Paizo Games General /pgg/

>>54756628
Fuck all this "We want to be Mass Effect" horseshit. I want my fucking Flash Gordon campaign.
>>54756610

File: unknown.png (1MB, 850x1567px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 850x1567px

>>54756628
I just wanna play a space minotaur punchgirl

>>54756692
That's a daerelph anon, not a minotaur

>>54756660
Meh, the Soul Cycle books are what I'm going to play.

So which of you compiled all the images into a jank PDF now?

>>54756714
>daerelph

close enough, just let me play a big titty punchgirl with horns and hooves n shit in space, fighting and fucking across the pact worlds.

what's a daerelph?

>>54756738
>>54756714

Dire Draph?

>>54756738
>what's a daerelph?

I don't know, just something I made up so I would have an excuse to talk to you. Where did she grow up?

We were on page 6, asshole.

P A G E 6
A G E 6 P
G E 6 P A
E 6 P A G
6 P A G E

File: 5e506660741994bad6c9de76afd87642.jpg (15KB, 236x353px) Image search: [Google]

15KB, 236x353px

So! How was your weekend, /pgg/? Do anything fun or exciting, game-related or otherwise?

>>54756756
probably some erastilian planet. she might not have wanted to get married off, so she picked up a manual on fighting and fucked off to go fuck-fighting and fight-fucking across the stars, using her stonkin' great tits and hard fists to kick ass and shit. Probably also smokes and rinks heavily and acts raunchy, rather mannish too.

But under the veneer of mannishness there's a sweet tomboy that just likes having reliable friends

>>54756753
I could run with that.

>>54756803

Erastil no longer exists, anon.

Does anyone have the classes PDF for Starfinder? I've seen the themes.

>>54756802
Hello Fennec Anon! My weekend was fantastic, though this weekend is shaping up to be a real BITCH.

File: Dragon burtally devouring all in its path.gif (4MB, 540x304px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 540x304px

>>54756628

Well now that the core rule book is finally out...


Its time to convert the Ungermaw to Starfinder!

File: 0000937f_medium.jpg (63KB, 639x415px) Image search: [Google]

63KB, 639x415px

>>54756824

What went well over the weekend? What do you dread about the next?

>>54756816
He's still around. He's just not one of the core 20 anymore.

File: big titty girls.png (2MB, 1800x1920px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1800x1920px

>>54756816
He still exists in my heart and I still hold that he's ap art of the setting. If there's a goddamn frontier of space then you bet your ass Erastil will be on that shit settling it and starting families and stuff.

>>54756802
24 on, 24 call; had to stay at the station because of how far away from it I live, and didn't even get called in; still, made it through the days and did some planning.

File: 1469585486190.jpg (1MB, 1941x4000px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1941x4000px

>>54756802
I made a dungeon based around this as the main antagonists.

File: hqdefault.jpg (32KB, 480x360px) Image search: [Google]

32KB, 480x360px

Does anyone else use a test party to run through your dungeons, before whipping them out for your Players to attempt?

>>54756842
>>54756843

He's not even mentioned anywhere in the book, anons. And he's not the only one. Norgorber is gone, for the god's sake; where else will we find four halflings in a trenchcoat and mask? No where, but our hearts. We have to move on and accept our loss; remember it but never, ever let it control us.

File: 6a010535647bf3970b01b8d0e3a951970c-800wi.jpg (47KB, 800x533px) Image search: [Google]

47KB, 800x533px

>>54756844

What sort of planning have you done?

>>54756802
Went better than expected. We got mildly fucked by traps, then fought 2 golems in a Cloudkill. Punched one dead, then got punted into a pit by the other. The rest of the party cut that one to pieces. I was anxious as fuck and used a fate point I probably shouldn't have. Next week is tallying the loot.

>>54756860
The devs have literally stated that all the old gods with two exceptions - Torag and one other I can't remember) are still present in Starfinder's setting.

>>54756803
I hope she gets roped into being BIG MUSCLE for a very special heist and ends up realizing the other chumps that got roped in were the reliable friends she wanted all along after the lot of them realize their "employer" is an evil jackass that has to be taken out not just for their own sake, but the sake of an entire planet. Or something like that.

>>54756802
I seem to have completely thrown off my DM's plans for last session when my PC released (unharmed) the enemy we captured to question after the enemy stonewalled my PC long enough to make him give up. The DM mentioned afterwards that apparently there was a reason he wasn't talking, like there was something specific I needed to do to get him to talk. My DM says he wasn't expecting that and isn't sure what to do now, but I have no regerts.

>>54756865

Mostly for Starfinder characters! And for whta to do with my pathfinder campaign; with my schedule as it is it might not last much longer, so I want to offer some options to my players at least. I might try to run a starfinder game, but i'll probably let things lie for awhile, calm down and refresh myself; work on things and let them stew befor ejumping in head first, y'know?

File: 1500609102843.png (1MB, 921x2014px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 921x2014px

>>54756860
fuck then I guess my big titty minotaur punch girl wont be getting married or starting a family any time soon [spoilerbut that does leave space open for forming a boy harem][/spoiler]

>>54756802
Poorly.

Spent most of it adjusting to new medication, and right when I thought things were going okay, one of my games looks like it's about to fold up.

File: cc3a1o-sa-me1baa1c.jpg (80KB, 500x349px) Image search: [Google]

80KB, 500x349px

>>54756849

How did such a dungeon come to be? What lies in the dungeon that the party must enter?

File: 1500609164626.jpg (57KB, 500x750px) Image search: [Google]

57KB, 500x750px

>>54756884
woops I'm sleepy I cannot into spoilers but that's a good idea anon, she's on a SEARCH for FRIENDS who are reliable and nice and just want to drink coffee and hang out and maybe cuddle together

File: Fennec Fox-840x553.jpg (86KB, 840x553px) Image search: [Google]

86KB, 840x553px

>>54756884

Who was the enemy? What circumstances lead to their capture?

>>54756840
It's really just the eternal tug-of-war that is work and leisure. I had a good weekend, and the next looks like a lot of busywork.

File: 19260797_981809148622832_5309126246543373093_n.jpg (37KB, 807x560px) Image search: [Google]

37KB, 807x560px

Its gonna be really lonely when you all go of to space....

File: 452e679856008fc45a5369294e9be3d2.jpg (47KB, 640x360px) Image search: [Google]

47KB, 640x360px

>>54756894

I hope you are adjusting well. What makes you think the game is struggling?

>>54756947
Run a dragon game in space starting the descendants of the dragons 1/2/3 parties sweagle!

File: here1.jpg (39KB, 807x560px) Image search: [Google]

39KB, 807x560px

>>54756628
>Have you already picked the character art for your first starfinder character?

Not going to lie, as much as you guys like to meme about it... I've been having a fair bit of trouble finding quality art of dashing men or busty women in various revealing sci-fi outfits.

>>54756947
Don't be like this, SEagle!

>>54756802
I had a sleepover at my friends' house, and we played some board games and Magic: The Gathering. Clank! is pretty fun, Fennec, and it's very easy to play while drinking.
On the game-related front, I had a lovely session yesterday evening, and thought some lovely thoughts about some of my other games.

What about you? Did you have a nice weekend?

>>54756933
The enemy was just a cultist mook. The party had split up at the time, my half encountered some enemies and beat them up, keeping the one alive for questioning (well, actually because my PC didn't want to kill him, but questioning is a convenient bonus to that).

>>54756961
Which /pfg/ games would convert to Starfinder the best, thematically?

File: cubic-dungeon.jpg (1MB, 2446x3191px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2446x3191px

>>54756903
It's the Temple of Odd Angles, it's set in this map. It's wedged in a corner in between and outside all facets of reality. Gravity works strangely here, depending on your location and state of mind. Inside are a small fleet of elephant-sized eldritch monsters that can only be comprehended as a bunch of crazy shrimp. Once the party finishes the dungeon, it's going to collapse in on itself and become a cat-sized glowing white translucent shrimp familiar type creature, and it allows them to bypass planar boundaries. They need that because the gods have blocked the material plane off from the rest of the multiverse to protect it from Fenrir.

>>54756969
I can try to help on this front. Lord knows as much as I say I want to play my concepts I'm not going to find a game.

>>54756952
Not fast enough for player enjoyment, called for skill checks at all the wrong times, and none of the players seem to be really okay with what they're doing.

I just wanted to run something fun, but nobody really thinks it's any fun.

File: 1378640098486.gif (2MB, 450x252px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 450x252px

>>54756993
Well, go on then! Post some!

File: 1501712810478.jpg (326KB, 1393x1697px) Image search: [Google]

326KB, 1393x1697px

>>54756802
Nothing particularly exciting, but I am immensely regretting not having Clustered Shots yet, despite not being our primary damage dealer. Narrowly avoided someone getting baleful polymorphed when we should have taken down that Qlippoth sooner due to the monster having DR/-. Also learned that apparently constructs can still be nauseated so long as it's not via Fort save, how that works is anyone's guess.

>>54756947
Don't worry SWeagle, space is lame, I prefer the ground anyway.

For a combat mechanic, unsell me on longarm proficiency. I could spend 3+ mechanic hacks on weapon overload to deal lots of damage with my laser pistol, or I could full attack with a laser rifle. What are some useful things I can do with a 1-handed weapon?

File: fire_elemental.jpg (87KB, 368x424px) Image search: [Google]

87KB, 368x424px

Besides fire elemental, magmins, and salamanders, what other creatures might be used as minions by an street? My group is going to fight several efreet in a huge floating tower from the elemental plane of fire that has broken into the elemental plane of air and is serving as a base for marauding fire creatures. The characters are fighting them in return for wishes from a djinn to resurrect a characters dead family. I own all the bestoaries and also pfsrd so that's not an issue.

File: 1470698772240.gif (1MB, 452x162px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 452x162px

>>54756947
Dragons 4 when?

File: sd.jpg (11KB, 181x225px) Image search: [Google]

11KB, 181x225px

Rules Question: This is the first game I've ever play that is actually making it to a level where Prestige Classes become relevant, downtime is also abundant so retraining is something that gets done a lot with the group.

Assuming I meet the requirements for a PrC, can I just keep retraining my base class levels into PrC levels assuming I keep the required skill ranks?

>>54756947
I'll still hang out with you, Swiggity Sweagle

File: 1445754633333.jpg (461KB, 1431x900px) Image search: [Google]

461KB, 1431x900px

>>54757034
>>54756969

There is one concept i wanna try....

>>54757043
Can you post the full of this image? i lost my copy.

File: 800px-Fennec_Fox_-Vulpes_zerda-_-sleeping_-Wilhelma_Zoo-8.jpg (110KB, 800x600px) Image search: [Google]

110KB, 800x600px

>>54756970

I did, thank you. Had a very enjoyable session, though the weather meant I couldn't go outside often. What sort of thoughts have you been entertaining? Any you can share?

File: 640x880_14871_20111122_2d_sci_fi_cyberpunk_girl_woman_picture_image_digital_art.jpg (314KB, 640x880px) Image search: [Google]

314KB, 640x880px

>>54757013
What class you thinkin?

>>54757052
Whenever I need to ask /tg/ a question I just google something cute anime girl related, this was just the first one I found.

File: Wood elf archer.jpg (43KB, 480x700px) Image search: [Google]

43KB, 480x700px

>>54756856
No.

I just fudge the rolls in the PCs favor. After they get used to their new characters and my rules, I'll stop.

The Hidden Blade/Wizard gestalt changed to a Kensai/Evoker, and I don't know what the Bard/Rogue and Ranger/Druid are changing to.

Because of this, testing is pointless.

File: 03ffd93822a974a84cd032f1d6a214de.png (916KB, 600x1030px) Image search: [Google]

916KB, 600x1030px

Why does everyone think you have to dress sci-fi in Starfinder?

Heck, modern-day outfits work too and a lot of the light armors are basically just underwear or secretly reinforced regular clothes.

>>54757070
Mechanic! I want to play a greaser girl!

>>54757052
>There is one concept i wanna try....

What do we know about augmentations, anyway? How viable is the absurdly busty torso-MEC?

>>54757052
>There is one concept i wanna try....
Go on...

File: b9478c8eeebc965f5dc966332c0a9261.jpg (51KB, 512x640px) Image search: [Google]

51KB, 512x640px

>>54757015

What set you up against such unpleasant creatures? Will you have the opportunity to take the feat soon, or have you devised a new means of attack?

File: 78502665-d455-43a2-b7bc-508f0b583e6d.jpg (150KB, 736x995px) Image search: [Google]

150KB, 736x995px

>>54757094

>>54757081
Dressing modern is actually something I look forward to

File: Extra+thick+you+say+_97577df222a263cf461b24833024f194.png (434KB, 712x1987px) Image search: [Google]

434KB, 712x1987px

>>54757071

Found it!

>>54757094
>>54757099

Quad amputee uses a cyberware to pilot a big 12 foot suit to be walking tank.

>>54757110
Nice. Nice. She thicc?

>>54757081

Unfortunately my interpretation of "sci fi outfits" is "everyone wears napoleonic naval officer uniforms, in space"

File: 1383947925289.jpg (119KB, 780x1100px) Image search: [Google]

119KB, 780x1100px

>>54757106

File: 5897124+_a46976c9eca7f46d3548eb47af14a448.jpg (297KB, 900x1200px) Image search: [Google]

297KB, 900x1200px

>>54757119

bout as thicc as a torso can get.

>>54757110
>>54757130
>Quad amputee uses a cyberware to pilot a big 12 foot suit to be walking tank.

Again, you might want to check out how Augmentations work to make absolutely sure you're absurdly busty MEC girl is viable at low/mid starts!

File: 200.gif (1MB, 267x200px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 267x200px

>>54757130
I can work with this.

File: 1458077583028.jpg (275KB, 1920x1280px) Image search: [Google]

275KB, 1920x1280px

>>54757124
>>54757123
This is also my jam.

File: Buns+and+thighs+_8aacff543e9394b40b23246a8b83ba01.png (196KB, 1185x590px) Image search: [Google]

196KB, 1185x590px

and here's another, cause i'm a nice guy.

File: portrait-happy-senior-man-thumb-up-16276754.jpg (109KB, 1300x957px) Image search: [Google]

109KB, 1300x957px

>My group doesn't like learning new things and I just taught them a game a few months ago 5e
>I can try to teach an old dog new tricks and introduce them to starfinder, or just learn it myself and join another online group

>>54757188
Good stuff, man.

File: Hellknight on Akiton.jpg (270KB, 724x1000px) Image search: [Google]

270KB, 724x1000px

>Abadar
>Angradd
>Ragathiel
>Lissala
>Talavet

Shall these become the new fingers of the Claw? Reforged in wire and steel, a crusade above nations.

File: 1460392184909.jpg (67KB, 621x1284px) Image search: [Google]

67KB, 621x1284px

>>54757177

>>54757201

Nicoleships is the tumblr last i checked.

>>54757056
For one of them, going to a big banquet put on by a duke, and commissioning some magical armor, and all the little conversations that both of those will entail.
For another, thoughts of retirement and love, though that isn't for any /pfg/ game or even Pathfinder at all!

>>54757217
>all these thicc QTs
looks like the tumblr to me. thanks, dude.

File: 1470466556511.jpg (335KB, 1280x1920px) Image search: [Google]

335KB, 1280x1920px

>>54757216

>>54757205
Wait
Wait
Fucking LISSALA is back?

File: 1488671397223.jpg (1MB, 3413x4484px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 3413x4484px

>>54757081
An excuse to have everyone in spandex or revealing clothing.

>>54757241

So modern then

File: girlchua_zpsc63d5e52.jpg (180KB, 600x716px) Image search: [Google]

180KB, 600x716px

>>54757241

Funny, I thought /pgg/ had different plans.

File: 1499838265201.jpg (160KB, 640x1126px) Image search: [Google]

160KB, 640x1126px

>>54757104
Plumbing the depths of ancient ruins in search of mysterious corrupting artifacts. Evidently, the holder of this particular artifact is enlisting some truly bizarre help. The feat will be a ways off unfortunately, and I'm going to figure out ways to cope in the meantime. The method of attack so far is "cross fingers the buffs will keep my allies alive, then kill it in 4 turns instead of 1", which is working far better than it has any right to. Unoptimized parties are a hell of a drug.

Realizing you fucked up some homebrew and it's too late to fix it is a worse drug.

>>54757236
Not only is she back, but she's the Goddess of the Azlanti Star Empire!

>>54757236
She's the patron of the new Azlanti Star Empire

File: Xenosaga KOS-MOS ver 3.jpg (42KB, 800x600px) Image search: [Google]

42KB, 800x600px

>>54757257
Yes, but also functional for adventuring.

File: 1481439790937.jpg (230KB, 729x1280px) Image search: [Google]

230KB, 729x1280px

>>54757235

>>54757271
>>54757273
Fuck, those cultists were bad news before.
Like, seriously bad news. How sinister is the Star Empire's write-up?
Also, Lissala had an awesome aesthetic. Winged Serpent Seven-Pointed Star Lady? Super neat.

File: RkZo5zx.jpg (837KB, 2051x4992px) Image search: [Google]

837KB, 2051x4992px

I wonder how hard it's going to be to run Starfinder in the EVE universe.

>The players must transport several tons of algae to a station in the Derelik region before their life support gives out. The catch is that the station is 9 jumps deep into Low-Sec.
>What is the secret of the SOE?
>Players are hired to scan some anomalies in J-Space (wormhole). What could go wrong?
>The Players are caught in the crossfire between two warring null-sec corporations(or alliances) and carry information that could change face of null-sec forever.
>Sansha desires to expand his boarders. Have a nice day :)

>>54757279

Best option is unnecessarily tight spandex with armor bits on excursions, coupled with strict dress codes everywhere except enlisteds' quarters

File: 1486603195153.jpg (248KB, 1116x1579px) Image search: [Google]

248KB, 1116x1579px

>>54757265

File: 1484411839840.jpg (18KB, 273x600px) Image search: [Google]

18KB, 273x600px

>>54757308

File: sagubooru-1900c58d57071c40ae1630a2c2f72e99.jpg (83KB, 327x900px) Image search: [Google]

83KB, 327x900px

>>54757326
And the officer's quarters?

>>54756802

4 out of my 5 players failed to show up to our Saturday Roll20 game. One of them gave me notice the day before, one gave me notice 20 minutes before start time, and the other two didn't give me any notice at all.

Also, I kicked the player who had missed three sessions in a row. She didn't fit in with the rest of the group or the tone of the game, but it was the absenteeism that hammered the coffin shut.

>>54757350

... in officer's quarters unbuttoning may be permitted

>>54757315
>How sinister is the Star Empire's write-up?

They're basically the Veskarium only with Humans, they're an expansionist Human Supremacist Empire formed when interstellar colonists from Azlant were cut off from the continent after Earthfall.

They're pretty much The Galactic Empire from Star Wars.

>>54757043
As long as you have all requirements from class levels before taking the first prestige level? So the first 5 or so are untouchable.

So we know that Pathfinder only runs so many kinds of fantasy without a lot of fidgeting. Heroic fantasy, go for it. Epic fantasy, doable if you don't mind extreme rocket tag. Low fantasy, good luck. There's an expectation of power levels and only so many kinds of settings the systems supports.

How's Starfinder shaping up in handling the huge family of sci-fi and cousins? Science fantasy looks like the name of the game here, but do you think the tools will hold up in cyberpunk? Will progression be too rigid for apocalyptic?

File: 6a00d8341c630a53ef011571526f93970b-500wi.jpg (34KB, 495x332px) Image search: [Google]

34KB, 495x332px

>>54757368

How unfortunate. Did you have a solo session, or simply call it a day?

>>54757405
>Science fantasy looks like the name of the game here, but do you think the tools will hold up in cyberpunk? Will progression be too rigid for apocalyptic?

The emphasis on better gear as opposed to more magical gear works perfectly for Apocalyptic campaigns, since that garage gun you hobbled together shouldn't be as effective as an AK-47 fresh out of storage. As for Cyberpunk? It seems to be going in a good way, we've already got a few canon Cyberpunk regions in the Pact Worlds.

>>54757429
I NEED WEAPON RULES!
I WANNA WIELD AN ORANGE TRANSPARENT CHAINSAW!

>>54756802

GM teased a friend of mine by making his videogame-"inspired" character a lvl 20 NPC and his party in a town in the middle of nowhere while the party is lvl 3 at most. They taught us some tricks.

>>54757342
That'll be it for me, I gotta go to sleep.

File: 428756.jpg (630KB, 2560x1600px) Image search: [Google]

630KB, 2560x1600px

>>54757473

What sort of character was it? Did they teach you anything particularly useful?

>>54757465
>-6 attack
>2d8 damage
>Close
>attacks touch AC and bypasses DR
>Is orange

>>54757123
My Kenyan compadre.

Legend of Galactic Heroes is my shit.

File: Portrait_selena_fe14.png (1MB, 1202x1368px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1202x1368px

>>54757492

From Fire Emblem. Buff in stats.

File: 1149a6c9f3002f1d15d5c6060e4a5d22.jpg (575KB, 1800x1273px) Image search: [Google]

575KB, 1800x1273px

Is it just me, or are the tactical pike (475 credits) and, to a lesser extent, the tactical cryopike (3,360 credits) remarkably cost-effective and useful weapons for a melee character?

They deal a respectable 1d8 damage, but more importantly, they confer reach. For a melee character, that means attacking both adjacent enemies and enemies out to 10 feet (ignoring the diagonal measurement rule).

• A reach 5 melee enemy closing in on you will suffer an attack of opportunity.
• Move adjacent to a ranged enemy and threaten them with an attack of opportunity for firing a ranged weapon.
• Full attack much more easily than a reach 5 character could, since there is no longer any movement during a full attack.

The only limitation is a major one though: only one reaction, and thus, attack of opportunity, per round. There does not seem to be a Combat Reflexes feat either.

What does everyone think? Should a 1st-level melee soldier or, yes, solarian (heavy armor proficiency is the way to go) be dropping 475 credits on a tactical pike and then 465 credits on hidden soldier armor, thus becoming a durable and mobile lancer?

File: Wild-Guns-Reloaded-Banner.jpg (76KB, 800x445px) Image search: [Google]

76KB, 800x445px

>>54757513

>>54757503
>even the robots are thicc
Never change blaz

File: maxresdefault.jpg (127KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

127KB, 1280x720px

>>54757513

Doris is my favorite Space Army Ranger.

>>54757545

As a pike I can confirm this is accurate pike behaviour

File: Zurgo “Windshriek” Goldeneyes (Sara Scmp).jpg (276KB, 1600x2263px) Image search: [Google]

276KB, 1600x2263px

Last year, someone wanted to know how to make a 12th level archer NPC with Solar Wind acting as a sniper to pin down the PCs for a while.

I don't know how that went, but I made a 3rd level half-orc Hawkguard who's going to pin down three 3rd level PCs in a hilly area to stall them long enough for some of his clan seize some Imaskari ruins.

He has the orc hornbow from AA2, and some Tempest Gale maneuvers. I think he'll last three rounds.

File: a075a92f10e5f10f9d55d99a3d2b94f2.jpg (660KB, 1209x1479px) Image search: [Google]

660KB, 1209x1479px

How long until we have pic related /pgg/?

Do tactical bows exist in Starfinder? Are they all guns guns guns?

>>54757572
thicc roboys are the best roots, man

>>54757597
Prepare some cool lines for him, maybe if he's impressive enough the players will let him live and you can get a cool recurring rival.

>>54757375
They're also horrifically dangerous, to the point that the Veskarium and Pact World policy is to just avoid the crap out of anywhere they think the Azlanti are

>>54757652
I don't know, maybe I'm just thinking a little out there, but what if... The Azlanti Star Empire are the good guys?

File: pathfinder rougarou race.png (1MB, 805x909px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 805x909px

>>54757600
Just take this, then assign an HP value to it that's appropriate. Its about as powerful as your average SF race

File: legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-kaiser-reinhard-von-lohengramm.png (551KB, 1200x998px) Image search: [Google]

551KB, 1200x998px

>>54757375
>They're pretty much The Galactic Empire from Star Wars.
So they're the good guys? SEIG REINHARD!!

File: Mouse.png (737KB, 750x750px) Image search: [Google]

737KB, 750x750px

>>54757652

My character for a one-session, "Go here, kill monsters, pick up MacGuffin" trial of Starfinder is an ysoki from the Azlanti Star Empire.

>The mouse hails from the Azlanti Star Empire's throne world of New Thespera. She was born in the shiny laboratories of a well-funded arcology, which conducted genetic research on uplifting lesser species to have more human-like appearances and lifespans. Souris and her "family" are proud to be exemplary specimens of such a project, and they all hope to come halfway close to human arete some day.

>This young rodent grew up in a section of the arcology with too much money and too strong a love for recreational gunslinging. There, she won a scholarship to a prestigious, not-quite-military-but-still-rather-militant university sponsored by the glorious state. Souris has been happily studying the sciences of xenobiology and stealthily shooting people. She is working diligently to complete her thesis, which involves finding monsters, putting a laser bolt in them, taking notes, and possibly dissecting their corpses. The mouse is carrying out the current section of her thesis in a distant backwater town, because New Thespera and its adjacent worlds are a smidge too clean of aliens, and the planets adjacent to those have monstrosities far above her pay grade.

Is this a plausible backstory?

File: Mongorc (Lefvaid).jpg (174KB, 1024x1587px) Image search: [Google]

174KB, 1024x1587px

>>54757637
>Old Empires (AD&D) - People and Society of Chessenta

>A number of orcs have left the tribe to become traders in Airspur, where half-orcs are fast becoming the dominant members of its society. Because of this, a large dwarven mercenary company has offered its services to Cimbar, which is currently at war with Airspur. For the most part, however, the orcs of Airspur have adopted human values and compete with human traders for business, not racial reasons. The archmage Heptios says that orcs who adopt human values may be the greatest threat the Realms have ever known.

His Intelligence is 15, and he's helping seize the Imaskari ruins to get anti-divine artifacts to defeat the church of Talos because they just won't stop sacrificing virgins.

If he lives long enough, he might sound like an ancient Athenian. How do I make that sound cool? The one-liners from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is too campy.

>>54757545
yeah pikes are great. the limitation applies to everything, so it's not really a downside, just a cap on awesome.

File: 1472543438762.jpg (280KB, 1016x1080px) Image search: [Google]

280KB, 1016x1080px

>>54756628

>>54757796
It works, though I'm not sure how keen the Azlanti are on making non-humans-that-look-human in their Empire?

>>54757869
Do you WANT to have horrifying mangy Liefeld rats running around?

Any news on the pdf for the first adventure path for starfinder? If not how are we suppose to play with no bestiary?

>>54757796
>Is this a plausible backstory?

If it's for a 1 session dungeon crawl, the fuck does it matter?

What's the highest EAC/KAC value you can have in Starfinder right now? It looks like the only armor upgrade is a Phase Shield for a +1 EAC, and Vesk Monolith III has +26/+27. So is 42 EAC/KAC the highest?

>>54757882
Y-Yes?

>>54757869
The entry for them says that they supposedly have many different races in their empire, its just that none of them are as important or are considered as good as Humans. Basically 2nd class citizens that are servitor to Humanity. It would make sense tha they could engineer and create inhuman servitors to their taste if they so wish, just as the Aboleths did to them

How much of an audience is there for games that're extremely anime but not remotely lewd and minimally comfy?

File: logo.png (29KB, 256x256px) Image search: [Google]

29KB, 256x256px

>>54757921
>It would make sense tha they could engineer and create inhuman servitors to their taste if they so wish, just as the Aboleths did to them

File: +10 beard points.png (261KB, 876x567px) Image search: [Google]

261KB, 876x567px

>>54757923
That would be me!

>>54757923

Define "extremely anime", because that could mean any number of things to any number of people.

Although if the heterochromia ratio in the party is equal to or greater than 1 your game is automatically 2anime2drive.

Starfinder Society Scenario not out there yet, is it?

>>54757883
use the First Contact bestiary

File: 1498071359069.jpg (104KB, 846x900px) Image search: [Google]

104KB, 846x900px

>>54757796
>>54757869
>>54757921
>>54757953
Are "anime kemonomimi from Azlanti Star Empire" going to be a meme?

What's next, vesk dragon girls?

>>54757349
>>54757117
>>54756971
Hellknight diabolists need to be killed.

>>54757998
They are, but you had to sign 3 different NDAs.

File: 1496795036684.png (3MB, 1280x1809px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 1280x1809px

>>54758086
>Are "anime kemonomimi from Azlanti Star Empire" going to be a meme?

You bet your ass their will, they're bred to submit for humans, too!

>>54758086
Aren't the Dragon girls on Triaxus?

File: Lady Freya of Imperial House Romanii.jpg (294KB, 622x830px) Image search: [Google]

294KB, 622x830px

>>54757869
>>54758133

I image they are attempting to uplift animals as a test to see if they can "uplift" alien species they conquer.
"Aliens" with rubber foreheads wouldn't a meme, they are actually Alien Human Hybrids created by the Empire. Assimilation into the empire would occur on a technological, cultural, and biological level.

Pic related as an "uplifted Ratfolk"
Notice the lack of fur, the fair skin and the less pronounced snout.

File: 486.jpg (10KB, 480x236px) Image search: [Google]

10KB, 480x236px

>>54758227

File: xcxartworkby kojo.jpg (274KB, 504x710px) Image search: [Google]

274KB, 504x710px

Has anyone ever seen a table for random, futuristic character backgrounds?

>tfw excited to steal Starfinder fluff for another system

Just using Nyarlathotep straight-up is pretty lame, though. I know he's public domain, but still...

File: Even King Crimson is afraid.png (196KB, 600x524px) Image search: [Google]

196KB, 600x524px

>>54757921
>>54757953
>>54758086
>>54758133
>>54758227
Sweet Dammerich what have I done? I didn't want this, I never asked for this. HadI known this would've happened I would've never made my comment.

My Moot have mercy upon my soul

>>54758370
If you were wondering, that pic you posted is of Xenoblade Chronicles X, which actually has some prety cool ayys and worldbuilding, though the writing is rather subpar. That pic specifically apearsto take place in the Oblivia region of the planet Mira, and the giant floating worm is like a level 90 boss that flies around the area. The giant robot is the final boss's first form, before he becomes a wierd chimera shoggoth thing

i wanna play an android who gets consensually hacked by her beefy but kind-hearted vesk girlfriend

File: 1401266538310.jpg (57KB, 560x799px) Image search: [Google]

57KB, 560x799px

>>54758227
>>54758248
>>54758411
I'm not done yet motherfucker.
>An Imperial Human/Kasatha hybrid Hospitaller. Unlike most hybrids of her kind, this specimen actually has irises and pupils.

>>54758398

Sure, you could think of him as being public domain, or you could think of him as being such an ABSOLUTE CUNT that his keikaku spans multiverses.

He's The Walking Dude in this universe, the Bloody Tongue in that universe, the Crawling Chaos, Sertrous, so on and so forth.

File: all those moments will be lost in time.gif (2MB, 350x190px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 350x190px

>>54758441
kill me

>>54758414
That sounds like the Wandering Couple sidequest from NieR: Automata.

I want to upload a Slut Virus to an unsuspecting android, and forever transform her into a wanton hussy!

Envoy seems to work almost well in the early game (levels 2-5), but falls off hard after level 8-9, with level 12 being the last spike of any power before it just drops off.

File: 51c958b85850ff76ef3616ab986cd88f.png (66KB, 246x181px) Image search: [Google]

66KB, 246x181px

>Level 2 paladin: Divine Grace
>bonus to all three saves equal to her charisma modifier
>mfw I have a +5 charisma modifier
I have like +10 on this shit. Is this op? It wasn't even on purpose, I was just trying to make someone who can talk real gud.

>>54758667
Nah, that's pretty standard for most Paladins. It's basically written into their character that they're constantly trying to be the Main Character of any adventure they're in, and as such are built to be one of the best 1pp martial classes out there in terms of overall survivability. Just be sure to take the spell that gives you a free LoH to keep you from dying or going unconscious on the off chance that someone manages to get you below 0 and you'll be golden.

>>54758667
As far as I'm aware, there's only one more powerful strategy for being a save-tank, and that's being an iron soul dwarf with the superstition rage power.

File: IT_WAS_ME_JOJO_I_KILLED_YOUR_FATHER.png (2MB, 801x1000px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 801x1000px

>>54756628
At about what level does could a vampire sorcerer pose a very real threat to all life on a given planet? I nead to know about how tough to make my main antagonist.

>>54756628
>Have you already picked the character art for your first starfinder character?
Character art is trash for children with no mind's eye.

>>54756832
Aren't you worried about people letting you use a homebrew adaptation of a Gonzo 2 class?

>>54758667
Which character creation tool is that a picture of?

It's not OP. This is why 2 level Paladin dips are good.

>>54758895

nope!

>>54758836
At what ever level is needed for him to be able to cast create undead greater and control undead so he can make a wraith kill one village of humanoids with it and then keep going even if the PC's kill the vampire or the original wraith all the other created wraiths are now free willed and can make there own spawn

File: LoK - kain my favorite.png (48KB, 356x1768px) Image search: [Google]

48KB, 356x1768px

>>54758836
It depends on the power level of your setting.

Orbakh from the Forgotten Realms is a 25th level Wizard vampire, but he wasn't the biggest threat in Faerun.

King Kaius ir'Wynarn III from Eberron is a 13th level Fighter vampire in a low power setting, but he still can't take over the continent.

Make him powerful enough to cast Wish, and give him an army.

File: b25f3baf3454d02970da0b3ce3f062a7.jpg (1MB, 1920x1040px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1920x1040px

>>54758939
It's called HeroLab. It's a bit pricey, but it lets you load up whatever books you download and it does everything for you and has a super convenient GUI and checks your character's legality for you and does all the math for you and stuff. And when you're playing you have tabs that you can just hop between to track everything and add/remove items and hp and statuses and uses of kits and stuff.

>>54759000
Ah good old Hero Lab the unpirateable nonsense that it is

>>54759000
>http://www.wolflair.com/hero-lab-pricing/pathfinder-rpg-packages/
>No gestalt
>No DreamScarred Press

I am not sold on this product

File: 1312081974413.jpg (163KB, 1545x1026px) Image search: [Google]

163KB, 1545x1026px

>>54758499
I'm actually having fun. I'm actually writing up a Cultural history and such about an empire that intentionally creates human\alien hybrids in order to spread their influence.

>>54759064
You can easily spend like 50 bucks on it and books for it to download, which is a lot considering there are free or cheap alternatives, it's just a convenience thing I guess.

I used a pencil and the rulebook for most of my time and that's always the best.

What sort of 1 handed equipment would be useful in a starfinder game? I'm not really talking about stuff that currently exists, more general ideas for sci-fi stuff. As right now, Starfinder lacks shields (And sword + gun is pretty terrible) so 1 handed melee/1 handed ranged sorta lacks a reason to exist in the face of 2 handed weapons.

I'm thinking of doing some homebrew to give people a few options for that off hand. Stuff like grappling hook guns (Letting you have some three dimensional movement). Anyone have any ideas that would be fun to see given mechanics?

>>54759117
Base it of Cat Planet Cuties.

So, how feasible would it be to convert Pathfinder classes and races to Starfinder?

>>54758667
Nope. Paladins are great survivors.

I'm currently playing a dex-based Paladin so enemies struggle to find ways to affect me at all. Life is good.

>>54759390
*Classes and monsters, I mean

File: Nova.jpg (143KB, 1024x1449px) Image search: [Google]

143KB, 1024x1449px

>>54756628
It occurs to me that one of the easiest sources of art for Starfinder would be to look for "human" warframes.

>>54758667

Paladins are extremely difficult to disable or kill, thanks to their immunities, save bonuses, and healing ability. You're pretty much Working As Intended.

File: Various hybrids and humans at a sanctioned pleasure house.jpg (389KB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

389KB, 1920x1080px

Imperial culture and religion centers around humanities divinity and/or divine origins. To spread humanity is to spread the divine is often used to explain the endgame of the Empire.
Alien traits that which can be successfully passed down through hybrids and humans are not considered Alien. Rather such traits are considered to now be part of humanity as a whole and therefor divine.

>>54759201
I haven't read that. I've only played the porn game.

>>54759455
>Has anyone noticed that there is absolutely, positively no multiclassing in Starfinder? I respect Paizo for doing this; 3.X-style multiclassing is absolutely cancerous and leads to dipping, one way or another. Removing multiclassing lets classes be designed with greater freedom and integrity...
Wrong.
Multiclassing rules are on page 26-27.

File: dune-poster-new.jpg (333KB, 792x446px) Image search: [Google]

333KB, 792x446px

>>54759475
Even worm riding traits?

Also, there's an anime.

File: 3b73a940a18a0a76ac711f2cee2faea3.jpg (4MB, 4113x3097px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 4113x3097px

Has anyone noticed that given the way multiclassing works, especially with regards to Resolve Points, all solarians want to dip a level in soldier first, for heavy armor proficiency and Strength-based Resolve Points. Dipping is alive and well in Starfinder, alas.

Likewise, has anyone else observed that critical hits now automatically confirm, and that there is no longer a stipulation against multiplying extra dice? This makes up for more limited options for tinkering with critical threat ranges and critical multipliers, which is good; swinginess is to be avoided.

I just worry that critical effects will be too niche; they apply relatively rarely, and there is a good chance that they will be wasted due to the enemy being dead by then. If anything, I would have preferred for them to trigger on missing an enemy by exactly 1 as a "glancing hit" mechanic, so as to give a consolation prize for barely missing and to reduce swinginess.

File: 4a66b09480bce620c779cae220cabf4a.png (356KB, 557x575px) Image search: [Google]

356KB, 557x575px

>>54759509
I don't have anything to add but here's a slutty Lady Jessica

>>54759390
You should ban Races and Classes from Pathfinder and just try to bring over gear and such.

You CAN try to bring over Classes, but you're better off filtering them through here first

Can anybody recommend me a decent psyarm guide?

>>54759583
Pump wis.

File: bcc35a8c66b9c52683494ff10cb73bcd.jpg (1MB, 875x1225px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 875x1225px

In Starfinder, what is the point of the Stand Still feat and combat maneuvers in general? KAC + 8 is a terribly steep number to beat, no? Why even bother with the attempt to, say, trip someone?

On another note, it has been pointed out that the solarian's Blazing Orbit is ambiguous as to whether the 2d6 fire damage applies per square. Does it? If so, is this Starfinder's equivalent of 4e's Flame Spiral?

>>54758946
Do you know some open-minded GMs or do you just cast a wide net with your apps?

File: 47dcc4cc053d5f16fa8319582b2bbc4b.jpg (84KB, 618x900px) Image search: [Google]

84KB, 618x900px

>>54759649

The solarian's Blazing Orbit could very well be a means through which to salvage the class... depending on the interpretation of the ability.

As well, what is the point of the Step Up feat? You use your reaction to step towards someone making a guarded step away from you... and then what? They can now cast a spell or make a ranged attack without provoking from you.

>>54758836
Is your character based on DIO? I personally consider character levels past 20 or mythic rules to be a little bit bullshit so I would rather have the character be a level 20 sorcerer but then create a bunch of cool special abilities that represent his vampiric might until it's CR 25. Plus that way he'll feel like a really powerful vampire instead of just a really powerful guy who just irrelevantly happens to be a vampire.

>>54756628
I don't have any art yet, but I have an idea in my head. Human Soldier, probably either with short hair or bald, either middle aged or in his thirties. May or may not have a Magnum P.I. mustache. Most likely clad in power armor, and when not in his armor, probably smoking. Name is Jim "Happy" Holiday.

File: bug_demolisher_by_sttheo-d7n0g8i.jpg (104KB, 900x841px) Image search: [Google]

104KB, 900x841px

>>54759735
A tad more bearded than you seem to be looking for, but maybe this'll work for you.

Has anyone posted the Character Folio somewhere?

I have a few days of nothing to do, so I could clean a copy (like Leakanon) if provided an original pdf.

>>54758836
The lowest is 12th, because now you can start spamming Summon Black Pudding, fucking over important people with Geas, Unconscious Agenda or Claim Identity, and causing riots with Mass Suggestion, Utter Contempt, or Vengeful Outrage, or fuck over whole communities and infrastructure with stuff like Control Water, Oasis, Move Earth, Tar Pool and the like. Or you.could just start slowly making undead and leaving them either all over the place or in important positions to cause strife

Now, you aren't just yet an immediate threat to all life on earth, but if you are clever you can be a very real and dangerous threat, especially if you use subtlety and precision in your mayhem

File: 53948874a0ae2806a7eae4f6f10a7ced.jpg (131KB, 321x424px) Image search: [Google]

131KB, 321x424px

Is the DC of a grenade based on Strength or Dexterity? The equipment section contradicts itself on this count in pages 181 and 183, seeing how grenades and thrown weapons use Strength for the attack roll.

File: 2c441cea443a1f0ac29f632ed5cd80d8.png (318KB, 730x450px) Image search: [Google]

318KB, 730x450px

>>54759849

For that matter, the Starfinder core rulebook heavily contradicts itself on matters related to Strength and Dexterity for attack rolls.

Do thrown weapons and grenades use Strength or Dexterity for the attack roll?
Do thrown weapons and grenades use Strength or Dexterity for their DCs?
Do operative melee weapons allow you to use Dexterity instead of Strength for the damage roll?

>>54759735
Is he happy or is it an ironic moniker?

>>54759892
Obviously Str DCs are for when you chuck a grenade at someone so hard you actually hit them in the face with the grenade, so they have to recover from the pain in time before it explodes, meanwhile Dex DCs are for when you slide a grenade under their feet like Sleep sliding into some anon's DMs.

>>54759913
It's an ironic moniker, but he is happy when he's pretty happy with that cute lashunta girl across the bar that he just can't work up the courage to talk to.

File: fantasy_rifleman_by_brotherostavia-d52pfzt.jpg (479KB, 636x900px) Image search: [Google]

479KB, 636x900px

So, I've been thinking of a way to run Hell's Vengeance, but make it less shit and contrived. Anyone have any ideas? Personally I was just thinking of making the Glorious Reclamation a violent extremist cult that's secretly not being powered by Iomedae, but instead by someone else like Sivannah, Szuriel, or Gorum, or someone else and then just change stuff from their, while also giving the option for the PCs to side with more secretive elements to actually set into motion the actual political fall and replacement of House Thrune. Your thoughts?

File: Hell's Rebels - Gray Spiders.png (151KB, 1867x685px) Image search: [Google]

151KB, 1867x685px

>>54760015

>>54760028
I'm talking about Hell's Vengeance, not Hell's Rebels. Though that one is on the chopping block too

>>54760028
This is a Tuvarkzpost, isn't it.

File: Chelaxian Devil Binder.jpg (104KB, 884x1000px) Image search: [Google]

104KB, 884x1000px

>>54760079
Probably

>>54760048
I don't remember /pfg/ complaining that much when Vengeance came out, so there might have not been that much to change.

What would the population figure of Absalom Station be? 1/100 of the mass of Earth, but it would probably be more densely packed than the most densely packed cities on our Earth, in 3 dimensions.

I missed the link and now starfinder mega is gone. Anyone have a reup?

>>54760387
https://mega.nz/#!UGgxHQgA!ejdZKrZe56bkFriGJnFhastUC5u7f5E7Z_CCH1AnTmo

>>54760411
Thanks Anon, For a second I was almost desperate enough to brave your discord.

>>54756802
First ever player kill as a GM. Felt bad man. I helped the Players fudge the character back to life. Still, I didn't want to seem too sort. So I had the PCs soul enter the wrong body. Now she's a frog monster. Good times.

>>54760420
The /pgg/ discord is pretty nice, though.
On the other hand, 2hucord is pointless as it's mostly duplicate discussion.

>>54760423
Either way I'd rather not deal with the indignity of being kicked the second I set foot because I was a "nobody".

>>54760448
Kicks are extremely rare, anon.
Nobody cares if you're a "nobody".
Only insufferable obnoxiousness gets people kicked.
It's a nice place overall.

>>54759694
It lets you keep in range to attack a target that is larger/has longer reach than you.
It also lets you continue to position yourself as soft cover.
Since you can't Swift Action 5-foot step to avoid AoO and keep a full attack, it gives you a bit of flexibility.
I would think that you would be well advised to continue down the feat chain though.

>>54760471
>Since you can't Swift Action 5-foot step to avoid AoO and keep a full attack, it gives you a bit of flexibility.
Yeah but an AoO is your reaction Step Up kinda sucks.

>>54759649
Combat maneuvers have always been about providing useful debuffs/control abilities in melee. Tripping a target gives a huge melee advantage to the one still standing, for example.

In Starfinder where damage scales quite highly based on equipment, Disarm and Sunder maneuvers can be a quick end to the fight. Especially now that pillaged loot sells for a much lower return, you don't have to worry quite so much about breaking stuff. Indulge in your Jedi urges, and make sure to get your combat maneuver feat to Sunder!

I think that while you may find KAC+8 is "high," considering most of the combat maneuvers are melee, and quite a bit of ranged combat will be having to shoot at the AC +cover or +prone bonuses, it won't be really that different than normal, I expect. There is always a feat to add +4 to your favorite combat maneuver, too.

File: penishair.jpg (151KB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

151KB, 1920x1080px

>>54757081
RPG party dressed like characters from The Fifth Element is why

>>54756692
What an ugly charadesign.
Too bad, the author seems skilled colorwise.

>>54760521
>I think that while you may find KAC+8 is "high,"

Dude, a -8 attack penalty is ridiculous. That's something you'll have to do EVERY time.

It's not like shooting a prone + cover target, which is rare.

>>54760130
There's so many retarded things about that picture.
Why is she inside the binding circle? Doesn't that defeat the point of having one?
Why are her heels angled in such an inane way? It's impossible to even stand in those, let alone walk.

Is the fennec fox guy the same person as foxtits?

>>54760496
Well, if they guarded step away from you, you weren't going to provoke for that AoO anyway, so at least now you start your turn next to them. Again, the usefulness is there when trying to keep the pressure on a larger target and forcing yourself as Soft Cover for your allies, so even if a baddie is stepping back to try and shoot your teammate or blast them, you still are giving what, +4 AC to your friendlies? And not-so-subtly saying "Ignore me at your own peril."

There is one other distinct advantage that was always nice in Pathfinder, but not sure how it will work here exactly, and that is that Turn Order can make is that by utilizing Step Up, you end up next to the enemy trying to break away from you, which incidentally means that you also continue to provide a flank for your buddy who's turn is up next, but before you would have normally been able to close the gap on your own turn. Worked really well in Pathfinder thanks to cooperation for sneak attack. In a party with only one melee type in Starfinder (which may be much more common), I'm not sure.

Anyway, the feat isn't "tax" level, and it leads to better benefits going forward.

I still don't get with all the consistent talk about Starfinder, why it doesn't have its own thread.

>>54757613
Well... you can bring pathfinder bows in easily at least... just need a reason arrows can pierce sci-fi armor

>>54757079
Why is everyone changing? I feel like you're alluding to other information you've posted before that I haven't seen.

File: 1303624301581.png (103KB, 300x280px) Image search: [Google]

103KB, 300x280px

>>54760589
Adamantine arrows?
>Some savage wearing animal hides and weilding a simple machine composed of wood and string and a quiver full of adamantine tipped arrows outperforms a guy with a space ray gun.

File: Elven Archer (Dimelife).jpg (217KB, 782x1056px) Image search: [Google]

217KB, 782x1056px

>>54760547
She could be binding it to her flesh.

In the Haunted Lands trilogy, the Zulkir of Conjuration had demons bound to his tattoos for emergency use.

I can't explain the heels.

>>54760615
Well a fucko with a longbow can somehow fire it faster than a dude with a revolver.

>>54760575
Nah, Fennecanon only ever replies with pictures of real life foxes.

>>54760543
Eh, when I think of Sci-Fi combat, or any combat with ranged weapons, there's going to be some sort of cover. Hell, there's a feat that lets your mechanic basically sandbag for you, and no reason not to hit the dirt if you're getting into a shooting fight at range. You could even Shoot on the Run, from cover to cover.

Granted if you're fighting space zombies or are planetside fighting jungle monsters and the like, your mileage may vary.

Back to the point though, tripping weapon+feat gets you +6 on your trip, so you really aren't that far off if you build a little for it (one feat), and if you are built towards hitting things with Energy and then run into something that has high EAC and low KAC, you can use it to your advantage. That's obviously speculation, since that depends on alien stats.

Heh, now I'm imagining sundering through forcefields and the like.

File: bardiche.jpg (239KB, 1382x778px) Image search: [Google]

239KB, 1382x778px

How much I cripple a bardiche if I make a version without "reach"?

>>54760588
Yea this is pretty much bullshit and I hate it. The threads I'm into always have a bunch of other random shit tacked on that I don't care for, whether it's Problem Sleuth discussion in /hst/ or inflation in a fat thread.

It's like there's a janitor cabal trying to make sure there's room for 47 justice league CYOA threads and a separate thread for every conceivable variation of futa at the expense of literally all other topics.

Why is that Halberds don't have reach?

>>54760654
>spending feats to make combat maneuvers kinda-sorta viable

Shit, you know that prone is weaker now because standing doesn't provoke, right?
Why bother?

>>54759166
Phaser (non-lethal)

It'd probably just shoot ranged debuffs. Wait balancing that sounds like a bitch

File: Concept-Rogue.png (318KB, 350x600px) Image search: [Google]

318KB, 350x600px

>>54760610
I started running a game a month ago. Other than last weekend, we play every two weeks.

Session 1: Two players. One made an elven Hidden Blade/Wizard gestalt. The other made a half-elf Ranger/Druid of Lurue.
Session 2: One new player. He makes a halfling Bard/Rogue. The elf changes to a Kensai Magus/Evoker. He wanted to play a Psion/Illusionist before I told him he couldn't take the Cerebremancer prestige class.

None of them has ever played a gestalt game before, but the elf player knew what it was. Since they're figuring out the rules, I'm giving them a few sessions to get adjusted before they become final.

The halfling wanted to work towards the Arcane Trickster before I told him that some prestige classes weren't going to be allowed, so he wants to change. The half-elf played two sessions before deciding to change. They haven't sent me any new emails telling me what they're going to change to. I'm also using the first few sessions to put them in situations to see what works, like dungeon exploration, downtime rules, and fighting when outnumbered.

>>54760688
The same reasons why quarterstaffs don't. Because Paizo in their infinite wisdom said so.

>>54760702
You mean they were too lazy to change it from 3.5?

>>54760688
>>54760702
>>54760709
Same reason Falchions are twohanded.

File: Knight12.jpg (41KB, 440x768px) Image search: [Google]

41KB, 440x768px

>>54757081
I am not.
I am going to play my knight in shining armor in space in his full shining metallic glory while faggots prance about in plastics.

>>54760543
>It's not like shooting a prone + cover target, which is rare.
It's going to be a lot more common in Starfinder. Did you notice it's a free action to drop prone now?

File: 1470037548008.gif (651KB, 500x422px) Image search: [Google]

651KB, 500x422px

>>54760729
>Did you notice it's a free action to drop prone now?

>>54760588
I don't get all the talk about Pathfinder in every /pgg/ thread either. Always crushing the Kill Doctor Lucky discussions

...As far as I can tell, in Starfinder, all thrown weapons can be retrieved, and there is no exception stated for grenades.
Grenades are apparently retrievable after use.

I know Pathfinder is complicated but sometimes I wonder how many of you know the rules at all

File: pick me up.jpg (28KB, 721x496px) Image search: [Google]

28KB, 721x496px

>>54760750

>>54760729
It's always been Free to drop prone.

Are you the guy from before who thought a round in pathfinder was 12 seconds?

>>54760752
Well considering how many of them go crosseyed when grappling's brought up, despite it not being that complicated...

File: ss+(2017-08-08+at+11.05.30).jpg (19KB, 298x110px) Image search: [Google]

19KB, 298x110px

>>54760750
>>54760764
There's an exception saying grenades don't get STR to damage, but nothing says they can't be retrieved, while the Thrown weapon entry says all Thrown weapons are retrievable.

>>54760750
>Grenades are apparently retrievable after use.
I feel like Paizo devs would call that out explicitly in the rules if it's RAI. Sounds like it's not RAI.

>>54760766
The person thought it was 10 actually not 12.

>>54760772
I seem to recall them thinking it was 5 rounds to a minute, which would be 12, but I suppose the exact details don't really matter.

>>54760772
>Sounds like it's not RAI.
RAI is a meme. As is, grenades are reusable RAW. I just looked through all the relevant rules, that's the only RAW reading.

>>54760797
You're confused because it was 6 to a minute.

>>54760729
What? Tactical rules say it's a swift to drop prone.

>>54760808
>RAI is a meme
What did he mean by this?

Sounds like someone's salty about grenades not being reusable RAI.

>>54760690
Well, standing up is a Move Action, so off the top of my head, the target won't be full attacking next round, and if he stays in the dirt then he's going to be paste pretty darn quick.

I'd have to brainstorm a bit to think of what all his options are. Crawling away? Seems poor, not sure if it provokes, but I assume so. Have to check. Standing up + guarded step? Good case for Step Up. But there, whole turn wasted just to get five feet away.
Standing up + attack? OK, I'm fine with that. I'm tanking in melee.
Staying prone? I get to full attack without worrying about penalty to hit.
Surrender? Seems good, can give the "it's useless to resist" spiel.
Too tired to think of others, but you probably can find a few. I'm certainly not saying trip or combat maneuvers are without flaws, but hopefully they will have their niche.

File: tumblr_oha9809kmu1t9qjabo1_500.gif (52KB, 498x498px) Image search: [Google]

52KB, 498x498px

>>54760812
My desire to be the victor in this discussion is not as strong as my apathy regarding going to check.

Does spell penalty for wearing army applies to divine spells?

>>54760547
heels obviously fold up when caster takes flight, like airplane wheels. Pic is taken in the moment of her taking off.

File: [laughs in 50% hunting success rate].jpg (142KB, 800x800px) Image search: [Google]

142KB, 800x800px

>>54760841
That's good because the greater your desire to be the victor, the less you should check.

File: thinking transparent.png (29KB, 707x795px) Image search: [Google]

29KB, 707x795px

>>54760864
>ARCANE spell failure

>>54760808
It's not RAW, because grenades do not actually have the thrown weapon quality, only explode.

So, on Page 183, grenades has a small section saying you use your Dex as part of the DC for them. . .
It also doesn't say they are not reusable there.
The Explode quality on page 181 ALSO doesn't say they aren't reusable. . .

Ho boy, good ol' Paizo.

>>54760864
Is it just me or has everyone been slightly more stupid as of late?

>>54760903
According to the Thrown weapon property, all weapons that must or can be thrown are Thrown.
Moreover, the Ammunition & Grenades entry on page 170 explicitly says "Grenades are a special type of thrown weapon".

You people ought to play something like Warmachine if you want watertight rules

File: 1477835930000.jpg (44KB, 711x885px) Image search: [Google]

44KB, 711x885px

What's the verdict on RAW for grenades reusing?

>Read SF CRB
>Nethys, Asmodeus and Gorum is nowhere to be seen
>Jatembe is not even mentioned
>Iomedae is now called the spirit of fucking golarion

What the fuck? Why is Iomedae held in such high regard?

>>54760656

Just make reach work like in 5e. It makes way more sense and makes everyone happy.

>>54761082
They are reusable.

File: idunno_by_breathe_a_little-d53iz49.png (2MB, 880x1008px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 880x1008px

Soldiers can make grenades FOR FREE.

Is starfinder basically Not!Pathfinder in Space or are there any redeeming qualities.

>>54761082
Who gives a shit? Hardly anyone uses RAW over RAI.

Any leaks of Ruins of Azlant book 1?

>>54761179
After reading the CRB I kind of ask myself the same thing.

If I wanted sci fi and vehicular combat then why not just export the PF lore and use 40krpg rules which are pretty damn good... At least when compared to SF.

>>54761179
>or are there any redeeming qualities
You can't redeem what's already in good regard.

>>54761266
I want to play this because I love Azlant/Thassilon fluff but I am kind of scared that it ends like indiana jones with the party watching AyyLMAOs fly off as it cliffhangers into starfinder.

>>54761152
I would like to know more!

>>54761275
Pathfinder is a bit of a mess though. It's bloated and suffers too much from the 3.5 legacy. Martials suck, and Paizo don't care.

Friendly reminder that, since you didn't get into Ensoulment of the Flower Court, Protagonist is using your characters as NPCs.

>>54761309
It's not bloated. A system can't decently approximate a universe of possibility with simple rules. Every rule has a reason and most of them are at least logical if not also intuitive.

I agree with your final point.

>>54761325
Oh, I'm a GURPSfag, I know all about simple rules not being adequate. The difference is GURPS is explicitly modular, whereas Pathfinder is and isn't.

All the splatbooks don't help either, and the CRB has horrible internal balance.

I'm not hating on PF, I can see its merits, I'm just disappointed they weren't brave enough to sacrifice some of the horrible stuff from 3.5 while they were at it. There are some great ideas right next to horrible ones and the internal playtests were clearly not adequate.

>>54761354
The problem inherent in your assumption that they should have been brave enough to shuck 3.5's problems is the audience it was aimed at. Pathfinder was explicitly "Don't worry, 3.5 is still alive and kicking!" and Paizo capitalized on a disenfranchised fanbase. It had to be as close as possible while making token attempts to fix outstanding problems, or it would have been false advertising, though admittedly they could have managed to push it a bit further.

That's part of the reason I like Starfinder; they actually have a chance to step away from the bullshit WotC put into 3.5, while still making it a system we're familiar with. And outside of some rules holes, typos, and general editing errors, it looks like I got what I wanted.

>>54761354
What do you mean by explicitly modular? I'm half-asleep.

>>54761417

So GURPS has a whole bunch of rules for anything ranging from flying a spaceship, to hunting and gathering in the stone age. The point of GURPS is that you choose what your setting does/doesn't have and deal with the rules that will affect your game. It's explicitly designed this way, and the core mechanics are very small and quite tight.

Pathfinder/DnD on the other hand it's quite difficult to pull things out of without really breaking the system. Optional rules are great, rules that are really intertwined with each other aren't. There's a whole lot of things you need to know/deal with in DnD that are only there because other things rely on them. 5E ALMOST got this right, but then WoTC fucked it up.

>>54761152
>making more grenades instead of just picking up your old ones

That's basically littering

>>54761698
You can actually put the Returning Fusion on grenades, so you don't even have to pick them up.

I'm doing some Starfinder homebrew for Orbital Support (Getting your ship to help you, at the cost of Resolve points) as I'm not a huge fan of the current lack of rules for your ship doing much outside of space combat.

The idea is that your ship (And it's weapons/upgrades) affect the sort of bonuses you can invoke (With them scaling with Ship Tier). Currently I'm at the brainstorming stage, attempting to come up with a good number of possible abilities to make the support a ship can provide feel a bit unique. Of course, much of the support won't be usable underground but far from all encounters will happen there.

Any help with brainstorming ship part/orbital support ideas would be fantastic. So far what I've got:

EMP Burst(Weapon with EMP Property): Fort save or lose access to non-analog weapons for a turn.
Make it Glow (Weapon with Irradiate property): Fort save or Nauseate.
Scorched Earth (Weapon with Line property): Long line effect damage.
Orbital Suppression (Weapon with Point or Array): Multi-turn low damage.
Intensify Gravity (Weapon with Tractor Beam): AOE Slow.
Bombing Run(Hanger or Shuttle Bay): Damage blast.
Medical Evac(Shuttle Bay): Retrieve and stabilise a friendly downed character.
Show of Force(Battleships and Dreadnaughts): Fear Effect.
Sensor Sweep(Advanced Sensors): Grant Blindsight in an area

So ever since 2hu shat all over himself with Starfinder's launch and got proven wrong EVERY TIME can we say that 2hu got BTFO once and for all?

>>54761816
on the contrary, dear sir. I believe are about to see 2hu's finest hour.

>>54761704
If they are reusable then you can be pretty sure the opposition will be returning them to you.

>>54761868
They can't pick up your grenades if you put the Returning Fusion on them.

>>54761868
>Combat becomes baseball as both sides cath and throw back grenades at each other

Possible glitch with Personal Upgrades on page 212, nothing seems to restrict you from having all three apply to the same ability. So... official maximum score is 34 for now? Top-end light armor has +8 max Dex, though, no clue where the last two stat points are coming from.

Given the above , I think it may actually be intended.

>>54761903
So, wait, if you wanted to be PURE MUSCLES, you could apply three different +6s to your strength score? That means if you start with 18, you can get 4 from levels, 18 from stat boosters, and +1 if you pick the right theme, for a total of 41. That's stronger than most dragons.

>>54761952
Themes can't push you over the initial 18, m8.
And the stat boosters total +12 at most.
So the maximum is 34.

>>54761967
Ah, I missed that you couldn't have three Mk 3 stat boosters. My bad.

>>54761952
Well, this is a fantasy game ruleset, anon.
The dragon, goblins and the existence of unrealistic small laser guns should have clue you in.
Muscular gods of war fit right in.

>>54761833
But why?

>>54761903
>>54761952
Aren't they subject to non-stacking because of the same source?

Everyone hate Themes and how they more or less force you to write your character fluff around them?

>>54762037
Pick themeless then

>>54762015
It's theoretically three different items (Mk 1, 2, and 3... or even going for the tech, Magic, and hybrid versions), untyped bonuses. I think they stack.

Again, though, wondering where those last couple of points come from.

File: 981ab577554380843ed9e4a9ab9d1274.jpg (3MB, 2000x4000px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 2000x4000px

>>54761903
>>54761952
>>54761967
>>54762015

The bonuses and penalties rules in pages 266-267 would, in fact, seem to allow multiple personal upgrades to the same ability score to stack.

This seems highly abusable.

>>54762037

I like themes a lot, thought I think they could have been done a bit better.

>>54762051
Themeless isn't even that bad, actually. Add any skill to class, +1 any score, couple of skill benefits, and a bonus To max Resolve.

>>54762037
I feel the same, but everyone else seems to love them. The benefits are so minuscule, the +1 bonus doesn't even do anything but trigger OCD.

>>54762037
Looser themed games usually allow people the most freedom in walking in with their things. Tighter themed can be intriguing too, as a challenge to write while staying on theme, but care has to be taken to ensure that people have enough room to wiggle the creative leggies.

The stat upgrade items say you can't have two of the same ability score.

>>54761882
Is there a starfinder equivelent of snatch arrows? if there is I know what I want my first character to be.

>>54762111
Where does it say that? I might just be missing it, wouldn't be the first time, but I don't see it.

What games you boys got in the works?

>>54762276
Sadly none, but I really want to join a Starfinder campaign!

>>54761952
Starfinder only gives 4 stat boosts from levels?

File: Orc Border Guard (Nadiaenis).jpg (118KB, 800x989px) Image search: [Google]

118KB, 800x989px

>>54762276
A race to some Imaskari ruins. The PCs will have to get there and hold them before the orcs do.

The orcs have some martial disciples with them.

See >>54760701, >>54757804, and >>54757597.

>>54762287
Same here. I really want to play that gun girl turned porn star via slave collar thing

Amidst a plot of course

>>54757407

I called it a day. The player (who lives in Finland) was tired, and I was frustrated.

>>54761967
Succubi can probably give you a profane gift too

>>54762329
Yeah, at levels 5, 10, 15, and 20, but it gives them to four different stats, and if the stats you select are at 16 or below, it's a +2 to that stat instead of a +1

>>54762329
>>54762387
To clarify, I mean you select four stats each time. So at level 5 my 18 dex soldier could pick dexterity (now 19), charisma, intelligence, and constitution, and if any are at 16 or lower they get bumped up by +2 instead of +1.

This, by the way, also means that putting 16 in a stat instead of 17 is always more cost effective at character creation.

>>54762354
Do you have the art for this gun girl turned porn star? What does she look like!

File: 54a4648aaa3517e7235c32ee03a3a11c.png (2MB, 1000x1250px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1000x1250px

>>54761903
>>54761952
>>54761967
>>54762015
>>54762066

It seems that the book failed to take into account Owen K.C. Stephens' word here on stacking personal upgrades here: http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljwx?Cybernetics-and-Augmentations#14

>You can't stack them. You CAN upgrade or replace lower-effect systems with higher-effect systems.

>So if I have synaptic accelerators giving me +2 Dex, and I get a meditation crystal for +4 Dex, I can overwrite the +2 with a +4. Or if I am buying a new upgrade, I can do the same thing. Or I can leave my Dex and +2 and buy a new upgrade to get my Strength at +4.

>But the limit is three ability scores, one at +2, one at +4, and one at +6.

New thread

>>54762580
>>54762580
>>54762580
>>54762580
>>54762580