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Phoenix Cactus Comicon 2012 was a huge success. Considering this is not a formal gaming convention and all the other attractions available I could be none more pleased.

The convention went from Thursday the 24th through the 27th. We had 8 slots with 18 tables that went off, each table averaged 5.2 players, most we new to PFS. In fact we had 30 new players, more and more each slot. Turns out word of mouth spread well and the new players had such a good time they continued to come back and brought their friends. I attribute this to the EXCELLENT corp of GM’s I had at my disposal, no arguments and slots ran as scheduled. Also the most important thing everyone had FUN!!!!!

One really great thing is I had 5-6 players from the Prescott and Flagstaff area of northern AZ and it is hoped we can get a gameday rolling up there. So if you are one of them and read this get hold of me ASAP.

These are the scenarios run

Slot 1 5-24
2-03 Rebel’s Ransom
3-07 Echoes of the Overwatched

Slot 2 5-25
3-05Tide of Twilight
07 Among the Living

Slot 3 5-25
55 Infernal Vault
55 Infernal Vault

Slot 4 5-25
17 Perils of the Pirate Pact
33 Assault on the Kingdom of the Impossible

Slot 5 5-26
First Steps Part 1
3-19 Icebound Outpost
51 City of Strangers Part 1

Slot 6 5-26
First Steps Part 2
52 City Of Strangers Part 2
Master of the Fallen Fortress

Slot 7 5-26
47 Darkest Vengeance
3-18 God’s Market Gamble
29 Devil You Know Part 1, Shipyard Rats

Slot 8
03-01Frostfur Captives

Phoenix Comicon 2012, May 24-27. Guess where. Not huge PFS, but allot of fun. We will have 7 slots 2-3 tables each. This is a big convention otherwise, if you want to check the website and guest list, many sci fi A listers. Check the event calander. Or email me at the VC email.

Hey folks just wondering if there is any PFS being done in this area? Basically if you are north of maricopa county please let me know. As the VC for Arizona, I just want to know what is going on up there be it home game or gameday. Thanks Jason

We have a good contigent here in Phoenix, just finished up VULCON this weekend, did allot of recruiting and actually ran out of PFS # cards. I will contact your soon.

Seven Samuri.....Magnificent Seven. Same thing, Players had a really good time, even had a samuri and musketeer at the table.

OK folks as your VC I have secured some new locations for our gamedays which are posted at Warhorn.net under a a gathering of players yahoo group. If you are not part of this group please get on it ASAP. Samuri Comics has a new location in the east valley and it is where our new PFS gameday on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. If you are in the area and not sure about gamedays let me know on this thread I will find you.

With regards to the original post:

This kind of thing hits close to home for me; for me, nothing sucks the life out of a game faster than being suddenly surrounded by an impenetrable GM pity force field(tm).

One of my PFS characters was in a somewhat similar situation once. He died in the first encounter of the scenario (oops). At that point, I wanted to stay dead until the end of the scenario and get raised afterwards. However, I ended up letting the GM cajole me into getting a Raise Dead and rejoining. From there on, we stumbled through one painful encounter after another and we were only "saved" by heavy, heavy GM pity-fudging (e.g. enemies declining to focus their attacks on wounded PCs, overly sympathetic readings of how monster special abilities work, etc.). It was a mess, and it soured me on PFS for a while afterwards. Sometimes a clean death is more fun. :-(

This is a good reason why GM's need to know the module very well and know they party strength. While I havenever fudge rolls or intentionally tried to keep players alive during a combat. I have had them find some consumables in treasure that help them during the adventure, nothing serious, but a few cure potions or maybe a lesser restoration, simple stuff. A GM should always gauge the survivability of a party, but remmeber that sometimes bad things happen.

Umm I am siding with Kerney on this one. As a veteran GM you need to take your emotions out of the equation, especially when the creature you are using(like say a SHADOW) has none other than pure hatred of the living. While some have stated that this is an intelligent undead and wouldn't continue attacking the same person because they were no longer a "threat". As an undead creature that wants nothing more than to cause the living to suffer it's plight it would absoloutely continue to drain one character until it was dead. This is even more evident because most intelligent undead can cause a defeated living to become like them, even Ghouls. Thus to be undead is a horrible thing and the idea of spreading your suffering is the small amount of joy you get. A shadow, while intelligent, does not have morals or fear, and wants to destroy all living. Therefore it isn't going to say "wow you are colse to becoming like me, I think I will go and attack the very healthy one who may cause my true death rather than bring you to my side".

I won't speak for Ferral, but the point I 'learned' is that being able to autosucceed is boring. Like playing Doom on Godmode. Sure it's fun at first, but it's boring.

Pathfinder is a team exercise. If you can do everything (twinked out bard) or one thing so well that the rest of the group becomes redundant in that field (barbarian maxed out) it's boring for you and your group.

We want to minimize failure as much as possible in life, but in a game there's a thrill when that die comes up a 20, and the thrill of tension when it comes up a 1.

This is why I am so fond of Call of Cthuhlu....something fun about being the bottom of the food chain.

Ok did anyone else catch this, to get to their destination the PC's can be transported via teleport or take the long journey walking and pay 125gp in tolls and such marching through the Taldan countryside. Yet it doesn't discuss them getting back or having to pay for this to return to Oppara? I just found this kinda funny. PS this is a really fun chronicle, highly recommended. Does this count as a spoiler?

Thanks. I believe boons end on the 18th and I'm not going to being doing think until at least after holiday break. So sadly there will be no boon but its still a good way to get people into it. And I'm kinda trying to keep this on the down low as I would be ridiculed unendingly if one of the jocks found out I was a "DND nerd". So is there a way you think I could advertise it and somehow keep my identity a secret(except for the people in the group obviously).

I meant what city on the board

Remember that it's not adversarial with the BB, just have fun with them. The BB is pathfinder simple, remind them that if they like it they can try the RPG as a homegame or the PFS and remind them they can customize a character for PFS. Also let everyone know where you are because you may have a group there that isn't listed or is sporadic, but looking for more players. You may have received a boon for playing it, but those will be going away very soon. Have fun with this and if things go well look at starting you own chapter, good luck.

Ok how about the Map issues it has 3B as a location, but there is no 3B it should be 3G, this is somewhat confusing.

I'm seriously considering playing an Undead lord but I'd prefer to keep the options limited to humans, or possibly creatures encountered on an AR and signed by the GM.

I looked at this before and I think skeletal Hydras were about 5HD, which is pushing it. Its a nice idea, and skeletal riding dogs might be fine, but including all the bestiaries would be asking for trouble. Besides which, walking through town with a cowled human skeleton is one thing, but walking through town with a skeletal hydra could really mess up the scenario.

As a GM i don't worry too much about what someone has animated as long as it within the guidelines. Similarly is the Eidelon who a summoner can inhabit, I have seen some frightening builds at 2nd level for this.

It should cost less for PFS. Core gives the players and the GM more options than the society. If a player dies, a party that would like them revived can go and rob a noble's house or a caravan to get the money. Or they could be owned a favor to the local temple in exchange for the revive. If one wanted, the dead player could even be brought back as a zombie :)

But none of those options are available in the society. If you die you only have two options, pay the gold or prestige.

Death is paid for in two ways, prestige(16) or gold as stated. Ok here is the jist as a junior pathfinder(level 4 and lower, 10-12 is roughly the needed chronicles to gain the prestige allotment) you in general are not seen as as useful to your faction as say a more senior memeber, and they are less willing to have you raised. Also as a higher level agent who cotinues to die the faction sees you as less "favorable" and should you have used up, will not spend the time to raise you. So either horde Gold or do good on your faction. My biggest question is, what happens when your body is not recovered, ie brought back by your companions or worse is lost in some way. As a veteran GM this is a quandry which I am unsure if there is a flat rule for.

If the Blakros museum is in many *more* mods it would be certainly worth having a flip mat for :)

Mike

Blakros ptttuuuy Burn it to the ground!!!!!

Cracked/flawed ioun stones are awesome, definitely better than those overpriced ordinary ioun stones.

I've seen some buy dull gray ioun stones to be fitted into their wayfinders. A free read magic once per day, not bad.

Umm totally disagree with the over priced thing. There are allot of really ggod ones. Many players have done a really smart thing, especially the heavy dmage dealers, of placing the clear spindle(4000gp) in the way finder to make theme immune to evil compulsion. This has saved parties. Homestly my recently retired Archer would possibly kill players if he was ever facing compulsion from a Succubus or Harpy. If you are going to have a rock circling your head make it worth it, or you just look silly.

While I am not terribly fond of this thread, since the idea of changing ones alignment to gain benefit from classes on opposite spectrums is really power gaming(just make a new charecter). Most of the arguements here are easily policed by other players. For example I ran a table where the Chelaxian bard, who was offically neutrel, seemed to be the one who advocated the killing of everyone even goblin children. He would make lecherous and disparedging remarks to the female Sanerae Cleric and I could tell she was becoming a bit offended(in charecter only). Her character asked the bard to stop, he replied "it's the devil in me, I can't control him"(I had too admit that was really a great response). However, in character he went down from a critical sword strike. And while he layed there bleeding out the Cleric decided not to heal him and deal with the undead that were attacking the party, even though she probably could have channeled and stabalized him, and as a result he died. This infuriated the player of the bard and he accused her of not knowing her "Role" at the table. She ignored him and as a GM I explained his actions were rather evil in nature and the LAWFUL GOOD cleric made the choice to save the party rather than him. I also went on to say she was playing her character, and no one has a "Role" at the table. I then explained that if he wanted to play evil characters masked by another alignement, expect the same treatment, and his beratement of another player is unacceptable. He hasn't returned.

Jason Leonard wrote:

I have plans to run this, have the mod, but is there an adaption for PFS with Chronicles?

Your Venture-Captain or Venture-Lieutenant should be able to answer that...oh wait..;)

Look in additional resources, Chronicle for Modules will always be there.

Thanks

I have plans to run this, have the mod, but is there an adaption for PFS with Chronicles?

Hello.

This is my first post and I'm sorry for resurrecting such an old post, but the subject fits.

My friend and myself are looking for people in the north phoenix area that want to start a pathfinder group. Anyone interested?

If you are interested in PFS, they paly at Imperial Outpost Games on 51st ave. and Thunderbird on the 2nd and 4th Saturday each month. It is posted on warhorn.net go to reoccuring game days and is listed under a gathering of players.

Ok why is this a question, the rule is very simple, LoH is Positive Energy thus it damages creatures with negative energy affinity. Dhampir have negative energy affinity...fairly self explanitory. If you want to play a Dhampir Paladin thne have at it, just know you are probably going to kill yourself, or at least be terribly ineffective. If you are a Dhampir and your party does have channel positive abilities, let them know or do your best to be out of the area when they let loose.

I saw a ranger piledrived 30 feet and then torn apart by giant amorous demon apes.

Fortunately, the tearing apart came before being violated.

Nope, not making this up. If you've played the scenario, you'll know what I'm talking about.

This may have been one of the most creative deaths ever..freaking hilarious.

Mine came in the retired Hands of the Muted God, were doing great until the final fight. In the canyon we lost our primary monk who died saving our cleric(we buried him before continuing. We then we proceded to open the gates..probably a mistake. We realized we were all going to die when the Drider cast web in front of it, to keep the melee fighter from it, then the Vrocks cast mirror image(which really sucked). When our cleric fell I knew we were lost and the Vrocks were much faster than I, making fleeing not an option. I told the low levle Monk to run and I wold hold them off, just come back and get our bodies if they are still there. Luckily our GM decided they had no use for our corpses and was kind enough to say a group of Pathfinders were able to come and recover the three of us. Offly considerate since we were all 8th level. We had to pay since PA didn't cover this yet.

Here is an example of this. I recently ran Black Water for four players who were novice pathfinders. During the party with the Chelaxian noblewoman they did an increadible job of roleplaying and really had a great time with it. The actual delve was very difficult and two of the PC's contracted ghoul fever, a very horrible disease at low levels and would have cost them all their gold or all their earned PA to cure. Because of the great role play they did and the care they took when returning the woman's daughter, I decided to have her pay for the curing of the disease.

In all honesty, Archer's that are built for destruction(which isn't that hard) are table breakers. I know this because I have a level 11 fighter which is just wrong. On and average round of combat I do around 60 to 80 points of damage and can bypas most DR aside from adamantine. I do not know if the ultimate combat is sanction, but the snapshot feats are just horrible game breakers, the idea of threatening with a bow is just silly. Very soon you may not see many melee fighters and instead mostly dedicated archers.

Doug Miles wrote:

AZhobbit wrote:

Why is her Firestorm ability not discussed in her tactics?

...since I consider the Oracle firestorm ability really really nasty.

You answered your own question.

GMs are supposed to stick to the tactics listed, for exactly this reason. There could be all sorts of in-game reasons she wouldn't choose to use firestorm... avoiding injuring her colleagues, avoiding damage to loot that lays undiscovered, she dislikes the smell of scorched flesh, etc. But if it's not listed in tactics, she doesn't do it, however logical or powerful it might seem to the GM.

Understood, but no reason is given. There are tactics and then there is playing your NPC's intelligently. Some tactics tend to get the NPC killed, I do not modify spell lists or feats ever, but I will ALWAYS use abilities. When faced with insurmountable odds, survival comes first, be it a PC or NPC. Also the comrads thing on this one has little matter sincer she considers them expendable.

she dislikes the smell of scorched flesh. SHE'S A FREAKING FIRE ORACLE.

This mod at 8-9 is a party killer, here is why. When I ran this the PC's did not get a description of Jahani(or whatever her name is). While in the main chamber they began coversing with the Oracle and a PC mentioned her name, thus the Oracle bluffed the party into opening the door, by claiming she was her. They finally realized their major blunder when they saw the two chronies. Combat began, and a PC archer won intitative, shot her, but did not kill her, she went second and unleashed her Firestorm ability(which is oddly not discussed in her combat tactics, not sure why)and she killed the entire party with 4 rounds of 11D6 fire covering the entire room, even the rouge who faied one reflex save and was summarily killed by the lackies.

Why is her Firestorm ability not discussed in her tactics?

Do the holes in the door allow for LOS for spell casting, should the PC's become uncooperative? I mean they are big enoguh for a staff.

One thing to help with this chronicle(which is really good FYI) is to encourage the PC's to get descriptions of everyone they are seeking, not just names.

GM's be careful on this one it can easily become a TPK just by rolling a good intitiative.

Also my PC's were really good about their death's. I basically had the oracle ransom the bodies to the PFS so they could be raised, since I consider the Oracle firestorm ability really really nasty.

Ok just curious metamagic feats talk about replacing a higher level slot. If I am a wizard who prepares spells and I have say the elemental spell feat(cold), and I come across a creature immune to fire, do I have to have a spell prepared to using the feat or can I just eliminate a higher level memorized spell to do so. Also if I am a spontaneous caster and using the same scenario, do I just use a higher level slot? The reason I ask is that it seems allot of the metamagic feats seem situational and if I memorize spells I can't always predict what I will face. Thanks

Here is an example of the worst you can see. Played a sactioned mod this weekend and had a player actually get up and leave after he was about to be ganked by a bad guy. Granted this was a three rounder that our great GM had spent allot of time preping and the five other players gave up most of their weekend to play. I have never seen anyone just pack up and leave, especially since this mod allowed you to bring in a new PC. All of us where very suprised by this and our GM handled it really well, just explained that his actions would result in him not being welcome at the gameday anymore. So FYI to players character death happens deal with it. PFS has some of the best rules for raise dead and such, If you make it to 12th without dying kudos to you.

Hey there Everybody,

Alright everybody. Lets just take it down a notch. I got a few quick points.

- We are currently looking into the whole armor spike/misc non-hand weapons and how they threaten. This was a slightly bigger issue than I first thought when I gave an off the cuff opinion.

- The thing to remember here, that I want to stress, is that generally speaking, the only places where a PFS judge is required to follow rulings is the rulebooks, updates, FAQ posts, and PFS rules documents. Everything else is left to judge discretion at the table. There is no way around this. We cannot ask our judges to be familiar with every ruling or thought from every messageboard post, even if it comes from a staff member.

- For you home game, you don't even have to pay attention to the above sources. Its your game after all.

I hope to get a FAQ on this issue soon.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing

I just want to say thanks Jason, I(And I assume most of us) know you have a tough job and rely on players/GM's to make the best decisions we can. It is appreciated that you take into account our input and that we can have an actual affect on the game. The PFS is honestly the best living campaign I have been part of. Hope to see you a NEONCON in November(should you have plans to attend).

HOLY CRAP!!!! I love the discussion about spiked armor...talk about a monkey wrench. Also one thing to consider when arguing about reality and physics. Characters who have Martial Weapon Proficiency are SUPREMELY TRAINED in combat tactics and thus while we argue about what can be done in the "REAL" world by us, we are not trained like our characters. This is the concept of roleplaying at it's most basic. My intial arguement about the spiked armor was based on the physics of the item, not a character's ability.

Well as both a veteran PFS GM and player this is what I expect regardless of level. Most of this applies to both.
1. Know your character and what their capabilities are. Thus don't spend your turn digging through a book to look up stuff that you should know.
2. Be ready when your turn comes(this kinda goes back to #1). Have your numbers ready for whatever you are doing. Don't come back to me latter and say "Oh I forgot to add this". TOUGH
3. Know the rules for things like movement, grapple, range and such.
4. Be honest... this is paramount, if I catch you cheating be prepared.
5. Pay ATTENTION and BE INVOLVED!!! I have had many players that don't answer when I ask for a perception check or don't tell me their roll and then get mad whei skip them during the suprise round. If you are texting during the game and miss something I will not repate myself. I have been known to do a ten count on initiative and then put you in delay. Also don't assume there is nothing you can do, remeber you can aid the fighter with flank or threaten the spell caster, be creative more often than not if it's cool and doesn't break the rules I will allow it.
6. Don't whine, as a GM I don't ever intentionally target PC's or try to kill them, but I play the opponents intelligently(unless they have none or it is very low). Bad things happen, being a pathfinder is a dangerous job. Also remmeber many PC's have optimised characters, you tend to be hard to kill.
7. Don't tell me how to play my character or others when I am GMing, young players learn by experience, as a GM I may give them advice, but other players should not KIBITZ!!!
8. Have fun... Always and let others have fun. As a GM your enjoyment is my top goal and even if a chronicle is not I try very hard to make it enjoyable.

ElyasRavenwood wrote:

Lazer X i had not realized the similarities between Andoran and "American". Perhaps you don't notice what is right under your nose. If I extend such an analogy, does Taldor represent feudal europe?

Taldor is a tougher call, I'd say it's more likely to represent Rome in it's decline or possibly Byzantium.

16th century France

Spiked armor is also a good option for threatening adjacent spaces.

You know this never made sense to me. Why do your spikes which are attached to your armor threaten. I always thought these were for when you were grappled or attacked by natural weapons. While I knwo gaming mechanics don't always take into account physics, this one is just silly. I have worn armor with spikes before and it never prevented my opponent from moving away, that's what my sword was for. Too further make the point My elemental wizard has the ability to cover himself in fire. The fire doesn't threaten, I can't throw it, it is personal only. Hmmmm allot like wearing spikes on armor. Alas never will understand this cheat.

Nimon wrote:

And traps are rarely used in PFS scenarios. And because of the Low levels of PFS I have never seen a situation where a Wizard is needed

Ok while I don't argue with the self sufficiency, but TRAPS are everywhere in PFS, in fact some chronicles have only them for the most part and really just stink without a rouge. That being said you rarely need a balanced party to be successful and have fun, you just need to be creative. The less veteran a party is the more the more balance they need.

I have run this about 4 times and the one thing I had a small issue with was the Guardhouse enounter(s). I know technically the PC's engage the Goblins and then the quadrent of bad guys upstairs. I couldn't bring myself to suspend belief so much that the four upstairs were so quiet that the PC's couldn't hear them based on the small size of the building, or that a barbarian with blood lust would not go attack the PC's if he hears them downstairs. Each time the PC's dealt with both encounters at once mainly because someone always goes upstairs before going into the lounge where the Goblins be. Also I may have missed it and have read the scene allot, but how exactly are they burning down the building? I have improvised by stating they have barrels of some alchemical explosive that has a fuse attached. I have usually used a ten round count once lit and the Pc's get the perception test to hear it. Now I never will arbitrarily blow up the PC's, but the building being on fire is exceptional incentive to not daly. My tables have really enjoyed this because it gives them a hard time limit and adds to the frenzied chaos.

You say "Evil" I say "Opportunity"

FYI the warhorn reference is a gathering of player meets on the fourth Saturday, sometimes Sunday at IOG, we will try to have two tables, but space on that one is tight. Look forward to seeing you there.

Good God Rene quit whinning. While we in the 602 aren't making the list we are regularlly asked to run at conventions in the southwest, and will continue to do so. I think the measure of a good GM is do you keep em coming back for more punishment. Look forward to seeing you all at NeonCon.

I'm not a PFS member at present, so I can't name any, but if any of them happen to reside in Phoenix, AZ I'd very much like to get in touch with them. I have a friend who's working on developing an RPG-based therapeutic practice for youth on the autistic spectrum; she needs the assistence of one or (preferably) more highly skillful and experienced game masters.

Hi I am one of the assistants for the PFS in Phoenix area, we have a gameday which meets the 1st and 3rd saturday each month at Gamer's Inn in Mesa it is easy to find. You can sign up on warhorn.net under A gathering of Players gameday. We have a pleathora of very good GM's who have years of experience come out and see us and we may be able to help.

So...will goblins be playable in PFS? That'd be pretty awesome.

Please say no, how would a goblin be ingratiated into the society? If we go with Goblins then why not succubus and half fiends and oh wait vampires or heck a medusa race.

AZhobbit wrote:

Commiting acts of terrorism in the name of your Faction(Suck it Katheer). And then having to answer the question of your fellow pathfinders "Jack did you just blow up a building?" answer in a horrible French/Taldoran accent "ummm no" as the smoking corpe of a monk lands 10 feet from us.

That would be Sedeq, not Katheer. Many Fortunes was a mediocre scenario but it was the faction missions that made it fun. I think that faction missions that require more than just a skill check are memorable. Ones that allow for creative solutions are more interesting. Ones that authorize mayhem are even more so.

Oh yeah, it's been a while.

Diego Winterborg wrote:

The Mission

Think about what missions are memorable. Answer the question of "why?"

Commiting acts of terrorism in the name of your Faction(Suck it Katheer). And then having to answer the question of your fellow pathfinders "Jack did you just blow up a building?" answer in a horrible French/Taldoran accent "ummm no" as the smoking corpe of a monk lands 10 feet from us.

There are many being from the 602, the crew of us who have played together for quite a while and brought our PC's to 12 have numerous experiences that are meorable for conventions and gamedays.

Game Day: had to be when we played Lyrics of Extinction(one of the best PFS chronicles out there). My Taldoran F/R was enlarged and failed his will save vs the nasty big bad guy for confusion. Our Wizard(who is a venture captain) decided that rather tha have me attack another PC kept magic missling me to keep me going after him, while the rest of the party handled the enemy. It was hilarous.

Convention: GENCON 2009 played Sniper in the Deep with a really great group. While we didn't have PVP combat we had a serious discusssion about what constituted being "EVIL". In the bar scene the Chelaxian Paladin started the combat by calling upo his god to smite the bartender(who did nothing threatening and we were supposed to get information from) by pulling his greatsword and flaming it. Meanwhile I dealt with his cronies and when the Qadiran Cleric Held Person one I booted him into the water, which the table thought was very crafty. At this point the Paladin thought my act was evil and he would correct my behavior. I explained calling on your god to aid you in commiting murder was far more agregious, especially since the Cleric canceled his spell so the chronie could swim away. I won the arguement.

Convention Compliment. At NEONCON 2010 I had the distinct pleasure of having Adam Daigle run Fortune's Blight for the table I was playing my archer at. During the final combat vs. Harpies half our party failed the will saves or were primarily melee combat. I didn't need to make it due to a great resonce ability from an IOUN Stone. After dispatching the baddies in three rounds Adam looked at me and my cousin(in cahracter only) and stated that we were some of the most effieicent player/characters he has had the pleasure of running for. Aside from me and Chris Sanders(my barabrian cousin) being just deadly in combat, we stayed in character with the horrible Linnorm King accents and fighting with eachother most of the game. We made Adam laugh allot.

In both LG and LFR the fights were adjusted according to the number of PCs present; so remove an enemy for 4 players or add an enemy for 6 players. I'm still surprised PFS doesn't do that.

Actually they do, the standard for chronicle is stated for 4 PC's it is adjusted APL up 1 for a six PC table. The GM should never take away creatures. Now because of the option to play up some PC's can bite off more than they can chew.

Howie23 wrote:

Mortifier wrote:

Hmmm. Can lightning bolt really disintegrate someone? Light stuff of fire? Yes. Break stuff? Yes. Instantly turn someone into ash? No. It could of course be DMs-ruling, but that would be a pretty mean thing to do to someone.

I assumed he was speaking figuratively. The resurrection is needed because raise dead can't be used for creatures who have been turned into undead. "A creature who has been turned into an undead creature or killed by a death effect can't be raised by this spell. "

While the flavor text is nice, you shouldn't post about a player not being able to be res'ed because of getting blasted by a lightning bolt. He was level 11 so their wizard may have used disintegrate instead.

The post was about him not being able to be raised due to becoming undead, res'ed is a completely different matter. Sorry you didn't understand that.

Ok here is the really nuts and bolts of this. If you die you die, bad things happen. Per rules other PC's can not donate gold or prestige(even from the same faction) to raise your character, either you have it or you don't. Waltero I sympathise with you as a player and as a veteran PFS GM, we don't go out of our way to kill PC's, but bad things happen. I really doesn't matter if you character is one shotted or dies from 1000 paper cuts. Death is Death. The best one was when one of our PC's died twice in three rounds. He was an 11th level rouge who was killed by a very nasty undead, the next round he became a zombie and shambled after us at which point our wizard lightning bolted him into ash. His death required a ressurection not a raise, and thsu he did not have the money or prestige to bring himself back.

‎#1 - The Grand Lodge, finally the Society gets it's own faction!

Umm why is this a faction since we all PATHFINDERS and the Grand Lodge is our headquarters? This seems like a redundant concept. I thought factions were missions related to National Affiliation.

Problem at our lgs is majority of the players barely know how to play the frakkin game, let alone what their character would do outside of what is fun at the time, and definitely dont care enough to read info about the factions to properly pick one that fits your character before the game starts.

Honestly, this sounds like a leadership issue in your gameday. You should always have your veteran GM's run the newer tables to help the PC's acclimate to the game and enhance their experience, and make them want to comeback. We were all new players at some point and a fun time made us keep role playing. Pathfinder does require a bit more savvy to role play since we are not random adventurers hacking our way through the countryside. You do sound angry in your post, and if you are still this peeved at your group then they know it and this causes them not comeback or just outright defy you. If you are a veteran player then talk with them and help them rather than criticize.

AZhobbit wrote:

As far as a free action that involves six words not a speech.

Monologuing is always a free action!

I'll remember that next time one of my PC's is doing it : )