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lastknightleft wrote:

EDIT: thank you for your help though, despite my peevishness at what you said I was able to find the cards this time.

How about the pre-gen/chronicle questions?

I had the pregens for ultimate combat and the base book already, I just didn't know if there was one for ultimate magic, I still don't, it's not a big concern, I'd just like to have as many as possible so that someone new has lots of choices.

I did find the answer to the chronicle sheet question, I almost missed it, because it's so quick and you've read past it, but yeah.

Once again thank you, but just remember that there is a lot to absorb when starting a society from scratch and its easy to miss some minor things. Then it's easier to ask people who know, rather than try and re-read something, and being told "just go back and re-read the whole thing", even if you do provide some answers, isn't going to be taken well no matter how you preface it.

Not to be rude, but all these answers are easily found in the Guide to the Pathfinder Society. Just sit down and read every single word of it before running a game and you will be set.

As far as ID #s for people that don't have them...

Navigate to this url:

here

You will need to login and all that jazz. Then navigate to the "GM/Event Coordinator" tab. At the bottom of that page you will see a section entitled "Pathfinder Society Cards"

Taken as a bit rude because I did sit down and read the whole guide, and then the field guide, and then the scenario, and now I'm reading the Advanced players guide to bone up on my rules knowledge, on top of that, I tried to follow where the one page said to go to get cards and couldn't find it. And no the guide doesn't answer if there's a pregen character for ultimate magic, I got the other pregens, and was just making sure. So yeah I'm a bit peeved by you saying it's in the guide if you'd just sit down and read it.

How would you like it if in response to your post I said, not to be rude but the formating tags are shown right below the post button if you'd just take the time to read them.

EDIT: thank you for your help though, despite my peevishness at what you said I was able to find the cards this time.

If a player plays a pregen will they get to give their chronicle sheet to a character they make later or is that player stuck with the pregen character if they want to use that chronicle sheet?

Hi, title explains it all, I've got my first society game this thursday and just had some general questions

1 Where do i get cards for new players who haven't already registered? I won't have internet access at the store, so I want to have a few printed out and ready to go.

2 is there a pregenerated character for ultimate magic classes? I couldn't find any but just making sure.

If I have any more I'll post them later

IMO I would rather they did not.

Being a VC requires a lot of you own Personal Time, Sweat and tears.

You have to be willing to Travel as a VC even in your local area because it is usually bigger then just your local City.

You have to be willing to maybe Provide Scenarios and Support for those Games.

You have to be Willing to provide all your time during the Local conventions.

You have to be Willing to be the Faceman for Paizo and travel around to other Gaming stores in your area just so they know who you are and see what kind of support you can provide.

And there is Much, Much more!

All of this requires your own personal money and if you can't afford or find the time to go to either Gen Con or PaizoCon, then most likely you can't afford or find the time to be a VC.

All that and PaizoCon and GenCon are both the 2 Big Cons for Paizo and they like being able see their VCs when they are all together.

All that said, if you can't do the above or Afford the above that is not a Bad thing, you can still do much for your city and Paizo just as a Coordinator.

What's funny is that between my job and my charity work and where I live it's actually not that hard for me to go to stores all the way from Orlando to Daytona Beach, I actually live pretty equally distant from both and have friends in both. I already have connections in Orlando I can tap to start society play. Right now the only thing that is even remotely prohibitive is the trip up north or out west. Like I said, I'm going to have a sit down talk with the wife about it, we'll see what happens.

"But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.’”

Luke 19:27

Same point, different example.

A terrible example since that quote is part of a parable, and is in fact something the man in the parable said, taken out of context in a way worthy of Fox News.

But can we please can the religious debate or if you want to continue it please do so in PM, this thread is about the overturning of prop 8 which as a christian, a registered republican (granted I only registered so that I could vote for Ron Paul in the primary and will go back to being an independent/libertarian next election if he isn't running), and a straight man I whole heartedly celebrate.

This is not a thread to discuss the validity of any religion or to nitpick the interpretations of scripture.

Other than to say that you shouldn't attempt to force your religious beliefs on unbelievers, which is a perfectly reasonable point to make.

I wouldn't say Indianapolis is cross country as we usually took the 8 hour drive from Atlanta every year. It is more north than west.

Attendance at one of those two conventions is required to take on the mantle of a Venture-Captain. It is an expense and why we make it clear up front that it is an expectation.

It is also why we offer a share of a free hotel room and a free badge, along with some other rewards for our Tier 1 GMs.

Yeah but your going from the bottom of the country to the top, I guess looking at a map its more of the center than the top (still close to our hated canadian enemies border), but I still consider it cross country just a different type of cross country south to north rather than east to west. Still I'll talk to the wife, the rewards are sweet, and I know one of the things I'll be suggesting on my application.

Yeesh no wonder you're having trouble getting venture captains in fl, either one of those practically cross country, you have to be pretty well off to make that trip yearly. And it's not even unwillingness to attend a big con a year, it's the travel expense to go that far. Oh well, the spirit is willing, but the flesh, she is unable.

lastknightleft wrote:

I can do it, when you say dom do you mean dominick upthread?

Yup. :-) I think he is also looking for LFR (Living Forgotten Realms) GMs too.

I sent him a PM at like ten, but haven't heard anything. I haven't played 4th ed at all so cannot do LFR.

Well Whiskey Jack, I just PMed Dom for info about DMing at megacon so we'll see, if he lets me know and I can get in for free, I'll be there.

As for the trips to Paizocon or Gen-con, could a suitably giant con in the southeast suffice, say Dragon-con in Georgia or Mega-con here in FL. The only thing that's stopping me putting in an application is that I just don't think I can afford a yearly trip that far (Paizo-con is actually held on my birthday and I've wanted to go since the beginning, but haven't been able to afford it yet.)

I can do it, when you say dom do you mean dominick upthread?

looking at the responsibilities of a venture captain Paizo-con and Gen-con are both in the west coast aren't they? So you'd only be able to be a venture captain if you can afford a yearly flight out to California or Washington? Other than that, I'm game for the rest of it. Heck next year I do want to DM at Mega-con

Michael Brock wrote:

lastknightleft wrote:

Thanks, I was also curious about getting more involved and in venture-captaining, There's one in my state, but over 50 miles away. So I've got a lot to learn about, I've gotten the guides, and am starting out with the intros (also making sure to organize multiple DMs) but I'd really like to grow it in my area.

I've posted a listing for interest in an Orlando Venture-Captain HERE.

You will find the initial steps to apply if you are interested.

You're in Orlando, lastknightleft? Can we assume you'll be at MegaCon next weekend (Feb 17-19)?

I do think it would be pretty silly to add a second VC in a state as large as Florida who is only 50 miles from the first one, though. Given the size of the state, we really need VCs in other areas of the state instead.

To broke to make it, I'm in Deltona, FL about 30 minutes from Orlando, and I have a correction to make, Tampa is over 100 miles away from me :) I had heard about getting in for free if you DMed for society, but I hadn't done any society before (I just put together my meetup group that gave me enough people last month and am doing my first ever society event next week thursday) and didn't want to give a bad performance with all new people.

Thanks, I was also curious about getting more involved and in venture-captaining, There's one in my state, but over 50 miles away. So I've got a lot to learn about, I've gotten the guides, and am starting out with the intros (also making sure to organize multiple DMs) but I'd really like to grow it in my area.

Ok cool, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't accidentally screwing myself or my players.

The game is weekly, so 3 weeks of waiting to report all three events it isn’t a huge span of time. If the game was held 1 day a month, I’d have a bigger problem with not reporting it in a timely fashion.

Mine is starting as 1 a month

You are allowed to run new characters through a module you've played so long as the DM is willing, so if you DMed games for your family you can run them through the module.

I thought that changing factions after your first scenario cost prestige. Will I be able to change it after I go through the first three intros at no cost (since the intros won't give me prestiqe right)?

Also, I'm going to be the DM for the intro, I just started getting a society going in my hometown since there isn't one nearby so I'm sure the players will be asking me this as well. I'm trying to learn all the ins and outs and this is the first snaffu I hit.

Sorry new to society and that's really confusing as all the stuff says choose faction first but then the intros say they shouldn't have a faction.

But the register a character page has the factions to choose required and no option that says playing the intros, so how do i register it for tracking without having a faction chosen?

What can be done with this fighting style.

I dislike sword and board, and often TWF is too much hassle.

Are there any advantages to this style, feats that can increase the effectiveness?

I'm sure Combat manuevers factor in here well, but is that the only major advantage?

You can go magus and use the off hand to cast spells.

nope, at least not without an ability to channel it through your weapon like the magus, but he doesn't learn heal spells.

I'd have to say a book of vile darkness, and a book of exalted deeds, although I have to be clear on this, the book of exalted deeds should not be "here's the good version of this thing you read about in the book of vile darkness" ravages I'm looking at you.

Strange. I don't have any messages. o.O

-Skeld

fixed

Yay time to start sending people my novel by private message, one word at a time.

I don't think they'll ever revisit one of the older games in the series with a sequel. My impression of both sequels is that they were done because a lot of the character design and mechanical backbone of the game was already programmed. I imagine they'd need to start over from scratch to get something that wasn't originally in HD up to the graphical and interface standards we expect of modern games.

All that said, I really like the time travel aspect of the game. If it weren't Oscar season I'd be playing it non-stop when not working but I have 62 movies to get through by the 26th.

Actually they made a sequel for 4 that is downloadable over the Wii virtual console.

Sissyl wrote:

Well now, the draw system is inane, terribly bad design, and a time waster beyond reason. Lucky thing is, you can refine those spells from cards instead, meaning you really have to draw very few times. They made some central error there. Even so... The rest of the game is brilliant. Conpared to the universally beloved VII, the game is far more than a simple chase, handling several diferent plotlines, numerous suggested themes and so on.

I too hated the draw system but found VIII's storyline very engaging. Yes some of the characters were kind of corny (SEED? Really?) and the main protagonist a bit of a standoffish jerk, but it still had some of my favorite cut scenes of the whole series.

I'm the opposite, I loved the draw system, and thought the story of FF8 was mind numbingly stupid (altough I am a sucker for a happy ending). My favorite FFs are 7 and 9, I also stopped playing after ten as I never upgraded to a PS2 so the only reason I beat 10 was that a roommate let me use his.

well is there?

I'd like to join, I'm Very interested in doing pathfinder society, but I already DM for a campaign and there are no other games going in my area or at least no society. Also since I never get to play, it'd be nice. As long as the posters were frequent, I hate slloooooowwww posting where people only manage like one post a day.

If you live in or around the Area in between Orlando and Daytona Beach, You may be interested in the new Orange City Meetup Group

The article says it was not arson. Perhaps your link was before its update?

It was indeed, thank you, I'm reading the newly changed article now.

Don't know about going out and hugging a tree, but this is a waste.

Do it, hug the tree, do it.

This is an incredibly sad tale that actually weakens my faith in humanity just a bit. Senseless destruction at its worse.

Go out and hug an old tree in your neighborhood and let it know that we aren't all as awful as the worthless dretch of a human being that did this. My parent took me to see this tree as a child and my wife used to visit it all the time. I always wanted to take the time to go see it as an adult, but now I know that it's too late. There's a lesson in this for me, but most of all this just depresses me.

Rod of wonder, the more effects the better, I once went online and took the variant rod of wonder effects and then added them to the rod of wonder in the end I had a rod of wonder with approx. 75 random possibilities, with a roll of 100 being DMs choice. I want to get a rod of wonder for my own character.

You all are making this a difficult decision.

Okay, well let me make it easy, pick me, I'm awesome.

I'd love to play this guy he was built using a 15 point buy instead of rolling, but I would hope that would disqualify him as obviously didn't optimize his stats.

I think the most fun non-material reward I've ever gotten was in a game where I played a paladin, and my ally played a knight. We went into a dungeon with a bunch of knights under our command. Since they were supposed to be our responsibility I did everything in my power to keep them alive. I ordered them into formations that allowed them to step back when injured and rotate out. I used my lay on hands to heal them. I even came to the brink of death myself in order to keep them alive.

The player of the knight treated them like nameless NPCs. He broke formation almost immediately, stayed apart from the group, and refused to share any of his many hoarded healing potions. As a result we lost more of them than necessary. and after the combat I tried to ark him for just one of his potions in character in front of the remaining soldiers so that we could heal the one spellcaster that was still needing healing, and in front of them, in character, the player said "no I don't care about them, I don't give a crap whether they live or die, these are my potions."

Long story short there was already building tension between our characters because the character was played like that the whole time and this was the final straw, I told his character that I would see him courtmarshalled, and after we got out, thanks to witness testimony and my characters he was stripped of rank thrown out of the order and I was given all of his previous titles and honors in the order.

Bluff 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

He's only remarkable because he's thought of as the sane libertarian who doesn't care about all the crazy right-wing social issues.

Yet, given this, and the racism, it seems he really isn't. Or he's given in and is willing to pander for the nomination, which also blows his image.

So believing in conception being the personhood (which for the record I disagree with him about) means he's not libertarian? Man, if a single moral issue can determine whether or not you're part of a party, then I'm not allowed in any.

I also don't believe he's a racist, I've seen the newsletters, but he disavowed them and says he didn't write them. Considering how incorruptible he's been in congress and how much the party establishment hates him for it considering how far he could get if he just played ball, I'm willing to take him at his word.

By the way anyone else think it's ludicrous how the republicans are claiming that if he wins in Iowa that it invalidates the primary process?

so does that mean I won for that day? cause I could really use that supplement :). Holidays man, this is my first day back on these boards since my last post.

I've run rise of the runelords against several parties and every time, I've loved the results of the haunts. Having a player that gets attacked by a manticore that no-one else sees is a surefire way to make the group paranoid. Oh and having a party member slit his own throat and die. The players immediately left the house and tried unsuccessfully to burn it to the ground.

I've never voted republican once. If Paul wins the candidacy I will vote republican.

I had already had Aldern cowardly run off with the distraction caused by the PCs so I was still able to have him hero worship the sorcerer for his rescue as he didn't see the second half of the fight.

The Secrets of Divine Channeling is pretty nifty. I especially like the channeling effects, fore runners of variant channeling.

So...the question today is:

What are some stories of games where your party didn't have someone who could heal? Perhaps because no one was playing any of the classes that can heal, or the guy who was playing such a class was dead.

Oh man that's something I could totally use for my wis 7 cleric (he casts no spells, but has a maxed out CHA and a slew of channeling feats to make up for it.

I primarily DM and I never have any rule other than, don't play the same class you played last game and unless they're really really different in builds don't play the same class as another player. As such this happens fairly often. My favorite was when I was running a two player party through rise of the runelords. I had a sorcerer and a ranger, Sheriff Belor was fighting with them as well, (stated as a 4th level warrior).

The fight was amazing. they had defeated all of the groups but had used up their healing potions and when they got to the fight with the goblin dog commando that's when things took a turn for the worst. Belor got taken down, but had dealt enough damage that the commando was taken down by the ranger (Belor had taken out the dog first figuring that'd weaken the commando), the problem was that the ranger had to stabilize Belor and so he got swarmed by the remaining goblins. At which point he was hurt badly so instead of fighting back he grabbed Belor and ran him towards a nearby building, propping the door shut. This left the sorcerer dealing with three goblins. He managed to use his final spell to kill one of them, but then he had to retreat, he started to run, but the goblins caught up with him. They took him down which caused the ranger to have to leave the building grab the sorcerer (taking even more damage to AoOs) and get back inside. Then he had to stabilize the sorcerer at a penalty because he was also making opposed strength checks to hold the door (also at a penalty), the goblins tried to force their way in for three turns (the third attempt to stabilize succeeded because he rolled an 18) but lost interest and started to wander off, the remaining hero decided to just wait it out inside the building with his whopping 2 HP left. So I let him.

Abraham spalding wrote:

Libertarians should be upset because it ruins the basis of their free market principals. It precludes competition that is required to settle on the lowest price because it artificially removes the lowest price.

Guess what Libertarians. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ASKED FOR. Buisnesses making decisions unfettered by government regulation. Libertarians like their Tea Party cousins have been preaching that the only true evil is government regulation. There is no regulation about the price of ebooks. And we're not likely to see action from Congress in this matter for a variety of reasons, including desires to see resentment build towards Obama's administration.

Maybe as one of those crazy libertarians, I should just say that I'm free to not purchase e-books. or you know to purchase e-books from people not artificially increasing the price of their e-books, say fine folks like these, remarkably not raising their pdf prices. That's not to say price fixing isn't dangerous (when applied to products that are needed for basic survival) or that while I'm a libertarian, that I'm a %100 free market guy as I do believe that anti-monopoly laws are a good thing. But this is an area where I do believe the market would work because this product isn't a necessity, there are plenty of alternatives and even these companies colluding on their books doesn't prevent you finding other cheaper e-books from other publishers, in fact this will help those publishers.

Well the problem for me is the fact that businesses that are supposed to be competitors have gotten together and fixed the prices at a certain point and all agreed to not go below that point. In addition to refusing to sell to retailers that do not honor the fixed price.

Honestly it is something that should have every Libertarian on the block screaming their collective head off (and honestly everyone else but we'll start with the defenders of the free market system as a panacea to all our woes).

um why would libertarians be screaming their heads off? This would be an example of entities entering into an agreement of their own free will. As a consumer a libertarian isn't more required to buy the E-book version and is allowed to publish their own "e-books" at cheaper prices so flagging sales will force the fixers to lower their prices. I think that maybe I don't understand what you think libertarians are?

EDIT: don't get me wrong I do believe this is price fixing, and don't think it's a good thing, I'm just not understanding what your saying which to me seems to be that libertarians should do the exact opposite of what libertarians should do. If anything I would expect libertarians to support the sellers and protest the governments involvement.

I can't imagine your loss, it's so weird cause he would only be 2 years younger than me. Best wishes for your family and my payers are with you and yours.

ouch, those hours do not work at all for me, I don't finish with my bread ministry until approx 3 and then I'm all the way in Deltona, which means another hour to get to Ocoee. Sorry, I have to bow out on that offer.

Isuru is our winner of Monk Archetypes, Isura please just shoot me an email at worldsmith (at) gmail (dot) com

Every Weekday Giveaway: To celebrate three of my monsters appearing in Pathfinder Adventure Path #52: Forest of Spirits (Jade Regent 4 of 6), I am going to give away a PDF copy of Book of Monster Templates

What do we have to do to win?

Too lazy to scroll down?

That being said, the site layout DOES suck balls.

Hey do you have any idea how many cells have to work in conjunction in order for that roller bar to move? I'd like to see you get that many people to work together on a task.

My only problem with the article is that it's a touchy-feely mess. "I felt the need to write an article saying that we shouldn't dislike people because they're different", and the idea that his article is some kind of clarion call of rationality and sanity. He was brave enough to write a three page article pointing out that the biggest religions have passages calling us to love each other. I'm sorry, I live what he's preaching every day. My church that I attend 3-4 days a week has a celebrate recovery service to help people suffering from any kind of addiction be it sex, drugs, abuse, etc. I serve food to the homeless and needy every week, and my best personal friend other than my black wife is my transgendered homosexual buddy Dom, and while i appreciate the sentiment of the article, I think it was insipid and uninspired repetition of points I've either made or heard made everywhere from Saturday morning specials to friggin cable news reports.

I agree with and live what he's writing about, but I read the thing and found it dull and obvious, sorry I'm not jumping on the bandwagon to say how wonderful the article is for pointing out that the sky is blue and wind is windy.