The Flaxseed Pathfinder Lodge: Explore, Report, Cooperate!

Game Master Redelia

Did I mention that I was sick? I’ve been failing my fortitude save repeatedly for over a week.

Hmm

Tries to cast Remove Disease enhanced with Reach Spell. Nope, the range isn't sufficient from my hotel in Seoul, sorry.

Sends hugs and positive vibes instead.

By the way I'll be away for about a week (in-laws 50th wedding anniversary!)

All my games (either GMed or as a player) should have notification of this, but on the off chance I missed one, I figured I'd post here. I'll be back around the 7th or 8th.

I am back! Can someone help me get that steam bath to my Venture Captain?

I am back! Can someone help me get that steam bath to my Venture Captain?

Always willing to assist I'll even Bring the Eucalyptus oil.

I've seen it done as well, and as a player done it. I usually bring an extra shirt in case someone at the table does not have a re-roll. Never been challenged in lending a shirt.

Officially, no. A reroll can only be used by the person who owns it.

That said, GMs will often "look the other way" while a folio is passed over to a new player's seat to help them out. They may also occasionally break the rule to let someone loan their reroll in a "save or die" situation. Either way, these are not technically within the rules.

There are boons that specifically allow for the loan of a reroll, and individuals with Pathfinder Achievement Coins are explicitly allowed to loan their reroll as well.

I too have seen this a couple of times. I understand that it is technically against the rules, but I also think that it falls into the grey area of "We all came here to have fun". If I have something at my table that could perchance save a characters life, and its a one time deal or for a new player.. the chances of me suddenly needing to hit the water fountain or something would tend to go up exponentially.

That said, I wouldn't allow a player to become dependent on this either, nor would I allow someone to just start handing out rerolls around the table. In a one time situation with a characters life and perhaps the outcome of the mission on hand? Well.. I'm gonna go stretch my legs for a minute.

I believe Paizo employees are given a reroll which they can give to anyone at the table, including themselves.

That, or I got conned by two Paizo editors at Paizocon. ;)

I have four copies of the character folio because sometimes my wife and kids play. But if I'm alone, I gladly lend them out at the table.

I've had it done for me on my very first PFS session (and ended being the only character to survive that notorious scenario that I was completely ignorant about but it was the only low tier offered that day), and I look the other way when players do it for other new people at my table.

However, personally, I wouldn't for PbP.

If you have a DM who says this cannot be done because you must own the item, then do not lend the item to the player without a reroll, give it to him.
Then that person owns it, and can use it.
And can give it - back - to you once it is used.

However, I have never seen anything saying "A reroll can only be used by the person who owns it" (though I mainly only looked those things up in the Guide and on the Perks webpage, but the only thing I remember seeing in all that is that if you own several, you can only use one).

Happy new year everyone!

*Raises a toast*

Give us a minute...

...or 7-and-a-half-hours....

Or eight-and-a-half...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Years (I'm not going to post again in 4 hours, so...)

Happy New Year! Cheers!

Just invite me to your tables. I can give out a reroll with an extra +5 to another player.

Just invite me to your tables. I can give out a reroll with an extra +5 to another player.

With the added bonus of being a delight to play with.

Just invite me to your tables. I can give out a reroll with an extra +5 to another player.

After that run of 'You Have What You Hold' I'd certainly like to run a game for you one of these days. Just need to get my current games into a nice groove before i consider starting another.

Magabeus wrote:

I am back! Can someone help me get that steam bath to my Venture Captain?

Always willing to assist I'll even Bring the Eucalyptus oil.

Thank you all! Yesterday, something miraculous happened. I woke up... and I did not feel like an extra in a b-grade zombie movie. Today, I am actually back at work. I'm still recovering, but I am feeling much, much better.

All of you should know:

Yes, I owe a bunch of you PMs. I am working through them.

Yes, the OutPost announcement is coming. We'll be doing that soon™ now that I have a chance to look everything over when I am not hazy and sick.

★ --- ★ --- ★ --- ★

Oh... I have one more thing to announce! Remember the Pregen Conversion project? There is now a Pregen Folder in the PBP GM Kit that is full of pregens in BB Code! PFS! SFS!

I would like to publicly thank the following volunteers for working over the holidays on this project:

GM Khaoz
Chadius
GM RePete
Elinnea
GM Andrew
GM Poblano Pepper

We are still working on getting some of the four star scenario-specific pregens in there, but all the goblins and kobolds are in there for now, so this should give GMs and their players plenty of options.

I hope that everyone will join me in thanking these kind volunteers for their work on this project.

Hugs,
Hmm

Welcome back. Very glad to hear you are better.

I hope that everyone will join me in thanking these kind volunteers for their work on this project.

Wow! Thank you guys!

I'm going to go ahead and ask for an extra round of applause for Elinnea, who single-handedly tackled about HALF of the Pregens!

And for GM Poblano, who(m?) I believe has proof-read most of the BBCode Sheets =)

I'm going to go ahead and ask for an extra round of applause for Elinnea, who single-handedly tackled about HALF of the Pregens!

And for GM Poblano, who(m?) I believe has proof-read most of the BBCode Sheets =)

I will second those... Elinnea was amazing — she tirelessly tackled pregen after pregen — and Poblano inspired us all.

Still, I am very thankful that you guys got this done. It will prove very helpfull! I love that this is the sort of lodge where people want to volunteer.

Hmm

How can I cleanly 'capture' JUST the Chronicle page from an adventure PDF for marking up and sending out?

I tried the PDF extractor Chyrone showed us, but it completely voids all text. What would be ideal would be a site just like that one, but that captures and 'extracts' whole individual pages rather than just images.

You can just print that page as a one page pdf

The Pregen Folder project is amazing! kudos to all who worked on it! A true achievement and much appreciated!

How can I cleanly 'capture' JUST the Chronicle page from an adventure PDF for marking up and sending out?

I tried the PDF extractor Chyrone showed us, but it completely voids all text. What would be ideal would be a site just like that one, but that captures and 'extracts' whole individual pages rather than just images.

If you use Adobe or the Google Doc one called DocHub, you can specifically download the chronicle as a separate/new file.

You can just print that page as a one page pdf

No I can't. This is for PbP Chronicles.

If you use Adobe or the Google Doc one called DocHub, you can specifically download the chronicle as a separate/new file.

I just checked this out; I'm not comfortable with it, because it seems a bit messy and intrusive. I'm not entirely sure what Google Drive really is, and I'm not entirely sure I want to get sucked into it. By contrast, I really like this - except that it can't do what I need it to do in this case. Isn't there anything like that, but for pages?

Browse to the chronicle page, and have the PDF viewer you're using, on 100%.

Select the chronicle with the select area tool to copy, and paste + save/edit in paint, or another similar editing tool.

:)

TriShadow wrote:

You can just print that page as a one page pdf

No I can't. This is for PbP Chronicles.

If you print it to PDF, rather than to a printer (sometimes this is a separate button on the print menu, sometimes you select it as a 'printer'), then you will have it as a separate file. That's what I do for my PbP chronicles.

It's not working. I can only save it as an "XPS" file, which Paint can't read.

Really, can't there be a website like the "PDF Extractor" that works that same way but preserves text?

It's reading out of Firefox, for what it's worth.

Google drive might be your best bet IDIYC.

I use Foxit Reader for PDFs, set the zoom to 100%, then select snapshot and click on the chronicle page. It immediately copies that full page to the clipboard which can be pasted in paint, gimp, or any other graphical editor of your choice.

I've recently completed my first pbp as GM. Here's what I did for chronicles IDIYC.

I'm using a Macbook btw.

I had to open the scenario pdf in the Preview app. Then I could go to the relevant page of the document and select "print." In the Print dialogue I selected "save as pdf" from the drop down menu in the lower left corner, selecting only the page with the chronicle sheet. "Print" then produces new one page pdf. I saved this, then published it to Google Docs. In one case I needed to get a player's email address and email his chronicle to him.

Hope this helps (but I think it's probably a Mac-specific thing).

Really, can't there be a website like the "PDF Extractor" that works that same way but preserves text?

Do you have an office supply store with a print center in your vicinity? If yes, go there. See what they use, because they very well might have something that does exactly what you want. It is probably not going to be Paint, but they can probably get the page you want in a file format that will be compatible with it. Have them do the extractions for you.

Note: It has been a while since I used it but, I'm pretty sure that anything you import into Paint ceases being text anymore.

Alternatively, you can have your print center print out the page you want 7 times, write on the 6 you need to fill out with a pen. Take pictures of them with your phone and upload those pictures to your new Google Drive account from which you can share them with others (seriously--it is where you are downloading them from me when we're done, and where I keep my copies of the Google Slide maps).

Keep your 7th chronicle copy somewhere safe so you can make analog copies of it in the future if needed.

Better still, invest in a single clear report cover. Overlay it on the clean copy of your chronicle, and using a dry erase marker fill in the chronicle on the transparent cover. Erase it with a damp cloth after you take your picture for uploading, and repeat for each player that needs one.

These analog approaches seem to me less time intensive than dealing with Paint.

~World's Most Interesting Former Second Shift Assistant Branch Print Production Manager

I've recently completed my first pbp as GM. Here's what I did for chronicles IDIYC.

I'm using a Macbook btw.

I had to open the scenario pdf in the Preview app. Then I could go to the relevant page of the document and select "print." In the Print dialogue I selected "save as pdf" from the drop down menu in the lower left corner, selecting only the page with the chronicle sheet. "Print" then produces new one page pdf. I saved this, then published it to Google Docs. In one case I needed to get a player's email address and email his chronicle to him.

Hope this helps (but I think it's probably a Mac-specific thing).

I've got my Mac bent paperclip™ (AKA the $750 wireless iClip™) all ready! ;)

If you open the pdf in Chrome you can then print. When you do so set it instead so save and only save the chronicle page.

If you open the pdf in Chrome you can then print. When you do so set it instead so save and only save the chronicle page.

This. Drag the PDF in Chrome then "print" as a PDF only the page you need (thus the last one).

There are several utilities I could recommend if you are using Windows, but you haven't told us if that is the case.

Note to self... move the chronicle preparation docoments up in my task queue...

Can you tell us what tools you are using? Please include operating system and PDF viewer.

^ Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing, Redelia. It really is our next target for a guide for the PbP GM Kit.

I really love that I hired a VA who likes writing instruction manuals. Redelia, have I told you today that you are awesome?

Hmm

Operating System: Windows 7

PDF viewer: Firefox, apparently (I don't really understand it; that's just where it chooses to show up)

What are the rules about applying GM credit to a character that is currently playing in a PbP game? For example, if I have PC who is currently playing a PbP game and I GM a face to face table, can I assign the GM chronicle to that PC, with the understanding that it will not apply to the character until after it finishes its current PbP table (and applies the chronicle for that PbP game)?

I use Nitro Reader as the PDF reader. Then use PDF fill to edit them directly.

To get the information for the chronicles, I just switched to using google forms. Makes it more organized.

What are the rules about applying GM credit to a character that is currently playing in a PbP game? For example, if I have PC who is currently playing a PbP game and I GM a face to face table, can I assign the GM chronicle to that PC, with the understanding that it will not apply to the character until after it finishes its current PbP table (and applies the chronicle for that PbP game)?

That's my understanding, yes. I think there was an FAQ or a mention in a blog post or something, but I'm having trouble finding it now.

^I understand it the same way as Dennis.

Found something, anyway:

Once a character has started playing an adventure, that character should not receive any further credit until the adventure has concluded. This would not stop someone from assigning further credit to that PC (such as from GMing), but none of that credit would take effect (e.g. grant gold, Prestige, or XP) until the current adventure had concluded. This is to say that no character should spontaneously level up in the middle of an adventure.