Cottonseed PFS PbP (2E)

Game Master Redelia

PM me when you launch one of the 2, you sure have a player!

Will the following players please report Here for 03-01: Year of Shattered Sanctuaries:

Oranna Gro-gothal aka Blackocatto
Giles Morningstar (and Ecthelion) aka Tarthrin
Joran Redaxe aka Mr Tea
Trig Meral aka Bigguyinblack
Nic Blackwillow aka John Woodford
Kidron Quintus aka Quen Pah

Now recruiting for:

B15 - Treasure off the Coast

A Pathfinder Bounty designed for Level 1.

A former slave seeks to reclaim a life’s worth of pay from her former captors. Luckily for her, a ship containing the misbegotten wealth of her masters is just off the coast of the city of Kintargo. A group of heroes steps in to assist and claim whatever goods remain on the wreck, but not everything is calm beneath the waves.

Written by: Brent Bowser

I have 2 tables open, one here on Paizo, and the other on Discord.

Signup Link - Discord (Cayden's Keg)

Signup Link - Paizo

Start date: 6 November 2021 (basically after the Double AcP Weekend is underway)

Will the following please check in HERE for B15 - Treasure Off The Coast:

Warah (Mrs Crinkle)
Chadius(Jiggo and Salera)
DoubleGold (Mordok Dune)
Tyranius (Fynn Ulfgangur)
Massee (Eddie Bo Leetus)
phaeton_nz (Betel Capella)

Now recruiting for a second table for:

B15 - Treasure off the Coast

A Pathfinder Bounty designed for Level 1.

A former slave seeks to reclaim a life’s worth of pay from her former captors. Luckily for her, a ship containing the misbegotten wealth of her masters is just off the coast of the city of Kintargo. A group of heroes steps in to assist and claim whatever goods remain on the wreck, but not everything is calm beneath the waves.

Written by: Brent Bowser

I have 2 tables open, one here on Paizo, and the other on Discord.

Signup Link - Discord (Cayden's Keg)
Signup Link - Paizo

Starts 48h after I notice 6 signups

Could use martial/melee build for the Breaking the Storm arc I am running.

Specifically a level 7 or 8, (can take a level 6, but would need to be level 7 prior to the start of part 2) that can take part in all three scenarios.
Part 1 is 5-8
Part 2 & 3 are 7-10

Unfortunately, no Pregens allowed. They do not go up to level 7 like 1E did.

Link

Will the following please check in HERE for B15 - Treasure Off The Coast:

Mike Hallet (Aleksandr Ostenoff)
Roll4Initiative(Drazzel the Magnificent)
Tyranius (Scerzaq Jinwoo)
Frost (Raphaeleos)
JG (Dran'Thal)
Paizo User not given (Drake)

Hey all! Recruiting for Quest #12: Putrid Seeds. This is a level 3-6 adventure.

If interested, please dot in here.

One spot is tentatively reserved for Oskar Z.

Could use martial/melee build for the Breaking the Storm arc I am running.

Specifically a level 7 or 8, (can take a level 6, but would need to be level 7 prior to the start of part 2) that can take part in all three scenarios.
Part 1 is 5-8
Part 2 & 3 are 7-10

Unfortunately, no Pregens allowed. They do not go up to level 7 like 1E did.

Link

Just to put some weight to it. By joining this table not only you will play through the amazing story-arc of season 2, but you will play at the table with some heavy-hitter in PF2-PBP universe: GM ZD, Hmm, Bretl, Bigguyinblack to name a few, and the list goes on!

If you have a PC and are hesitant to sign up for this amazing game, people will write stories about it. At the age of 90'ty, you may want to tell the story of the most amazing experience in your PBP lifetime to your grand-grand-grand-grandchildren, and this will be it. All of that and more you will miss if you don't sign up for this game :D.

I can't oversell this!

Checks character roster, knowing full well there's no one remotely near 7th level.
Sees that the most experienced PC is level 3.
Shoulders sag.

Bummer.

What levels are pf society play at now?

1-4, 3-6, 5-8, and 7-10. There are only two 7-10 scenarios, so the highest level you can reach with just Scenarios is 9.2.

If you play things in Adventure Mode (One-shots, Adventures, Adventure Paths), you can be higher. Maybe even Level 20 (I think the APs give 1 level PFS credit per book, but I'm not 100% sure).

1-4, 3-6, 5-8, and 7-10. There are only two 7-10 scenarios, so the highest level you can reach with just Scenarios is 9.2.

If you play things in Adventure Mode (One-shots, Adventures, Adventure Paths), you can be higher. Maybe even Level 20 (I think the APs give 1 level PFS credit per book, but I'm not 100% sure).

You are correct that sanctioned APs, as-well as both Plaguestone and Slithering, give a full level each book, and don't have to be on a specific character level. (You can do a full 6 book AP and assign each chronicle to a different level 1 character, for 6 level 2 characters, if you wished. As an example. OR take a level 9 character, and dump all 6 books on them to then be level 15. Just because.)

There probably are not plans to go higher than that?

There probably are not plans to go higher than that?

With how much better high level gameplay is for 2e, I wouldn't be shocked if we go up to 20 in PFS. Do I think there will be a ton of high level scenarios? Probably not. However I do think we will have 1 or 2 to get us there.

They've been following following an inverse square formula.

30 Level 1 / 1-2 / 1-4 scenarios [32 = 2*4^2]
19 Level 3-6 scenarios [18 = 2*3^2]
8 Level 5-8 scenarios [8 = 2*2^2]
2 Level 7-10 scenarios [2 = 2*1^2]

If you want to extrapolate, by the time we get 3 Level 17-20 scenarios, we would have:

243 Level 1-4s
192 Level 3-6s
147 Level 5-8s
108 Level 7-10s
75 Level 9-12s
48 Level 11-14s
27 Level 13-16s
12 Level 15-18s
3 Level 17-20s

At 24 scenarios/year, that'd be Season 36.

Paizo plans that far in advance but I don't know if they plan that far in advance. I bet they know whether Season 3 will end with 7-10s or 9-12s, and maybe mapped out Season 4; the rest is just "Shrug, Here Be Dragons."

If this is the case I think they may want to revisit repeatable scenarios.

Please shift this discussion over to the discussion tab :)

Could use martial/melee build for the Breaking the Storm arc I am running.

Specifically a level 7 or 8, (can take a level 6, but would need to be level 7 prior to the start of part 2) that can take part in all three scenarios.
Part 1 is 5-8
Part 2 & 3 are 7-10

Unfortunately, no Pregens allowed. They do not go up to level 7 like 1E did.

Link

We have our 6. Recruitment is now closed for the Breaking the Storm arc.

Looking for another level 1 adventure.

Still learning the PF2 ropes as a player

Looking for another level 1 adventure.

Still learning the PF2 ropes as a player

I think I'm going to run a couple of bounties (2,7) and quests (10 or 13). I'll post recruitment for them early next week.

I'm also considering running 1x11 Flames of Rebellion now I've finished it and buying & running 1x12 Burden of Envy when I do finish it as a player.

I've finished most of my game day games as a player and I'm feeling more confident to run them.

If all goes well, I'll run The Slithering at some point too.

Looking for another level 1 adventure.

Still learning the PF2 ropes as a player

You did great in your last one.

Opening Recruitment for Scenario #1-22 Doom of Cassomir (Tier 1-4). Please sign up below.

Doom of Cassomir sign-up sheet.

Cassimon Dohl wrote:

Looking for another level 1 adventure.

Still learning the PF2 ropes as a player

You did great in your last one.

I agree.

I think I'm going to run a couple of bounties (2,7) and quests (10 or 13). I'll post recruitment for them early next week.

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If all goes well, I'll run The Slithering at some point too.

Coincidently, Mimi also finds herself available for action. She's 1 XP from Level 3 so a Quest will work out great; either 10 or 13 is fine.

I'll probably also be interested in going through The Slithering, depending on how things look for me when you crank it up.

Opening Recruitment for Scenario #1-22 Doom of Cassomir (Tier 1-4). Please sign up below.

Doom of Cassomir sign-up sheet.

Well that got full, fast, glad I squeaked in.

GM advice!

First time a PC has died in my game - do I mark them as "dead" when reporting?

One of my players said doing so prevented him from purchasing the Second Chance boon.

What do I do?

Ask them if they are purchasing the Second Chance boon. If they are, do not mark them dead. If they are not, mark them dead.

I like to burn their character sheet in front of them and take a Polaroid of their tears.

I would add a note on the chronicle stating they needed to buy a second chance boon.

Indeed I would add the note on their last chronicle that the character died and cannot be played until a second chance boon is purchased. This way when they are audited it can be seen.

Could the following players please check in below for Doom of Cassomir.

Fists of the Ruby Phoenix: Recruitment

Gameday is coming to an end, so it's time to start GMing more games. I'm hosting 1-05: Trailblazer's Bounty, an adventure for level 1-4 heroes. Prepare to trek through a snowy mountain range. This is not repeatable.

Please check out the >SIGN UP SHEET< and add your name. I'm willing to run 2 tables if enough people sign up.

1-05 is not repeatable, although I think it was previously marked as such.

When did that change?

The PDF still has the repeatable tag, but the store page does not.

>Ah, looks like it's a typo Paizo never corrected.<

Welp, sorry about that. It's not repeatable.

Then they should have fixed it on the scenario itself and perhaps not deepened on people to read a thread for that information.

Then they should have fixed it on the scenario itself and perhaps not deepened on people to read a thread for that information.

While I agree. I also know there are plenty of typos out and about, and they are slowly fixing them... This is one that has been out a long time, but I suspect it will get fixed eventually.

There's also a good chance that the pdf he has is an old download and has been updated since then.

I just looked at mine, it still says repeatable.

I'm hosting 1-05: Trailblazer's Bounty, an adventure for level 1-4 heroes. Prepare to trek through a snowy mountain range. This is not repeatable.

Please check out the >SIGN UP SHEET< and add your name. I'm willing to run 2 tables if enough people sign up.

8 brave (and soon to be cold) souls signed up.

Flunk
Gavin Sureshot
Edogawa Ranpou
Tavin Sunward
Click >HERE< to join the Alpha Squad.

Erryn Canmore
Maneki Pemanah
Jonas Raza
Avery Wings
Click >HERE< to join the Bravo Team.

There's room for 4 more if you are still interested. Add your name to the sign up sheet to join the adventure.

Need a good healer with no bed side manner? I'm open atm.

Now recruiting for a run of the Pathfinder Society #1-06 , Lost on the Spirit Road, hoping to complete the table by mid-December. This scenario has the repeatable tag. Recruitment will be first-posted, first-seated.

I am looking to start as soon as I have a table of 4, but will seat up to 6 players.

If interest, please check out the recruitment thread here.

Also now recruiting for a run of the Pathfinder Society Quest #1 , The Sandstone Secret, hoping to complete the table by mid-December. This quest has the repeatable tag. Recruitment will be first-posted, first-seated.

I am looking to start as soon as I have a table of 4, but will seat up to 6 players.

If interest, please check out the recruitment thread here.

Are you sure you guys aren't getting 1-05 Trailblazer's Bounty mixed up with 1-10 Tainbreaker's Trail. 1-10 is repeatable, 1-05 is not.

I don't know if people are confusing 1-05 and 1-10 (because of the names), but there is frequent confusion about 1-05 in isolation because Paizo put "Repeatable" in the PDF.

And also it's exacerbated by the website telling game reporters that every scenario is repeatable - every game reported gives a message "This scenario is repeatable" so everyone is desensitized to the message.

I like to burn their character sheet in front of them and take a Polaroid of their tears.

you're evil... :)

Tarondor wrote:

I like to burn their character sheet in front of them and take a Polaroid of their tears.

you're evil... :)

It's tough love. How will they learn not to split the party if they don't suffer the consequences?

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Way back at the dawn of time when dice were so poorly constructed that merely rolling them knocked off all the edges and you could only read them if you'd bought the crayon to darken them in, one of my players suggested caution and another player said "Nah, you know <Tarondor>, he's not going to let anyone die!"

Oh boy. I had a reputation as a softie.

Ever since, I let the dice fall where they may and leaned into hard encounters to make them a fight for the PC's lives. I've never heard a single complain about it, either. I keep a folder that contains the character sheets of all the PC's I've killed over the decades, going back to the '70's. It's several inches thick.

Honestly, I'm not -trying- to kill them.

Now recruiting for a run of the Pathfinder Society #1-06 , Lost on the Spirit Road, hoping to complete the table by mid-December. This scenario has the repeatable tag. Recruitment will be first-posted, first-seated.

RECRUITMENT IS CLOSED

The following Pathfinders may go ahead and post in Gameplay here:

Rafe Thoresby
Ulfgar Ironhead
Khaul Irontoe
Swayaah Maeleranti
Atae
Amelia Devinwood

Hey, GM Valen:

I didn't have a character of the right level available. But I'm just dying to note that:

"We live for the One, we die for the One."