Someone you know. You'll have to wait and see, unless they decide to tell you. Though, now that I think about it, they're only going to be offering one kind (specifically, tattoos that cast find familiar,) so maybe you could learn to make the rest?

What tool proficiency would be required, presumably some sort of artisan's tools, and is it a matter of buying a recipe for each individual spell effect or just the spell level?

Smith's Tools (because you're actually creating a magical needle) or the Arcana skill could do it, but for Spellwrought Tattoos, you would need to know the spells you want the tattoo to cast. For any other types, you need the specific recipe.

Ah cool, I might aim for the Smith's Tools then so I can also fabricate my own arms and armour as needed. It'll probably be some time before I can afford the gold price.

So knowing the spell as part of the needle manufacture sounds perfectly reasonable to me, I assume purchasing the recipe for each spell I can't cast would be done through Hexia. edit: reread your post, you probably meant the non-Spellwrought tattoos there :D

Would crafting with another person allow me to provide the Smithing knowledge and them to provide the casting knowledge? Might be useful if people want a tattoo of a spell they know that Victor doesn't.

This is definitely interesting to me assuming whoever else was looking into doing it doesn't beat me to it.
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Sure! Granted, most spellcasters tend to be proficient in Arcana, so they could craft them on their own, but the downtime cost savings for cooperative crafting is always worth it.

Hmmm true I suppose, it's very similar to crafting spell scrolls I imagine. Hopefully the spells on my list are alluring enough to attract trade :)

Well, any of the Smite spells would appeal to anyone who likes to melee. Then of course, there's shield of faith.

Can you craft a scroll of summon greater steed? :) Flying around on griffon's would be oh so cool....

I intend to stop progression in Paladin before getting access to 3rd level Paladin spells so I'd have Find Steed but for the Greater version I'd probably have to get Malkus's help.
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That can be probably be arranged. That spell in particular is one I'm looking forward to

Due to reactions such as shield, I'd like to suggest that enemy attacks have their Attack rolls or results shown so that canny players are able to cheat certain doom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReFhu8KYbmU

In reply to Carmen Diaz (msg # 111):

I would think that's unnecessary.  As long as one knows the attack roll hit, one can use Shield as a reaction.  Knowing the number only effects metagaming by allowing one to do math and determine if attack roll is too high for Shield to be effective.

It depends on your viewpoint.

A lot of games play in the style of: I rolled an 18. Does that hit?
Player has AC 17 and knows that using Shield will be useful.

I hadn't contemplated games that ran where the GM just stated that an attack hits or not without disclosing numbers. Happy either way but the one thing I will say is that currently the rest of the players are waiting for me to decide if I use Shield or not so that they can also figure out their own actions.

I think including an attack roll is valid (and my preference) for play by post in order to help speed things along.

At my meatspace table we have always had the GM ask "does a 24 hit your AC?" which acts as a prompt for the players to state any reactions. It hasn't seemed to lead to any problematic metagaming.

Agree with Victor and Carmen on the posting of GM attack rolls, like how the players do it.

I don't think it's metagaming as much as it is strategizing.

It also seems to be the usual from what I've seen and participated in elsewhere, as well.

I think the apprehension surrounds it being strategizing based on meta-gaming, as opposed to strategizing based solely on what your character perceives.

But that's where I don't think it's a problem for GM's to disclose rolls. From a narrative viewpoint, the wizard tries to get out of harm's way but realising that the opponent's blade is closer than first expected, reacts by throwing his arm up in a warding motion, and the blade dances harmlessly off the shield spell he cast.

That's simply giving the knowledge that +2 AC would make the enemy miss him a bit of narrative fluff and justifying giving player characters the knowledge of an opponent's roll.

In the end, the wizard lives to fight another round but is down one spell slot, so attrition is satisfied.

In reply to Spark (msg # 116):

Shield is a +5 AC bonus.

It is not the knowledge of the hit that the Caster can then cast Shield that is the issue.  They can cast Shield any time they are hit.  It is the knowledge of when casting Shield would be useless, knowledge that their character would not have, that is the issue.

This request is based mostly on convenience.

Option 1: declare a hit only.
Player can use a reaction to potentially avoid hits.
GM has to confirm if reaction is effective
Everyone can now post actions based on the reaction

Option 2: declare attack roll (I don’t mind if the dice roller result is shown or not, just the AC that was hit.
Player uses reaction to avoid hit, knowing the result of the reaction
All players can post without needing confirmation from the GM.

So Conspirator and I have talked it over and have agreed that we will start showing EITHER the AC that was hit or that it was a crit, but we will not be doing those two in the same instance.

Sounds like a good call to me :)

Awesome to hear. Thanks so much :)

With the updates to business and sleep rules I have a few questions.

Question 1)
Building a 30 ft by 30 ft room doubles the cost but quadruples the area foot print (4 15 ft by 15 ft squares if you like).
Is it reasonable to leave one corner to the regular living requirements leaving the other 3 corners available for worktables/forges etc or do they still require their own separate rooms?
I assume there is enough space so no need for additional rooms.

Question 2)
Is it just the room cost which is doubled or also anything that is purchased to go inside it (extra fireplaces, workstations etc)?
I assume the double charge is for the structure only.

Question 3)
Is there an ability to upgrade from wooden to stone construction down the line, is the cost the difference, the full charge for a new construction or somewhere in the middle?
I assume the difference is charged.

Based on my current assumptions I would expect something like this example:
Tiria wishes to build a new structure to live in and run a business from. She decides on a wooden building with dimensions 30 ft by 30 ft (or equivalent).
Her costs would be as follows:
50 x 2 = 100 gp for basic construction which includes a stove. (Base capacity is 1: Poor)
25 gp for an additional fireplace, assuming extra space = extra heating. (+1 Capacity to 2:Modest)
50 gp for a worktable for running her business with room for another 2 later if desired.
Total cost so far is 175 gp.

Later she decides to upgrade to stone construction:
Difference in cost to stone = 100 gp (+1 capacity to 3: Wealthy)
Extra fireplace due to stone's extra heating needs = 25 gp (+1 capacity to 4: Aristocratic)
Upgrade costs: 125 gp.

This seems pretty reasonable to me but before I get too ahead of myself for planning I figured it best to get definite confirmation on my interpretation/assumptions!

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Question 4)
Regarding races that do not need sleep or have an alternative, I assume this rule would be altered to be somewhat equivalent, is this correct?

For example, an elf (such as Tiria) requires 4 hours of Trance for a long rest, they do not sleep. They would be able to go 20 hours without starting to Trance before needing to roll for exhaustion.

Another example, creatures that don't need any sleep (I assume Spark is warforged?) completely ignore this rule.

Question 5)
Most nights in the wilderness (in my experience) have PCs taking turns on watch. Assuming a very busy 18 hour adventuring day, does this mean that whoever is on first watch, presumably for about 2 hours, will need to make the Constitution roll at the start of their watch?
If so, easy work arounds are to adventure no more than 16 hours (makes sense) or keep the same watch order each day so that the cycle is staggered by 2 hours for each  PC.

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Question 6)
Did I just channel Tidelan?

Our prevailing guideline on housing is this: Everyone who pays the same amount gets the same benefits. Following from this:

1) A 30x30 room counts as 2 rooms for any relevant rules.

2) Heating cost is doubled, but heating is already factored into the price of the first room, so when you doubled the price in the first step, you already paid enough to heat it. You only need to double the cost of workstations if you want to double the amount of people who can work in the room (normally, 4.)

3) You may upgrade to stone by paying the difference.

Editing your example to fit this:
Tiria wishes to build a new structure to live in and run a business from. She decides on a wooden building with dimensions 30 ft by 30 ft (or equivalent).
Her costs would be as follows:
50 x 2 = 100 gp for basic construction which includes a big stove. (Base capacity is 3: Comfortable, because it's the same as having a second heated room.)
50 gp for a worktable for running her business with room for another 2 later if desired.
Total cost so far is 150 gp.

Later she decides to upgrade to stone construction:
Difference in cost to stone, including heating = 100 gp (+3 capacity to 6: Aristocratic, even if you have one person move in.)
Upgrade costs: 100 gp.

4) You are correct.

5) Don't forget, regardless of time spent sleeping, a long rest is 8 hours, so if you make that a habit, either you're not getting the benefits of a long rest, or you're getting to bed--and waking up-- 2 hours later every day. But yes, first watch would have to make those saves if they start after an 18-hour day.

6) It happens.

Thanks Conspirator :)

You're welcome :)