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How can I get Inner Radiance Torrent in PFS?
There does not seem to be a way (currently)
As a Limited option, you must have a Boon that specifically says you gain access to it. Going through the List of Boons available (link to your account on ...
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Pathfinder 2 Alchemist - Adding formulas
The rules on formulas have a bit to say about copying formulas from one formula book to another:
You can copy a formula into your formula book in 1 hour, either from a schematic or directly from ...
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Running a oneshot for a group with no TTRPG experience
Do not use PF2 for the first game
PF2 is my favorite RPG, but even I have to admit, it is very much not beginner friendly.
For beginners, I suggest something rules light, like Fate, Mouse Guard or ...
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Pathfinder 2 Alchemist - Adding formulas
The Alchemist gets a unique class feature, Formula Book, which specifies that they gain a formula book (item) and many of their class features reference that formula book, suggesting that you can only ...
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Running a oneshot for a group with no TTRPG experience
Talk to the players
You might not have time for a full session 0. You might not have the chance to get everyone together as a group. But try to find a few minutes to talk to each player. Find out ...
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Running a oneshot for a group with no TTRPG experience
Shield the players from the mechanics
TTRPG rules especially for Pathfinder are huge and complex, and likely to overwhelm any newcomer who is playing for the first time, and a single time. You want ...
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Can Troops be flanked?
Troops can be Flanked
There's no rule stating troops are unable to be flanked, so the default flanking rules would apply as though the entire troop was one creature.
Troops do have Troop Defenses, ...
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How many people can be poisoned with ingested poison?
One dose is sufficient to poison one creature
The general rules for Alchemical Poisons (core rulebook p. 550) state:
Each poison’s stat block includes the Price and features for a single dose
So the ...
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Can summoned creatures take reactions?
Summons don't have reactions
Summoned creatures have the Minion trait. This trait includes the following:
A creature with this trait can use only 2 actions per turn, doesn't have reactions [...]
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How do damage resistances work with regards to magical weapons?
Yes
Magical weapons only bypass resistance when explicitly stated. The example from the rules on resistances explicitly addresses your case:
If you have resistance to a type of damage, each time you ...
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Can a Magus use Expansive Spellstrike with a Conflux spell, and if so what exactly happens?
You cannot use Spellstrike with 1st level Conflux spells
Spells that "target a creature or that has an area of a burst, cone, or line" have either a Targets entry or an Area entry.
The 1st ...
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Can animal companion use grapple in Pathfinder 2e?
Technically, no
As you've noted, Animal Companions don't meet the basic requirements to perform the Grapple skill action.
But really... yes
Any and all GM's should interpret the Grapple rules by the ...
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Reactions and free actions (Summoner and Eidolon)
You get one Reaction
As a Summoner/Eidolon pair, you get one Reaction (at the start of your shared turn) that can be used by either creature. See the sections I've bolded for clarity:
You and your ...
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How does natural attacks interact with double slice and other dual weapon fighting feats?
The Dual-Weapon Warrior archetype has similar restrictions in each of its feats, that you are wielding two weapons in your hands. Unfortunately unarmed attacks are not considered weapons and don't ...
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Chain Lightning and Expansive Spellstrike
No.
From my read of Expansive Spellstrike, and the prerequisite Spellstrike, you cannot target multiple creatures while using Chain Lightning alone.
One Target: The spell targets only the target of ...
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What Arcane spells can actually hit multiple targets with a Spell Attack (for Spell Swipe)?
There is currently no other* multiple attack Arcane spell
*Not counting Horizon Thunder Sphere's AoE because it's not valid with Spellstrike
I couldn't think of a good way to parse this, but realized ...
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How does natural attacks interact with double slice and other dual weapon fighting feats?
Double Slice requires weapons
As vonPryz accurately points out, Unarmed attacks are not weapons and are only included on weapon lists for convenience; Double Slice specifically requires that you are ...
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How does natural attacks interact with double slice and other dual weapon fighting feats?
Let's see about the rules.
Unarmed, CRB 283:
An unarmed attack uses your body rather than a manufactured weapon. An
unarmed attack isn't a weapon, though it's categorized with weapons
for weapon ...
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What damage type does the Disintegrate spell deal?
Typeless Damage
Nothing in Pathfinder 2e puts the damage dealt by disintegrate as force damage, or as any other type of damage. This lack of damage type is repeated across a few spells, including ...
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