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Angela<p>We played our Pathfinder 2 game today. We had a couple of satisfying encounters.</p><p>First, we went to investigate a boat because we traced the fake merchants (the ones who tried to kill all of the delegates at the treaty talks) to that vessel. We learned that the "merchants" had really stinky boots and the ship captain had ordered those boots thrown overboard. </p><p>This tracked with what we noticed - the "merchants" all had brand new (though cheap) boots.</p><p>A mate on the ship had kept a pair of the boots, so we paid him for those and inspected them - they were indeed stinky and unpleasant, but we found a small flower in one boot. We used that clue to find our way to the place where Bad Stuff Was Happening.</p><p>We learned that people were frequently disappearing near the docks, so of course we checked it out. We used the flower clue to find an entrance to a sewer, where we fought a couple of Omox. That was a nasty fight but it wasn't really dangerous. They had a LOT of hit points, so it took a while. And they had an ability that let them disarm us of melee weapons, which was hella inconvenient. I mainly used spells because they were demons, so my sanctified spells did extra damage to them.</p><p>Then we figured out where all the people were disappearing to - Grizzers. they have a stomach that is like a bag of holding (they can put a LOT in it, because it's an extradimensional space or something). They are fae lizardy things, and they were tough to fight. They grab you with their long tongues and then they swallow you</p><p>And we were faced with three of them. A well-timed "slow" spell from one of our party turned out to be an even better idea than we originally thought, because it turns out that these guys can swallow you pretty easily, but they can't digest you without using up all three of their actions in a round. Well, casting "slow" on that one meant he could not digest anyone, and that's the one that swallowed our wizard, so that was really a good play.</p><p>My character got swallowed also, but I had cast Unfettered Movement just before that so I got right back out. I did some smashing with my warhammer and managed to land a crit on the one that had swallowed the wizard, so he was safely retrieved.</p><p>It took a long time to defeat all of them, and it looked like the Champion might get swallowed too, but we finally whittled the bad guys down and defeated them.</p><p>Even though the Champion was using her ability to block damage, my character ended that fight with only 45 HP (normally I have 154 or something). So it was a big fight and we were in some peril.</p><p>Anyway, we think we solved the mystery of Where People Were Disappearing To down on the docks. I don't know that it advances the overall story, but we got some nice loot out of it and made the place safer.</p><p>At one point, when we had just run into the Omox, the Wizard suggested that he just cast Wall of Stone and be done with it. I think that would have been awful and also really funny. Because it would have blocked up that whole sewer, but the pipe was so big that it would probably take a long time before it backed up enough that the town noticed, and we could be long gone by then. </p><p>But we did the right thing and cleared out the monsters. I'm not sure what we'll do next - I think the person we were trying to track to this town (the person who sicced the "merchants" on us) may have been eaten by one of the Grizzers, so I don't know what we'll do next. Maybe go report that we found him (to the church - he's a priest there) and that will give us an in with the clergy? We'll see.</p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Pathfinder2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathfinder2</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a></p>
Laidback DM<p>Another hand drawn map on <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/vcnpoLgoKbw?si=1xGkPeYhK4Fk47PB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/vcnpoLgoKbw</span><span class="invisible">?si=1xGkPeYhK4Fk47PB</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dnd</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/5e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5e</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osr</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>map</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartography</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/draw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>draw</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/handdrawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handdrawn</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/oldschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldschool</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DnD5e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DnD5e</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DungeonsAndDragons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DungeonsAndDragons</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/shadowdark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shadowdark</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Dragonbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dragonbane</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Runequest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Runequest</span></a></p>
TheLashuntaFromCastrovel<p>Lashunta Architectural Inspiration<br>Mandaragiri, Karnataka India</p><p>On Castrovel, what would this building be?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/starfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starfinder</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lashunta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lashunta</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/castrovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>castrovel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgcommunity</span></a></p>
Marc Ueberall<p>yesterday <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@stefanieueberall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stefanieueberall</span></a></span> (gm) and i (player) started the pathfinder 2 adventure path "agents of edgewatch" as a one-on-one using the cypher system. we had a blast! <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pf2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pf2e</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cyphersystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyphersystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/agentsofedgewatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agentsofedgewatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pnp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a></p>
Jürgen Hubert<p>Over on RPG.net, I am doing a "Where I Read" thread where I am discussing the <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Pathfinder2E" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathfinder2E</span></a> Remaster rules from a <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> perspective.</p><p>The latest post is about the "Seraptis" or "Suicide Demon" from the Monster Core. I argue that it is both unfortunately and inaccurately named - but it can make for an amazing campaign villain if you want your campaign to go to some really dark places.</p><p>(Trigger warnings for suicide and abusive relationships.)</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a><br><a href="https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/pathfinder-2e-remastered-the-worldbuilders-perspective.917916/page-17#post-25526448" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.rpg.net/index.php?thread</span><span class="invisible">s/pathfinder-2e-remastered-the-worldbuilders-perspective.917916/page-17#post-25526448</span></a></p>
Count Regal Inkwell<p>Got some finished art of one of my <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/furry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>furry</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/OC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OC</span></a> s -- Created for a <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a> campaign.</p><p>This is Maestro Thabit Albanda</p><p>He's a Bard with the Criminal background and the Celebrity Archetype -- He's the leader of a criminal gang/theater troupe called The Crimson Curtain. </p><p>Loved playing as this cutie. Love him even more now that I have his adorable face brought to life by one of my friends.</p><p>I don't think they USE their fedi account, but they are on Bluesky as lynthecookie.bsky.social -- Go give 'em some love if you like this. They work for commissions and could use the dosh.</p><p><a href="https://equestria.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://equestria.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a></p>
TheLashuntaFromCastrovel<p>Mid-Week Castrovel Inspiration<br>Artist: Andreas Rocha</p><p>An interesting concept for a hometree. Can we easily envision bowers so high up toward the top?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lashunta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lashunta</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/castrovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>castrovel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgcommunity</span></a></p>
TheLashuntaFromCastrovel<p>Mid-Week Lashunta Inspiration<br>Artist: Hans Zatzka (1859 – 1945)</p><p>I've come to really love Zatzka's work. I like Zatzka its zest and vibrancy, for the interesting perpective of him being the equivalent of a fantasy artist in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, and also for the perspective that he, like artists from his period, held a slightly different aesthetic of beauty than we commonly do today, which gives a window into that time's worldview.</p><p>This pic could easily be a gathering of wealthy Lashunta Damaya tarrying in a meticulously groomed elfyard. Maybe the lights over their heads are psychically conjured feylights for some ritual? What would that ritual be? Is it a mother with her daughters? Or a matron with her client-lovers? </p><p>What does your imagination tell you?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lashunta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lashunta</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/castrovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>castrovel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinderrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinderrpg</span></a></p>
Angela<p>Yesterday we played our tabletop Pathfinder 2 game. We had what I consider a really good fight. We won, but it was long and some of our party was hit with spellwork that really hampered their contributions.</p><p>We were in a large gathering with delegates from several different countries. We had been trying for days to affect the way these delegates saw our party and the whole treaty that we needed them to support. There is a Big Bad Guy who is poised to start taking over the world (his country is teeming with undead and they want to remake the world in that image). So we need to team up to defeat him.</p><p>But each of these countries has their own pressing issues (and two of them are already at war with each other, which is tricky). So it has been slow going, with lots of bargaining about trade agreements, nonagression agreements, etc.</p><p>Anyway - we had finally gotten to the end of this summit and were in a closing/signing ceremony. And in marches a group of armed and aggressive people, whose leader shouted at his followers for them to kill all of us.</p><p>The bad guys successfully cast a Confusion spell on our Wizard, so he was out of the fight for several rounds. One of our good fighters was slowed for several rounds, which really got in the way since this fight was so spread out - she couldn't get anywhere, and if she did, then she had to wait until the next round to attack, by which time the target had moved.</p><p>I had a pretty good fight, even though as a Dwarf, I'm already slow to get anywhere. I chose to defend a couple of the delegates I had worked with over the past summit days, and that worked out pretty well for me. I had some lucky rolls and fought off some baddies pretty easily without getting ultra-damaged myself.</p><p>I also remembered I had prepared Divine Wrath that day, and the spell description says it only targets enemies, so I was okay to cast it where my friends were fighting. That went very well - several bad guys critically failed the save and ended up Sickened and Slowed, which helped even the odds.</p><p>Then we were starting to get low on bad guys, and someone shouted across the hall that we probably needed to keep one alive for questioning. </p><p>Okay. Doing nonlethal damage is not what my character is built for. But there was one enemy in her area, so she did her best to knock him down without killing him. She whiffed twice.</p><p>I had one action left and probably should have raised my shield, because my 3rd attack 10 less than normal. But I threw caution to the wind and attacked anyway. I hit! And it was enough that it knocked him out, so mission accomplished.</p><p>The orc transformed into a dragon, which was cool. The Wizard got caught in a cone of cold blast, which knocked him out of his confusion. The Champion (Paladin) started making better saves and wasn't slowed so often, and we successfully finished the fight.</p><p>And then when my captured Bad Guy woke up, he swallowed the poison he had hidden in his mouth and we didn't get to question him. But we did take all of their masks off to see who these people were who were trying to derail the agreement. </p><p>They didn't look like undead folks, and they didn't fight like them. So I think we'll have to wait until the next game to really explore that. It looks like they were humans who were pretending to be from one of the countries present at the summit, but their disguises are not very thorough. </p><p>It was great to play again after skipping a couple of weeks due to outside-of-game stuff. </p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTRPG</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a></p>
TheLashuntaFromCastrovel<p>Guess What Day It Is?<br>Castrovel Woodsy Wednesday!<br>Artist: Chrisvingreg (artstation)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lashunta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lashunta</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/castrovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>castrovel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgcommunity</span></a></p>
Jürgen Hubert<p>If anyone here has an interest in <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Pathfinder2E" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathfinder2E</span></a> , I have a long-running <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/RPGNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RPGNet</span></a> thread where I read through the rules from a <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> perspective.</p><p>Here is the part where I start with the Monster Core.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <br><a href="https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/pathfinder-2e-remastered-the-worldbuilders-perspective.917916/page-13#post-25494835" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.rpg.net/index.php?thread</span><span class="invisible">s/pathfinder-2e-remastered-the-worldbuilders-perspective.917916/page-13#post-25494835</span></a></p>
Mickytankbank<p>If you like vampires and dungeon crawls, you might want to check out Thirst For Blood for your next Pathfinder campaign</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2e</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/tabletop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tabletop</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/vampire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vampire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>review</span></a></p><p><a href="https://churapereviews.com/2025/05/19/review-of-thirst-for-blood-a-pathfinder-adventure/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">churapereviews.com/2025/05/19/</span><span class="invisible">review-of-thirst-for-blood-a-pathfinder-adventure/</span></a></p>
Fox Mime<p>I was out of town and missed last week's <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathfinder2e</span></a> game, but the crew were nice enough to set aside a portion of the loot from the boss monster they fought!</p><p>This week, we had a couple people out but still enough players to keep exploring. My rolls during combat were horrible, noneffective, and I laughed that I was just here for the story. However, my rolls outside of combat were excellent, which did in fact make up for it as Jeckle did fun crow (tengu) things! Gotta snoop out the shinies! 🐦‍⬛</p>
TheLashuntaFromCastrovel<p>As a teaser for Saturday, here's a snippt from Chapter 65, in which Lady Vaeol in Loskialua communes with the dying Formian prisoner she has named Teiushye...</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lashunta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lashunta</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/castrovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>castrovel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/worldanvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldanvil</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgs</span></a></p>
Kichae<p><strong>Perspectives From a Chill Pathfinder Table</strong></p> <p>cross-posted from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder2e/comments/1klr33w/perspectives_from_a_chill_pathfinder_table/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">r/Pathfinder2e</a></p> <p>TL;DR: Turning the difficulty slider down can give a different experience that is still fun!</p> <p>Let me start by saying I love PF2e. It's not perfect but its my favorite high fantasy system that I've played and the main group I play with has been running 2e for a few years now and it has entirely been run in the DMs homebrew world (so no APs). All encounters are made by the DM.</p> <p>One thing I noticed after a while is that my experience was different than the experience of others based on posts in this sub. A lot of the discourse focuses on "the value of a +1 bonus" or "Spellcasters aren't actually weak" or around how to optimize or use teamwork to deal with severe encounters. All of which is super interesting but I think might be scary to a new person whos curious about the "vibe" of PF2e (particularly folks who might be emigrating from 5e). Its my understanding that a lot of this discussion came about due to some of the early APs being overtuned and kind of requiring optimizations and strategic thinking so I think its helpful to have those discussions for people running those types of campaigns but I wanted to offer a perspective from the other end of the difficulty scale.</p> <p>As I said, the table I play in is a homebrew setting and the campaign is entirely the work of our lovely DM. The story is interesting, our characters are fun, and the encounters are interesting but... the difficulty very rarely rises above moderate. Early on when we were first getting used to the system there were a few encounters in the hard range that I think caught us off guard and the DM dialed back the difficulty and since then as never really ramped it up much other than for the occasional boss at the end of an arc. Most encounters also lean towards the "lots of lower level dudes" as opposed to "one big monster" which I think also contributes to the difference in tone.</p> <p>At first I was kind of leery of this cause I enjoy some crunch and tactics (as do most of the people at the table) but I now realize that it's pretty liberating. Knowing that I don't need to squeek out every possible bonus really expands the options available. When optimizing there tends to be options that are just flat better than others (this is far less an issue in 2e than in other systems, mind you) and if you're expecting to run into a severe encounter then "every +1 matters" becomes really really true. Choosing to take a suboptimal feat or spell or choosing to do an interesting but tactically unsound action can become real liability. But when you know that you can still pretty reliably hit even without flanking for offguard then you can start doing funny stuff without holding back your party.</p> <p>This is especially true for spellcasters. I don't think spellcasters are underpowered in 2e, but I do think that there are a lot of spells that sound cool but mechanically just don't do enough. Well in our campaign, since everything tends to be lower level, suddenly those incapacitation spells start working as you fantasize them working. Hordes of mooks make wizards feel like gods again without overshadowing the "boss" encounters.</p> <p>On the other side of the screen I feel like this also made things a bit more fun for our DM. If winning or losing fights aren't as uncertain then you can start adding in extra variables without the fear of going to far. There was a point where I noticed that he started to get a lot more creative with the combat arenas. For example one fight was against a group of goblins all PL-2 or less. On paper probably a moderate encounter. But the fight took place on a series of suspended platforms over a bottomless pit, where everyone needed to hop from platform to platform. The goblins had a mix of shooters and bruisers who were trying to push us off the platforms. There was tension, there was drama, and there was silliness which made for an extremely rememberable encounter even though in hindsight the actual risk was relatively small.</p> <p>Most of the "Drama" comes from the sandboxy nature of the campaign. The choices we make outside of combat tends to have the biggest effects.</p> <p>In summary, this is just a post that says the difficulty slider can be turned down as well as up and the game is still fun. I've played it both ways with various groups and I see the benefits of both.</p> <p>I really liked this post by u/Slavasonic over on Reddit. Not only does it reflect my own experience running a beer-and-pretzles game with childen (a pop-and-chips game?), but it's actually not been down-voted into a smoking crater, which means it's probably doing something to connect with people that I've not yet figured out.</p> <p>As my table continues to evolve, I've become increasingly enthusiastic about 2e's effectiveness in more casual games, and as a story engine for narrative and character-driven play. It provides a full "physics" engine in the box that I can tune to my heart's desires. The result has been really great, and discussion of it has gotten a ton of pushback by the community over on Reddit.</p> <p>Edit: NodeBB seems to be hijacking the blockquote formatting, so I'm switching to horizontal-rules to encapsulate the quoted post.</p> <p><a href="https://wanderingadventure.party/post/35" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wanderingadventure.party/post/</span><span class="invisible">35</span></a></p>
TheLashuntaFromCastrovel<p>Mid-Week Lashunta Inspiration<br>Artist: Angela Rizza</p><p>A Damaya Shotalashu rider!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lashunta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lashunta</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/castrovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>castrovel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgs</span></a></p>
gallantgoblin<p>BONFIRE BITES, weekly monster and magic item <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> stat blocks for both <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dnd</span></a> and <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a></p><p>This week is Stone Armor Powder! Tough as a rock, soft as cotton.</p><p>Back us on patreon.com/thegallantgoblin to see all our releases and get VTT tokens, print and play cards, and PDF booklets of our content!</p>
TheLashuntaFromCastrovel<p>Friday Night Lashunta Inspiration<br>Artist: Arantzya Sestayo @arantzasestayoworks </p><p>So I've done this before, but one of my prevailing archetypes, especially for Lashunta Damaya outriders, is Diana Prince/Themyscira. In so many ways, she is all Lady Vaeol aspires to be.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lashunta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lashunta</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/castrovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>castrovel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ttrpgcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpgcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pathfinderrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathfinderrpg</span></a></p>
Fox Mime<p>Happy to report that all our characters are still alive after our second <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathfinder2e</span></a> session! Albeit, we only cleared two more rooms and so far the enemies have not been particularly deadly to us.</p><p>Lots of crits tonight, in our favor.</p><p>Jeckle discovered a hidden downward staircase, but the effort to access it was outweighed by the majority of the group's desire to continue exploring the same floor.</p>
MDMRN<p>For any of my Pathfinder 2E players out there, there's a new Humble Bundle with a lot of Tian Xia content. </p><p>Check it out here: <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/pathfinder-second-edition-asian-fantasy-bundle-paizo-books" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">humblebundle.com/books/pathfin</span><span class="invisible">der-second-edition-asian-fantasy-bundle-paizo-books</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urusai.social/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTRPG</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/Pathfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathfinder</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/Pathfinder2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathfinder2e</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/Paizo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paizo</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/HumbleBundle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumbleBundle</span></a></p>