Until I post the briefing, you can redo spells/perform any purchasing/etc as needed, as the scenario hasn't actually begun; this is pretty much just a "waiting for everyone to check in" time. Then it becomes the "if there's travel time, then prepare responsively. If emergency response team, not so much, unless you're a Wizard because they don't have to prepare at the same time every day."
On the meta level, I have zero qualms with coordinating with the rest of the casters because deities, omnipotence, and whatnot.
I'm just recycling a now-irrelevant faction mission to give you a reason to be in-game posted in Fantasy Egypt, get some practice posting in, and getting the common map-looking difficulties out of the way. You'll start with a full spell list, HP, etc. etc.
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@ GM Burglar. I've got a copy of the Player's Companion Pathfinder Society Primer, which I believe allows the following bonus to the party if we set out from the Sothis Lodge. Is that correct?
Bonus: Your research into ancient afflictions and malign artifacts decreases the DC to identify a cursed item by 2. In addition, you gain a +3 bonus on Linguistics checks to decipher Ancient Osiriani.
That is correct and will be the case for the entirety of the written scenario.
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I think we can make whoever you bring work, Ander.
Ryster brings serious ranged damage, I’m thinking. This would be able support for Cleaver – just from a distance. Two clerics = some flexibility. Luisila could stick close to Cleaver to keep him up and buffed – similar to how she did in Port Godless. In addition, Linnea, Luisila and/or Aakif could help keep multiple enemy front-liners from ganging up on Varg.
If you bring Ander or Cara, we have a tactical situation quite similar to Shadows Fall on Absalom, which worked well.
Luisila is Level 9, so breath of life is in play.
TL/DR: Play who you want, buddy.
Who is this new Hamburglar and why do I enjoy the fact that opinions on him are evenly split between "hot" and "creepy"?
Oh, my data plan resets on the 10th, so I'm on "WiFi only unless I'm feeling Dangeresque" levels of online-ness since I'm at the 9.8/10 GB range. New job is great, but actually time-consuming, so you've got time to pick because I have less time to post right now. (Why does nobody want this "sit for 8 hours punching numbers and investigating lost PCs" job; its so mediocre-ly great and I love that.)
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The 10th or whenever Tektite picks a dude; whichever happens first. Just "EST late afternoon and later" posts will be rarer and map updatage will be nil until the 10th. This scenario can be one that I might not have to touch the map until the weekend, even if we progress.
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No worries; not like we actually started yet or anything. Just lemme know when you're good for more if I'm still running.
If folks want a 6th, I trust y'all's judgements on bringing in folks. Or if you want to keep APL down, that works too. Schedule remains unchanged; Tektite picks a dude or the 10th (though I'll hold off if he does pick someone but majority wants a sixth.)
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Story Burglar-rata: Where Balentiir says "last week" and "days", he should say "Last night" and "hours." Making this fit the pbp group's narrative is hard, three seasons later.
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Handouts are probably the #1 thing I both LOVE and HATE about PFS simultaneously. For things like Eyes of the Ten, the old Faction handouts made almost no sense, but are needed to keep yet another Cakewalk in Babytown from being just a Boring Cakewalk in Babytown for anyone who is even mildly optimized (and not Core Campaign). Thus, for the new factions I had (Silver Crusade, Scarni, and Grand Lodge), I made entirely new handouts with the same exact mission in a different fluff shape in some cases. Mostly "Eagle Knight = Generally Good Person" and "Steal from the Grand Lodge = Ambrus Orders a Surprise Inside Audit Because Trust Nobody Who Changes Their Entire Name Between Scenarios." Taldor missions were usually stealing something or threatening someone, so that wasn't really... difficult to transpose over.
On the downside, they have to exist most of the time and require owning scissors with all RP sessions and can be somewhat inflexible and often unreadable (thanks, Amenopheus! I vote the new chick because maybe she won't underling half your words for no reason.) Plus, when they have a DM going back and forth between the scenario and the handout, it was often distracting in Faction Mission days (not that that's an issue anymore.)
Thing I forgot to note explicitly for Aakif; Initiative for PBP (when I run) is slightly more fluid; if your block of players is up, you can post. I'll sort out the course of actions once I do a big post, trying not to bone anyone over while keeping accurate with cover and stuff.
Actually waiting for proper order would take AGES to do, though it pains me to alter turn-based methodology. Though I rationalize it as assuming a "I'll delay for you" type dialogue happened in the shuffle. The only time I'm strict about it is Poisions/Burn/Confusion/Other "when your round happens" things. Retcons aplenty otherwise, though.
I'll also do mini updates when dependant things (like that dispel magic happened) to help make swingy decisions easier and so folks don't attack stuff that isn't there.
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Apologies for the semi-railroad on the showing the guard the scene before doing anything and the paperwork, but with your collective Wisdom, y'all know that's the best-case result (and I didn't want to take a few days asking "are you suuuuure?" There's enough trade checkpoints that you'd probably get caught eventually, given your general skill-sets (though Aakif would have actually made it possible, bringing bluff to the table.)
Though, theoretically, if you were all REALLY GOOD at playing Weekend at Bernie's by sheer GM Entertainment Points, you'd maybe alright... but being caught with a dead body is definitely a no-no. Even then, a follow-up investigation later would point toward a conversation later at the guardhouse...
"A fight happened at an old lady's house."
"Well, who was here?"
"Church said some Pathfinders."
"You mean those guys who keep trying to smuggle relics out of here?"
"... Yeah..."
"..."
"Book em, Dan-o."
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I'm fine with this sort of semi-railroading, it might have been fun to play it out until we caught on out of character..but yeah, our characters should know when it's bad to be caught in a city with a dead body (some cities will have more of an issue with this then others)..while I as a player rarely think about the follow-up/clean-up of dead bodies
Oh, as per my face-to-face games, I'm a "You can roll Sense Motive and ID rolls at your own discretion, preferably in a format to the following
... though you can pare out any obvious options (like, say, rolling Arcana here since this is some kind of dog-thing.)
For Sense Motives, I'd like to pretend I'm lenient about how often one can roll them. PBP is pretty good about it, since blocks of text happen and I can get past "things you guys failed to sense" if everyone failed an initial one (a VERY common occurrence with this group. They'd see a sniper on a ridge 300 yards away no problem, but have issues believing if Gurail is actually selling them magic dust to get rid of headaches.)
My confusion was with Blessed Fortitude (Warpriest {Sacred Fist}) and its better phrasing. One of these days, I'll play that Rogue2/Warpriest X with beast saves.
RAW and PFS are clear: "she's is Dazzled", though in a home game I'd Executive Decision the other way to throw the Rogue a rare bone and count " being Dazzled is halfway to blindness."
There's a person around the corner that will require me to actually change up the map, so no new content post yet.
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Yeah, it does seem like a good spell for first level. I believe James Jacobs designed it, who really likes clerics.
Maybe it's another way for clerics to support fighter/barbs with low Will saves in the game??
Or perhaps it's to encourage more people to play clerics, because goodness knows you don't see very many in PFS play!
*Looks left*
*Looks right*
;)
Thursday is my live game anyways, so no worries. Thanks for the heads up anyways.
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