Hello everyone! I like to keep the gameplay thread in character as much as possible. We'll be using Roll20 when we get to combat. For now I need everyone to do something for me to make my job easier (and it will make things easier for you too). On your character's profile, in the "Classes/Levels" section, type the following after your character's class and levels:
HP / AC / T / FF / Fort / Ref / Will / CMD / Init / Perc
This way all of these stats will show up when you post in character. I'll post an example below with one of my characters.
And I promise I'll stop being so picky once gameplay starts. But getting all this out of the way will make gameplay go much more smoothly.
Here's the Roll20 page if you want to log in and get everything set there.
Checking in. Will select the pregen and set up the alias when the party is ready.
Ok, so I built up the pregen ninja by hand (and with HeroLab) and I noticed some.... oddities.
First of all she is several hitpoints lower than where she should be. A typical Ninja at level 4 with a con of 10 should have 23 (8+5+5+5). She has 21.
I'm also assuming every favored bonus went into skill points. As it stands she is one language over where she should be, but has additional skill point remaining. I request that I be able to put it into linguistics. Languages should then be consisant with the rules and she gets +5 linguistics as a skill.
Would you be ok with these changes - +2 Hp and +5 linguistics over what the character sheet says?
I have heard that some of the pregens have mistakes before but I'm not familiar with the ninja. Technically I think you have to run pregens as is but those are some ridiculous errors so I'll let you fix them. Kyra also has cure spells prepared even though she has spontaneous casting so I've let people prepare other spells when playing her.
Also, to everyone: make sure to introduce your character in the gameplay thread. We'll get started once everyone has checked in.
I just noticed the pregens don't have factions. Should I choose one that would make sense for him/her, or use the same one as my regular PFS character, since he'll get the credit when he gets to this level?
Also, I assume he gets the credit when he reaches level 4 (same as pregen), right? Or does he get it at level 3, since this is tier 3-7?
Also, I've got the pregens narrowed down to the rogue (ninja pregen doesn't have disable device) or the wizard. Any preference, anyone?
Nevermind. Found both answers on another review of the PFS Guide. I think I'll go with the rogue. Will post in gameplay now.
Still waiting on Connor to check in with Borenor in the Gameplay thread.
Haven't heard from Theinyore for a while but if you're still interested please check in with Jean soon in the Discussion and Gameplay threads.
I will start tomorrow whether you join or not; as long as you jump in before the first combat you'll get full rewards. Once it starts I would like to you check about once/day unless something comes up; I will try to be flexible.
You'll be having a level 3 alchemist crash the breakfast a little late but then we'll have a party of six and be ready to move. Thanks for your patience everyone.
Nevermind. Found both answers on another review of the PFS Guide. I think I'll go with the rogue. Will post in gameplay now.
Think you could link where you found these answers? I'm trying to find this information but my search-fu is failing me.
I'm at work, so don't have access to the guide, but pregens are assumed to belong to the Grand Lodge faction, and we don't apply the credit to our characters until they reach the same level as the pregen we're playing, so level 4 for this scenario.
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I have a quick question about PbP - is it bad form to look at information that is marked as spoilers and directed at other characters? My guess is that it is, and so I haven't checked what the VC said to Anja or Shan.
Okay, one other question - is there a thread on proper PbP etiquette? I just want to make sure I'm doing things correctly.
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I feel it is bad form to look at other people's spoilers. Spoilers are "for your eyes only" information. In games I run, I trust my players are not looking at other people's spoilers. If there is something we want you to know, we'll tell the group.
This seems to be the go to thread for PbP basic information.
Was there anything in particular you are concerned about? You seem to be getting the hang of it pretty well.
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I figured it was bad form. If the characters feel the need to share, then they will share. That thread looks like it will be helpful, thanks Shan. Also, I'll try to remember to post as my character even in the discussion, to make things a bit easier.
I wasn't really concerned about anything in particular, I'm just the type of person that can be counted on to make a major faux pas in any social interaction or situation and so I'm probably a little overly paranoid about trying to mitigate or avoid doing that.
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GM, I have a hybridization funnel that allow the combining of two Alchemical Weapons into one flask, doing double the damage on a hit. I need to roll a DC 25 Craft Alchemy. I would like to combine Alchemist's Fire and Liquid Ice.
One out of three isn't too bad. So the other ones are lost
Sounds good, I'm familiar with that item.
As to the spoilers, yes, I am trusting that you do not read other people's information. In this situation the VC didn't actually tell them, those spoilers represented what those characters already knew from their Knowledge checks. I leave it up to the players whether or not they want to share.
Sorry, I meant to post last night but didn't get home until much later than expected and had to be in the lab at 8:30 today.
The back door is to the left, the front door is on the right where Greeves and his men are sitting around the table.
The map shown is the whole watch station too. There wasn't anything around it on the map.
This is actually my first time using Roll20 so there might be a bit of a learning curve.
It's ultimately not that important now unless you guys want to break out in a fight.
When using a spell or spell-like ability, etc, make sure to tell me what the save is and what the DC is. Thanks.
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@GM Mike Tuholski I couldn't remember if you could take 20 on a Knowledge skill and only did a quick refresh of the rules before posting. Deeper examination seems to reveal why you cannot take 20, however it appears perfectly legal to take 10.
It appears that James Jacobs has clarified this at some point, though it's not listed in the CRB FAQ.
Not trying to be a jerk at all, I want to follow the rules and tried to look them up in good faith before my post. I can make a roll if you want. Thanks!
Well, I generally rule you can't do anything that someone else had to spend a feat on or has to use a special ability to do and bards have a special ability that lets them take 10 on knowledge checks so it's not fair to let anyone else take 10 because it makes their special ability pointless.
However, reading what you linked to, I didn't realize that the specialty of bards is that they can take 10 anywhere. So I guess anyone can take 10 on knowledge checks.
Thanks to everyone else for being patient. Obviously Desmond and Ezrek have some business to attend to at the opera. I'm sure they will catch you all up later when they get done.
No worries here. As someone who plays rogues occasionally, I appreciate the need for a character to split off and take care of business without the whole group tagging along.
Hi GM, I'm not too familiar with Roll20, but in another game I'm in, we were able to use tokens for our characters. Not sure how hard that is to implement, but if it's pretty easy, it'd be more convenient than drawing a box for our placement. Like I said, just if it's easy enough - I don't mean to put more on your plate if it'll take a bit of research to implement.
I'll look into the tokens this afternoon but I think you should be able to go to the art portfolio and download some free tokens; that's what I did for my NPCs. If you guys can't do it I'll take care of it later.
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I was able to add some tokens to my library, but I don't have the option in the tabletop section of accessing them. Do I need to pay for an upgraded version of roll20 to access the art for use on the map? The help document says that there should be an art tab on the toolbar, but I don't have that. Is anyone else having this problem?
Alright, I'll try that now. Sorry everyone, this is my first experiment with Roll20.
Ok, it should all be working now. This is my first time Gming a PbP and first time using Roll20 so you guys are my guinea pigs and I get to iron out all of the kinks as we go. Thanks for sticking with me. I only have a limited selection of free tokens so I just went with "close enough".
Sorry, I got Anja and Reiko mixed up. You should be able to move them now.