Dungeon Master S's The Hydra's Fang Incident (Inactive)

Game Master Chris Marsh

I don't think we have any new players here...

Once everyone has pinged (and I get home to the module), we'll get going.

Oh yeah! P33J?

Yeah, also, do you guys want me to play my level 4 paladin of Shizuru, Yoshima or my level 1 barbarian Rom the Unchained?

Merry Christmas (or whatever you prefer) everyone! :)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Merry Christmas! Have a cool Yule, savvy Saturnalia, and a happy new year!

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Bill, you should have control over the flaming sphere pog on the map also.

Happy New Year everyone! 2013 was both tremendously good to me, and tremendously cruel. Here's to 2014!

So this game has a near-zero likelihood of finishing before January 4th for the PbP gameday, but there's another one coming soon. Keep your eyes out for registration, because I plan on running a couple of games (though I may push for some high level ones.)

Happy new year! :)

I'm thinking of running a game for the PbP Game Day as well, don't know what yet though. DMS, is there a thread with info on the next one yet? I haven't got any GM rewards for the last one...

No one has their rewards for the first gameday. I'll keep my eye out, and when I'm not on my phone, I'll post the link for the last one.

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I'll be attending Space City Con/Winter in Galveston this weekend. The place has wi-fi so I might be able to post each day but I still wanted to give a heads-up while I thought of it.

Any info and playing in the next Game Day would be cool.

Happy New Year everyone! 2013 was both tremendously good to me, and tremendously cruel. Here's to 2014!

Happy New Year Everyone!

So this game has a near-zero likelihood of finishing before January 4th for the PbP gameday, but there's another one coming soon.

I do hope we will finish by February 20th. Is that a realistic goal? I am trying to get to Total Con and I was hoping to use Azdak. If we were not finished, could I simply use him without any of the items that we found in this adventure and then have you submit the paperwork for this PBP afterwards?

Keep your eyes out for registration, because I plan on running a couple of games (though I may push for some high level ones.

What is PBP Game day? I have not heard of this? It sounds fun, but wouldn't it be more fun to actually get together and have an all day table top session?

I'll look for the threads now. We'll be done in time for Azdak, don't you worry :-)

Online gameday is like a virtual con. You sign up (free) for games and play. Like a con there are chances for exclusive boons.

Guys I'm going to be interviewing all day today for a large promotion and then playing Eyes of the 10 tonight, I will post in the morning

Good luck with both!!!

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As far as another scenario, I'm down for almost anything. I suspect everyone else has more played scenarios than I do! Almost all of my characters are 'free' at the moment, although most of them are level 2. Only Mik is level 3.

This was a really fast session, especially for a PBP. I cannot imagine that they are all this short. I am up to playing another, but I want to make sure that my characters are free for Total Con on February 22 & 23rd.

Season 0 tends to run short I find. Still you should be able to finish another before Total Con.

Hal hits level 4 after today; I also have a pair of level 3s available.

Chris, what 1-5s haven't you run?

Nivik will be level three after tonight as I'm playing We Be Goblins Too! on a VTT tonight and applying the chronicle to him (assuming we live, etc). The list of stuff I can play is getting smaller but there is still plenty out there.

If Nivik is going to be level 3, then we could also try a 3-7...

I'm running 7-11 today. When I prep for today I'll post what's available for me to run.

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I just emailed the chronicles. For those who are in my home game and Gen Con team I updated the tracker.*

I'm up for running any of the following scenarios. If Bill wants to be freed up, we should pick Season 0. If we can't find one Bill, you can just jump in after.

Tier 1-5
00-01 The Silent Tide
00-03 Murder on the Silken Caravan
00-04 Frozen Fingers of Midnight
00-08 Slave Pits of Absalom
00-13 Prince of Augustana

Tier 1-7
00-17 Perils of the Pirate Pact
00-24 Decline of Glory

I've played:

00-01 The Silent Tide
00-03 Murder on the Silken Caravan
00-04 Frozen Fingers of Midnight

No 3-5 or 3-7 mods you can run?

edit: fwiw I vaguely recall sitting in on (but not playing in) a session of Perils of the Pirate Pact back like 5 years ago. It ran pretty short from memory, even back then with core only and at a convention... and I am pretty sure that group played up with no difficulty.

Don't remember too much of the scenario details though, so I should be fine to play without spoilers.

Tier 3-7 was invented in Season 1. I can add that to the list too. :-)

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Tier 3-7 was invented in Season 1. I can add that to the list too. :-)

Purely from the greed perspective, Season 0 tends to offer smaller rewards at the upper tier so I'd rather play something from Season 1.

Nivik will successfully be level 3 as soon as I get the chronicle from last night so if people would rather play a 3-7 scenario that's just fine. I've played a few but not many of them.

I'll post the Season 1 list for 3-7 tonight.

Tier 3-7 was actually a Season 3 invention. Not sure I'd risk it Bill (but I'll be running something right after this anyway.) The call is you guys. I should include GM Thunderspirit too.

Tier 3-7

03-06 Song of the Sea Witch
03-08 Among the Gods
03-16 Midnight Mauler
03-25 Storming the Diamond Gates

Only one I have not played is Among The Gods. However, Nivik has played Among The Living and I think the second in the "series" is Among The Dead, another 1-7 in Season 0. We could play that and then Among The Gods, completing the three (well, at least for me).

Shockingly, Halbarad has actually played Among the Dead, run by Chris. That was actually my first-ever PFS Scenario.

Bill, do you have another character available to play Among the Gods?

I really want to get in some axebeak-mounted archery action.

I do have a level 4 dwarven cleric named Skybek that I could likely use.

Do I have more flexibility as a GM in applying credits to Skybek even if he is engaged in an adventure?

On the other hand, it may not matter. Is it true that I cannot apply credit more than once for a specific adventure that I run?

For example, Azdak as been on The Glass River Rescue. When I GM it, I presume I could give Skybek credit for it. Would Skybek have to be at the same tier that I GMed it? Would he have to be free?

You have a bit of flexibility with applying GM credits to characters that are currently in a PBP campaign.

You can apply them even if your character is currently mid-scenario, but (obviously) the effects of the chronicle do not apply until after the adventure they are on.

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The Guide to PFS says you get:

Starting with Version

2.2 of this document (and not retroactive to any previous
scenarios that were run), any GM who runs a scenario
gets full credit for that scenario applied to one of her own
characters. “Full credit” means the GM gets the following:
1 XP for the scenario, 100% of the Max Gold for the subtier
most appropriate to the GM’s PC, and 2 PP (or, for a slow
advancement track character, 1/2 XP, 1 PP, and 50% of the
Max Gold for the subtier most appropriate to the GM’s PC)

So, yeah, you pick the subtier.

You can only gain the credit once per scenario run (except in the case of the replayable scenarios, such as the old First Steps mods), UNLESS you have a GM star. Then you can "spend" that star to replay a module once per star.

So, in that case, I could run Skybek through a scenario. Azdak is the one who is playing in an adventure at Totalcon. I am mostly GMing and applying credit to Skybek so this sounds like it could work.

Nice! I'd rather run something I can still take GM credit for, so Among the xxxxx is out.

Any other preferences?

To avoid democratic paralysis let's do this:

I'm running Storming the Diamond Gates. It's a Season 3 Tier 3-7 scenario. It's pretty solid and straight forward (the title kinda says it all.)

If you're in, cast your Arcane Mark here: http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qm92?SFounders-Storming-the-Diamond-Gates#1

If you're OUT let me know in the discussion tab so I know not to wait for you: http://paizo.com/campaigns/SFoundersStormingTheDiamondGates/discussion#1

I'm out. I just played that last week. Have fun, folks!

Doh! I'll keep you in mind for the next one.

No problem!

'Til next time, Nivik! Don't forget to check out that spellbook we found earlier in the scenario.

Oh yeah... what about that spellbook? I really don't recall right now, I'll have to take a look back on the gameplay thread when I get the chance I guess.

Oh! My bad.

2nd—scorching ray (+1 ranged touch), touch of idiocy (+0 touch)
1st—disguise self, grease (DC 13), magic missile, unseen servant
0—acid splash (+0 ranged touch), dancing lights, flare (DC 12), message
Spell book: all cantrips

Excellent! Does it cost anything to get these spells or do I just keep the book or something? I assume I have to spend the gold cost for copying the ones I did not have.

You have to successfully copy them via Spellcraft. Can't get to the rules right now though. Sorry.

No problem. I'll find it.