paizo.com Recent Posts in PFS Guide Questionspaizo.com Recent Posts in PFS Guide Questions2012-08-07T05:45:04Z2012-08-07T05:45:04ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide QuestionsMike Mistelehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#202012-09-26T22:39:13Z2012-09-26T22:39:13Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">artificer wrote:</div><blockquote><p> <b>Page 12:</b> Pathfinders are expected to keep detailed journals</p>
<p><b>Question:</b> This is for real or just game lore?
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</blockquote><p>In-character, game lore. Nothing preventing you, as a player, from taking notes, but it's not required. :-)artificer wrote:Page 12: Pathfinders are expected to keep detailed journals
Question: This is for real or just game lore?
In-character, game lore. Nothing preventing you, as a player, from taking notes, but it's not required. :-)Mike Mistele2012-09-26T22:39:13ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide Questionsartificerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#192012-09-26T22:25:07Z2012-09-26T22:25:07Z<p><b>Page 12:</b> Pathfinders are expected to keep detailed journals</p>
<p><b>Question:</b> This is for real or just game lore?</p>Page 12: Pathfinders are expected to keep detailed journals
Question: This is for real or just game lore?artificer2012-09-26T22:25:07ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide Questionskinevonhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#182012-09-09T22:51:22Z2012-09-09T22:51:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">artificer wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Page 10: Changes may only be made between adventures and before beginning play as a 2nd-level character</p>
<p>Question: Do I get 2 or 3 chances to retrain? </blockquote><p>0 XP: Build character or use pregen, no limits on rebuilding.
<p>1 XP: Rebuild allowed, or use a different pregen.</p>
<p>2 XP: Rebuild allowed, or use a different pregen.</p>
<p>3 XP: Last rebuild allowed, once played at this point, the PC is locked in.</p>
<p>4+ XP: Other than anything allowed by leveling up, the character is pretty much set in stone. Remember that some classes do allow minor rebuilding (e.g. Sorcerers can retrain one spell every 4th level, Fighters can retrain one of their bonus feats at every 4th level, etc.)</p>artificer wrote:Page 10: Changes may only be made between adventures and before beginning play as a 2nd-level character
Question: Do I get 2 or 3 chances to retrain?
0 XP: Build character or use pregen, no limits on rebuilding. 1 XP: Rebuild allowed, or use a different pregen.
2 XP: Rebuild allowed, or use a different pregen.
3 XP: Last rebuild allowed, once played at this point, the PC is locked in.
4+ XP: Other than anything allowed by leveling up, the character is pretty much set in...kinevon2012-09-09T22:51:22ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide Questionsartificerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#172012-09-09T22:17:20Z2012-09-09T22:17:20Z<p>Page 10: Changes may only be made between adventures and before beginning play as a 2nd-level character</p>
<p>Question: Do I get 2 or 3 chances to retrain?</p>Page 10: Changes may only be made between adventures and before beginning play as a 2nd-level character
Question: Do I get 2 or 3 chances to retrain?artificer2012-09-09T22:17:20ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide QuestionsBigNorseWolfhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#162012-08-07T07:32:26Z2012-08-07T07:32:26Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">artificer wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Thanks a lot everybody for the answers so far! </p>
<p>A road? for real? I can't see it but I guess your right! Well is 3AM here I will continue reading tomorrow. Maybe I will see it after some coffee in the morning! </blockquote><p>Its an extreme perspective drawing. The lower lines are the road vanishing off into the horizon, and the upper lines are mountains...
<p>I think...</p>artificer wrote:Thanks a lot everybody for the answers so far!
A road? for real? I can't see it but I guess your right! Well is 3AM here I will continue reading tomorrow. Maybe I will see it after some coffee in the morning!
Its an extreme perspective drawing. The lower lines are the road vanishing off into the horizon, and the upper lines are mountains... I think...BigNorseWolf2012-08-07T07:32:26ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide QuestionsTalonhawkehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#152012-08-07T07:28:55Z2012-08-07T07:28:55Z<p>I believe yes but its effects would end at the end of a scenario.</p>I believe yes but its effects would end at the end of a scenario.Talonhawke2012-08-07T07:28:55ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide Questionsblackbloodtrollhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#142012-08-07T07:28:00Z2012-08-07T07:28:00Z<p>Is the Fabricate spell available in PFS?</p>Is the Fabricate spell available in PFS?blackbloodtroll2012-08-07T07:28:00ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide Questionsartificerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#132012-08-07T07:19:50Z2012-08-07T07:19:50Z<p>Thanks a lot everybody for the answers so far! </p>
<p>A road? for real? I can't see it but I guess your right! Well is 3AM here I will continue reading tomorrow. Maybe I will see it after some coffee in the morning!</p>Thanks a lot everybody for the answers so far!
A road? for real? I can't see it but I guess your right! Well is 3AM here I will continue reading tomorrow. Maybe I will see it after some coffee in the morning!artificer2012-08-07T07:19:50ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide QuestionsBigNorseWolfhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#122012-08-07T07:15:58Z2012-08-07T07:15:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote><p>PAGE 7 (age):Characters do not alter their ability scores as a result of this choice.</p>
<p>Question: Only at character creation or never?</blockquote><p>Ever. Otherwise you'd just set your wizard 1 day below Old and age him up. BAM.. instant increase int.
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PAGE 8: Only items listed as Always Available may be selected as the free bonded object.</p>
<p>Question: What are Always Available items? I haven't found that on the CRB?</blockquote><p>Its from the Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play
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<div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote><p>PAGE 8: All languages except Druidic are available by putting a skill rank in Linguistics</p>
<p>Question: By available it means that I can try to decipher them without knowing them using linguistics?</blockquote><p>It means that you can learn it with linguistics, as opposed to making up a language only you and your friend speak and calling it whamalamadingdongese (which you can't do)
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PAGE 9: your faction leader will give you a specific side mission related to your faction’s goals.</p>
<p>Question: The DM will decide the side missions or they are specified on the scenario PDF?</blockquote><p>Specified in the scenario. They usually involve item retrieval, script translation, or making a friend.Quote:PAGE 7 (age):Characters do not alter their ability scores as a result of this choice.
Question: Only at character creation or never?
Ever. Otherwise you'd just set your wizard 1 day below Old and age him up. BAM.. instant increase int. Quote:PAGE 8: Only items listed as Always Available may be selected as the free bonded object.
Question: What are Always Available items? I haven't found that on the CRB?
Its from the Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play [Spoiler omitted]
...BigNorseWolf2012-08-07T07:15:58ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide QuestionsKestlerGunnerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#112012-09-10T17:36:02Z2012-08-07T07:10:04Z<p>Page 12 -> It's campaign lore. The GM is supposed to report all game sessions though online.</p>
<p>Grand Lodge faction symbol is an open road outlooking the horizon, representing Ambrus Valsin's younger days as an out-of-work traveling itinerant and poet. Valsin became a member of the postwar Beat Generation that was inspired by jazz, poetry, and drug experiences. </p>
<p><i>(Seriously though, it's a road. I don't know much more.)</i></p>Page 12 -> It's campaign lore. The GM is supposed to report all game sessions though online.
Grand Lodge faction symbol is an open road outlooking the horizon, representing Ambrus Valsin's younger days as an out-of-work traveling itinerant and poet. Valsin became a member of the postwar Beat Generation that was inspired by jazz, poetry, and drug experiences.
(Seriously though, it's a road. I don't know much more.)KestlerGunner2012-08-07T07:10:04ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide Questionsartificerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#102012-08-07T07:05:52Z2012-08-07T07:05:52Z<p>What the Grand lodge faction symbol means/represents?</p>What the Grand lodge faction symbol means/represents?artificer2012-08-07T07:05:52ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide Questionsartificerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#92012-08-07T06:44:42Z2012-08-07T06:44:42Z<p><b>PAGE 12: </b>Society members send a record of their exploits to their venture-captain superior</p>
<p><b>Question:</b> This is campaign lore or is a RL requirement?</p>PAGE 12: Society members send a record of their exploits to their venture-captain superior
Question: This is campaign lore or is a RL requirement?artificer2012-08-07T06:44:42ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide QuestionsTalonhawkehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#82012-08-07T06:13:12Z2012-08-07T06:13:12Z<p>The chronicle sheet is filled out by the Gm to note how much gold xp and pp you recieved. It will also note any changes to you such as items bought ability scores drained spell casting purchased.</p>
<p>They also list the treasure found in the scenario that you can now purchase as well as any boons.</p>The chronicle sheet is filled out by the Gm to note how much gold xp and pp you recieved. It will also note any changes to you such as items bought ability scores drained spell casting purchased.
They also list the treasure found in the scenario that you can now purchase as well as any boons.Talonhawke2012-08-07T06:13:12ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide Questionsartificerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#72012-08-07T06:10:11Z2012-08-07T06:10:11Z<p><b>PAGE 10: </b>your Game Master will provide you with a Chronicle sheet. </p>
<p><b>Question:</b> The chronicle is a blank sheet or it already contains a summary of the scenario? Will it appear on the character's sessions tab for the character?</p>PAGE 10: your Game Master will provide you with a Chronicle sheet.
Question: The chronicle is a blank sheet or it already contains a summary of the scenario? Will it appear on the character's sessions tab for the character?artificer2012-08-07T06:10:11ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide QuestionsDiego Rossihttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#62012-08-07T05:47:10Z2012-08-07T05:47:10Z<p>Seem logic, as the specific campaign traits from the AP are more powerful that normal traits.
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It is 7.45 AM and I am taking my breakfast so I consider it a minor error :-) </p>
<p>Sadly I don't get to play in PFS organized play so my knowledge of the rules is limited.</p>Seem logic, as the specific campaign traits from the AP are more powerful that normal traits.
It is 7.45 AM and I am taking my breakfast so I consider it a minor error :-)
Sadly I don't get to play in PFS organized play so my knowledge of the rules is limited.Diego Rossi2012-08-07T05:47:10ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide QuestionsNinjaiguana (alias of Ninjaiguana.)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#52012-08-07T05:41:10Z2012-08-07T05:41:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Diego Rossi wrote:</div><blockquote><p> The traits listed in the APG are part of the trait rules in the APG.</p>
<p>You can't take traits from other sourcebooks. </blockquote><p>Sorry, Diego, just clarifying this point: you can't take <b>campaign</b> traits from other sourcebooks, only from the Guide. Other types of trait, such as social, magic, regional etc are available from all legal sources.Diego Rossi wrote:The traits listed in the APG are part of the trait rules in the APG.
You can't take traits from other sourcebooks.
Sorry, Diego, just clarifying this point: you can't take campaign traits from other sourcebooks, only from the Guide. Other types of trait, such as social, magic, regional etc are available from all legal sources.Ninjaiguana (alias of Ninjaiguana.)2012-08-07T05:41:10ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide QuestionsDiego Rossihttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#42012-08-07T05:35:37Z2012-08-07T05:35:37Z<p>The traits listed in the APG are part of the trait rules in the APG.</p>
<p>You can't take traits from other sourcebooks.</p>The traits listed in the APG are part of the trait rules in the APG.
You can't take traits from other sourcebooks.Diego Rossi2012-08-07T05:35:37ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide Questionsartificerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#32012-08-07T05:33:32Z2012-08-07T05:33:32Z<p><b>PAGE 9:</b>Complete trait rules can be found in the Advanced Player’s Guide.No other campaign traits from any source are legal for characters to choose.</p>
<p><b>Question</b> So I only take the rules from the APG but not the traits there?</p>PAGE 9:Complete trait rules can be found in the Advanced Player’s Guide.No other campaign traits from any source are legal for characters to choose.
Question So I only take the rules from the APG but not the traits there?artificer2012-08-07T05:33:32ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide QuestionsDiego Rossihttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#22012-08-07T05:33:08Z2012-08-07T05:33:08Z<p><i>AGE 7 (age):Characters do not alter their ability scores as a result of this choice.
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Question: Only at character creation or never?</i></p>
<p>Never I think, the time between mission is indetermined. AFAIK you don't keep track of your character age in PFS.</p>
<p><i>PAGE 8: Only items listed as Always Available may be selected as the free bonded object.
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Question: What are Always Available items? I haven't found that on the CRB?</i></p>
<p>Always available items are on page 24 of the GUIDE TO PATHFINDER SOCIETY ORGANIZED PLAY.</p>
<p><i>PAGE 8: All languages except Druidic are available by putting a skill rank in Linguistics
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Question: By available it means that I can try to decipher them without knowing them using linguistics?</i></p>
<p>No, it mean that you can learn one of them when you acquire 1 rank in the linguistic skill.</p>
<p><i>PAGE 9: your faction leader will give you a specific side mission related to your faction’s goals.
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Question: The DM will decide the side missions or they are specified on the scenario PDF?</i></p>
<p>They are specific for the scenario.</p>AGE 7 (age):Characters do not alter their ability scores as a result of this choice.
Question: Only at character creation or never?
Never I think, the time between mission is indetermined. AFAIK you don't keep track of your character age in PFS.
PAGE 8: Only items listed as Always Available may be selected as the free bonded object.
Question: What are Always Available items? I haven't found that on the CRB?
Always available items are on page 24 of the GUIDE TO PATHFINDER SOCIETY ORGANIZED...Diego Rossi2012-08-07T05:33:08ZForums: Pathfinder Society: PFS Guide Questionsartificerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2om4y?PFS-Guide-Questions#12012-08-07T05:45:04Z2012-08-07T05:16:12Z<p><b>NOTE: Page numbers refer to version 4.2 of the guide. </b></p>
<p><b>PAGE 6:</b> you may choose to use one of several level-appropriate pregenerated characters.</p>
<p><b>Question: </b>Current pregens need any modification on 4.2? Any idea if new pregens will be available?</p>
<p><b>PAGE 7 (age):</b>Characters do not alter their ability scores as a result of this choice.</p>
<p><b>Question:</b> Only at character creation or never?</p>
<p><b>PAGE 8: </b>Only items listed as Always Available may be selected as the free bonded object.</p>
<p><b>Question: </b>What are Always Available items? I haven't found that on the CRB?</p>
<p><b>PAGE 8:</b> All languages except Druidic are available by putting a skill rank in Linguistics</p>
<p><b>Question:</b> By available it means that I can try to decipher them without knowing them using linguistics?</p>
<p><b>PAGE 9:</b> your faction leader will give you a specific side mission related to your faction’s goals.</p>
<p><b>Question:</b> The DM will decide the side missions or they are specified on the scenario PDF?</p>NOTE: Page numbers refer to version 4.2 of the guide.
PAGE 6: you may choose to use one of several level-appropriate pregenerated characters.
Question: Current pregens need any modification on 4.2? Any idea if new pregens will be available?
PAGE 7 (age):Characters do not alter their ability scores as a result of this choice.
Question: Only at character creation or never?
PAGE 8: Only items listed as Always Available may be selected as the free bonded object.
Question: What are Always...artificer2012-08-07T05:16:12Z