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So you either wanted to play a frail Human for purely roleplaying reasons with no mechanical representation, which means you're not affected at all, you're good to go with telling everybody how sickly and tired you are every half an hour, or you were trying to minmax/shoot yourself in the foot, in which case I'm glad you can't.

Today I learned that these are the only three possible motivations I could have for doing something like this!

Thank you for this useful revelation. I can't believe I trusted my perception of my own motivations.

I'm also disappointed in the Voluntary Flaws change. One of the things I've often experienced, particularly in Organized Play, is an intense stigma against "making your character worse for no reason", with the implication that your character is ruining other people's fun. The old system neatly sidestepped that to an extent by offering a small, but still relevant, benefit.

Ah well. I look forward to having to rebuild half my characters to comply. :|

Well, I'm definitely interested, though I've still got to refine my character concepts before I start pestering you with questions. ^_^;

Raven is correct. ^_^

I'm only a few pages in, and I already love the book...

Knights of Lastwall:

Whoever decided to name the squires after Cassisian angels, deserves a packet of cookies, because now I am inadvertantly a Knight of Lastwall by virtue of my nickname. Thank you whomever did that bit

My developers—Eleanor Ferron and Luis Loza, who both deserve a ton of credit for the great ideas here!—asked me to provide a place for more "classical" squire-youths in the order. It seemed like an obvious step to name them after 'little angels', particularly with the easy and pleasant-sounding shortening. ^_^

As a big fan of Planescape's idiosyncratic cant, bless whoever wrote the "Knightly slang" section.

I'm glad you like it! They asked me to come up with a bunch of slang terms the Knights might use, and I had a lot of fun with it. :D

(My philosophy of slang, particularly for combat groups, is that it should be quick, snappy, easily belted out under pressure. Hence a lot of one- or two-syllable words. The exceptions are stuff like curses or battle cries, like "wrath and woe".)

A few times the book refers to a 'Flame', presumably as some kind of knightly unit, akin to the established Lights (the small individual squads) and Blazes (rarely-formed out of several Lights for special missions), but it's never elaborated upon. An editing slip-up, perhaps?

That's... probably my fault. ^_^; My initial draft had the Sentinels calling the squads "Lights" and the Reclaimers using "Flames", but somewhere that ended up being left behind. But here and there I probably messed it up or misremembered. (This was a lot of words, y'all!)

I had the pleasure of playtesting this scenario, and I can't say enough good things about it! Definitely keep your eyes on this one, because it is an absolute delight. ^_^

Also, since a few people have asked what I contributed to this particular tome... it was quite a bit! (Though still only a drop in the bucket compared to my fellow contributors' total work, of course!)

It might not look like much here, but at over twenty thousand words, it was a ton of work! (My second largest, after only Planar Adventures.) I'm incredibly proud of how it all came out, though, and very excited to see it in peoples' hands. ^_^

My concern with burn as an externally applied mechanic is that it risks feeling "tacked on", rather than like an organic and well-integrated part of the class. Trying to glue it on without making it foundational... seems like it will only result in clumsiness.

On instinct, I think the best way to approach it might be as a sort of "kineticist's interface", the way alchemists choose a research field and oracles choose a mystery. This kineticist chooses burn, fueling their elemental power with their health and using Constitution. That kineticist chooses mysticism, using Focus Points to empower their attacks and using Wisdom. And who knows what other intriguing power sources could be devised?

This also avoids the archetype lockout that graystone mentioned upthread, which is a definite concern for a class with such a concentious core mechanic. Not being able to multiclass at all is a serious price. Of course, it does mean the class has two major choices instead of one, making it notably more complex. But I think that doesn't have to be a bad thing, especially as the system matures. (I had to have Mr. Seifter himself explain the PF1 version before I fully grasped its intricacies.)

Speaking of armored skirts: did you also do the lore for Falayna in Knights of Lastwall?

I did! Among many other sections. ^_^

I'm a wee bit late to the mention of it, but honestly, I'm just glad the armored skirt made it to print usefully. I wrote it with only the playtest rules to go on (these books have a pretty long lead time) and mostly aimed for "something that will let people have the pretty armored gown aesthetic while not being embarrassingly bad". I think it did well enough under the circumstances. ^_^

For those interested in the nitty-gritty of design choices, it also has a sort of special design intent. Let's say you get a really cool and unique armor you want to wear, like Mr. Sayre's Iomedae's Armor, but your stats don't quite match up; you don't have enough Dexterity for this chain shirt, or enough Strength for that platemail. The skirt, as a sort of proto-adjustment, lets you sort of massage those stats to fit your own.

(I also did the armor and shield adjustments for Grand Bazaar, and I think we're just scratching the surface of concepts there! Hopefully we get the chance to really dig into what those can offer.)

Hmmmmm.

So I've been playing a PF1 kineticist in Reign of Winter for a while now (just hit 12th level), in addition to my original bona fides. I love the class in its 1e iteration. So what would I like to see come forward?

Thematically:
I love the feel of the class as a sort of wellspring/conduit for overwhelming power, not unlike the PF2 oracle. I am particularly fond of the feeling of pushing your limits, something most classes just didn't have. As a sorcerer, you either have spell slots left or you don't; there's no mechanic to squeeze out just one more spell, or to go all Tellah, convert your HP to MP, and unleash your ultimate power at great cost. Kineticist brought that feel and that flavor to the game.

Mechanically:
The go-all-day nature of the class is important, though it's less unique in a system with scaling cantrips. The gather power and infusion specialization elements of the original were integral to this, letting you feel like you were doing more than just a basic attack every round because you had to save your resources for the big fight; I'm not sure how the present system and its emphasis on limited resources will handle this, though. I'm also a huge fan of the burn mechanic, since it so perfectly supports the thematic elements mentioned above; so, speaking for myself, I'd like to see that element as a cornerstone of the class again.

The mix of utility and blasting is important too. My fire/water kineticist in RoW can not only blast with eruptions and ranged attacks, but can also heal via kinetic healer and even provide restoration effects via kinetic restoration and (the admittedly officially story-limited) purging flame. I'd really like to see that come forward in some way, though again, given the new edition's emphasis on limited resources, I'm not sure what form that'd take. (In this edition, perhaps something akin to the champion's Mercy feats would be appropriate?)

Anyway, just my random thoughts during my annual visit to the forums. ^_^

Yeah, you weren’t kidding! Here’s hoping we get to meet Princess Misovyel someday and her alien servants someday.

There are a lot of things in here that I think have Infinite potential for a follow-up, if you take my meaning. ^_^

keftiu wrote:

Can we hear the chapter titles?

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Among the Knights
Chapter 3: Knights of Lastwall Options
Chapter 4: Knights of Lastwall Efforts

That's kind of boring though, so why not the headers for each of the sections, too!

** spoiler omitted **

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Oh hey, I recognize some of those chapter titles!

New Marshal toys is an unexpected treat! If we can't get a full Warlord class, I'm very happy with this.

Trust me, I would go kill Tar-Baphon by myself for an actual honest-to-Artemis Warlord Class. Especially if I got to design it. ^_^ Until then, though, I hope what you find here will be to your liking!

So, as one of those freelancers who does all that writing...

I support this move unconditionally, both in support of my Black colleagues and in line with my own experiences and beliefs. And I'm really glad Mr. Mona went all-in on committing to this. Very quickly, too. It's a good sign that at least some folks at the top are actually listening now, and ready to take the necessary steps to improve.

As for the thing itself. You can still put the thing in your games, with the consent of your group. You can still read between the lines and choose to interpret parts of the setting as involving it, again, with that consent. But it's now opt-in, instead of opt-out, and that makes all the difference.

The thing about this is, for folks who aren't Black, it's all too easy to treat it as a toy, a rhetorical object. A sticker we can put on our villains to say "these are Bad People and you have to save their victims!" We say we're "taking it seriously" and "want to be able to confront real evils"... but at the end of the session, we laugh and chat and talk about what a great time we had fighting the Bad People. It is, as they say, Just A Game. And we don't think about the people for whom it's not Just A Game.

To speak to my own experiences... I am glad that transphobia is omitted from Golarion. And that's as someone who has, once or twice, thought about writing in Gender Oppressors for punching purposes. It'd be cathartic for me, and probably for some other trans folks (I think KC mentioned similar feelings upthread)... but it'd also catch others unpleasantly off-guard and ruin a perfectly good reading or gaming experience. With frequent occurrences, it might put them off the game entirely. And given the choice, I'd rather do the punching myself and spend my words writing something everyone can enjoy. Except bigots, who I hope will read my beautiful trans NPCs and weep delicious tears.

I'm heartened to see such a strong statement. Thank you. ^_^

So if anyone's been wondering why I haven't been on the forums much in months... the stuff coming up in this thread is an excellent example of why. So long as bigotry and hate are permitted to flourish, whether blatantly and openly or in the guise of "just asking questions" and "devil's advocate", this place is simply unwelcoming to marginalized people and those who have empathy for them.

To those who fit that qualification and remain, I applaud your strength and wish you the very best of luck. I might peek in when I have the energy, but... I don't have a lot to say these days.

All right, let's see here...

Reactions
Reflexive Riposte Fiorré gains an additional reaction each round which she can use only for Opportune Riposte.
Opportune Riposte (modified by Impossible Riposte and Felicitous Riposte)
Trigger A foe within your reach critically fails a Strike against you, or a foe outside of your reach critically fails an attack roll against you.
Effect You take advantage of an opening from your enemy's fumbled attack. You either make a melee Strike against the triggering foe or attempt to Disarm it of the weapon it used for the Strike. When you make an Opportune Riposte, roll twice on the attack roll and take the better result. When you use Opportune Riposte with the secondary trigger against a ranged attack, your Strike deflects some of the triggering effect back toward its source. Compare the result of your attack roll to the AC of the triggering foe. On a hit, you deal the normal amount of damage for your Strike, but the damage type changes to that of the triggering attack. (For instance, if you used Opportune Riposte to deflect a ray of frost, your Strike would deal cold damage instead of its normal damage type.)

Charmed Life
Trigger You attempt a saving throw, but you haven't rolled yet.
Effect When danger calls, you have a strange knack for coming out on top. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to the triggering save.

Sidestep
Trigger The attack roll for a Strike targeting you fails or critically fails.
Effect You deftly step out of the way of an attack, letting the blow continue to the creature next to you. You redirect the attack to a creature of your choice that is adjacent to you and within the reach of the triggering attack. The attacker rerolls the Strike’s attack roll against the new target.

Passives
Animal Senses
Fiorré has scent (imprecise, 30 feet) and low-light vision.

Cat Fall
Effect [...] If you’re legendary in Acrobatics, you always land on your feet and don’t take damage, regardless of the distance of the fall.

Steady Balance
Effect [...] You’re not flat-footed while attempting to Balance on narrow surfaces and uneven ground. [...]

Legendary Performer
Fiorré is particularly known as a sword dancer duelist.
Effect Your fame has spread throughout the lands. NPCs who succeed at a DC 10 Society check to Recall Knowledge have heard of you and usually have an attitude toward you one step better than normal, depending on your reputation and the NPC’s disposition. For instance, if you’re well-known for cruel and demanding behavior, creatures might be intimidated by you, rather than be friendly toward you. When you Earn Income with Performance, you attract higher-level audiences than your location would allow, as audiences flock to see you. For instance, rulers and angels might travel to your small tower in the woods to hear you perform. Typically, this increases the audiences available by 2 levels or more, determined by the GM.

cloak of feline rest
Effect While wearing this cloak you can comfortably rest in any space, so long as it's not wet or particularly hazardous. While sleeping in this cloak you only take a –2 status penalty to auditory Perception checks, rather than a –4 status penalty.

choker of elocution
Effect [...] Your excellent elocution reduces the DC of the flat check to perform an auditory action while deafened from 5 to 3.

shapespeak mask
Effect While wearing this mask, you can speak even when polymorphed into an animal. The shapespeak mask does not otherwise remove any limitations, such as the inability to cast spells when transformed.

This is one of my favorite projects in a while, and I do hope folks like what they see! ^_^

I've been quiet for a while, but I have to say: I stand in solidarity with all the wonderful people I've worked with at Paizo, and with all the people I've never had a chance to work with (yet!) who deserve rights and representation all the same.

I hope management recognizes the union swiftly, so that we can get back to making a world we can be proud of, secure in the knowledge that the people who make it happen are able to get by.

I'm still working on finalizing Fiorré's character sheet, but I'll definitely let you know when I've got things fully figured out, which will hopefully be soon. I think I did manage to bring things down to three reactions, at least...

Here, or elsewhere?

That's good to know, Crystal, and a very good thought.

It's just... I'm used to Society players being very hostile about "players choosing to be worse for no benefit". And I don't really expect to be able to play such a character in Society without getting harassed over it, or being told to knock it off when it could make a difference. "Just get out of the chair and come heal me, your character's not really disabled."

Is that something I have official clearance to push back on?

Also, uh... really excited about all the disability representation in the art. Can we actually play a character who's wheelchair-bound, or missing a limb, or deaf or blind in Organized Play yet?

This isn't facetious or whatever, I'm actually asking.

Grankless wrote:

Lord of the Rings had gunpowder in it.

For fireworks, yes. Not guns.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone go on a furious rant about fireworks.

That was a pretty big firework the Uruk-Hai used on the Deeping Wall, then. :D

Looks good! And thank you! ^_^

Where do we get Chronicle sheets for games like this? I'm still kinda new to play-by-post Society... ^_^;

Thank you, everyone, for the awesome game! ^_^

# 105748 - 2001
Envoy's Alliance
Day Job - Performance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Hm. Don't think there's anything else needs noting, but this is only my second SFS character, so...

I did update Rally's faction... she doesn't feel nearly as much like an Acquisitive as she did when I first conceived her. (If that sort of change can't be made midscenario like this, that's fine! I'm still learning the ropes here in SFS.)

Other'n that, all my data looks correct. Thanks again. ^_^

^///^

Forward! No sense waiting around, right? ^_^

Sorry, I missed all of this discussion going on! I'll try to have Rally take a more exuberant, face-forward role... I'm just, as a person, very used to being shouted down for being "too pushy". So I kinda overcompensate. -_-;

This sounds amazing!!

Talking to a friend about a boon exchange. By the time she's next played, Rally might have a custom relaxation suite for her starship adventures. ^_^

No worries! I know how the first week of the autumn semester is. (My mother works IT at a local university. Most stressful week of the year.)

Okay, sounds like a plan. ^_^

Can we include an explanatory note telling the editor/reviewer where to find the canon upon which our submissions build, without that note counting towards the word count?

The comments feature in Word is an excellent way to do this, and such comments have never counted against wordcount in my time as a contributor. ^_^

Thank you! ^_^

Sorry for not keeping up! Yesterday was my birthday and I got kinda caught up in stuff, and forgot to check in before bed.

Probably going to get some of these. (Putting it here mostly so I don't have to hang onto the tab for two months!) There's not much in the way of weapons or armor she'll be wanting, at least for level 1/level 2 Core items, and I do love armor upgrades.

Awesome! I will do that thing which you describe. Thank you! ^_^

How does one go about boosting an Aid Token? Rally Rose could boost the token's Provide Knowledge check with Engineering or Culture...

Okay, took a break and worked on my resume and cover letters a little, then came back to this. Sorry about all that... it's been a really stressful few days.

Rally's sheet should be all done, though. If I missed anything, please let me know! ^_^

I can't right now. I'm sorry. I just can't. I can't handle this right now. If you need it, I can send you a picture.

Aggggh. I spent an hour trying to write in my sheet and the site ate it. I hate this so much.

This is really demoralizing and upsetting. I should be working right now. And this happens.

As will quickly become clear, I'm kind of a newbie at SFS. I've actually written more Starfinder than I've played. But let's see...

Boons: None. This is Rally's first time.

Player Name: Isabelle Thorne
Character Name: Ralliadlara "Rally Rose"
Character Number: 105748-702
Slotted Faction: Uh... I'm new to this faction-slotting business. No idea. Her primary is Acquisitives, but I'm not sure about the effects of shuffling factions... can one just flip from faction to faction as the scenario of the day demands?
Do you want a bonus rep with Second Seekers: Ehu or Luwazi? I'm guessing this has something to do with the previous question.
Day Job: Profession (vidgamer) +14

Preferred Starship Role(s): No idea. Rally's got good Computers, Engineering, and Piloting, though, so I figure that should help folks make recommendations.

I can't fill in the Handouts form until I'm given access, I'm afraid. ^_^' Let me know when we should start doing introductions, having our characters enter the briefing, and so on.

I am very happy for the 2 PCs + 2 pregens option. Now maybe my friends and I can get involved in Society again. ^_^

Noted!

Ink doesn't know anything about Groetus besides the basic imagery and the barest general idea of the faith. But she apparently knows how to lie to people.

Isabelle Is Constitutionally Incapable Of Playing A Nongood Character, exhibit 535631.

quietly adds a "good" to Ink's alignment

*chokes

*boat

Dang autocorrect!

I feel this post gains so much in the absence of context.

Sure sure! ^_^

Perception +5 (expert)
Deception +7 (plus Charming Liar)
Occultism +4
Performance +7
Acrobatics +6
Diplomacy +7
Intimidation +7
Stealth +6
Thievery +6
Undead Lore +4
Library Lore +4

I am unable to submit an after action report for KublaCon as I cannot reach the sticky thread with the link to the form

Thank you very much, we were starting to think you'd forgotten about the PACS enthusiasts

I posted a notice on the Localk Play section for PFS/SFS but my VC tag does not show.

Santa Clara Marriott
2700 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054

The Warhorn site is now open for sign-ups

We are offering two organized play campaigns:

Pathfinder Society

• The last half of season 8
  
• The beginning of Season 9
  
• 9-00 - (Special) levels 1-11
  
• and we will be revisiting some old scenarios
  

Starfinder Society (the Bay Area debut)

• 1-00: Claim to Salvation
  
• 1-01: The Commencement
  
• 1-02: Fugitive on the Red Planet
  
• 1-03: Yesteryear's Truth
  
• Quest Pack #1: Into the Unknown
  

The Pathfinder Society functions because of its great volunteers. We needs GMs and a especially some willing volunteers to work at the HQ table.

Volunteer for at least 1 session and you will receive a GM boon
Volunteer for 3 sessions and you will receive a free badge
Volunteer for 5 sessions and you will receive a free badge and some other surprises

Sign up today, volunteer today

See you there!!

The Bay Area Pathfinder Society is offering PFS @ Pacificon at the Santa Clara Marriott in the sunny San Francisco Bay Area.

We will be offering the new multi-table interactive special, 8-00 Cosmic Captive (15 tables).

If that isn’t enough for you we have also scheduled some tables of the 2 new exclusives, 7-99 Through the Maelstrom Rift and 7-98 Serpent’s Ire and the first three season 8 scenarios 8-01 Portent's Peril, 8-02 Ward Asunder and 8-03 Captives of Toil.

Didn’t manage to play during the last half of season 7? We have that for you as well!

Not enough? Look at module Sunday. We have spaces at Broken Chains, The Harrowing and an Emerald Spire dive.

Signup for games at the Pacificon PFS Warhorn site

With KublaCon and Free RPG Day in the past it is time to resume our travelling Monthly Game Day. July’s offering will be on July 23rd at Heretic Games in San Bruno from 11am until 8pm.

Sign up for games at Heretic Games Warhorn Site

We will be offering the final episode in the Citadel of Flame/Masks of the Living God/City of Golden Death trilogy. Also on the schedule are Returned to Sky, The Stranger Within, The Night March of Kalkamedes and The God’s Market Gamble.

Heretic does charge players $5, but are making that the charge for the whole day rather than for just one session (and you get store credit to buy snacks etc…)so come for the whole day.

Come join us for a fun day and support PFS at one of our newest stores. For those of you who can’t make it to a weekday evening game this is your opportunity to play.

A successful Dundracon 40 is now in our past (Thanks to Pirate Rob and his team) and Kublacon is only 3 months away. John and I will be running Kublacon this year but we are looking for help and input to make this a terrific event for the Bay Area Pathfinder Society.

We have just been told that the Hyatt are doing some construction in our usual home (and the restaurant next door) which should give us a space that will not be divided into small rooms.

We are looking for volunteers to help us pull this event off. If you can help us with any of following, or just want more information please email us.

Graphic Design - we'd like to have some posters to spread out in the stores to encourage people to come and try us out
GM Wrangler - Someone to find GMs where needed and make sure the GMs have everything they need
Player Liaison - Just what it says. Answer player questions before the con (and during if the person volunteering desires) and help them where needed
Young Player Coordinator - Kubla has a good young and teen player organization and we'd like someone who can connect with them and work out what we can do to bring in some young PFS players
Social Media Guru - Being the ancient people we are the social media landscape is not our forte. We'd like someone who could help us to get the news out and build up BAPS and Kublacon PFS social media presence.
Computer Supplier - We can most probably get licenses from Hero Lab but they cannot provide the computer stations and printers due to their presence at a certain other con in Seattle!!! If we can find some computers and a printer we can continue to have Hero Lab available to our players (there is of course no budget for this).

If you can help before the con with any of these tasks let us know.

The next thing John and I need to do is create a schedule. If you have any requests for particular scenarios, modules or specials let us know. We don't guarantee to be able offer everything you want but we will do our best.

Help us make this year's Kublacon the best yet

Wendy-Ann & John Francis
Silicon Valley Venture Lieutenants

Now that everyone has recovered from Kublacon, it is time to start thinking about our next Bay Area con. Pacificon Game Expo is on September 4th - 7th at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara (Northern California).

The warhorn site is now available for GMs to sign up for GM and player slots at https://www.warhorn.net/events/pacificon-pfs

Please read the front page before you start as it gives you important information that will keep your sign up running smoothly. Remember - 3 GM slots get you a free badge - DO NOT BUY A TICKET IF YOU INTEND TO GM 3 SESSIONS.

As always we will be offering 10 slots of PFS fun and both the RPG (regular and CORE) and the Adventure Card Guild are featured this year.

We have a special guest joining in the PFS room - Stephen Radney-MacFarland, one of Paizo's game designers, will be with us for the weekend.

This year's Pacificon will have not only 2 specials featuring levels 1-11 but also two exclusive scenarios (one which can only be run by 4&5 star GMs, and one which only 5 star GMs can run). We will also be offering the last half of season 6, the first scenarios in season 7 and a refresher course in what the Aspis Consortium have tried to do to the society in the past so that you will be prepared (perhaps) for "Season 7: The Year of the Serpent". There will of course be much fun had by the Pacificon Goblin.

Pathfinders and Scurvy Pirates,

Kublacon is beginning to appear on the horizon (Memorial Day weekend, May 22-25), and Pirate Rob and his crew invite you to a weekend of nostalgia and newness, Core and Normal, scurvy pirates plying their nefarious trade in an Italian restaurant (hmm!) and 3, yes count them, 3 specials. For those who want to test their mettle there will be Bonekeep 3 and for those who like a long story there will of course be modules.

Fangwood Keep
Broken Chains
Doom Comes to Dustpawn
Plunder & Peril (apparently with some awesome terrain)

There will be sessions of the adventure card game organized play being offered in Scalini’s, next door to our tree rooms so beware of pirates as you come to play an RPG session.
We have a tentative schedule planned but this is your opportunity to chime in. Is there something missing that you really want to play? Is there a scenario or module that you want to GM ‘cause you have some amazing terrain or just because you think it’s a great mod? Now is your chance to get something added!

We will be offering a trip back in time to when the Shadow Lodge emerged as a force in the Pathfinder Society. Some foreshadowing with early appearances of Grandmaster Torch; a trip to Kaer Maga, and the special “Year of the Shadow Lodge’ Friday night for those of you who can make it to Burlingame after work (or just take the whole day off and join us at 2pm).
More Shadow Lodge scenarios will follow. The question is, do you want them in Classic mode or Core?

Silent Tide (Core)
The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch (Core)
City of Strangers I
City of Strangers II
Year of the Shadow Lodge
The Heresy of Man i: The First Heresy
The Heresy of Man II: Where Dark Things Sleep
The Sarkorian Prophecy
Shades of Ice I
Shades of Ice II
Shades of Ice III
The Dalsine Affair
Shadow's Last Stand I
Shadow's Last Stand II
Shadows Fall on Absalom
The Heresy of Man III: Beneath Forgotten Sands
Wrath of the Accursed
The Mantis's Prey

We will be presenting almost all of Season 6 including the special ‘Legacy of the Stonelords’ which is featured on Sunday evening and of course the new releases that are coming out in March and April. Both of the season specials will have Core tables.

Legacy of the Stonelords
The Technic Siege
Beacon Below
Hall of the Flesh Eaters
Valley of the Veiled Flame
The Segang Expedition
By Way of Bloodcove
The Slave Master's Mirror
Scions of the Sky Key I
Of Kirin and Kraken
Scions of the Sky Key II
The Overflow Archives
Scions of the Sky Key III
Fire of Karamoss
From under Ice
Test of Tar Kuata

There are of course some opportunities for new players and those of us who want to start a new character.

Mists of Mwangi (Core)
The Confirmation (Core)
Wounded Wisp (Core)
Silverhex Chronicles
Master of the Fallen Fortress (Core)
Slave Pits of Absalom (Core)
Slave Ships of Absalom (Core)
Before the Dawn I: Bloodcove Disguise (Core)
Before the Dawn II: Rescue at Azlant Ridge (Core)
By Way of Bloodcove (Core)
We Be Goblins
We Be Goblins Too!

As always, GM three slots and a free badge is yours.

So give us some feedback and the warhorn site will be available for sign-ups before you can say 'Shiver me timbers arrrrgggggg'

Wendy-Ann & John
Your friendly (oh yes we are!!!) Silicon Valley VLs

Our fearless PACG event coordinators (Roy and Dan) are now offering the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game at Game Kastle Santa Clara on Tuesday evenings at 7:30pm

Last week we successfully defeated the Ghosts of the Deep and are going on to hopefully not get eaten by "The Lone Shark" this week. We'd like to invite all you Pirates (and we know there must be many of you out there) to join us 'Lost at Sea' this Tuesday. If we can make a second table we could start that table at the first Adventure 'Ghosts in the Deep'.

We have set up the PFS Warhorn site to include PFS ACG signups

https://www.warhorn.net/events/gamekastle/schedule/2014/11

Signup or just come on down. You will need a character deck and a $2 table fee to help cover the costs of the adventure pack we are using.

The Adventure Card Guild will be starting at Game Kastle, Santa Clara CA on Tuesday 11/4/14 at 7:30pm.

Bring yourself and your friends and join us on the high seas for the start of the Lost at Sea adventure. The beginning of the 'Season of the Shackles"

If you are going to be a regular player you will need to have your own character deck.

If you'd like to know more or you have any questions, come and join us.

Well another Pacificon is over and PFS@Pacificon was amazing.

We ran 111 tables of scenarios and modules over the 4 day weekend

This included 13 tables of the amazing (the player's words not mine) special - Legacy of the Stonelords where we achieved an 'Impressive Performance'. There were three tables of sub-tier 10-11, where two characters reached seeker level.

11 tables worth of characters found out what was going on with their factions in 5-99 The Paths We Choose and many young players burned a lot of things, found an ancient horn and defeated a gorilla in 5 tables of young player games organized by Adam Grancell (thank you)

Also, thanks must go to Brent Holtsberry for coming down from Sacramento to run the special for us and to all the GMs for the whole event for giving everyone a great experience. We could not do this without you

The Northern California PFS community's next convention is ConQuest Avalon November 7-9 in Sacramento. Join us there.

PFS@Pacificon (August 29th - Sept 1st in Santa Clara, CA) is offering ~120 tables this year and we still have space for you to join us. So don't delay!

We will be closing PFS@Pacificon warhorn sign-ups on Tuesday evening to allow us to muster tables. After that you will be at the mercy of the walk-in sign up system. First Come First Served.

There are still a few games looking for GMs so if you feel you could step up for us please take a look at the schedule and sign up

GMs needed

Sat am - We Be Goblins for kids
- Scars of the Third Crusade

Sat Eve - Legacy of the Stonelords (2 needed)

Sun am - The Confirmation for Kids

Sun Eve - The Sealed Gate

Mon am - Fingerprints of the Fiend
- Silver Mount Collection

Mon aft - Trial by Machine

Whatever you decide to do, Play or GM, sign up soon, time is running out . Much fun will be had, don't miss out!

So - just come back from an amazing Gencon, but getting withdrawal symptoms? We have the solution for that!

Didn’t get to go to Gencon, and getting jealous of all the returning gamer’s stories? We have the solution for that, too!

Sign up to play in PFS@Pacificon which can be found at the Pacificon Game Expo in Santa Clara CA from August 29th – September 1st.

We have a terrific group of GMs waiting to give you a terrific experience.
We are running the season 6 special – Legacy of the Stonelords (at last we get to Jormurdun)

We also have 5-99 so you can find out what on earth is happening with the factions. We round out the package with late season 5 and early season 6

So come on sign up at https://www.warhorn.net/events/pacificon-2014-pfs

The Bay Area Pathfinder Society presents PFS @ Pacificon 2014

August 29 - Sept 1, 2014 at the Santa Clara Marriott

The warhorn site for 2014 Pacificon PFS is now available for GM’s to sign up at https://www.warhorn.net/events/pacificon-2014-pfs (sorry, no idea how to make it a link).

We will open it up for everyone else in a few days.

As usual, you can earn a free badge if you GM 3 sessions

We will also be looking for volunteers to help at HQ (slots for this will be added shortly)

The schedule this year includes:
The end of season 5
5-99 – The season 5/6 transition scenario
6-00 – The Season 6 Special (Join us in the assault on the Sky Citadel Jormunder)
The first three season six scenarios that are debuting at Gencon
Some old favorites and several modules
If Emerald Spire chronicles are issued you might get a chance to visit the first few levels of this new superdungeon
And of course what would Pacificon be without GOBLINS…..

Come and join us - we'd love to see you.

John and Wendy-Ann Francis
Silicon Valley Venture Lieutenants

I am trying to finish reporting the tables for PFS at Pacificon. We ran 5 tables of Bonekeep-level 1 but I cannot find it on the Scenarios list.

Can you let me know how I can add these so I can report the last 5 tables.

Thanks
Wendy-Ann Francis
VL - Silicon Vally

I received a couple of boons at Pacificon recently that mention a term that I can find no definition for. I am hoping that you can help me so that I can use the boons I earned.

'You gain a +1 attack bonus to attack rolls against creatures of the giant subtype and either become specialized in Survival or learn the Shoanti for free'

'You gain a +1 bonus on saving throws against writing-based traps, spells and abiliaties (including glyphs, runes, sigils and sybols), and you become specialized in Liguistics

As you can see both of these use 'specialized' a term I cannot find anywhere.