Venture-Lieutenant, California—North Coast
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Ack TOZ ya beat me.
First post aside, This right here is amazing many of my players at my store find that the factions currently don't quite meet their ideals many of my druids and nature folks will probably go nuts over this.
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What I like the most about this, is it's an organization met, interacted with, and befriended during game play. Im pretty sure this is why shadow lodge was so popular.
This was definitely on our minds when we were planning out Season 8.
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I am excited about this but also hesitant after season 8 inflicted me with such planar terrain rules fatigue.
I have wanted a nature based faction so badly - I humbly request bringing in Jamila as his #2. It's pretty cool for an NPC introduced in Season 0 to still be kicking around in pretty much her original form. (as opposed to say Eliza Petulengro or Grandmaster Torch who evolved loads in the intervening years)
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I am excited about this but also hesitant after season 8 inflicted me with such planar terrain rules fatigue.
Yep, we're keeping that in mind. While the Concordance loves traveling to other planes, I want to reinforce what the blog notes: "The Pathfinder Society has shown the Concordance that Golarion is a world worth exploring in much more detail. From the erratic magic of the Mana Wastes to the Abendego-battered Sodden Lands, the Concordance has just begun to scratch the surface." There's a lot to keep the faction's attention on the Inner Sea map alone, and that's before taking into account the excitement they could find in Tian Xia or on other continents.
Much like when the regional factions turned toward a more non-geographic set of goals, Concordance doesn't rely on any one area. It embraces many of them.
I have wanted a nature based faction so badly - I humbly request bringing in Jamila as his #2. It's pretty cool for an NPC introduced in Season 0 to still be kicking around in pretty much her original form. (as opposed to say Eliza Petulengro or Grandmaster Torch who evolved loads in the intervening years)
Funny you should mention Jamila, given a scenario outline I recently read.
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Right from the first paragraph, I was thinking that my sylph who met the Concordance playing all three parts of Tyranny of the Winds would want to join this group. Then you got the part about them being a nature focused faction, which makes it even more appealing - she's a sky druid.
My newer grippli ranger might also be interested in joining, just for the nature emphasis, even though he's not really interested in planar travel. Both of them are among my "just put them in the Grand Lodge since no faction really fits" types.
Cool, so their like elemental versions of the Riftwardens then?
I was just thinking how hard it was to justify storm kindlers in the society...
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I have a hard time wanting to invest in a new faction when it seems painfully obvious that it will only last a couple years before the plot moves on and they disband. I'm still sore over the loss of Shadow Lodge and Lantern Lodge as I had several characters tied into those factions. Then we lose the sczarni, and now the scarab sages. I think I even have a character with as many as 3 faction changes at this point. Why care about this faction when it seems tied only to a seasonal plot drive?
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Then we lose the sczarni, and now the scarab sages.
Wait, what? Did I miss something? They didn't say that any faction was going to be dropped, just one added.
Im super excited for this new faction. We were just talking at tonight's game about my druid being Grand Lodge. It does't make much sense for him, but it makes more sense than all the others.On the other hand, I am also working on a Scarab Sage ATM who is heavily vested in their story, and if they take the faction away, all my work is going to be undone to the point of making me toss him out. I'll be super sad.
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Reading through the blog gives me a picture of a planes faction, not a nature faction. The only reference to nature I see is when effects of elemental forces are mentioned, and even then the elemental planes seem more in focus than nature and life. The faction seems more suited to a wizard or a kineticist than a hunter or even a druid.
As such if feels that the faction is a nature faction only because it's called such, not because of what it actually is, or what its goals are. Because of this I feel that the Concordance does not fill the need for a nature inclined faction in Pathfinder Society.
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Well, at least one of my elemental-kin will jump all over this. My other... turned out to be more prejudiced than I thought (have to love spontaneous character development) and so that whole 'balance' thing won't work for her.
BTW, this totally needs to be launched by mid-February, so that Total Confusion (TotalCon) can flood Linda's old stomping grounds with Concordance love!
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Hey! They're making an appearance in the Player Companion line! Awesome. Looking forward to it.
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Venture-Captain, Minnesota
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This is going to be an interesting addition. I've two characters that might be interested in the new faction, but are already fairly invested in their current faction.
What will happen with existing faction journal cards when the new faction comes in?
It's a question that I have, too. There is no way that Cup won't switch over to the Concordance. She loves elemental stuff and planar travel. It's been her dream since the beginning. She'll do it no matter the consequences.
Still, she's done a lot of work for Zarta. I have a ton of faction checkoffs and some Dark Archive faction card boons on Cup. By the time this hits, she will be level 8.
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My undine water singer bard, Nixie, is a Dark Archivist who recently got a Dark Archive chronicle boon that she wanted very badly. Although she is tentatively interested in the Concordance -- she is very elementally themed, and adores water -- she is uncertain that she wants to make the commitment if it means leaving all the progress with Dark Archive behind.
Hmm
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My (currently Scarab Sage) sylph druid (heading towards storm kindler) who's obsessed with the Eye will be excited to join the Concordance when they start recruiting! Especially if she thinks they can help her get to the center, and see what's waiting... :)
My Sylph Storm Druid / Storm Kindler obsessed with the Eye is already a Seeker. But she's getting my GM credit for Gming Eyes, so maybe she'll come back for more later. She started as Qadira faction as they were the faction that traveled by ship a lot (ok, she was Qadira so I could buy my Wild Armor at 10% off). Then switched to Scarab Sages after participating in the mythic rescue of Tahonikepsu. She'll gladly join this now.
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Amazing. I'm not going to let optimization get in the way of character development, but will completed faction benefits carry over for characters who take the free change? Will we be able to check things we've already done when we get the change over? Having already completed 4+ goals on my previous faction card on my Paladin of Ranginori, it's a little bittersweet knowing I only have 4 more levels until I retire.
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Reading through the blog gives me a picture of a planes faction, not a nature faction. The only reference to nature I see is when effects of elemental forces are mentioned, and even then the elemental planes seem more in focus than nature and life. The faction seems more suited to a wizard or a kineticist than a hunter or even a druid.
As such if feels that the faction is a nature faction only because it's called such, not because of what it actually is, or what its goals are. Because of this I feel that the Concordance does not fill the need for a nature inclined faction in Pathfinder Society.
Oddly enough, my Whimsy Oracle and my Cleric of Groetus seem like naturals for this faction, and neither are 'elemental based'. The first is first worldly in origin (and including a first world adventure would be awesome) and the latter is all about balance between the elements because the end is always balanced.
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My (currently Scarab Sage) sylph druid (heading towards storm kindler) who's obsessed with the Eye will be excited to join the Concordance when they start recruiting! Especially if she thinks they can help her get to the center, and see what's waiting... :)
I think we already know what is in the center.
A few magical investigations of the storm have confirmed that at its center sits a large eye of calm waters thick with debris and other mysterious flotsam, yet the preponderance of undead, ghost ships, strange sea monsters, and powerful creatures of elemental air make such investigations dangerous at best.
