GM Crunch, Before the Dawn! (Inactive)

Game Master Saving Cap'n Crunch

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Okay, everyone, please enter the following four or five bits of information here at your leisure:

Player Name

Day Job (feel free to make a second roll if you have a reroll, you can choose to use the latter one at the end if you don't use the reroll during the adventure)

Anything special I should know about your character, be it relating to flavor or mechanics?

Also, as a curiosity, does anyone know why some GMs ask people to put down their faction in these posts? I honestly don't see the point.

Player name Gary Pepper
Character Name Lancyn Pendragon
PFS# 43992-2
Day Job Perform (sing): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 Yes a singing Paladin i know
Special? umm... Lancyn stands at 7 ft tall, Very tall for a Varisian, he can cast light as the spell once a day. If cast on his Longsword the radius and duration are doubled, he speaks 4 languages common, Varisian, Azlanti and celestial.

I think GMs ask for factions so they are able to report the correct one for the character.

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Player Name: Wydroe
Character Name: Whendle Walkner
PFS#: 165069-2
Day Job: Craft(alchemy): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Special Stuff: Whendle has flaming red hair and dresses in bright yellow, red and orange. His favorite color is orange. He has slight pyro-maniacal tendencies. You guessed it. He is a fire elemental bloodline sorcerer. He also asks alot of questions. He is most comfortable at attacking from range. He has a crossbow with several quivers of bolts. Other than that Whendle is pretty ordinary.

Whendle is silver crusade, but has not really done too much 'good' in his PFS career. Pathfinder had gone away from faction missions just prior to him starting play. Factions may give you some insight into how a character thinks when playing. A dark archives player may still be looking to put Whendle in chains as the son of an escaped slave. They might need to be reported. But every post has your character faction beside it.

@Lancyn - I noticed you had a -2 number for your character yet your PFS number is relatively low. Is this a character you sidelined for a while or a GM baby? Or are you a 'one character at a time' type who advances up and then starts a new guy? Just wondering as my character is also -2.

Player Name: JAF0

Character Name: Night Hunter

PFS #: 52335-14

day job profession brewer/vintner 1st scenario: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

day job profession brewer/vintner 2nd scenario: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Whendel - I started playing PFS in 2012 and then took a four year break due to life and all. I started playing again early last year and also am a Venture Agent for my county in California now.

I have 5 characters in total. I focused mainly on my -1 Ebonwolf this year, took him too PaizoCon! Woo that was a blast.

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Player name: Ed
Character name: Ako
PFS # 9406-8
Day job 1st: courtisan: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Day job 2nd: courtisan: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Sorry about being a pain about the code of conduct for a Paladin. Thank you all for understanding.

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I'll be traveling through Monday. I should be able to post, but feel free to bot me if needed.

I have never botted anyone. I think i have seen it done but am not sure. Is there a way a player can bot someone and make it look like it came from the original person? That would be scary now that a think about it. Dangerous. Is rhere a way the GM can do it? If i ever figure out how to run a pbp, i think i would want the post to look right. But maybe for keeping things straight i would just put it in my narrative of resolved actions. How have you all seen it done?

some gm's have a special generic bot avatar and name like 'gm's superbot 24' or something like that and make all bot posts with that name, others just do it under their regular gm name, but clearly state it is a bot post and for which character... others are more casual about it. I guess it just depends on preference.

As a relatively new GM on the boards (this is my 6th game run here), I don't have a very strong stance on botting. I have done so a few time, and the players, like Essa, have been good in telling me they will be out. Some have a spoiler in their profile with a few basic instructions, after which it's easy to improvise. I have had a bit of a hard time when botting sometimes, in that I know the enemy. Players wouldn't be happy if I kept using their strongest attacks until they ran out, especially on an enemy I knew had low HP, but I don't want to metagame too much where the player would not know how. The player would not be likely to know the opponent's HP, although they could have an approximation.

I might create a bot avatar, just to make things easy to distinguish. In this case, I think I will bot Essa if Ako posts first, as they are the two we are waiting on. If neither post by tomorrow, I might bot them both to save time, although you guys are currently going quite fast (if not entirely under the radar).

Spreaking of botting lol. I cannot guarantee my internet connect for the next two weeks but i should be able to post at least once a day in the late evening possibly early morning.

Whendel boting is usually done by GM that I know of.

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That feels like it went really quickly. Thanks everyone for moving this along at a good pace.

Huh. I wasn't quite sure if I was going too fast, but it seems to have worked out. I will start on the Chronicle sheets (unlike Rats of Round Mountain, you can use your Day Job rolls and buy stuff). We can take time to level up and make purchases, I'm in no hurry. Soon, you will discover the glory of the next scenario.

Yay awesome. Gm crunch you are fantastic i love how fast this is going. I may only be able to post once maybe twice a day but its a great pace.

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Thanks! I like the pace too, I'm just trying not to intimidate or get anyone to post at a rate they can't commit to or want to do. Twice a day seems a bit much for many people, including me a fair amount of the time. Currently, though, I'm in a space of having to work less hours, that should last at least until November. That said, if people can do it, they are welcome to and usually do, and it adds some nice extra flavor to games.

That's cool about extra time through November. I would post more than i have been but internet is shoddy driving across country.

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It was a little fast for me at first, but it was no fault of anyone else, just my schedule really.

things panned out in the end though.

also what was the second scenario? I want to make sure I did not play that one already. (I am pretty sure i checked before, but doesn't hurt to double check.)

The second scenario is 2-02 Before the Dawn, Part II: Rescue at Azlant Ridge. It's unlikely you'll have played one without the other, but you're right, it doesn't hurt to check.

just checked... have not played pt 2.

I am good to go. Sounds fun. Let's do it.

We can buy things though right?

A 2nd level scroll is 150gp? I don't have 2nd level spells yet, but if I have it on my list and I have the minimum ability score, I should be able to roll. So what is my roll? (DC=scroll's caster level+1) Assuming minimum of 3 for a wizard arcane scroll then DC=4.

Whendel will purchase 5 scrolls:
obscuring mist 25gp
shield 25gp
endure elements 25gp
true strike 25gp
mirror images 150gp

Given that, you shouldn't be able to fail. Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you can't botch a caster level check, only attack rolls and saving throws. Thus, I believe you needn't even make a roll.

Per CRB under scrolls Whendel is not of proper caster level but meets all other requirements he will need to make a roll. And DC is 4 CL 3+1. If a natural roll of 1 comes up he must make a DC 5 wisdom check or a a mishap happens.

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Yes you are rolling to see if a mishap occurs.

I will take my 95% chance of success with a 25% chance of being unwise if I don't for a total of 1.25% of a mishap. It is probably not lottery winning unlikely. But, hey what is? Whendel likes to gamble, just don't stand too close to him.

Heh i think the worst of your failing to cast is either buffing the enemy or takeing 1d6

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Looks as if I stand corrected! I never knew much about scrolls, to be honest.

Anyway, Chronicles are up, right here! However, there are a few things that need to be sorted out. Charis and Essa, yours are currently incomplete. I need Day Job checks from both of you, if you have them, and Essa, I need your PFS number. Also, I have the current access settings set to anyone can view, but that's it. The other option was that anyone could organize, add, or edit, but I thought there was an option in which you could add but not edit, which would be preferable. Anyway, try it out and see if you can add it to your respective Drives, and if it doesn't work, I can change the settings. I'm going to hold off on actually reporting the scenario until Chronicles are all complete.

I downloaded the chronicle, but it won't print large enough to fit a standard sheet of paper... very odd... it's like 1/2 size... I can read it - barely - so I'll go with that... can you tell I'm not very computer literate? lol

Hunter is leveled to 4th... ready to go to part 2.

PFS Number 110249-9
No Dayjob.
Silver Crusade.

Alright all leveled and ready to go. Also if anyone (PCs) is in need of healing in the next scenario I have a potion I would like you to drink first before other avenues.
Working on my faction journal card ;)

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updated Ako (did not level this time)

updated armor to +1

I'm going to open up the next scenario, but since it starts with a combat right out of the gate I'm going to stagger that a bit.

Essa is ready to go.

ok looks like Paizo deleted all of my played scenarios. it says I have played nothing and GM'd nothing. but I still have two GM stars.

Mine too, Ako-chan. This happened a few days ago. I called customer service at the time and it happened during an update of the site. The data is safe, its just the display that is affected. They are going to fix it after Gencon. Not to worry.

ok, I thought i could replay everything all over again.

Ako that would be fun :)

Hunter thank you for answering so quickly

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I will be traveling from Saturday morning until Weds. night (driving up north to see the eclipse). I will try to check in at least once a day, but if I miss a post time, please feel free to bot me to keep the flow going. I don't want to hold up the game.

Shouldn't affect this game which is basically over.. just letting you all know.

Any chance this will be reported soon? I'd like to use Essa's number on a GM chronicle from this afternoon. I'm running an in person game.

I'm not sure if you can use a GM chronicle on a character that's not available for play, but I'd rather err on the side of caution.

I finished reporting late yesterday. I probably won't have time to finish Chronicles today, but those shouldn't be necessary to what you're doing.

I don't know either, that's a good question. Fortunately, it's not critical because you're (officially) done with this game.

That should work. I earned my first GM star today.

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congrats Essa!!!

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yayy Essa

Congrats on your star!

Congratulations! I think I technically earned mine a month or two ago, but it still lists me as having 8 tables worth of credit. Before it closed down, the previous store I gamed at had all scenarios GM'd there recorded by one person. They were notoriously forgetful about it, though, so I'm missing 5 tables or so.

Way to go!

not to be a pain, but tomorrow I am supposed to play Ako in a table top game.

any chance of getting the chronicle sheet? or at least the info from it so I can update the character.

if not, I'll just figure something out.

I'll see what I can do, I may be able to hammer them out tomorrow morning or afternoon. If I don't make it in time, you, as a character out of tier, get 898.5 GP plus money from your Day Job. You also get 2 Prestige and 1 XP. Talking of which, can I get everyone to roll their 2nd Day Job checks if they haven't already?