GM Z..D.. Beginner's Trilogy PBP PFS (Inactive)

Game Master Z...D...

Character Name:
PFS#:
Faction:
Day job:

Please fill out the above basic information. The game will start on Monday. Please you this thread to get to know each others characters.

Name:Grummosh
PFS#: 20056-21
Faction: Dark Archive
Day Job: Profession(Shaman): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Character Name: Mūn of Ashava
PFS#: 192785-1
Faction: Silver Crusade
Day job: None?

This is my first time playing a PFS character; Day jobs are new to me. I'm reading up now, and it looks like you need a trained Craft, Perform, or Profession skill to do a day job. I haven't put ranks in any of these skills, so I guess I don't have a day job? Am I allowed to rebuild my character before we get going to correct this?

Yea, you can actually re-build anytime before level 2. So if you want to swap a skill point to get a dayjob then you can.

Would you (or anyone) mind taking a quick glance at my sheet and see if anything else stands out as a PFS noob mistake that I should correct before we get started?

Name:Razfallo
AKA:Gringo "Arrow in then knee"
Faction: The Exchange
PFS #: 215141-2
Day Job: Profession (Merchant): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Would you (or anyone) mind taking a quick glance at my sheet and see if anything else stands out as a PFS noob mistake that I should correct before we get started?

The only thing I would add in parenthesis is that the immunity to dazzled and blindness has to be due to an effect from light based sources. for example, Elves with this racial trait are immune to light-based blindness and dazzle effects.

Thanks for the invite. I'm new to both PbP and PFS so I'll have numerous questions and constructive criticism is very welcome. I'll get Mr. Peppers here finalized today.

Thanks for the invite. I'm new to both PbP and PFS so I'll have numerous questions and constructive criticism is very welcome. I'll get Mr. Peppers here finalized today.

No problem, any questions you can post here. Myself or another player could probably get the answers for you.

ARggh Just spent the last hour doing my character sheet and Paizo ate it instead of saving it.

Character Name: Mr Peppers
PFS#:202046-3
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day job: Don't have one I don't believe.

Mr Peppers, make sure when you post you use your PFS alias and not your other Peppers alias. Just for my convenience to get to your character sheet faster.

ARggh Just spent the last hour doing my character sheet and Paizo ate it instead of saving it.

Character Name: Mr Peppers
PFS#:202046-3
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day job: Don't have one I don't believe.

How bout now. Just learning the Paizo forums as well.

Okay, I rebuilt Mūn. I moved a skill point to Profession (scribe) and also took away a Favored Class bonus skill point I shouldn't be taking.

Character Name: Mūn of Ashava
PFS#: 192785-1
Faction: Silver Crusade
Day job: Profession (scribe): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Character Name: Uthraed of Galt
PFS#: 209837-1
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day job: profession (librarian): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Uthraed reporting in. If you could take a quick look over my sheet that would be great. This is also my first PFS game. Thanks.

Character Name: Uthraed of Galt

PFS#: 209837-1
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day job: [dice=profession (librarian)]1d20+4

Uthraed reporting in. If you could take a quick look over my sheet that would be great. This is also my first PFS game. Thanks.

Well you seem to have spent too few point buy. I count 18 spent out of 20. Other than that it seems fine. Also you have the most unfightery set of skills I have ever seen, which is cool.

Character Name: Uthraed of Galt

PFS#: 209837-1
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day job: [dice=profession (librarian)]1d20+4

Uthraed reporting in. If you could take a quick look over my sheet that would be great. This is also my first PFS game. Thanks.

I agree, you have 2 more points to spend in your build. Also Common nd hallit are two separate languages. If your a Kellid human, you start with both.

This was one of the first characters I made I guess I was struggling. I'll make those changes thanks.

I would suggest putting them into Constitution or Strength.

So we have a Zen Archer, a Musket Master, a Fighter archer, an Arcanist, and a support Shaman. We have a lot of range, who's in front? :)

I'm making some changes in Mr Peppers. Making him a bit tougher and being more focused on the Arcane verses his longbow. Its starting to look like no one will be in front I guess :)

You all can keep making changes until we start tomorrow. And if Gealdn shows up, he probably will be a frontliner. He is a barbarian. I just sent him a PM to remind him.

Character Name: Gealdn
PFS#: 213954-3
Faction: Grand lodge
Day job: Soldier: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

I have opened up the gameplay tab. So by all means go over and check it out and read the opening. Again gameplay does not really start until tomorrow. I will update it tomorrow.

Just a heads up tomorrow is going to be harder for me to meet the posting requirements because I am in the woods in Canada and I get sporadic signal (on top of a mountain or at night is best) I do check the status of the signal often as I can. And will post when I have one. That being said I'm going to go ahead and post in the gameplay thread to get myself started.

Edit: this is the third attempt to post hopefully it will go through.

Mūn is currently LG. He will eventually become NG, but not until after 2 levels of Monk. I don't intend to be playing him lawful stupid, but I do need to honor his present alignment, particularly if I'm going to effectively role-play the change.

So, don't worry too much about his current attitude; it's not intended for the long-haul.

No worries Mun. I expect people to play their character as their stats and alignment say they are. Characters should ask questions of the NPCs when they feel its the right thing to do.

Also, sorry I haven't really described Mr Peppers yet, other than how his portrait is, and his equipment I haven't really gotten a vibe on how he looks. I'll build it as we go along and things come to me I guess. I never play elves but a power hungry arcane caster screamed elf so I listened.

OK so I was attacked by a wild turkey yesterday and dropped my phone in a gorge, I have some wifi now so ill try and catch up.

Haha! RPG from mountain tops and attacks from a wild boar. Are you sure you need to roleplay this life? :)

Damn turkey's can be ornery. Our cell reception in Maine can be pretty terrible too Uthraed. I haven't had any run ins with turkey's personally though.

Life as a level one caster... being eaten alive by rats.. how pleasant.

I'll be out to camp the next couple days with no internet, as such this will be my last post for the next 36 hours. My apologies.

Mr Peppers tactics will continue: total defense as he tries to flee from the rats while everyone else kills them. He doesn't have a good spell prepared for them and if he can help it would rather save his spells for later in the day.

If someone offers to heal him he will accept gratefully, if not he'll use his scroll of cure light wounds. +6 use magic device. He then cleans up the blood, etc with Prestidigitation.

I'll be out to camp the next couple days with no internet, as such this will be my last post for the next 36 hours. My apologies.

Mr Peppers tactics will continue: total defense as he tries to flee from the rats while everyone else kills them. He doesn't have a good spell prepared for them and if he can help it would rather save his spells for later in the day.

If someone offers to heal him he will accept gratefully, if not he'll use his scroll of cure light wounds. +6 use magic device. He then cleans up the blood, etc with Prestidigitation.

Thank you for the heads up. I will bot you if needed.

Sorry for the MIA I just got my new phone and should be able to stay on top of the game now.

That was my first combat as a PBP post GM and I think it went pretty smoothly.

So I am confused on how loot works. It's my understanding that we can use the things that we find and then buy them after the module. Is that correc, or kind of correct?

yes you can use everything you find in scenario. and you can purchase after the scenario as long as it is on the chronicle sheet.

How does gold work in the scenario? Are things auto sold for appropriate value at the end or does everyone just get a set amount of gold or something?

You use what you have during the scenario. I will fill out in scenario purchases on your chronicle sheet. You do not get the gold from the scenario until after the scenario, so you not use that gold. Did you have any left over from character creation?

I had 19g remaining from creation and was spending 10g from that to be healed at the temple.

FYI..My hardrive crashed on my Laptop. So I have been posting mostly from work.Yay to working 99% of the time with computers Anyway, posting may be a little bit slower until I get a new laptop.

Work is taking me out in the Willywags for the next 72 hours and I won't have any internet access.

You are welcome to Bot Mr Peppers. He plays the fairly standard arcane caster role, detecting magic regularly. If a serious looking fight breaks out or we're heading into a likely fight he'll mage armor himself. He tries to save shocking grasp for something with metal for the better chance to hit. If we rest the night he'll replace shocking grasp with burning hands.

(All level 1 spells he casts get buffed with Potent Magic, even armor.)

Happy hunting, see you in 72hrs.

We've been moving at a pretty good pace; do you think we'll be done in time to use these characters in Gameday games that begin on August 27?

Maybe, after i get my new laptop tomorrow. Should be able to get back to 2-3 times a day.

We still have two scenarios to go through. But First steps should definitely be done by this weekend.

OK so I have a few questions and then my character should be ready.

1. I reworked my character with new traits because I realized in the last game that I was lacking, namely that +0 on perception. That's okay right I can edit until I start level 2 right?

2. Do we roll another day job check?

3. I keep hearing about GameDay5 and now we are delaying ours for it, so my question is what is it, or where can I find information on it? I've tried to search it and I keep coming up with stuff about GameDay4.

4. Can we buy potions of CLW? And if so where is the pricing for that kind of stuff.

OK I think those are my main questions there are probably more that I haven't thought of but that's for taking the time to help me out.

All good questions that many of which I echo.

Game Day V

All info for Gameday V is through that link.

You will roll another day job check for the second adventure.

Potion of CLW is 50 GP a pop.

And yes you can edit your character as many times as you like before you play your first adventure as a level 2

You're awesome ZD

What about wand of CLW is that readily available or something that we would need to find.

I'm thinking of doing a light amount of rebuilding too, since that's allowed before level 2. The long term plan for Mūn is Monk 2 (Zen Archer), then Cleric (Ecclesiatheurge) for the remainder. The monk levels are to get WIS to AC because the Ecclesiatheurge can't wear armor, and Way of the Bow at 2nd to front load on some archery feats, before moving into Cleric.

My light rebuild will include the following at least, to make Mūn more effective at 1st level:

• Change favored class from Cleric to Monk
• Replace Magical Knack and Beacon of Faith traits

My question for you all is if you see anything else that could be rebuilt at this time to make Mūn better for this party?

PFS Questions:

• My day job check at the start of this campaign was 16. What does that mean?
• Once I receive it, what do I do with the chronicle sheet, and how do I spend the gold? (Is there an easy resource to check for what is considered "always available" beyond the short list that you just gave us?)
• How do I keep track of my purchases to conform to PFS rules?

Honestly you're fine as is. The changes you are making are enough. I'm also going to retool a bit, nothing major.

1. Your result determines how much extra gold you made from your dayjob. 16 nets you 10 gold. There is a breakdown of how much you can make from dayjobs in the PFS Guide.

2. You just write down how much you have and what you are buying and how much you are spending. +1 Armor/Weapons, Level 1 Potions/Scrolls, items made of special materials are always available

3. There is an Item Tracking Sheet in the PFS Guide that you can print out to keep track of what you have bought for easy reference.