Recent content by Friend of the Dork

Yeah if you want someone you can take on adventure the Henchman from Leadership feat is the only good alternative. Hiring soldiers or guards generally give you professionals that will do standard work - guarding a home, a caravan etc, NOT go down into a scary dungeon. If you want someone that...

Why do you mind the alignment change? Werewolves are supposed to be chaotic evil, and legends abound on the afflicted turning on those they loved or were friends with - that's part of the horror. That doesn't mean it has to be suicidal, or that the alignment of the afflicted when not being...

Yes the Pathfinder books are notorious for omitting rules from 3.5 D&D as an oversight rather than as a rules change. The changes to Energy Drain was an actual rules change, but some spells etc. simply lack a line or two that clarifies it. In any case it makes this discussion rather obsolete.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/lycanthrope/werewolf Scroll down to the curse of lycanthrophy, Onset determines when it triggers. It seems to me the rules are not fundamentally changed, but they might have missed repeating the information in several places.

pathfinder, like D&D 3rd edition is intended for groups of 4 players+1 DM. Higher numbers are possible with some groups, but since this one is clearly not working well you should limit it to 4 players who want to play together, and have them agree on which role each is to play in game. If you're...

If you are affected, you will might turn every time you are injured (will DC 15) - how is this not a detriment to the player, considering the DM takes over? Also, lycantrophes have alignment, so even if your character doesen't change alignment right away the DM is free to roleplay a CE werewolf...

I reccomend boosting the encounter a bit by adding higher level NPCs. A officer type could be Fighter 3, and the actual warriors be from level 1-3 - some being more experienced. For example, 1 Fi3, 1 War 3, 3 war 2 and 3 war 1. Kinda tricky to calculate total CR, so just add together the XP of 1...

Noticed when i said normal sneak attack? And then specifed he doees MORE damage when the enemy is flat-footed? Well that's a feat. 5d6 average = about 17 damage, which any decent fighter can do at that level anyway, even this AC-focused one manages to meet that out. I even gave the rogue an...

The party is pretty good at what you describe. A Rogue is unfurtunately not a Striker - usually he does pretty much what the Fighter manages with a normal sneak attack. Only when the enemy is also flat-footed does the Rogue outdamage him. And this is a fighter who is far from optimized on...

Alright, thanks for all the replies guys. I wish I had the time to reply to all of them, but I don't really. All I can say is some good points have been made, both about the nature of the system, how to make it less of a problem, and how to fix the issue of a problematic character. Now we have...

Every soul counts! :D Wouldn't you want a soul if you didn't have any? Everyone in the family can pitch in :)

I didn't give him those per se, and he could have afforded that anyway. The Ring was "meant" for other PCs who needed to improve their ACs, but he whined about it till he got it. Not sure what you mean here.. tailored how? There are race requirment for some items (like the Elven chain). But...

And it has been, for some time. The problem is challenging him in the area he is good in, not finding something he sucks in and just exploiting that weakness as much as possible. That's not fun for the player. Item Creation feats of course. The party can make everything they have, except items...

Half only.. .that is harsh. I am however considering making pure spellcasters to follow the slow xp progression while letting non-magic user use the fast one. You can see the difference here: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/character-advancement That would make spellcaster less attractive...

Hmm yes you may be right about this. I chose a low(er) magic setting than normal, and then inserted a high-magic style campaign into it, giving the PCs too easy access to magic and money while the majority of the world lacks it. Your numbers are off though, since this is Pathfinder. I wanted...