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GeraintElberion, there's one other thing on your Not Done list that's been done, just not by Paizo.

Dragnmoon wrote:

Currently there are no specific rules of penalty for a Pregen death be it level 1, 4 or 7.

Right. So don't be a jerk. Let them reappear as Valeros #2 and finish the adventure. When it's over, give them a chronicle and help them build their first real character... Then kill it.

Well I really didn't think I was being a jerk. In anything but a PFS game, I would have had him back in the game the next round. I made the ruling I did because it was organized play and I thought doing otherwise was against the rules. I'm still new to PFS myself and organized play in general, and there's no Venture Captain in my area. My options were rule as I understood or pause the game to check the rules. Because time has been traditionally tight at our FLGS PFS, looking it up wasn't really an option.

It's a situation I doubt I'll be in again, but it sucks that it happened. And for realsy, zero intent to be a jerk.

Wow, this thread grew when I wasn't looking. Give me a day or two to look back through my savant notes and I'll see if I can answer any questions and address any concerns.

Yeah, I GMerd Dragonvan's game on Saturday. We were a three player table, two of which were playing pregens they planned to credit to their brand new characters. One of the pregens died in the first encounter of the scenario. Fortunately the other two managed to survive the rest of the scenario on their own, but filling out the paperwork was different.

I can not think of a better format to release vehicle tangibles. I am immediately sold and can't wait.

UPDATE: The Tier 1 scenario will be 3-05 Tide of Twilight, run by Daniel Mayrand. That's this Saturday at Chimera Games.

This Saturday, May 26th, there will be at least a Tier 1 PFS game at Chimera. Which one is undecided. If everything works out, we will also be running Scenario #3-06: Song of the Sea Witch for Tier 3-6.

Any chance you can expand your thoughts into a full review, Stratagemini?

The "cheese" comment used on everything that one does not like or understand begins to grate.

Cheese applies to RAW that breaks immersion.

Why does fireball deal that much fire damage to that large an area? Because you're using magic to blow stuff up. IE not cheesy.

Why does a magus get an extra attack any round it wants by using arcane mark?
Because the rules so say.

One is a highly effective damage dealing spell. One is a mildly effective tactic. But the mildly effective tactic is being called cheesy because, despite it working RAW, it is hard to justify why it would work that way. Although the Zorro imagery goes a long way towards justifying it.

1. Fighter
2. Barbarian
3. Rogue

*phew* Two great staffers get promoted at no great staffer's expense. Good news all around.

When I get this one, the Cylopes will be the first one I will read.

I gues I would read them in this order:
1)Cyclopes
2)Cloud
3)Storm
4)Frost
5)Fire
6)Stone
7)Rune
8)Taiga
9)Hill
10)Marsh

I hope the hill giant surprises you, then.

I want to back at the $50 to get a printed copy of Thornkeep. Will I have to pay extra for S&H to Canada?

A. You would get to make an AoO in this situation even without unexpected strike. Why wouldn't you with it?
B. Why would it stop the charge?

Thanks Jeff!

If attendees wanted to run a panel, will that option be available?

Crane style is far more powerful than Deflect Arrows because monks are subject to (estimated) 500x more melee attacks than ranged attacks, and the style also increases AC, reducing the number of hits he takes in a round, and Crane Repost means his defence becomes an offence. It is far more powerful than Deflect Arrows even if the mechanics are only slightly different. It is not, however, broken.

I have a monk with all three Crane style feats. He would not be the party tank without them, but he is hardly invulnerable. He has been brought to zero more than any other character in the campaign. This past session he was fighting harpy rangers. Even with a soar spell, he was getting hit four or five times a round. If he didn’t use a plot twist card he had that temporarily granted him the Die Hard feat, the fall would have killed him.

The moral of the story: A crane style monk is not invulnerable, he is just differently vulnerable. Which, to me, is perfectly suited to martial arts. Flying and archery-based attacks are a crane style monk’s bane. Also, zerg rush him before he enters his stance.

I'm not going to lie, I want to be there for this but I want to see Avengers more.

I think I'll need to practice saying The Year of the Risen Rune a few times before saying it in public, but I like the sound of the theme. I also hope every theme is accompanied by a t-shirt worthy logo like that one.

Any plan that involves Sewer Dragons is full of win.

:D

Sewer Dragons was the first scenario we ran.

Treant Bard – “Ent’Tertainer”
Awakened chimpanzee monk – “Monkey monk”
Sorcerer with a low constitution – “Sorecerer”
Poet bard/wizard – “Inkwizardor”
Bard/Gunslinger – “Gunsinger”
Paladin/Enchanter – “Pal-adin.”
Knife-specialist rogue/witch – “sWitchblade”
Dwarf ranger with the scout archetype – “Hairy Spotter”

I’m strongly considering running Crypt of the Everflame for the group, I just need to work out the logistics in my head and then see if they jive with Chimera’s schedule. Has anyone estimated the running time on that one? Warhorn looks like an interesting option, I will definitely try it next time regardless of the scenario we play. Thank you Pirate Rob.

Tier 1 is a big part of the problem for two reasons:

1. There are a lot of new players to Pathfinder and PFS in the ground and only a few established players. Right now we can only play a higher tier adventure if all three established players show up. When they don’t, like last session, they have to use their lower level secondary characters. Anyone can play a Tier 1 scenario. These guys have earned the right to play Tier 3 scenarios, which are scheduled only to settle for being bumped down. Effectively they are being punished for having played longer than the rest of the group;
2. It’s hard for first level characters to hit the DCs of faction missions that require successful skill checks, even when the character has ranks in the skill. Players have expressed discouragement that their faction missions have felt impossible.

There are two other possible GMs, one of the store owners and a player new to Pathfinder who offered to GM after the first session. He wants the opportunity to play too, though. Last session when we saw we had to cancel a table, he and I both would have preferred I run the scenario I planned and he play in it. Because I prepped for the Tier 3 table, however, we had no other choice. It doesn’t help that he’s run Parts 1 and 2 of the Quest for Perfection and there are a lot of expectations now that he run part 3 next.

Montreal doesn’t have a VC or a VL, unfortunately. Actually, there isn’t one for the entire province. JP Chapleau is probably the closest person we have to that and he did arrive for our inaugural event to show support. I will be in touch with him for ideas if the decline in attendance continues.

Thanks guys.

Erik's got one hand in his pocket and the other one is slapping Advertising Director Rob Stewart.

Really enjoying this series, can't wait for the next installment. Even if I feel bad now that by picking up Dragon at my FLGS instead of subscribing, this was all my fault.

We are running once a month. The players have expressed an interest in running twice monthly. I'm not able to run more often but have told them that should not stop them from meeting without me. So far they haven't. Similarly, the store's hours do not allow for two sessions to be run. As it is they stay open late for us to finish when the scenarios run long.

Early this year I started running regular PFS events at my FLGS, Chimera Games. The store supported the program with discounts on Pathfinder products for participants and there was enough interest initially to fill two tables. It’s been four months now and interest has dropped off. Based on feedback, this is largely because players feel like characters only get interesting and feel heroic around level 3, and that at this pace they will only reach that after six months of play if they make every session.

I know players can use pregens and put that credit towards new 1st level PFS characters, but that doesn’t solve the issue my players are having. Is there another option that I am missing?

Thank god. I needed something to listen to while at work.

It doesn't seem to be on the website with the list of the other episodes.

Fixed

And now she's making pancakes. What a gninja.

Set wrote:

Those extra tiny arms seem like they might be useful for holding potions or whatnot, in combat. "Do I have a free hand? Why yes, I have *four* free hands, why do you ask?"

Huh. You think those are hands.

Interesting.

Oh god they're bug udders.

Thank you!

Heroes & Battles is the only miniature set I ever bought a case of. It is the only miniatures set I have the full set. I will pick up occasional boxes of Rise of the Runelords and buy singles that interest me, but I doubt I will spend as much on the RotRL set as I spent on Heroes & Battles.

Time to unlock piratey goodness for Ovariep, goblin cleric of Zogmugot!

I have two dissatisfactions. The first is the Ecology of the Succubus article, specifically how it isn't clearly labeled as an article for the 4th Edition iteration of the Succubus.

4e content has been getting lighter in KQ over the last year, but its inclusion still fits the magazine's mission statement: the Switzerland of the edition wars. Even still, it's been a while since KQ started including PF and 4 icons to denote the game each article relates to. You just don't know until you buy the magazine or someone reviews it.

We have our next event scheduled: LINK

Bring your PFS character to Chimera Games (6252 Somerled Avenue, Montreal, QC H3X 2B6) on April 14th starting at noon and play in Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-11: The Quest for Perfection—Part II: On Hostile Waters, and, if there is enough interest, Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-06: Song of the Sea Witch.

Remember that when Chimera runs PFS events, customers enjoy a discount on Pathfinder merchandise.

When Sat, Apr 14, 2012 afternoon
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#3-06: Song of the Sea Witch
#3-11: The Quest for Perfection—Part II: On Hostile Waters

You can find a listing of Paizo employees here. Additionally, each Paizo employee has a little golem icon next to their name. :)

Is that your official answer?

I did find it funny that Denied is once per day you can ignore an attack or anything else. And there are feats in the game that's every round you can do that.

But denied has far fewer prerequisites.

I want to say I'll be getting the case bundle, but $519.98 is a hefty price tag. This set has got the translucent plastic I love, it's more environmental, and the figures we've seen so far have been leaps above the already impressive Heroes & Battles set, but $519.98...

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Joyd wrote:

Also, wow, just realized that Alain's name is a goofy film school joke.

How so?

Yeah, I'm curious about that, too, as I went to film school and I'm not getting the reference. There are a few subtle film references in the naming of some fairly large elements in the campaign setting, but as far as I know, no one's discovered them.

Here. Obscure? Accidental? Je pense.

Peut etre.

Also, wow, just realized that Alain's name is a goofy film school joke.

How so?

PRD states wrote:

You can make attacks with natural weapons in combination with attacks made with a melee weapon and unarmed strikes, so long as a different limb is used for each attack. For example, you cannot make a claw attack and also use that hand to make attacks with a longsword. When you make additional attacks in this way, all of your natural attacks are treated as secondary natural attacks, using your base attack bonus minus 5 and adding only 1/2 of your Strength modifier on damage rolls. Feats such as Two-Weapon Fighting and Multiattack can reduce these penalties.

How does Two-Weapon Fighting reduce the penalties of secondary natural attacks? Am I missing something here?

I believe they would reduce the penalty to -2.

Thank you Kajehase and Dream Daemon. I do mean writing for my home game.

Interesting, how so? I'm taking this to mean you are developing your own material and you would like it to be consistent with Paizo's style and possibly balance.

I'm a bit bummed about not getting a Bestiary 4 ... but I hope that this will have stats for some of the Pathfinder Tales characters ;)

My gut tells me no because they're specific to the Campaign Setting, but the iconics kind of blur the line so maybe. But then, stating out the characters boxes the writers in to a large degree. Most Pathfinder Tales characters are hard to define as a single class for a reason.

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/181/813/1726009-shut_up_an d_take_my_money_super.jpg

This is pretty much how I feel about this. This is a great idea and look forward to pre-ordering this. Can't wait.

While I do understand that this is a book about NPC's the one thing you must have in this book is mages. Mages like Wizards and Alchemists who keep spellbooks. I would like to at the very least have a price tag next to their spellbook sections. In otherwords, I want more spellbooks, like we saw from Ultimate Magic. Just a few.

Agreed. The NPCs I have the hardest time and that take the longest to create are casters, and prepared caster PCs expect to score their spellbook as loot. The greatest gift the NPC Codex could be to me would be an abundance of prepared casters with fully detailed spell books.

I will be playing SnS soon and I like the idea of a goblin (that my GM suggested to me) very much.

What class would you suggest for a goblin?
...
Zogmugot (CE goddess of drowning, flotsam, and scavenging) sounds like a good god for me but I never played an CE character (as a player) before and I am not sure how weird he might be.
Can such a character fit into the campaign?

That's the direction I'll be taking, a goblin cleric of Zogmugot, out scavenging the high seas. I'm particularly looking forward to the junk I'll be fishing out of the water using the flotsam subdomain sift ability.

I can't find the Player's Guide for Skull & Shackles. Is it out yet?

I haven't played a dwarf or a paladin in 3.0, 3.5, or Pathfinder. But you tell me I can play a dwarf paladin who turns to stone and now all I can think of is how cool playing a dwarf paladin would be. Any chance that particular archetype retains its spellcasting?

These are easily the blog posts I look forward to more than any other. Sure, it's fun to see miniatures we won't be getting for months or have rules clarified, but the insight (bordering on gossip) about Paizo's journey is so enlightening.

James played an awakened dinosaur of some type...

Not surprised at all. Okay, maybe I'm surprised he didn't play an awakened dinosaur druid with a dinosaur animal companion.

I really hope this book has battle statistics on Razmir. I so wanna turn that guy into a smear on my dungeon wall.

Keep in mind this is a Pathfinder RPG hardcover. There will be no ties to Golarion besides maybe god names. I would expect more NPCs like the Game Mastery Guide's NPC gallery, but exploded.

Gamestorm is a con in Vancouver, WA Jason attended this weekend.

The rumours are true!

I think this is a great year to test out a book of generic NPCs instead of a Bestiary. We've had a lot of monsters given Paizo's commitment to annual Bestiaries and Frog God Games releasing Tome of Horrors Complete. Plus, Advanced Race Guide is going to give us plenty of creature concepts to tool around with.

Very excited. Did anyone record the announcement?

If you look at WizKids' Squirrel Girl Heroclix her "familiar" Monkey Joe can share her base and be moved independently. Of course he's running around with a tree trunk where ever he goes, but it is an example of how familiars can be done.