Drunemeton

So I understand that until you get your first magical staff. you make do with the makeshift one you created.

Questions:

• Do you have to have to expend a spell slot in order to cast cantrips from the makeshift staff? The linked rule says you don’t have to expend any charges, which seems to imply that the staff must have a charge in order to cast any cantrips.
• I assume that once you add the cantrip and 1st-level spell to the staff they can never be changed. The text on page 142 of the APG doesn’t say that you can, but I’m new so don’t know if there’s some other text elsewhere that allows this.
• If true, and considering that these spells can never be changed, I’m thinking of Shield and Mage Armor as my spells. However reading through spells True Strike also seems to be a good option. Although not sure how good that would be for my Illusionist specialist (with Enchantment as other spells I’m focusing on). Thoughts?

Thanks in advance for any guidance you may have!

I can still post and reply, so this is just a point of curiosity.

Of course it seems like Wizard with an Illusion school speciality is the way to go, but with the upcoming Remaster changes removing those schools I thought I’d ask you find folks.

Plus I’ve only been playing since Feb. 2023 so I don’t really know the classes all that well. Perhaps there’s a ‘hidden gem’ in there I’m unaware would make an excellent Illusionist.

EDIT: I’ve checked AoN and it seems that the Occult tradition gets all of the Illusion school spells, plus a few more that Arcane does not!

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“Character optimization happens at the table in Pathfinder 2e, not on the character sheet.”
– Logan Bonner, Pathfinder Lead Designer

So get a firm idea in your mind of a fun character that fires up your brain, then work with the rest of your group to bring them to the table as a team ready to experience epic stories!

Mine are:
https://zenithgames.blogspot.com/2019/09/pathfinder-2nd-edition-guide-to-guides.html (At least 3 guides per class, plus a whole lot of additional guides for other aspects of the game.)

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AOllZYWGlKszPeI&id=BE45A5E31B322825%21206588&cid=BE45A5E31B322825 (A random collection of 84 PF2E character PDFs, ranging from level 1 thru 20.)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQRNWikzOlApbofnxzA0V2HTvKRkzJ5aVdRdblL-ezINR7lxzy-ZAoQv-kohvNWbwzpipzaWjLcqiJc/pub (Gortle's “Pathfinder 2e – Builds for Every Class” for jumpstarting your character creation process. At least 5 build ideas per class, plus Spell & Skill breakdowns, plus Build Tips & Game Mechanics. )

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E_MwD2ewUIRcb29tr0KXUBfCmXbBNe_2im4-5Q6fRmI/edit (Nintendogeek01’s simply amazing 104 page guide for the Magus class!)

The web-based app doesn’t seem to be able to use the base traits like “Martial” or “Sword” etc., that aren’t actually a ‘trait box’ within the program.

So trying to create a Barbarian Rage custom buff is turning out to be harder than I thought. (I really don’t want to add every applicable ‘trait box’ to the buff.)

Anyone know of such a list, or code to use? Or has anyone found a workaround? Thanks in advance!

Because of the nature of Lemmy to post stuff (“seeds”) that “grow” into vibrant discussions.

Just finished a PFS game and my PC is Enfeebled 2. How do I get rid of this before my next session?

Thank you!

In the Pathfinder Society I'd like to create a Fighter (using Pathbuilder 2E) that's good at grappling creatures. But there seems to be so many ways of doing this.

It seems like taking Monk/Wrestler as a L2 Archetype Dedication would be advantageous, but since I've never played a pure Fighter I'm not sure if their feats would accomplish the same thing without the overhead. (It's PFS so no Free Archetype.)

I want a character that does good to great, consistent damage (hence Fighter as base class), with the ability to pin down a tough opponent to make them flat-footed, so others can land hits easier.

Boy I hope I'm using those terms correctly…

Hi everybody! Brand new here and whilst searching "All" I only found 2 Communities related to Pathfinder 2E. This one and "[email protected]".

Is that all of them?