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    Pathfinder 1E Any gnoll-specific books out?

    Classic Monsters Revisited has a six page section on them, but, IMO, it doesn't really add a ton of lore or interesting hooks to the race, that weren't already kind of there. The first chapter of the Legacy of Fire AP (Howl of the Carrion King) also has about six pages on the gnoll packs of...
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    What can I use instead of kobolds, goblins & orcs?

    I like the Vegepygmies idea. Giant Ants, if tweaked to have hive-minds and sentient queens with spellcasting ability, can make for an unusual low-level threat.
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    'Lack of Heroism'

    There is some truth to this. D&D is and always has been a game about killing stuff to aquire loot and personal power through 'leveling up.' The game mechanics support this and only this. There is no reward for 'heroism' or charity or kindness or mercy or self-sacrifice other than those the...
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    Lets Make Some Silly Magic Items!

    Bag of Tricks, Dun - 1) Chipmunk, 2) Garter Snake, 3) Goldfish, 4) Songbird, 5) Walking Stick, 6) Turtle. Beard of the Dwarven Lords - this magnificent beard attaches itself to the lower face of anyone who presses it into place, and speaks the command word. The wearer can cause it to change...
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    All Wizard Party? How does it survive early levels?

    You mention Rapid Summoning, which suggests you might have access to Unearthed Arcana stuff. A conjuror and / or a necromancer (with the bone minion option) can definitely help with some of that. An enchanter moving into a thrallherd or leadership role (and using charm person and diplomacy and a...
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    World's Largest Dungeon and Party Composition

    I played it only briefly, and the things we noted were; No summoning. Playing a summoner, conjuration specialist, druid or other summoning-centric character type will blow, as some of your class goodies (like a druid's spontaneous summon nature's ally ability, or ability to replace a dead...
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    Blacks in Gaming (Hyperlink)

    Elven pigmentation since 1st edition has been backwards of human pigmentations. The grey elves that live on high mountain tops under the harsh sun are bone white in skin and have light colored hair and eyes. The 'high' elves that live among men, more or less, are the same coloration as men...
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    Dispel magic - Permanency

    My house-ruling on the spot would be that the reduce person (which the target can also save to resist, if unwilling) automatically suppresses the enlarge person for as long as the reduce person would normally last, but when it's duration expires (or is otherwise ended), the subject would return...
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    What weapon represents humanity?

    In Golarion, the 'god of humanity,' Aroden, had the longsword as his favored weapon, and the 'inheritor' to his mantle, Iomedae, also has the longsword as her favored weapon. Still, as has already been mentioned in this thread, the longsword may be relevant in Avistan, but the scimitar is the...
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    Undead Armys

    In my Scarred Lands game (set in Hollowfaust) I had the city come under attack by an army of 10,000 skeletons. The defenses of the city were merely being tested by a single high-level spellcaster (and his assistants) from a neighboring country, and they used a True Ritual (basically an...
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    Need a good name for a band of orcs

    Falling Rock Clan (in an area prone to avalanches) High Death (living in the mountains, they see themselves as 'above' the lowlands they raid) Red Night Reavers (like many darkvision-having races, they like to raid at night, and 'paint the night red' with the blood of their victims)...
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    Help me Brainstorm - playable Council of Wyrms

    I'd just pick a CR, and have the players choose a dragon that fits there, allowing those who picked a weaker CR dragon type to take a level of Sorcerer or Barbarian or whatever to make up the difference. Using the 3.X or PF rules for dragons should eliminate a little bit of the wonkiness of...
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    Pathfinder 1E E6 Pathfinder: this MUST have been done

    that's the impression I've gotten as well, although different classes put the next feature at different levels, so matter where the cut off is, *someone* is gonna get hosed. Cleric domains get their second power anywhere between 4th and 8th. Wizards get their second power at 8th. But...
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    Favorite Superhero types

    That's my preference as well. I prefer for my super-heroes to have some sort of offensive ability, some sort of defensive ability, a means of getting around and some random utility power (super-senses, self-healing, whatever). Some of my favorites include; Firedrake looks like an older man...
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