Female Human NG Witch 4 | Wand CLW 2/50 | HP 23/23 | AC 14 Tch 10 Fl 14 | CMB +2 CMD +12 | F +3 R +1 W +4 +1 vs fire +4 heat | Init +0 | Perc +1, +2 when Thera near | Speed 30 | Spells: 1st 5/5 2nd 3/3 | Active Conditions: Mage Armor
@Polux,
Yes, anyone can. It doesn’t even have to be at a public event.
Get a copy of the Roleplaying Guild Guide and read through it. Think of it as the house rules of the campaign. As a GM, you don’t have to own any of the books — just use the PRD on Paizo to reference the rules.
I would still encourage you to reach out to the local PFS leadership for the region you are looking to GM in. They can answer questions and provide help.
I don’t know of any region that wouldn’t like more GMs!
Female Human NG Witch 4 | Wand CLW 2/50 | HP 23/23 | AC 14 Tch 10 Fl 14 | CMB +2 CMD +12 | F +3 R +1 W +4 +1 vs fire +4 heat | Init +0 | Perc +1, +2 when Thera near | Speed 30 | Spells: 1st 5/5 2nd 3/3 | Active Conditions: Mage Armor
Sorry, had not realized that!
Well then, some of the details have likely changed but the basic structure is the same.
They have gotten rid of faction missions, instead now having optional faction journal cards. I find the cards give people a good idea what the goals of the various factions are, even if you don’t track them it helps understand the factions.
APL may have changed, depending on when you last did it. The structure of the guide has changed quite a bit. There have been some clarifications. They also added a new Campaign Clarifications document to deal with some grey areas of the rules.
HP: 45/48 // AC: 23 = 17[Regular] + 2 [Natural AC from Mutagen] + 4 [Shield Extract] or 25 (assuming Prot Evil) // Effects: // Inspiration left: 5/6
No need for apologies :D
I've been debating whether to get back to it or not, but mainly online.
I've got basically all scenarios up to and including about half of season 6, but was pondering if I should start with something more recent (like season 8 or 9) - still $5 per pdf feels kinda steep I think.
Female Human NG Witch 4 | Wand CLW 2/50 | HP 23/23 | AC 14 Tch 10 Fl 14 | CMB +2 CMD +12 | F +3 R +1 W +4 +1 vs fire +4 heat | Init +0 | Perc +1, +2 when Thera near | Speed 30 | Spells: 1st 5/5 2nd 3/3 | Active Conditions: Mage Armor
Actually, online there is a lot of call for the early scenarios you already own.
Are you looking to do VTT via Roll20/Fantasy Grounds or PbP?
Female Human NG Witch 4 | Wand CLW 2/50 | HP 23/23 | AC 14 Tch 10 Fl 14 | CMB +2 CMD +12 | F +3 R +1 W +4 +1 vs fire +4 heat | Init +0 | Perc +1, +2 when Thera near | Speed 30 | Spells: 1st 5/5 2nd 3/3 | Active Conditions: Mage Armor
My understanding is the both cost money, although Roll20 can be used for free. I’ve very limited experience with any VTT.
Unrelated to anything, but are there any other ways to get a fully humanoid-shaped pet than the four I can think of: Leadership cohort, spiritualist phantom, summoner eidolon, unchained summoner eidolon?
Edit: permanently, not temporary like spells or magic items.
Female Human NG Witch 4 | Wand CLW 2/50 | HP 23/23 | AC 14 Tch 10 Fl 14 | CMB +2 CMD +12 | F +3 R +1 W +4 +1 vs fire +4 heat | Init +0 | Perc +1, +2 when Thera near | Speed 30 | Spells: 1st 5/5 2nd 3/3 | Active Conditions: Mage Armor
Eidolon is sort of temporary...
Anyone with an Improved Familair can get their choice of several humanoid creatures including brownie, silvanshee, cassisian, homunculus and several others.
Homunculus are also available to Alchemists and I believe there are archetypes that focus on that.
There may also be something that can be done with clockwork creatures, I’m not sure.
HP: 45/48 // AC: 23 = 17[Regular] + 2 [Natural AC from Mutagen] + 4 [Shield Extract] or 25 (assuming Prot Evil) // Effects: // Inspiration left: 5/6
Hi guys,
In case any of you are interested, my Reign of Winter group is recruiting one player - I think we are about to finish Book3 (not sure because I never played it before) so far ahead in the game (good chance to play mid-high level characters).
In any case, recruitment details are HERE - go check it out if you can ;)
I find that I respond much faster and more actively there. Since I essentially always have the site open when I'm awake, it's easy for me to be active there. And it has notifications when someone sends a message, unlike having to constantly hit reload on other sites.
I'm essentially trying to combat the things that cause my forum games to die sometimes, and use a site that keeps constantly stimulating me and doesn't allow me to run away and hide for two weeks. I want to try and experiment if using that platform makes it easier for me to stay connected to a game mentally.
Mm...I don't know if you'll get much response for people (especially strangers) willing to use FB *but* Google Hangouts or Discord or maybe some form of VTT (virtual table top) that doesn't rely on voice chat might also be possibilities for you?
I'm fine with not getting much response. Less work for me if people don't want to play. :D
Hmm, I checked out Discord and apparently it has a browser version that doesn't require installing a separate program...interesting. I know that anything that requires installing is right out because then I can't use it during quiet times at work.
It's funny that platforms that have 1% the userbase might get a better response. :D
I'm about to have a crazy one month. From now until 30 June, I may suddenly go AWOL without warning for long periods. Once we get to July, things should go back to normal.
HP: 45/48 // AC: 23 = 17[Regular] + 2 [Natural AC from Mutagen] + 4 [Shield Extract] or 25 (assuming Prot Evil) // Effects: // Inspiration left: 5/6
Guys, dropping a line to let you know I will be going on vacations from the 20th until the 30th June. Will have access to internet, and will probably be able to post here and there during those 10 days, but in between family, SUN, beach, swimming pool and summer beverages, the posts will have to wait a tad ;)
Hey folks, I'll be heading out of town to DieCon 18 from today through Monday the 11th. While I'll have my phone and Kindle with me, I don't anticipate having much time to catch up on posts so please bot Aleris as necessary!
Hey guys, just a quick check-in to say that DieCon was a blast and that normal operations should resume tomorrow afternoon/evening once I've gotten home and had a chance to get settled in :)
For anyone that's interested in reading about my convention experience:
DieCon Stuff (Spoiled for Holy Crap That's A Lot to Read):
So, DieCon 18 - my second DieCon to date - went great. My brother and I hit the road around 8:30 or so Thursday morning and, even with making a couple of stops to hit up a game shop, use the bathroom, and eat, we arrived in Collinsville, IL just after 4:00 pm. We met up with friends Chris (who lives a couple hours north) and Becca (who flew in from Las Vegas and was crashing at Chris' place), got checked in to the Super 8, and then loaded up and headed into downtown St. Louis, MO to have dinner at Blueberry Hill. While there we also met up with another guy that Becca & Chris know from their time in World of Warcraft. This was the second year I've met him and he's a rather odd duck, but nice enough. After dinner we went down the street to the Snow Factory for some Thai-style ice cream. While good and also a rather novel experience, I'm not sure it was worth $8. I'd have been just as happy to go across the street to Fitz's for shakes. After all this the hour was getting late so we headed back to the Super 8 to get some sleep.
Friday morning, we got up and headed to the nearby Denny's for breakfast before going over to the Gateway Convention Center to get ready to sign up for games! Normally registration and sign-ups open at noon but for some reason they started about a half-hour early. Since I'd already preregistered I was able to get my t-shirt and convention booklet and hop right into the registration line.
Event signups for DieCon are interesting in that, with the exception of Organized Play programs like PFS or DnD AL, you sign up in-person and the events tend to be something of a first-come, first-serve basis. You have a card and you write down three sessions that you really want to get in to (first choice) and then write down two alternates (second choice) and then go through the line. The people at the desk then look at your paper and go to see how many slots are still open for the events you want. They then give you stickers to place in your booklet for the events you're able to get into. One limitation they *do* impose for Saturday and Sunday events is that they only give out maybe half of the tickets for those on Friday and hold the rest in reserve for folks who can't get there to sign up until Saturday or Sunday. Luckily for me I was able to get into all of my first choices right away and for the PFS/SFS I'd signed up for, my tickets were held in reserve and waiting for me since I'd done my signing up via Warhorn.
After a quick walk over to the nearby Mexican place for a drink (no lunch since several of us had just eaten) we then filtered back over to the convention center for Session #1, which started at 2pm. My event for this was a board game called 'Mansions of Madness' - gameplay seemed somewhat similar to 'Betrayal at House on the Hill' except with a heckuva lot more Cthulhu creep factor. The rules were a little complex and took some getting used to but the game itself was quite enjoyable and it came right down to the wire on whether we, the players, would win or the GM! I enjoyed it enough that I would've shelled out money for my own copy but none of the vendors seemed to have one. Sadness :(
Each session has an hour-long break before the next session starts so those are good times to hit the restroom, grab a bite to eat, go smoke, wander around the convention hall, etc. I brought some of my own snacks and flavor packs for my bottled water (which I just kept refilling using the canteens placed around the hall) because the snack bar is crazy expensive.
Session #2 was my first foray into playing Savage Worlds. What I didn't know, because the blurb for it didn't mention this part, is that we were going to be using the 'Pirates of the Spanish Main' setting for the game. So when I sat down and ended up being the only one at the table who hadn't played before, the GM grinned at me and said, 'Okay then, you're the captain' and tossed said character sheet my direction. Pretty sure I had an 'Oh god' look on my face but hey, it's good to try new things right? And actually, it turned out pretty good! I mean yeah, we narrowly escaped being executed only to have a rival run off with our ship (after having 'repaid' me by helping to bust us free) and had no navigator and like 5 NPC crew and no money or supplies but we did manage to take a merchant ship (using our persuasive smooth-talk and the one sword we had between 6 characters) and made it to what amounted to Tortuga. The session ended right as we'd finished negotiating a deal for our cargo and making some preparations to buy supplies and start tracking down leads on where to find some cannons...but the rest will be detailed further down for I'd also signed up to play the second part of this little adventure during the middle Saturday session! I also received a copy of the Deluxe Explorer's Edition of Savage Worlds - hooray for free swag!
After a decent night's sleep, we all got up early Saturday morning and trooped back over to the convention center for moar gaming! Session #3 was a game of 'Call of Scooby Doo' using a game system called 'FAST' that was developed by brothers Larry and Woody Babb. Larry himself ran our game and the best way to describe the experience is like a standard Scooby Doo mystery (including special guest stars as playable characters) mixed with puzzle solving and some Cthulhu-style horror. I played this last year, where the scenario was called 'Wednesday Mourning' and featured Wednesday Addams as the special guest star. This year's scenario was called 'Cereal Killer' and featured Count Chocula (or his daughter, the Countess Chocula) as the special guest star. I played Velma, same as last year, while my brother and another con-friend reprised their usual roles as Scooby and Shaggy. The player of Shaggy even brings Scooby Snacks to the game each year! Much fun was had by all and we solved the mystery and defeated the crazed Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, who was the villain for this year's scenario.
Session #4 saw the continuation of Friday's Savage Worlds game and most of the same players returned, including myself. For those of us who played both sessions, we actually got to 'level up' our characters before getting started, which was nice. More pirate hijinks were had wherein our fence wound up murdered and our money stolen...along with someone's daughter? I suspect that said daughter was originally supposed to be my character's daughter but see, I hadn't paid close attention to my character sheet during the earlier session and had given my captain a female name and gender...which in the real world setting and time period the game was set in, would've been really unusual. Oops. But it did lead to some amusing comments from the rest of my crew. At any rate, we raced off to Haiti to try and rescue our money (and the girl, I guess) from the clutches of Baron Samedi and encountered storms, hostile locals, and a bloodthirsty shark along the way. Unfortunately we kinda ran out of time after the shark encounter and the GM had to narrate the rest of the adventure and conclusion but I had a surprisingly good time with the whole thing and would definitely play with this GM again at future DieCons.
Session #5 is where I finally sat down and played my first ever game of Starfinder! Starting with the very first published scenario, Claim to Salvation, which is run using 4th level pregen iconics. Most of the other players had about as much experience as I did, which was none, so it was nice to be more or less on a level playing field with everyone else. I also saw a familiar face at this table, a kid (probably 14-15ish) who was at all of my PFS tables at last year's DieCon. He seemed to have grown up a little in that this time he didn't try to go all murderhobo right off the bat and also didn't keep interrupting the GM as they were trying to talk. All of the other players, as well as the GM, were super friendly and helpful and we all had a great time playing through the scenario. While I think Pathfinder will remain my main squeeze, I definitely enjoyed Starfinder enough that I plan to make my own character for SFS play.
Sunday morning rolls around after another night of adequate sleep and this is the day where my brother and I are in all of the same events together. Session #6, our first of the day, was a PFS game playing the scenario 'Scourge of the Farheavens'. We only had four people for this and had a really weird level split with one 5th level character and everyone else being 1st level because most of said players either only had those characters to play (the 5th level shaman and the 1st level fighter) or just really wanted to play a particular character (my brother and his 1st level druid). I can't say a lot about the particulars of the scenario itself as I want to avoid spoilers but it was highly amusing and surprisingly challenging in certain parts. It was also pretty straightforward and we finished with an hour to spare so it'd probably be an easy one to run for anyone contemplating GMing PFS scenarios.
Since we got done with plenty of time to spare, my brother and I actually hit up the nearby steakhouse for lunch and had the first proper meal we'd had since Friday morning. Afterwards, we went to Session #7 which was a homebrew game of Deadlands titled 'Large Trouble, Small China' wherein we had to solve some issues with gang violence occurring in San Francisco's Chinatown. Oh, did I mention we had to fight an evil wizard and his nigh-invincible henchmen? That was a thing. I've played Deadlands before and would actually like to play it more in the future, if our home group can ever finish some of our Pathfinder campaigns.
Last but not least, our last game of the convention was Session #8, where we played another PFS scenario titled 'Beyond the Halflight Path'. This one is a 3-7 evergreen with multiple story arcs that can be played and it was my first time playing it. The beginning has plenty of social stuff happening and then the latter part was more dungeon-crawl than anything, but that's okay. Once again, we just had 4 PCs but at least this time there wasn't quite as much of a level gap. We won and survived, but man we had one or two tough fights! Our ectoplasmist spiritualist was the MVP of the scenario and I'm positive that without his assistance we would've wiped on at least one of the encounters. On the other hand...what's up with characters not having any ranks in any knowledge skills? Some classes that are skill-starved I can understand but otherwise, I mean...really? Especially when you're 5th or 6th level? I've seen this several times now with live play but I don't know that I've ever seen it in a PbP game. I try not to tell people how to play but sometimes some decisions leave me shaking my head a bit. Ah well.
Anyhoo, that's pretty much the tale of my experiences at DieCon 18! Had lots of fun, picked up a little swag, and managed to survive through all of my games. I'm totally looking forward to next year :)
Also, apologies to those of you who will see this posted across several games!
This month has been hell and is likely to continue to remain so. I bought an apartment three weeks back, and my rent at the old place is ending at the end of this month, so I've had these five weeks of overlap. The past three weeks were consumed by tearing down wallpapers and repainting walls and now it's packing and moving time. And packing and moving is not an easy feat when you're a 40-year old comics/RPG book hoarder with 30 years of accumulated paper possessions. Additionally I have three job interviews in the coming week. So you can imagine I've been running pretty ragged.
Female Human NG Witch 4 | Wand CLW 2/50 | HP 23/23 | AC 14 Tch 10 Fl 14 | CMB +2 CMD +12 | F +3 R +1 W +4 +1 vs fire +4 heat | Init +0 | Perc +1, +2 when Thera near | Speed 30 | Spells: 1st 5/5 2nd 3/3 | Active Conditions: Mage Armor
Samy, if you need a break then take one! Just let us know when to expect you back.
All moves are stressful, we don’t want to add to that.
Best of luck on the job interviews! Even if you don’t have time to update the game, let us know when you find a better job!
Spells left 1st (6/6) 2nd (4/4) Aasimar (native outsider) Oracle (Seer) Lvl 4/ hp 32-38 Init +2/ Per +3/ darkvision 60ft/ CMB +4, CMD 16, Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +3; (+2 vs curses)/ hp 38/ 5 resist vs acid, cold, & electricity/ Active conditions:
Take the time to move. Any stress you can remove is helpful in that situation.
I will be traveling July 4th thru the 8th. Woot vacation! I have no clue what access to my precious laptop I will have so at that time bot me as needed.
HP: 45/48 // AC: 23 = 17[Regular] + 2 [Natural AC from Mutagen] + 4 [Shield Extract] or 25 (assuming Prot Evil) // Effects: // Inspiration left: 5/6
Sounds perfect - I will be returning from my vacations by the end of the month also ;)
As for moving.... Well, you know my thoughts about this one... Take your time - comics and RPG books have been the single worse thing to pack and transport (they weigh a TON) during these past four years and... I guess it is 5 moves by now...
Male Human (Keleshite) Undead Tattooed Sorcerer 3 / Heavens Oracle 1 | 21/21 HP | AC 13 T12 FF 11 | CMD 11 | F+2 R+3 W+5 (+2 Circumstance vs Death Effects) | Init +11 | Per +10, SM +2 | Speed 30 ft | Arcane Spell 7/7; Divine Spells 5/5 | Active Conditions: Good Cop, Bad Cop or Awesome Cop?
Deseri wrote:
Take the time to move. Any stress you can remove is helpful in that situation.
I will be traveling July 4th thru the 8th. Woot vacation! I have no clue what access to my precious laptop I will have so at that time bot me as needed.
Around the same time period Bret and I will be at Convergence — though we can usually get in a post or two at that convention. Good luck on the move, Samy!
Guys, I just landed a new job and it starts in three weeks. I'm really sorry to say this but I think I have to put this game on indefinite hiatus. If you guys are still interested down the line, I would love to return to this game sometime later this year but right now I'm being killed by RL.
That's understandable Samy; RL always comes first. I also wonder if perhaps a break might do you some good in other areas as well, given your recent posts about having trouble staying engaged in GMing/playing via PbP? Hopefully you'll be able to return later, should you wish to, feeling energized and recharged :)
Until then, hang in there and I hope things go well with the new job!
Female Human NG Witch 4 | Wand CLW 2/50 | HP 23/23 | AC 14 Tch 10 Fl 14 | CMB +2 CMD +12 | F +3 R +1 W +4 +1 vs fire +4 heat | Init +0 | Perc +1, +2 when Thera near | Speed 30 | Spells: 1st 5/5 2nd 3/3 | Active Conditions: Mage Armor
Take care, Samy!
You need to do right by your job. Real life needs to come first.
HP: 45/48 // AC: 23 = 17[Regular] + 2 [Natural AC from Mutagen] + 4 [Shield Extract] or 25 (assuming Prot Evil) // Effects: // Inspiration left: 5/6
First things first - big congrats on your new job Samy! ;)
Then I'll be honest and say I am sad this game has seen so many hiatuses - it is/was one of my preferred ones (great players and GM honestly), and we'll probably won't get a chance to continue. Guess it has been good while it lasted ;)
If it ever receives a Breath of Life again, Polux will be here.
Male (Garundi) Human Monk 4 (Terra-Cotta) AL LG | HP 30/30 | AC 17 | T 16 | FF 15 | CMD 21 | F +5 | R +6 | W +7 | +1 trait bonus vs. divine magic. | Init +2 | Per +11 [Trap Intuition +2/+4 if stone]
First of all, Congrats on the new job Samy! I hope everything works out fine for you.
As one of the charter players of this game I am sad to see it go, but I must say it has been an AWESOME ride! Like Polux says if you do decide to revive this game then Turel will also be here :)
Spells left 1st (6/6) 2nd (4/4) Aasimar (native outsider) Oracle (Seer) Lvl 4/ hp 32-38 Init +2/ Per +3/ darkvision 60ft/ CMB +4, CMD 16, Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +3; (+2 vs curses)/ hp 38/ 5 resist vs acid, cold, & electricity/ Active conditions:
I am totally gonna be an echo but everyone seems to agree on things. Congrats on the new job!
If the game is able to continue at sometime in the future that's awesome, we have survived many hiatus's. And if not then this will stay one of my favorite groups. I am and will remain honored that I was able to join this group.
Female Tiefling (Kyton-Spawn) HydroKineticist 4 | HP 39/41 | AC 15/13/12 | F+8,R+7,W+2 | Init. +3, Perception +7 | Darkvision 60' | +6 RTA on Cold Energy blast | + 4 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist hot conditions and a +1 trait bonus on saving throws against fire
Congrats, Samy! Very happy for you.
It was great gaming with you all. I’m sure we will bump into each other on the boards, all the time, everyone! Can’t wait to see what other adventures we end up taking on!
Male Human (Keleshite) Undead Tattooed Sorcerer 3 / Heavens Oracle 1 | 21/21 HP | AC 13 T12 FF 11 | CMD 11 | F+2 R+3 W+5 (+2 Circumstance vs Death Effects) | Init +11 | Per +10, SM +2 | Speed 30 ft | Arcane Spell 7/7; Divine Spells 5/5 | Active Conditions: Good Cop, Bad Cop or Awesome Cop?
Congratulations, Samy! Do what is best for you! If you do start up again, let us all know.
As an aside...I don't know how many of you make use of Google Hangouts but Harmose, Turel, and I have had a Hangouts chat where we'd talk about the game and other, usually-Pathfinder-related, stuff. It's not quite as active as it used to be since the three of us have gotten busier with work and other projects *but* it's still a good way to keep in touch while this game is on hiatus.
If anyone's interested in being added to the chat, just shoot me a PM with your information and I'll get you invited :)
M Dwarf (Pah-Met) Fighter (Unbreakable) L5 | AC19 (T10FF19) CMD 19 (23 bull rush) | hp 36/65 | Saves F8R1W1 | Percep +0 | Init: +0 | Status: OK
Apologies for just dropping out like that.
I had a major case of burnout and I couldn't even look at the website for the last year.
I'll be looking to restart and rejoin games soon, if they're still around.
