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I've been playing Pathfinder for about 2 years now, and so I've arrived somewhat late in the game where nearly everything was already in place. But I've noticed that there's a delay with chronicle sheets being made for APs. I'm sure there's any number of reasons behind this, but my question is; what is the typical amount of time between an APs release and it getting a set of chronicle sheets?
Secondly, why do some of the older APs have chronicle sheets but not others? Sure, in the case of Wrath of the Righteous you have mythic ranks which would be impossible to make work for PFS play, but what's the deal with say Second Darkness or Legacy of Fire?
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Adventure Paths were not able to be used for credit until about season 5 or 6 of PFS. Because of this, they are playing catch-up. Some APs will most likely never get sheets (Wraith of the Righteous for that same reason you mentioned). Chronicles for APs take a long time to make:
1) Read the whole AP, figure out which part will be playable.
2)List out the loot
3)figure out if all of the loot should be availible, and/or partially charged on the sheet
4) assign the value of the loot for the chronicle sheet
5)figure out the Gold for the sheet
6)figure out if there is a boon that should be provided and write that up.
7)send it to editing to be reviewed.
Since the PFS team is so small, chronicles for the APs/modules are less important than getting the monthly scenarios out on time, or prize support for Cons out. The same is true for the editing/layout where furute products that cost money take preference. So normally John (and Linda now) gets time to sit down and do a few just after Gencon. We usually don't see these until December. I believe that they were working backwards... but with the Curse of the Crimson Throne hardcover coming out, That may be getting preference.
Also as this is done by the PFS team, I have flagged this to be moved to the PFS forum
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Adventure Paths were not able to be used for credit until about season 5 or 6 of PFS. Because of this, they are playing catch-up. Some APs will most likely never get sheets (Wraith of the Righteous for that same reason you mentioned). Chronicles for APs take a long time to make:
1) Read the whole AP, figure out which part will be playable.
2)List out the loot
3)figure out if all of the loot should be availible, and/or partially charged on the sheet
4) assign the value of the loot for the chronicle sheet
5)figure out the Gold for the sheet
6)figure out if there is a boon that should be provided and write that up.
7)send it to editing to be reviewed.Since the PFS team is so small, chronicles for the APs/modules are less important than getting the monthly scenarios out on time, or prize support for Cons out. The same is true for the editing/layout where furute products that cost money take preference. So normally John (and Linda now) gets time to sit down and do a few just after Gencon. We usually don't see these until December. I believe that they were working backwards... but with the Curse of the Crimson Throne hardcover coming out, That may be getting preference.
Also as this is done by the PFS team, I have flagged this to be moved to the PFS forum
Thanks, this actually makes a lot of sense. As I understand there's maybe fewer members on the PFS team than fingers on the average hand. And APs/modules do have quite a lot of content. With the amount of content they produce on a monthly basis its a miracle we aren't plagued with delays.
With the recent updates to the pregen iconic roster, I have every faith that the team will eventually circle back to the old APs.
However a new question occurs to me; if the writers and editors for the APs are aware of the PFS chronicle sheet system, then why don't they try to develop an appropriate one as they write the AP? I have a feeling that its because the PFS team work separately, and therefore collaborating on these projects would slow down both teams, but I just wanna make sure I understand the mechanics of this machine.