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Private instructional game for a friend of mine.
Hello all! Lets talk creation!!! I figure that before we get too far, we should hammer out the outline and creation rules. Here is what I am thinking so far. Chime in if you have any other ideas!
Considering the starting conditions and back story, lets start with 200 gp starting gold. Anything else I am forgetting??
Hello all, and welcome!! Please ninja dot over in gameplay, then Make your way over here to help me collect some of that pesky reporting information. The game does not kick off until March 5th so relax, get to know each other, and work out game stuff. From the sign up list we have:
Looking forward to playing this with yall!!!
So I am running the first book, and my group just came across Thora Peska. I turned the entire scene into some kind of cross between Annabell and The Haunting. A ghost like apparition flitting between the the ice boulders, a haunting girlish giggle, ethereal voice calling back the scripted answers.. it was great. By the time they got through the haunt, they were all thoroughly crapping themselves about the hut and the ominous figure sitting in a chair inside. Fast forward to one intrepid adventurer finally steeling themselves and climbing in, looking around, and then being pushed out as he was getting ready to climb back down, tensions were at an all time high!! The battle went pretty quickly though, and the summoner in the group decided to keep the soul focus gem. Here's where my question lies. The character identified the soul gem as containing part of the soul of the scared little girl from the haunt, and what its function was. He immediately pocketed it, commenting on what he could do with something like that. He is a pretty new player, so he doesn't know what it could be used for, but he is intent on keeping it and trying to use it for "necromantic purposes". I clarified that he knew that part of an innocent soul was trapped within, and he was not swayed. I stated that I would have to do some research, but that using this may involve an alignment infraction, and he still persisted. So, my questions here:
2) Should he find a way to continue using this, should he suffer the consequences of an alignment infraction?
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Hello and welcome to the Emerald Spire discussion chat.
Please dot in here. We can do character intros closer to kick off.
Hello all, and welcome to my table for You Only Die Twice! Dot in and make merry, its going to be a bit of a wait until Oct 6th when this kicks off.
Please dot in here. We can do character intros closer to kick off.
Hello all, and welcome to my table for You Only Die Twice! Dot in and make merry, its going to be a bit of a wait until Oct 6th when this kicks off.
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Hello all, and WELCOME!! We will be running the entire We Be Goblins Series, and we will be trying to get as many of these games registered for Gameday Credit as possible so good posting habits and attention to detail will help everyone! However, I will not be sacrificing quality for quantity and will strive to keep a good pace while still keeping an eye towards quality and fun for all of the zany acts of mayhem and destruction caused by our favorite goblins. If you have not already done so (Shame on you for not following directions!!) Please visit my profile page and take a gander at some of my expectations for both myself and for my players. If there is anything that you wish to add or discuss, now would be the time to get some clarification. Character selection:
Progress/Reporting:
Contact:
A few expectations specific to this game series: *Please create an alias with the name of your character so that I am not trying to guess who is who. *Please dot in on the gameplay tab, then immediately delete the post. This "ninja" post will make the game show up in your campaign tab without unnecessary clutter. *This is a fun and zany adventure that gives you an opportunity for some incredible roleplaying. Take advantage of it!! Normally I do not mind OOC conversation, spoilers, and the like.. but this time I am going to have to request that if you are not speaking in character then take it to the discussion tab. I will be setting the tone for that, and we will all love it the more we all play along! So, Once again, welcome to my WBG series. Introduce yourselves and lets make nice until kickoff!!
I was very excited to see this AP, and even signed up for the Adventure Path specifically for this series. Everything I read about it had me drooling for the adventure.. but now that I have read book 1, I am a little concerned. I have never been a strong enough GM (or maybe just never had the right experience) to do well with freeform sandbox games. Although I can deal with the occasional wayward party, I like more structure to the adventure than this seems to provide. In addition, I have no face to face group.. all of my roleplaying is done on the Paizo forums via PbP. With this in mind, I am having difficulty seeing how I could get this game up and running. I have never dealt with some of the concepts that are central to the first book (Militia and army rules mostly), and can see this easily bogging down into either a very slow running low action PbP as they bob about the woods taking care of the refugees, or an incredible amount of behind the scenes spreadsheet management for me.. something that I am not entirely enthused about. The third option would be almost completely prewriting the first book to give myself the structure and a more linear path than what is provided. Honestly, I don't have the time to balance RL and the second two options. What are your thoughts and opinions? Any suggestions for where to look for additional help or different points of view?
Please dot in here, and add your information to this spreadsheet to help me with record keeping. All dayjobs may be rolled here, with the results posted on the spreadsheet. Glad to have you aboard, and hope yall enjoy!! I do not have an exact date to kick off, but will be doing so in a staggered manner so that I don't have all three tables blowing up at once! Thank you for your patience.. we will get rolling soon!
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Please dot in here, and add your information to this spreadsheet to help me with record keeping. All dayjobs may be rolled here, with the results posted on the spreadsheet. Glad to have you aboard, and hope yall enjoy!! I do not have an exact date to kick off, but will be doing so in a staggered manner so that I don't have all three tables blowing up at once! Thank you for your patience.. we will get rolling soon!
Please dot in here.
Please dot in here, and add your information to this spreadsheet to help me with record keeping. All dayjobs may be rolled here, with the results posted on the spreadsheet. Glad to have you aboard, and hope yall enjoy!! I do not have an exact date to kick off, but will be doing so in a staggered manner so that I don't have all three tables blowing up at once! Thank you for your patience.. we will get rolling soon!
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Hello, all!
As this is a timed special, please also note below any special quirks, abilities, items, or other such head scratchers you may be inclined to utilize during the game so that we can discuss this prior to them actually coming into play and stalling out the action. I know several of you from the boards, but for those that I have not gamed with yet, please check my alias profile and read up on my expectations and how I normally handle things. Any questions? By all means, please ask them!
I am running the Segang Expedition, and have a question about the mosquitoes in the jungle.
One of my players came up with the idea that since they are in the swamp, she could cover herself in the mud to prevent the mosquitoes from biting her. I don't want to penalize out of the box thinking, and I know that this works to a point in real life, but can find no rules outside of vermin repellent. Any suggestions? Legality?
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Please dot in here. Two of our members would like to wait just a bit to get things started, and I am not adverse to this, but will leave it up to the majority vote. In my case, it would help to allow me to scrape a bit more off of my plate before we dive in, and in the case of the two individuals, it would allow them to play with their chosen characters. In the mean time, please fill out your reporting information HERE in the top section.
Water laps steadily at the pier as sailors, laborers, and merchants rush busily around Absalom’s port. The venture-captain’s summons called for a meeting aboard the Sixwing Drake, a sleek sailing ship. The Drake’s captain, a Varisian woman and fellow Pathfinder named Zarah Zendrani, stands at the helm of her vessel. “It’s not like Valsin to be late,” she mutters, furrowing her brow. As if on cue, a tall and meticulously groomed man pushes his way through the crowd and up the gangplank, cursing audibly. “Whoever supervises this mess of a port needs to be dumped in the sea!” he grumbles. The tall man looks around at those gathered before him. “Just the group I requested. Perfect. I’m Venture- Captain Ambrus Valsin, and I took great care in selecting just the right Pathfinders for this assignment.” Valsin reaches into his belt pouch and withdraws a small, folded paper before continuing. “A few days ago, I received a curious note from a rather unexpected source. It’s not every day that I get a request from an agent of the Aspis Consortium.” Captain Zendrani’s eyes widen, and Valsin smiles knowingly. “But Magali Delroya does not appear to be your typical Aspis agent. As you surely know, the Aspis Consortium pursues a variety of activities across the Inner Sea that the Pathfinder Society finds abhorrent. It seems that Delroya has been working with them for some time, but can no longer stomach the snakes herself. She wants to stop a shipment of an experimental drug from leaving Diobel later this week. It’s bound for a number of locations across the Inner Sea region. According to Delroya, she can’t ask the local authorities for help, because the Aspis Consortium has already struck a deal with a faction of the Kortos Consortium, a powerful merchant collective. Her hands are tied, so she’s come to us for help. In this note, she outlines three different tasks that would help to disrupt the Aspis long enough for her to move the shipment to a secure location, out of the clutches of the consortium. Once you accomplish two of these tasks, she’s willing to meet with you, but not before.” “Normally, I wouldn’t trust an Aspis agent at any hour of the day. But our sources in Diobel have confirmed the Aspis and Kortos consortia’s activities. Everything checks out, so we are presented with a unique opportunity. If we help Delroya, we might not only strike a financial blow against the Aspis Consortium, but we could also reveal their dealings with the Kortos Consortium—and possibly prevent their arrangement from turning into a more formal alliance. Furthermore, we hope to stop this drug from spreading across the Inner Sea region, and if we—if all of you—do a good enough job, we might even convince Delroya to join the Society. A turncoat agent would be a valuable asset in our ongoing run-ins with the Aspis Consortium.” “Take some time to look over Delroya’s note and the tasks she has set for you. If you have any questions, now is the time to ask. Remember, the Aspis Consortium is a long-time enemy of the society, but the Kortos Consortium, while certainly suspicious, is not our enemy. It is a complex organization with many factions, and we should avoid antagonizing any of them, except when necessary to oppose the Aspis Consortium.”
DC 10 K. Local:
There is no formal alliance between the Kortos Consortium and Aspis Consortium, and the two groups are likely working together in a limited capacity—at least for the time being. DC 15 K. Local:
Although the Aspis Consortium seems to have an agreement with part of the Kortos Consortium, neither group is centralized enough for such an arrangement to be very stable. Causing a major disruption in their operation would very likely sever ties between the two groups. DC 20 K. Local: House Locosta, the faction allied with the Aspis Consortium, claims that its major interest is in Qadiran spices, but the family derives most of its profit from buying and selling Qadiran slaves
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The Aspis Consortium pays well, but few can stand its underhanded tactics for long. One operative fed up with the Consortium's practices has contacted the Pathfinder Society with a tempting offer: assist her in leaving the organization, and she will supply the Society with years of insider intelligence about their longstanding rival. It's up to the PCs to navigate Diobel—a proud town run by cutthroat smugglers—earn the defector's trust, and deal a telling blow to their Aspis foes. "The Consortium Compact" is an evergreen, replayable scenario designed to help introduce players to the Pathfinder Society, the Isle of Kortos, and one of the Society's longstanding rivals. I will be running this as part of Gameday V, and have one spot reserved. The first five to sign up will be in!
Please list your PFS reporting info and dayjob checks. Also, please list if you have played Serpents Rise and include a link to your chronicle (it can be any character, not just the one you are playing here). There is a special item on the chronicle, but it is only available if you played the character Marnarius. In addition to the above information, and considering the incredible response, please also post you initiative modifier and your disguise modifier. I will need this information before we can begin. Thank you!
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Please list your PFS reporting info and dayjob checks. Also, please list if you have played Serpents Rise and include a link to your chronicle (it can be any character, not just the one you are playing here). There is a special item on the chronicle, but it is only available if you played the character Marnarius.
Please list your PFS reporting info and dayjob checks. Also, please list if you have played Serpents Rise and include a link to your chronicle (it can be any character, not just the one you are playing here). There is a special item on the chronicle, but it is only available if you played the character Marnarius.
Just a few notes about my personal gaming style to start things off.
2) I am in a pretty accelerated Registered Nurse program. Every three months, I will have finals and will need to focus my time and energy on that. That being said; I will give you advance notice if life takes me away from the boards, and I will post no less than once a day without giving you a reason and a heads up. 3) Some things I do to speed things up: I will roll for initiative, and will keep an updated tracker for round actions. This way, everyone knows who is up, and what has been done. Most of the time, there will be blocks where several PC's are up. You may go in any turn within the block, and I will resolve what happens when. As a PC, roll your own saves, damage, etc like you would in a tabletop game. If anything is needed, there will be reminders in the tracker. An example of my tracker is:
4) All maps will be hosted in Google Slides. If you have the app, this means that you can view and alter maps from mobile devices. All handouts and non-interactive things will be Google Drawings, and I may use a Google Spreadsheet to keep track of things. All of these links are provided in the game header for easy access and reference. 5)HAVE FUN!! If it is not fun, tell me! Please! The only way that I can learn and grow as a GM is from constant feedback. I not only want and encourage this, but I need this to help improve my games. I am open to suggestions and comments. If you have a problem with something, PM me. Communication is the only thing that is going to get this off of the ground and then keep it rolling. Lastly: What I expect from you:
Discuss here.
While passing through the city of Kaer Maga, you receive a knock on your door at the inn. A cloaked stranger wordlessly hands you a tightly rolled missive bound with ribbon and sealed with wax before melting away from your door and disappearing before you are able to question him. Examining the scroll only begs for more questions, as the ribbons are in the colors of Pharasma, and the wax bears the Seal of the Church. Curiously, you break the seal and read the message.
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Once everyone gets checked in, I will get things rolling.
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