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Is the overwhelming soul archetype balanced with regard to a normal kineticist and other kineticist archetypes?
I was looking at archetypes for the kineticists and found Overwhelming Soul it doesn't seem like it gives much of a benefit. You gain a couple of good skills, get the ability to lower burn by one ...
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Is level five permanent flight overpowered?
A player asked whether or not I would allow him to buy permanency flight for his character at level 5. He agreed to put a limitation on it similar to illusory flight, but it would still be a 60 foot ...
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Gestalt caster balance: what price should allow multiple casting classes to share a spellbook?
I'm planning on running a P6 (tl,dr: stop leveling at 6, keep getting feats every 5k XP) campaign wherein the PCs are all gestalt characters, one "side" of which needs to be a full caster. ...
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How do I balance a very-low magic campaign?
Recently, my players and I got kind of bored with the fact that Pathfinder relies heavily on magic items than martial prowess for fighting classes. I realize and accept the fact that spellcasters are ...
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How are Fighters Linear but Wizards Quadratic?
The phrase "Linear Fighters, Quadratic Wizards" gets bandied about a lot, but I've found I don't have a good way to explain it to newer players.
The tier system post has some examples of how wizards ...
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Are There Weaker Alternatives to Cleric, Wizard, or Druid? [closed]
Clerics, Wizards, and Druids are widely regarded as having so many more and more powerful options than non-spellcasters, like Fighters, that trying to play a game involving both of them will leave the ...
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Rod of Wonder: Useful or Useless? [closed]
My players recently acquired a rod of wonder. One or two are interested in using it, while others think the risk of a bad random effect is too high. Since the game encourages the DM to change the ...
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Can the Decoy Ring be used multiple times per day?
A while ago we crafted a Decoy ring for someone in our party. The description for it is as follows:
Whenever the wearer of this ring takes the withdraw action or becomes helpless (including falling ...
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How can I preserve medieval transportation tropes for the PCs in a world with travel magic?
The problem: Overland travel spells and magic items disrupt the value of several fantasy elements that I don't want to sacrifice in a campaign, such as mounts (and the classes that make use of them), ...
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Would it be balanced to use the Starfinder system for races with more than 2 arms in Pathfinder 1e?
In Starfinder creatures with more than 2 arms have a feature where they can hold more items but not take extra actions with those arms. Would it be balanced if a race in Pathfinder 1e had this feature?...
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Is a rod of Cherry Blossom Spell metamagic a bad idea?
I am GMing the Hollow's Last Hope Adventure Path and I plan on going into Crown of the Kobold King after it. The book already has an aspect of poisons and diseases but I've leaned into them a little ...
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Is 20d6 sonic damage every turn overpowered compared to other 5th- to 7th-level character abilities?
The question is born from:
Does taking the form of a Muse using Fey Form gain you the Sound Strike attack?.
Is 20d6 sonic damage every turn overpowered compared to other 5th- to 7th character-level ...
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Are those changes enough to save the Kineticist?
I've been toying with the idea of making a kineticist for a bit, now. The class is quite flavorful, with some interesting options and a nice set of utility.
...That said, its core sucks.
Like, really ...
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What tier is the Kineticist?
What tier is Pathfinder's Kineticist? Why ought it to be classified in that tier?
Some background:
This lists the Kineticist as T5 alongside the monk, with another poster arguing it should be T4 ...
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Pathfinder: How to balance Wealth by Level for a guild of player characters?
After several years of running tabletop one-offs I decided to try a campaign format that would let casual players hop in and out without straining disbelief while allowing for dedicated players to get ...
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