Note, if Room One was this type of encounter, then feel free to make Room Two combat-oriented. Room Two should allow for multiple solutions to prevent the game from stalling. A dirt floor crawls with poisonous snakes that will slither out of the way to avoid open flame. A few might follow at a distance and strike later. This ties the adventure together a little tighter, will delight the problem solvers, and can be a back-up for you if the players get stuck.
The purpose of this room is to build tension. Do this using a trick, trap, or setback. Depending on your game system, use this room to cater to any player or character types not yet served by the first two areas. Alternatively, give your group a double-dose of gameplay that they enjoy the most, such as more combat or roleplaying. The PCs rescue several prisoners or hostages. However, the victims might be enemies in disguise, are booby-trapped, or create a dilemma as they plead to be escorted back to safety immediately.
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Fusing arcane acid with pure fire, with essences of life and death, those Eastern alchemists who understand the material world can better manipulate it through arcane means. From breath and pure waters, from crucibles and flasks, you have The heavenly planes shine with light and power, where deities both benevolent and stern look down from their thrones. The most powerful of their servants are mighty beyond mortal ken, and their very names seethe with the essence of creation.
The secrets of harnessing the power of the angels is hidden within those names—and you have learned to tap that potential! You combine a talent for magic with a study of the art of war. Battle magic is not just about killing your enemy: your true power is in controlling This is a bad combination where party harmony is concerned—but they make excellent evil NPCs and villains for your campaign.
The ability to channel and manipulate raw arcane power does not belong to sorcerers alone. A few wizards and bards have learned to dominate the chaotic energy of change itself, leading them along a narrow path that circles a pit of madness.
Cling to the path, and avoid slipping into that roiling pit, and you will be rewarded with the power to alter reality through strength of Some who follow the path of sword and shield scorn magic as a tool of the weak—but there is a kind of magic that even they respect.
It enhances a warrior's ability to anticipate foes' actions, allowing them to react even before an attack takes place. Its practitioners can see subtle cues in the flow of battle that others miss, heed premonitions of victory or woe, and hone The dragons were among the first creatures to master all types of magic: controlling the elements, enchanting their lairs with innate defenses, and teaching their arts to their humanoid servants.
Today, their kin—true dragons and lesser creatures—are heirs to this powerful magic. Kobolds serving great wyrms learn spells that harness their innate draconic Primal forces seethe beyond the boundaries of the world, in planes where the four elements clash and vie with each other for dominion.
Air howls free and swift! Earth stands indomitable and unyielding! Fire rages unchecked! Water ebbs and flows! Some mortals carry a spark of elemental magic in their very souls, while those who study arcane lore bend its Legends say that the elves of ancient times could enchant entire cities, change fate, and even reshape worlds, with a power that nearly infringed upon the authority of the gods.
These feats are unheard of today, and most non-elves believe elven high magic has died out. Playing the Game. Game mastering. One common activity in the game and it resets at the end of your turn.
Finally, dragon, you will be called on to attempt a saving throw, each character can use up to one reaction during a round. A your turn, but only in response to certain events, and only saving throw is a check attempted against the DC of the if you have an ability that allows it. Rogues, for example, spell or special ability targeting your character. You add a spell.
For all saving throws, any other bonuses or penalties based on the situation. Attacks, spells, hazards, and special abilities frequently An attack deals damage if it hits, and rolling a critical either deal damage to a character or impose one or more success results in the attack dealing double damage! This is reflected by a multiple attack penalty and may die! A combat encounter typically lasts until one that starts at —5 on the second attack, but increases to —10 side has been defeated, and while this can mean retreat or.
Conditions can hinder a creature for a time, limiting A background represents what a character experienced the actions they can use and applying penalties to future before they took up the life of an adventurer. Each checks. Some conditions are even permanent, requiring a background grants a feat and training in one or more character to seek out powerful magic to undo their effects. You can read more about backgrounds in Chapter 2. Instead, they recover from wounds, plan statistics. There are several types of bonuses and penalties.
In Pathfinder, this is If you have more than one bonus of the same type, you called downtime, and it allows time to pass quickly while use only the highest bonus. Likewise, you use only the characters work toward long-term tasks or objectives. Most characters can practice a trade in downtime, earning a few coins, but those with the right skills can Class instead spend time crafting, creating new gear or even A class represents the adventuring profession chosen by magic items.
Characters can also use downtime to retrain, a character. They might also research a problem, they gain a new level, and gives access to a set of class learn new spells, or even run a business or kingdom!
Classes appear in Chapter 3. The Some of the most important terms mentioned on previous rules for the basic conditions used in the game can be found pages are also included here for reference. Ability Score Currency Each creature has six ability scores: Strength, Dexterity, The most common currencies in the game are gold pieces Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. These gp and silver pieces sp. One gp is worth 10 sp. Characters begin play potential in that ability.
Ability scores are described in full with 15 gp or sp to spend on equipment. Some feats grant the ability to use special actions. Ancestries can be found in Chapter 2. This score Lost Omens. It is an ancient world with a rich diversity represents how hard it is to hit and damage a creature. It of people and cultures, exciting locations to explore, and serves as the Difficulty Class for hitting a creature with deadly villains.
More information on the Age of Lost an attack. Omens, the world of Golarion, and its deities can be found in Chapter 8. Attack When a creature tries to harm another creature, it makes Hit Points HP a Strike or uses some other attack action. Most attacks Hit Points represent the amount of punishment a creature are Strikes made with a weapon, but a character might can take before it falls unconscious and begins dying. Strike with their fist, grapple or shove with their hands, Damage decreases Hit Points on a 1-to-1 basis, while or attack with a spell.
The the perspective of the character, is called roleplaying. Player characters have a level, ranging from 1st all participants get a chance to act. A round represents Skills to 20th, representing their level of experience. Monsters, approximately 6 seconds in game time. NPCs, hazards, diseases, and poisons have levels ranging Feats from —1 to 30 that measure the danger they pose.
Unlike for most checks, cast only a certain number of spells of any given level. Skills are fully in combat.
It is described in full in Chapter 9. This is a character created and controlled by a player. Each spell specifies what it expert, master, or legendary, your proficiency bonus equals targets, the actions needed to cast it, its effects, and how your level plus 2, 4, 6, or 8, respectively. If a class grants spells, the basics of that ability are provided in the class description in Chapter 3, Rarity while the spells themselves are detailed in Chapter 7. Rarity Trait primarily applies to equipment and magic items, but A trait is a keyword that conveys additional information spells, feats, and other rules elements also have a rarity.
If no rarity appears in the traits of an item, spell, or other Often, a trait indicates how other rules interact with an game element, it is of common rarity. Uncommon items are ability, creature, item, or another rules element that has available only to those who have special training, grew up that trait. All the traits used in this book appear in the in a certain culture, or come from a particular part of the Glossary and Index beginning on page Rare items are almost impossible to find and are usually given out only by the GM, while unique ones are Turn literally one-of-a-kind in the game.
The GM might alter the During the course of a round, each creature takes a single way rarity works or change the rarity of individual items turn according to initiative. A creature can typically use to suit the story they want to tell. The following example is presented to give you a better idea Suddenly you see the source of the horrid odor. In this adventure, Rising up out of the casket is a nightmarish Erik is the GM.
Lyz is playing Valeros, a daring human dead thing. Its Judy is taking on the role of Kyra, a fiery human cleric of flesh is the color of a new bruise, pulled so Sarenrae. The group has just defeated a horde of undead tight across its bones that it has split in places. A terrible smell issues forth from the Erik: Most certainly not. It looks poised to leap at doorway—the stench of old, rotted flesh. Roll for initiative!
I draw my sword Kyra need to roll Perception, while Merisiel and ready my shield. Judy: The light of Sarenrae will guide us. I cast my light spell on my religious symbol. Everyone rolls for their initiative. Lyz rolls a 2 for Valeros, Erik: All right, a glowing radiance spills forth, getting a total of 8.
Judy rolls better for Kyra, getting illuminating the stairs. They appear to go a total of James uses Stealth for Initiative, because down only about 10 feet before opening up Merisiel was hiding at the start of the fight, and rolls a into a chamber.
Puddles of stagnant water fill 17 for a total of 25! Erik rolls for the undead creature, the cracks between uneven stone tiles. Erik: Looks like Merisiel gets to act first.
James: Awesome! For my first action, I want to draw a dagger. For my second, I want to move closer. James: Perfect. Erik: Your caution pays off! You spot a thin wire located at ankle height just above the third stair. Erik consults his but otherwise keeping an eye out for danger. Judy: Me too. Erik: Okay! Go ahead and roll damage. Ancient wood coffins are James: Okay, and I get to add extra damage due to arranged around the room, covered in cobwebs sneak attack.
Directly ahead, on a raised dais, is a stone casket adorned with wicked-looking Rogues have the ability to deal extra damage to foes that symbols. This extra damage also in iron chains, but now twisted links are scattered applies to attacks against enemies that are distracted.
Judy: Sarenrae protect us. I draw my blade and Erik: It hisses as the blade sinks into its shoulder. That advance—I want a better look at those symbols. Next up is Kyra! Judy: I think this is undead. What do I know about it? Erik: Merisiel takes cover while the two of you Erik: You use an action to recall your training about advance.
As you draw near, the stench of rot the living dead. Give me a Religion skill check. This thing is a ghast, a more Classes powerful type of ghoul. You are pretty sure James rolls a Fortitude saving throw. He gets a 4 on the that its stench can make you sick and that its die, and after adding his bonus and the penalty from the Skills claws can paralyze you with a touch. Judy: This is bad.
I am going to spend my last two Feats actions to cast bless. Equipment Erik: I am afraid not. You are paralyzed! Casting this spell is an activity that requires two actions Spells to complete, and it has two components. The Age of verbal component. Valeros, you Playing the toward Merisiel. The stench of its rotting are the last one to act this round. Game body is absolutely horrific up close.
Attempt a Lyz: About time, too! I raise my shield and use my Fortitude save! Game mastering James rolls an 8, for a total of Sudden Charge is a fighter feat that lets Valeros move up to twice his Speed and attack at the end of his movement, Crafting Erik: Not quite enough—you gain the sickened 1 all for only two actions.
Next, it Erik: As you draw near, the smell is horrific. Attempt lunges at you, trying to bite you! Appendix James: Oh no! I use my reaction to nimbly dodge out of the way. After rolling, Lyz gets a 19 on the Fortitude save. Make your attack roll. Lyz: I got a 20! That must be a critical success! Erik: Your blade hits the vile creature right in the Erik: Does a 20 hit you?
James: Nope, just missed! With its final Strength modifier. Because it is a critical success, she then action, the undead menace lashes out at you doubles the total. Lyz: A mighty 18 damage! That surely had to kill it! Black ichor runs from the deep claw.
Normally this attack would take a —5 multiple attack wound on its neck, but it only turns to look at penalty, but since the claw has the agile trait, the penalty is you. You can see burning hatred in its eyes! That is the end of the first round of combat. The fight is far from over…. After that, the spell lists for the rule you need as easy as possible.
Rules are grouped each spellcasting tradition are included, making it easy together in chapters, with the early chapters focusing on to quickly find spells by their level. Next are rules for character creation. The last two chapters contain rules every spell, presented in alphabetical order. Following for GMs, with advice on how to run a game of Pathfinder the spell descriptions are all of the focus spells—special and a rich array of treasure.
The following is a summary spells granted by specific class abilities and feats. While of what you can expect to find in each chapter. Finally, at This introduction is designed to help you understand the the end of the chapter are rules for rituals, complicated basics of Pathfinder. This chapter also includes the rules and risky spells that any character can cast. The chapter ends with an example of building a 1st-level character. Most importantly, Lost Omens are in this chapter, including their ancestry characters who venerate a deity should look to this feat options.
Backgrounds are at the end of this chapter, chapter to find the rules associated with their faith. Chapter 9: Playing the Game This important chapter contains the universal rules Chapter 3: Classes needed to play Pathfinder, including rules for the various This chapter contains the rules for all 12 classes. Each modes of play, the basic actions that every character can class entry includes guidelines on playing the class, rules perform, the rules for combat, and the rules for death and for building and advancing a character of that class, dying.
Every player should be familiar with this chapter, sample builds, and all of the class feats available to especially the GM. This chapter also includes rules for animal companions and familiars, which can be Chapter Game Mastering acquired by members of several different classes.
At the Packed full of guidelines and advice, this chapter helps end of this chapter are the rules for archetypes—special Game Masters tell an interesting and compelling story. It also includes advice on creating a fun and encouraging These rules allow a character to dabble in the abilities of game space and guides for empowering players to create another class or concept.
This chapter details guidelines for Chapter 5: Feats distributing treasure to characters, as well as descriptions As a character advances in level, they gain additional of hundreds of magic items. This chapter also contains feats to represent their growing abilities. General feats the rules for alchemical items. Appendices The back of this book has an appendix with the rules Chapter 6: Equipment for all of the conditions that you will find in the game.
Armor, weapons, and other gear can all be found in this This section also includes a blank character sheet, and an chapter, along with the price for services, cost of living, index with a comprehensive glossary of common terms and animals such as horses, dogs, and pack animals. These standards are in place to make Single Action Backgrounds this book rules elements easier to recognize. If a word or a phrase is italicized, it is describing a spell or a magic item.
This way, Two-Action Skills. This is especially the case during encounters, when every action counts. When you use an action, you generate an effect. This effect might be automatic, but sometimes actions necessitate that you roll a die, and the effect is [[reaction]] Playing the Game based on what you rolled.
Throughout this book, you will see special icons to denote actions. Reaction Game mastering [one-action] Single Actions Single actions use this symbol: [one-action]. You get only one reaction per encounter round, and you can use it only when its specific trigger is fulfilled.
A free action might have a trigger like a reaction does. However, you can use only one free action per trigger, so if you have multiple free actions with the same trigger, you have to decide which to use. Activities Activities are special tasks that you complete by spending one or more of your actions together.
Usually, an activity uses two or more actions and lets you do more than a single action would allow. You have to spend all the actions an activity requires for its effects to happen. Spellcasting is one of the most common activities, as most spells take more than a single action to cast. Activities that use two actions use this symbol: [two-actions]. Activities that use three actions use this symbol: [three-actions]. A few special activities, such as spells you can cast in an instant, can be performed by spending a free action or a reaction.
All tasks that take longer than a turn are activities. If an activity is meant to be done during exploration, it has the exploration trait. An activity that takes a day or more of commitment and that can be done only during downtime has the downtime trait. Reading Rules often have traits associated with them traits appear in the This book contains hundreds of rules elements that Glossary and Index.
All characters can use the basic format, but their stat blocks contain a number of unique actions found in Chapter 9, but an individual character elements see Chapter 7 for more on reading spells, and often has special rules that allow them to do things most Chapter 11 for more on alchemical and magic items. TRAITS Regardless of the game mechanic they convey, rules Prerequisites Any minimum ability scores, feats, proficiency elements are always presented in the form of a stat block, ranks, or other prerequisites you must have before you can a summary of the rules necessary to bring the monster, access this rule element are listed here.
Feats also have a level character, item, or other rules element to life during play. Where appropriate, stat blocks are introduced with an Frequency This is the limit on how many times you can use explanation of their format.
For example, the Ancestry the ability within a given time. Requirements Sometimes you must have a certain item or be The general format for stat blocks is shown below. Entries in a certain circumstance to use an ability. Actions, This section describes the effects or benefits of a rule element.
An activity that you must roll to determine the effect. If a character must Special Any special qualities of the rule are explained in attain a certain level before accessing an ability, that level this section. Rules also more than once, explaining what happens when you do. Your Strength modifier gets added worldview, and this will set the stage for your roleplaying to melee damage rolls and determines how much your Backgrounds during the game.
Dexterity is important if your character plans help you understand ability scores. These scores are a critical to make attacks with ranged weapons or use stealth to Feats part of your character, and you will be asked to make choices surprise foes.
Your Dexterity modifier is also added to about them during many of the following steps. Equipment character creation are presented in a suggested order, but you can complete them in whatever order you prefer. The character sheet is shown and stamina. Constitution is an important statistic for on pages 24—25; you can find a copy in the back of this book all characters, especially those who fight in close combat.
The Age of or online as a free pdf. Additionally, the Intelligence measures how well your character can learn character sheet includes every field you might need, even and reason. A high Intelligence allows your character to Game though not all characters will have something to put in each analyze situations and understand patterns, and it means mastering field.
If a field on your character sheet is not applicable to they can become trained in additional skills and might be your character, just leave that field blank. If the field awareness, and intuition.
Your Wisdom modifier is added Appendix you need to fill out is on the third or fourth page of the to your Perception and Will saving throws. A high Charisma score helps you influence the thoughts and moods of others.
One of the most important aspects of your character is Name. Dwarves, for example, receive an ability score, and ability flaws, which decrease a score. As you boost to their Constitution score and their Wisdom score, build your character, remember to apply ability score as well as one free ability boost, which can be applied to adjustments when making the following decisions. Ancestry: Each ancestry provides ability boosts, and sometimes an ability flaw. If you are taking any voluntary Ability Flaws flaws, apply them in this step see the sidebar on page If your character has an ability flaw—likely ability boosts.
Then, determine your other statistics in the game. Find the score in Table 1—1: ability modifiers based on those scores.
Ability Modifiers to determine its ability modifier. But your GM may decide to Apply the ability boosts your character gains from their add a little randomness to character creation and let the dice ancestry, but your character gets one fewer free ability decide what kind of character the players are going to play. In boost than normal. Finally, apply one ability ability scores. If this ability score system and other Pathfinder rules assume.
When your character receives Add the three remaining results together and record the sum. Decide which value you want 5 6 for each of your ability scores. There is no wrong way! In the ancestries overview on ancestries, backgrounds, and classes. The summaries on page 22, each entry lists which ability scores it boosts, and Feats pages 22—23 might help you match your concept with some also indicates any ability flaws the ancestry might have. For character concept around these options. The summaries of descriptions of the available backgrounds, see pages 60— Game ancestries and classes on pages 22—23 give a brief overview mastering of these options full details appear in Chapters 2 and 3, respectively.
Additionally, of honor, justice, and rulership. Backgrounds are champion or cleric of that deity; they might instead be a lay detailed later in Chapter 2, beginning on page Your characters could who defies commonly held notions about their people? You might sense of wonder and a zest for change, or a performing discuss mechanical aspects with the other players, creating rogue capable of amazing acrobatic feats but with little characters whose combat abilities complement each interest in sneaking about.
You can use roleplaying to challenge absorb damage, and characters who can provide healing. Your character can live any life you see fit. Pathfinder is a rich world with section on the third page of your character sheet. Dwarves are a Elves are a tall, Gnomes are Goblins are a Halflings are a Humans are short, stocky slender, long-lived short and hardy short, scrappy, short, adaptable incredibly diverse. The alchemist throws The barbarian flies into Skilled performances and A warrior dedicated to a alchemical bombs and a rage on the battlefield, secrets of the occult enable deity, the champion uses drinks concoctions of their smashing foes with abandon.
The Age of The cleric calls on the power The druid uses the magic of The fighter is a master The monk wields the Lost OMENS of a deity to cast spells that the natural world to bolster of weapons, martial secrets of martial arts can heal allies or harm foes. Step 2 Speed, and languages, and contributes to their Hit Points. At this point, just note a 10 in hero learned at an early age.
Adjust your ability scores, adding 2 to an ability score if you gained an ability boost from your ancestry, and Step 3 subtracting 2 from an ability score if you gained an ability 3 Select an Ancestry flaw from your ancestry. The ancestry number later. Permission granted to photocopy for personal use only. Write the ancestry feat you selected in the Ancestry skill granted by your background.
Character backgrounds appear in Chapter 2, harmful effects. Each class is fully detailed in Chapter 3, starting on page They typically provide two ability but the summaries on pages 22—23 provide an overview boosts one that can be applied to either of two specific of each and tells you which ability scores are important ability scores, and one that is free , training in a specific when playing that class.
On the Level box to indicate that your character is 1st level. If you do, you can to finalize their ability scores. These ability flaws noted in previous steps from your ancestry, background, and class.
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