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  • SenseiRat@pathfinder.socialOPMtoPathfinder 2e General Discussion@pathfinder.social•Rage of Elements sidebar showing OGL to ORC terminology conversion
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    1 year ago

    Mostly flavor, but some mechanical. You won’t be casting wish in combat any more.

    From the Ritual entry on AON (emphasis mine to highlight the changes from Wish as a spell):

    A ritual is an esoteric and complex spell that anyone can cast. It takes much longer to cast a ritual than a normal spell, but rituals can have more powerful effects.

    When you take charge of a ritual, you are its primary caster, and others assisting you are secondary casters. You can be a primary caster for a ritual even if you can’t cast spells. You must know the ritual, and the ritual’s spell level can be no higher than half your level rounded up. You must also have the required proficiency rank in the skill used for the ritual’s primary check (see Checks below), and as the primary caster, you must attempt this skill check to determine the ritual’s effects. The primary skill check determines the tradition. Rituals do not require spell slots to cast. You can heighten a ritual up to half your level rounded up, decided when the ritual is initiated. A ritual always takes at least 1 hour to perform, and often longer. While a ritual is a downtime activity, it’s possible—albeit risky—to perform a ritual during exploration with enough uninterrupted time. A ritual’s casting time is usually listed in days. Each day of casting requires 8 hours of participation in the ritual from all casters, with breaks during multiday rituals to allow rest. One caster can continue a multiday ritual, usually with some light chanting or meditation, while the other casters rest. All rituals require material, somatic, and verbal components throughout their casting time.

    Considering that Wish is supposed to be the end-all-be-all of spells, it makes sense that it would be a ritual rather than just a quick “wave my hands and say mumbo jumbo” cast as an afterthought. It now takes at least an hour, requires gathering other spell casters, multiple checks, and it fits the description of a ritual in that it can have more powerful effects than a normal spell.

    Edit to add: I may have misunderstood your question. The adjustment I was referring too was the change from a spell to a ritual, not that rituals had been adjusted.

  • SenseiRat@pathfinder.socialOPMtoPathfinder 2e General Discussion@pathfinder.social•Rage of Elements sidebar showing OGL to ORC terminology conversion
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    1 year ago

    Paizo originally wanted to get rid of ability scores and just use modifiers with 2nd Edition, but they were afraid of a D&D 4th Edition schism happening and didn’t make the change when they were releasing it. Now they have the perfect opportunity to make the shift without angering the playerbase.

    What I have heard is that they haven’t quite finished working out how the change from attributes to modifiers will be implemented, but it is something being handled with the official changes of the remaster. What they have said so far is that we will still have the ability to raise ability modifiers above 18, we just don’t know how it will work yet.

  • SenseiRat@pathfinder.socialMtoPathfinder 1e General Discussion@pathfinder.social•Where to post Pathfinder1e Monster Variants on pathfinder.social?English
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    1 year ago

    Yes, #P1e General Discussion is probably the best place. I wanted to simplify the number of communities we had, so I consolidated some of the PF1e into General. If demand for 1e subjects comes up I’m totally happy to create specific communities for it.

    The URL field is for if there is a link you want attached to your post. I.e I want to post to start a discussion about a Paizo announcement on their website, I can put the URL to the announcement in that field and then my comments to start the discussion about it, and users will have a direct link to the referenced Paizo post. It’s optional, though, you can create what is considered a text only post that is just for discussion of you want.

  • SenseiRat@pathfinder.socialMtoPathfinder 2e General Discussion@pathfinder.social•2e players and GMs, tell me about your campaigns!English
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    1 year ago

    Normally I run PFS at our local lodge, so not that interesting.

    I am working on getting Foundry set up to run Beginner Box -> Troubles in Otari -> The Slithering, with some quests and bounties thrown in randomly with an old group that all moved to different regions. I want to follow that up with Abomination Vaults (new characters), and then possibly do something homebrew. I’m starting a masters program in the fall, so pre-built stuff, rather than homebrew is probably what I have to stick with while I juggle school and work.

    I want to use the official adventures to work on my improve, storytelling, voices, etc., so that when I do have the bandwidth to build a homebrew campaign, I’m already well practiced at those skills.

  • SenseiRat@pathfinder.socialMtoPathfinder 2e General Discussion@pathfinder.social•(PFS) How do you get rid of the Enfeebled condition?English
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    1 year ago

    The Pathfinder Society will automatically take care of this for you during your downtime. You can see the rules on it in the Organized Play Guide.

    The Pathfinder Society takes care of its members by removing most ongoing nonpermanent negative conditions and repairing agents’ damaged gear to the condition it was in at the start of the scenario.

    The following conditions are not automatically removed and must be cleared from the character before the end of the adventure or the character ceases to be available for organized play:

    • Death
    • Permanent negative effects, including polymorph or petrification
    • Curses

    Note that repairing damaged gear does not include resupplying consumables such as ammunition, potions, or talismans.

  • SenseiRat@pathfinder.socialMtoPathfinder 2e General Discussion@pathfinder.social•Fleshing out Otari
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    1 year ago

    I haven’t run either one as well (planning to start this fall with BB -> Troubles), but something easy to throw in are quests and bounties; one is specifically The Road From Otari, and some of the others could probably be worked in pretty easily. They take about an hour to run, so they won’t fill up a whole session, but might be something you can incorporate to flesh out the town.

    The PFS scenario Bandits of Immenwood also takes place between Otari and Absalom, it should take about 4 hours to run; it’s balanced for levels 1-4, so it should fit anywhere in those two.

    You could also look into Abomination Vaults, which takes place in and near Otari and maybe set up some hooks. There is overlap in levels between those two, but you might be able to set up some rumors or other minor events that allude to the other and then run AV after you finish this game.

  • SenseiRat@pathfinder.socialMtoPathfinder 2e Character Discussion@pathfinder.social•What do you think about this Kitsune Thaumaturge thrown weapons build?
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    1 year ago

    I run a throwing magus, so somewhat related, and the biggest two things I can point out are action economy and MAD. I’m not very familiar with thaumaturge’s action economy, but with magus having a 2 action mechanic that is essential to it’s operation makes deciding what my third action is very tough. I took the rogue dedication as well, for the same reasons and it definitely helped out.

    I don’t think you can adjust much with your stats, and I’ll point out that you are getting the +4 in dex and your class attribute, so you’re already better off than the magus I have. Spells with saves are tough for me to use with a lower int, but you shouldn’t have as many problems. I will say not to reduce your constitution modifier any more because operating within the 20-30 feet range means you’re one move action or less away from most things, you will get hit, and it will hurt a lot.

    On the weapons, I’d suggest throwing a couple of bolas in there, especially if you can take assurance on athletics. They’re cheap, provide nonlethal and bludgeoning, and have ranged trip. Get more than one because even with a returning rune, if you use them to trip, they do not return unless you miss. You’ve got a couple of thrown weapons that can be used to threaten at melee range in there, so remember that if you can’t avoid close-quarter fights, you can still set up flanking to help out your party members.

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