Playtest with Pathfinder Society

[Protoman]

Any word if we can use the vigilante for PFS now that the playtest is open?

[Chris Lambertz]

Yes, per the blog post, you may use the playtest version in PFS. A Chronicle sheet will also be available soon.

[Protoman]

YES! Can't believe I missed that! Totally changing up my scheduled class for Sunday!

[Cyrad]

I'm brainstorming how my dual identity will work in a PFS game. I guess I would pretend to have two characters that conveniently never appear at the same time?

[Protoman]

That would be a fun idea, though with most of the talents only working for the vigilante identity, I'm hard pressed to think why the vigilante identity wouldn't be the main one used.

I'm thinking I'll have my social identity be a non-Pathfinder and the vigilante as a masked one (the Decemverate aren't the only ones that are crazy about privacy!). Mighty be useful in Bloodcove or other nations where Pathfindering are frowned upon or illegal (Ustalav or Irrisen come to mind).

If a social identity is accused of being a Pathfinder, which his vigilante identity actually is, I wonder if that would count for Social Grace's +20 disguise check bonus to be a person of polite society.

[Sebastian Hirsch]

Changing your identity without any other player noticing seems challenging. If would not be surprised, to learn that quite a number of players will completely ignore their social identity.

[Deadmanwalking]

Uh...nothing actually says you can't tell people your secret ID and tell them you're gonna go change into it.

Now, that's not always gonna be a good idea, but it's certainly allowed.

[RainyDayNinja]

I'm sure most people will just switch into their social persona to pick up that +4 to a day job skill.

[pH unbalanced]

Can your two identities be in different factions? Cause that would be *awesome*.

[Cyrad]

pH unbalanced wrote:

Can your two identities be in different factions? Cause that would be *awesome*.

That would be really cool. Heck, maybe your social could be an Apis agent assigned to tail your vigilante identity?

[blackbloodtroll]

Will both identities fall under the PFS alignment restriction?

[Dylos]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Will both identities fall under the PFS alignment restriction?

I don't really see why they wouldn't.

[blackbloodtroll]

Ah.

So, the "Good Guy, pretending to be a Bad Guy" doesn't work as a concept in PFS, for this.

[FLite]

Well, you can't do that anyway. the alignments have to be within one step.

So, you can be good guy pretending to be morally ambiguous guy, or you can be morally ambiguous guy, pretending to be bad guy.

[blackbloodtroll]

FLite wrote:

Well, you can't do that anyway. the alignments have to be within one step.

So, you can be good guy pretending to be morally ambiguous guy, or you can be morally ambiguous guy, pretending to be bad guy.

Not in PFS.

You are either be a morally ambiguous guy, pretending to be a good guy, or a good guy, pretending to be a morally ambiguous guy.

That's it.

[Dylos]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

FLite wrote:

Well, you can't do that anyway. the alignments have to be within one step.

So, you can be good guy pretending to be morally ambiguous guy, or you can be morally ambiguous guy, pretending to be bad guy.

Not in PFS.

You are either be a morally ambiguous guy, pretending to be a good guy, or a good guy, pretending to be a morally ambiguous guy.

That's it.

Or you could utilize the other axis...

[FLite]

Questions so far (based on fast skim)

How the heck does Renown work in PFS.

Does the pathfinder society know about both your identities? what about your team mates? How many people have to know before you are unmasked and lose the benefits for Dual identity. What happens if a team mate slips up and calls you by the wrong name?

If your team mates don't know:

Tim: Hey guys, I need to go check on something.
(five minutes later)
John (aka Tim): Hey guys, I'm back.
Team: Who are you? Why are you here? How did you find us?
Obligatory Murderhobo: I go to initiative!

[Protoman]

Unless PFS changes up renown, I don't see it being in much use when players usually start off in big cities to get missions, and anytime they're in a village, they don't stick around long enough for a week to benefit from it. Maybe it's it's like neighbourhoods, like Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan for Daredevil, it can maybe be implemented; Ascendant Court or the Puddles in Absalom counts as Renown (lesser).

[SCPRedMage]

Cyrad wrote:

I'm brainstorming how my dual identity will work in a PFS game. I guess I would pretend to have two characters that conveniently never appear at the same time?

That is how Batman works, yes.

[Gamerskum]

Any Idea when the Play test Chronicle will come out?

[Disturbed1]

Gamerskum wrote:

Any Idea when the Play test Chronicle will come out?

If I had to bet, probably Monday, in the PFS blog post.

[Protoman]

Gamerskum wrote:

Any Idea when the Play test Chronicle will come out?

John Compton guesstimates Monday:

John Compton wrote:

Protoman wrote:

Any idea when the PFS chronicle sheet is gonna be available? Or if it can count the times played before the chronicle is available retroactively if it's not out til next week or so?

I anticipate having the Chronicle sheet as part of Monday's blog. I won't make promises about retroactive credit at this time, but I'm inclined to say that allowing it would be okay, given the duration of the playtest.

Hopefully the retroactive thing happens as I plan on trying the playtest out on Sunday.

[DubiousYak]

How did the playtest with Occult Adventures work? Did you have to play with 1st level character or could you make a higher level one for high tier scenarios?

[Jester David]

Is there a pre-gen version so people can get some playtesting in at higher levels?
(Which is likely infinitely more valuable than the level 1 and maybe level 2 testing that will otherwise come out of PFS.)