Recent content by jsaving

Makes no difference whether he knows or not. The spell description says it works against a character he sees that is casting a spell, not a character he sees casting a spell.

Yes, that is precisely what Unearthed Arcana II was going to be.

In a solid gaming group where people are enjoying themselves and are role-playing their characters, they'll naturally do most of the speaking. If that's not happening in your group, then you might consider having an honest discussion with your players about whether they are as engaged as you'd...

Foundry is a great resource for PF2e but is there any actual evidence that more PF2e players use Foundry than Roll20? It's just very strange that when people ask for that, the rebuttal is "people are playing on Foundry," which some no doubt are but which doesn't in any way answer the question.

It's a nice write-up, except that you may want to have eschew materials work like the feat and only bypass components that would be available in a standard spell pouch. Some spells are deliberately OP for their level but have an expensive material component to balance that out. If you let...

Bard bypassing Smaug's DR in the Hobbit with a specially aimed shot against his favored enemy type could easily be recast as a ranger smiting mechanic.

Why not use the PF2e magus? It sounds similar to what you're looking for. Or if not, you might consider explaining why you don't like its direction and how you think your ideas are better. That might perhaps be more productive than reinventing the very wheel the PF2e devs were trying to address.

Fingers crossed!

I think Solasta is best described as 2021's Neverwinter Nights. The engine is great and its dungeon creator mode offers a lot of soon-to-be-tapped potential. However the campaign that's actually included with the game is a bit of an afterthought quality-wise, not "bad" but nowhere near what...

I find the OP's question to be a bit strange. If I conclude after a fair shot that the new edition is better, like 3e, then I adopt and use it. If I conclude after a fair shot that the new edition is worse, like 4e, then I stick with the previous edition. It isn't more complicated than that...

If you as a DM are going to judge your players because of your perception that people only multiclass for reasons you deem illegitimate, then you should absolutely not allow multiclassing in your game. However, I would push back a little bit on the sentiment that "3e/5e multiclassing" is...

We tried going without feats and multiclassing for a while. Character generation was easier, the level-up process was more straightforward, and there wasn't a sacrifice in overall character power (because 5e does a better job balancing feats/multiclassing than 3e did). However, about half the...

Yes, that makes a lot of sense. Treat Chaos and Goodness like other systems treat factions or allegiances. Let people order them as they see fit, so a Chaotic Good will mainly emphasize chaos with a lesser commitment to benevolence while a Good Chaotic character will be the other way around...

Yeah, my 5e groups are only dimly aware of Pathfinder to begin with and don't much care either way about PF2e. It's my PF1e group that looked forward to, and was mostly disappointed by, PF2e. Even they don't jeer though, they just wanted something different than what PF2e gave them.

It's an unverifiable claim, but you don't really have much else to lean into if you know in your heart that the Pathfinder community is mostly embracing PF2e rather than being split in half by it. I personally just hope Pathfinder continues in some form because it's always a good thing to have...