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So, in the rare case it happens (IIRC, there's only twice), then I give them the pre-req skill for free, but it stays locked at level 1, with no bonuses- not even the IQ bonus.

They're absolutely free to select the pre-req skill, and it would be treated as normal.

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I see Vald-Tegor as managing the population of vampires somewhat like a game warden... he wants to be sure that there are enough predators in the preserve to keep the prey at reasonable levels, but also wants to be sure that there are not too many. So he creates new master vampires only when necess...

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There's only one V.I. in PF, and that's the deity, Vald-Tegor. He actively works to make sure no other VI gets a hold anywhere. You can find more about him in the book Dragons & Gods. For vampires in general, look in the Western Empire. That book details them (although not as well as a lot of us...

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Just because you CAN be a WMD doesnt mean you SHOULD :D That said, i've also heard in passing anecdotes that you could also inscribe your circle on a rug/carpet and roll it up and pack it away until needed. I didnt have any luck justifying that to my GM at the time when I tried it myself, but I was...

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Re #1: I may be misremembering, but Summon Elemental Forces is a summoning circle that has the four really nasty high level Elemental spells (Tornado, Earthquake, etc)? You can use that at level 1. I am not thinking of the Power Circle that gives you some spells. You wouldnt start with a power circ...

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You can make any circle travel-accommodating by inscribing it on a wagon or cart. At level 1, you cant control anything with your summoning circles. Use the Summon Elemental Forces circle to throw some powerful spells around until level 2. Its not horribly expensive to draw, but you'll probably get...

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I've yet to explore the depths of the Fantasy books, leaving me clueless about its balance and intricacies. Have any of you delved into its integration with Rifts? While theoretically, all Palladium games should seamlessly intersect, what's the practicality of merging Palladium Fantasy and Rifts? F...

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But in an adventuring, it's a tough ask. Any sudden encounter, puts them well behind the curve. They have to go to where their premade wards are stored, activate the ward, and then hope someone stumbles into one. This is where someone will mention Area of Effect Wards, but I think that the line at ...

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Since the Palladium World is effectively a single continent, I suspect it was left out of the PF book for space and being a relatively irrelevant condition. However, that is just an opinion and others may rule how they see fit. [/justify] If we're going off of "anywhere on the continent, then ...

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If Palladium Fantasy vampires don't need to sleep on soil, I guess that is a special case. Something to do with Vald-Tegor perhaps? Very valid line of thinking. After all, he's not JUST a Vampire Intelligence, but also a deity. This may mean that the vamps from his lineage might have special perks....

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IMO, the spell only requires the paper, and the magic "etches" the spell onto it. And I'd say this is the "normal" way for a wizard to create a magical scroll. Alchemists have a different method. They CAN use the spell, and may do so to stock the shelves, so to speak. But I'd say...

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Strictly looking in PF, I'm not seeing anything that says they CAN, but I'm also not seeing anything that says they CAN'T. Personally, I'd say it's possible, but most likely a rare ability. Maybe give it only to master vampires, and exceptionally old secondaries. Or, maybe let it be a power that's a...

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I'd simply suggest against it, but if you insist on doing it- Remember that it applies equally for people other than the PCs. Your villain Ognus the Destroyer is a 7th level knight, who also happens to have some super powers, like the fact he's nearly invulnerable. Or the fact that he also was a mut...

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I'm going to echo everything Vek said, and then double it again. People complain that a diabolist is difficult to play as an adventurer, and that's got NOTHING on the complexities of a summoner adventurer. The only way they are actually viable is either A) for the GM to make a bunch of house rules m...

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-Vek "Diabolist is not a great adventuring OCC." I'll give that it isn't a GREAT one, but it is a decently solid one. 1) you've got the skillset of a scholar 2) with some planning, and just a few rounds of prep work, you've got a deadly defensive line 3) way more PPE than you need, so wit...

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kiralon wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:39 pm *snip*

This, right here.

The layout is more like a third or fourth level of concern, over the clarification of content

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In PF, no psi powers that I can think of.

However, on the magical side, the life force wizard does have a "kill to heal" power, where they essentially take the life energy from an animal (or captured humanoid) to transfer to a wounded being.

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The way I house-rule it is that 2 handed weapons get double the PS bonus. While this still makes them less powerful than paired weapons, it's something at least. I've been lucky enough that I haven't had to deal with the "paired battle axes because I can maximize damage" issue in a while. ...

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The Nazca Line Magic does mention "circle making diabolist" having a knack for it when discussing other magic classes learning it (note I'm not 100% sure what they are referring to since PF's Summoner/Circle-Magic and Diabolist are separate classes In PF, diabolists have some affinity wit...

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I'm unaware of anything like that, so I'd say POSSIBLY a rifter, if anywhere. However, I'd strongly advise against it. That is 100% not a diabolist thing. Wards require thinking and planning. Sure, if you have the wards prepared, you can assemble and activate in seconds. But that's not "the nor...

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I'm with Kiralon for a reason for the contested roll.

It just never sat right with me that the opposing side has no chance to notice anything, unless the sneaker flubs his check. Especially at high levels, when you have someone that's sneaking around at 85+%.

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As Logan said, there's a RUE way of handling it. Myself, because I've been doing it for PF longer than than the RUE book was out, I houserule it. Perception= d20 + IQ bonus or ME bonus, whichever is higher. Contests- Perception check VS Prowl, for example- successful skill check gives a +1 for every...

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Well, I do have to differ with GS on the hand to hand. I don't think that those H2H skills work well, especially when compared to the 1st edition. Why does a mounted knight need to learn a jump kick? The description of the Paladin says that they are the premier fighting men, but H2H Assassin is cle...

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You definitely haven't broken the game. The player is just having a poor attitude about it. If he normally has no problem with the rule, might want to pull him aside, and check if there's something else going on. When it comes to power attacks, called shots, etc, my players understand my rule- the b...

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I play that the speciality of humans is their adaptability. When you roll up their stats you can place them where you like, whereas the other races have to leave them where they lay but can 2 down one up stats. So if you really want to play a particular class, play a human as this gives you the bes...

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Forget for a second the megaversal system itself, but balance wise addressing Humans being underpowered, buffing men at arms, codifying battle axes and other weapons, and maybe even adding in some additional Hand to Hand skills would be necessary, and to do that you need a project lead to sign off ...

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The spells and powers need complete rewrites. This forum is full of questions about how spells and powers work based on the vague descriptions in the book. They all are written with an idea in mind but aren't clear when you try to use that power in some other way. A book of spells/powers or somethi...

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1) historically, Palladium release schedule has been problematic. Especially when it comes to PF. Past couple of years seem to be better, BUT, to really catch the wave of disappointment with "that other game", pretty much everything else would need to be put on hold, and a 10,000% focus to...

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How I handle the gambling- Skills like Card Shark- a successful skill check during any "card" game (like blackjack) allows the player to reroll any one dice, per hand, "drawn" (rolled) AFTER the initial ones, those cannot be changed. *Roulette- d20 3 types of bets Even or Odd Spe...

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As a GM, I like to use locations outside of just the books. Every now and then, I have a campaign that's city based, so I want as many options as possible inside the city. Thieves, assassins, sewers for dungeon crawls- let's get everything in, that can reasonably work. One of these ideas fleshed int...

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I'm going to echo a bit of both Soldier and Library. For a PC, the RCC is the RCC. If it's not there, it's not there. You're not adding the class stuff to the dragon stuff, unless it's specifically mentioned. If, on the other hand, it's for an NPC, I'll reference Aleistair Crowley- "Do what tho...

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Im going to echo Vek and Ogre. In both of these cases, I'm siding with the player. For the PS bonus, think of it like this- the magical weapon let's you get through the "protection" of the creature, but the damage you do past that is like normal. Any enchantment, temporary or permanent, ma...

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I absolutely disagree with the 3d4.

IMO, reasonable reading of the rules does NOT say 3d4. The +1 @ levels is about the strike, not the damage.

The damage can be 1d4 or 2d4 depending on how you want to interpret. But no bonus to damage at level 4, or any other level.

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same reason why a diabolist cant carry a ward encrusted stick up to someone and smack em with it. The rules seem to say they can, but also cant Until you get the "forced activation" ability. In which case, by all the rules you can, except the very specific "you can't do this, because...

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Let's be honest- the rules for wards have loopholes that you could fit an entire armada of borg cubes through.

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Wards. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the diabolist Goliath.

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Ah, the shield. One of the places that highlights editing problems. My copy reads the same as Vek's- in one paragraph, says 1d4, in another 2d4. The FAQ ends with the first paragraph, which lists 1d4. Take what you will from it. FWIW, in my games, I go with a standard hit from a shield is 1d4+ PS bo...

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I don't do bleed damage until it's HP. To me, that's what the SDC is all about - it's surface damage. Cuts, bumps, bruises, etc. If it goes to HP, I generally do 1 point per round per critical hit they take. After combat, this changes to a constant 1 point per round, even if there were no critical h...

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We haven't even discussed when damage goes directly to Hit Points and Penetration Value. Technically, "generation value" isn't in PF. Most "direct to hit points" are magic or psionics. When it comes to long-term effects of magic or psionic damages, I tend to focus it on phobias,...

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Interesting... so kind of the opposite idea - even if a character's H.P. were whittled down to -80%, they wouldn't need to roll on the table in this case? Only if it happens all in one go does it cause an injury? If it's whittled down, I may give them some minor injuries that they'll recover from, ...

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Interesting... so kind of the opposite idea - even if a character's H.P. were whittled down to -80%, they wouldn't need to roll on the table in this case? Only if it happens all in one go does it cause an injury? If it's whittled down, I may give them some minor injuries that they'll recover from, ...

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I don't use it as written, but, my general rule of thumb is SDC is SDC. It's your cuts, scrapes, bumps and bruises. But, If you take 40% of your total HP in a single blow gives a chance for some form of minor permanent injury. If you take 80% of your HP in a single blow, a chance for a more severe i...

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Rifts Book of Magic Page 190 The Necromancer's spell Consume Power & Knowledge If a necromancer uses this to eat the brain of a spell caster like a ley line walker or Paladium Fantasy Wizard or such Can they temperorially gain the spells the original owner knew? It specifically says "skill...

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A minotaur steps in, wearing soft blue robes that drape open, a pair of wards sewn into his exposed chest. "I assume you're the esteemed Uncle Remus I've heard so much about. My name is Goliath, and I have here 5 dwarven lightning grenades, from the Great War, as well as *he taps a book* the in...

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Well, would any of these mummies be affected by turn dead? -Vek "Stay on target, stay on target." So, the way I rule it, is based on sentience. If it's a self-aware, thinking for itself being, turn dead wouldn't work. But, if it's a "controlled" thing, like an animated skeleton,...

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Dragons & Gods (PF2E) writeup for the God Anubis Lord of the Dead (pg154-6) under Minions (pg156) " Mummies: Anubis has many different kinds of Mummies, some with quite extraordinary powers. He can summon as many as he likes according to their abilities, or simply in quantity up to 500).&q...

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On page 15 of the new Yin Sloth Jungle (by the way, thanks and Merry Christmas) a tiny guy is taking on a tiger with a weapon the size of a letter opener who looks like a lemur or raccoon. Is that race established? My wife, who noticed it, wants to know. So, I only have the sneak peek for 2nd Ed, b...

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"How very Prysus of me." With that said, I'll say I tend to follow the same rule as Library Ogre. In part because it's just easier and I don't want to bog things down, but also in part because that's how Palladium generally does things. Weapons and other items, in Palladium, generally do ...

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Not bad. Some pretty cool stuff with an interesting story behind them. Makes me wonder if the Dwarves had a similar assembly of warriors themselves and what they may have left behind. 8-) I refuse to comment at this time, seeing as the "goal" of the current adventure path is the location ...

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Well, regarding Area of Effect Wards. Once you create on and it goes off, is it a one time thing or does the ward effect linger in the area? There is nothing in the book I see either way. It seems like being a one time effect really negates the point of the ward. It's just a ward that will affect s...

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It was to show that turning into mist doesn't negate the other weakness's the Vampire has, so it would leave the area of effect of the globe of daylight. I guess it depends on what you call elemental magic, is it spells from warlocks, wizard spells with elemental effects are listed in the spell lis...

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