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Hi
I have some questions around homeplay of sanctioned Adventure Path content. I'm going to summarize my understanding, so please correct me if I am wrong, and then ask some questions.
1) If our home game plays the appropriate content from a sanctioned AP, then the GM and players can get chronicle sheets afterwards.
2) The players don't need to use PFS characters for this to happen.
3) We don't even need to stick to PFS character rules
4) Or indeed any other PFS rules
5) When the players get chronicles, they can apply them to new PFS characters (sometimes) or keep them and apply them to PFS when they reach the appropriate level.
6) The GM must apply them to a character immediately.
So, the questions...
a) Do I have to 'sanction' my homegame in some way for this to happen?
b) Do I have to report the homegame in some way for this to be valid?
c) Presumably, if a player doesn't want a chronicle sheet (they're not interested in PFS) I can report them as playing 'not for credit'?
d) But what if they don't have a PFS number?
e) The documents expressly say that this is an option for groups that are playing all six volumes of an adventure path - but what if a player drops out/the group disintegrates/we don't like the AP - do the chronicles become invalid?
f) Similarly, can we skip volumes, and just hand out the chronicles for the ones we do?
g) Why isn't Serpent's Skull sanctioned?
Thanks for your time.
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You give out chronicle sheets when your group completes the sanctioned part, which is usually at the end of each book. Other than that, I do not see any problem with your assumptions.
a} No
b) You do need to report as if you had ran the sanctioned part of each book in a regular PFS situation.
c)&d) The easiest thing would be to get everyone to get them selves a number, even if they do not plan on actually playing. I believe that you still need to worry about having a legal table size, but I could be wrong.
e)&f) You will miss out on some of the benefits.
g) Good question
Venture-Captain, Netherlands
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1 to 6 are correct.
A: Nope.
B: Yes. Reporting can get a bit weird tough, so if you get stuck, come ask us more questions.
C: If a player doesnt want a sheet, you simply dont report them.
D: If your players want PFS credit, they should have a PFS number. You can still do reporting for the group even if only (for example) three players want a chronicle, and three of them dont.
E: I dont think its a problem. If you dont make it to the end, you just have the chronicles for what you played. You do generally get more benefits if you stack chronicles from the same AP on one charater, so you would miss out on those extras. Also, because of the PFS rules, you can only get credit once. So if you take a chronicle for book one, you then can never get it again. Even if you play it with a different group. (book 1 of Reign of winter and Mummy's mask are the exception to this)
F: Yes you can, see E.
Also, sanctioning for AP's is on the back burner. It is not the main way of play for PFS, so they get sanctioned when leadership has time for it.
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5) When the players get chronicles, they can apply them to new PFS characters (sometimes) or keep them and apply them to PFS when they reach the appropriate level.
6) The GM must apply them to a character immediately.
6 is incorrect; GMs and players have the same options for AP credit. You can apply to a PC in the chronicle's level range immediately, assign credit to a lower-level PC and hold to be applied as soon as the PC reaches the chronicle's level range, or apply credit to a 1st-level PC with gold reduced to 1398 gp.
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6 is incorrect; GMs and players have the same options for AP credit. You can apply to a PC in the chronicle's level range immediately, assign credit to a lower-level PC and hold to be applied as soon as the PC reaches the chronicle's level range, or apply credit to a 1st-level PC with gold reduced to 1398 gp.
Here's the relevant part from the document:
If a player uses an existing Pathfinder
Society character for the adventure, he must apply
the Chronicle sheet to that character immediately. A
player who uses a pregenerated character must apply
the Chronicle sheet to a 1st-level character or hold the
Chronicle sheet until his character reaches the level of
the pregenerated character.
A GM who runs a module may likewise apply the
Chronicle sheet to one of her Pathfinder Society
characters. The GM must decide which of her characters
will receive the Chronicle sheet at the time when
the module or sanctioned Adventure Path content is
completed and the Chronicle sheets are filled out.
It was the last sentence here that confused me - it seems to limit the GM's choices more than the players.
So, essentially, if Thog the Barbarian is appropriate level, the Chronicle is assigned to him, and applied immediately. If he is too low level, it is assigned to him, but not applied until he reaches the appropriate level - is that right?
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g) Why isn't Serpent's Skull sanctioned?Thanks for your time.
A - F, have all been pretty well covered, but let me take a shot at g.
Serpent's Skull and many of the older APs are not yet sanctioned due to the time it takes to read the AP and create appropriate boons and sheets for them. None of the APs were sanctioned up to a certain point and there is a backlog of APs and modules to do. In general the newest APs and modules get priority over older content, and in turn the creation of scenarios and major convention content takes priority over that. In most years this leads to some sanctioning happening after GenCon's rush and everyone getting back into the swing of things in the post-convention season (usually, but not always Oct./Nov.) In short, Serpent's Skull is likely to get sanctioned at some point, but not necessarily at any predictable time or soon.
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It was the last sentence here that confused me - it seems to limit the GM's choices more than the players.
This comment on applying GM credit clarifies things:
A GM may assign credit for running an adventure in any of the same ways a player can, and must follow the same rules as a player when applying credit to a character.
This comment didn't exist in earlier versions of the Guide, and was added to avoid confusion about perceived differences between PC and GM credit.
So, essentially, if Thog the Barbarian is appropriate level, the Chronicle is assigned to him, and applied immediately. If he is too low level, it is assigned to him, but not applied until he reaches the appropriate level - is that right?
That's exactly right.