[PFS2_Luke_Parry] 2-06: The Crashing Wave (Inactive)

Game Master Luke_Parry

PLAYER: Julien
CHARACTER: Dranald
PFS ID#: 293201-2002
STARTING XP: 38
STARTING FAME: 28

Downtime after Q12: Bargain Hunter. Earn income with Diplomacy. Task lvl 2. DC 16: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Failure. So 4cp x 2 = 8cp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Envoy Alliance
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Big Game Hunter
Generic Boon: Eager Protégé (4 xp)
Generic Boon: Traveler of the Spirit Road
Generic Boon: Doom Averted
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Society Recruiter
Slotless: Wayfinder

PLAYER: The Sesquipedalian Thaumaturge
CHARACTER: Jasariel
PFS ID#: 270872-2002
STARTING XP: 34
STARTING FAME: 24
STARTING GP: 45.51

Earn Income (Scouting Lore DC 15): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
2 cp

BOONS:
Faction: Verdant Wheel Champion
Advanced: Sand Slide (3 uses)
Generic: Cryptid Scholar (3 uses)
Generic: Doom Averted
Generic: Wayfinder
Slotless: Engraved Wayfinder

Scenario Consumables: lesser healing potion, potency crystal

On the off chance that this Fall of Plaguestone group continues onto The Slithering (because I guess they're connected?), we probably shouldn't build Humans because you can't play as Human in The Slithering.

I did the math wrong and Gedrim is actually still level 2. He will jump to 4 after one more full scenario, but alas he is not 3 yet.

I'm going to sit out of this quest, but would very much like to jump back in with you after the quest finishes.

Alright, chronicle sheets have now been PM'ed out :-)

Thank you again!

That boon is hilariously perfect.

I know - I'll be sad if things like that do indeed go away :-/

Right? I saw your comments.

Someone in one of the threads thought these Boons were going to be "unlocked" on your profile when the game gets reported. Sort of another encouragement to report games. And then you just download the Boon.

But if Paizo's main complaint is that they're running out of ideas and it takes too much effort to invent new Boons, I don't know how moving Boons to being downloadable changes that.

I'll we'll just have to wait and see.

As Ukh is now lvl 5, I can play his brother Okh a sorcerer lvl 3 or a barbarian lvl 2 or a monk lvl 2.

I think with Dranald and Jasariel being frontline you can probably play anything you want. After Gruvok levels out of the 1-4 Tier I have a Level 2 Cleric/Druid and will soon have a Level 2 Longbow Ranger. Or if we need a frontline by then I have a 0xp "Wereshark" Barbarian ^_^

Signing in for Quest #13: Falcons' Descent

PLAYER: Nefreet
CHARACTER: Gruvok
PFS ID#: 66548-2004
BOONS:
• Faction - Envoy's Alliance
• General - Sand Slide
• General - Cryptid Scholar
• General - Doom Averted
• General - Expert Hireling (Medicine, Alchemical Lore)
• Slotless - Engraved Wayfinder

Earn Income, Performance, DC 16: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30 (Crit earns 1gp!)

Free Spells Items: lesser antidote, scroll of heal (2nd level)

Q13: Falcon's Descent

PLAYER: Pete H.
CHARACTER: Farryn Sarjyre
PFS ID#: 123584-2003
STARTING XP: 32 (lvl 3)
STARTING FAME: 23

Items Purchased: 20 more bolts (2s), Moderate Frost Vial Formula (3g), Crafter's Eyepiece (60g)
STARTING GP after purchases: 1.02 g

BOONS:

GM (and others who GM pfs2), how do you handle what to give on Recall Knowledge Checks?

PFS1 doled out a single tidbit per success and extra tidbits for +5 over DC and I've seen a ton of different ways GM's tend to manage that.

__________________________________

Obviously PFS2 does things slightly different, simply providing the following:

Success You recall the knowledge accurately or gain a useful clue about your current situation.

and

Critical Success You recall the knowledge accurately and gain additional information or context.

__________________________________

I'm trying to figure out if I need to ask for specific enemy details when doing a recall knowledge check (that happened a lot in pfs1). I'm also trying to figure out how to handle recall knowledge checks in my own games. I'm currently leaning towards a Success = ID plus signature 'something' & Crit Success = ID + everything.

Recalling Knowledge is not very helpful in this Edition (IMO).

In PF1, I reasoned long ago that limiting the "bits" of information to just 5 (Basics/Defenses/Offenses/Abilities/Vulnerabilities) rewarded characters who invested in Knowledge. You needed to exceed the DC by 20 to learn everything, and that was very possible to do.

In PF2, you generally need to spend an action, and Crit Fails are always possible, no matter how much you invest. If you succeed, you get the creature's "Iconic" ability (I believe somewhere in the CRB the example was a troll's regeneration), which isn't all that helpful if it's "iconic"; you probably already knew that.

Only if you Crit Succeed do you learn what you wanted, and even then, you can't learn more unless you Crit Succeed again. As soon as you fail, you're done. Right now there are some feats and a Cleric Focus Spell that can mitigate the chance of failure, but for now I'm not sure it's worth investing in.

Which sucks, because finding out information is inherent to storytelling. If I created a unique boss monster, I don't want the only knowledge you find out about it to be that it has a slam and a bite; I want to reward you for learning about it, and also show off my cool story.

Ah, I found that part in the CRB now. Ugh, you are correct about how limited Recall Knowledge is. It isn't a complete waste if I sorta have the action to burn, but is a lot weaker than I hoped.

PLAYER: Julien
CHARACTER: Dranald
PFS ID#: 293201-2002
STARTING XP: 39
STARTING FAME: 29

Downtime after Q13: Bargain Hunter. Earn income with Diplomacy. Task lvl 2. DC 16: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Success. So 3sp x 2 = 6sp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Envoy Alliance
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Big Game Hunter
Generic Boon: Eager Protégé (5 xp)
Generic Boon: Traveler of the Spirit Road
Generic Boon: Doom Averted
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Society Recruiter
Slotless: Wayfinder

PLAYER: J.G.
CHARACTER: Dran'Thil
PFS ID#: 212081-2004
STARTING XP: 17
STARTING FAME: 17

Downtime after Q13: Mining Lore. Task lvl 0. DC 14: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Success. So 5cp x 2 = 1sp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Envoy Alliance
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Society Connections
Generic Boon: Traveler of the Spirits Road
Generic Boon: Sand slide
Generic Boon: Touched by the storm
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder

PLAYER: The Sesquipedalian Thaumaturge
CHARACTER: Jasariel
PFS ID#: 270872-2002
STARTING XP: 35
STARTING FAME: 25
STARTING GP: 55.53

Downtime: Retrain Pathfinder training to 3 points in Spells (2/14 days).

BOONS:
Faction: Verdant Wheel Champion
Advanced: Sand Slide (3 uses)
Generic: Cryptid Scholar (3 uses)
Generic: Doom Averted
Generic: Wayfinder
Slotless: Engraved Wayfinder

Scenario Consumables: lesser healing potion, potency crystal

Ah, I found that part in the CRB now. Ugh, you are correct about how limited Recall Knowledge is. It isn't a complete waste if I sorta have the action to burn, but is a lot weaker than I hoped.

One of the scenarios I ran actually listed on the enemy's page(s) a break down. "Critical Success grants this information" type of stuff.

However, the other ones did not.

Alright, links to chronicle sheets for the final Quest have been PM'ed out :-)

Please sign in for the next one, which is a 5-8.

1-25: Grim Symphony

PLAYER: Pete H.
CHARACTER: Bair Mann
PFS ID#: 123584-2001
STARTING XP: 72 (lvl 7)
STARTING FAME: 40

Items Purchased: "Wounding" on Silver Halberd (340g)
STARTING GP after purchases: 63.68 gold

BOONS:

Please sign in for the next one, which is a 5-8.

Are we skipping #1-24?

Signing in for #1-25: Grim Symphony (Regular Speed):

PLAYER: Nefreet
CHARACTER: Thorax Toothlicker
PFS ID#: 66548-2001
BOONS:

• Faction - Vigilant Seal (Improved)
• Advanced - Heroic Defiance (slotted for free)
• General - Lastwall Debt
• General - Touched by the Storm
• General - Professional Hireling (Culture, Pathfinder Society Lore, Underworld Lore)
• General - Professional Hireling (Survival, Butchering Lore, Mercantile Lore)
• Slotless - Engraved Wayfinder
• Slotless - One-Who-Waits
• Slotless - Ally of the Iruxi
• Slotless - Blood Offering

DOWNTIME: 8 days Crafting batch of 4x Giant Wasp Venom, saving 2.5gp/day (30gp/110gp so far)

Free Swords Items: moderate healing potion, lesser healing potion.

@Nefreet: No, we aren't skipping it; 1-25 is just more straight-forward. 1-24 has some GM-side mechanics that don't really... make a lot of sense, so I want a bit of time to think about them, and try and make them actually work.

Cool cool ^_^

PLAYER: J.G.
CHARACTER: Dran'Thor
PFS ID#: 212081-2001
STARTING XP: 76
STARTING FAME: 62

Downtime after 1-25: Naturalist. Mistform elixir. Task lvl 6. DC 22: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27 use of Secrets of Jistkan Alchemist
Raw material: 28gp
Crit. Success. So 3gp x 8 = 24gp (remain 4gp)

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Improved Verdant Wheel
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Valais's Assurance
Generic Boon (1 slot because of Improved champion): Naturalist
Generic Boon: Secrets of the Jistkan Alchemists
Generic Boon: Touched by the storm
Generic Boon: Nexian Researcher
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Beginnings and Endings
Slotless: One-Who-Waits
Slotless: Ally of Iruxi
Slotless: Blood Offering
Slotless: Wayfinder

Out for this one: Experienced Mountaineer

Free Schools items: Scroll of Fly

Excuse me, but may I play with pregen Kyra lvl 5?

PLAYER: The Sesquipedalian Thaumaturge
CHARACTER: Adalan Mussara
PFS #: 270872-2001
STARTING XP: 77
STARTING FAME: 45
Item Purchases: choker of elocution (200 gp)
STARTING GP after purchases: 314.26

Downtime: Academia Lore to Earn Income (DC 19): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
+12 gp

BOONS:
Faction: Improved Vigilant Seal Champion
Vigilant Seal Bonus: Resist Corruption
Advanced: Valais's Assurance (2 uses)
General: Heroic Defiance
General: Wayfinder
General: Adamant Wayfinder
Slotless: Engraved Wayfinder
Slotless: One-Who-Waits
Slotless: Ally of the Iruxi
Slotless: Multicultural Training (Varisian)
Slotless: Blood Offering
Slotless: Wayfinder Connections

Scenario Consumables: scroll of stoneskin, scroll of resist energy

Excuse me, but may I play with pregen Kyra lvl 5?

I don't have a problem with more healing ^_^

If that means that Kyra will benefit from a Level Bump, we should Slot our Mentor Boons.

I have the one for Vigilant Seal.

Player: RePete
Character Name: Deshacerla
PFS #: 126566-201
Faction: Vigilant Seal
XP: 73
Downtime: Diplomacy (Bargain Hunter): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
Funds: 495g 120s
Trained by Master of Spells: Sorrina Westyr

--Reputation/Fame--
Fame: 71
Vigilant Seal: 75
Horizon Hunters: 2
Radiant Oath: 2

I'll get tagged into the gameplay this morning after my meeting

With things going on at work I'm going to have to sit out this one as well. Hopefully things settle down and I'll be able to jump back in on the next game.

Sorry to hear that, RePete. I hope that things settle down for you :-/

In other news, for those of you who were interested:

Little Trouble In Big Absalom

Alright, posting this in all my games. A tree company came out yesterday to grind a stump and cut our internet cable. The earliest the cable company can make it is the 20th, so if I am holding the group up please bot me. If I’m your GM, I’m really sorry! Play will resume when I get the net back.

It is possible I’ll get small windows online to make posts now and then, if so I’ll see you all online. Thanks for understanding.

Sorry I’m on the phone and don’t have much time. I would say the cat bites again and the dwarf casts an electric arc or a haste upon Thorax or Bair. Don’t forget the 4d6 on the musician. Excuse me

Done. I took the liberty of botting Bair, as well, since it resulted in the last of the Disco Zombies being taken down, and therefore giving us 'block' initiative, at last ;-)

If Dranald wishes to join us for the next one, I am open to it - however, under the current Challenge Point system, somewhat insanely, adding him actually shifts you from being a High Tier party, to a Low Tier party...

Great, I will play Kyra.

Oh wow, that is a really weird little glitch there with the Challenge Points. All the stars aligned for that one. Still, after adjusting for 6 players and giving the enemies a level bump, I expect it may still cause us some trouble.

Of course all of that also assumes no one leveled to 8 after our last session.

I think Thorax should wait the next one to level up like me.

It's weird that Thorax is ahead, since I went Slow Track with him for a while, but I guess he did start at 3rd Level from Playtest Points.

After the Chronicle for Grim Symphony he will have 81xp, which means he'll be Level 8 in time for the Season 2 Special.

Assuming that can still be a thing. I don't know when it's being offered online next. GameDay IX doesn't have it.

I've read somewhere that the 2-00 will be run online at the next outpost in 2021.

So far away =(

Alright, I am afraid that I am on the road this week, so I won't have scanner access, but I will get your chronicles to you as soon as I can.

Please check in for the next one (which is also a 5-8) :-)

Signing in for #1-24: Lightning Strikes, Stars Fall

PLAYER: Nefreet
CHARACTER: Thorax Toothlicker
PFS ID#: 66548-2001
BOONS:

• Faction - Vigilant Seal (Improved)
• Advanced - Heroic Defiance (slotted for free)
• General - Lastwall Debt
• General - Touched by the Storm
• General - Professional Hireling (Culture, Pathfinder Society Lore, Underworld Lore)
• General - Professional Hireling (Survival, Butchering Lore, Mercantile Lore)
• Slotless - Engraved Wayfinder
• Slotless - One-Who-Waits
• Slotless - Ally of the Iruxi
• Slotless - Blood Offering

DOWNTIME: 8 days Crafting batch of 4x Giant Wasp Venom, saving 2.5gp/day (50gp/110gp so far)

Free Swords Items: moderate healing potion, lesser healing potion.

PLAYER: Julien
CHARACTER: Dranald
PFS ID#: 293201-2002

I'm happy to play it with Kyra lvl 5.

PLAYER: J.G.
CHARACTER: Dran'Thor
PFS ID#: 212081-2001
STARTING XP: 76
STARTING FAME: 62

As I need to replace the smilodon by a Roc. So I report the crafting check after this one.
Downtime after 1-24: Naturalist. Mistform elixir. Task lvl 6. DC 22: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27 use of Secrets of Jistkan Alchemist
Raw material: 28gp
Crit. Success. So 3gp x 8 = 24gp (remain 4gp)

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Improved Verdant Wheel
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Valais's Assurance
Generic Boon (1 slot because of Improved champion): Naturalist
Generic Boon: Secrets of the Jistkan Alchemists
Generic Boon: Touched by the storm
Generic Boon: Nexian Researcher
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Beginnings and Endings
Slotless: One-Who-Waits
Slotless: Ally of Iruxi
Slotless: Blood Offering
Slotless: Wayfinder

Out for this one: Experienced Mountaineer

Free Schools items: Scroll of Fly

If that Roc dies, we're having the world's biggest fried chicken dinner =P

Well, let's hope it will be with us for a while...

PLAYER: The Sesquipedalian Thaumaturge
CHARACTER: Adalan Mussara
PFS #: 270872-2001

Downtime: Academia Lore to Earn Income (DC 19): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
+12 gp

BOONS:
Faction: Improved Vigilant Seal Champion
Vigilant Seal Bonus: Resist Corruption
Advanced: Valais's Assurance (2 uses)
General: Heroic Defiance
General: Wayfinder
General: Adamant Wayfinder
Slotless: Engraved Wayfinder
Slotless: One-Who-Waits
Slotless: Ally of the Iruxi
Slotless: Multicultural Training (Varisian)
Slotless: Blood Offering
Slotless: Wayfinder Connections

Scenario Consumables: scroll of stoneskin, scroll of resist energy

Yeah, if something happens to the Roc, given that it is tougher than Thorax and Bair combined, then the rest of the party is probably already dead...

The good news is, it basically allows you to skip 80% of the next scenario, which is a primarily outdoors scenario.

Overland travel / difficult terrain?

Not a problem when flying 4x faster than you could walk.

Large animals?

Even if they could fly, not stupid enough to attack something that could easily swallow them whole.

Navigational hazards?

Not a problem when flying.

Random Bandits?

Not insane enough to attack.

You get the general idea :-P

----------------------------

Of course, it is only really good for this kind of scenario - city / infiltration / dungeon scenarios pretty much exclude it, based on its size ;-)

1-24: Lightning Strikes, Stars Fall (5-8)

PLAYER: Pete H.
CHARACTER: Bair Mann
PFS ID#: 123584-2001
STARTING XP: 76? (lvl 7)
STARTING FAME: 44?

Items Purchased: None Probably
STARTING GP after purchases: ?? gold

BOONS:

Alright, I am finally home, so I have PM'ed out links to your chronicle sheets for 1-25: Grim Symphony.

As always, please download them in a timely fashion :-)