DM B's PFS GD5 PbP: Portent's Peril (Inactive)

Game Master Beckett

I have 1-2 seats open for this game, which will begin on Aug 27th as part of the official Play by Post Game Day 5 event.

Current roster is:

CariMac
CKelly bringing a Bloodrager
Curaign with either a Druid or Occultist
Two seat held, (which might open up as well)

It's a first come, first served basis, with the game being held here on the Paizo forums and utilizing an open Google Sheets doc for the map. Expected posting rate is roughly at least daily, with exceptions for weekends and holidays.

The requested SubTier is undecided, though the scenario itself is 1st - 5th level, and so far it looks like low SubTier.

Small update, one of the held seat has confirmed they want in, so still leaving 1, possibly even 2 open.

I would be interested in playing this with my oracle if possible :)

Welcome, welcome.

1.) CariMac might have a Pregen
2.) CKelly bringing a Bloodrager 2
3.) Curaign with either a Druid 2 or Occultist 1
4.) DM Snider
5.) Lady Ladile supports the team with an Oracle 1
6.)
7.) With one seat reserved for E'li's Warpriest, I believe.

Thank you! I will make Corona's profile a bit easier on the eyes and update with some other relevant information (background, etc.) over the next day or two :)

Looks fine to me, though, if you have not already, could you copy the following info into the "Race" and "Class/Level" portion of the character's description.

HP/HP Max || AC: T: FF: CMD: || Fort: Refl: Will: ||
Init: Perception: || Alignment Gender Race Class Level || and your most common type of attack/damage

It doesn't need to be that format, but please include all this info, just to help things run smoother.

I know that it doesn't show up until after you post in the game thread, (which I'll open for dotting once I know who all is in), so if you already had this, no worries.

Additionally, if you want to, click om my DM Beckett avatar, and I've written some of the basic things I tend to do when running a game. Ignore all the spoilers at the end, I just did that as an old form of Character Sheet.

This character should be lvl 2 when game day starts.

I don't mind creating a new character since this is going to be low tier. I'll her created and a profile set up in the next few days.

This is the character I'm running. We are in the final combat of a scenario and then it will be level 2.

So far the current roster looks like:

1.) CariMac -> New Character
2.) CKelly -> Bloodrager 1
3.) Curaign with either a Druid 2 or Occultist 1
4.) Daveak -> Fighter 1
5.) Lady Ladile -> Oracle 1
6.)
7.) With one seat reserved for E'li's Warpriest, I believe.

I would like to play with an occultist or a gunslinger... Or maybe a paladin? Either way it will be 1-2. Maybe even a magus?

Long story short, I will have something to play, basically to fill in whatever gap we need.

Edit: after reading the synopsis, I think my Witch would fit the theme best. He is level 3

Sounds good and welcome aboard. And it looks like that will fill the table with 6, possibly 7 players.

So, I will email the VC and see if they can change it to closed.

1.) CariMac -> New Character
2.) CKelly -> Bloodrager 1
3.) Curaign with either a Druid 2 or Occultist 1
4.) Daveak -> Fighter 1
5.) Lady Ladile -> Oracle 1
6.) Korolan -> Witch 3
7.) With one seat reserved for E'li's Warpriest, I believe.

This will also put us clearly in the 1st-2nd level Subtier.

Looks like it's shaping up to be a fun group! Definitely looking forward to it :)

I've also opened the Game Play thread for dotting.

This is my first PbP game. How exactly do I get the Statblock stuff below my name?

No worries, and welcome to you first PbP.

If you look at your character right now, they already have some of it right there. (Male Ifrit Probably? Bard 1)

Right click on your name, and open in a new tab, you should see a bunch of text box fields on the upper left side, below your picture, (Full Name, Race, Class/Level, Gender, Size, Age, etc. . .) Anything you type into the "Race", "Class/Level", and "Gender" boxes will appear below your name with each post that you make in a Campaign you are part of. (It will not post in most other threads, though. It's still there, it just doesn't show up in other threads.) Additionally, if there is anything else you want to add, simply just insert it in. For instance, I like to include on my characters if they have Darkvision, so I add a little note right next to Perception that looks like <Darkvision>, just as a helpful reminder I cans see in the dark for the DM.

If you scroll back up a little bit, I included a few things and a format that I like to use. You can simply copy/paste those, and then insert the correct numbers for your character if you like.

So, in the Race box, copy:
HP/HP Max || AC: T: FF: CMD: || Fort: Refl: Will: ||

And then in the Class/Level box, copy in:
Init: Perception: || Alignment Gender Race Class Level || and your most common type of attack/damage

I don't require that specific format, so feel free to change it up if you need, I just included it as an easy way to do it if folks need it.

This is my first PbP game. How exactly do I get the Statblock stuff below my name?

Welcome. We're glad to have you.

This is CariMac with her character. Ranger (Drake Waden) 1. I'll get the crunch in over the weekend.

My Statblock is in my Profile, how would you like me to keep track of spells cast?

I made some changes to my character. Turns out one of the feats I chose isn't PfS legal. It seemed pretty OP which is why I double checked.

Also, if you click on my DM avatar, I've written out a few gamming notes, a brief introduction, and just some general PbP things I'd like for everyone to read through. It's long, but not terribly so, and at your convenience. It's mainly dealing with issues I've seen come up in the past, and tips to help alleviate them.

I have recently updated it, so please take a moment to look through it, even if you have in the past. That being said, I'd also like to point out that I try to rule in the player's favor when it seems reasonable.

I try to give a few hours to a day for people to post, but in this case, due to the nature of the Special (timeline), I might have to bot folks a little more often than normal. Something I do when I bot characters is to default to a basic common attack or action (Aid Another for instance), that does not use up any tracked resources. Ranged ammunition being an exception. The only time that changes is if another character is about to die, but even then, I generally try to hold off as much as reasonably possible so that the player's get to make the choices and get the glory. So, when I say a basic action, I generally mean something like a weapon attack, using and pertinent Feats I can easily see on a quick scan that I don't have to look up.

I'm also generally okay with minor retcons, if it's done pretty much immediately (within a day and 1 action). I'm also perfectly fine with people posting actions outside of init order, as I will go down the roster and put everyone's action in order when I post.

Sorry, that was a little longer than I had intended. Right now, I'm trying to focus on finishing up a few games and prepping the Game Day games. Soon, I'll get things a little more established here, and ready to go. If you have not done so, please make sure you dot in the game play thread so that you can see all updates until the game begins, and feel free to introduce yourself and your character, and RP a bit.

Read and understood!

As a little advance notice, I generally aim for at least one post a day on work days and usually more when I'm not working. However, my work schedule is swingy between day shifts and night shifts so you're likely to see posts from me at odd hours sometimes.

Auron: 3 <3>
Corona: 1 <4>
Einn: 1 <5>
Emma: 1 <6>
Korug: 2 <8>
Uldar: 1 <9>

<9 / 6 = 1.5, (rounded to either 1.0 or 2.0> which leaves us at the 1-2 Subtier.

After some thought (and if it's not too late) I think I'd like to adjust Corona slightly and change her oracle mystery from Dark Tapestry to Time. I think it's probably more fitting considering the character image and general direction I was wanting to go. If it's too late to change right now then no worries, I'll swap it out once we finish the scenario :)

Nope, go ahead, as long as you can do so by the start of the game day. Please let me know if your Init changes, also so I can note it. Otherwise I'll do a lookover for everyone's characters prior to the game's official kickoff.

Updated and no changes to anything like Init or Perception :)

Uldar will be lvl 2 by game day

-Posted with Wayfinder

As an FYI I'm working night shift the next three nights (tonight, Friday, Saturday) and sleeping during the day so my posting rates will likely drop during the time. I'll try and catch up/keep up as best as I can but feel free to bot Corona as needed to keep things moving along.

As a note, I am playing this on a Star Replay!
Long story short, I want to make sure that everyone else gets to enjoy the scenario to the fullest, so I will be taking a Back-seat to decision making. Even if it looks like Auron is just gallivanting around, finding weird things to do, I am willing to help anyone with anything! I just won't be making initial decisions.

No worries Auron! :)

Hey everyone. I just registered and posted a Recruitment for Through Maelstrom Rift and Serpent's Ire games for the Play-by-Post Game Day, and I wanted to give everyone here first dibs. They will not start until Oct 12th, so there is still some time, but it is first come, first serve.

If interested, please head over there and claim a seat. Just a head's up, both utilize mandatory Pregen Characters that are part of the scenarios, 6th level and 8th level respectively), and NOT your own character.

It looks like the Expanded Narrative Boon just dropped for free for all DMs, and changed to once per season.

HERE

Let me know if anyone needs me to "issue" it to them with this game.

That's pretty cool. Need to hurry up and get a few more games to get my first star

It is retroactive, so no worries.

That's awesome that they did that! :D

While I've been fighting for more replay options for a long time, I'm also a bit perturbed at it. Right now, every single DM reward Boon I've gotten with the exception of a single Aasimar Boon now has recently been made freely available, and kind of worthless. I had picked up 3 of the four Elemental Planetouched, and the Expanded Narritive, and all are now free handouts.

:P

Aw...I haven't done any GMing myself but I read a lot of the stuff in PFS General Discussion and I did see where that's sorta bitten some GMs who recently got the boon in the backside :(

Were you trying to save the Planetouched to make a Suli? Or just until inspiration struck for a character?

While I've been fighting for more replay options for a long time, I'm also a bit perturbed at it. Right now, every single DM reward Boon I've gotten with the exception of a single Aasimar Boon now has recently been made freely available, and kind of worthless. I had picked up 3 of the four Elemental Planetouched, and the Expanded Narritive, and all are now free handouts.

:P

I thought they were doing something special for the GM's who had the pieces of the planetouched boons. They mentioned it at Paizocon in their panel, but I honestly didn't pay attention to what it was exactly.

There is, and don't get me wrong, I'm not angry. More replay options is something I've been fighting for in PFS for a while. I just find it kind of annoying that basically 4 out of the 5 GM Boons I've gotten have basically been made free to everyone. In all honesty, I don't really like the Elemental Races, including the Suli, (in the sense I don't really have any builds or concepts I want to use them for).

It does make me question GM Boons, but at the same time, I would have run games anyway, and I give away most of my Boons anyway. It's more the idea than anything else. :)

Still here by the way, just sorta waiting to see how Emma's plan pans out :)

Same :D

Sorry, have not had a lot of time these last few days to post, and I wasn't sure if there was more to the plan. I'll hopefully be able to post more.

No worries; it's the weekend, people have RL things to do, and I'm also figuring a lot of GMs are also running tables for Sky Key Solution which is (understandably) taking higher priority. I just make it a personal policy to try and check in on Discussion if I've not posted anything in Gameplay for a day or two :)

Hey everyone. I was just in a minor car wreck, but it took a while to get everything taken care of. A bit burned out tonight, and I have to work really early tomorrow, so no post tonight.

Oh my gosh, I'm glad that you're okay! Don't worry about the game; rest up and post when you feel up to it.

Take care of yourself.

Had another thought on where to look. Looking at the three harrow cards I get the sense that there is a performance involved. The cricket is playing music, and the woman seems to remind me of an actress. Anyone else get that vibe?

That's very possible. Maybe you could try asking some of the locals to take a look and see if they have any suggestions (Gather Information), see if you know any one or any place sort of famous around the area (Know Local, Arcane, etc. . .) that might apply, or something of that nature?

Alternatively, perhaps looking back at some of the things that occurred earlier, (PbP is sometimes bad for recalling information that in game only happened a few minutes ago, but in RL was days back), and see if any of the new clues you may not even know you know start leading anywhere?

@Einn - I had a similar thought not long ago myself, so let's see where that idea takes us? :)

I peeked at everyone's character sheets and didn't see any healing wands or potions or anything (except Korug's Infernal Healing wand) so I went ahead and used the rest of Corona's spells to patch people up and to save some time.

Good thing she's still got a few tricks up her sleeves that don't involve having to have spells handy :D