I have a first-level character who would like to keep a journal, but is on a very tight budget, and I am dissatisfied with the idea of using charcoal, given how easily it smudges and smears in real life. The PFSRD has this to offer for writing utensils: Chalk (1 cp) This fat piece of white cha...

If my gaming group wanted to adapt a Pathfinder 2E AP (e.g. Strength of Thousands), what are the difficulties? We're very familiar with 1E but only lightly so far with 2E. Is there a reasonable way to adapt encounters to 1E Challenge Ratings?

A Cleric that is concentrating on a Bless spell is hit by a Mummy Lord's Rotting Fist. The Cleric takes the damage (14 bludgeoning + 21 necrotic on average). Rotting Fist has a second effect: "If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be cursed with mumm...

I am unsure if this fits RPG.se well enough, so I am asking it on meta to check before I do post it. If this is not quite a good fit, that's fine. The initial question is as follows: Background I am making an RPG that uses poker/Yahtzee like hands from die rolls instead of the normal "dice+mods v...

I, being the DM, have always some problems to apply the magic world of DnD onto the real world, which is the base of our common understanding of how things works. Especially, since I experienced players who just wanted to kill kings to take over their kingdom, purely acting on impulse. Now I stum...

I have what is chiefly a probability / game-design query, but one with a clear RPG gaming purpose behind it. Assume I have a check in some game system, using a single 20-sided dice, that requires rolling greater than or equal to a target number. That target number starts at 20, but with every sub...

Are there any possible ways to get access to Incendiary Aura without: Using the Oracle class (with Flames mystery) Using the Oracle archetype (Oracle Dedication with Flames mystery + First Revelation) ?

All 3 of the reactions of a good champion include the wording "resistance against the triggering damage", written in different ways. So a player of mine and I were debating about what is the "triggering damage" and what damage is actually reduced. Let's say that an enemy strikes a PC with a flami...