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Solstice Scar GMs: please dot in to the GM thread HERE if you haven't yet done so. Have any of you gotten your copies of the module yet?

I received the scenario drop today.

DM Carbide wrote:

Solstice Scar GMs: please dot in to the GM thread HERE if you haven't yet done so. Have any of you gotten your copies of the module yet?

I received the scenario drop today.

I got my copy as well.

Some of the maps in the scenario PDFs have areas marked out for enemies. Is there a way to get a version of the map without the marked areas for us in PbP, but without buying flip mats?

Some scenarios have blank maps at the end. Some of the PDF’s have layered maps so when you copy it you only get the map. But these things are not constant for all scenarios and are not always usable depending on your software.

I usually just cover up those areas and assume my players are honorable enough to not take any advantage from knowing maybe where an enemy is hiding. Or just not show the map until the enemy appears.

Some scenario have unmarked version of the map in the end (mostly newer scenario, and custom map). Many scenario's PDF allow you to extract out map layer without the marking.

I usually edit them out using GIMP.

I saved all my game prep material on Google Drive and there're 100-ish scenarios there. I might have the clean version of that map.

I heard about layering but I do not know how to do that.

The way I use to get a clean map out of the map layer in a PDF scenario is to open the PDF in Acrobat Reader. Once it is open left click on the map which should then turn dark indicating the map has been selected. Once the map image is selected, right click on it and choose 'save image as' and save the clean map image. I assume something similar is possible with other PDF readers and editors. You do sometimes run into the odd scenario where the map layer map is not totally clean, but that is fairly rare.

I did not get the scenario but that may either be because I am listed as a backup GM (in which case, a check needs to be made to make sure the backups were requested for scenario support) or because I am a VO and they assumed I already had it. Which I don't because it's no longer available and I'll need it.

Hey, guys, there's still several tables of PFS1 for the coming Outpost convention that have open seats, some of which don't have enough players to actually go.

Likewise, there are still some seats open for the Special.

We have 10 days until things get started so I encourage everyone to sign up!

If you haven't played Oathbreakers Die, it's a great scenario.

If you haven't played Oathbreakers Die, it's a great scenario.

No spoilers, but the Chronicle's potentially nothing to sneeze at, either!

And now for something completely different: I've been contemplating making a Samurai for some time now, and I'm increasingly considering making it a Ward Speaker; what I'd like to know is, given that its signature Propitiation ability "must be performed at a shrine or a location warded by a specific type of kami", how could I expect that to be handled in Society play? One can't always expect a shrine, I suppose, BUT Kami being omnipresent nature-spirits (at least on the Prime Material), I figure finding someplace that meets the latter criterion would be easier.

Also, speaking of Society Samurai, have any Mount options beyond Camel or Horse wound up available?

I'd also had my eye on going Mountless with Sovereign Blade, but the crawler says that's incompatible, although the only reason I see for that would be the Alignment restrictions, yet those restrictions would be easily compatible within each other so long as I was anything but LG or CG (my intent anyway), so could I get a ruling in that regard? Is the crawler just making a mistake in that case?

Also, speaking of Society Samurai, have any Mount options beyond Camel or Horse wound up available?

Perhaps you need to seek a quest for perfection....

Also, speaking of Society Samurai, have any Mount options beyond Camel or Horse wound up available?

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Additional Resource-Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Qadira, Jewel of the East: A PC who must select an animal companion from a limited list (e.g. cavalier, paladin, or ranger) may select a shissah in place of a horse, but unless it is that PC's first animal companion selected, the PC must spend 4 Prestige Points to gain such a mount; each additional shissah acquired costs 4 additional Prestige Points.

EbonFist wrote:

If you haven't played Oathbreakers Die, it's a great scenario.

No spoilers, but the Chronicle's potentially nothing to sneeze at, either!

And now for something completely different: I've been contemplating making a Samurai for some time now, and I'm increasingly considering making it a Ward Speaker; what I'd like to know is, given that its signature Propitiation ability "must be performed at a shrine or a location warded by a specific type of kami", how could I expect that to be handled in Society play? One can't always expect a shrine, I suppose, BUT Kami being omnipresent nature-spirits (at least on the Prime Material), I figure finding someplace that meets the latter criterion would be easier.

Also, speaking of Society Samurai, have any Mount options beyond Camel or Horse wound up available?

I'd also had my eye on going Mountless with Sovereign Blade, but the crawler says that's incompatible, although the only reason I see for that would be the Alignment restrictions, yet those restrictions would be easily compatible within each other so long as I was anything but LG or CG (my intent anyway), so could I get a ruling in that regard? Is the crawler just making a mistake in that case?

I would probably allow all those combinations, though as a GM I would expect you to present an honest list of the sort of locations each kami would be in and I would make their availability pretty narrow.

I.e. no "Well, there are rocks in this forest so there's a rock kami here somewhere."

@EbonFist most GMs tend to handwaive things like shrine / meditation location due to the already long list of things to do in a 4-hour slot. I'm not about to start hampering/nitpicking players who choose to play a medium or other less min/maxed combos when all you need to really upset a table is high STR barbarian or optimized archer...

Is there a GM group for Solstice Scar? If so, I missed when it was announced.

Huh--thought I'd mentioned it. GM thread for the special is HERE. Sorry about that!

ETA: I did post about it, but since it was the 10,000th post here it dropped out of view quickly.

Thank you!

Paizo Campaign Tools is no longer allowed by Chrome. Will this be fixed? Is there an alternative, perhaps on a different browser?

Go to the Manage Extension page and click on the toggle for Paizo Campaign Tools. Chrome will complains but will still let you enable it.

Thanks. I did not notice the toggle button there.

Something just occurred to me: I've long-wanted to play a Calamity Caller Warpriest - but the darned thing's illegal.

Given I don't see why it particularly should be, could it be that this is one of those things one may/must "earn" for Society-play via some Boon or Chronicle? Does anyone around here know, if so?

I would be very surprised if there were any boon to allow it. My guess is it is disallowed due to a flavor that easily leans evil.

@I'm Hiding In Your Closet: Well, you could always play a Calamity Caller Warpriest outside of PFS.
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My guess is it is disallowed due to a [concept] that easily leans evil.

Considering many of the other things that are legal, I find that hard to believe.

@I'm Hiding In Your Closet: Well, you could always play a Calamity Caller Warpriest outside of PFS.

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I've long wanted to go outside PFS (Adventure Paths, for example), but I've been discouraged in finding anything - and truth be told, if I could, I'd be strongly inclined to want to go even further afield in material.