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Agreed. Some of the confusion may stem from the common varieties of familiars being listed in the Bestiary under 'Familiars' rather than 'Animals'. If you intend to advance them as normal animals, that's fine, but they would not be familars. A familiar's advancement is based on that of its...

The bonus spells refer to the Patron spells. For example, if the Witch were 5th level and bonded a new familiar, she would get the Patron spells that are gained at 2nd and 4th level. As for voluntarily replacing a familiar (such as through the Improved Familiar feat), this is something that...

For a lot of the GM information (Core rules, GMG, APG, and Bestiary 1) you can make due with the PRD provided by Paizo, but I would recommend the option of using the PDFs if possible, as they have produced a number of good books (and the Bestiary 2 is nor currently in the PRD). This assumes you...

By default, clerics get 'channeling' of positive or negative energy, rather than turn/rebuke/command. For a cleric channeling positive energy, this allows them to heal allies within a 30 foot radius of the cleric for 1d6hp/2 cleric levels. Alternately, they can deal damage to undead equal to...

Very understandable. Whenever I have run one of the adventure paths (particularly with players who have not played in one before) we have to set certain expectations about making characters tied to the AP background, who are likely to be interested in the presented plot hooks, etc. It seems to...

It is a fairly thick book to just say 'yes' or 'no'. In general, I would suggest evaluating anything a player wants to bring in on a case-by-case basis. You may wish to see if there is a Pathfinder equivalent of a particular item first. In addition, if you like neat adventuring gear, you...

I have played in Second Darkness, Curse of the Crimson Throne, and am currently playing through Legacy of Fire. I have GMed Rise of the Runelords, Curse of the Crimson Throne, and am presently running Kingmaker. I've read through Crown of Thieves and Serpent's Skull, but will exclude them from...

One of my DMs used to use a 'weapons break on a 1' rule back in 3.5. It came to a head when our party fighter, had just spent thousands of gold pieces on an adamantine double-bladed sword rolled two consecutive 1's in the next encounter, making the sword useless. At that point, after the...

Not really looking for an argument here, nor to justify my own campaign style or rehash an argument you've had in several other threads. For the record, I am running Kingmaker (presently on Adventure 2 party consisting of a barbarian, an oracle, a cavalier and a ranger), a Pathfinder converted...

No worries. I think we all still keep finding little changes like that.

So, I should start out by saying that I have read the other threads in which Celtavian is making their case against Rogues. I disagree with him on several points, but they have already been stated by others in those threads, and there is no point in trying to convince Celtavian that the...

Just a note, but according to the PRD, escaping a grapple is a standard action, whether or not it is via CMB or Escape Artist. Beyond that, Escape Artist also has wider ranging applications beyond escaping from a grapple. Things that cannot be duplicated with only use of your CMB. I do have...

Tracking isn't a feat anymore in Pathfinder. It is a built-in function of the survival skill.

You may wish to check some other threads in this forum, as well as the Paizo boards, but in general, the answer is that no, druids are not overpowered in comparison with other classes. In 3.5, druids had the ability to be powerful physical combatants without investing much in terms of physical...

One of the major changes to Pathfinder was the conversion of the Polymorph spells into the various Beast Shape, Elemental Body, etc. spells. Wildshaping now duplicates the effects of these spells with a vastly extended duration. Because of this, you get appropriate bonuses and penalties to...

The Patron adds one spell every two witch class levels.

No idea as far as the zombie harem goes. As far as desert adventures, Paizo's Legacy of Fire adventure path was their last one published in 3.5 and was very well received. It sounds like you probably wouldn't want to run the players through it from the start, but there is probably a fair...

Remember that this only applies to the Eidolon itself, as well as the Summoner's Summon Monster spell-like ability, which is measured in minutes. The Summoner still has the option of taking Summon Monster I, II, IV, V, VII and IX as normal spells from their spell list (with the rounds/level...

So, it is the first successful attack. Misses don't drain the ability, but after one successful hit, they are back to standard smite damage.

+1 to what Kaisoku said. We have used summoned celestial creatures to this effect in my campaign as well. We have house-ruled that their smite bypasses DR/good, but not any other type of DR.