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certainly don't need that many but having that many options isn't that bad. It actually says a melee weapon so you don't need to worry about the bow. It does make a reach weapon somewhat attractive (and a whip isn't utterly useless for them either)

I suspect that you're overthinking things a bit, I don't really know that the Sarissa is enough different form a longspear to really justify different stats. Also note that the macedonians were initially a) professional soldiers while most of their opposition were militia b) using the sarissa...

Well it does add 1 round of rage a day and +1 on fort saves. But either you're confused about how hp work or I'm confused about what you write. 18 con doesn't give you an additional hp every 4 levels, it gives you 1 extra hitpoint per level over 17 con (equivalent to tougness). 19 con doesn't...

If you rarely fight non-humanoid monsters I'd say it's somewhat uncommon. I'm not sure how well trip really scales with level. A typical CR 10 monster seems to have CMD 30 or so. The Cavalier isn't ended completely, he's certainly a lot less effective. He can also use Horseshoes of Speed...

So you're judging monks based on a campaign where your major enemies are ones that monks do well on, and even then the question is partly how well does a Monk do compared with another class. Your initial gear list was all AC or stat boosting items apart from the monk's Robes, then you added a...

It's not exactly uncommon for CR 10 monsters Checking a few from the prd Aluum, Clay Golem, Protean (Imentesh), Angel - Movanic Deva, Piscodaemon...and Bebilith all have 10 DR Rakshaka have DR15... It's something that characters have to deal with. Spellcasters have to deal with SR, weapon...

From Combat - Pathfinder_OGC "A swift action consumes a very small amount of time, but represents a larger expenditure of effort than a free action. You can perform one swift action per turn without affecting your ability to perform other actions. In that regard, a swift action is like a free...

If you make an immediate action when it's not your turn you can't make an immediate or swift action until after your next turn. So you can get 2 in one round (on your turn, before your next turn) but only every second round and it's not common you need to use defense on your turn. Also it does...

Note that using Snake Style to substitute Sense Motive for AC is an immediate action and is only against 1 attack. So you only get it against 1 attack per round

A Paladin would not be the King's executioner It might be legal to execute a forger but it's unlikely that a Paladin would agree to do so. The exact crime the criminal commits would have a fair bit to do with what a Paladin would accept as appropriate punishment. Depends, killing a Demon or...

I refer people to Death Masks in The Dresden Files and a certain incident with a surrendering ex-demon a couple of knights of the lord and a wizard with a baseball bat...

What about an evil society? A country that worships devils or demons? Or maybe if you deal fairly with them they'll stick to their deal with you if you make it worth their while? They might be willing to give up their favoured foods if out of it they get relieable food and in return they will...

I'd say that's going a bit too far. Demons, Devils, evil high priests who perform sacrifices, necromancers who raise and an unleash armies of undead etc have all done huge amounts of evil and draw power willingly from evil. They're evil and killing them shouldn't cause any problems

That makes killing them convenient, it doesn't mean that killing them isn't evil

Welcome to a topic that has been debated for around 40 years in RPGS (and thousands of years in philosophy) The short answer is really "it depends on the game you're playing" games can vary between "game of hats" to "extremely complicated shaded morality" In a game of hats game then unless...

The classic backstory reference is always Giant In the Playground Games

Generally a spellcaster does a lot more by either buffing the party (Haste for instance) summoning (instead of a chain lightning a Celestial Dire Tiger is a very nice option) or hindering enemies performing control Dropping a wall of force around 1/2 the opponents or catching half of them in...

Otterscrubber - you can get a pretty good overview of the mechanics of Pathfinder from the prd. It's available for browsing at the Paizo site or (organised differently and with some additional information at Pathfinder_OGC ) IMO full casters are still the most powerful and versatile characters...

I don't really see Chaotic vs Lawful making a huge difference in terms of self-discipline. If you can get a level 20 Wizard who's chaotic I can't see why it'd be such a big stretch to have a chaotic monk. I also don't really see why the non-lawful Barbarian requirement is there. I can...

Thanks people. The character has already been in play before picking up Monk so starting as lawful and switching out doesn't work. The GM has said that he won't relax the alignment restriction so it looks like it's the Martial Artist or Nothing. The main reason I would like a straight monk...