GM Kate's Commencement [closed] (Inactive)

Game Master Kate Baker

Also, Kate, if I need to do something settings wise with my character, can you let me know? Some of the features for PbP I don't know if I have because of admin privileges and I don't want to unintentionally break anything.

It's definitely confusing, and in fact, your question made me second-guess myself.

My understanding, (though I'm not the most expert one here!), is that the light reaction cannon comes with 6 rounds, and since the usage is 1, you can fire it 6 times. (One shot per round). Additional heavy rounds are available in lots of 20 for 90 credits, and you can reload the light reaction cannon back up to its full capacity of 6. The column title Charges/Cartridges is not quite appropriate for all the items in the table, such as arrows, darts, shells, and rounds.

The bit making me second-guess myself is the description of rounds which says that rounds are sold in magazines, which could be considered cartridges. But since different heavy weapons have different capacities (your light reaction cannon can hold 6 rounds, but a squad machine gun can hold 40 rounds), I think it makes the most sense if the base unit is rounds, not magazines.

And that is a really fun weapon for your soldier! Doing 1d10 damage from 90 feet away is amazing!

And I will for sure let you know if I see anything weird about your character.

the light reaction cannon comes with 6 rounds, and since the usage is 1, you can fire it 6 times. (One shot per round). Additional heavy rounds are available in lots of 20 for 90 credits, and you can reload the light reaction cannon back up to its full capacity of 6.

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it makes the most sense if the base unit is rounds, not magazines.

Quoted for truth! We got away from magazines fairly quickly; you’ll see that gear lines in NPC stat blocks say things like “light reaction cannon with 40 heavy rounds”—that means the NPC has a total of that many rounds. They still follow the normal rules for capacity and reloading. (So that example NPC would have 6 rounds in their gun and 34 for reloading.)

And not only have you run many more hours of Starfinder than I have, Kate—you’re GM! So I’m happy to chime in if you like, but I defer to you :)

I'm pretty used to GMing for a lot of people who also GM, so chiming in with rules information is totally fine! If there's room for interpretation, then I will rule with an iron fist! (Because I am definitely a tyrannical GM and not a total softy. Ask anyone.)

That's the gun my soldier has, and I've definitely been tracking it as rounds. The important bit about 6 is that's how many shots you have before you have to reload, taking an action in combat.

One note on my PBP games:

As a time-saving measure, I don't necessarily wait for everyone to agree on a course of action, as that can slow games down to a crawl. Generally speaking, if one PC proposes a course of action, another PC seconds it, and no one has objected, I'll move you along. If I know that something is likely to be contentious, I'll probably wait longer.

In this case, you'll go see each of the four faction leaders, but you get to decide the order, so as soon as two PCs have agreed on the same course of action, I'll move forward with that meeting!

I've played and GMed the Commencement several times each, so I'm going to take a back seat on the decision making.

I have also played, so same here!

I've done neither, so I'll stumble through in blissful ignorance!

He grimaces a bit at Rafflesia's own faux pas and shoots her a conciliatory I guess we both stepped in it look.

Thanks to the Gap, we don't have to have a conversation about the French language's possible influences on Golarion linguistics!

Hmm, or maybe such conventions are recent arrivals via the Drift... wonder what Earth's like in the wake of me'n my fellow Reign of Winter PCs.

Joe (or anyone else who wants to chime in), we had a very important rules question arise during Dead Suns the other night.

If you have a clear spindle aeon stone and no longer need food and water, do you still go to the bathroom?

How have I of all people not thought about that before

If you have a clear spindle aeon stone and no longer need food and water, do you still go to the bathroom?

(Answering here in my official capacity:)

Will the Expeditious Evacuation feat be Society-legal?

Will the Expeditious Evacuation feat be Society-legal?

You might think you're joking, but I have seen PFS PCs pop a squat in game on MULTIPLE OCCASIONS!

You know, one of those org play stereotypes is a lack of roleplay and character commitment, so good on 'em!

Hey folks, sorry to be a bit slow! I've had a confluence this week of freelance, judging a contest that got waaaay more entries than we expected, and another volunteer thing. Most of this clears up after Monday, and I'll move things along much more quickly. Thank you for your patience!

No worries! Thanks for giving back to the community :)

Thanks again for your patience! Magic items are judged, turnover is submitted, and I can keep up the pace much better from here!

Lacy, how is Rafflesia pronounced?

Raff-lee’-zha =) Sounds similar to “amnesia”!

Thank you! I was totally saying it wrong.

I haven't played it, but it sounds like I need to mine Celeste for GMing music! That song you linked would work great whenever my Wrath of the Righteous group gets into the Abyss.

It's a great (and varied) soundtrack—there's also a separate "B side" album that has stuff by different artists.
Aside from that, the game is pretty cool—is lots about anxiety and self-worth and such.

PS to all: I swear I'm not intentionally posting under my main account and then switching to an alias so the "Developer" tag stays. I even preview often—I apparently just can't wrap my head around aliases, and It's super embarrassing, haha...

It's ok we forgive you.

I just think it’s interesting that the label remains even after you switch aliases! Wonder what the technical reason is?

I am constantly posting as Kate Baker and then editing it to fix it. I just don't leave evidence!

Here's where I would normally recommend the fabulous Paizo Campaign Tools Chrome plug-in that Oladon made, which allow you to (among other things) select a default alias for each thread and thus stop you from posting under the wrong alias. That functionality seems to have stopped consistently working recently, though. Maybe a Chrome update or something? Anyway, they're worth looking at if you play on a computer primarily, rather than on mobile.

I try to switch the alias as the first step so I don’t forget. You can always remove your own post within in the first few minutes and try again.

Thanks for the advice, all =)

I have to say—unrelatedly—that I really love the storytelling opportunities pbp affords (specifically, seeing the results of your rolls). That's all. Now to reduce my Stamina Points by 1!

It is definitely one of the neat aspects of play-by-post!

Actually, if anyone is interested, our play-by-post panel from PaizoCon is available! I hope that I said smart things.

I've just decided that Rafflesia's rapper name would be Li'l Riff Raff.

Please tell me you're going to rap at the feathershooter!

Wanna scare the nutrition paste outta your enemies?

Then you betta hope they ain't got no ring of sustenance! Pasteless enemies're real spoilsports.

I've just decided that Rafflesia's rapper name would be Li'l Riff Raff.

Li'l Riff Raff?

in high school I somehow convinced my friends group that it was cool to listen to that song on repeat, I think my record was 72 hours of Prince Ali

Null's rolls thus far:
5, 9, 16, 6, 3, 3, 15, 2, 3

I rather like this; it's on brand.

If you want some hilariously bad rolls, Dennis is running the Confirmation for Andrew, me, and a few other awesome people, and starting here, he proceeds to roll three 1s and a 2 out of 5 Reflex saves.

Poor Minotaur.

Getting out of those stupid vines was a real chore for that poor 'taur.

Hey folks! I’ve got a quick trip for a family wedding, so it may be Sunday before I can post again!

I notice that posting has slowed down quite a bit! Should the GenCon pause start now? Since I'm attending, I was planning to put the game on hold for a week, but if people are already slammed, the break can start now.

Aye, that's a good idea! Definitely in the headless-chicken stage...

Good luck, wish I could be there!

Sounds good! GenCon hiatus starting now, game to be resumed the week of August 6th.

Yeah, sorry for the posting infrequency. Looking forward to getting back into it!

Yeah, sorry about disappearing! I was in California last week and now Gen Con! >.<

I am back, so the game is restarted! However, I know many of the rest of you are still traveling, so I'll wait a few days before pushing the game forward. If anyone wants to have asked Historia-7 more questions, feel free, or post how you are approaching the teenager watering tomatoes!

Sorry I've been out of it. August has been crazy for me. Please feel free to post for me Kate if I am delaying stuff.