The total leve …
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