GM FurtiveZoog's PFS First Steps, Part I: In Service to Lore (Omega) (Inactive)

Game Master FurtiveZoog

Working of a PFS run of PFS First Steps, Part I: In Service to Lore with a second group.

Hi all,

First up, please make sure that your Pathfinder number/character number is easy to find on your character sheet!

Second, especially if you are new, please take a look at the "Campaign Info" tab where I am trying to develop a good guide to starting PbP PFS play and to how I run games. It's a work in progress, and I'm still learning.

Then, I've been remiss in one of the GM 'duties'...

Your Duties as Game Master:

As a Pathfinder Society Organized Play Game Master
running a session at a convention or an in-store event,
you have the following duties.
• Introduce yourself.
• Encourage your players to introduce themselves (and
their characters).

So, since this is online, just share what you want, if you want. You can introduce your character best, I think, on the gameplay thread, or add some OOC info about them here.

I'm Matt, a 42-year-old father of a two-year-old boy, staying at home while my wife goes through an accelerated nursing school program. As I said on the Campaign Info page, I am relatively new to PbP, PFS, Pathfinder, and GMing, though I have now finished as an online player in three games and as a GM in two. I am hoping online gaming will help keep me sane, especially now that I am need to give up my in-person game for time reasons.

Hello Matt, and thanks for running part 1 for us! I am also 42, father of 2 girls, I have a real job in with a fortune 500 company and live in the Nashville TN metro area. I have played pbp for nearly a year, and am GMing in several AP currently. I played my very first live PFS game this afternoon and had a blast doing it.

My character is Herman Halfshanks, a halfling bard (detective). His skill is investigation and diplomacy with some magic throuwn in. He is not a fighter, and will stay near the back in combat, taking a front position in negotiation and investigation.

Looking forward to running with you guys again, and welcome to new guys!

Buy whatever you like, Herman, although I get that a MW light crossbow is 335 gp, or 317.5 net when you 'trade in' your current crossbow.

Alias is updated with the MW weapon and new gold. Your total is correct. Herman is left with 75.8 gp.

Here is some general guidance for people with gp or Prestige Points burning a hole in their pocket:

With gp you can purchase 1) any of the gear that you've found, 2) anything that is on the 'always available' list, 3) anything below the gp limit established by your level of fame, 4) and spellcasting services (pp. 22-25).

Page 26 has a table of what can be bought by anyone with Prestige Points, including "Free purchase up to 750 gp - 2 PP".

It does make sense to save, especially for a critically needed remove curse/disease/poison or raise dead spell, but a Wand of Cure Light Wounds is, IMO, a good splurge on using 2 PP, and a masterwork weapon, a MW backpack, something with continual flame cast on it, and some alchemical remedies all seem reasonable early purchases with gp.

It is a little muddled about how to do the recording of purchases in an online game. My suggestion is to write it all in after I send you the otherwise-completed Chronicle sheet, and to make your purchase public on the discussion or (if appropriate) the gameplay thread, which can serve as the public and permanent record of what you did and when. (Sending scans and re-scans back and forth would just end up making a mess, IMO.)

Just checking in, and right, introductions. I'm Dave and live in northern Canada near Edmonton where I work at a University doing project management. I have a Pathfinder addicted wife (who I can't quite get to try PbP yet) and no kids as of yet. I've been playing PbP for a couple of months now, Pathfinder for a couple of years, and roleplaying games in general for around 20.

As stated earlier I'm not buying new equipment yet (saving is fun!) aside from that shiny wand of CLW you mentioned.

Checking in. Tromos is hot off the presses, so no points to spend.

Hi

Just a quick note I have made slight alterations to Xeno from last adventure as is aloud by PFS before 2nd level (reread some of the feats and thing I am planning to take and made some slight changes)
main things are scales are gone and dex up to replace for AC, however that means her Int droped and several things connected with it.

I'll be using the 2pp to get a Wand of CLW but saving the money.

I haven't updated gold as I didn't print out the record straight away (printer out of ink) and now it seems to be gone. So can't remember home much gp we got and what a 21 on day job gets you.

Hi Xeno, Sounds good.

I'll PM you the link to your Chronicle scan. I may have moved a folder or something...

I have to update Boomkin as a caster druid, I feel like having an animal companion in early game is a little bit op. I will also purchase a wand of CLW for 2 PP.

Just a heads up: Tromos is pretty abysmal at all the social stuff. On a day like today when the only updates are Diplomacy, etc. checks and matter-of-course continuances, rather than substantive updates to the party's immediate situation or other significant events of which he would be experiencing first hand, he's not gonna have much to say.

Of course I'll keep checking on the thread a few times a day at least, and he won't be some stonefaced barnacle that only lights up in combat. But, if the thread is still moving at a good clip, he won't feel the need to pipe in at every minor social junction.

I bet there's a combat or two still ahead if I know PFS scenarios. Don't worry, Herman can handle the whole group's CHA based skills with an occasional aid roll.

Sure, that's what I figured. Not like this is an uncommon party dynamic. He's got plenty to do out of combat in the right situation, but UMD and Knowledge (the planes) probably won't be too useful in an orphanage.

There are some combats, and one in particular could be quite dangerous. But, this scenario is more problem-solving (which anyone can do) and investigating.

Hi all,

I have signed up to do the First Official PbP Gameday, doing a fairly short and easy scenario called the Mists of Mwangi (season 0, number 5). (We should be done with this one by then.)

I hope to do one table for each of my current In Search of Lore games. There is the small catch that you would need to register on the Warhorn site (Sign up page) and sign up for the table from there.

Player registration (which isn't up quite yet) closes Wednesday, Oct. 2nd, 2013, and the games will start on Oct. 5th.

Let me know if you are interested and registered with the site, and I'll keep you informed.

Thanks, Matt

Went and registered, but don't see registration or link up yet...LMK when it is.

So you register at the website for a table, but are you going to hold the scenarios at that website or here?

Registered.

The scenarios will be here. Only the registration and such will be there.

I'm still not really sure how it will work, not having used the site before (and, well, it is the First of the events, too).

Registered also, but don't know what event name to link to get to table sites. EDIT - found the messageboard thread here which has a link to the Warhorn site here where you can actually see all the games at once. (your link wass broken, Zoog). I actually signed up to run 00-01 Silent Tide also, we'll see if I get accepted.

Which Mwangi game is yours?

Both of the Mists games are mine (I think). How about we have this group do the second Mwangi group, and I'll have my first group do the first Mwangi group.

(These links weren't up when I originally posted, and they are having some difficulty working out multiple games for one GM, apparently.)

Edit: Well, I guess someone took my first slot, lol. We'll get this worked out eventually, I'm sure.

OK, I signed up for the second one. We'll just add people to that and if there are enough I will have them add another Mists, possibly mixing my two groups a bit. (Some people from each like won't want to or won't be able to play.)

I'm playing Mists now with another PFS character, so I probably won't compete for a slot.

Hey all,

If you post to these games by phone, you might be interested in this $1 "Wayfinder" app, for android (I'm not sure if anything else). I picked it up and it looks helpful, except I'm just not one for posting by phone (or generally interacting with my phone in any way besides talking).

~~ Matt

Hey sweet, I could do that. I avoid posting by phone whenever possible but I'll give it a shot.

I'm registered for the Oct 5th event. How do I actually find and join your game?

Hi,

So, they moved things around and reset them (so Herman, you'll have to reapply, too, unless you are the level 2 bard signed up), but go here and look for FurtiveZoog.

It will be run at the Tier 1-2.

Sweet, found it and signed up.

Good to hear, Storn. :)

I am the bard. Will be Lvl 2 when we finish this.

For new players like me, I started a thread Buying guides for early PFS prestige point purchases?

It has some good ideas so far, I think.

Hi All,

I'll be out of town on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday with limited internet access.

~~ Matt

Hi All,

Since we are getting close to the end of this scenario, you can post here any Day Job rolls you want to perform and I'll add any extra gp to your chronicle sheet when I get it filled out.

Thanks,

Matt

PS - We really need to get this scenario done in the next few days since many are going to need their characters freed up for starting scenarios as part of the Online Game Day. So, please don't slack off too much on posting.

Day Job Perform Sing: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Unfortunately I'm going on holiday tomorrow, and while I'll have some access to Internet at final destination it will not be as good as here and I'm likely to be without for a day of travel. Please roll dice for me if you need to keep things moving

Profession Sailor: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Thanks for letting me know, Xeno, and have a nice holiday!

Day Job: Craft (Alchemy): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Here is the link to my Mists of Mwangi First PbP Gameday game, for those who have registered. (It is filled and closed, unfortunately, if you hadn't.)

Play begins on Saturday, but please come by and check in at the Discussion thread.

Edit: Fixed the link.

thank you for running again have fun with the game starting over the weekend.

Hi, I have the Chronicle sheets filled out (for my part) and should have them scanned and the links sent later tonight.

Can we make day rolls? If so:

Member of the Hunter's Lodge: Survival 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Aww, I already filled it out. Someone wasn't paying attention in class!

Perhaps you could just add 10 gp to the day job space with my initials (MC) by the changed value since you have this posting for the proof.

If you want, though, I could redo it and rescan it a bit later.

No worries about making a new one, thanks for the game!

You're welcome! (And I'm just giving you are hard time, btw.)