GM Ladile's TL;DR: A Pathfinder Society Campaign

Game Master Lady Ladile

I think I'm in a similar place to you, GM, wrt volume of games at least.

I'm also happy to take a turn at GM'ing, subject to not ending up on multiple rotation duties simultaneously of course. I much enjoy this group.

I would like to put Sleeping Sword (my dhampir) through Tome of Righteous Repose, but that doesn't have to be the next scenario.

I'd like to GM too, but not right now: starting a new job tomorrow (a few weeks/months mission, depends)

I think that if we go the GM rotation route we could probably do it as less of a strict ordered rotation and perhaps on more of a volunteer basis, so as to avoid the above or having someone's turn come around during a (projected) busy life period or whatnot.

Agreed. My life doesn't have busy life periods per se, so it's easy for me to fill in. I normally only run one table at a time, but it would be easy for me to add this as an occasional second table, especially given the established relaxed pacing that we have.

I would like to put Sleeping Sword (my dhampir) through Tome of Righteous Repose, but that doesn't have to be the next scenario.

I've played Tome enough times but I've never run it. I've even played it with Our Great Lady as the GM. I'd be happy to run it next, especially if a Certain Someone lets me steal borrow her aforementioned slides. It would also actually allow me to put the credit on a character (Lady Vanessa) that I wouldn't have sent on that mission, so it would work out.

I'd like to GM too, but not right now: starting a new job tomorrow (a few weeks/months mission, depends)

Congrats on the new job! I hope all goes well.

Grats on the job! Probably. Sometimes a new job is just a new job.

Anyway, I went through that whole deal 6 months ago and only recently got back to a position where I could comfortably expand my pathfinding a little.

Congrats on the new job, Hep!
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Since it looks like basically everyone is okay with switching to more of a loose-GM volunteer-rotation after this scenario, I think I'll take you guys up on the offer. Thank you!

Nomadical, if you don't mind running Tome next that'd be great - especially since I think supervillan would like to do the same route that I ran for you and the other group. That way you don't have to play it again (even though I know you said you didn't mind). I've also never played Tome, so there's that as well :)

Now the next fun part is deciding who I ought to play. My options within the group's general level spread:

Soddy Daisy: 5th Leshy Alchemist
Fran: 6th Half-Elf Witch
Corona: 7th Human Time Oracle

All three of them are probably some of my favorite 1e characters and I think each of them would have some fun interactions with the rest of the group.

All three of them are probably some of my favorite 1e characters and I think each of them would have some fun interactions with the rest of the group.

I've played or GMed with/for all 3 of them, and they're all some of my favorites, too :)

And this is exactly *why* we play campaign-style RPGs: to give voice to our characters. I enjoy GMing, but I wouldn't do it if I couldn't also play more than I ran.

@Lady, just give me a heads up when we go into the Final scene of this one so I've got time to prep.

Do we keep using this thread/campaign as we rotate?

@Nomadical - Will do! And I've got no problem with you making use of my slides; I'll pull out a link to them when you're about ready to start your prep.

As far as which campaign thread to use, I'm content to go with whatever the majority wants. If it's easier to keep everything to this one then I can just edit in the links to maps and stuff for whoever's running at the time. But if folks prefer to have their own campaign thread for a game, I have no problem with that either.

Update posted and action advanced! Hepsubia's player has been busy with some things and so I'll bot them if need be. I'll also send a PM to The Grandfrogger to make sure they know that the game is moving to some degree.

In other (2E news), it looks like I'll be running a bounty as well as a new quest for the PbP portion of PaizoCon Online this year. Maybe I'll see some of you at my tables :)

I'll be running the newest tier 11-14 SFS scenario #5-15 Beta Test for PaizoCon PBP.

Still no news, Lady L?

I just finished playing in a PaizoCon PBP where she played her oracle Corona. She didn't post much the last several days, I presume due to her work schedule. Hopefully she can finish this one up, then I'll run Tome and she can take a break and play/post at a pace that fits her lifestyle. (Which I totally get.)

*cough* There's a new post over in Gameplay >.>

More seriously, yes, I'm still interested in finishing out this scenario and switching to a more rotation-oriented system going forward. Keeping my active games low has been working fairly well so that's what I'm looking to run with for the time being.

I'm glad you're back and a bit refreshed. It was fun playing Zarnel alongside Corona again. Looking forward to seeing who you bring to this table, as all your characters are always a joy.

^Thank you!

While it was fun to play Corona again (and the combo of her + Hepsubia might be enough absurdity to make a person's brain melt) I'm leaning towards bringing Soddy Daisy into the group once we're done with this scenario. I've missed playing her and unlike Corona & Fran, I've yet to make a PFS 2e version of her.

I'd love to see Soddy Daisy again :)

I want to see that combo: Corona/ Tygger/ TALH.

And I want to see brains melting.

Well, not like I can't sub Corona in for a scenario at some point too :)

Hey folks, I am on hols on a cruise. Disappointing lack of wifi options but I have it for 24 hours, and will probably so so again later in the week. I was hoping to hot-spot in ports but bad weather is keeping us at sea :o

Posting will be patchy this week, please bot if necessary.

I've lost my home internet, so I'm slow catching up on games.

...and alas, my paladin levels have delayed my ability to speak with the dead. :)

I blow raspberries at paladins.

Sorry for the interruption, GM Ladile, but Dr. O'mayga (Omega? Really? ;) must be hassled!

Also, hi SV, Escharid, Hawthwile and everyone!

The missus has given me the go ahead to attend Skalcon last weekend of Sep, any chance your big dirty bird lands in Minneapolis that weekend?

GM Ladile, I know we chatted about Skalcon, but I don’t want you to feel any pressure – Nomadical is a whole 'nother story! ;)

Hey, you! Leave these nice people alone! And get off our thread lawn!

Sorry, but no, another opportunity missed.

Cons and events that span across the month line, or that sit right up against it are the hardest for me to attend. Our flying schedules are built on the calendar month, and I have to commute to/from Alaska at the beginning/end of each trip. So to do an event that spans the month line, I have to ensure I'm getting my pick of schedules for 2 different months. And I won't even get the results for the second month until late in the first. So, anything like that (like SkalCon being on 29 Sep - 1 Oct) just isn't usually worth trying to make happen for me. Sorry.

Hellooooo~!

Alas, Skalcon isn't in the cards for me this year due to having other plans and such happening. I'd originally hoped to get to the next in-person PaizoCon but with the bulk of their workforce transitioning to remote work and them closing the Redmond offices I'm starting to doubt if we'll have another one in-person.

So, depending on what they announce about PC early next year...maybe Skalcon 2024 for me? I'd definitely like to do it, since it seems that's the next best con to meet up with forum friends (that or maybe Origins?, which I could actually drive to). I've also never been to Minneapolis so there's that, too!

Hey, you! Leave these nice people alone! And get off our lawn!

Hey! That's my line!

With the bulk of their workforce transitioning to remote work and them closing the Redmond offices I'm starting to doubt if we'll have another Paizo-Con in-person.

Sadly, that's what I think too. I don't believe the "~ outsourcing" of the Live Con to KublaCon in San Francisco over the traditional Paizo-con weekend this year was a coincidence.

Goodness me. Doesn't Paizo understand what they are doing to my forum-friend social life? :)

A remote-first workforce needn't prevent organising in-person events. I think there's more to it than that.

A remote-first workforce needn't prevent organising in-person events. I think there's more to it than that.

Quite possibly! I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.

In other random news, if you didn't see it already, Gameday signups opened up late Wednesday/early Thursday! Go forth and fill those seats if you haven't already! And if you have, I hope everyone's managed to get into the tables they wanted (and that said tables have/will get enough players to fire) :)

We’re we supposed to be inside the effect of the thorny ground stuff?

Nope! Per tactics, it gets dropped behind/around the PCs (to keep you from running away).

Very nice. Evil AND confident.

I’m hoping/assuming she can have a Holy Weapon Balm held since we knew it was an evil outsider. If not, let me know and I’ll adjust my action.

That's perfectly reasonable!

"Very nice, very evil".

So we are about to meet Danhausen? I'm a big fan!

Sorry, it's been a while and I didn't specify: that's +2 to non-Spell damage in Champion mode.

Oops, yeah, I should have remembered that from when Holan-Ji made such good use of it.

I included it based on the typo in GM's "Active Conditions" line that says "+2 to non-weapon damage".

Double-move, assuming Malachi's one 10 ft. tentacle doesn't have any grab shenanigans going on~

Malachi does have 10' reach with both a tentacle and his lucerne hammer. Can't attempt a grab - but could try a trip with an AoO, unless the asura has some kind of movement shenanigans going on? It has certainly moved through threatened squares.

Mal's tentacles give bonuses to Dirty Trick manoeuvres, but not to grapples, oddly enough.

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Double-move, assuming Malachi's one 10 ft. tentacle doesn't have any grab shenanigans going on~

Malachi does have 10' reach with both a tentacle and his lucerne hammer. Can't attempt a grab - but could try a trip with an AoO, unless the asura has some kind of movement shenanigans going on? It has certainly moved through threatened squares.

Mal's tentacles give bonuses to Dirty Trick manoeuvres, but not to grapples, oddly enough.

Go for it, if you like! I will say that the asura basically has some stuff that lets it treat a certain amount of difficult terrain as normal terrain.

While he is an Arcanist which equals Sorc + Wizard, he casts from the Witch spell list due to one of his 2 archetypes. And shield isn't on the witch list. So UMD. But it is on Hep's Bloodrager list, so she can do it without UMD.

Heh heh. And Malachi just wanted the Doctor not to feel left out after forgetting him when referring to the party's arcane contingent earlier in the warehouse ;)

GM, is anything stopping us just sailing away from this land-bound archer?

^Actually no, there's nothing impeding the boat so you guys can just keep on trucking if you prefer~

What do we think folks? Grandfrogger can conjure a wind wall and we can just sail by if you like.

I could make some arguments both ways but no real need. I’ll vote to fight it out, a lot of fun in this game is the interesting fights.

Seems the NPC has some shenanigans that our GM is thoroughly enjoying getting to play with. Shooting an innocent Doctor! Medics are supposed to be off limits under the Geneva Convention!

Hey man, tactics say he targets a spellcaster with that initial opening and Doc made himself pretty obvious casting Marid's Mastery ;)

But yes, sometimes it *is* fun to get to use the given enemy tactics...

Hmm...we've got one vote to bypass the fight and one vote to stay in combat but with no other comments here on the matter as well as no combat posts in Gameplay, I'm going to go ahead and make an executive decision to let you guys skip the fight so we can wrap things up. You lose out on some gold but otherwise there's no effect on your overall success or on prestige earned.

(This is not me throwing shade; I'm aware I've let the scenario drag on way too long and that's never good for player engagement. I also know a few folks have been busier than usual with IRL stuff lately as well + current Gameday obligations.)

Give me a bit to get a Gameplay post written up and we'll go from there~

Whilst I was certainly expecting some sort of final confrontation with the Aspis, I did not think it would be one dude with a snake. What a weird encounter.

Thanks though GM!

I am intrigued as to the mechanics of the sneak attack round full attack though, if possible could you share how that happens?

Also, thank you for the game! It’s always fun, no matter the pace.

Sorry, I should have at least expressed my intent to follow the majority.

I believe it's now my turn at the wheel to run Tome of Righteous Repose. I'll need to some to prep, would like to get access to Lady's slides, and need a reminder of which version we're doing.

And I expect there will be some discussion of character swap outs.

But it's time for you to take a break and play those fun characters, Lady L!

I will have to look up my FJC and see what could be completed. But for now, here goes my fishing for gold attempt.

Day Job Craft: Alchemy + Lab + Crafter's Fortune: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 13 + 2 + 5 = 28

Reroll + 2 star: 1d20 + 20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 20 + 2 = 23

Wow…

Malachi is Slow XP Track for this chronicle please GM.

prof.merchant: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Mal gets a minimum 75gp from his Day Job roll thanks to the Slush Fund boon.

GM, could you also mark on Mal's chronicle that he ticks a box for the Aspis Profiteer boon? (This is for participating in an adventure featuring the Aspis Consortium). Thanks :)

I will be switching to Sleeping Sword for Tome of Righteous Repose.