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Today my Hell's Vengeance table learned that there's a downside to the whole party being human.

Snippet from ABC live blog: The PM was asked if he'd be open to extending [the proposed hate groups laws], as put forward by the Greens, to sexuality or disability. "No, we'd accept that there's not a majority for the reforms that we were pursuing." he said.

Maybe I'm just cynical, but as a trans person I can't help but read this statement from the PM as saying that he doesn't care about hate groups so long as they target LGBTIQ+ people (or any other minority group that isn't politically convenient).

Running Hell's Vengeance for Pathfinder 1 has been the most fun I've had at the table in a long time. Having to justify murder and looting and all those awful things as the good guys sucks the fun out of the game as presented sometimes, so being the bad guys and skipping that step is good fun.

current least favourite player archetype is the guy who says "my character would just do that" when the action is question is refusing to help the team and letting them get killed.

Just started running Hells Vengeance for pathfinder 1 and just the first session was the most fun i've had playing tabletop in years.

My phone's touchscreen shat itself a while back and only now did I consider just plugging a mouse and a flash drive in to backup old pictures and files. Love when shit Just Works

Pathfinder Second Edition stat block Nerve Tick — Creature –1 Traits: Tiny, Beast Perception :+7; darkvision Languages: none; bonded telepathy Skills: Acrobatics +4, Stealth +8 Str –5, Dex +3, Con +1, Int –2, Wis +1, Cha +2 Bonded Telepathy (occult): Over the course of 10 minutes, a nerve tick can form a bond with a willing creature. This bond allows the nerve to communicate telepathically with that creature so long as it is within 30 feet. The nerve tick can maintain any number of these bonds at a time, and can end a bond as a free action. Nerve Dampening (aura, mental, occult): A nerve tick dampens nerves in a small radius, preventing it from being detected by touch, even when climbing on a creature. AC: 18, Fort: +5, Ref: +7, Will: +3 HP: 6 Speed: 10 feet, climb 10 feet, fly 25 feet Melee [A] pincers +4 (finesse, reach 0 feet), Damage: 1d4–1 piercing Borrow Senses (mental, occult) [AAA] Requirements: The nerve tick is climbing on a creature; Effect: The nerve tick attaches to the required creature’s nervous system, and can sense through the creature’s senses. While attached, it can take no actions other than to detach as a single action. When the nerve tick detaches, or every 10 minutes it remains attached, the creature takes 2d4 mental damage with a DC 13 basic Will save. The creature is aware of this damage, but does not automatically determine the source of the damage.

Pathfinder first edition monster stat block NERVE TICK – CR 1/3 N Fine magical beast Init: +3; Senses: borrow senses, darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception: +5 Aura: nerve dampening (1-in. radius) DEFENSE AC: 21 (+3 Dex, +8 size) hp: 4 (1d10–1) Fort: +3, Ref: +5, Will: +1 OFFENSE Speed: 10 ft., climb 10 ft., fly 30 ft. (good) Melee: bite +4 (1d2–5) Space: 1/2 ft.; Reach: 0 ft. STATISTICS Str 1, Dex 17, Con 8, Int 6, Wis 13, Cha 14 Base Atk: +1; CMB: –4, CMD: 1 (13 vs. trip) Feats: Great Fortitude Skills: Climb +11, Fly +7, Perception +5, Stealth +19 Languages: none; bonded telepathy 30 ft. SPECIAL ABILITIES Bonded Telepathy (Su): A nerve tick can communicate telepathically with a creature within 30 feet that it has formed a telepathic bond with. It can form such a bond with a willing creature by spending 10 minutes during which it must touch that creature. The nerve tick can maintain any number of these bonds at a time, and can end a bond as a free action. Borrow Senses (Su): A nerve tick can attach itself to the nervous system of a creature it is climbing on and observe through the senses of that creature. Every 10 minutes it is borrowing a creature’s senses, as well as when it detaches from the creature’s nervous system, the target takes 1 Intelligence damage (DC 9 Will negates). The creature is aware of this damage, but does not automatically become aware of the nerve tick itself or its location. Nerve Dampening (Su): A nerve tick psychically dampens nerves within 1 inch of itself, allowing it to climb on a creature without being detected by touch.

The only thing worse than feeling a creepy crawly on your skin is *not* feeling the creepy crawly on your skin as it hooks into your nervous system and lets its friends know what you're looking at. For Pathfinder 1 and Pathfinder 2.

damn i love when a party's official position is that i shouldnt exist. really fun to run through my mind over and over again that large swathes of society want me dead just for being myself. making tens or hundreds of thousands of people feel miserable and unsafe for no reason at all is great policy

Pathfinder first edition monster stat block TREISHINES - CR 4 CN Medium magical beast Init: +4; Senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception: +9 DEFENSE AC: 19, touch 16, flat-footed 13 (+5 Dex, +1 dodge, +3 natural) hp: 42 (5d10+15) Fort: +7, Ref: +9, Will: +5 OFFENSE Speed: 30 ft., fly 20 ft. (clumsy), swim 20 ft. Melee: 3 bites +9 (1d6+1) Special Attacks: breath weapon (30-ft. cone, 5d6 sonic damage, Reflex DC 15 half, usable every 1d4 rounds), trickster STATISTICS Str 13, Dex 20, Con 17, Int 5, Wis 16, Cha 17 Base Atk: +5; CMB: +10, CMD: 22 Feats: Agile Maneuvers, Dodge, Weapon Finesse Skills: Fly +2, Perception +9 SQ: limited flight SPECIAL ABILITIES Limited Flight (Ex): A treishines has a very limited ability to fly. It must land at the end of any action that involves using its fly speed or else fall at the end of the action. Trickster (Ex): A treishines can attempt a dirty trick, disarm, or steal combat maneuver in place of a bite attack. It does not provoke attacks of opportunity when doing so.

Pathfinder Second Edition stat block Treishines — Creature 4 Traits: Medium, Beast Perception: +11; darkvision Skills: Acrobatics +10, Intimidation +12, Thievery +12 Str +1, Dex +5, Con +3, Int –3, Wis +2, Cha +3 AC: 20, Fort: +11, Ref: +13, Will: +9 HP: 70 Speed: 25 feet, fly 15 feet, swim 15 feet Melee [A]: beak +13 (finesse), Damage 2d6+5 piercing Goose Trick (attack) [A]: The treishines attempts a Thievery check against the Reflex DC of a creature within reach. Critical Success: The target is clumsy 2 until until use an Interact action to end the impediment. Success: As critical success, but the target is clumsy 1. Critical Failure: The treishines is off-guard until the start of its next turn. Limited Flight: When a treishines Flies, it must land at the end of the action or fall. Steal: A treishines can Disarm using any of its beaks. When doing so, it uses Thievery in place of Athletics on the check. On a critically successful Disarm, or on a successful Disarm against an item that’s already been successfully Disarmed, the treishines takes the item from the target and holds the item in its beak. Three-Headed Flurry [AAA]: The treishines makes a flurry of aggressive moves against a single creature. With each of its three heads, it makes a beak Strike, Disarm, or Goose Trick. All three attacks must be against the same creature. Each attack counts towards the treishines’ multiple attack penalty, but the penalty does not increase until after all attacks have been made. Triple Honk [AA]: The treishines combines three honks to make a painful cacophony, dealing 5d6 sonic damage to all creatures in a 30-foot cone (DC 19 basic Reflex save). The treishines can’t use Triple Honk again for 1d4 rounds.

These three-headed geese are capable of three times the aggression and three times the annoyance. For pathfinder 1 and pathfinder 2.

there's a cure for this

running a pathfinder 2 game after looking back through pf1 content, one of the big downsides of the new pfs scenario layout is that enemy statistics and tactics are nowhere near each other anymore. pf1 scenarios had monster tactics integrated right in the stat block.

terrified at myself for getting obsessed with drafting pathfinder 1 characters again and backporting monsters and stuff from pf2 to pf1. really miss playing it

Over my 7 or 8 years of GMing Pathfinder 1&2 and Starfinder 1 and now 2, this single three-level module represents over 80% of the character kills I've inflicted alone.

Starfinder playtest Empire's Devoured was extremely rough. Over the course of one single module, we had four tpks (all handwaved away except for the final encounter), two of them to PL+2 hazards that dealt a heap of damage each round and required six successes each to disable.

Horrified to find myself theorycrafting pathfinder 1 characters again. i wish i had people to play it with again

starfinder society regularly features messed up situations like "game show first contact", "saving a guy from texting his exes", and "the failed skill check that makes you do starship combat instantly"

saw a house with a big trump 2024 flag strung up out front last year. just bizarre more than anything

just TPK'd the group i'm running through cosmic birthday + empires devoured for the 3rd time. i would normally try and swerve to avoid it but its playtest stuff so i figured its better to let it play out and then retcon immediately. some of these encounter situations are just brutal though

Rules for these specialised weapons are in the post below.

Pathfinder / Starfinder 2e Stat Block Spirited Debate — Item 7 Traits: Uncommon, Tech Price: 3500 credits; Base Grade: Advanced Damage: 1d6 So; Bulk: 2 Hands: 2; Range: 40 ft. Reload: 2; Magazine: 10 charges; Expend: 5 Category: martial; Group: Sonic A number of these sonic rifles have been found in the hands of resistance fighters on various planets, and almost all are cobbled together from improvised parts with surprising quality. These weapons come with an integrated commercial fear projector. The weapons fire sound-amplified snippets of speech (typically slogans or commands) recorded via a built-in microphone. When you Strike with this weapon, on a failure or better you deal 1 point of mental splash damage per weapon damage die to the target, or to the target and all other enemies within 5 feet of it on a success or better. This splash damage is not doubled on a critical hit.

Seven similar weapons have been found to date, each on a resistance fighter on a different Veskarium- or Azlanti-occupied planet. Each had a different ironic name scrawled on it referring to disagreements on resistance tactics, such as "peaceful protest" or "marketplace of ideas". For Starfinder 2

id never read a pathfinder society scenario before that i reflexively expect to go overtime so bad i rescheduled it two hours earlier to get to bed at a reasonable hour but that changed today

last night's pathfinder society ended with me being grumpy for the party deciding to make the (probably) correct ethical decision that had the unfortunate side-effect of me getting to bed late

its fucking depressing that in prominent media you can just argue in favour of destroying the mental health of a subset of children and its considered acceptable

Screenshot from Guardian Aus: Trans and gender diverse children’s care guidelines to be reviewed Krishani Dhanji The health minister, Mark Butler, has announced a review of the Australian standards of care and treatment guidelines for trans and gender diverse children and adolescents. The National Health and Medical Research Council will undertake the review and develop new national guidelines, with interim advice on the use of puberty blockers to be given in the middle of next year. Butler says the council will develop the guidelines alongside an expert committee that includes lived experience. States and territories are responsible for providing and administering services for gender diverse and trans young people. It comes after the health minister of Queensland this week announced a ban on puberty blockers for all new patients of the state’s only gender clinic at the Royal Brisbane hospital.

Yeah, let's give in to the demands of the bigots, because that always works...

not looking forward to the seemingly inevitable push to strip all protections and rights in the next couple years for the heinous crime of wanting a girl name and wanting to wear pretty dresses

just last week i was thinking to myself that at least we've got a bit of time before the bad-faith "protecting kids" shit got over here. first the libs in queensland pulling shit and now federal labor. completely demoralising to realise neither major party has our backs now

yeah. calling it fun is just a coping mechanism to deal with how terrifying and exhausting it all is

yeah its really fun to watch genocidal policy be enacted on a wide scale against a huge number of people just for the crime of wanting to feel pretty or handsome

in the pathfinder society game pn the weekend i managed to trick the cleric into healing the incorporeal non-undead boss. c:

ive always read "X ahh Y" as "X, [sigh of relief] Y" and will continue to misread it that way whenever it's funnier