Written in Blood PFS#2-15 (Inactive)

Game Master lucklesshero

Lucklesshero - with respect to the encounter with the guards, Jamir's faction card has as one of its goals "Defy local law or tradition in a way that assists you and your allies without endangering the mission or threatening innocent lives." This is the same one I checked off in Irrisen - does the whole "go in while the guards pretend not to see us in an attempt to twist the literal words of their orders" qualify?

Absolutely this qualifies, check it off

And my faction goal for the guards as well?

Also, like Jawhar, I was tracking stuff via HeroLab. I'll forward my new HeroLab character sheet (with new purchases) and a breakdown of my tracking stuff for you.

FYI, Pathfinder Society doesn't require tracking of item purchases less than 50gp, if I'm not mistaken.

Veres is currently in a game, Glass River Rescue, that has been moving rather slowly and I am concerned as to when it will end. I don't want to hold you up for starting your next part but I know it will be a at least 2 weeks before GRR wraps up if our pace thus far is any indication. Just a heads up on this character's commitment.

I could of course make a similar character easy enough, since this is all first level, if Veres' time frame is an issue.

Contact me via PM on where I should send my HeroLab portfolio if you would like that. I rely heavily on that for character tracking, but I can also provide paper/scans for anything else required.

And my faction goal for the guards as well?

Also, like Jawhar, I was tracking stuff via HeroLab. I'll forward my new HeroLab character sheet (with new purchases) and a breakdown of my tracking stuff for you.

FYI, Pathfinder Society doesn't require tracking of item purchases less than 50gp, if I'm not mistaken.

EDIT: I checked the most recent Pathfinder Society Guide. It doesn't look like that "less than 50gp doesn't need to be tracked" rule is in there. My mistake - must've been an older version.

Hey y'all...

The Party Resources tracking sheet that I put up is alive and alterable. Please feel free to update it with your inter-game purchases.

I realised during my inventory tracking that I had made an error with the number of alchemist's fire vials that I had (2): I used one in the very first combat, and another one in the very last combat. In the course of the game, I think I also lended one that I didn't have to Torvald.

I'm assuming that we had enough for Torvald, as the final inventory tracking sheet shows that we still have 2 vials, but I screwed it up on my character sheet, and for what it's worth, I apologise. It does mean that someone who's looking to get an alchemist's fire back, won't be getting one back.

Nevertheless, I'll be better at keeping things tracked as I'll start a-fresh with this new scenario.

Thanks, y'all.

Craggark - did you include the AF that Jamir lent you in your count?

Veres - Might as well see where your current character is when we're actually ready to start. Lucklesshero can speak to the timing, but it's certainly possible we won't be ready to go until after Memorial Day weekend (apparently SOME people are going to Paizocon...).

Ah-HA! I hoped I had missed one.

That has fixed the count. Thanks, Jamir!

Craggark presents the 30gp to Thorgrin and takes the thunderstone.

Only one packet of alchemist's kindness - 1 gp. He takes his remaining 15gp, 3sp and adds it to Jawhar's 11gp and Jamir's 3gp, 7sp (keep the rest, Jamir) to make the purchase.

"Are we ready to see the worst that Trollheim has to offer?"

Craggark is set.

Craggark, if I understand PFS correctly, you aren't actually allowed to loan GP to another player. Is that correct?

If so, I had some gold to spend, so I'll just assume that I purchased this Thunderstone and gave it to you to use.

You can lend gold within a scenario to purchase specific items. You lent 11gp per the above quoted entry for the group purchase of the thunderstone that wound up being misused by me.

I only used 2 Alchemist's Fire and my own acids. Jawhar and Jamir may hash out who gets what returned to them :)

OK, then, I'll mark off one of my Alchemist's Fires as having been used up.

Torvald, I believe you used 3 alchemist's fires. One in the goblin fight, and two in the BBEG fight.

Lucklesshero - with respect to the encounter with the guards, Jamir's faction card has as one of its goals "Defy local law or tradition in a way that assists you and your allies without endangering the mission or threatening innocent lives." This is the same one I checked off in Irrisen - does the whole "go in while the guards pretend not to see us in an attempt to twist the literal words of their orders" qualify?

this is fine it qualifies

Craggark you can Mark off the faction card mission you mention as well. But I think you need to make a D.C. Check with the gnome merchant ? Unless you already have

Hopefully we are good with the bookkeeping.

Once I have an idea of the gold earned during this adventure, I can start thinking about purchases for the next adventure.

GM, I offered two options to succeed at a faction card mission...one involving the guards (no check) and one involving the gnome (check required).

If the guards encounter counts (succeed at resolving a potential violent encounter through Diplomacy), then I will take that mission.

I cannot take two faction card missions from the same scenario, so I won't be attempting the gnome merchant mission.

Does that make sense?

FYI, people, Craggark has purchased two alchemist's fire vials and a thunderstone. That's all. GM, I've emailed you my updated HeroLab file.

I emailed my tracking sheets through this scenario last night. Other than a masterwork rapier, I have not made any decisions about what to purchase with the gold from this scenario.

Do we want to coordinate PP purchases again, the way we did last time? Veres, if you end up starting a new character, this won't apply to you, except that the rest of us may hand you our wands at the start of the scenario.

Also, Jawhar and Torvald, if you haven't filled-out the online survey that Craggark linked to, you really should. If we are only getting one PP from this scenario, you can use the boon right away to get the second.

Because Jamir got the wand of protection from evil last time, I'd be inclined to have him get a wand of CLW this time, but we did not use Craggark's much and Torvald has already said he plans to get one this time. I will look over the cleric, alchemist, and bard spell lists in the next few days and give it some more thought, but I suggest we all post our ideas before any of us commit. Might be easiest to do it here, or I can set up another shared Google Doc the way I did last time.

So GM, Runa wasn't CR1 was she? Silver Crusade goal says: Defeat a divine spellcaster whose patron is an evil deity and whose CR is at least equal to your character level.

Alternatively: Accept the surrender of an enemy combatant (other than an evil outsider or undead creature), and ensure his fair
treatment until he can safely be released, ransomed, or delivered to authorities for justice. Alternatively, allow an enemy combatant with no means of escape to flee without further harm.

I wasn't working very hard toward these, but if you think either is appropriate I'd take it.

So GM, Runa wasn't CR1 was she? Silver Crusade goal says: Defeat a divine spellcaster whose patron is an evil deity and whose CR is at least equal to your character level.

Alternatively: Accept the surrender of an enemy combatant (other than an evil outsider or undead creature), and ensure his fair
treatment until he can safely be released, ransomed, or delivered to authorities for justice. Alternatively, allow an enemy combatant with no means of escape to flee without further harm.

I wasn't working very hard toward these, but if you think either is appropriate I'd take it.

Torvald I can't remember if you accepted the surrender of one of the Thugs or brawlers (I think u did) in the bar fight ; if so I can mark it off ... unfortunately Runa was only lv 1 so only 1/2 CR...

GM, I offered two options to succeed at a faction card mission...one involving the guards (no check) and one involving the gnome (check required).

If the guards encounter counts (succeed at resolving a potential violent encounter through Diplomacy), then I will take that mission.

I cannot take two faction card missions from the same scenario, so I won't be attempting the gnome merchant mission.

Does that make sense?

FYI, people, Craggark has purchased two alchemist's fire vials and a thunderstone. That's all. GM, I've emailed you my updated HeroLab file.

take the guard encounter you guys talked your way out of that fight with a very tough diplomacy check

Cool!

Sorry guys got super busy yesterday and pushed back the chronicle sheets. I should have logged on to let you guys know. Tonight (5/18) or tomorrow I promise I'll get them out to you..
sorry for the delay

Justin

Sorry guys got super busy yesterday and pushed back the chronicle sheets. I should have logged on to let you guys know. Tonight (5/18) or tomorrow I promise I'll get them out to you..

sorry for the delay

Justin

The delay has worked for me - I've been jammed at work, I wouldn't have been able to look it over anyway.

OK. guys I'm ready for day job checks from all of you that do day jobs.

Profession: Come sail away, come sail away...: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Jared/ Jamir I was wondering if you could share your inventory tracking sheets with everybody? Jawhar sent me one as well but, your's is completely caught up. (in other words every item he bought sold or purchased with prestige points from creation to the end of this adventure "written in blood" is listed on it; as well as the items he's used)

Just as a reminder, I am not going to double check all of your equipment ect..I simply don't have the time or inclination. However, if you ever desire to play these characters outside my game...I highly recommend you track your equipment and spending, via inventory tracking sheet. Other GM's might not be so forgiving. Per PFS purchasing rules: All gear that is consumable or worth more than 25 gp is tracked on Inventory Tracking Sheets.: this includes items like Torvald's smoke sticks, Craggark's alchemist fire, in addition to the items bought with prestige points.

Bottom line guys: you should catch up your inventory tracking sheets (like Jamir) before you purchase additional equipment from the gold that you're about to receive in this adventure.

The survey boon that you'll apply to this adventure is cool and I'll definitely fill out that same survey myself after I've played a couple characters at Paizo con! Just keep it in the same binder as the chronicle sheet for written in blood and you'll be counted as having full credit. ( I am curious as to whether I should mark it on the chronicle sheet as this boon was applied; guess it won't harm anything if I do: Torvald you should take this survey too!)

On a side note: those of you that use herolab please send me an updated character profile after I give you your chronicle sheet for written in blood. Torvald since you don't use Herolab a scanned character sheet will do.

Mad Alchemist!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

I don't have much access to a printer/scanner until Monday, can I just send you a PM about what I've used/gold I've spent during this adventure?

We are supposed to update an inventory tracking sheet to contain every purchase we have ever made since the beginning of time?

I was assuming there would be one per adventure. At 10th level that tracking sheet is going to be 10 pages long. What is the point of that?

No GM would ever verify these. Doing the bookkeeping would take longer than the entire adventure. Plus, no player would ever sit through that more than once, meaning that GM would never earn a second star...

I don't mind filling it out, though it seems pointless. I would like someone to point out the page in the current PFS rules where it talks about inventory tracking, though, as I have failed to find it.

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After you finish an adventure, the GM tracks character advancement, wealth gained, and Prestige Points earned and spent. Record any item purchases worth 25 gp or more on the character’s Inventory Tracking Sheet.

Here's what I've got so far. Let me know if you want fillable versions of the forms.

For GenCon, if we're between scenarios, I'll just print everything and stick it in my PFS binder. My kids want to play a scenario with Jamir.

Right, that is all of the guidance I have been able to find.

To me that says, at the end of every adventure, create a new Inventory Tracking sheet for purchases made during that adventure. Then you could at least compare starting gold + items sold - items purchased + gold earned should be the same as the player's ending gold for each adventure. (Except that you don't record purchases for less than 25gp, so even that is impossible).

Otherwise, you just have a running tally and no way to actually perform bookkeeping.

There is no clear direction on where to include purchases made during downtime. However, you can't force people to make purchasing decisions before they know how much gold they are earning, so I would think downtime purchases would be recorded at the beginning of the next session.

If it really is supposed to just be one inventory tracking sheet for your entire history, fine. It is simply unmanageable and provides no real value, but I will continue that way.

Guys as I mentioned "I will not police you" on your inventory unless you request me to sign off on something. Or I know you're going to use your character outside this PbP game. So if it's too much hassle put it on the side and just play your characters on this thread. Herolab does an excellent job off keeping track of stuff and most of you use that anyway.

The goal of keeping accurate inventory tracking is for your benefit not mine. So obviously it's better to start with accurate tracking sheets when you've purchased relatively little stuff than have a GM pull your sheets at a convention and say "your math doesn't add up."

Anyway sent out all the chronicle sheets this morning so you guys can play with those! Remember Craggark's link for those of you who didn't take the survey already...it's an easy way to earn the 2nd prestige point for "Written in blood".

Lastly, I already told Jamir when we look to get the new game rolling. Long and short of it look for the new game sometime after memorial day. Until then I'll keep this thread open so we can more easily communicate as a group. If you have any questions or comments you can contact me on this thread, email, or PM as always.

Had a great time guys! Look forward to the 2nd part of this series and introducing a new player!

Lucklesshero out!

[dice=Mad Alchemist!]1d20+8

I don't have much access to a printer/scanner until Monday, can I just send you a PM about what I've used/gold I've spent during this adventure?

Torvald whatever is easiest for you I'm good with. As long as you don't plan on playing this character outside this game I don't see any reason for me to be a "Nazi" on the inventory tracking stuff. However, if you ever think you might want to bring Torvald to another table I'd take the time to catch him up now. Otherwise it will be a nightmare later.

Again this goes for all of you.."if you send me inventory tracking sheets, I'll look at them make sure they add up (best I can), and send you back feedback." If you choose not to do this..I'm cool (less work for me!)

However, I will need at least a basic list of what gp and equipment your character starts each adventure with if you do not use herolab.

Right, that is all of the guidance I have been able to find.

To me that says, at the end of every adventure, create a new Inventory Tracking sheet for purchases made during that adventure. Then you could at least compare starting gold + items sold - items purchased + gold earned should be the same as the player's ending gold for each adventure. (Except that you don't record purchases for less than 25gp, so even that is impossible).

Otherwise, you just have a running tally and no way to actually perform bookkeeping.

There is no clear direction on where to include purchases made during downtime. However, you can't force people to make purchasing decisions before they know how much gold they are earning, so I would think downtime purchases would be recorded at the beginning of the next session.

If it really is supposed to just be one inventory tracking sheet for your entire history, fine. It is simply unmanageable and provides no real value, but I will continue that way.

I think the downtime purchases between adventures are technically made subject to GM approval or audit at the end of one scenario or the beginning of the next one, but I have forgotten where I saw that and am not in a good place to check - might be in the equipment section of the character creation/leveling up part of the appendix to the Roleplaying Guild Guide. In any case, I agree it's difficult to manage, which is why when I spotted the dedicated ammo & wand tracking sheet on the forum I started using that to track uses of anything with more than 10 charges, figuring those items will be in service the longest and would therefore be the ones I would most likely have to hunt through multiple ITS pages to locate just to record one use.

OK. guys I'm ready for day job checks from all of you that do day jobs.

Hey GM -

I'm still awaiting your final ruling on my Faction Goal. The reason why I ask is that, if I've completed 2+ faction goals for The Exchange, I can complete Day Job checks untrained. That won't happen at this level, but I still need your green light to accept the Soldier Encounter as "resolving a potentially violent encounter in a peaceful fashion".

Already sent my updated HeroLab sheet. Should be all good.

Also folks, if you do the Survey on the Paizo website for the boon for 6 or more of your characters (or all of your characters), you can use the SAME REWARD TWICE! That means you could do this same trick for another Pathfinder Society scenario where we don't earn the maximum prestige points, and believe me, after this first scenario, I'm not expecting the skills of one Joshua J. Frost to improve in Part 2 of this adventure....

I'm still awaiting your final ruling on my Faction Goal.

Please see about 4 posts down on the top of this page:

Craggark wrote:

GM, I offered two options to succeed at a faction card mission...one involving the guards (no check) and one involving the gnome (check required).

take the guard encounter you guys talked your way out of that fight with a very tough diplomacy check

Jamir -

I finally got a chance to look at your tracking sheets. They match what I was thinking except that you started with initial purchases. I'm not sure if I can go back in time to create this detail from the beginning but it seems I was doing the same things that you were.

Why are you tracking every torch you bought? Those are far less than 20 go in price?

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Oh, and how do I enter the survey chronicle sheet online?

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Why are you tracking every torch you bought? Those are far less than 20 go in price?

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When I was trying to figure out how much gold I had to work with at the end of the last scenario, I couldn't reconcile the numbers because I had made some purchases in HeroLab before we started and others on a tracking sheet mid-adventure, so I started over from the beginning, working off a PDF of Jamir's old HL sheet from a time when all he had was his starting gear. I found it easier to include everything on the tracking sheets than just the 25gp+ items because that let me be certain I wasn't missing something - if I didn't, I would never know if a 30gp discrepancy was the result of three 10gp items I had properly accounted for or one 30gp item I had missed.

lucklesshero wrote:

OK. guys I'm ready for day job checks from all of you that do day jobs.

Hey GM -

I'm still awaiting your final ruling on my Faction Goal. The reason why I ask is that, if I've completed 2+ faction goals for The Exchange, I can complete Day Job checks untrained. That won't happen at this level, but I still need your green light to accept the Soldier Encounter as "resolving a potentially violent encounter in a peaceful fashion".

Already sent my updated HeroLab sheet. Should be all good.

Also folks, if you do the Survey on the Paizo website for the boon for 6 or more of your characters (or all of your characters), you can use the SAME REWARD TWICE! That means you could do this same trick for another Pathfinder Society scenario where we don't earn the maximum prestige points, and believe me, after this first scenario, I'm not expecting the skills of one Joshua J. Frost to improve in Part 2 of this adventure....

Craggark wrote:

GM, I offered two options to succeed at a faction card mission...one involving the guards (no check) and one involving the gnome (check required).
If the guards encounter counts (succeed at resolving a potential violent encounter through Diplomacy), then I will take that mission.
I cannot take two faction card missions from the same scenario, so I won't be attempting the gnome merchant mission.
Does that make sense?
FYI, people, Craggark has purchased two alchemist's fire vials and a thunderstone. That's all. GM, I've emailed you my updated HeroLab file.
take the guard encounter you guys talked your way out of that fight with a very tough diplomacy check

take the guard encounter you guys talked your way out of that fight with a very tough diplomacy check

Guys Craggark reminded me about Day job checks (Jamir I'll resend yours); if you want the xtra cash for the day job make your roll in this thread.
thx

I don't have the link to the previous document where we were coordinating purchases.

However, I did spend my 2 PP on a Wand of Bless.

Since it sounded like we would have 2 Wands of CLW for the next adventure, I'd suggest that any other purchases be something for the bard to use.

Magic Missile, perhaps?

I also purchases a couple of good scrolls and outfitted myself well to deal with DR.

Craggark, expect to get Blessed Fist cast on you at some point next adventure...

Craggark, expect to get Blessed Fist cast on you at some point next adventure...

Oooooh! It's tingly!

I don't have the link to the previous document where we were coordinating purchases.

However, I did spend my 2 PP on a Wand of Bless.

Since it sounded like we would have 2 Wands of CLW for the next adventure, I'd suggest that any other purchases be something for the bard to use.

Magic Missile, perhaps?

I also purchases a couple of good scrolls and outfitted myself well to deal with DR.

Craggark, expect to get Blessed Fist cast on you at some point next adventure...

Going over the bard spell list now. Doesn't look like they get Magic Missile, though.

Oh, and how do I enter the survey chronicle sheet online?

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All - with respect to the extra prestige point from the survey boon, I had the same question as Jawhar, so I asked. Here's the answer.

Lucklesshero, I believe you are still able to edit the reporting - would you please update the PP for the scenario for any of us who do the survey? It may not be the official record for the character, but it's going to feel weird for it to be wrong.

You want me to go back to the report of this scenario and edit that you received 2 pp points correct?

You want me to go back to the report of this scenario and edit that you received 2 pp points correct?

I think so, yes. Doesn't change the chronicles you gave us, because it comes from the separate survey chronicle.

Hey folks, we certainly don't get magic missile, even though we are arcane. I will have 2 PP to spend on a wand, and I had planned on a CLW wand, but I can of course get any bard spell you want if someone has a different idea. Bard spell list

The current game Veres is in has slowed with the last post being 2 days ago. I don't think it is stalled completely, and it could take about 2 weeks to finish if the post rates continue this way. I will contact the GM of that game by PM and get a better feel for when we will finish and let you all know the response.

Thx for the update Verse, Jamir I'll update the recorded PP for you guys

Ok so I edited the scenario report for "written in blood", to reflect that you each earned two PP points. Remember, you cannot earn the second prestige point unless you fill out the survey and acquire the boon from Tonya. (I know Craggark, Jamir, and Jawhar have already done so). If it didn't change your PP points on your character profiles let me know and we'll attempt to trouble shoot.

As a reminder: All Day job checks need to be made on this thread..
O.K. looks like we got a couple week wait until Verse is done. Then shortly after that (or during Torvald will be out of the loop for a while) I really don't anticipate getting fully into "Exiles of Winter," till mid-late June.
That should still leave us plenty of time to finish up before Gencon so Jared can play Jamir with his kids.

I'll check this thread every few days for the next couple of weeks. Don't expect to see the new campaign thread posted until Verse tells me her other campaign is wrapping up. If you need to contact me email may be the best medium until we get the next one rolling.

Enjoy the break
peace...

Hi again. I heard back from the GM of my current game, and he is expecting it to take around 4 or 5 weeks more, so I think I should be making a new character to adventure with you. I am going to be on a vacation with my honey from this Wednesday the 24th the till Sunday the 28th and I can start right after that.

If I make a new character, did you still want a bard or would you prefer another type of arcane character? I will endeavor to cover skills as best I can since you mentioned that being favorable.

I also may have one chance to play the Confirmation at a local game session before we start so I could have some extra minor gear and a wayfinder, but I won't count on that.

Let me know your thoughts.

Cheers everyone!
~VS

At this point, I think arcane is better than skills for this group. Each of us does have the ability to buy a wand of magic missile with only 10 or so charges on it. If someone didn't spend all of their money...

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