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I was prepping the 3part Tier One adventures and had a few questions come up.
From what I understand, the prestige is all earned on part 3, as that is the part where the players pick a faction (I haven't had time yet to look at part 3, forgive me if its explained in that part). In addition, you can get both player and GM credit from the series unlimited amounts of time.
As a GM, do you get credit for each part separately or as a whole. I'm leaning towards 1 XP & normal gold for each part, as normal. However, would the GM no PA for part 1 & 2, and then 6 PA when he runs part 3, or would he earn 2 PA for each part? I would have to say the latter, since its very likely a DM would only run one part and be unable to complete the other parts.
Secondly I was wondering about traits for the players. As the players pick their faction in part 3, are they unable to pick any faction traits? Or, if the players know which faction they want to join initially (say, experienced players running the adventures again for the 5th time) can they pick faction traits? One of the big perks of joining a faction is access to their special traits, and it would be a shame if running this intro series essentially denied those.
Thanks for your answers!
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First question..
Each Scenario in First Steps gets 2 Prestige Points, For part 1 and 2 the second is non Faction related but they still get 2, once Part 3 is finished and they pic a faction then the other ones before hand are now counted towards that faction *Though the reporting system will still ask for a faction for parts 1 and 2*. So make sure you put 2 Prestige Points on all 3 chronicle sheets.
So that answer should answer all your others, A GM gets the credit the same way.
If they want a faction trait, they can leave 1 trait open and pick it after part 3.
Here is the "Faction Mission" quote from each part.
There are no faction-specific missions in this scenario, as PCs playing through the First Steps series have not yet chosen factions, so any PC who meets the scenario’s success conditions earns a second Prestige Point for completing the scenario. When a PC earns her third Chronicle (after completing A Vision of Betrayal), all previously earned prestige will be reported to her chosen faction.