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It was a scenario made of multiple parts, and we were in a part where we had to fight our way into a house, then investigate the house. After a short stall mid-combat, with less than half the enemies dead and us not even in the house, in a single post the GM had the enemies flee, us search the house, find our objective, and travel back and report our findings. I didn't agree with the loss of control over our PCs or auto-completing the mission and moving on.
Hmm, in that first example, would fighting the end boss with full health and daily spells when you're expected to have been adventuring for a while throw off the balance? Should the easier battles be considered a reward for creative problem solving? In PFS are there times we should draw the line at them moving too far from the scenarios intended line of adventuring, and if so, how do we do it without just saying "No, do this"?
I've only played PbP for an extremely short time so I don't have any truly outstanding examples, but this post from my Emerald Spire game set the mood nicely. It was descriptive, moved things forward smoothly without them feeling rushed, and left plenty of hooks for us to react to. GM Red's "Go With It" section was particularly interesting to me, because Railroading is a problem I specifically want to avoid. Hearing others' thoughts on getting creative with moving forward is helpful!
Whatever the problem is, it wasn't you. I saw your post before it turned into the text version of static and it seemed like any other post. I just got out of work, about an hour until I'm home to update my profile.
Is there no rules for it anywhere then? For example if a player said "I move my full movement speed, then throw my weapon at him because he's still 10 feet away," I don't think a GM should just say "Your weapon doesn't have that property, so it can't leave your hands that way." It should be allowed, I'm just looking for rulings on it.
Discussion topic for today: What do you guys think the GM's job is? (We'll assume that this is for a Play-by-Post game to keep things simple) To make sure that all the players at a table feel involved, feel as though they're contributing and making progress, and most importantly to have fun. Specifically in regards to PbP, to provide Chronicle Sheets, to create the material necessary for a game (such as sheets, slides, and handouts), and to follow a Scenario or Module as closely as possible. From a "meta" side, their job is to play enemies as accurately as possible. Never pulling punches but equally never playing an enemy as smarter than it would be. To encourage players to solve problems creatively, and when they struggle, to perhaps push them in the direction they need to go without making them feel like their hand is being held. And finally to bring the world to life. To make the NPCs feel like real individuals, and to make players smell the oil of a ship and hear the quiet buzzing of the monitors. To immerse the players in the world and make the really feel "there."
Took your advice and left a post there, fingers crossed! Working on my character now though, not banking on a handout.
I do too, my biggest complaint (and where I struggled most to convince others to play) was with the lengthy ban list of PFS; more races were banned than you could play. It always seemed like 5e vs Pathfinder was an "Updated Mechanics vs Massive Content Pool" battle, so trimming huge amounts of content out made it lose some appeal. It's really discouraging seeing Starfinder start with more banned races than playable races already.
Alright, so I couldn't open your slideshow Redelia, I'm not sure why? I can open all my other GM presentations fine, for some reason every time I try to open the one for this campaign (Folder for the Class) it just hangs forever on the loading circle. So basically I was flying in the dark. Not sure what I was supposed to do or how much I was supposed to do, or instructions on how to do any of it, but did my best. If there's anything I should add or change, please let me know! Some parts are intentionally covered/left out for lack of spoilers or because I don't have the tokens or character names to add yet.
Thanks so much, I appreciate it. In the Google Doc I left it with as (ooc)(smaller)Acrobatics(/ooc)(/smaller) In my profile, you can see what it looks like if I tighten the code, and do it as (ooc)(smaller)Acrobatics(/smaller)(/ooc).
Here's my character, can someone look it over? I've never played Starfinder and I want to be sure I've not missed anything. I slowly shifted from Skill Monkey to Stealth Master now that Rogues are actually a good class. However, I do have on weird issue. In my skill section, after Acrobatics I have Acrobatics* +14 However, what I actually have typed in there is Acrobatics* +14 (ooc)(smaller)(1 Rank)(/ooc)(/smaller) But with brackets in place of parenthesis. Acrobatics* +14 [ooc](1 Rank) This is what it looks like when I copy the text out from editing my profile. Unfortunately it's hard for me to explain my issue, as in my first row I only typed in Acrobatics* +14 (ooc)1 Rank, but with brackets, and it somehow filled in everything missing. I hope the image makes it easier to understand.
What class were you intending to play Voice? To expand on this, it looks like I'm going a "Female" Android Operative with Ghost Specialization and Spacefarer theme. The Android that dreams of seeing every world in the galaxy! Will of course be a Sneaky Skill Monkey. Excited to try piloting! I admit I came in mostly just to apply this to Pathfinder, but after reading the rules I'm very excited to play Starfinder.
I'll be providing you guys with step by step instructions for setting up a slide deck, so don't jump ahead on me, guys. :) Just make the list of what you need. You can either share it or just keep it for yourself. Oops, sorry. I stole the idea to use Slides from PFS to use in an online campaign I've ran in the past so was a little eager haha.
1: I've played Pathfinder extensively for years, have never played Starfinder.
Will be reading Starfinder rules ASAP!
I'm copying this from another thread I made, as I was advised to post it here.
The Bully Animal Companion Archetype reads:
It says nothing about ignoring the Int 13 requirement of those feats, which doesn't seem intentional because with an Int of at least 3, they can take those feats without them being on the Animal List anyway. Is this a mistake? |
