GM FurtiveZoog's PbP PFS First Steps - Part II: To Delve the Dungeon Deep (Inactive)

Game Master FurtiveZoog

Hi all,

I am going to run a PFS-legal, Play-by-Post game here of Pathfinder Society Scenario Intro 2: First Steps—Part II: To Delve the Dungeon Deep, chosen because I’ve played it as a player and really enjoyed it. It is being retired, but apparently we only need to start it by August 14th and complete it by September 30th, neither of which should be a problem. If my schedule permits, I might be able to also GM a run of First Steps—Part I: In Service to Lore (which isn’t being retired) after we complete Part II. (It doesn’t matter much that they would be played ‘out of order’.)

I would like to recruit five or six players who are preferably 1) new to PbP and/or 2) not in any other PbP games yet, since I know how hard it is sometimes to get into a PbP game, especially before you have some character-making and PbP experience to show. If it isn’t filled in a few days, then it will be open, taking on characters on a first come basis, including those who have already posted.

Full disclosure: I’m also relatively new to GMing, Pathfinder, PFS, and PbP gaming (did I forget anything?), so I would need players who are able to work with me in making this a great game.

For character types, I would say that you should just run a character that you would enjoy playing. It appears that we already have a cleric from my pre-post conversations, so that should help as there are a fair number of encounters. Really, though, these initial games are not that deadly. (Play a cleric or backup healer if you like, though.)

I’ve prepared a short introduction to my game and to various aspects of PFS and PbP gaming on my campaign description page.

Thanks,

Matt/FurtiveZoog

Hi all,

Since there has been only a small response from players (two likely candidates, one a cleric) completely new to PbP Pathfinder play, I'd like to now open this campaign up to all players who would like to give To Delve the Dungeon Deep, especially since I am already running one run of it as a replacement/fill-in GM.

Thanks,

Matt/FurtiveZoog

hey im really interested but I'm new to play by post and still need to work out a legal PFS character. But if you are still looking for players I'm totally in

Hi gamerguy1470,

Good to hear! You might want to check out my page here, where I have tried to put a lot of stuff that would be helpful to first-time PbP and PFS players, including links to official resources.

Thanks,

Matt/GM FurtiveZoog

Hey Matt

I would like to join in this game too.

I will need to role up a character--probably tonight or Monday after work.

Any questions let me know here or in our game in discussion.

Thx

Thanks, Walter. It would be good to have you in the group.

Hey there, I'll chime in with interest. I can have a character up sometime tomorrow.

Thanks, Barvo.

Would it matter to you that it is, I think, one that you have done before?

Well this is one I am currently doing in the other game you're running, but as you know that's early going. I don't particularly mind. :)

I just ran this guy thru some PFS stuff at Space City Con this weekend and really enjoyed him. I'd like to see if he could run this if you have room. He is level 2 though, so if you rather have all level 1 types I do have an Oracle that I started yesterday as well.

Hi Jaysin,

It does, as I understand it, have to be all level one characters, since it isn't yet into the Tier 1-2, etc., system.

So, it would probably have to be the oracle character. :-\ The oracle could be especially useful if it is an oracle of life and the cleric doesn't pan out. We'll know more about Monday night, it seems.

Thanks,

Matt

Hello! I'm finishing the details of my first PFS character, it's a Summoner. I'm basically new to the pbp post, but i have applied for a pbp Reing of Winter AP, in which i will probably not get chosen, mainly for the inexperience. Anyway, i would like to play!
I'll post the character details on monday too, cause i don't have time to transfer it from a pdf file, but it is basically ready.

No problem. I'll get him set up on here. The oracle is Narvik Drak, a half-orc oracle of Bones.

Ralklain, the first part of Reign of Winter was what this guy ran thru at Space City Con. Interesting stuff, you'll like it. Hope you get picked up.

Here is my oracle. I don't have a background as of yet since I just started him yesterday but I'll update the profile to include his stat block.

Hi Ralklain,

Good to see you! I hope you get picked up, but the 'inexperience' problem is why I wanted to run this one for people.

So far, we have (unless I am counting twice - those aliases can get confusing):

Pizzmic/gamerguy1470
Barvo
Walter
Ralklain - with a summoner
Narvik Drak - oracle
ratchet19 - cleric (offline)

So, that would be a full group!

~ Matt/GM FurtiveZoog

Awesome ill post my character later on today as well.

Heads up pizzmic is a gnome enchantment wizard but ill post some details later

Hi all,

A seven person group is legal but controversial - especially when done around a table, where it can be tough for everyone to get time to speak in 4 hours... - but how would people feel about 7 on a dungeon quest in the PbP format?

It might be a bit of a walk-through, but perhaps if I could play the monsters a bit smarter (without "changing the game mechanics") it would still offer enough challenge as an introductory adventure.

~~ Matt

Whatever works for you, does not matter to me.

I do think it's a good idea, cause 1 or 2 players might drop soon, so we could still continue the adventure without the nned to looking for new ones...

Hello, I would love the opportunity as a new player to experience the run before its retired. I was considering making a level 1 paladin for the campaign, or maybe a ranger? Let me know and i get the sheet together

Hi Celif,

We have a 7th spot for you, if no one ends up minding there being 7 players. I'll give it a day to see how people feel, but so far it seems like a go. If not for some reason, you can always have it ready to snag the next campaign.

I would say just play what you want to play - This is really more of a first-come basis, hopefully with more people of limited experience. Make up a character and hopefully we'll all be ready to start Monday or Tuesday!

~~ Matt

Hi all,

I've put the first post up in the gameplay section, and you can start posting as soon as your character 'arrives' at the party.

If you are working on things, don't worry - this is for impatient people like myself and so you can make your grand entrance ;-). We won't move on until everyone has arrived.

The Gameplay Thread, in case you don't see it.

Hey there, it looks like you're happily with the number of players you need. 7 is a crowd and since I'm already doing this scenario it's no skin off of my back. I'll withdraw. :) Have fun!

Are you sure, Barvo? Thanks for helping when it didn't look as though I would attract anyone!

I'm going to go monk, it just fits what I wanted to do anyways better. fixing it now

To clarify we are building these characters with lvl 1 pathfinder society limitations. Are gonna give you our society number? I'm a little noobish with the society rules which ill be looking up tonight. Is there any progtams that ppl use for character creation like hero lab that verifies if your character is legal

Hi Pizzmic,

Yes, they are with lvl 1 PFS limitations.

You get your PFS number yourself, and you can do it online. I think you click on "My Account" at the top of the page, and then on that page there is a box about the Pathfinder Society. Since I have already done it I just see:

Pathfinder Society Edit
Silver Crusade

You are Pathfinder # 92489.

Download Your Pathfinder Society ID Card

You have 3 characters.

Make Changes.

Let me know if that is where you get your PFS number or not, since I've already done mine and it probably looks different to me than you.

Check out my guide on the "Campaign Info" page: http://paizo.com/campaigns/GMFurtiveZoogsPbPPFSFirstStepsPartIIToDelveTheDu ngeonDeep

It covers a lot of things, like character creation programs, at least briefly. I am not familiar with Hero Lab enough to know whether it verifies PFS-legality. Read/skim the Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play (link on my page), and then check out the Additional Resources page (also linked to on my page) about the legality of specific extra things from other sources. Plus, I can try to verify things.

Common Pizzmic, you're late to the party!

sorry for taking so long, i had to work a double today because my co-workers don't understand how a job works. i just made this character and can be added to the group. I will be posting momentarily and apologize greatly for my tardiness.

Don't worry about it. :)

where do i find the dice roller, do i have to download it or is it a slash function like in most online MMOs?

The dice roller is done using text formatting code. Look for the "How to format your text (Show)" button below where you post messages and one of the options is dice.

Basically, it looks like [d ice=Perception]1d20+4+1[/dice], which would come out looking something like:

Perception: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 1 = 25

You can make one and "preview" it and it remembers the roll, so I was able to react to that one by continuing my post:

Norine after the recent unpleasant surprise, is seemingly hyperaware!

You can do two or more rolls, too, like:

[d ice=Spear attack and damage]1d20+2; 1d6+2[/dice]

With the rolls separated by the semicolon.

(You have to correct the spelling of "dice", of course, to make it actually work.)

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 41d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

disregard i now understand and thank you, I'm still a little noobish but i have a fast learning curve give me a couple days to work out the quirks.

Furtive

I am new to pbp. Actually, just started researching it two weeks ago, after picking up the Pathfinder core rules. Long story short: I used to play Basic in the early 80s as a kid. Got a hankering to relearn pen and paper rpgs so that my young son might benefit. Anyway, PF sounds like a great system. This week, I've played around in PCGen with creating a human monk, Crixicus. But that's about it, other than skimming the rule book. If you still have an opening, I'd be interested. Let me know! Thanks!

Hi Redcloud,

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