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You don't hurt yourself by staying in a core class. I.e., you don't have to take a prestige class to be effective.

Bestiary 2 has shantaks, gugs, and hounds of Tindalos. And I'm sure I'm forgetting something. Bestiary 3 also has the zoogs, from the Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. The module Carrion Hill has the Spawn of Yog-Sothoth. Pathfinder # 46, Wake of the Watcher, contains: 1) An article on the...

1) Language: As an azata, he has truespeech, which does the following: Now, reading is a little trickier... But he can prepare Comprehend Languages or even pick up the Helm of Comprehend Languages. I think that's still a thing. 2) Outsiders in Golarian in General: Golarian is home to...

The archetype for using a shield and a polearm at the same time is Phalanx Soldier. They gain the ability at 3rd level. So these guys will essentially be elite units. I'd just use longspears or ranseurs for the pikes - 20 ft reach weapons simply aren't in the normal rules. I suppose you could...

In our Kingmaker campaign, our rogue was played by an idiot, but my paladin who had fantastic maneuverability (she had spring attack, she'd dipped 2 levels into bard for Versatile Performer (Dance), and eventually had Wings of Flying) would go through a bit of risk to make sure the rogue got his...

*goes to pull old player's handbook* Okay, it was the 3.0 Divine Favor that scaled all the way to +6. They nerfed that back in 3.5. Huh. Wonder if our 3.5 CoDZilla cleric had done that wrong. Oh well! Not quite sure what you mean by more stackable. The spell used to combo with Divine...

Assuming the cleric already has a +6 Str item and no one willing to cast haste on him, sure, it's better. Assuming he's in a party where people actually work together and cast buffs on each other? It's actually a little weaker than the older version. Also keep in mind that divine favor got...

Oh, agreed; just using it as a point of reference after you mentioned the con artist bit. Now that's more like it. Less "I'm fully trained and educated in more things than most gods" and more "It's cool, I've got it covered." I'd probably make it a talent instead of something all rogues get...

My group has done slow advancement for every game so far. It gives the DM quite a bit of leeway for ramping up challenge, especially for a well-optimized and/or large party. Our group has completed Kingmaker and Serpent's Skull; we were usually 1 or 2 levels behind the recommended level, but...

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The rogue actually having full ranks in every single craft, profession, and knowledge skill feels wonky as all get out. I actually like that rogues are encouraged to be smart, but I suppose that could work? I think master spy had a mechanic for the spy being treated as having ranks = to 1/2...

If the rank-and-file citizens of that country we're always in border skirmishes with are raiding our villages so that they can eat our flesh, then damn right. I'm not quite sure what you were actually trying to argue there. As they're normally written, goblins, orcs, gnolls, derro, and the...

Overall, my group's been happy with Pathfinder. One of the things that I'm really liking about Pathfinder is that you're very much rewarded for sticking with a class all the way through, as opposed to 3.X where the goal was to figure out which prestige class you were after and go for it. With...

Unless you plan on having big time skips or accelerating the dragon's growth, the party will outstrip their hatchling in power pretty quickly. It's also a bronze, so it's got an inclination towards coastal lairs. Aside from being born able to kill ogres and hold intelligent conversation, the...

If a goblin knows how to say "I surrender, don't hurt me," in common, it probably learned that from a victim that it then killed and ate (or killed by eating). My group handles this sort of thing as "a Paladin can refuse to accept a creature's surrender." While goblins are free-willed, a...

Early on, you'd be better off spending these feats on making yourself competent at range combat. You need Point Blank, Precise Shot, AND Rapid Shot before your archery is anything to write home about. Arcane Strike's alright, but it's a lower priority feat. Also, check for feats that got...

If he actually thinks that the subjugated race is better off being enslaved, he's lawful evil. A society that practices slavery as the norm is rotten to the core, no matter how much its members try to sugar coat it. A lawful good character in that sort of society would be a pariah - perhaps he...

A basic view of good vs. evil is that it's not okay to hurt innocent people. If you run a game where hurting innocent people is normal and expected, or there's no such thing as innocent people because everyone is out to get everyone else... I suppose your quick solution is to just make...

They aren't standard PF feats. I can't even find the other two on the website Dragonfire Inspiration comes from. So I have no idea if the prerequisites hurt you badly or not. Dragonfire Inspiration looks pretty strong, but don't write off the accuracy boost from a normal Inspire Courage...

That's actually pretty reasonable, and one of the perks of actually being a fighter (his class lets him get more dex bonus to AC than the normal cap imposed by his armor). He's also throwing a lot of his resources into his AC. His offensive ability and his saving throws probably aren't nearly...