FP's - PFS First Steps: In Service to Lore - PbP (Inactive)

Game Master FauxPas75

So, here's the deal. I'm a brand new player to PFS, signed up to do some sessions at GenCon, picked up the Core Rules....liked it, Picked up the Field guide and Bestiary, like those too.....Problem is I haven't found people to get a game going locally, so here I am online looking for some players to run a game for.

So, what I'm looking for: I'd prefer to have new players first, I'd like to not look like a complete fool fumbling around for rules in front of you guys out there that have been playing for quite a while :)

So, if your interested, I'd love to run a game for you new players like myself.

Rules I can run are from the COre book and the Field guide...Sorry, I don't have the other books yet, so I can't really go with whats in those.

If your not sure how to roll up a character you can always use the Pre-Gens and then apply the rewards you get with those pre-gens to your first real character that you plan to play with going forward.

Any questions, feel free to send me a message and I'll do my best to answer!

Just judging from the activity on the recruitment boards, I'm sure you will have plenty of interest.

I'm also new to PFS - and PBP, for that matter, so your fumbling should not bother me ;) - and would love to jump in. I have lurked at a few PBP games, so hopefully I will be minimally competent at least.

As for character generation, I would humbly suggest using the Pathfinder Society character generation rules, since those provide some standard guidelines (available for free!) designed for PFS play.

Archetypes cool?

Archetypes cool?

I'm not familiar with Archetypes, if there is someplace I can read up on them then I'm good with that.

Just judging from the activity on the recruitment boards, I'm sure you will have plenty of interest.

I'm also new to PFS - and PBP, for that matter, so your fumbling should not bother me ;) - and would love to jump in. I have lurked at a few PBP games, so hopefully I will be minimally competent at least.

As for character generation, I would humbly suggest using the Pathfinder Society character generation rules, since those provide some standard guidelines (available for free!) designed for PFS play.

I agree, sorry I didn't post it earlier. the PFS Character Generation Rules guide book is a great guide for anyone who wants to make thier first character.

Blackacre, Hannya Shou and BudFox, if you three are interested it looks like we should only need one more player, though I'm willing to take on up to three more players if they want to join.

If we can get at least one more player I expect we'll be able to start fairly soon, Once you have your characters rolled up and posted to your profile go ahead and introduce them in the Game play thread and after that I'll get the ball rolling.

The length of the game will depend on how many posts we get a day, I'd lke to get at least one post out of everyone a day. If its not possible for you to post for some reason try to let me know, I'll NPC you if we're in a fight, if not I'll just assume your standing quietly and listening.

I will probably check posts several times a day, first thing in the morning (for me), maybe over lunch at work, when I get home and probably before going to bed, so there is a good chance we could have several posts a day and advance fairly quickly (for a PbP anyway).

Looking forward to hearing from everyone and getting the game rolling...it'll be good to get some of the rust off and begin to DM again!

@ FauxPas75 - you can find all of the information from the APG, UM & UC here at this link

It contains all of the optional classes, archtypes, equipment and such as well.

Ive considered PFS before and will have to give the handbook a read now.

Darn, I was thinking of starting a recruitment for Season 3 of PFS! No worries, I have other ideas!

If you need any help or assistance please PM me. I've been GMing PFS off and on for two years and its good to see others taking up the mantle

I am interested in playing. Never played a PFS and been really wanting to try it out. I will look over the Field guide and generate a sample character concept

Excellent. I'm working on a dwarf skill monkey rogue (I recognize that elf has the more optimal race characteristics, but I can't stop swimming upstream), and will post as the alias as soon as I can get it together, probably before the weekend.

Excellent. I'm working on a dwarf skill monkey rogue (I recognize that elf has the more optimal race characteristics, but I can't stop swimming upstream), and will post as the alias as soon as I can get it together, probably before the weekend.

Hmmm ... I was thinking of something similar, but I could do a Ranger (maybe Urban ranger archer specialization?). I'll see if I can post them both. Either one works for me.

Question: can a PFS character play in two adventures at the same time?

eg. multiple PbP games or PbP + RL game

Hmmm ... I was thinking of something similar, but I could do a Ranger (maybe Urban ranger archer specialization?). I'll see if I can post them both. Either one works for me.

Fair enough. Maybe I will post an alternative as well, in case your Rogue is better than mine :) or we have other party needs. I have this aberrant sorcerer I've been pondering...

just so we are on the same page, will this be an official PFS game?

If so I am interested in this i have a level 1 paladin ready to go.

I have played a lot of Pathfinder and some play by post but i have not had the chance to play any organized play.

Here is my rapier wielding skill monkey rogue (from BudFox). Need to tweak the equipment a bit and refine for a few things but it is mostly there.

Question: can a PFS character play in two adventures at the same time?

eg. multiple PbP games or PbP + RL game

It's my understanding that no, they cannot.

@ FauxPas75 - you can find all of the information from the APG, UM & UC here at this link

It contains all of the optional classes, archtypes, equipment and such as well.

Ive considered PFS before and will have to give the handbook a read now.

Thanks Stieh19s, looks like archtypes are in then :)

just so we are on the same page, will this be an official PFS game?

If so I am interested in this i have a level 1 paladin ready to go.

I have played a lot of Pathfinder and some play by post but i have not had the chance to play any organized play.

I'm thinking its an offical game, not sure how I'll get your sheets out to everyone....email I'm guessing, but yes, I plan for your level 1 characters to get credit for this adventure, once you finish these three intro sessions you'll be able to walk into a new game as a level 2 character.

Here is my rapier wielding skill monkey rogue (from BudFox). Need to tweak the equipment a bit and refine for a few things but it is mostly there.

Go ahead and introduce yourself in the Gameplay thread, that will set you as a player in the game (unless there is a way that I can set that, but I haven't found it yet).

Once we have at least 3 more players setup and ready to roll I'll begin!

Blackacre, Hannya Shou and BudFox, if you three are interested it looks like we should only need one more player, though I'm willing to take on up to three more players if they want to join.

If we can get at least one more player I expect we'll be able to start fairly soon, Once you have your characters rolled up and posted to your profile go ahead and introduce them in the Game play thread and after that I'll get the ball rolling.

The length of the game will depend on how many posts we get a day, I'd lke to get at least one post out of everyone a day. If its not possible for you to post for some reason try to let me know, I'll NPC you if we're in a fight, if not I'll just assume your standing quietly and listening.

I will probably check posts several times a day, first thing in the morning (for me), maybe over lunch at work, when I get home and probably before going to bed, so there is a good chance we could have several posts a day and advance fairly quickly (for a PbP anyway).

Looking forward to hearing from everyone and getting the game rolling...it'll be good to get some of the rust off and begin to DM again!

Yeah I'm in. (Hannya Shou By the way, using his half-elf cousin).

My Stats are on my profile. I'll type up later what the Samurai Archetype Sword Saint does.

Oh sorry, if you're running Core rules, I'm coming in as a Paladin instead. Will adjust stats in abit.

I hope your still accepting applications, i have a Sorcerer here I would like to submit. built for PFS play for another campaign that never actually got started.

I hope your still accepting applications, i have a Sorcerer here I would like to submit. built for PFS play for another campaign that never actually got started.

I'm still accepting, go ahead and enter your character on your profile and post in the Campaign thread, that will get you added as a player.

I believe that you will be either our 4th or 5th player once you get joined in. If thats the case I'll post the intro over the weekend and we'll get this ball rolling.

Well, looks like we might have 5 players, I'm willing to take one more, but if not I'm good with starting this weekend.

And that makes 6. For those of you who haven't posted in the Gameplay thread yet, please do so so I can get your characters into the game. I'll go over all of the character sheets to the best of my ability sometime today...if you don't have your character sheet up please try to get it up and running soonish (I know we're all busy people, so when you have a moment....we probably won't get into any combat or major skill rolls for a few days yet, but just to keep everything on the up and up it'd be good to have them).

For those of you unfamiliar with PFS play as opposed to a normal home game there are some differences in how a character is built, and what feats you can take. For a quick overview please see the Guide to Organized Play: http://paizo.com/pathfinderSociety/v5748btpy84k4 it's a free download and will walk you through setting up your character.

Some basics:

PFS uses a 20 point buy system for stats
No Item Creation Feats are used
You start with 150 gold

Some basics for how I play....I'm in no way a rules lawyer, but one thing I will check is that all characters follow basic PFS rules - with this being a living game the rules are there to keep all of us roughly equal, and it makes the game better for everyone.

I would like everyone to try to post once a day, if you know your not going to be able to in advance just let me know and I'll zombie you through as a GM NPC for a few posts to keep things moving.

Hope everyone has some fun with this, hopefully we can get this wrapped up by GenCon. :)

Sounds fine with me. Tell me if you have any questions about my character

Are you still short? I ve got this character. I can retune under the " official stuff "

I am interested if you still have space. I am a new payer with some experience as as real table DM but not as player or in pbp

I am interested. Still working on the character concept, but almost there.

I should be able to make at minimum 4 posts a day. This would be my first time PBP as well.

At this point I'm not ready to take on another couple of players, but when we move to Intro 2 I would be. Down side of that, you don't get to meet 5 of the Factions. If you guys are interested I'd go in order of posting....

Elandor would get first dibs, Baral next and Agratep last. I expect it to be at least 2 weeks before we get to that scenario however.

Elandor and Agratep are the same person, FYI.

Elandor and Agratep are the same person, FYI.

Dang split personalities :P

I would be interestd.

I am new to this, so I am not fully sure what the Intro 2 means and what the implications are. I am willing to try. Keep me posted.

Agratep: I'm pretty new as well, but heres how it works.

You get 1xp for each session, by doing all three intro sessions you get to be level 2 (3xp) at the end of them, and you get introduced to all 10 factions (you join 1 of them).

So, you'll end up getting xp for 2 sessions if you join for 2 and 3, but not the crucial 1st session xp for advancing to second level.

But you can always fill in that XP later with a different scenario, or jump into the First Steps 1 when someone else runs it.

Since you are new at this, download the PFS Player's Guide. It's free and answers many questions.

Thanks that what I had figured. Just let me know when you want me to jump in.

Will do, and thats for that ThorGN.

Ok Guys, we're about 2 weeks out I'm guessing from starting the next scenario. If your characters aren't already finished go ahead and get them polished up....I'd recommend a healer of some sort, the team currently is short one, and they are regretting it.

I am interested if you still have space. I am a new payer with some experience as as real table DM but not as player or in pbp

If your still interested Baral please post in the Dicussion thread and introduce yourself. I plan to get the ball rolling tomorrow.

Thanks that what I had figured. Just let me know when you want me to jump in.

Agratep, if your still interested please post in the discussion thread and introduce youself. we should be starting tomorrow.

So, it seems I made a mistake when I created the game...I don't seem to be able to start a new thread under the same game....What's that mean to us? We continue playing under the first game and just move on from there... No big deal, but we're on Intro Session 2 now, not 1 like it says :)

Players:
Rachel Stone
Harboth Redacre
Hannya Jubei
Elwyn Cintras
Baral Dorda
Agratep

I'm cool

Ready to go whenever you guys are. As for the new guys, youve never seen mage hand used quite like i use it before :) FP knows what im talking about

It's kinda hot.

Wanted: Two Characters, Players new to PFS heavily preferred. Ideally one would be a healer of some sort....not that I'm planning to put your shiney new character into a situation where it would require healing, I would never do that to you guys! This is a Play by Post game.

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Where we are in the games:

Completed: In Service to Lore
Just Starting: To Delve the Dungeon Deep
Upcoming: A Vision of Betrayal.

A note about my games...I tend to run them quickly, I like at least one post a day, but understand that we all have lives outside of games. Just let me know you won't be around and I will NPC you until you get back (In the case of combat I'll have one of the other players roll for you....I tend to roll very low for some reason...).

My goal is to have these last two scenario's completed by GenCon (August 16th). This will give anyone who has completed 3 scenarios a Level 2 Character.

I'd like to throw up Fedryn, a Ranger looking to become a Hellknight as well as a Pathfinder. He's actually a character I intend to use for Pathfinder Online but I'm going to use some Society games to find my feet with him.

I'm a player in the game right now, and we do really need a healer. Im actually the only caster right now

I am so tempted to make a healer for this. I am in 2 PBPs already though.