Understanding Magic in Pathfinder 2E | Creating Spellcasters with Jason Bulmahn
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- Excited to play a spellcaster in Pathfinder Second Edition, but finding the spell system to be a bit intimidating? Jason Bulmahn sits down with his good buddy Dan to walk through the various types of spells, explore the traditions of magic, and build a sorcerer's spell list!
This video includes a complete overview of spellcasting, from the traditions of magic to the individual spell schools. It also goes over the four types of spells, giving special attention to cantrips and focus spells! Finally, we go through the process of selecting spells, showing you how your choices can work to reinforce your character concept!
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Title: Understanding Magic in Pathfinder 2E | Creating Spellcasters with Jason Bulmahn
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Not That Magic
1:12 - Magic is Everywhere
2:34 - How Do Spells Work
3:49 - Magical Traditions
6:14 - Schools of Magic
9:39 - Reading Spells
10:06 - Level
11:01 - Heightened Spells
12:01 - Four Types of Spells
13:01 - Cantrips
16:18 - Focus Spells
21:23 - Rituals
23:25 - Specialist Wizards
24:30 - Creating a Sorcerer
25:11 - Wayne Reynolds is Amazing
25:57 - Spell Sheet
26:25 - Sorcerer Basics
27:38 - Different Ways of Spellcasting
29:51 - Bloodlines
33:25 - Filling out the Spell Sheet
38:00 - Spell Proficiencies
40:50 - I make mistakes sometimes too
41:34 - Cantrips
47:22 - 1st Level Spells
54:54 - Green Dragon Confusion
56:30 - Undead Bloodline
1:00:05 - Divine Spells
1:03:54 - Conclusion 
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Thank you so much for watching everyone! If you want to see any particular Pathfinder 2E topic covered on the channel, go ahead and drop a content! I am always looking for new ideas and parts of the game to explore!
I deleted the other comment because I finished watching the video and found where you had corrected about the different colors of dragons. Lol!
How about a GM prep guide for first time GMs? I get really nervous thinking about the daunting task of attempting to GM for the first time. Any tips to make that easier would be great. Would you typically read the entire adventure path first if running a prewritten or do you read the section you would go through for that session alone then repeat that next session?
ok my GF pointed this out now i cant unsee it......ARE YOU NONATS DAD? im on to yall! lol :)
What about blood magic? either as class or subclass?
Great job thank you gentlemen!
I love how I can refer to videos like these to new players and tell them; this is directly from the Company's Director of game design. Its highly likely factual and informative. Look, he actually plays his own product. Look, he believes in the products he works on. He's a player and/or GM. This is a plausible indication he truly seems to care about what he does. I'm also sure he does this on his free time.
Jason is the MOST BENEVOLENT of GMs! Dan is GREAT too!
Aww.. shucks. Thank you. I do try and I am happy to share my love of the game with all of you!
The MOST!
Having a game managed by a company not owned by a mega corporation and designers that are close to the community is so refreshing, I hope the game grows and it stays that way
Publicly Traded seems to ruin Creative companies every time. I honestly can't think of a publicly traded game company that didn't become the suck.
This is helpful. So far, the system is pretty straightforward, but there's so freaking much to read and remember.
It'll all be second nature in no time. There is an internal logic and consistency to how things work and once you grok that, it all falls into place.
What a gem this was! As a recent convert from 5e (and bringing my players with me) I just wanted to say that I love the format of this video and would be *so* down to watch more like it to get to grips with the new system. Even though there are so many Pathfinder creators out there, it just feels like a privilege to have the lead designer go into depth about his game. You have my attention Mr. Bulmahn!
I just introduced my group to PF2e coverting them from 5e and they are loveing it.
Great explanations!! Please do more of these. Class guides, actions you can make in a turn, combat actions, and feat explanations to start with! 🙌
Noted!
@@JasonBulmahn jobs and expansion I see you sir :) much appreciated can’t wait to hand you my money 🤣 D&D messed up for me to go back now.
I just started moving from 5e and I absolutely love how p2e is built, it opens so much doors for both combat and roleplay, I wish I would've gotten into it before!
I love what Pathfinder 2e has done with the Sorcerer. I always liked the class fantasy attached to it, but always enjoyed playing with Divine spells more then arcane. 2e lets you do that, which is cool. It also means they make really fun bad guys. They come with a ton of character build in and being confronted by a Hag Sorcerer or a Draconic Sorcerer are radically different things. They're fun.
W.A.R.'s art has been amazing for decades. You say he has all these ideas about the iconic characters' gear and looks, and *damn* I would love to hear about those!
Then boy do I have a treat for you! Wayne sat down with Erik Mona to go through all the iconics, how he updated them for 2nd Edition, and he spoke about the look of each. I am sure there are all sorts of stories in there!
ruclips.net/p/PLOHNx3GvTFbHUfpq8e3Fv_oFHqY5E-Pfi
@@JasonBulmahn That was an excellent collection! Thank you for pointing me to it 🙂
Thank you again, Bull Man.
You two are so great to watch! Thanks for the videos, my wife and I are just starting our tabletop hobby and luckily the OGL stuff pushed us to Pathfinder 2e. We got the beginners box and core rules in the mail last week and are excited to start playing with our kids soon!
That is awesome! I hope you have a great time giving Pathfinder a try!
0:47 LOL!!! I love Dan!
We all do!
I don’t play PF2E but I have looked over the core rulebook and I absolutely love the variety and opportunity for customization within the game. It’s what I’ve come to expect from Paizo.
My group's going to be moving on to Strength of Thousands once we've finished Tyrant's Grasp, so this helps with the edition transition.
I just started GM'ing a 2e game last week, and all but one of the players are spellcasters, so I'm definitely saving this. It's really nice to see the people who make this game help explain it, and not just market it. On a separate note, having some classes like Sorcerers and Witches be able to pick their spell list blew my mind.
This probably isn't the right place for it, but I do have a question about magic in PF2E. For a spell like Hideous Laughter, it requires a Will save, but also has a sustained duration. When the spell is sustained, does the target have to roll the save again, or do they use the original roll for that specific casting? If this isn't the right place, then please ignore this second part.
It is a single save. If they fail or crit fail you can spend an action every turn to keep them slowed 1 and have them not have reactions. Even if they normal succeed you could sustain for no reactions.
Edit: A spell will specifically state if further saves or checks are called for. Such as the Maze spell or area of effect sustained spells like Scouring Sands.
@@varathiel Thank you so much!
Thank you for making these videos. I’m looking forward to transitioning to Pathfinder!
Your answer at about the 24:40 minute mark made me laugh.
My group still likes to bring up the time in a D&D game where in frustration the question was put to my character "why aren't you casting a fireball at them?!?!" and I replied "I,..am,...an,... ABJURER!!!!"
That caused a delay of game because everyone was laughing for several minutes.
I know, I know, it doesn't seem like anything reading that now but it was hilarious at the time.
I really like the new classification, as I get to know more about the 2nd edition. I am crossing my fingers about the cleric spells, I'm a pretty hardcore Pathfinder first edition guy and I ended up playing with a friend of mine doing 5e and I wanted to play a cleric and I learned very quickly how much they have been restricted through concentration!
So hopefully we can get back to having lyrics that are able to help the party in multiple ways and be useful and helpful again!
Casters are more neutered in pf2 than they are in 5e. So no. Enjoy watching the martials do everything. You pull kinda even by L11
About 99% of spells in pf2e take more than an action, so wont change much
Great video, thank you so much! I'm a looooong term PF1 player / GM, and finally making my first steps into PF2, and the new magic system was quite a bit daunting. Do you know if there is anywhere a bunch of videos that tell the differences between the classes from PF1 to PF2? Like "This was the Witch in 1, this is the Witch in 2, these are the key differences (and perhaps even the reasons for these changes)"?
I really enjoy watching you two guys interact.
Great magic tutoral
It's Dan again!
These are really helping me sort out my dads character transfer from D&D 5e to Pathfinder 2e, especially this one as he chose a Dwarven Cleric. Thankyou so much!
This was super useful and a pleasant listen. Thanks for making it!
love these so much
Incredibly useful video. Please continue to make more of these
Thank you for this great analysis!
Love your content!
Necromancy principle: the difference between healing and raising the dead is mostly down to timing.
This is really helpful - thanks.
Awesome video Jason! I'd love to see a video on Exploration. I've seen little to no examples online as to how this actually plays out. What's to stop a party from using the 10-minute healing activity multiple times in a row?
Every time you use the 10 minute Medicine check to heal someone, you cannot use it on them again for 1 hour. But otherwise, they can just wait it out and get better. The game assumes that folks heal up a fair bit between fights.
I feel you should maybe have gone over the Cast a spell activity, but other than that a really good video. ^^
Ill make sure that gets covered in some future video!
@@JasonBulmahn Sweet, will be looking forward to it
Love Wayne Reynolds art! It's always dripping with style!
Cool video very informative.
This is, I hope, exactly what I was looking for. I really just want to know what to expect in picking one of the 4 traditions of magic, because I hate trapping myself into a type of magic that in the end I'd really be unhappy with.
Great video!
Good to see Jason makes the same mistake as every other GM around green and black dragons.
I am mortal after all! ;)
Transmutation, the supreme school of magic. Scribbled on the cover are the words: "Entropy Rules!"😸
Wait! How come we didn’t catch Dan during some compromising activity???? That was the best part of the videos! I was looking forward to seeing what he came up with this week! So sad. Please bring the gag back! 😅
Crafting!
Random rules question that came up in-game today - how can a player help free an ally from being grabbed? As a GM, reading "immobilized" condition I would just rule that you can Shove the grabbing creature against its Fortitude DC, but other than that, there are no rules around it (barring something like the Freedom of Movement spell)
Here reading up on 2e. Been meaning to pick up a copy of the core rules for a while, started the hobby on Pathfinder 1e moved over to the 5th edition of your distinguished competition for a while. Then they rather poisoned the well a bit and I don't really feel like spending money on their products going into 1 DnD so I'm curious to see how Pathfinder has evolved. In terms of magic it seems that quite a bit has changed. For the better mostly I'd say from a cursory look.
TIL the bloodline spells, the cantrip and first level ones, are counted in the spells known.
very intresting the differences in casters
in 5e i had a wizard who in 2e works better as a sorcecer
he was a being born by the fabric of magic in a dying world to restore magic to said world
his goal was to learn and write down every spell to pass on to later generations
his spellbook was found via happen stance (stolen artifact that got lost and ended up in his hands with him not knowing it's true value or abilities)
but what made him sound like a sorcerer in 2e is his innate ability to use magic without taking time to prepare (which fits the thematic i was going for)
Do you have a template you use when creating your campaigns. Im having issues organizing everything. I feel like the best strategy is start big and work smaller.
Speaking of magic, Jason, you'll probably know the answer to this, why didn't you guys go with a Mana system for pf2e? I personally love Vancian casting, but I know a LOT of people who find this a barrier to entry to the game (especially now for no reason whatsoever ;P). A coworker and I discussed how a mana pool might be an interesting mechanic to magic set pf2e apart, but we have no idea what that would even look like.
Yeah, we went back and forth on this, but decided to keep it for a sense of continuity with first edition. Maybe next time we will find a better way.
@@JasonBulmahn You guys are so great at researching, testing, and balancing, maybe in a future book provide something as an optional ruleset. Honestly, what better way to test with the masses then to release as an option for the players to try and break and using that data as model for futurity.
Sweet
Does casting a lvl1 Signature Spell, when you have higher level spell slots, require you to expend a higher level spell slot to get the benefit of Heightening it?
Would you guys /please/ consider either revamping or modifying the Incapacitation trait, please?
Either that or maybe just give us casters maybe one or two more spell slots per level?
I've gotten used to the change in magical power, but I feel like we wizards and such have just been nerfed just a bit too hard :/
Don’t forget that Incapacitation protects you as well! If you are facing enemy spell casters you can’t be shut down by a lower level enemy that got a lucky roll!
Rules question: 38:30 shouldn't the proficiency be level +2? With a Spell Attack Roll of +7 (+4 Cha +1 level +2 trained) and the DC as well? Or is there a difference to skills and strike actions?
Yes, it should. It looks like the level wasn't filled in on the character sheet so the auto-calculate defaulted to level 0. He probably just read the numbers on auto pilot.
@@Draekinthalas Thank you for clarifying that point for me. I'm not to firm on the 2e ruleset and got confused, as we are still playing two first edition adventure paths. 🙂
Yup! You are correct. I did not fill in the level of 1 on the first page, so it did not autopopulate on the spells page and I did not notice. Good catch!
Could you please post the link to download the character sheet in the video info comments.. thank you
Can we have a second season of Band of Bravos? That would be awesome.
Oh my lord, did my snarky-but-still-made-in-good-faith comment from the other character creation video inspire this one?? Wait! Don't answer that. Let me go on believing I have the ear of the PF developer. 🤣
You may have played a part in this... IT IS YOUR FAULT!
@@JasonBulmahn 🤣
Well it was a wonderful "how to make a spellcaster" video and I applaud and commend you for doing what the others won't! 🥳
I thought spells given by your bloodline counts towards your maximum, as this is worded in the rules: at lvl1 you'll get 5 total cantrips and 3 different spells, and under "Spell repertoire" it says that at lvl1 you choose 4 cantrips and 2 lvl1 spells, adding spells from your bloodline to that.
When Dan asked if bloodline spells are on top of the 5 he gets from Sorcerer, you said yes. Yet you only gave him 5 cantrips, not 6. So which way is correct?
He later corrected that. The bloodline spells are included in the 5 cantrips and 3 1st level spells.
@@pierreolivierlepage664 Ah thank you, good to know! Only learning PF2e atm and was confused that he said you get the granted spells as extras. Thank you for clarifying that!
Switching from 5e to pathfinder 2e has put me off of playing casters. I can't get my head around having to pick certain spells at certain levels to learn each day and only being able to cast it the amount of times that you choose . I see my caster being completely useless in a lot of situations because I choose the wrong spells. So I then decide to choose a non caster.
Seoni is of the Imperial bloodline, at least in 2e.
Prestidigation should be changed to Presto! Change my mind.
Unfortunately the bad design around magic and pure casters specifically is why all my friends who play tabletop rpgs wont play pathfinder 2e. They are so boring to play compared to the melee classes and frankly massively underpowered nobody wants to play them. Other then magic most of them love what 2e changed from 1e but it is enough to ruin the system for most of us.
So much time wasted on wizards of the coast..thank you pathfinder..
Paizo seriously needs to look into creating a full on Pathfinder 1st/3rd person open world RPG video game. An "ACTUAL" RPG game, not these fake Bethesda/WotC wanna be games.