GM Henry Fortuna's First Steps (Sessions 1-2) [Completed] (Inactive)

Game Master Signore di Fortuna

two natural ones the first time i use the dice command line. heh. heh. yeah..... someone hates the crap out of me.

Oh, things are not quite happening as planned, Illias. But we'll survive :)

Writing this from a friend's phone, still no internet at my gm's new place but i should be able to post tomorrow, don't let me slow things down. My char will act shy and nervous when the para countess is around and will get kinda quiet until they leave. Sorry and i will be back posting again tomorrow for sure!!

Will anyone be at GenCon this year?
I'll be there! Mostly in the PFS hall and Paizo vendor area. If you are going to be in Indy PM me and we try to meet up.

Its on the wrong continent for me, unfortunately.

Wrong Part of the country and my work schedule is relentless. soooo no conventions for me

Nope not this time.

FYI, I will be out of town Monday and Tuesday.

I'll be on the road until 8/29. I'll post when I can but if I don't respond to something timely move on without me.

Due to personal reasons, Elianna is out of the group.

So, what were the stats of this door?

It was an iron door (DC 28). Honestly, it couldn't be less than that because it would be a very nonsensical vault.

I apologize for not posting today. I've been up for 26 hours and I'm fixing to crash. Enjoy the remainder of your Labor Day or September 3rd, if you prefer :)

Due to personal reasons, Elianna is out of the group.

That is a shame. Elianna I hope you can get back playing soon!

Well, it seems like everybody dropped off the face of the earth...Everyone please post something in this discussion by tomorrow afternoon or I'm gonna assume that we're done with this play-by-post.

I'm alive. I was trying to give someone else the chance to post :P If there's nothing by midday tomorrow I'll continue it...

I'm alive and eager to continue.
Kurth just doesn't have anything to say right now.

I'm not trying to be a jerk, but this really wasn't the pace that I was aiming for. I'm going to wait and see if Vim or Luthor respond before proceeding much further. If not, we'll need to discuss a plan of action for continuing this.

I see what you mean, Henry. This game isn't really taking off.

To me the problem is the way these encounters are scripted.
All the NPCs seem to be saying "Hi, let me introduce my faction real quick and then you can fight a monster." I don't really feel like (or know how to) roleplay these scenes with the NPCs. I don't want to post the same "Kurth nods and accepts the task" over and over again.

I'm really looking forward to the upcoming social/investigation encounter.

I'm even more looking forward to the whole group going to a tavern once they are done with their errands ...

Is the second group doing any better than us?

I think that Kurth has the jist of it. I've enjoyed the game so far, so please don't stop (If I get a vote in the matter).

I agree, It is moving a little slow, the rp isn't bad. I'm enjoying it I just don't want to be the one posting every other line :P I have a question, How often do all of you check the forum in a day?

Usually once in the morning, and then several times throughout the evening.

I live in Europe, though. So in American time that would be once in the middle of the night and then throughout the afternoon.

Well, since its three of us plus the GM we should get used to posting as much as we can and not worry about 'hogging' all of the posts.
I am generally good with moving forward unless we are coming up with tactics on a raid or something like that.

I generally check a couple of times throughout the day, depending on how hectic work or family life is during the day.

I usually check once or twice a day, depending on how much sleep I get or if I have stuff to do. I work nights, so it's a little hard some days.

As far as the second group, they're about to finish their second task. They did the one for Ollysta first and it was quite a bit of roleplaying.

I've wanted to do PFS and I thought First Steps would be a decent start, but I understand what you mean about it being "Hi, go do this. Join my guild plz!!!!" The next two sessions are not much better as far as the set-up goes (the encounters are), but the whole point of First Steps is to introduce to you the different factions and see what their all about, to make your final choice more organic. If you all want to, you can choose your faction after this session and we'll move on to a proper season 4 session.

Here's the main issue right now: having only 3 players is illegal, according to PFS rules. I have to have 4 minimum. So, either I open recruitment to another player (who cannot get credit for this session, since we're so far along) or I can create a GM character. Sadly, this means we can't get to the whole Gilga Baltwin scenario until we deal with this.

Please let me know what you'd like to do as far as those two things are concerned as soon as you can so we can move along.

Vim has officially dropped out, too?

I'm fine with both options, either introducing a GM character, or recruiting replacement PCs.

I'd also be willing to bend the rules and continue with only three PCs (I interpret the legal table size as legal starting table size. A real life table wouldn't suddenly become illegal when a PC dies halfway through - or a player is asked to leave the table for a rules violation - or would it? At least the rules don't mention it). But then again I'm new to PFS and there probably are rulings for this case. In any case its your call as a GM to make and not mine.

In a way, I'd like to finish all three parts of First Steps, but with one change:
directly move from the faction introduction scene to the actual encounter (i.e. handle both in one post). This would speed up the game. And players who want to ask questions / talk to the NPC can still do so in their next post, by splitting it into an "in Xxx's office" section and an "in the basement" section.

Vim hasn't dropped out officially, but it's been 9 days since he last posted and the last heads-up I got was that he would be back by the 29th of August.

As far as table-size, it's not that I'm trying to being in perfect sync with the rules, it's that there are a few things which can potentially lead to a TPK without another member in the group.

Oh. In that case: Thanks for being concerned for our (character's) well-being.

I would like to play through all of the scenario's if it is possible. Whether you recruit another pc or must use a gm character i'm game.

I'll go with majority rule here and create a GM NPC, so we don't have to take time to recap what's happening. I'll get that done tonight so we can resume tomorrow.

You could just play a pre-gen and then apply it as 1st lvl GM credit if you like.

Should've gone with the pre-gen idea :P

It's really weird talking to myself...I think after this session, I'll open recruitment for another player. Depends on if I lose another one in the second group.

My wife is having surgery tomorrow at 5 am. So, I'll be off here probably until Thursday, if possible.

Henry- best of luck and I hope that all goes well with the procedure.
We will see you back when all is well at home!

I hope all goes well for her! See you when you get back. Family first always.

@Kurth: Obvious problem is obvious.

The wife's doing fine, but I haven't been getting much sleep. I'll keep posting but it might be once a day for a little bit.

Glad to hear that she's doing well. Rest up bud.

Yes, take some time off and get some rest.
We'll still be here when you return.
Glad to hear your wife is okay.

Glad to hear all is well. Heal up! I don't think that any of us are going anywhere. :)

She came home this afternoon, so it's been a little hectic. I'll get back to this when it calms down a bit. Probably Monday would be the safest bet.

Since this session is almost over, I guess it's time to get some things in order. Luthor and Kurth, I need your e-mail addresses so I can send your chronicles sheets to you. All three of you go ahead and decide which faction you are going to choose and I will label them accordingly. Probably send me your PFS numbers in a PM while you're at it, so I have something to reference besides months-old messages :P

I'm going to reopen recruitment for one more player. I'd also like your input on who will be joining your group. I will probably close it by Sunday afternoon.

Baptiste looks like fun but he's 3rd level :( I'm interested to see what Dcal comes up with, another caster wouldn't be horrible. the Magus looks like it wouldn't be horrible...

Cedrick from group 2 informed me that I should probably take on two, so if one unexpectedly drops out, we don't have to deal with Zeriah again (I'm going to totally rework him...).

I agree. Take on two (or even three) additional players.

I'm sure the silver crusade needs their loyal henchman Zeriah back.

He'll go back to scrubbing the latrines lol

I think Kargen could be a fun addition.

I'm personally leaning towards Tori and Kargen. I'm waiting to see what D-Kal puts up.

Same here.

hmm i'm liking dunn too....

That is all cool by me.