Earlier in the year, my brother and I published an updated and expanded version of our Pathfinder feat tree. Entitled The Elephant in the Room: Feat Taxes in Pathfinder, the document featured a re-imagined version of the entire feat section found in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. We had hoped to create an expansive resource for fans of the original blog post.

However, the document had its fair share of grammatical errors and rules ambiguities. In order to correct and clarify these mistakes we’ve released a new version of The Elephant in the Room, which also includes a single heavily-requested rule change. A full list of updates can be found below:

Rules Changes

Weapon Proficiency now grants proficiency in Fighter Weapon Groups, not just single weapons.

Clarifications

Risky Strike now includes text for off-hand and two-handed weapons.

now includes text for off-hand and two-handed weapons. Whirling Cleave and Powerful Stride have been reworded to emphasize that the 5-foot steps they provide are free.

and have been reworded to emphasize that the 5-foot steps they provide are free. The full verbiage for Finesse Weapons , specifically the description for Agile weapons, was cut off in the original printing. It should be present in this document.

, specifically the description for Agile weapons, was cut off in the original printing. It should be present in this document. Hamstring ‘s interaction with certain monster types (oozes, elementals, flying creatures) has been clarified and reworded.

‘s interaction with certain monster types (oozes, elementals, flying creatures) has been clarified and reworded. Savage Charge now explicitly applies to all Vital Strike feats.

now explicitly applies to all Vital Strike feats. Deft Maneuvers and Powerful Maneuvers are now properly classified as Combat Feats on the feat table.

Miscellaneous

About a million spelling and layout mistakes have been corrected.

The cover has been updated to emerald green to differentiate printings.

One of the more popular requests we’ve received for this rule-set is a more condensed errata. Essentially, “what does this rule-set change from the Core game?” Luckily, the community has stepped up and created a shared Google Doc that does just that. I will be suggesting changes to that document over the next 24 hours, sourced from the above list, so it is fully up-to-date.

Barring the discovery of some catastrophic mistake, this will be the final iteration of The Elephant in the Room. It’s been a lot of fun putting together these rules, but my brother and I would like to shift our focus away from the rule-set in favour of other projects. Plus, I’m not quite sure if there is an appetite for additional changes to the document anyways.

As always, we hope you enjoy the The Elephant in the Room! Let us know if you’re using the rules in your campaign and how you feel about them. We’re also going to be creating a short run of print editions (via the Asquith Press) for friends-and-family use, so I may post some photos of the finished product once they’re ready.