First time GMing PBP (Inactive)

Game Master Oykiv

Please, dot and let us organize ourselves.

About me;
-First time GMing PBP, and less than ten sesions in F2F
-English is not my first languaje, if you´re going to use slang or bad english be sure I can understand it (a little translation in discussion or spoilered will be great)
-I´ll make the initiative checks for combat.
-Feel free to make suggestions to improve the game
-Have all your character sheet copied in paizo, I can´t reliable check other webs.
-I can only be sure to make 1 post from monday to friday(GMT+1). I´ll usually can make more,´but not allways.

I plan to start this at 2nd of March, because this saturday I GM a scenario and I won´t been able to post.

And that´s all I think.

Thanks again for the invite. Always happy to help a new GM out!

I don't have a character in mind just yet but was thinking of making something with the Sylph boon I got for Gameday 3. Possibly doing a White Mage Arcanist.

Thanks for the invite Oikiv.

+1 to what Evan Whitefield said on helping a new GM out. We've started somewhere too after all ;)

I'm applying with a lvl 2 happy little gnome bard.

I've tried using methods i liked from other GMs whose games i play in.
You get a good feel at what would work for you and then use it or tweak it.

Thanks for the invite, Oykiv. (Kludde here)

I'm tempted to bring my over-the-top barbarian (who has to be updated to level 2), but I can switch it out to something else low-level. It's a good moment for me to clean out some of my character profiles.

So I understand that you've been GMing Face-to-face games, but have never GMed a PbP game. Do you need any help with the techno bits? Or anything else? I usually set up something like this up, so people can add their own initiative (anyway, I think you've seen it).

Can I ask what your native language is?

My guess is spanish.

Well, like you want to play with a Sylph and tiefling, we will play non core. Level 2 is okey if you haven´t played the confirmation with a level 2 before.

Thanks for your help to all. I´d wait to play some PBP games to familiarize with it, so I see how you GM and I´m going to unashamely copy as much as I can. And I toyed with google docs to see how you draw the maps (wich I think is a wonderful tool for pbp games. Maybe I need help later to send you the chronicles, but we will see.

Chyrone guess is correct, I´m spanish.

How did you came to your guests? Have you dig my posts or have any other method?

And going again to the play, I have 2 GMs pending to aswer, and I´g going to invite some f2f GMs I know. If there´s no answer tomorrow, I´ll ask for recruits in the Flaxseed Lodge.

Oh, you're right about that rule. I've played the confirmation before, and I'd have to check what level I was. Perhaps it's better to err on the side of caution and to create something new (that would feel better anyway, for a confirmation). I'll cook up something :-)

I am honored you invited me in this endeavor. I have a brand new lvl 1 non core for this if there is still room.

How i guessed? Elementary my dear Watson. The email i send your chronicle to.

It ends on .es => España mi amigo. Buenos dias. ^^

Hey there Kludde, this time alongside eh?

Buenos días a ti también. :O

I didn´t think in the e-mail but in the posts where I ask if I can do pbp in spanish.

Nice to see you here qwerty

Still plugging away at a character. Finding the Arcanist kind of boring. Any suggestions for a good (not powerful but flavorful) Sylph build?

I think there was a sorcerer archetype/bloodline that used int instead of cha.

Crossblooded maybe, to take their racial benefit of aireal & said bloodline.

I'm actually thinking a Mysterious Avenger Swashbuckler would be fun. Not getting finesse until 2nd is kind of a pain but I could start off a standard Swashbuckler and then retain when I got to 2nd level.
A whip magus would be fun too but I already have a Magus PFS character and I'm not a big fan of using the same class more than once (not counting dips).

Speaking of gunslinging, have you seen or heard of any Bolt Ace updates?
There's alot of interest to change it's basics and it looks like a fun class.

I might have started if they gave x-bow prof instead of gun prof.

Yeah that would be the only way I'd ever play a gunslinger but as written is doesn't make any sense. It looks like the errata for ACG will be out soonish though.

I hope so, a bolt ace with a 1 lvl dip in monk could be fun.

Tetchy is updated!

I realized I've never actually played the confirmation, I've only GM'ed it about four times

Masaru Kodo is ready for this endeavor...

Well this be me! On to experience and document adventure, woohoo!!!

Ok, we have 4 players, a refusal and 1 no answer.
I´m going to the Flaxseed Lodge for 2 recruits more.

*Looks around, aquires a few beads from the gnome and tosses them out the door, her following them.*

"Erm, the cheerful gnome seems to be distracted. Don't worry, i'll be doing her job then. Locke Arkham at your service. Stuff needs blowing up, i'm your agent."

Dotting for interest.

Hey there quinn...

What? What happened to Fruno?

I am interested in playing a Kensai Magus. Still room available?

Can I play the confirmation with Lyoto even if he's in another PBP? (not related to Flaxseed lodge)

Hey Kludde - Endless striaght up killed Frunobulax with an invisible Magus that critted with a real nasty stab or shocking grasp or something (I never played a magus and I don't quite remember the exact attack and I'm too lazy right now to look it up, haha). Poor guy went from full health to well below negative CON in one shot.

I actually just made Quinn for a Core game, but I mistakenly registered him as a standard PFS character.

Lyoto - characters can only be in one Pathfinder Society PbP at a time.

If there is room, I would like to join. I started this once, but GM killed it prematurely... Can't recall too much about the start though.

Am one of the 1st 2 to dot?

Quinn and Zakon are th fist to dot. So recruitment is closed

Sorry for the others, maybe next time

Hey Kludde - Endless striaght up killed Frunobulax with an invisible Magus that critted with a real nasty stab or shocking grasp or something (I never played a magus and I don't quite remember the exact attack and I'm too lazy right now to look it up, haha). Poor guy went from full health to well below negative CON in one shot.

Aaah. THAT scenario. Funny though, I remember Endlessforms introducing Frunobulax, saying he's never seen a character with worse luck. Being killed with a one-shot crit kind of lives up to that expectation.

So what's aboard the raft:

Tetchy: Barbarian
Masaru: Samurai
Quinn: Paladin
Locke: Alchemist
Zakin: Kensai Magus
Whitefield: ??

Pretty up-close specced, plenty of flanking options.

well i could switch the samurai out for a 0xp oracle if need be.

OK I couldn't decided on a Sylph build so I'll be playing my Gnome Shaman.

To Quinn´s suggestion:

I prefer to have the map under the GM name, but I don´t mind to have the link put in both places.

I totally missed that it you have it linked there. My bad.

Jubal, if I put the same check with scalating DCs, one check is enough.

I´m going to put in this way when you have more infermation the higher you roll.

GM opinions:

-How do you handle diseases?

I haven´t found the rule to identify one without magic, what I think a heal check should be useful.

-How do you decide when to push forward?

You know, like when you were talking with the deaf oracle with some of you just waiting.

-Have you created an alias for GMing? If yes, why?

Thanks in advance.

GM opinions:

-How do you handle diseases?

I haven´t found the rule to identify one without magic, what I think a heal check should be useful.

-How do you decide when to push forward?

You know, like when you were talking with the deaf oracle with some of you just waiting.

-Have you created an alias for GMing? If yes, why?

Thanks in advance.

My undiluted opinions (which are just that: opinions. YMMV)

Diseases: not sure what the question is. Do you mean how to handle your PC identifying a disease? That would be the disease save DC as a Heal check (based on precedents I found in scenarios). Treating? Same check, success gives a +2 bonus on the save. I'm personally quite prone to forgetting a character got infected in the first place. Lucky players.

Push forward: The rule of thumb is: whenever reasonable. I think I'm on the pushy end of the spectrum, though. A good guideline is the 'rule of two'. When at least two characters mention moving on, move on. You can always fill in the blanks retro-actively.

Alias for GMing: Yes. For no good reason, really.

Diseases:
In PFS, if the adventure lasts but one day and it's a non lethal one that can be overcome easily by passing your checks i reckon i don't bother, save for describing how they feel. Luckily i haven't had to yet. If they have it by the end of the scenario and it's one that is highly lethal i imagine 2 things.
1) Maybe pay the cost of getting it removed if they fail their following crucial checks.
2)*gurk*...RIP? Search pallid plague on this.

Pushing forward:
What Kludde said. In combat: i check the boards couple times a day, if in 24 hours someone hasn't posted i bot that character for that round.

GM alias:
Yes, erm...just because we can i guess.

For easyness. All the group is going to reach Janira at the same time. And I will take in account some had runned to help her.

I don´t want the group to go out in two waves because, due to the escenario, it will be worst to Janira than if you haven´t tried to go quickly to her. But you had saved some time, wich could be useful depending on your next actions.

Well what are we waiting for? We got a woman to save.

You know Zakon, this might be the perfect opportunity to show off your 'gorgeous hat' to Janira and the minotaur.

Is it red? Waving it might get it to ignore Janira. :)

A matador is perfect inspiration for my character personality concept. Now he needs a cloak fighting combination. I will have to search the boards.

Sorry yesterday I was out GMing. I´ll post as soon as I can

Tomorrow I´ll go on holiday so possibly I have to post with my phone. If needed, please, move the tokens as asked.

GM, did you incorporate the broken penalty on the minotaur's equipment?
A +7 on his hit is pretty decent.

Just wondering...

I´d picked the minotaur stats from the pdf,and I think it´s already counted.

I can´t check the pdf right now, but I checked the prd and a normal minotaur has a +9 to hit, so I think it´s right.

EDIT:I answered this, before seeing how the poor minotaur has been beaten, so it really don´t matters.

Please, put your information more o less this way:

Name
Character name
PFS character number
Day job check
E-mail to send the chronicle (send it in private if you prefer it)

Also, I´m in the beach for holidays, so I can´t send the chronicles before tuesday.

Thanks to all for a great game. If any had any suggestion, it will be well received.

Kludde
Uncle Tetchy
108716-5
P(sailor): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
dmkludde (at) gmail (dot) com

Chyrone
Locke (firebug) Arkham
119488-7
Liberty's edge

Prof. (alchemist/explosive expert): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

email is in PM

Vasari
Zakon Hellborn
40402-4
no day job
Sovereign Court

PM email address