I really like the random fluid table for the Iron Gods AP for Pathfinder. How about a flaw that plays into it.
Fluid Compulsion
You tried the random fluids of the wastes long ago, and now you are an addict. You’ve tried to stop, but you can’t. Now, when you see it, you have to have it.
Effect: When you see a Numeria fluid, you must attempt to drink it. If you try to avoid drinking, you must make a will save DC 10+ level.
Thoughts?
Product– Pathfinder Player Companion-People of the Stars
System-Pathfinder
Producer-Paizo
TL;DR-It’s that book with android stuff! 93%
Basics-I want to believe! People of the Stars is the player companion to Distant Worlds. This book follows the standard Pathfinder formula for player books by adding new races, feats, items, traits, archetypes, and spells for races from beyond Golarion in the solar system.
Mechanics or Crunch– This is crunch-tastic. The book is full of all kinds of great stuff to build otherworldly characters. What’s here is pretty useful and well done if you want to have an intergalactic campaign. If you want to keep you game on Golarion, there isn’t much for you here. 5/5
Theme or Fluff– There are some amazing stories here. Each world in the solar system gets about half a page and gives a nice, short summary that world. The races all have some nice build up and are varied enough to be good additions to the Pathfinder race line up. However, like I said above, the stuff presented here really won’t be that much use to any campaign or player if you just stay on Golarion. 5/5
Execution-Paizo knows how to make a good book. This book is well written, laid out well, and entertaining. This isn’t the best book put out by Paizo as there are some parts that drag on, and there are a few sections with “textbook problem”. But, this is generally a good book. 4/5
Summary-Going to play in the solar system in Pathfinder? Then, get this book. Going to play the Iron God’s campaign and want to play an android? Get this book, because this book has some android feat and traits you might want. Otherwise, this book might not help you much. It’s a well done book, but this book will mostly hit a niche market. Even the Iron Gods adventure path doesn’t use this book and advices the use of another book called People of the River. This is a good book, but only a few people will really need this book. 93%
How about trait for your Numeria campaign?
Numeria Scavenger (regional trait)
You grew up in the wastes and know how to find the safe fluids from the dangerous
Benefit: When you roll on the random Numeria fluids table, add 10% to your roll. A roll of 01% still counts as a 01%.
Thoughts?
This is a spell I made up on the fly for the final of my Pathfinder Game. I had a crit happy gunslinger, and I had to find a way to keep my big bad in the fight for more then five seconds. This is the result
School abjuration; Level cleric 7, inquisitor 6, paladin 6
This spell functions as shield of fortification, except there is a 75% chance that the critical hit or sneak attack is negated and damage is instead be rolled normally, rather than 25%.
Thoughts?
Product-Darkwood Arc Excursions: Barrow of the Cursespawn
Producer– Saga RPG
System-Pathfinder
Price– ~$6 here http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/132931/01AE01-Barrow-of-the-Cursespawn-PFRPG-PDF
TL; DR-Zelda puzzles in Pathfinder!? 93%
Basics– Welcome back to the world of Darkwood. Miners are missing, and OTHER adventures are on the way! But, after a chance meeting in a bar, you and your friends are dragged into the events at the mine. Can you save the day and find out what’s happening in the wilderness? This is a Pathfinder adventure that is designed to fit well into the Darkwood Adventure path for characters level 7.
Story or Fluff-This is an interesting one. To really get all you can out of this mission, a GM worth his/her salt must deeply read the background. This company excels at building story in their adventures, and it shows in this one. At its heart, this adventure is a simple dungeon crawl with adventure set in Saga’s world of Darkwood, but these people write an awesome intro to get your involved and build story into the dungeon to make it interesting. However, like some fantasy or Sci-Fi adventures and stories, this adventure has the Dune problem for names-way too many terms are introduced to describe thing that have a general name like a burial mound or a shaman. It’s not bad, but as a reader, it can sometimes be confusing. 4.5/5
Mechanics or Crunch-When you look at this one, it’s a pretty short adventure. If your table doesn’t mess around, you can easily get through this adventure in about three to four hours. The monsters are pretty par for the Pathfinder course at seventh level, but what will make this stand out are puzzles! I love adventures that have more than just fights. The puzzles are pretty nice. Now as a person who’s played every Legend of Zelda game, these puzzles are not world endingly difficult, but anytime you have a TIMED puzzle in a tabletop RPG, it’s going to be a good evening! The traps and monsters are all normal stuff, but its standard stuff you’d expect to fight at this level. There is new stuff here, but I don’t think any seventh level party will be overly challenged by this adventure. However, those issues maybe more of a Pathfinder system problem than anything that is written by Saga. It’s a good stand along adventure, but you’ll need all the standard Pathfinder/Paizo books to run the adventure, but to get the most from this adventure you will also need Saga original AP book (reviewed here https://throatpunchgames.com/2014/06/06/ring-side-report-rpg-review-of-the-deft-and-the-deadly/ ) 4.75/5
Execution-This is a pretty short product, but the price is right. Like I said before, these writers are great at story, but there are a few pages of nothing but text with lots of new terms. I’d like a bit more art, but what is there is art, its put to good use. Also, the puzzles and some of the traps get great layouts and art to really help the players and GM understand what’s going on and how to run the adventure properly. 4.75/5
Summary-This isn’t a perfect adventure, but it’s a damn fine one. It’s got a good plot that factors into Saga’s other metaplot for their adventure path. It’s a nice evening adventure sized adventure with fighting, traps, and puzzles. If you like Saga’s current AP, then you’re getting this one regardless of what I have to say. But, if you want some good third party Pathfinder adventure, for six bucks, you can’t go wrong here. 93%
Disclosure: I was provided a review copy of this adventure.
Reading stuff for the Iron Gods Adventure Path, and I though of this for androids
Tracer Understanding
Be it being better built or a better understanding of your biology, you know how to use the tracing built in your body.
Prerequisites: Android
Benefit: You can illuminate with dim light an area of 10 feat around you. In addition, can use your tracing to change your appearance to gain a +4 inherent bonus to disguise checks to mimic a humanoid of your size.
Thoughts?
How about a feat for Pathfinder? Who doesn’t love playing Mario with their enemies…
Death From Above
When you strike from above, you hit with devastating results
When you jump down on an enemy from a height of equal to or greater than twice the enemy’s height, increase your critical attack range by two. You can do this effect by jumping at the opponent instead of falling, but you must succeed on a jump check that results in you at least being twice as high as your opponent.
Thoughts?
I’ve been thinking about the heroes I love to read about, mostly the sneaky bastards…this one goes out to them!
From the Hip
Wen you draw down for a fight, you move so fast you strike with the weapons hilt before then with your blade before you opponents know what hit them.
Prerequisite: Quick Draw
Benefit: When you draw a weapon for the first time in a combat and use the quick draw feat, you gain an extra attack that uses your highest attack bonus and the weapons normal damage dice with the exception that this attack deals bludgeoning damage.
Thoughts?
I just did one like this for Shadowrun, how about one for Pathfinder.
Spell Guarantee
Why gamble on a spell, when its hard for you to miss their mark.
Benefit:When you target a creature with a spell that allows for a saving throw, the target must beat the DC save of your spell rather than match the DC to save against the effect.
Thoughts?
I’m currently reading a few of the Pathfinder Harrow books, and I think this feat will help.
54 Card Pick-Up
You know how to use the Harrow, either to help or harm, but when you’re done you always get your cards back.
Benefit: When you use a Harrow deck in a way that destroys a card or cards, if you shuffle the deck for five consecutive minutes after the card is destroyed the card or cards reappear in the deck. These new cards are unmarked, and allow you to use the Harrow Deck for all feat, powers, or class abilities that requires a full deck of cards to draw from.
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