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Not really sure where to put this. I'm looking into running the Iron Gods Adventure Path locally and do it as a PFS event, but I can't fully grasp how the PFS side of this works. I downloaded the Chronicle sheets and have looked into it a bit, but I remain confused. I would be the GM.
Is the idea that I run it as a single session per chronicle sheet? Or am I doing it over a longer period of time and just resolving the chronicle sheets whenever it ends? Also, can I run these both Core Campaign, and non-core, or does the Adventure Path only go once per player?
Oh, can I mix and match players between each chronicle (like PFS scenarios), or is the idea that I'm sticking with a dedicated group for the entire campaign?
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You have a couple of options.
You can run just the sanctioned content of the AP. Each portion of the AP that is sanctioned will be explicitly described and given a tier in the sanctioning document. You'd then run each of those portions as you would a scenario for PFS-legal characters of said tier, following all of the PFS campaign rules. Upon completion of each portion of the sanctioned content, your players would receive the appropriate Chronicle. There's no need to run each portion with the same group of players or characters.
The other option is to run the AP in Campaign Mode. You'd run the entire AP (not just the sanctioned content) from start to finish, but you wouldn't need to follow any of the PFS campaign rules. After completing each portion of sanctioned content (or at the conclusion of the entire AP; I believe it's your choice), you'd assign that portion's associated Chronicle to any PFS-legal, in-tier character of the player's choosing.
As far as I know, you can run it for both PFS campaigns, though the interaction between the Core Campaign and Campaign Mode is less than clear to me.
Regardless of how you choose to run it, I do not believe you can run it "as a single session per chronicle sheet" (though you're free to try); each portion of sanctioned content is more module length than scenario length. And, of course, running the entire AP in Campaign Mode will take much longer than that.
Venture-Captain, Netherlands
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GM Eazy-Earl is correct. You can choose to run just the sanctioned portions for PFS, with all the PFS rules attached, or campaign mode, where just about anything goes.
However, due to the reporting system, when you report, the whole table must be either core or not.
Also, it will be very, very hard to run it single session, as the sanctioned portions tend be be huge.
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Applying credit to either Core or Classic is really up to the table, when you play in Campaign mode. For example, in my Giantslayer game, my character is a Lore Warden, another character is a Kineticist, and we have a Catfolk Shaman. We're also applying credit to our Core characters (mine is a Paladin of Iomedae). Conversely, my Reign of Winter game (We just started book 6!) is being applied to a Classic campaign character. The only restriction is the whole table has to be either core or classic for reporting. For playing (in campaign mode) the table can be whatever the GM says is fine.
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The other option is to run the AP in Campaign Mode. You'd run the entire AP (not just the sanctioned content) from start to finish, but you wouldn't need to follow any of the PFS campaign rules. After completing each portion of sanctioned content (or at the conclusion of the entire AP; I believe it's your choice), you'd assign that portion's associated Chronicle to any PFS-legal, in-tier character of the player's choosing.
As i understand, playing AP in Compaign Mode i may give my players any race (for example goblin and orcs), accept some of them are evil, let them roll "4d6-keep three for abilities" and give them Chronicles after finishing parts of AP? If so, how can i prove (which rules) that this is possible?
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If you download the Iron Gods chronicle sheets. or any AP, there is a document that explains how to run the AP in campaign mode or with PFS characters using only the sanctioned content.
Dear Jessex,
I can see this paragraph:
"Alternatively, if you are participating in the Iron Gods Adventure Path with an ongoing group undertaking the entire, six-chapter campaign, you may receive credit for playing the sanctioned portions of the adventure as if you had played a pregenerated character. In this case, GMs running the Adventure Path are not bound to the rules of the Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign (such as 20-point buy, unavailability of hero points, etc.) when running the campaign or the sanctioned portion of the adventure. Pathfinder Society characters and characters from an ongoing Adventure Path campaign may not play in the same adventure."
So as i understand, we may generate any characters we want (if we have books that allow us to do it) even with races for which we do not have allowing Chronicles/boons (but we have proper books).
Of course the characters to which we're gonna attach the AP Chronicles will be different - generated by the rules of the Society.
Please tell me i am wrong.
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You're basically right. Heck, it's been ok'd to run APs in other rpg systems and still get pfs credit. Also in campaign mode there's no need for even having the books. If you as GM want to allow pfsrd or some other source for building characters you can.
Holly Molly...
Thank you! But still as a GM I think I'm going to limit my players with only content our party have legaly bought. So if anyone have the book - every person may use it. That is to say - a way to restrict the data array in the game, but allow players to use belonging to them books.
I just discovered that we can use the campaign to gain XP and boon for our PFS characters. But in my country (France) not all the people at my tabletop groupe have a PFS account (because some are not interested by this aspect of the game). So as a GM do I have the right to do chronicle sheets for 2 of my friends and I and report that or do we all need to be registered in PFS?
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Venture-Lieutenant, Finland—Tampere
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I just discovered that we can use the campaign to gain XP and boon for our PFS characters. But in my country (France) not all the people at my tabletop groupe have a PFS account (because some are not interested by this aspect of the game). So as a GM do I have the right to do chronicle sheets for 2 of my friends and I and report that or do we all need to be registered in PFS?
Print out PFS numbers for those players who do not participate in PFS, tell them you've gotten them numbers and if they ever choose to play PFS they can use them, report the AP for those numbers. Keep a record of the numbers in case those people do ever decide to try out PFS. Profit.
I just discovered that we can use the campaign to gain XP and boon for our PFS characters. But in my country (France) not all the people at my tabletop groupe have a PFS account (because some are not interested by this aspect of the game). So as a GM do I have the right to do chronicle sheets for 2 of my friends and I and report that or do we all need to be registered in PFS?Print out PFS numbers for those players who do not participate in PFS, tell them you've gotten them numbers and if they ever choose to play PFS they can use them, report the AP for those numbers. Keep a record of the numbers in case those people do ever decide to try out PFS. Profit.
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Venture-Lieutenant, Finland—Tampere
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You, my friends and I, we are liking you!I just discovered that we can use the campaign to gain XP and boon for our PFS characters. But in my country (France) not all the people at my tabletop groupe have a PFS account (because some are not interested by this aspect of the game). So as a GM do I have the right to do chronicle sheets for 2 of my friends and I and report that or do we all need to be registered in PFS?Print out PFS numbers for those players who do not participate in PFS, tell them you've gotten them numbers and if they ever choose to play PFS they can use them, report the AP for those numbers. Keep a record of the numbers in case those people do ever decide to try out PFS. Profit.
Je parle un peu de français aussi! ;D
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