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Congrats Walter, no wonder you wanted to play when you visited us.

Greetings Professor, the registration number you were given should be on a small sheet of paper with the Pathfinder society logo on it. There should be a number at the top, probably something in the 50000 which is your society number, and at the bottom there should be a line in a larger font with the confirmation code. If you do not have that piece of paper please say so here.

Well, I'm still planning to bring some beer and bacon brownies to the con, as well as another surprise for people at my tables....

Bacon Brownies... I want one of these...

Thanks for getting this posted. I'm preping a half orc alchemist w/ the vivisectionist archtype.

Michael Brock wrote:

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godsDMit wrote:

Congrats on the internship!

Assuming you are coming back in the fall, should I expect you to come join us for some Pathfinder Society play at Castle Perilous? It's walking distance from the campus, after all...

Oddly enough, I've never actually played a Society game. My own group on campus has kept me pretty busy. Mostly Hunter games, and a Pathfinder homebrew set in Europe's dark ages. I don't doubt that I'll be at Castle P, though--for a new set of dice at least, if not for a game.

What?!?!?! Time to get you down to Games & Gizmos on a Friday night or Saturday. Four to five tables of PFS goodness each week.

Sounds like a good time to me ^^

We look forward to your presence at a PFS night at Games and Gizmos. (I think we're up to 6-7 tables a week now between Friday (4-5 tables) and saturdays (2-3 tables))

it looks like you can trade open event tickets.
so I'd sign up for an open event as TOZ, put it for trade for the event your wife has. she accepts the trade and then she leaves the open event if she doesn't want it.

Disappointed I didn't get my seat in beyond the gates of bastardhall back (I was part of it year 1, was really hoping to get into it again). such is life I suppose.

I'd buy a banquet ticket if anyone has a spare. just send me a PM here.

I had a seat in Bastardhall that disappeared when i signed up for open events. (I have a seat in the convocation now. would rather have the bastardhall seat)

When wearing armor, using a shield, or carrying a medium or heavy load, a monk loses his AC bonus, as well as his fast movement and flurry of blows abilities.

That's what I'm hoping.

In case anyone wants to get really specific, the other archetype Im planning on using is the Chirurgeon. I'm definitely going to take that, maybe Internal Alchemist as well, but only if this works out.

Im going to try to play the character like 'Uncle' from the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon.

And since no one has commented one way or the other about this part, I will re-ask it here: If I take Internal Alchemist, it doesnt change the Bomb ability to not include the Int to damage, since Throw Anything is replaced, right?

Im thinking it doesnt, but again, I just want to make sure.

it won't fly at my tables because I beleive that internal alchemist Has altered poision resistance/immunity by saying 'When he gains the poison immunity alchemist class ability, he becomes immune to disease as well.'. the character doesn't gain a 2nd ability that is called 'immune to disease' when he gains 'poison immunity', 'poison immunity' has change to also give immunity to disease.

the bonus damage = to your int mod is from throw anything, so any archtype that replaces throw anything loses that bonus damage from my reading. And won't gain it back from taking the feat later, as the the bonus damage is part of the alchemist bonus feat version not the standard version.

that is my rather strict reading of the rules anyways.

A character can take more than one archetype and garner additional alternate class features, but none of the alternate class features can replace or alter the same class feature from the core class as another alternate class feature.

The archtype blurb says that you can't have 2 that alter the same ability. as Interal Alchemist alters poison resitance/poison immunity you won't be able to take any other archtype that also alters poison resitance/poison immunity.

thrown my resume at the software development position, Hope to hear back from Paizo about that soon :-D yay for being local already.

Ran once at tier 1-2. 2 Deaths (confirmed crits with spell strike), saved from a TPK by a crit from the raging barbarian. Won't run at that tier again.

my players learned, again, why it is important for Everyone to have a ranged weapon.

for 1) yes you can stack archtypes so long as they dont' replace the same feature.

for 2) I'd say no. The rule for bladebound magus' blackblade is

A black blade is always a one-handed slashing weapon, a rapier, or a sword cane

a chakram is not a 1 handed slashing weapon, it is a ranged weapon that can be used in melee with a penalty.

I read a bunch of web comics, most of which someone else has already meantioned. the one i'm not seeing (and my favorite) is

Schlock Mercenary

This is just Evil.

Maybe it will be updated later with more information?

I wish I had the wish to "win" this thread.

You now wish you could win the thread, you don't have the means to do so any longer however.

I wish I was on vacation

AmosTrask32 wrote:

Word to the wise, there is nothing so terrifying to an alchemist as a Monk... you never know when one won't just have deflect arrows, but SNATCH arrows as well. Which allows them to return fire with an alchemist's own bomb.

A bomb which doesn't lose its potency until a round AFTER it leaves his/her hand.

boom.

Eh, not so scary, by the time he as that feat, the alchemist could have delayed bomb discovery.

apg wrote:

A delayed bomb

detonates immediately if any other creature attempts to
touch or move it, or if the bomb’s contents are removed
from the vial (such as if the vial breaks). The bomb deals
damage as if it scored a direct hit to any creature in the
square with the bomb when it detonates, and splash
damage to all adjacent creatures as normal.

As so as the monk tries deflecting or snatching the bomb, BOOM! Nothing stopping the alchemist from throwing his delayed bombs.

I wouldn't let you use Delayed bombs in that manner. Delayed bombs are Placed not thrown.

full quote of delayed bombs

Delayed bomb: The alchemist can place a bomb so that it explodes a number of rounds after the alchemist ceases contact with the bomb. This delay can be any number of rounds as chosen by the alchemist, up to a number of rounds equal to his level. If at any point the alchemist reclaims possession of the delayed bomb, he can end the timer and prevent the bomb's detonation. A delayed bomb detonates immediately if any other creature attempts to touch or move it, or if the bomb's contents are removed from the vial (such as if the vial breaks). The bomb deals damage as if it scored a direct hit to any creature in the square with the bomb when it detonates, and splash damage to all adjacent creatures as normal. An alchemist cannot have more than one delayed bomb at one time.If he creates another delayed bomb, the previous bomb becomes inert. Dispel magic can neutralize a delayed bomb, as can a successful Disable Device check (DC equals 10 + the alchemist's level + the alchemist's Intelligence modifier). An alchemist must be at least 8th level before selecting this discovery.

Thats how it was ruled. Take splash damage.

NOW where, where, where did you get missle shield feat. Thanks

Its from the APG.

I'm creating a separate word file that I copy and paste info to on changes, additions and deletions as I work on Guide 4.1. This will allow us to create a sticky post here that should include all the changes for future guides going forward.

One thing I've seen work really well for documents like this is to change the text color of the sections that have changed.

example

This is the first rule
This is the second rule

This is how the first rule works now
This is the second rule

generally something more visable then our OOC blue (red is the color I've seen most often)

I am also in favor of removing the option to run 7 player tables, reasons have been pointed out by enough people above me.

Yay for getting these more visable. I like and will work hard at getting #2.

But in my opinion, if people are just starting out and still getting to know PF, it seems sensible to allow pregens for first level only. If people like it, they will most definitely try to make their own character and it makes sense to let them keep the credit.

This situation is already covered by V4 of the guide, at least for thier first scenario.

If you play a 1st-level pregenerated character, you can even apply the credit for

its first adventure to a newly created character of your very own.

If someone plays a 5-9 scenario at a con or something using a pre-gen because they don't have a character of the appropriate level, and then goes on to play the same scenario at a later point with a character that is the appropraite level I don't have a problem with giving them a chronical for it. Now if they used a pre-gen in place of a character they had that Could partipate I would feel diffrently.

Welcome Meredith.

Really you are in the best place possible to get an introduction to this somewhat crazy world we inhabit in our spare time. Just pluck up the courage to ask James or Lisa if you can sit in on their game for a bit.I'm sure they would welcome your fresh outlook

or there is the PFS event thats only across town that I run on friday nights you can stop by and play in.

Your wish is granted, Uwe Boll will never make another movie, see he died in a horrible cloning machine accident. There are now 5 Uwe Boll clones and due some error in the way the machine was programmed it will spit out another clone every 5 years. The various Movie studios have grabbed onto the concept of having Every movie directed by one of these clones.

My vacation starts Monday, I wish it started today.

I had a great time at PAX GMing, Liz knows the exact number but I think I ran ~12 tables of Mwangi Expanse (anyone who played after about noon on saturday I was the GM who had no voice left).

Ultrace's game sounds familiar, but I found a lot of groups split up there for some reason or another. Rogues and Ninjas wanting to be sneaking probably.

I think everyone had fun at my tables I know I had fun running them.

Please, ohh Please, ohh Please!

I was barely able to handle the extra influx of players last week (I had 4 new).

In Redmond Washington we play on Friday Nights. (Still fighting the Magic players for table space sadly)

Your wish is granted. not only did you sleep all day yesterday but you slept all day today, and tomorrow, and for most of the next 50 years.

I wish I was getting paid today.

I wish IE wasn't so craptacular.

Your wish is granted. IE is now perfect in everyway, Sadly due to the time and effort that was invested into making IE perfect a single license is now 10K a year and all companies have switched back to Netscape as thier offical web browser.

I wish I could spend more time with my Girlfriend.

I appear to be missing some data. It says I have credit for 1 GM table, I should have credit for 2 (The second table I just finished reporting). Also for that game I just reported, my GM credit is showing only 1 PA instead of 2 like it does for the game I reported last week.

Thanks
Joshua Gaines

*EDIT* after a refresh the correct # of tables is shown. The missing PA is still an issue.

I've only got a few sessions (7 total) 6 are from within the last 6 months, the 6 new ones are all missing.

joshua gaines wrote:

I'll send you an email probably tomorrow Thelesuit.

Let me know if you are still interested Joshua and I will add you to the GM list (also send me an e-mail off list to confirm).

Thanks.

CJ

email sent. sorry for the delay, work has been rather busy of late.

Joshua

Sadly only 1 player showed up on Friday to play, Not unexpected really I obviously didn't have enough lead up time for people to know it was going to happen. I've talked to 2-3 other players since and the 1 who should up friday said he'd talk to 2-3 more so it sounds like I will hopefully have a fairly full table next week.

Disappointed we missed you Mark. Would have been nice to chat with you.

I'll send you an email probably tomorrow Thelesuit.

Joshua

Joshua, what are you doing the 12-14 of August?

Would you like to GM some Pathfinder Society at Dragonflight in Bellevue?

CJ

I'm still fairly new to being a GM, and I'll have to talk to the work and the GF to see if I've already got anything planned. If I don't and you don't mind a fairly inexperenced GM it would probably be quite a bit of fun.

Joshua

Planning on weekly, we'll see what happens though. Don't know what happened to the last guy, he had a signup sheet @ the store, I had put my name on it but after a month of not getting an email I volunteered to pick it up and here we are.

Look forward to seeing some of the Paizo employees from time to time Mark.

I'm going to be running #2-01 Before the Dawn—Part I: The Bloodcove Disguise.

Can I look forward to having some of the Paizo employees stop by? Would make for a very interesting first time GMing a PFS module.

Disappointing that you can't make the game Bob_Loblaw. Hope you find one closer to you.

I'm looking for a group to join. I've never played in organized play before. The only "local" group I have found is about an hour away at a time I can't join. I would really like to join in the fun.

I'm trying to get PFS started at Games and Gizmos in Redmond, our first game is tomorrow night at 6:30. Hoping that Fridays at 6:30pm will be our consistant day and time. I'm sure our local venture captain will stop by with more information for the area soon.

Just don't try to spray paint the pink foam. Something in spray paint can cause the foam to melt.

Tomorrow @ 6 is when the Meet and Eat starts and I plan on attending that I'm afraid (especially as I have to pick up my GF from work @ 9pm tomorrow). Hope you get a game together though!

If someone wants to organize where we want to meet and at what time, so I know when I should take off from the office (will have to go home to get my PFS character) would be good.

The restraunt in the Coast Hotel might make for at least a good gathering spot before going somewhere else to game.

I live in the area, but I sadly have to work tomorrow and there is the meet and eat. If you wanted a game tonight maybe I could probably work out showing up. I only have a lvl 1 Fighter

Add another to the 'Probably showing up' pile. as I work ~3 buildings down from the crab pot I have no excuse for Not attending.

I remember this game from last year. was lots of fun. hope everyone playing this year has as much fun as I did.

we will need the dice groups meantioned, will we need to bring anything else?

any reccomended reading between now and the game?

me and my buddie are also having issues with fight club 2, sucidal strike forace, and twisting plots.

at least its all the same games that are having problems? means at least 2 of us looking at each seat though. :(

I do still need a banquet ticket. email sent to your gmail.

I'm Really hoping someone has a spare ticket for the banquet, I sadly didn't have a chance to buy tickets until today and they're long gone apparently.

Just need 1, willing to buy of course. A post here would be great.