paizo.com Recent Posts by Mike Bohlmannpaizo.com Recent Posts by Mike Bohlmann2024-02-04T01:22:15Z2024-02-04T01:22:15ZRe: Forums: Third-Party Starfinder Products: An alternative to Hero Lab Online?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2v1ev?An-alternative-to-Hero-Lab-Online#22018-08-07T17:57:13Z2018-04-05T20:38:58Z<p>My main issue with Hero Lab Online is that it requires network connectivity. At least some of the cons I attend are in cellular data dead zones and provide no wifi. That makes Hero Lab Online a non-starter.</p>My main issue with Hero Lab Online is that it requires network connectivity. At least some of the cons I attend are in cellular data dead zones and provide no wifi. That makes Hero Lab Online a non-starter.Mike Bohlmann2018-04-05T20:38:58ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: What can we do to convince Paizo to do 2 scenarios/month?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2unrz?What-can-we-do-to-convince-Paizo-to-do-2#42017-10-10T19:53:45Z2017-10-10T19:53:45Z<p>I don't think playing or GMing twice a month will lead to anyone's burnout. If they invest in the capacity, they'll do just fine. I'm not asking to stretch themselves too thin, I'm asking them to increase their capacity to publish more.</p>I don't think playing or GMing twice a month will lead to anyone's burnout. If they invest in the capacity, they'll do just fine. I'm not asking to stretch themselves too thin, I'm asking them to increase their capacity to publish more.Mike Bohlmann2017-10-10T19:53:45ZForums: Starfinder Society: What can we do to convince Paizo to do 2 scenarios/month?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2unrz?What-can-we-do-to-convince-Paizo-to-do-2#12017-10-10T19:27:24Z2017-10-10T19:27:24Z<p>As I've been jumping headlong into Starfinder Society GMing, I'm looking to mix things up down the road a bit more. How soon might we be able to expect 2 SFS scenarios per month? It would be super awesome to get to that frequency, hopefully no later than Gen Con 2018.</p>As I've been jumping headlong into Starfinder Society GMing, I'm looking to mix things up down the road a bit more. How soon might we be able to expect 2 SFS scenarios per month? It would be super awesome to get to that frequency, hopefully no later than Gen Con 2018.Mike Bohlmann2017-10-10T19:27:24ZRe: Forums: Carrion Crown: Carrion Crown: MusicMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l82y&page=3?Carrion-Crown-Music#1472017-08-24T15:43:31Z2017-08-24T15:43:31Z<p>For people interested, this was my Spotify playlist for background music to Carrion Crown. A lot of the albums and songs are mentioned throughout this thread: https://open.spotify.com/user/excitesme/playlist/2YjYielgchSRZcM5NgGlPr</p>For people interested, this was my Spotify playlist for background music to Carrion Crown. A lot of the albums and songs are mentioned throughout this thread: https://open.spotify.com/user/excitesme/playlist/2YjYielgchSRZcM5NgGlPrMike Bohlmann2017-08-24T15:43:31ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Official(?) Gen Con 2016 FeedbackMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tu13?Official-Gen-Con-2016-Feedback#212016-08-09T15:59:14Z2016-08-09T15:59:14Z<p>I had a great PFS experience playing 5 slots at Gen Con this year. Having the full list of scenarios and mustering points made finding my muster points very easy. One of my GMs was marginal, but he made up for it in improvising something interesting from the Medium's haunt channeler ability. </p>
<p>My only complaint is in how solo tickets were handled. I was told to wait until the same time as generics to be seated despite there being tables with 1 or 2 seats available. I mostly used generics outside the specials, but I bought an actual ticket for one scenario thinking that would take off some of the rush of getting seated at the start time. Once a table of 4 is seated, it seems like actual tickets should be sent as soon as possible to an appropriately sub-tiered open table. It's not a big gripe, but it is one worth consideration I think.</p>I had a great PFS experience playing 5 slots at Gen Con this year. Having the full list of scenarios and mustering points made finding my muster points very easy. One of my GMs was marginal, but he made up for it in improvising something interesting from the Medium's haunt channeler ability.
My only complaint is in how solo tickets were handled. I was told to wait until the same time as generics to be seated despite there being tables with 1 or 2 seats available. I mostly used generics...Mike Bohlmann2016-08-09T15:59:14ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: GM StarsMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ttil?GM-Stars#132016-08-02T21:54:48Z2016-08-02T21:54:48Z<p>I earned my 4th and 5th stars at Gen Con the previous two years respectively. Last year, Bob announced a loooong list of new 5 star GMs during the Friday special, I believe.</p>I earned my 4th and 5th stars at Gen Con the previous two years respectively. Last year, Bob announced a loooong list of new 5 star GMs during the Friday special, I believe.Mike Bohlmann2016-08-02T21:54:48ZForums: Customer Service: Please cancel my Adventure Path subscriptionMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t9g6?Please-cancel-my-Adventure-Path-subscription#12016-01-20T03:06:49Z2016-01-20T03:06:49Z<p>Thanks, having a lot of fun running Hell's Rebels!</p>Thanks, having a lot of fun running Hell's Rebels!Mike Bohlmann2016-01-20T03:06:49ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Cons vs. Regular GroupsMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t4i0?Cons-vs-Regular-Groups#282015-11-20T20:22:23Z2015-11-20T20:22:23Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Eric Ives wrote:</div><blockquote>That is a good point, Mike. I’m very curious about your comment that for linear play you look to cons. So to your perspective, in our circumstances, bursts of PFS campaign continuity, like 3-parters, are best experienced at cons?</blockquote><p>That's my preference. Continuity is the greatest strength of a home campaign, and organized play's greatest strength is being able to play a modular story in a single sitting with metaplot tying things together.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Eric Ives wrote:</div><blockquote>I am very open to any ideas you may have. Feel free to email me any criticism or comments that might be personal, or too specific to our group for general interest. </blockquote><p>Nah, nothing too big. My only real beef is that there are more people quite capable of GMing who just don't do it. That's not on you, that's on them. :)Eric Ives wrote:That is a good point, Mike. I’m very curious about your comment that for linear play you look to cons. So to your perspective, in our circumstances, bursts of PFS campaign continuity, like 3-parters, are best experienced at cons?
That's my preference. Continuity is the greatest strength of a home campaign, and organized play's greatest strength is being able to play a modular story in a single sitting with metaplot tying things together. Eric Ives wrote:I am very open to any...Mike Bohlmann2015-11-20T20:22:23ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Cons vs. Regular GroupsMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t4i0?Cons-vs-Regular-Groups#222015-11-19T15:58:18Z2015-11-19T04:01:59Z<p>What do the players want? I play PFS for the ability to play with different people, take a character I like anywhere I go, and the flexibility to miss games without missing plot. For linear play, I either look to cons or home games.</p>What do the players want? I play PFS for the ability to play with different people, take a character I like anywhere I go, and the flexibility to miss games without missing plot. For linear play, I either look to cons or home games.Mike Bohlmann2015-11-19T04:01:59ZRe: Forums: Hell's Rebels: Who are your rebels?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sue0&page=2?Who-are-your-rebels#622015-10-24T13:10:23Z2015-09-17T20:03:22Z<p>I'm GMing a group of 5 teenagers (including my daughter) plus my wife.</p>
<p>Daniel Vance - human cleric of Milani
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Flint - halfling wolf druid, former slave
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Dirt Nap - half-orc skulking slayer (racial rogue archetype)
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Splinter - ratfolk monk (and yes, he is)
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Benigna - halfling rogue, former slave
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Hawk - human bard, modeled after Han Solo</p>
<p>The entire party is CN or CG with the exception of the monk. The half-orc, ratfolk, and bard, started a rat breeding scheme after the proclamations came out.</p>I'm GMing a group of 5 teenagers (including my daughter) plus my wife.
Daniel Vance - human cleric of Milani
Flint - halfling wolf druid, former slave
Dirt Nap - half-orc skulking slayer (racial rogue archetype)
Splinter - ratfolk monk (and yes, he is)
Benigna - halfling rogue, former slave
Hawk - human bard, modeled after Han Solo
The entire party is CN or CG with the exception of the monk. The half-orc, ratfolk, and bard, started a rat breeding scheme after the proclamations came out.Mike Bohlmann2015-09-17T20:03:22ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Starting a new LodgeMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2supl?Starting-a-new-Lodge#42015-08-16T14:44:50Z2015-08-16T14:44:50Z<p>I'm not a VO, but I'm in Champaign and grew up near Crescent City. I'm up that way regularly, so I could possibly come up to run a table sometime, too.</p>I'm not a VO, but I'm in Champaign and grew up near Crescent City. I'm up that way regularly, so I could possibly come up to run a table sometime, too.Mike Bohlmann2015-08-16T14:44:50ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: So, What Occult adventures characters are you guys rolling up?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sp0p?So-What-Occult-adventures-characters-are-you#432015-08-10T13:20:14Z2015-08-10T13:20:14Z<p>Dr. Jamison Bogfeld, grippli relic hunter of Pharasma and professor at Lepidstadt University in Ustalav. </p>
<p>I go back and forth between being a member of the Esoteric Order of the Palatine Eye or a former member of the Harbingers of Fate (and related to the events of 7-00).</p>Dr. Jamison Bogfeld, grippli relic hunter of Pharasma and professor at Lepidstadt University in Ustalav.
I go back and forth between being a member of the Esoteric Order of the Palatine Eye or a former member of the Harbingers of Fate (and related to the events of 7-00).Mike Bohlmann2015-08-10T13:20:14ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: 7-02 Six Seconds to MidnightMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sq8b?702-Six-Seconds-to-Midnight#92015-08-03T03:14:58Z2015-08-03T03:14:58Z<p>I ran it twice at Gen Con. I don't think clues 2 and 3 were helpful at all because both times they figured out those two details before getting them. I think the most important clue is that the puzzle requires also using the stairs. Since their future selves are sending back the notes, I made that a clue to replace 2 and 3. One group figured it out from that and the other didn't. The portal puzzle seemed the most rushed in terms of game development, but there were other obvious things that this was still being edited for Gen Con.</p>I ran it twice at Gen Con. I don't think clues 2 and 3 were helpful at all because both times they figured out those two details before getting them. I think the most important clue is that the puzzle requires also using the stairs. Since their future selves are sending back the notes, I made that a clue to replace 2 and 3. One group figured it out from that and the other didn't. The portal puzzle seemed the most rushed in terms of game development, but there were other obvious things that...Mike Bohlmann2015-08-03T03:14:58ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: New Venture-Captain in Central IllinoisMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sddm?New-VentureCaptain-in-Central-Illinois#222015-07-07T21:31:37Z2015-07-07T21:31:37Z<p>Ali's stealth was too high. Congrats!</p>Ali's stealth was too high. Congrats!Mike Bohlmann2015-07-07T21:31:37ZForums: Online Play: [Roll20/G+] Emerald Spire 8: Circle of Vissk-Thar (6-8), Friday June 12 6.30pm CDT (GMT-5)Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sc5u?Roll20G-Emerald-Spire-8-Circle-of-VisskThar#12015-06-08T12:30:06Z2015-06-08T12:30:06Z<p>Close beneath the shrine of Kro’akoth lies a serpentfolk stronghold currently in the clutches of a mutant serpentfolk priest. A three-way struggle for dominance is developing between the rival sects in this level and the level above.</p>
<p>Warhorn sign-up: https://warhorn.net/events/mike-b-online-pfs/schedule/2015/06/12/sessions/7 7434</p>
<p>Between 24 and 48 hours before the game begins, you will receive an email that includes the Roll20 link to the game and that requests the following details.</p>
<p>Character name and level
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Character number
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Faction
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A picture to use for your character token</p>
<p>If you do not respond at least 12 hours before the start of the game, you may lose your seat to one of the waitlisted players.</p>Close beneath the shrine of Kro’akoth lies a serpentfolk stronghold currently in the clutches of a mutant serpentfolk priest. A three-way struggle for dominance is developing between the rival sects in this level and the level above.
Warhorn sign-up: https://warhorn.net/events/mike-b-online-pfs/schedule/2015/06/12/sessions/7 7434
Between 24 and 48 hours before the game begins, you will receive an email that includes the Roll20 link to the game and that requests the following details.
...Mike Bohlmann2015-06-08T12:30:06ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: You know you're in trouble when you get to the table and...Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qnjr&page=32?You-know-youre-in-trouble-when-you-get-to-the#15772015-04-06T19:05:35Z2015-04-06T19:05:35Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jeff Merola wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Mike Bohlmann wrote:</div><blockquote> The only two characters in tier for a 6-7 playing-up scenario are casting magic missile as their go-to spell of choice. </blockquote>I'm assuming that's without metamagic? Because you can do some rather silly things with metamagic enhanced magic missiles. </blockquote><p>Agree, but that's in support of other good melee characters. We had one out-of-tier melee character (mine) that was a Dirty Trick build (which I stated before we started).
<p>I should really correct my statement though because I didn't learn that these casters had magic missile as their main schtick. "You know you're in trouble when you are in the first around of combat and..."</p>Jeff Merola wrote:Mike Bohlmann wrote: The only two characters in tier for a 6-7 playing-up scenario are casting magic missile as their go-to spell of choice.
I'm assuming that's without metamagic? Because you can do some rather silly things with metamagic enhanced magic missiles. Agree, but that's in support of other good melee characters. We had one out-of-tier melee character (mine) that was a Dirty Trick build (which I stated before we started). I should really correct my statement...Mike Bohlmann2015-04-06T19:05:35ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Site Changes Coming Today!Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s4cm&page=3?Site-Changes-Coming-Today#1142015-04-02T13:46:13Z2015-04-02T13:46:13Z<p>I might be one of the lucky ones. I did an export of my scenarios with a nifty bookmarklet a few months ago while reviewing what I needed to qualify for my 5th star. I was able to locate what I was missing and fix everything except #23925 Blackros Matrimony because it was the only one that I did not report myself.</p>I might be one of the lucky ones. I did an export of my scenarios with a nifty bookmarklet a few months ago while reviewing what I needed to qualify for my 5th star. I was able to locate what I was missing and fix everything except #23925 Blackros Matrimony because it was the only one that I did not report myself.Mike Bohlmann2015-04-02T13:46:13ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Site Changes Coming Today!Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s4cm&page=3?Site-Changes-Coming-Today#1132015-04-02T13:11:19Z2015-04-02T13:11:19Z<p>Having GMs track down their missing games on their own is not a solution. Paizo said that the cleanup was to fix data integrity problems. Whether those problems are fixed or not, I don't know, but there certainly have been some major NEW problem introduced.</p>
<p>As someone who was working to get to 5 stars at Gen Con, fixing data that I've already put into the system is a disincentive.</p>Having GMs track down their missing games on their own is not a solution. Paizo said that the cleanup was to fix data integrity problems. Whether those problems are fixed or not, I don't know, but there certainly have been some major NEW problem introduced.
As someone who was working to get to 5 stars at Gen Con, fixing data that I've already put into the system is a disincentive.Mike Bohlmann2015-04-02T13:11:19ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Site Changes Coming Today!Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s4cm&page=2?Site-Changes-Coming-Today#962015-04-02T16:23:01Z2015-04-01T21:55:44Z<p>We're supposed to go back through and track down what is missing for our GM credits from the database on our own? That doesn't seem right.</p>We're supposed to go back through and track down what is missing for our GM credits from the database on our own? That doesn't seem right.Mike Bohlmann2015-04-01T21:55:44ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Site Changes Coming Today!Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s4cm?Site-Changes-Coming-Today#502015-04-01T15:48:48Z2015-04-01T15:48:48Z<p>Blackros Matrimony is missing for me as well. It looks like almost all my Emerald Spire sessions disappeared, too, although there is one that's still there. Very strange.</p>Blackros Matrimony is missing for me as well. It looks like almost all my Emerald Spire sessions disappeared, too, although there is one that's still there. Very strange.Mike Bohlmann2015-04-01T15:48:48ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: You know you're in trouble when you get to the table and...Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qnjr&page=32?You-know-youre-in-trouble-when-you-get-to-the#15632015-03-31T16:00:00Z2015-03-31T15:57:47Z<p>The only two characters in tier for a 6-7 playing-up scenario are casting magic missile as their go-to spell of choice.</p>The only two characters in tier for a 6-7 playing-up scenario are casting magic missile as their go-to spell of choice.Mike Bohlmann2015-03-31T15:57:47ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: Emerald Spire reporting broken?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rxzd?Emerald-Spire-reporting-broken#162015-03-18T15:23:29Z2015-03-18T15:23:29Z<p>We're going on six weeks with this problem unfixed. Any updates on priority and planned timeline to address it?</p>We're going on six weeks with this problem unfixed. Any updates on priority and planned timeline to address it?Mike Bohlmann2015-03-18T15:23:29ZForums: Online Play: [R20/G+] 04-02: In Wrath's Shadow (3-7) - Thu, March 5 2015 @ 6PM CST [GMT-6]Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s0tn?R20G-0402-In-Wraths-Shadow-Thu-March-5-2015#12015-02-26T16:40:49Z2015-02-26T16:40:49Z<p>In the ruins of Xin-Bakrakhan—seat of power of the Runelord of Wrath—the Pathfinder Society stands on the verge of a great discovery, but first the brave agents exploring the ruins must survive ages-old dangers and contemporary threats to return with the knowledge and wealth they’ve unearthed.</p>
<p><a href="https://warhorn.net/events/mike-b-online-pfs/schedule/2015/03/05/sessions/64161" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Warhorn sign-up</a></p>
<p>Roll20 link will be sent out once the table is full to the first six players (one spot saved for someone I'm trading sessions to GM/play). Each of those players needs to provide the following at least 12 hours before the start of the game. Waitlist players will be asked for the same information if one of the other players does not respond by that time:</p>
<p>Character name and level
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Character PFS number
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Faction
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A picture to use for your token in Roll20
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Any special abilities that are always active like the trap spotter rogue talent</p>In the ruins of Xin-Bakrakhan—seat of power of the Runelord of Wrath—the Pathfinder Society stands on the verge of a great discovery, but first the brave agents exploring the ruins must survive ages-old dangers and contemporary threats to return with the knowledge and wealth they’ve unearthed.
Warhorn sign-up
Roll20 link will be sent out once the table is full to the first six players (one spot saved for someone I'm trading sessions to GM/play). Each of those players needs to provide the...Mike Bohlmann2015-02-26T16:40:49ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: Problems ReportingMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rztw?Problems-Reporting#32015-02-21T03:42:17Z2015-02-21T03:42:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Robert Hetherington wrote:</div><blockquote>It is a bug, I sincerely hope it is fixed soon. </blockquote><p>+∞Robert Hetherington wrote:It is a bug, I sincerely hope it is fixed soon.
+∞Mike Bohlmann2015-02-21T03:42:17ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: Emerald Spire reporting broken?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rxzd?Emerald-Spire-reporting-broken#102015-02-21T03:39:46Z2015-02-21T03:39:46Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Plotty Fingers wrote:</div><blockquote> Any time frame on fixing this? thanks. </blockquote><p>Yeah, I don't see how I can even report any scenarios. Just went to report a session of 6-06, and it says the following.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote>One or more characters cannot play this scenario due to being the wrong character/scenario type.</blockquote><p>Nothing tells me which character that is or why. Is this caused by having ANY characters that are not registered and do not have their campaign selected? If so, it will never be accurate for our local games because many of our players do not register their characters.Plotty Fingers wrote:Any time frame on fixing this? thanks.
Yeah, I don't see how I can even report any scenarios. Just went to report a session of 6-06, and it says the following. Quote:One or more characters cannot play this scenario due to being the wrong character/scenario type.
Nothing tells me which character that is or why. Is this caused by having ANY characters that are not registered and do not have their campaign selected? If so, it will never be accurate for our local games...Mike Bohlmann2015-02-21T03:39:46ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: Emerald Spire reporting broken?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rxzd?Emerald-Spire-reporting-broken#62015-02-03T03:27:51Z2015-02-03T03:27:51Z<p>I also found that I can't report even with just Emerald Spire selected as a placeholder because it says the characters are ineligible, implying that they are not for the right campaign...</p>I also found that I can't report even with just Emerald Spire selected as a placeholder because it says the characters are ineligible, implying that they are not for the right campaign...Mike Bohlmann2015-02-03T03:27:51ZForums: GM Discussion: Emerald Spire reporting broken?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rxzd?Emerald-Spire-reporting-broken#12015-02-02T13:50:24Z2015-02-02T13:50:24Z<p>Previously after selecting Emerald Spire for a session, it would let you pick which specific level. After the changes with RPG and PFC, it doesn't give you those options anymore. Anyone else experiencing the same thing? Was that intentional?</p>Previously after selecting Emerald Spire for a session, it would let you pick which specific level. After the changes with RPG and PFC, it doesn't give you those options anymore. Anyone else experiencing the same thing? Was that intentional?Mike Bohlmann2015-02-02T13:50:24ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Can a GM require you to have a paper character sheet?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rvs9?Can-a-GM-require-you-to-have-a-paper#52015-01-15T03:24:27Z2015-01-15T03:24:27Z<p>Be sure you take your Additional Resources that your character uses, too.</p>Be sure you take your Additional Resources that your character uses, too.Mike Bohlmann2015-01-15T03:24:27ZRe: Forums: Local Play: Winter War, 6-8 February 2015, Champaign IllinoisMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rqpy&page=2?Winter-War-68-February-2015-Champaign-Illinois#552015-01-14T14:08:40Z2015-01-14T14:08:40Z<p>Actually, you can, Jeff. If you go to "My Account" on the WinterWar site, you'll see your tables with how many people are registered (assuming Bob told the WinterWar staff that you are GMing those tables). I can see the number of players on all my tables, and all but my Friday afternoon slot are full.</p>Actually, you can, Jeff. If you go to "My Account" on the WinterWar site, you'll see your tables with how many people are registered (assuming Bob told the WinterWar staff that you are GMing those tables). I can see the number of players on all my tables, and all but my Friday afternoon slot are full.Mike Bohlmann2015-01-14T14:08:40ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Is hero lab allowed?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rveg&page=6?Is-hero-lab-allowed#2632015-01-13T16:39:37Z2015-01-13T16:23:37Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Chris Mortika wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Galahad0430 wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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No, Nefreet, you do not have that right. In fact, it is against PFS rules. </blockquote>Galahad0430, could you please cite the rule in question? </blockquote><p>I believe it falls under the "Don't be a jerk" rule.
<p>If you have a legal character in terms of build, level for scenario, additional resources, chronicle sheets, and inventory tracking sheets, how are you as a player violating any rule? The words "character sheet" only appears in a few places: multiple mentions of pregenerated characters, duties of the GM to look over character sheets, importance of reporting sessions for rebuilding lost character sheets. That's it.</p>
<p>The only context would be forum posts from campaign leadership that home games can restrict players however they want because they are on private property and that public venues need to be as public as possible save for problem players. The broad category of people using Hero Lab does not equate to problem players. Period. The problem player categories that relate to Hero Lab exist no matter what form a character sheet takes.</p>
<p>There are zero interpretations of the Guide that would allow a GM to ban players from their tables as a category of player because every citation against HeroLab is not unique to HeroLab, nor do I believe they are necessarily more agregrious or more frequent.</p>Chris Mortika wrote:Galahad0430 wrote:
No, Nefreet, you do not have that right. In fact, it is against PFS rules.
Galahad0430, could you please cite the rule in question? I believe it falls under the "Don't be a jerk" rule. If you have a legal character in terms of build, level for scenario, additional resources, chronicle sheets, and inventory tracking sheets, how are you as a player violating any rule? The words "character sheet" only appears in a few places: multiple mentions of...Mike Bohlmann2015-01-13T16:23:37ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Is hero lab allowed?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rveg&page=5?Is-hero-lab-allowed#2342015-01-13T14:22:06Z2015-01-13T14:22:06Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Veldan Rath wrote:</div><blockquote><p>Reminds me of one the older bits of advice from long ago, possibly Skip Williams: Only game with people you like...which means people you know, which makes PFS even less attractive.
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</blockquote><p>While this thread has been heated and head-scratchy at times, I've immensely enjoyed the vast majority of PFS games I've played. Some of the best gaming stories I tell are from PFS right alongside the home-brew campaigns I've done. While my gaming group of more than 15 years now has a hard time getting together to play more than once every few months, PFS gives me an opportunity to still have fun gaming regularly and to have met some other wonderful people, too.Veldan Rath wrote:Reminds me of one the older bits of advice from long ago, possibly Skip Williams: Only game with people you like...which means people you know, which makes PFS even less attractive.
While this thread has been heated and head-scratchy at times, I've immensely enjoyed the vast majority of PFS games I've played. Some of the best gaming stories I tell are from PFS right alongside the home-brew campaigns I've done. While my gaming group of more than 15 years now has a hard time...Mike Bohlmann2015-01-13T14:22:06ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Is hero lab allowed?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rveg&page=5?Is-hero-lab-allowed#2192015-01-13T16:09:48Z2015-01-13T13:39:25Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Secane wrote:</div><blockquote>As for the spells and feats, the main problem is that herolab gives a print out of it, but it was incomplete, meaning that the player in question was given a false sense of being prepared for the game. Only to realize during the game that herolab gave him an incomplete description.</blockquote><p>That's user error in my opinion. HeroLab gives two different options for outputting spells and feats. For feats and abilities, there is a checkbox to turn full descriptions on and off. Although it does truncate longer ones, but typically that's obvious because there's no period. For spells, there is a brief description printout version and a full rulebook printout version. I always do the full version for players that don't already know their spells from memory.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Secane wrote:</div><blockquote>These were just an isolated case or two, most of the time using whatever 3rd party character sheet, your own personal excel sheet or herolab is fine. GMs could however be given a bad impression of a 3rd party character record system if it has errors often enough. </blockquote><p>I believe that's exactly what I think is happening for most of the people against HeroLab. HeroLab is no worse than hand-done character sheets and is better in most cases, especially when used as a game-play aid.Secane wrote:As for the spells and feats, the main problem is that herolab gives a print out of it, but it was incomplete, meaning that the player in question was given a false sense of being prepared for the game. Only to realize during the game that herolab gave him an incomplete description.
That's user error in my opinion. HeroLab gives two different options for outputting spells and feats. For feats and abilities, there is a checkbox to turn full descriptions on and off. Although it...Mike Bohlmann2015-01-13T13:39:25ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Is hero lab allowed?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rveg&page=4?Is-hero-lab-allowed#1852015-01-13T02:29:57Z2015-01-13T02:29:57Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Uwotm8 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Mike Bohlmann wrote:</div><blockquote>I don't think there's any way I could play my master chymist without HeroLab[...]</blockquote><a href="http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2011/09/mind_blown.gif" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mind. Blown.</a> </blockquote><p>Howso? I should probably have included the words "without making mistakes" or "and still enjoy playing the character".Uwotm8 wrote:Mike Bohlmann wrote:I don't think there's any way I could play my master chymist without HeroLab[...]
Mind. Blown. Howso? I should probably have included the words "without making mistakes" or "and still enjoy playing the character".Mike Bohlmann2015-01-13T02:29:57ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Is hero lab allowed?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rveg&page=4?Is-hero-lab-allowed#1632015-01-13T02:39:46Z2015-01-12T23:53:42Z<p>Sorry to the Luddites, but there's going to be more mobile devices at your tables as time passes, not less. </p>
<p>System mastery is a terrible reason to use against HeroLab. Just the other day, I had to look up the mechanical effects of being dazzled while GMing an online game. When I'm playing, I get a really fast answer by looking at the condition in HeroLab and it adjusts all the appropriate places automatically. I don't think there's any way I could play my master chymist without HeroLab due to the variety of buffs and modifiers he has going all the time, typically four to eight different ones. </p>
<p>I pay close attention to how HeroLab works and what it's giving me for numbers. All the same mistakes that can happen with it are the same ones that can happen with a paper sheet.</p>Sorry to the Luddites, but there's going to be more mobile devices at your tables as time passes, not less.
System mastery is a terrible reason to use against HeroLab. Just the other day, I had to look up the mechanical effects of being dazzled while GMing an online game. When I'm playing, I get a really fast answer by looking at the condition in HeroLab and it adjusts all the appropriate places automatically. I don't think there's any way I could play my master chymist without HeroLab due...Mike Bohlmann2015-01-12T23:53:42ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Can You Use Limited Wish to Cast Plane Shift?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qk99?Can-You-Use-Limited-Wish-to-Cast-Plane-Shift#322015-01-21T21:00:01Z2015-01-09T23:06:25Z<p>I would simply not play with this VL or these GM's. If I had a player ask me as their GM to interpret the spell as they suggest, I would laugh at them and say, "Nice try!" As a GM using it on PC's, it is gray at best by their interpretation, and gray areas should generally be ruled in favor of the players due to this portion of the Guide:</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Guide wrote:</div><blockquote>The leadership of this organized play community assumes that you will use common sense in your interpretation of the rules. This includes being courteous and encouraging a mutual interest in playing, not engaging in endless rules discussions. While you are enjoying the game, be considerate of the others at the table and don’t let your actions keep them from having a good time too. In short, don’t be a jerk.</blockquote><p>I would simply not play with this VL or these GM's. If I had a player ask me as their GM to interpret the spell as they suggest, I would laugh at them and say, "Nice try!" As a GM using it on PC's, it is gray at best by their interpretation, and gray areas should generally be ruled in favor of the players due to this portion of the Guide:
The Guide wrote:The leadership of this organized play community assumes that you will use common sense in your interpretation of the rules. This includes...Mike Bohlmann2015-01-09T23:06:25ZForums: Online Play: [Roll20/G+] Emerald Spire Level 2: The Cellars (1-3), Saturday January 10th, 9:00am CST GMT-6Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rv4v?Roll20G-Emerald-Spire-Level-2-The-Cellars#12015-01-09T01:34:09Z2015-01-09T01:34:09Z<p>Emerald Spire Level 2, The Cellars, by Ed Greenwood (1-3)
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The foundations of the tower are a confusing maze of vermin-infested chambers and clever pit traps. A dangerous undead spellcaster known as Gorloth, the Bone Priest, ambushes adventurers who blunder into the pits and spiderwebs.</p>
<p>When: Saturday, January 10, 9am CST (GMT-6)
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Warhorn signup: <a href="https://warhorn.net/events/mike-b-online-pfs/schedule/2015/01/10" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">register here</a></p>
<p>Roll20 link will be sent out once the table is full to the first six players. Each of those players needs to provide the following at least 12 hours before the start of the game. Waitlist players will be asked for the same information if one of the other players does not respond by that time:
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The foundations of the tower are a confusing maze of vermin-infested chambers and clever pit traps. A dangerous undead spellcaster known as Gorloth, the Bone Priest, ambushes adventurers who blunder into the pits and spiderwebs.
When: Saturday, January 10, 9am CST (GMT-6)
Warhorn signup: register here
Roll20 link will be sent out once the table is full to the first six players. Each of those players needs to provide the following at...Mike Bohlmann2015-01-09T01:34:09ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: #6-06: Hall of the Flesh EatersMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rnve&page=3?606-Hall-of-the-Flesh-Eaters#1042015-01-03T05:11:51Z2015-01-03T05:11:51Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Z...D... wrote:</div><blockquote> I am running this scenario in a couple of days. I was wondering about the first trap when the PCs climb down the crevice. The way I am reading it is if at least 2 PC climb down the wall with in 10 minutes of each other they set off the trap. But if they climb down the roots they are fine. Is that right or am i misreading it? </blockquote><p>However they climb down will set off the trap if movement is there from two different creatures in a 10 minute span.
<p>It's a pretty nasty trap for 1st level characters.</p>Z...D... wrote:I am running this scenario in a couple of days. I was wondering about the first trap when the PCs climb down the crevice. The way I am reading it is if at least 2 PC climb down the wall with in 10 minutes of each other they set off the trap. But if they climb down the roots they are fine. Is that right or am i misreading it?
However they climb down will set off the trap if movement is there from two different creatures in a 10 minute span. It's a pretty nasty trap for 1st...Mike Bohlmann2015-01-03T05:11:51ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: GM ranking: +2Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nzua?GM-ranking-2#202015-01-01T23:44:20Z2015-01-01T23:44:20Z<p>If someone is still providing a fun table, abides by the PFS rules, and doesn't cut corners for their own benefit, I don't think it's an issue. If someone's doing it just to get four stars (five star review might get a sideways glance), they could just as easily make fake characters with fake sessions or exploit the "campaign mode" of AP chronicle sheets if they're going to be so devious. The only real benefit is a bonus to shirt/folio/etc re rolls and access to a single exclusive scenario. </p>
<p>My numbers - 115 tables of credit
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Carrion Crown - almost done with #4 in campaign mode, 17 total 4 hour sessions</p>If someone is still providing a fun table, abides by the PFS rules, and doesn't cut corners for their own benefit, I don't think it's an issue. If someone's doing it just to get four stars (five star review might get a sideways glance), they could just as easily make fake characters with fake sessions or exploit the "campaign mode" of AP chronicle sheets if they're going to be so devious. The only real benefit is a bonus to shirt/folio/etc re rolls and access to a single exclusive scenario.
...Mike Bohlmann2015-01-01T23:44:20ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Any PFS resolutions for 2015?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rucp?Any-PFS-resolutions-for-2015#152015-01-01T20:52:55Z2015-01-01T20:52:55Z<p>• Earn my fifth star (about 35 tables to go, plus one exclusive/special)
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• Expand our local GM base somehow
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• Replay Echoes of the Everwar to get revenge for the first time</p>* Earn my fifth star (about 35 tables to go, plus one exclusive/special)
* Expand our local GM base somehow
* Finish GMing Carrion Crown (currently on book 4)
* Replay Echoes of the Everwar to get revenge for the first timeMike Bohlmann2015-01-01T20:52:55ZForums: Online Play: [roll20/G+] Emerald Spire Level 1 (Tier 1-2) Wednesday, December 31, and Thursday, January 1 8:00AM CST [GMT-6]Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ru88?roll20G-Emerald-Spire-Level-1-Wednesday#12014-12-30T23:21:14Z2014-12-30T23:21:14Z<p>I'm running the Tower Ruins of the Emerald Spire twice over the next two days via roll20 and G+ Hangouts.</p>
<p>Registration here: https://warhorn.net/events/mike-b-online-pfs</p>
<p>This level is replayable with 1st level characters (once with a 2nd level character) so you've got nothing to lose. :)</p>I'm running the Tower Ruins of the Emerald Spire twice over the next two days via roll20 and G+ Hangouts.
Registration here: https://warhorn.net/events/mike-b-online-pfs
This level is replayable with 1st level characters (once with a 2nd level character) so you've got nothing to lose. :)Mike Bohlmann2014-12-30T23:21:14ZRe: Forums: Local Play: Winter War, 6-8 February 2015, Champaign IllinoisViscount Grikmet Grandovalna (alias of Mike Bohlmann)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rqpy?Winter-War-68-February-2015-Champaign-Illinois#482014-12-30T03:02:06Z2014-12-30T03:02:06Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Bruno Breakbone wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Bruno, a beautiful and handsome tetori, never tell his gym students at the Acadamae about that incident.</p>
<p>Never. </blockquote><p>Dean Bruno, I presume?Bruno Breakbone wrote:Bruno, a beautiful and handsome tetori, never tell his gym students at the Acadamae about that incident.
Never.
Dean Bruno, I presume?Viscount Grikmet Grandovalna (alias of Mike Bohlmann)2014-12-30T03:02:06ZRe: Forums: Local Play: Winter War, 6-8 February 2015, Champaign IllinoisMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rqpy?Winter-War-68-February-2015-Champaign-Illinois#402014-12-28T20:25:51Z2014-12-28T20:25:51Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Sammy T wrote:</div><blockquote> I'm so dead aren't I? </blockquote><p>Doomed. Dooooooomed!
<p>You'll come for the veal but stay for the dessert!</p>Sammy T wrote:I'm so dead aren't I?
Doomed. Dooooooomed! You'll come for the veal but stay for the dessert!Mike Bohlmann2014-12-28T20:25:51ZRe: Forums: Local Play: Winter War, 6-8 February 2015, Champaign IllinoisMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rqpy?Winter-War-68-February-2015-Champaign-Illinois#382014-12-28T19:43:12Z2014-12-28T19:43:12Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Sammy T wrote:</div><blockquote>Saturday Evening: PFS 6-06 Hall of the Flesheaters (play)</blockquote><p>Looking forward to having you at my table again, Sammy. My props for Hall of the Flesh Eaters turned out quite well. I might have to ask if anyone is hungover for the morning slots before putting them on the table. ;)Sammy T wrote:Saturday Evening: PFS 6-06 Hall of the Flesheaters (play)
Looking forward to having you at my table again, Sammy. My props for Hall of the Flesh Eaters turned out quite well. I might have to ask if anyone is hungover for the morning slots before putting them on the table. ;)Mike Bohlmann2014-12-28T19:43:12ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Assassin in pfsMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rtt4&page=2?Assassin-in-pfs#672014-12-27T18:54:10Z2014-12-27T18:54:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">BigNorseWolf wrote:</div><blockquote><p>The problem that gets ignored in the cry to say damage isn't everything is that the rogue is somewhere between worse and only marginally better at best at doing these things than other classes. If you want to do these things then you can put just put ranks into those same skills with another class. Ranks + stat mod is the same no matter which class you're using. </p>
<p>For the cost of not being able to out damage a 5th level barbarian you've gained a feats worth of skill bonus. That is not worth it by any sane metric. </p>
<p>In PFS the rogue loses its number one racket: protectionism. In a home game no one is going to see you making a rogue (class) and then make a Rogue (the character type) using another class to do it better. In PFS you're not just looking at the possibility of a 1d12 +50 damage barbarian, you could very well also be dealing with the 1d12 + 45 damage barbarian with a stealth score and disable device just as high as yours, while sitting across from a sorcerer who's +30 diplomacy relegates your character to the status of a masterwork tool. </blockquote><p>No barbarian is replacing all the things a rogue can do. If he does, he's down below the rogues's damage output. The only class that comes close is a bard, particularly certain archetypes. However the bard plays a very different combat role.
<p>PFS is definitely not the place for rogues to be their best. The scenarios and modules where rogues shine have more sandbox potential and creative solution potential than a Three Fights and a Bag of Gold scenario. That's the nature of things for a class that is a jack-of-all-trades.</p>BigNorseWolf wrote:The problem that gets ignored in the cry to say damage isn't everything is that the rogue is somewhere between worse and only marginally better at best at doing these things than other classes. If you want to do these things then you can put just put ranks into those same skills with another class. Ranks + stat mod is the same no matter which class you're using.
For the cost of not being able to out damage a 5th level barbarian you've gained a feats worth of skill bonus....Mike Bohlmann2014-12-27T18:54:10ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Assassin in pfsMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rtt4&page=2?Assassin-in-pfs#632014-12-27T15:06:17Z2014-12-27T15:06:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Nefreet wrote:</div><blockquote><p>The only thing you <i>need</i> to do is have fun. That's perfectly achievable with a suboptimal build. </p>
<p>And it's perfectly easy to do with a Rogue.</p>
<p>Was my Rogue Top DPS #1 Murderhobo Badass every scenario? No. Id say my Magus or my Gunslinger fit that bill (and even they weren't optimal). But sometimes he was. And I sure had fun rolling those 30+ Sneak Attack dice. </blockquote><p>Big +1 to you. My now 15th level rogue is no damage output monster because lots of d6's will never keep up with +30 and more damage from two-handed power attacking raging barbarians or smiting paladins. What I always enjoyed though was the diversity of heroic things I could pull off: casually getting over 30 on every Perception, that one time with the that one thing and Disable Device (in two different scenarios, once while blind), talking us out of a bad situation many times (with bluff or diplomacy), seducing the Wyrm Queen. I think my favorite was casting Vanish, Escape Artist through an arrowslit, Stealth over to the BBEG, Sleight of Hand the artifact, and Escape Artist back out the window.
<p>Sure, I did massive damage a few times, but those aren't as interesting. That's the same way I feel about my paladin with a great axe. Sure, it's fun to say those big damage numbers, but that's not the part of the story that typically gets retold. Rogues are fun if you enjoy a character that can do a lot of different things but won't often swing combats one way or the other.</p>Nefreet wrote:The only thing you need to do is have fun. That's perfectly achievable with a suboptimal build.
And it's perfectly easy to do with a Rogue.
Was my Rogue Top DPS #1 Murderhobo Badass every scenario? No. Id say my Magus or my Gunslinger fit that bill (and even they weren't optimal). But sometimes he was. And I sure had fun rolling those 30+ Sneak Attack dice.
Big +1 to you. My now 15th level rogue is no damage output monster because lots of d6's will never keep up with +30 and...Mike Bohlmann2014-12-27T15:06:17ZRe: Forums: GM Discussion: 03-23: The Goblinblood Dead (Spoilers, of course)Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rttg?0323-The-Goblinblood-Dead#52014-12-27T04:09:09Z2014-12-27T04:09:09Z<p>Or just command undead on a skeletal champion and ask HIM what happened. ;)</p>Or just command undead on a skeletal champion and ask HIM what happened. ;)Mike Bohlmann2014-12-27T04:09:09ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: The Waking Rune on Hard Mode - Wish Us Luck!Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qzp4&page=2?The-Waking-Rune-on-Hard-Mode-Wish-Us-Luck#822014-12-22T19:30:04Z2014-12-22T19:30:04Z<p>Hard Mode makes character death likely. Antimagic shell is a reasonable expectation to encounter when you know you are going to fight a Runelord, one of the most powerful wizards to have ever lived.</p>
<p>I don't think the tactics used were according to RAW though. When I look up Simulacrum, it is a level 7 sorcerer/wizard spell. As a GM, my RAW means that if a spell meets the category of a bullet, you don't go farther down the list. I wouldn't let a player do what the GM did which means a GM can't do it either. At best, it's a gray rule which then goes to the "Don't be a jerk" rule applying to GMs as well as players.</p>
<p>No matter what, the cost of the Simulacrum would be 500gp per HD or 11,500gp which is higher than what Limited Wish allows you to ignore. That rule alone should have prevented it.</p>Hard Mode makes character death likely. Antimagic shell is a reasonable expectation to encounter when you know you are going to fight a Runelord, one of the most powerful wizards to have ever lived.
I don't think the tactics used were according to RAW though. When I look up Simulacrum, it is a level 7 sorcerer/wizard spell. As a GM, my RAW means that if a spell meets the category of a bullet, you don't go farther down the list. I wouldn't let a player do what the GM did which means a GM...Mike Bohlmann2014-12-22T19:30:04ZRe: Forums: Local Play: Winter War, 6-8 February 2015, Champaign IllinoisMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rqpy?Winter-War-68-February-2015-Champaign-Illinois#332014-12-19T07:20:38Z2014-12-18T15:53:46Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kristen Gipson wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Mike Bohlmann wrote:</div><blockquote><p>Sunday morning: Seagang Expedition player
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</blockquote>Yay Mike! We are playing our level 4 ratfolk rogue and magus. </blockquote><p>I'll play either my greed wizard 3 (transmutation) or oread occultist 3 (pretty good melee fighter for a couple more levels before full BAB classes pass him up).
<p>Although now that I see that it features the Sovereign Court, I think my most likely character is my gnome fae sorcerer 5 in the Sovereign Court.</p>Kristen Gipson wrote:Mike Bohlmann wrote:Sunday morning: Seagang Expedition player
Yay Mike! We are playing our level 4 ratfolk rogue and magus. I'll play either my greed wizard 3 (transmutation) or oread occultist 3 (pretty good melee fighter for a couple more levels before full BAB classes pass him up). Although now that I see that it features the Sovereign Court, I think my most likely character is my gnome fae sorcerer 5 in the Sovereign Court.Mike Bohlmann2014-12-18T15:53:46ZRe: Forums: Local Play: Winter War, 6-8 February 2015, Champaign IllinoisMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rqpy?Winter-War-68-February-2015-Champaign-Illinois#302014-12-18T14:18:08Z2014-12-17T22:13:44Z<p>Friday afternoon: Hall of the Flesh Eaters GM
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Friday evening: Beacon Below player</p>
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<p>I'm putting together plans for props for Hall of the Flesh Eaters. Test run this Sunday. All flesh must be eaten.</p>Friday afternoon: Hall of the Flesh Eaters GM
Friday evening: Beacon Below player
Saturday morning: Hall of the Flesh Eaters GM
Saturday afternoon: Stonelords special GM
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Sunday morning: Seagang Expedition player
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I'm putting together plans for props for Hall of the Flesh Eaters. Test run this Sunday. All flesh must be eaten.Mike Bohlmann2014-12-17T22:13:44ZRe: Forums: Carrion Crown: Outline and Changes for the Entire APMike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qa3t?Outline-and-Changes-for-the-Entire-AP#222014-12-15T14:39:42Z2014-12-15T14:39:42Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mike Bohlmann wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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Since this is a four-character group, I wanted to have NPCs around that the PCs could go to for help. This will include Kendra but also Dr. Kelly. I've also decided that Adivion is going to try to groom these PCs into allies. He will hear about their assistance with Harrowstone and investigation of Prof. Lorrimor's death, and he will send them each some special armor once they reach Lepidstadt as gifts. That armor will be the first step in his effort to turn the group into Graveknight body guards as well as keep an eye on them. </blockquote><p>[Spoiler omitted]Mike Bohlmann wrote:Since this is a four-character group, I wanted to have NPCs around that the PCs could go to for help. This will include Kendra but also Dr. Kelly. I've also decided that Adivion is going to try to groom these PCs into allies. He will hear about their assistance with Harrowstone and investigation of Prof. Lorrimor's death, and he will send them each some special armor once they reach Lepidstadt as gifts. That armor will be the first step in his effort to turn the group into...Mike Bohlmann2014-12-15T14:39:42ZRe: Forums: Carrion Crown: What should I do if...?Mike Bohlmannhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rou4?What-should-I-do-if#312014-12-15T14:24:15Z2014-12-15T14:24:15Z<p>I think trying to shoehorn this party of either outright evil (or neutral with evil tendencies) characters is not going to work well with the storyline as written. There are sooooo many points at which they will try to join the antagonists that I just don't see it finishing. </p>
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<p>Honestly though, I don't know why the necromancer would be at the funeral of his "old friend." There's no way that Lorrimer would have been friends with this guy based on what is said about him.</p>
<p>(I kind of want to run this as a campaign now, too.)</p>I think trying to shoehorn this party of either outright evil (or neutral with evil tendencies) characters is not going to work well with the storyline as written. There are sooooo many points at which they will try to join the antagonists that I just don't see it finishing.
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Honestly though, I don't know why the necromancer would be at the funeral of his "old friend." There's no way that Lorrimer would have been friends with this guy based on what is said about him.
(I...Mike Bohlmann2014-12-15T14:24:15ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: QuietusHoarluk (alias of Mike Bohlmann)https://paizo.com/campaigns/Quietus/recruiting#22014-11-23T15:49:15Z2014-11-23T15:49:15Z<p>Am I in?!</p>Am I in?!Hoarluk (alias of Mike Bohlmann)2014-11-23T15:49:15ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Quietus DiscussionHoarluk (alias of Mike Bohlmann)https://paizo.com/campaigns/Quietus/discussion#262014-11-23T15:44:25Z2014-11-23T15:44:25Z<p>Here I am! And I added my character sheet to this profile.</p>Here I am! And I added my character sheet to this profile.Hoarluk (alias of Mike Bohlmann)2014-11-23T15:44:25ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Any Tier 12-13 groups for the Gen Con Special?Viscount Grikmet Grandovalna (alias of Mike Bohlmann)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2pvhr&page=3?Any-Tier-1213-groups-for-the-Gen-Con-Special#1032013-08-06T16:32:19Z2013-08-06T16:32:19Z<p>Our planned 12-13 table lost two players, and we're looking to add two more. We're trying other routes, too, but I figured I'd ask here as well. We're looking for a group that enjoys the role-play aspect but can move through things efficiently. If you've played with any of us previously, please mention where and when because we're interested in table chemistry and not just character chemistry. :)</p>
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Dale, conjuration wizard, casts Summon Monster as a standard action
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Robbie Nackle, sorcerer with Quicken metamagic and lots of useful tricks for damage, debuffs, and crowd control
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Roy "Smashface", barbarian who typically does 120 damage per round before adding damage dice
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Grikmet Grandovalna, rogue 7/pathfinder delver 6, skill monkey and trap scourge (Perception +31 for traps), supporting damage</p>
<p>While a cleric or life oracle would be good, we're willing to attempt the Race to Zero HP in most combats.</p>Our planned 12-13 table lost two players, and we're looking to add two more. We're trying other routes, too, but I figured I'd ask here as well. We're looking for a group that enjoys the role-play aspect but can move through things efficiently. If you've played with any of us previously, please mention where and when because we're interested in table chemistry and not just character chemistry. :)
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Dale, conjuration wizard, casts Summon Monster as a standard action
Robbie Nackle,...Viscount Grikmet Grandovalna (alias of Mike Bohlmann)2013-08-06T16:32:19ZForums: Pathfinder Society: Shout out to Red Harvest at Table 1 on Sunday morningViscount Grikmet Grandovalna (alias of Mike Bohlmann)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2opg0?Shout-out-to-Red-Harvest-at-Table-1-on-Sunday#12012-08-20T19:52:39Z2012-08-20T19:52:39Z<p>When things go horribly wrong, they sometimes end up somehow right. It's those situations where two characters are blind, the wizard with Teleport is Feebleminded, the cleric dies, and a whole town of naga is angry that make up the stories we remember. At least they are when we all somehow live.</p>When things go horribly wrong, they sometimes end up somehow right. It's those situations where two characters are blind, the wizard with Teleport is Feebleminded, the cleric dies, and a whole town of naga is angry that make up the stories we remember. At least they are when we all somehow live.Viscount Grikmet Grandovalna (alias of Mike Bohlmann)2012-08-20T19:52:39ZForums: Pathfinder Society: Taldor Nobles speak up!Viscount Grikmet Grandovalna (alias of Mike Bohlmann)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2mosr?Taldor-Nobles-speak-up#12011-08-11T15:07:11Z2011-08-11T15:07:11Z<p>The Pathfinder Society Field Guide has some new prestige awards that are interesting. While titles are a dime a dozen in Taldor, has anyone else taken one yet?</p>
<p>- Viscount Grikmet Grandovalna
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Pathfinder Delver Extraordinaire
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Proprietor of Grandovalna's Vast Devices (No, it's a security business, not a thieves' guild)</p>The Pathfinder Society Field Guide has some new prestige awards that are interesting. While titles are a dime a dozen in Taldor, has anyone else taken one yet?
- Viscount Grikmet Grandovalna
Pathfinder Delver Extraordinaire
Proprietor of Grandovalna's Vast Devices (No, it's a security business, not a thieves' guild)Viscount Grikmet Grandovalna (alias of Mike Bohlmann)2011-08-11T15:07:11Z