Death of a GM (Character)


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Scarab Sages 2/5

So I was looking into the PFS FAQ page and came across this question that was answered:

If my PC or pregenerated character dies permanently, what happens?:

Player characters and pregenerated characters who do not return to the realm of the living receive 0 XP, 0 PP, 0 gold, and no items or boons. This is marked on their Chronicle sheet along with a note that the character is permanently dead. If a player was planning to hold the Chronicle from a pregenerated character and apply it to a lower level PC once the PC reached the level of the pregenerated character, they must either apply the Chronicle sheet immediately and report the PC as dead or assign the Chronicle sheet to a new level 1 PC (ie a new PC number) and report that character as dead.

Now with that said, I remembered a clause about table composition:

Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play - pg 34 Legal Table Size:
The minimum table size for a Pathfinder Society Organized Play session to be considered legal is four PCs. Table size is capped at six PCs. In cases in which you simply cannot seat four players, you may run a table of three players, and play an official level-appropriate pregenerated character in order to meet the minimum table size of four PCs.

So now with both at hand, what happens if the GM-used pregenerated dies? Would it mean that they have a "Dead" GM Chronicle Sheet that would instantly kill any character that they have applied to?

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No.

Scarab Sages 2/5

ok.

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Makes me wonder how many dead 1st level PCs are out there...never having even shopped.

Grand Lodge 5/5

For 3 player tables when the GM has to run a pregen. The pregen is an NPC not a character tied to the GM's account.

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So feel free to lather up Valeros with BBQ sauce and toss him to the monster.

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BigNorseWolf wrote:

So feel free to lather up Valeros with BBQ sauce and toss him to the monster.

I played Valeros in one of my first PFS games, and a rather amorous PC couple did just this.

Minus the monster.
Hey, it was a long voyage.
(Actually, one of the monsters had been later invited in, but declined.)

(blushes)
JMK

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We also joke about this when we have 3+pregen. Kyra just seems to die so often...she's not good at swimming, climbing, or anything athletic, so whenever stuff like that happens she just is dies, and the party doesn't care enough to rescue her.

And when Valeros is chosen, he usually dies at some point, too, because it's usually because he's the only melee character there. Meh.

Scarab Sages 5/5

Valeros + BBQ sauce = ideas....
Valeros + chocolate = more ideas....
Valeros I + Valeros II + Valeros III + chocolate = lots more ideas!
(wink)

Silver Crusade 5/5

Interesting, when I have to run a 3 person game I offer the players a choice of Pre gens to pick from. More often then not they choose Kyra. And they often try to get invited to her room at the Inn for the night. I suppose our joke is that everyone know's Kyra. She's always there to sooth a hurt of the flesh and a hurt of the spirit and heart. I have yet to see someone do the "sacrificial pre gen". The players do their best to keep Kyra safe. She hangs out and protects the arcane spell caster, goes up to the 2nd rank to heal the front line fighter types..... they like having Kyra along.

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Yiroep wrote:

We also joke about this when we have 3+pregen. Kyra just seems to die so often...she's not good at swimming, climbing, or anything athletic, so whenever stuff like that happens she just is dies, and the party doesn't care enough to rescue her.

And when Valeros is chosen, he usually dies at some point, too, because it's usually because he's the only melee character there. Meh.

I joked Saturday that in casting the iconics, I'd nominate Rekma Sharma for KYra.

a) She's of Indian descent, which for Hollywood is 'close enough' for Kyra.

b) She's played a cylon, so the 'many copies' and 'dying over and over again' fits.

Aside, I usually let the players run the generic of their choice, especially at high tier tables (had three players saturday) because I've my hands full as a GM at 7+ level tables.

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Matthew Morris wrote:
Aside, I usually let the players run the generic of their choice, especially at high tier tables (had three players saturday) because I've my hands full as a GM at 7+ level tables.

Me too. I don't want to have to worry about the pre-gen and PC's hit points...lol. That should be the players' job.

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