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Hi, I'm fairly new to the Pathfinder RPG. I've got the Pathfinder corebook, Bestiary, and the Pathfinder Chronicles Adventurer's Armory. I'm also looking forward to taking a glance at the Advanced Player's Guide and the Gamemastery Guide. What I'm wondering is, what other Pathfinder material...

If you go into M&M, you might consider the Mecha and Manga book. It has some discussion on martial arts (a whole chapter, and several fitting powers a Martial Arts Stance power that is akin to a Container) as well as other genre settings. I really consider its new mecha system to fix quite a...

Good communication and conflict resolution skills. Providing clear descriptions of what is going on is a must so that everybody's on the same page. Running a game requires a lot of interaction with people, and that sometimes means dealing with complex situations or disagreements. Reading...

Ouch, this seems like a minefield to deal with. On the one hand, it seems like you have a group of people that, by your description, are diverse and a bit unused to dealing with each other, and that this may be seeping over into the game. What insight do you have as to what this might be the...

I think like most things with the possibility of being faulty logic or a fallacy, the "Good DM/Bad DM" premise is a fallacy when it's taken as a given. That is, when somebody drops the "Good DM/Bad DM" argument without backing it up with evidence. Like the slippery slope position, the "Good...

Oh, that's cool! Did you happen to run the predecessor to Dead Gods, the Great Modron March? I had an adventure idea that might serve as a sequel to it. While not a published adventure, it might give you some ideas. This idea I had intended to run as the climax of a Planescape campaign...

Here's a random thought. You know how everybody in the Empire were supposed to make sacrifices to the Emperor? Well, what if these were part of some elaborate ritual set to bring the Great Old Ones back? And everybody made a sacrifice, the icky Things from Beyond came a little bit closer to...

Oh, one thing I forgot, there is one adventure dealing with Orcus' divinity. Though this is kind of stretching the word "cult", in the 2e Planescape adventure Dead Gods many of Orcus' former demon servants (now renanimated as special undead) are trying to give bring undead master Tenebrous (the...

I don't really have any ideal solution for you, but here are a few random thoughts on the subject. You know the players more than any posters here, so you’ll have the best idea of how they will react to whatever choice of action you decide upon. It seems like there is a situation here where you...

One good (but perhaps unlikely?) idea for a cult might a cult dedicated to flies. Take a moment to think about it, you really can do a lot with a fly motif. Although obviously physically weak, flies are pervasive and can be either overwhelming or inconspicuous depending on their numbers. The...

I know nothing of either adventure path, but if the rest of the characters got Leadership (maybe give it to them for free?) and make it to the end of the first AP, couldn't you just have them play some of their former followers (or possibly cohorts) of the first set of PCs as a new set of PCs...

In the Freeport Trilogy you eventually visit a sunken temple of the Snake God Yig. One of the encounters leaves you with a +1 ghost touch shock shortspear. I made this appear like a snake with fangs at the end that crackles energy out of the "mouth". When it struck incorporeal undead, the...

I would personally recommend the Freeport Trilogy by Green Ronin. Lots of intrigue and skullduggery in a pirate/privateer island town supposedly "gone legit". Plenty of opportunities for social interaction/intrigue/manipulation (there's even a ball the characters are to attend). The adventure...

One thing to consider is how long knowledge and worship of the Old Ones and other Mythos entities has been around. How might that have affected this (alternate) history. Also, how do they relate to conventional deities that are more fond of mortals? Do cultists join public religious...

Heehee, those sound like some very unusual idea. I had one idea for an evil Planescape campaign call "To serve a hag" or "How much will ya give me for this larva, Guvner?" The premise was a bunch of low level evil player characters (either using M&M or D&D system) that were...

Hmm, Kinship and Community, and an astrologer... Hmm. Maybe one night while stargazing, the priest stumbles upon a child, perhaps someone who came from a falling star?. Due to some strange whim of the eccentric priest, he has seen raising the child as his duty, at least until he can find a...

A bit late, but to add to build upon the previous suggestion, after he has tested their motives, the peasant leader might want to test their competence. A bungling ally is not much better off than a traitorous one. Perhaps instead of just one test, the leader could sent them on a number of...

What are the god and religious order the priest serves like? And his own personality, for that matter?

Hmmm, here's one possible, unlikely twist, sort of a dark mirror predicament. For each secret you wish Vecna's library to reveal to you, Vecna also gets his choice of a secret to reveal to you. These secrets may be horrible, blasphemous lore that is unfit for mortals to know (ala Call of...

I dunno if this would work, but my only guess would be to take Improved Feint and catch them flat-footed as a move action. Then initiate the grapple and use the deal damage option. Dunno how legit that would be though. Another option would be to carry some rope with you and use the Tie Up...