Ongoing PFS campaign. (Inactive)

Game Master Chyrone

Oh i'm not saying alongside, but instead of. As a thing in between.

I don't mind non-PFS, although I do appreciate how for a forum game that the limits of a PFS scenario makes the term have a more limited duration.

Sorry for the delay of chronicles, guys.
Evenings have become very busy this week.

Alright, game's been reported.

Link to chronicles.

Thanks GM!!

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So...I get a free magical tattoo out of this (not counting the de facto cost of getting it and surviving)?

Better than the poke in the eye I expected, certainly.

If that's really the case, could you please un-X it?

Also, I don't know if there are any between-tier gold rules, maybe some formula established retroactively? That's what I would get if it were possible.

I'm sorry if I came off as belligerent earlier. I was extremely frustrated (including with myself - I REALLY should've remembered that "Gift of the Ghaele" Boon in time to save SELE; that would've changed everything), and we were not communicating.

As a Reanimator, this character in particular only came into his own within the last 2 levels, so I had all the more reason to dread losing him.

Did we happen to recover any "named texts?" Alternatively, any chance I could squeeze in an attempt to recruit the alienist back at the asylum (who I figure counts as a "scholar...or similar figure") for the Dark Archive?

DC 24 Knowledge (Arcana) check if so: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (11) + 22 = 33

ALSO: Soft lol at the +1 Shock Rapier.

I mark off everything high tier.

It's the brand from tier 7-8 that you, the ones voluntarily branded, get.

Maybe i should adjust that specification to be more clear.
And no named texts recovered, no loss, as there were none to find anyway.

Edit: good call, between tier money.
The others (Harlis & Vassago will have to contribute less money)

The warden is a solitary person, and not described as scholar material.
His only pursuits are managing the deranged.

Herr Zephyr, your between tier money is (normally) 6126.
(both tier's money / 2)

With the lesser reward, that's 3085 with your items' sale.

4662 Zephyr funds (after items' sale)
4050 pregen funds
---------------
8712

2188 gp left.

I don't think Harlis & Vassago mind paying but 1094 gp.

I think the reward is based on each persons tier. Zephyrus and Harlis are high tier and upper reward here...

I'm working on them atm, they'll be up there soon.

@ Harlis, your PC is of lvl between the two tiers, thus gets a money reward that's an average of them.

Edit:
Revised versions uploaded.

So does Enora get the tattoo too? She got branded.

I don't know about that, tbh.

From what i can gather, PCs can get branded when they are themselves present. It's Enora who got branded, instead of your credit nagaji, after all.

I don't know if the PC i give credit to gets one for free.

The PC gets all the credit but has to wait until level 7 to get access.

I played a lot of pregens! :-) I asked a lot.

I'd like to keep the scroll and rations, in that case, since it's no longer necessary to sell them.

I'm now a touch confused about the tattoo - where is the description for it if not what's in the upper-Tier box?

[This dark image of the Sihedron rune appears to writhe
beneath the surface of the skin on which it is inscribed, as
though a worm were crawling under the skin.
A character marked with this arcane tattoo receives a
+2 profane bonus on Fortitude saves. Once per day, the
character may activate the tattoo to receive a number
of temporary hit points equal to twice her character
level. If the PCs displays the arcane tattoo, she gains a
+4 circumstance bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks
against worshippers of Lissala.]

Thanks

The PC gets all the credit but has to wait until level 7 to get access.

Credit & loot, yes. Do they get [specific action reward] ?

So i can't ask for the time being.

Take your time. :-)

[This dark image of the Sihedron rune appears to writhe

beneath the surface of the skin on which it is inscribed, as
though a worm were crawling under the skin.
A character marked with this arcane tattoo receives a
+2 profane bonus on Fortitude saves. Once per day, the
character may activate the tattoo to receive a number
of temporary hit points equal to twice her character
level. If the PCs displays the arcane tattoo, she gains a
+4 circumstance bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks
against worshippers of Lissala.]

Yes, that's exactly what the X'd-out text says. Could you please un-X the part describing the tattoo?

Did you get the confirmation GM?

Got 1 response, general user, who voices your words about credit dump getting everything a pregen does.

So i guess your pc magically sports a brand of an evil god when hitting lvl 7.

Some things are weird. XD

Thanks! I always imagine that the character which receives the credit actually was in the scenario after all and that I have to create the story of how the character went through it! So from a story perspective I can definitely do something! :-)

Unless people point me otherwise..... (Dick Dastardly laughing)

Noral, Zephyr, Vassago.

Your chronicles have been adjusted, now properly showing the text of the brand.

It's a powerful thing.

It's a powerful thing.

It's a good thing...for an Evil thing.

Just like Martha Stewart....

:P

As it would be for many state leaders, on that matter.

My joke was more about "it's a good thing" being Martha Stewart's catchphrase (I figure those who live outside the Anglosphere would be less likely to get it).

So,

I've found all my maps of the dungeon crawl.
It's got a bit of everything, though it's majority is combat oriented.
Considering the number of encounters, it's a small module's length.

Of course, it depends on the pace of posts, of course.
The PCs are lvl 7, on a 17k budget. It was made for a 5 PC party.
It may be a good test to see how your PC you're building, could do in mid-higher tier games.

You're going down to, of all things, destroy a doomsday cult, to the most dreadful of the Outer Gods.

That all said, we'd need the whole crew on this. Otherwise we'll continue with PFS.

I am up for either. Right now mostly reading 2nd Ed stuff :P

I’d rather continue with PFS 1 to be honest.

No intention to change a running system.

And GM, I am not really into dungeon crawls. So I’d rather continue with a PFS scenario if that’s ok?

I'm out. I didn't appreciate being put through a PFS scenario where we had almost no chance to succeed at all. That scenario did not need to be chosen and it a death trap to players, I don't appreciate losing all those PP because the GM couldn't see that there would be alot of party deaths in a very killer scenario.

Sele, season 4 has a reputation of being the killer season. I don't think it was impossible, but we really messed up on firstly being prepared to fight vampires (I don't think anyone picked up on the leader's son being a Dhampir(?)). Also we then split the party for the 2nd/3rd fight and started the final fight buffed, but depleted with an extra add from Enoras room.

It's a bummer to read this on the very early morning after waking up.

Sele, this could have gone either way. If the vamps' rolls would have been mediocre to bad, it'd have been the other way around. Especially assuming Dr. Zephyr still used the sun grenades.

I've got other seasons (5, 6, 7, complete) as well, to pick from, if you prefer to play something other than season 4.
(This is the 1st time i'm hearing of that reputation for a season.)

I really hope you will reconsider, it'd be a bummer to lose a regular.
We've been gaming since (checks posts) December 1st 2014.

Actually, We chose the scenario and not the GM.

I offer to GM the next one if you like but only have 4-12 The Refuge of Time properly prepared and currently don’t have time to prepare another scenario.

Of note, and i'll have to wait until i'm home again, there were some suggestions for missions that were more skill oriented.

Perhaps an option for a change of pace?

That sounds great

We chose the name of a scenario...

After I was down I looked at the module.. Chyro went easy on us, it was supposed to be played out even more mercilessly. We still got slaughtered.

It was laughably easy for them to take us down. Lots of bad rolls on their part might have made a slight difference.. but life drain changes the game.. 3 or 4 hits plus minuses and out is slightly different to being able to heal versus a hard hitting fight.

This was a gross lack of judgement

...

Regarding the other topic, i've looked back to the suggestions for more skill oriented missions.

Ranging from Season 4 6 into Season 10.
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Season 6:
6–07: Valley of Veiled Flame (i have this)
This would be a between tiers, as its tiers are 5-6 and 8-9.

6–19: Test of Tar Kuata (i have this). The one suggesting it says it is very skill based. Tier 6-7.

Season 9:
In the Grandmaster’s Name (i do not have this)

In the Grandmasters Name is heavily skill orientated.

This is tier 7-8.

Season 10:
10-15: Tapestry's Trial

mostly investigation and social stuff.

(i do not have this)

Of those i have, i have not read them prior.

Thank you! I have not participated in any of those and would of course also buy any of the scenarios for you!

I'm STILL chewing myself up inside for not using The Gift of the Ghaele on Sele when I had the chance, or failing that, going all-out on that final vampire virago rather than wasting all those turns trying to salvage Harlis - after all, even if he'd died, that would still have led to a far cheaper resurrection bill.

Is it my fault? Please be kind.

MOVING ON...:

It would appear that I have done neither "Valley of Veiled Flame" nor "In The Grandmaster's Name" - I have done all the others.

For "Valley of the Veiled Flame", my 8th-level Liberty's Edge Sorcerer looks like a shoe-in (just so long as you don't count on him for wilderness skills of any sort), and my now-7th-level Silver Crusade Bard could be good too (apart from being between Tiers).

For "In The Grandmaster's Name", I would be inclined to take the low road as my 3rd-level Grand Lodge Fighter. Sure, it sounds like an 'intrigue' adventure, but every party needs that one fellow who speaks softly but carries a big stick, and he is most certainly that fellow...who also has some pretty keen bullshit-detection skills.

Well i intend to run it for tiers associated with lvl 7. :)

D'oh...well that leaves my Bard, or Nemesis.

Nemmie returns? O.O

*Does so, looking ravishing as ever*

Well! With a reception like that, how could I say no?

Shardra says ‘hello!’ :-D

GM's look of fright....

As Harlis progressed to level 9 on that adventure at around level 7 I have:
melee/mount samurai 6
melee druid 7
melee/buffer bard 8
trap/melee dragon disciple 8
trap/assistance investigator 8

The choice between 'Valley of Veiled Flame' and 'In the Grandmaster'Name' is yours, if Noral would indeed gift that mission.

If the former is your pick, the tier might vary depending on the APL of the participants. If APL would end between tiers, you'll have to choose which one you want to do.

@ Vassago, i hope you haven't played any of these?

@ Sele, will you stay with us?

I just gifted you 9-21 GM.

Do we want to recruit further players? Many are looking for games.

I'm hoping we can proceed with the five of you, tbh.
If either Vassago or Sele takes a break, then i'd drop a lure, yes.