this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2023
27 points (100.0% liked)

Pathfinder 2e General Discussion

7 readers
1 users here now

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
SenseiRat@pathfinder.social
27
How do you think Paizo will balance the upcoming large ancestries? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PrinzKasper@kbin.social to c/pf2general@pathfinder.social
17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Paizo has confirmed that the Centaur and Minotaur ancestries in the upcoming Howl of the Wild book will be large size by default, with a heritage each that make them medium.

Now thematically, I think that makes sense, 5e's ponytaurs always seemed like a cop-out. However mechanically, large size has the benifits that it allows you to reach more squares, even without additional reach, and makes it impossible for small creatures to grapple you. So I'm wondering if that's powerful enough to require some kind of downside to balance it out.

What do ya'll think?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] risa@pathfinder.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Gotta Squeeze through doorways then? What about 5ft wide hallways? I can see downsides there immediately

[–] SenseiRat@pathfinder.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, fitting into buildings and dungeons was my first thought. Having the extra reach is going to be balanced pretty well with either carrying around shrink potions or always dealing with squeeze mechanics.

[–] START9@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Luckily paizo rarely use 5ft wide corridors in their APs /s

[–] mal2@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

I don't think you'd need to Squeeze through either 5-foot hallways or normal sized doors. In theory that's reserved for spaces that just barely fit your shoulders (trained) or just barely fit your head (master).

I'd think both of those would just be difficult terrain. The doorway might be greater difficult terrain, especially if it's particularly narrow or something. Squeezing is pretty debilitating, since it's 10 rounds (one minute) per 5 or 10 feet of movement.