I have a question regarding the sanctioned Modules. I have a few characters I want to level through GM credit so I'm after whatever module gives you +3 xp and 4 PP.
It might just be me, but I can't see any clear sign on what ones give you that so any help will be most appreciated.
I'm looking for ones aimed at 1st level to get them to 2nd.
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it's got a real minge of a penalty imposed on most PCs.
Wow, that word has a different meaning over here...
Venture-Captain, Germany—Bavaria
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it's got a real minge of a penalty imposed on most PCs.Wow, that word has a different meaning over here...
There is a non-vulgar meaning for that word? The last time I have heard the term was in the Zero Punctuation video to Tomodachi Life.
Comming from that perspective of someone who has recently played and GMed the module in question, I think most of my players would agree.
The fact that the same word has two very different meanings just tends to happen sometimes e.g. the in the US "going on a bender" usually means a drinking spree, in the UK it used to have a different meaning..
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Modules & AP segments that give 3 XP for tier 1-2 or 1-3:
1-2 Crypt of the Everflame
1-2 Murder's Mark
1-2 The Godsmouth Heresy
1-3 Dragon's Demand, Part 1
1-2 Thornkeep: The Accursed Halls
1-2 Emerald Spire: The Tower Ruins
1-3 Emerald Spire: The Cellars
1-2 Reign of Winter: The Snows of Summer
1-2 The Mummy's Mask: The Half-Dead City
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@MS.Pleiades: Actually minge is a pretty damn gut description, unless the players know about that special feature and metagame their racial choices.
@Paz: Yeah... apparently many replayable modules really do hate players.
Was that "gut" meant to be "good"?
If so,
And then inescapable 50% miss chance for all characters without darkvision... Sometimes I wonder if any Paizo employees actually play at Level 1.
And for etymologies of minge, I'm in Canada, so I'm going with the biting insect meaning, goodness knows we've got a lot of those in the summer. Also, given that alternate meaning for Bender, the term "Straight" suddenly makes a lot more sense.
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@MS.Pleiades: Actually minge is a pretty damn gut description, unless the players know about that special feature and metagame their racial choices.
@Paz: Yeah... apparently many replayable modules really do hate players.
Was that "gut" meant to be "good"?
If so,
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And for etymologies of minge, I'm in Canada, so I'm going with the biting insect meaning, goodness knows we've got a lot of those in the summer. Also, given that alternate meaning for Bender, the term "Straight" suddenly makes a lot more sense.
Yeah sorry about that, German typo ^^
The things you mentioned aren't all that bad, mostly just annoying (though these tend to make magic missile better). A level draining creature in a level 1-2 is just plain nasty.
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I have a similar question. I know there are a few modules that are replayable for credit does the same apply if you GM it more than once? Can you apply the credit to a different level 1 PC? Or is it just 1 time for PC credit and the others for table credit?
You can take repeated GM credit for a replayable scenario in the same circumstances where you could get repeated player credit (so you can only apply one GM credit and one player credit to 2nd level characters).
As you mention, you must apply it to a different character, as a character can never have the same chronicle twice.
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The Accursed Halls, the first level of Thornkeep, is also tier 1-2 and gives 3 XP & 4 Prestige.And it takes less time, since it is a TPK unless the GM rolls poorly.
Seriously? I don't know about you, but I don't softball it, have run it multiple times, and only had a TPK once, against the freaking vegetables. And I may have been running them wrong, how they work has been debated in the Rules forum.
The <redacted> can be a pain, but most parties, even Core, will have some stuff that will work against it.
The other <redacted> doesn't hit very well. In 6+ runs, I have only seen it hit once, and that was against a 2nd level PC, so ugly but not instantly fatal. Really, it hits less than half the time against an AC of 15 or higher. And most front liners are going to have higher ACs than that.
Ledford is deadlier.
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Seriously? I don't know about you, but I don't softball it, have run it multiple times, and only had a TPK once, against the freaking vegetables.
Hmm, different experiences, I suppose. "Only hit once" sounds like dice variation - if you do hit every time you attacked with <redacted>, it's a different story.
Similarly, if a 2nd level PC is the one who gets hit by the other thing, great - but when it's all first levels, it's a downward spiral.
Any humanoid creature that is slain by a <redacted> becomes a <redacted> itself in only 1d4 rounds.
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The Accursed Halls, the first level of Thornkeep, is also tier 1-2 and gives 3 XP & 4 Prestige.And it takes less time, since it is a TPK unless the GM rolls poorly.
Well then I guess I just roll poorly. Like the time the <redacted> got a critical on one of the melee front liners and did 8 Strength damage. And in the same playthrough, the <other redacted> threatened a critical which would have instantly killed the level 2, but missed confirming by one. They still managed to pull it out without losing anyone. I guess you'll say it's because of that level 2.
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Lots of folks seem to have different experiences from mine. That's great. I guess I've just seen these creatures played much more deadly than that. Of course, if the GM takes it easy tactics-wise, this scenario gets a lot easier.
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Lots of folks seem to have different experiences from mine. That's great. I guess I've just seen these creatures played much more deadly than that. Of course, if the GM takes it easy tactics-wise, this scenario gets a lot easier.
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He has to stand up, as a move action. If no one is next to him, or within a 5' step, and I have had a party only get that close to him once without getting AoOs as he stands up, he has to use his Standard to move (not Charge eligible!) to get to the closest PC. And, again in my experience, the closest PC, who also restricts the wight's movement options, is probably going to be a frontliner, so hard for the wight to hit.
On the Shadow, it is very table-variable, since he attacks the last person to leave the room, or, if there is a gap between the first entry and the rest of the party coming in, that first entry. In most parties, the leader and the trailer tend toward melee types, so they usually have a fair-to-middling Strength score.
The main issue I have seen on the Shadow is parties without any means of hitting it for damage. At all. And it is unclear if the Shadow is locked to the room or not. Given the new Shadow line, I think it is, or should be, but it isn't spelled out in the module. I ran it as locked to the room, last time, or there would have been no way for the party to avoid a TPK, as it moved, even without going through walls, faster than anyone in the party.
On the other hand, if the crickets get to do their jumping charge, that is 4 attacks against what is probably a single target. And then you have to deal with being in a constricted space, so the party doesn't usually get the advantage in actions per round.