EM - [PFS] Baby It's Cold Outside (Inactive)

Game Master Evil Minion

I appreciate the sentiments.... (Well, maybe not... I'm horrible at taking compliments)

Anyway, I reported the scenario, and sent off the chronicles to the previously used email addresses! Let me know if I mucked something up.

I still have a 'sailing off into the sunset' sort of post planned... but from a society standpoint, we're done!
(sounds of numerous folks leveling up ensue!)

Hey, she didnt make friends with the lady, lol

Heh, I know! It lost you an influence point at some point in there.
But the Society did!

I can remove the boon from the chronicle if you want =)

got my chronicle... thanks! how much did those gifts cost total? or do you want me to just come up with a number...

and no level here... that brought me to 8, so need one more adventure...

Now she is very sad, lol.

Well, buying 'gifts' for other PC's is a bit of a sticking point in PFS.
Technically, you're not allowed to spend your money to buy things for other players beyond the end of a scenario.

Most of what you're after is not really a big deal, beyond descriptive ... so I wouldn't worry too much about it... except the arrow... that one might be an issue.

Random going away thoughts from the GM!

• for those of you who might consider GMing any of these in the future... just be aware that I added large portions of descriptive stuff. (I swear, probably more then 80% of it did not come from box text). The PbP format is great for being able to do that! I highly recommend it.
  
• I loved that all 6 scenarios all took place on the single map of Irrisen I pulled off the interwebs somewhere. Was fun drawing all the dotted lines and moving the 'You Are Here' arrow around.
  
• typing accents or funky speech patterns is a pain! Skelg's chattering teeth and my attempt at giving Natalya an accent was a lot of work! Partly why I didn't try to do it later.
  
• Both Skelg and Natalya pop up again (I think) in the 3rd scenario in the Eyes of the Ten arc. Not sure how or if there's a connection back to this one, but its something to keep in mind if you ever get to those retirement arcs.
  
• liked all the opportunities I had to make languages relevant throughout.
  
• loved that Masym got hit by the lantern and ran with it. If he'd saved, it would not have been nearly as interesting.
  
• I've long been a believer that many of the more fun and interesting things that happen in this game, are a result of someone failing to do something! Or gaining a penalty of some sort and living with it, instead of immediately trying to make it go away. Especially from an RP perspective.
  
• I admit to being a little disappointed in the Rosy Fingers Tavern. It started off just a single name on one of the maps in the scenario.
  When you guys decided to go in there, I went 'oh crap'... and then went about trying to create the place... including seedy atmosphere and bartender from Rahadoum (Had just played a scenario there, so thought it would be an interesting place for him to be from... which lead to the 'No Preaching' sign.). The problem came when I started to overthink things, as I often do... I wondered what if you guys asked about the name of the tavern... so invented a reason... then decided it needed a signature drink that matched the name... and then no one asked after the name, or wondered about the root in the drink, or even partook of said drink after they'd gone and bought one. All that thought for something that didn't come up at all. Important to remember in PbP you have time to ponder these things a little as they happen... too much preplanning might prove inefficient! =)
  
• The Pathfinder Campaign Setting supplement on Irrisen was awesome. I used it a lot. Some of the towns and stuff in that country are wierd. Just reading the description of Chillblight made me never want to visit there. I tried to throw some of this in here and there, though didn't do as good a job as I could have I suspect (though was trying to avoid Magic Cow/Gazebo issues). Especially since I didn't get it until part way in (or I never would have put the caravan route the way I did (I had to do an emergency edit of the dotted line to avoid the Frozen Fog on the map, after reading what it was)). The supplement for the Linnorm Kingdoms had some useful info too, but didn't see that til near the end.
  
• Did you know that crows are killed on sight in Irrisen? I didn't know how this would affect someone like Wei Tchak... so decided to avoid that complication entirely and never brought it up. =)
  
• still not sure if was better or worse to have only two of the goblins speak common (1 of whom preteneded not to). Made some things easier, to have a single mouthpiece, but I noticed you didn't really engage with them that much, and not sure if that was part of the reason.
  
• Had a plan in my head for a comical 'arch nemesis' vibe on Storc vs Phoebee... but she never bit the bait I tossed out. Heh.
  
• first time, out of three runs, I've not managed to kill one of the goblins though! Cursed clerics.
  
• am still amazed how well the information gathering portion of the 3rd scenario went in Trollheim (for the PbP format). I think part of that was getting you all to roll diplomacy rolls up front, for all 5 parts, an then just RPing things going forward from there. But mostly, it was all due to your schedules. You all logged in to post at different times, and each actually were asking a different or follow-up question. So the NPC would say some stuff... one of you popped in and asked a question... I answered... then someone else would pop in and ask a question... I'd answer... etc etc...
  It made the whole thing seem almost like a real conversation with everyone involved. I was really pleased how that part worked out.
  
• Was hoping someone would remember poor little Thorngrin though... alas, the sickly little hard-luck gnome remains stuck in Trollheim.
  
• For future reference: out of reach goblin alchemists with the explosive bombs discovery are mean!
  
• There are a few connections between the Shades of Ice scenarios that are not really pointed out in the scenarios themselves. For instance the fact that the ulfen prisoners in part 2 were captured in the same raid that Hjort blamed the Pathfinders for in part 1... this was not pointed out at all, so unless you were carefully reading both scenarios, you could miss that entirely. Probably due to the disconnected nature of scenarios, even linked ones.
  
• I was taken by surprise when Masym starting talking about Melkorka being possessed by the axe... I went back and read the descriptions I'd been giving, and then totally saw where he was coming from, so let it ride! Made the weapon seem way more important and artifacty!
  
• Glad you guys responded so well to the Snowmask Induction ceremony. I thought it up as I drove home from work that day. Didn't expect everyone to keep the tattoos though.
  
• Though it was the last fight... I think that one with the Revenant was my favorite ... at least the one I had the most fun describing... though the goblin firebombers had their moments.
  
• I played From Under Ice not long after it first came out, but remembered almost none of it. I view that as a failure on the GM's part, if the player doesn't recall what happened later.
  
• The only person I didn't manage to knock unconscious through it all, was Nella! That Adoration domain ability foiled me a few times =)
  
• Had a great 'dream' scene I wanted to use, the next time Tchak tossed the Infernal Healing on another unconscious PC... but it never came up once I thought of it! 8(
  
• Masym had the worst dice luck sometimes! It made me laugh many a time. On the flip side, Jones was king of the opportune crit.
  
• I wanted to say Malusha's crossbow luck sucked too... but usually he needed a 19 or 20 to hit... so his luck was pretty normal given the odds. =)
  
• Jones was always pulling out a tankard and some booze... but doesn't have a tankard on his equipment list! =) (Edit: That should be Tchak's gift to Jones!)
  
• On a similar line, Malusha, buy some food! Technically you guys had to feed yourselves for part 5... and everyone had just barely enough food for it... except Malusha who had none, and Tchak who had lots!
  
• Looking at some of the earlier posts and some of the later, I clearly got more and more descriptive as I went... some of those later ones were huge! Egads.
  
• fyi: There are only so many ways to describe swinging swords at people!
  

I think you did a great job... and reading all your inside information really points up how much you put into it that wasn't in the script! Thanks for that, you really breathed life into these scenarios! and whoops, we DID forget the poor gnome, didn't we... a reminder might have helped... after all, our characters most likely wouldn't have forgotten, and if we were at a table playing ftf, we likely wouldn't have all forgotten either.. unfortunately the nature of pbp does make recollecting small details (pun intended) difficult. Still, it was all fun!

Well, it was over 2 months between when you talked to him, and when you finally left. So easy to forget a casual conversation with random npc =)
So the longer PbP format leading to forgetting that sort of detail was more apropos then you'd think =)

I had a lot of fun with this and am sorry to see our group break up. I wonder if any of us would be willing to DM and trade off?

well, I remember him now that you've reminded me... and tbh, with my memory, which is none too great under the best of circumstances, that's quite a feat! I could easily forget a casual conversation with a random npc and not recall even if reminded, so it DID make an impression!

Whoops, I feel bad for forgetting poor Thorngrin too! Maybe we can ask Benarry to send a message back that way and see if her contacts can help him out?

Re: gifts - I'd say that if you wanted to buy another PC a gift then as long as it's something cosmetic that doesn't cost any more than a gold or two at most then it shouldn't cause a ruckus.

Still at work so I'll comment more in-depth on your other notes later GM! :)

She is all leveled and took Deific Obedience

Ha. I do have tankards on my hero's lab inventory. I guess I didn't transfer them to the profile equipment list.

Thank you again to everyone. This was a memorable adventure.

And with that, we are done!

Malusha wrote that poem there at the end, he just let me include it as part of the ending post.. Sadly the forum doesn't let me keep the indenting, so it doesn't look quite as nifty as the original did.

Will keep the thread active for a few more days, before closing things down (unless the conversations continue to be lively).

Thanks again everyone!

I hope to run into each of you in other PbP games since I have thoroughly enjoyed all of our interactions.

Phoebee (Jason), good job on pulling off an opposite gender character. I don't think I could do it.

Jones, I liked your steady presence and always coming in to save the day.

Tchak, you played an unusual race very well. You made me a believe in the fact that it is possible to play something other than the core races effectively.

Masym, loved your character. When I talked to friends in RL about him I referred to him as the "beefcake". I liked the quiet, strong fighter vibe you created.

Nella, thanks for playing along with Malusha's crush. I enjoyed the crush/romance development between Malusha, Masym, Phoebee, and Nella in this series of adventures.

I'll be at PaizoCon so if any of you are coming maybe we can meet up IRL.

I think I'm going to keep Malusha out of any PbP until after PaizoCon so that I can play him there in a few scenarios. If I can get 3 more I can level up again!

He needs to take weapon focus crossbow :)

I am looking at running the Dalsine Affair at tier 3-4. It might be a perfect scenario for Malusha. Phoebee wouldnt be able to go but the credit would go to her.

Anyone interested?

when were you thinking of running it? I have a con at the end of the month (same dates as Paizocon I think... may 26-29... I'd kind of like to have Tchak free to play then... could join a game after.

I was thinking of starting before that.

Phoebee... just a heads up...

But you are advertising that Dalsine Affair as a Core game.
Which means no one here could play it anyway, with their non-core characters.
Nor could you assign credit to Phoebee once you're done.

Also, in case you were not aware, the tier you GM it in is irrelevant to the PC you assign GM credit to.

Working on catching up on games, will get to this one very soon I hope!

I will run it in both standard and core but wanted to see core off first

Here is the standard recruitment

http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ubzu?Dalsine-Affair-Standard#1

Hey, we made 675 posts.

Woohoo!

Also as tempting as it is, I think I'll gently decline the invitation for now. Not that I don't want to keep playing Nella but I'm looking to start my first solo-flight scenario as a GM soonish and the less games I'm juggling while I do that (plus the Cosmic Captive special starts in about a month and I'll also be going to a convention that same weekend) the better it'll be on my sanity :)

I really want to save Malusha for PaizoCon (my only level 3 PFS character) but I want to play your game Phoebee. So would it work if I used a new level 1 character?

I think that the scenario is a 1 through 5

So a new level 1 is fine?

Si

Go ahead and post in the recruitment thread

Dalsine is a 1-7

I'm almost done with the confirmation in one group and reliable the first part of an evergreen series if that will help.

OK, gameday 5 is on!

Would like to run a series of PFS scenarios and attempt to connect them up... at least by geography and personnel. (thus encouraging RP and griping about the weather!)
All are aimed at putting the players in icy northern climes, in or around Irrisen and the Land of the Linorm Kings (though starting in Absalom)

Of course, there's only 90 days to work with... and I've got 5 scenarios in mind (possibly 6)... so unlikely to make it through them all... but the idea will be to continue on afterwards normally if we need/want to.

So, looking for players who would like to, and can, run through the following 5 (or 6) scenarios (1-5's all)
(The first 2, at the very least for GamedayV)

0.04, The Frozen Fingers of Midnight
3.01, The Frostfur Captives
2.15, Shades of Ice - Part I: Written in Blood
2.17, Shades of Ice - Part II: Exiles of Winter
2.19, Shades of Ice - Part III: Keep of the Huscarl King
And, as a bonus, possibly
6.18, From Under Ice

I realize its a bit much to try to find a full group who've not done any of these... so will remain flexible, but will see how it goes for now.
Please note: as they're all 1-5's... if you plan to stay the course, your PC will probably need to be level 3 or less to start off, so as not to outlevel things.

Would also like folks with reasonably quick post-checking rates... in hopes of as much progress as possible in the time alloted.

I've played in many pbp... so now its time to give back!

Starting August 27th with Frozen Fingers.

Would you accept new players/characters?

Of course! Open to new, old, and everything in between.

Might be my best bet for finding folks who've not already played them. =)

This sounds like a great idea!

Sadly, I've played them all except The Frostfur Captives... If you end up being a player short for that one, I'll gladly join in.

Would you accept a myth-weavers sheet pre-selection? I'm not a fan of alias-bloat. Also, I've only ever made one PFS character, and I'm still waiting to get in on the campaign, so if I make any mistakes let me know.

I'd like to play with a 2nd level, but I've already played frostfur captives... would love to play the rest if that's okay. I usually post 2+ times per day... usually more, except sept 2-5, as I'll be at Strategicon... can't guarantee more than 2x day during that time.

Maybe you could take SkipperD for frostfur captives, and me for what's left? Seems we are a perfect fit.

Sign me up! I haven't played any of them, though I've GM'd Shades of Ice Part I.

This sounds like a blast! I'll submit my human slayer for this as I have not played in any of these scenarios.

I'd love to sign Nella up for this! I've got to update her profile with some chronicles which should put her at a base 3rd level when we start so doing all 5-6 scenarios shouldn't bump her beyond 5th level :)

*edit* For posting I can generally do 1/day on work days and more on my days off. I give PFS games posting priority when I'm playing in them, too.

Lukcy me. I haven't played any of these. I'd be happy to play through all of them. Human cleric/1.

I'll post more of my profile later. The paizo website is giving me some trouble.

Jeeze, I posted this super early, just to have more time to find folks able to play them all...

Hour and a half in, and lots of interest already.

@Deko: any format/alias is fine for the recruiting part. No need to create the PFS alias just yet. Though I'm curious, you have 16 PFS characters registered... how have you never made a PFS char? =)

@SkipperD/Wei Tchak: I'll keep the switch out in mind!

If we get a good selection of PC's soon enough, would folks be open to possibly just starting the first one, outside of Gameday, and then doing the 2nd and beyond when gameday comes around, rather than waiting a month. =) Frozen Fingers is season 0 so can go quickly...

I'm fine with starting sooner.

I'm not opposed to starting sooner but I don't have a link to one of the chronicle sheets yet for this character, though the session has been reported. I sent a PM to the GM asking about it but since he's away for the weekend I'm not sure when I'll hear a reply. Would that make a huge difference since the scenario has at least been reported?

@Nella: That's fine. Wouldn't be til after the weekend anyway.

Okay, thank you! Hopefully I'll have it by the end of the weekend or the beginning of next week :)

Early works for me too. Looking forward to it.

Technically only Valasha Renoi is a PFS character. All the others I made before learning about the forum alias function... And some of those are animal companions/familiars.

Working on a kitsune mesmerist. Will have it finished tomorrow.

Looking for a game with a new character level 1 any places available?

I need to wait for the gameday as my character is already in a game that will be over before gameday starts, so I'll opt for the later start.

I am OK to start whenever you are!

I have a 1st level bard if you are still looking.

Hi

I'm a level 1 arcanist interested in play The Frozen Fingers or The frostfur Captives. I didn't play Shades of Ice series, but I have gm first and second episodes long time ago.

I can post once or twice a day, but I prefer play only in one of the sessions I have just mention.

Have not play this scenario either.

Well, here is Melshanto, a kitsune vexing devil mesmerist. Should have everything finished, with a few gold left over for last minute purchases.

As for starting times, either is good for me.

Any starting time is fine, if she is chosen.

I'd also be interested in 0-04 Frozen Fingers.

I'd also be interested in 0-04 Frozen Fingers.

Hi, I've never done a PbP before, and would love to give it a try, if you still have room?

I haven't played or GM'd Frozen Fingers. Frostfur was the first PFS game I ever GM'd, but it's been years, so I've forgotten the details. I've never played it. I have played the Shades of Ice trilogy though. I've GM'd but never played From Under Ice.

If accepted, I would probably play a Gnome. Either a Bard or Rogue, possibly eventually multiclassing between the 2. It would be a brand-new PC.

Thanks for your consideration!

It sounds like this might be full, but if you choose to do a second table or something I would love to play. I am new to PFS but have played with pregens before. So this would be a new character and I would love to run through a connected series of adventures. And I would be available to start right away.

Thanks!

Dotting in for interest. I'm relatively new to PFS, which means that I have not played any of these scenarios and can bring a level 1 PC to the party. I have either an Elven Witch or Wayang Arcanist pretty much ready to go, but would be happy to build a new PC to suit party balance, which could be helpful for 6 connected scenarios.

I am available to start the first scenario before GameDay if that's how you choose to go.

I'd like to pull myself from consideration for Frozen Fingers. I wish you all happy gaming! Evilminion, I wish you good luck and thank you for GMing!

Nella now has her missing chronicle and will be good to start whenever. She's also good to play through all 5 or 6 scenarios; forgot to specify that earlier!

Phoebee would be ready to play them all as well. The only thing that I will need to change is one of the traits, she was originally built for a PFS AP (the Numeria one) and was not chosen

I haven't used my boy in a while, I'll apply.

OK, back from a long weekend!

Recruitment for this is closed. Have lots of responses.

Melshanto (Deko)
Wei Tchak
Dead-Eye Jones
Masym
Penelope
Malusha

Will keep the originally posted start date for now.

Have made a campaign thread (but again, not actually starting until Gameday (the 27th))

Everyone else: will keep a record, in case anyone is unable to go once the start date arrives.

Awesome... thanks!... really looking forward to this..

Sweet, glad I made it in. Will have the alias up and running before game start.

Ooops, was editing the campaign name and broke the link to it!

New actually-working link to campaign thread.

Thanks, please do not contact me if others drop out.