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One point of logistics -- if Damiar already has 1 xp, then she'll need to skip a scenario at some point to keep everything synced up. (That should be easy to do; when Hmm GMs, she can just give credit to a different character....)
This is a problem for Future Us.
(I am always leaving problems for Future Rob. He's pretty good at taking stuff on, I'm always happy about it. On the other hand, Past Rob is a bastard who keeps giving me things to worry about.)
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Some seriously fun posts to get us going! And Kate, I love the dry humor you keep dropping in!
Garif may come across as a bit of an Eeyore, which is intentional (I've always loved the character Glum from the old Gulliver's Travels cartoons). Please let me know if he crosses the line at any point and comes off as a jerk. That is very much not my intention.
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Probably the best solution.
Verrix can carry extra stuff. He's encumbered, but also wearing medium armor, so the encumbered doesn't matter.
I've grabbed the extra Acid Flask. I also made myself an ITS because I didn't have one, meaning Verrix was technically not a legal PFS character, yet you let me play with him, THE HORROR, THE HORROR.
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I'm trying to figure out what the best way to do an ITS electronically would be.
Since this character is dedicated to this PbP, it would make a lot of sense to do the ITS electronically. Technically, the guide only requires that you have one.
Inventory Tracking Sheet (ITS): You must track your PC’s purchases over 25 gp on an item tracking sheet. A sample sheet is located on page 44, or you can use a sheet of your own design so long as it tracks the same information.
So I'm thinking a Google Spreadsheet may make sense.
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This is what I use as an ITS for all of my characters
Feel free to make a copy and use it, or modify it for yourself.
A couple of examples of it in action:
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In my case, I think something changed with the recent iOS upgrade.
Now when I go to the link, the default action is to open it as a tab in my browser. If I do it correctly, I get the option to open it in slides. The two options show right below each other.
One thing that would help me is positioning the link so it is further from the avatar picture. My sausage fingers need a bigger area to tap on. Those with better eyesight, hand and eye coordination or smaller fingers most likely don't have that issue.
Anyone using an iPad will want to Open in Slides in order to update the maps.
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So, in an idle (and perhaps presumptuous) moment on the bus, I created what may be an unnecessarily detailed spreadsheet to plan out this campaign. I set it up so I could check off which scenarios I had played and GM'ed in Core, to avoid conflicts, but it turns out I have only played a couple and GM'ed three of the titles in Rob's list.
Whether we use all the info in it or not, we can at least use it to plan who's going to GM scenarios. Here it is.
Nice! I have only played/GMed in Core a couple of times, and none of the scenarios are in this campaign.
Did the Slides stuff get sorted for people? I definitely made it in Slides, so I'm not sure why it wasn't working.
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I should mention, I've got a module I'm running for PbP Gameday VI. Since that is my first time GMing anything PbP, I would prefer to complete that before GMing here.
My thoughts on the scenarios that I chose to GM... I avoided the next two scenarios to avoid colliding with PBP Gameday VI, which I am administrating. I also wanted to avoid GMing things that Damiar would be great in, like the Disappeared.
The only thing that I have GMed in Core was Beggar's Pearl.
Hmm
Someone kindly put my name in the spreadsheet to run the Destiny of the Sands arc, since I've already played it in Core. Since that is over a dozen scenarios away, I've plugged my name in for one more scenario between now and then, but I'm not wedded to that particular one. I can't do Library of the Lion again, but other than that I'd run any of the level 1 or 2 games we've got scheduled.
Mostly posting this to avoid it becoming a race to fill in the spreadsheet - Hmm and I got it started, but I didn't want anyone to feel they had been blocked out of running or playing a particular scenario.
Rob - would you mind linking the planning spreadsheet on the Campaign Info tab for this game? That way we'll all have an easy place to find it. Also, my apologies for any confusion caused you by Nico's token, since it's also your main alias avatar. It's the only black panther I could find, and I'm sorry if you occasionally wonder how you personally ended up in a cave fighting weird monsters.
And have fun running your fist PbP, Bret! That's a fun module.
Thanks!
I need to get my brown belt first, but I am looking forward to running it. I remember having a lot of fun playing it face-to-face.
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I fight weird monsters in a cave in real life, so it's all good. Will link when I am not on tablet.
We can view GM planning as fluid. How about this convention: bold if you want it to be *set* that you GM a session (e.g. the ones Chris has already played), normal to indicate preference that could change without undue sadness.
Remember we might do some scenarios in between PbPs via VTT if it turns out we can get it together. F'rinstance, I'd enjoy running Wardstone Patrol that way if it works out.
I like that idea, Rob. I have now bolded myself three times! [/vaguely scandalous confessions]
And yes, some VTT in the mix would be great. We have every timezone in the continental US represented, so scheduling those will be fun, but I'd love to see it happen.
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Typically, the group dies.
There are certainly ways to win the battle against a full strength Minotaur and some groups like the additional challenge. I would suggest if you want to try it sometime you go in with the whole group knowing that is what they are going to do.
I know this character isn't built for that level of challenge.
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I've played both ways. In the first few days after the scenario came out, nobody in our four-person group (including our GM, who hadn't read that far ahead) even considered that there might be an alternative. And we won, and it was awesome.
Imo it's a fun way to change things up, but as you say, (and as with anything else) the group needs to agree. I'm quite confident that that's why Garif prompted discussion, instead of just attacking.
We're all friends here, and nobody's trying to get anyone else killed.
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That's a fair point, Bret. I didn't go in planning to take the fight straight to the minotaur, the idea just occurred to me when Kate asked us what we'd like to do. I've definitely heard of parties doing the minotaur fight first and it not being a total disaster, but I'd agree that some of us (Garif included), and possibly all of us, aren't really built to take on something so tough at this point.
As Oladon says, I mostly wanted to throw the idea out there, rather than deciding for the group by charging (slowly) into battle, and I'm fine with proceeding into the cave.
I hope you're feeling better, Hmm!
Just so everyone knows, I'll be traveling for the weekend, and may post a little less than normal. Next week, I will be at GenCon, but since I know several other people will also be at GenCon, I propose we just pause the game from, say, Wednesday to Sunday. I recall from PaizoCon that it's really hard to find a chance to check into PBPs!