DM B's PFS PbP Game Day 3: S0-13 The Prince of Augustana (Inactive)

Game Master Beckett

Just a heads-up, DM Beckett. I'm still in for the next game, but I also have an IRL game in the 21st that is like to have Mors in, If possible. So if your second game is beginning around then, I may need to bring in another character. If your second game can wait til after the 21st, I'll bring Mors back in (at 2nd level, at that point).

That make sense?

It does. I will need time to prep so it should work out pretty well.

Cool. I'll just keep you updated as we get near the 21st.

Yes, I'm in.

I am in but i am in field until sat... Newer season 5 and 6 should be good i have onlyplayed few of those.

HERE is a list of all PFS games i have or am currently in (with all my characters).

Let me know what scenarios you are looking at, I've played several of the last couple seasons low level games.

Mors - how is Hall of the Flesh Eaters going? I'm running it for our local PFS group this weekend. Looks like a lot of fun, but thinking it's going to give them more of a challenge than usual.

Hall of Flesh Eaters is going fine, but its' been a real slow-starter, for some reason. We're barely into any of the actual action. So far it's interesting, but i haven't seen much of the module ... which likely doesn't help you any. Sorry. :/

That Intimidate check must have really done the trick. :D

Somehow I have the highest initiative modifier in the group, but DM has rolled 1's both times for me.

Mandower and Mahd, why would you choose to rush in instead of holding the line, readying those same attacks, and forcing the enemy to come to us (which would mean they still eat those same opening attacks, also eat Thadd's readied Attack as well as reach AoO, and STILL be forced to exchange 2 attacks against our 4 every round)?

That was kind of the point of forming the line in front of the bottleneck.

That plan can still work, when the thugs trample their corpses to get to us. We still have 4 left.

i would like to play The Horn of Aroden or Scars of The Third Crusade. Theses are like the last of the lvl 1-anything that i havent played threw season 5 i have only played 1 or 2 of season 6 so if you wanted those then just let me know which one and i will let you know if i have played it or not.

the idea is to hopefully one hit ko them, since we (I) got init, then an ally can take the spot of a dead NPC and hit the next one. Bottlenecking them ensures that only 2 of them can die per round as attacks are readied, unless people use range.

Plus if we push forward, there is a chance we can eventually get flanking. I saw bottlenecking as a we go 2nd in init solution.

The only things that are open to me at levels 1-2 for season 5 or 6 are:
Hall of the Flesh Eaters - I have GMd but not played
Stolen Heir - also GMd
Glass River Rescue
Library of the Lion
The Merchant's Wake

The merchants wake i can do

Haven't played Merchants Wake, either.

I can also do hall of flesh eaters but i have played all the others

Heads up, Thaddeus's player's wife just had her baby (which they didn't expect quite so soon). He said he'd check in as he can, but I'm not sure what to expect there. DM Beckett, you mind if I/we bot him through the completion of the game?

the idea is to hopefully one hit ko them, since we (I) got init, then an ally can take the spot of a dead NPC and hit the next one. Bottlenecking them ensures that only 2 of them can die per round as attacks are readied, unless people use range.

First, let me say this is mostly academic. I’d be surprised if (at this level) we get destroyed by these baddies. I know it can happen, but it would surprise me.

That aside, one-hit KO’ing isn’t guaranteed … heck, hitting isn’t even guaranteed. So at any given round, any given PC could get hung up in place and isolated, then surrounded and take unnecessary damage.

Assumign the one-hit KO does happen, our teammates’ ability to step past and into the spot of the KO’d opponent is completely dependent on initiative order. As of right now, any baddies that survive Lem’s bomb can step into their dead gang member’s space … meaning only Mandower and Mahd can continue attacking.

Basically, moving forward narrowed how many of us can put attacks on them in any given round … without narrowing how many of them could make attacks on us. It’s basically just giving up our attacks.

Had you two stayed where you were on your opening actions and readied attacks, we’d have delivered 4 to 5 attacks in the first round against their 2. As it stands, they’ll be matching us attack for attack, and Mors (one of the group’s heaviest hitters from a numbers standpoint) can’t even get into melee unless the baddies decide (for some brainless reason) not to press the fight.

I just don’t see us rushing in as very helpful.

Plus if we push forward, there is a chance we can eventually get flanking. I saw bottlenecking as a we go 2nd in init solution.

There is a chance we could eventually flank one way or the other. We didn’t have to rush in to accomplish that.

And half the group is going 2nd in initiative … only Mahd and Mandower won initiative.

Like I said, this is mostly academic, except for the fact that now—due to positioning restrictions—more of our group can't effectively engage the fight ... which just isn't fun.

With a 20 move speed won't I be able to move 1 south of thug 4 with a few acrobatic checks?

It looks like you have the movement, but the DC could end up being really hard.

So, I've knocked out a few other games I had running, which means I can give more time to this one. I had hoped to have them finished before now, but sometimes it just doesn't work out. So, from now on, I should be able to post here a lot more often. :)

With a 20 move speed won't I be able to move 1 south of thug 4 with a few acrobatic checks?

You can, but the DC is petty high. It's a (off the top of my head) +10 to move at full speed, and another +2 per person vs the highest CMD of the group. But, that being said, they also just moved up, which might negate your whole idea.

Heads up, Thaddeus's player's wife just had her baby (which they didn't expect quite so soon). He said he'd check in as he can, but I'm not sure what to expect there.

If you can, tell them congrats for me. I've been there, so fully get it.

DM Beckett, you mind if I/we bot him through the completion of the game?

Not a problem. It's very nearly done.

So, I see a few ideas. I wasn't certain if these where something everyone could play or not.

Merchant's Wake (might be outside of the level of some of you, I think it's a 3-7)

Scars of the Third Crusade (RP intensive)

Hall of Flesh Eaters

Can I get everyone to post which of thee they can do, and then which they would prefer.

Since this is my first I guess I can do any of them.

I'm good for Hall of the Flesh Eaters and Merchant's Wake.

I thought Merchant's Wake was 1-5 or I wouldn't have mentioned it, I won't be level 3 yet either.

I'm in merchants wake, so I'd be up for any of the other 2.

I'm in Hall of the Flesh Eaters currently, so either of the other two appropriate for a level 1 character.

I could play any of the three.

Scars of the Third Crusade (despite a possible focus on RP) is the only one so far that no one has or is currently playing. It may be our winner.

... I won't complain that it specifically mentions my faction. :D

Also, I had a quick chat with Thaddeus's player (the guy who just had the kid). He assures me that when the new game goes live, he'll be up to posting regularly enough to keep up.

I don't believe he's played any of the three suggested games.

EDT: Here’s a list of the PFS games I think Lekku’s been in (or is currently in):

Confirmation
Prince of Augustana
Library of the Lion
Veteran’s Vault
The Merchant’s Wake (just now noticed this, so I guess that's one more reason not to play this one)
Glass River Rescue

I've played Scars of the Third Crusade

So, it looks like at least one person has or is playing all of the mentioned scenarios.

So, we have three other options.

A.) We can look for another scenario.

B.) We can look at Modules.

C.) The Silverhex Chronicles.

I wasn't really ready for a module, but I can do it. Just keep in mind there is a 50/50 chance it will not complete before the end of the Game Day. Not sure, as I've never done one PbP.

As for the Silverhex Chronicles, of the three, it might be the one most likely that someone has already played a part of, being one of the "new shinny's".

I would love to run something short enough to complete during Game Day (as it would get me my 3rd XP, plus any bennies of the Game Day event).

That being the case, I'm not terribly picky, and I've only been in a handful of scenarios altogether.

What's the Silverhex Chronicles? And do we have someone who's completed whichever of the three would be appropriate for us?

The Silverhex Chronicles are a 6 separate parts "quest" adventure.

It has a single Chronicle Sheet based on how many you have completed. The rewards range from:

1 XP
1-2 PP
Nothing - 2 special Boons
100-1,950 GP

and is allowed for Characters levels 1-6.

Neither I nor Thadd's player have played them.

I've never done the Silverhex, have done very little prior to season 5.

Would love to run a module, have only done Murder's Mark, but understand if no one else wants to.

I am down for the Silverhex Chronicles. I have done all low level scenarios before season 6 so the ones i have mentioned are the ones i am good for

I think this is what they call dramatic suspense. :D

So, I just found out that the SilverHex Chronicles are a Pregens only thing, and so kind of defeats the purpose and likely will be too much work (making you all create new avatars).

So back to the drawing board.

Hmmm ... yah, I'm not all that interested in that.

So it sounds like this crew can't all play in the desired scenarios for credit. I say DM Beckett should just pick one that's been mentioned (and is generally unplated by at least most of us). Trying to get us all in something is likely impossible at this point.

i'm not really clear on the issue - is it that we can't get credit (XP/PP/etc.) for a game we've played on another character?

I believe that this does not apply to tier 1-2 modules. Although, I guess some of us are higher that level 1.

If I am correct, I should be able to replay a module where I used a different PC, and still apply it to Thadd, since he's level 1, (1xp.)

If I'm wrong, and we can't find something else, I'd be willing to draw straws on the offending modules, and play solely for fun if it lands on one I've played previously. I promise - no spoilers.

I don't believe you can replay anything but Confirmation.

Tier 1-2 scenarios are generally replayable as a level 1 character, but most of these are actually level 1-5 modules for which we are playing the 1-2 tier, which is different rules.

There are only a few that are replayable or "evergreen". The Confirmation, We Be Goblins, and I think Library of Lions. Possibly a couple more in there somewhere.

Ok, not include AP's (another possibility), here are the scenarios that I believe are still open.

0-01 Silent Tide (1-5)
0-08 Slave Pits of Absalom (1-5)
0-14 The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch (1-7)
0-17 Perils of the Pirate Pact (1-7)
0-23 Tide of Morning (1-5)
0-24 Decline of Glory (1-7)
1-09 The Beggar's Pearl (1-7)
1-17 Delirium's Tangle (1-5)
1-19 The Darkest Vengeance (1-5)
2-13 Murder on the Throaty Mermaid (1-5)
2-15 Shades of Ice - Part 1: Written in Blood (1-5)
2-17 Shades of Ice - Part 2: Exiles of Winter (1-5)
2-19 Shades of Ice - Part 3: Keep of the Huscarl King (1-5)
First Steps, Part 1 – In Service to Lore (1)
4-07 Severing Ties (1-5)
5-08 The Conformation (1-2)
5-11 Library of the Lion (1-5) ?
5-19 The Horn of Aroden (1-5)
5-22 Scars of the Third Crusade (1-5)
6-01 Trial By Machine (1-5)
6-05 Slave Ships of Absalom (1-5)

Module Master of the Fallen Fortress (Level 1) (1)
Module Murder’s Mark (Level 1) (1-2)
Module Crypt of the Everflame (Level 1) (1-2)
Module The Godsmouth Heresy (Level 1) (1-2)
Module Murder's Mark (Level 1) (1-2)
Module Thronkeep (1-8)

My understanding of the rule right now I that all Level 1 Scenarios and Modules are infinitely replayable (only once per character), and all Level 1-2 Scenarios are infinitely replayable for a 1st level character, and once for a second level character, (again only once per character though).

So, what I would like to happen is for Eric and Retty to take a look through, copy the list, remove everything they can not get credit for, and repost that list.

From there, everyone else can weed out what they can not play. For any replayable scenarios, please make sure a note if you have played with this character as well.

0-01 Silent Tide (1-5)
0-08 Slave Pits of Absalom (1-5)
0-14 The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch (1-7)
0-17 Perils of the Pirate Pact (1-7)
0-23 Tide of Morning (1-5)
0-24 Decline of Glory (1-7)
1-09 The Beggar's Pearl (1-7)
1-17 Delirium's Tangle (1-5)
1-19 The Darkest Vengeance (1-5)
2-13 Murder on the Throaty Mermaid (1-5)
2-15 Shades of Ice - Part 1: Written in Blood (1-5)
2-17 Shades of Ice - Part 2: Exiles of Winter (1-5)
2-19 Shades of Ice - Part 3: Keep of the Huscarl King (1-5)
4-07 Severing Ties (1-5)
5-08 The Conformation (1-2) - Retty can't play, but I have a PC that can
5-11 Library of the Lion (1-5)
6-05 Slave Ships of Absalom (1-5) - I've GMd but can still play

Module Master of the Fallen Fortress (Level 1) (1)
Module Crypt of the Everflame (Level 1) (1-2)
Module The Godsmouth Heresy (Level 1) (1-2)
Module Thornkeep (1-8)

Just to make sure, these are the ones you can play?

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Yes.

Like I said, haven't played a lot before season 5.

Ok, maybe I picked the wrong person. Who else was very limited on what they can play.

Also, most likely this one is over today.

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It'd be awesome if we could wrap today! I'd love to be working on updating Mors over the break. :)

LET'S WRAP THIS FIGHT UP! LEB! MANDOWER! DO YOUR THING! RAWR!

(and I don't think it was me or Thadd; we've only played a handful of scenarios/modules)