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I find so of the views in this thread quite amusing. Telling a player at your house that they can't play a certain PFS legal character of theirs because you find it annoying is not the same as rolling initiative more than once a round or changing any other *actual* rule. Even at a public event.. heck, let's go big. Even at GENCON, the holiest of holy events, it is not "against the PFS rules" to tell a player you're not willing to GM for them because you don't like their character build or don't like them as a person. Is it uncool? Absolutely. Would it create a scene and a headache for the musterers? Yep. But it's not against the rules.
Still......not.......first........ I was happy to come in behind Doug. Doug deserved a 6th star before anyone was even close to getting their 5th. I still think he deserves a 6th star, or a silver star, or some other status symbol. And Doug's right, Bob, Jason, Stephen, and I think even one or two of the UK guys were at 4 stars before me. And they all probably have more scenarios under their belt at this point.
I think the more interesting question will be how many 5-star GMs will we have after PaizoCon & GenCon this year? And when is Mike Brock going to get his 5th Star? Of the 17 4-star GMs, I wonder how many will attend PaizoCon or Gen Con? At least we won't lose any until after Gen Con 2013. Despite my being tempted to take it from you right now just for asking, you'll have a full season under these rules to maintain the star, so the rest of this season is a freebie.
Better question, how many VC's have characters who died at a table you GM'd?GM'd for three VC's, killed one. 33% kill ratio? That's something to be proud of! ;-) Let's see (including former VCs)... BobBob x3, DougDoug x? (lost count), Nani, Garringer. There's a handful of VC survivors too including Pratt and Morgan.
Pet names for the people you've killed don't count...So, I'll ask the question, then: What are the names of the 5-star GMs and the names of the 4-star GMs? And, how many 3-star GMs are there? (probably too many of those to name).I already listed the 5 stars.
I think you miscounted at some point ... when you were talking about us racing I had 10 left ... I've got 6 games left to my 100... game night this coming weekend and a convention the end of the month... so yeah.. I win, you lose -- I will accept your tribute in the form of monetary donations ;)... oh... and you now have to bow to me in public Better question, how many of those 94 sessions have run longer than 2 hours? ;-)
If a scenario goes off the rails and the GM has to use some fiat to get them back on track, I completely understand and I would rather a GM do that instead of just saying no you can't. Rebel's Ransom w/ Three VCs:
Kyle, Nani, and Doug decided to let the fire oracle go until the cunning linguist pathfinder told them the oracle was behind it all. The group decided to try to chase her down. So began a desert chase scene that ended with the party invading her camp in the middle of the night. That's how the scenario ended, with a dead oracle of fire in the middle of the desert. Not exactly what was supposed to happen. ;-)
As a reward, how about a custom boon that players can apply to one of their existing PCs of the winning faction? Something small like a PF Tales boon, but specific to the winning faction? edit: A more generic idea would be a boon that would give a +X bonus to that PCs fame score.
"What kind of person creates a PC with an imp familiar?" Someone who wants and Imp for a familiar? It's no different than using summon monster VI to summon a succubus. Using evil creatures to serve your needs does not necessarily make you evil.
My favorite character is my "faction monkey" Boracle. I built him specifically to complete everyone's faction missions (and annoy BobBob). Of course some people here would likely call him a useless character or such since his whip does 1d3-3 damage. I find that aid another, bardic performance, and a few well placed spells more than make up for a lack of damage (assuming at least someone at the table is capable of swinging a sword with competence).
I have played on Baird's table three (3) times now at least and have survived each time -- sucking up to the GM helps*Ha! I have played at "The Evil One's" table four times (maybe five?) and died three times (should have been four), all with the same character. I am not afraid of him. He is unable to kill me permanently, I just keep coming back for more. muahahaha To be fair, you CHOSE to die once. And one of the other times you charged a glabrezu. GLABREZU! I can not be held responsible for your poor choices, Bob.
I'd go with a wizard or witch: Invisiblity + Fly should allow you to sit out some of the initial carnage (maybe throw in a summoned monster or two), then you can finish the rest off with the rest of your spells (and/or hexes). This. Except maybe take a ranged ranger and use a potion of invis and fly and wait it out. Then shoot whoever is left standing.
In a different situation, I would have just had them move through the adventure at their accelerated pace and we could have all gone home early. Sometimes if it's an entire table acting (or built) like this, I'll do exactly that. Have the NPCs just roll over and die quickly. No strategy, no role play, no enthusiasm. "Here, you win. Yay.."
Since we can't change the scenario as written, we just need the advice of some of the veteran GMs on how to optimize the encounters with the tools that are given. Though I've never sat at one of the tables of the esteemed "killer GMs of PFS", I am sure that I could definitely benefit from their advice. I was under the impression this is what the GM's Advice Forum was for. Maybe that is the tool we should be using first. Find me at PaizoCon or Gen Con. :)
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