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

Game Master Luke_Parry

Thank you !

Taking a look at the chronicle sheets for the new season 2 scenarios, I am... decidedly underwhelmed.

There are no scenario boons, no item access... just a paragraph telling you how wonderful it is that you have just earned some ACPs which you can use on the Paizo website to unlock boons :-/

Yeah the current general consensus is lackluster =(

Alright, links to chronicle sheets for the last one have been PM'ed out.

Please download them at your earliest convenience, and check in for the next one (which is a 1-4).

Signing in for #2-01: Citadel of Corruption

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

Spending 12 Fame before game to purchase Improved Envoy's Alliance Champion & Eager Protégé Boons

Earn Income, Performance, DC 16: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28 (Crit earns 4gp!)

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

I play with Okh (sorcerer 3) and my son with Dranald (cleric 4). I apply formal this evening.

Quest? Scenario? I'm not sure what the next one is but I'm guessing scenario?

PLAYER: Pete H.
CHARACTER: Farryn Sarjyre
PFS ID#: 123584-2003
STARTING XP: 33 (lvl 3)
STARTING FAME: 24

Items Purchased: Nothing
STARTING GP after purchases: 11.12 g

BOONS:

Paizo isn't releasing anymore Quests, and the new Bounties are Level 1 only, so this should be #2-01.

PLAYER: J.G.
CHARACTER: Okh
PFS ID#: 212081-2002
STARTING XP: 26
STARTING FAME: 26

Dowtime after 2-1: earn income. Performance. Task lvl 1. DC 15: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Success: 2sp x 8 = 1.6 gp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Horizon Hunters
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Big Game Hunter
Generic Boon: Cryptid Scholar
Generic Boon: Traveler of the Spirit Road
Generic Boon: Tarnbreaker Champions
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Consummate Dabbler

Free items: scroll of Dispel magic, scroll of heal

PLAYER: Julien
CHARACTER: Dranald
PFS ID#: 293201-2002
STARTING XP: 40
STARTING FAME: 30

Dowtime after 2-1: earn income. Diplomacy. Bargain Hunter. Task lvl 2. DC 16: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Crit success: 5sp x 8 = 4 gp

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

Free items: scroll of Resist energy, scroll of heal

Is Jasariel joining us for this session?

Gruvok has two games left at Level 4, after this one, but I'm thinking since Okh is also a Sorcerer, I could start bringing a frontliner if Jasariel isn't available.

I will soon have a Level 2 Barbarian, and I have a newly minted Champion. Neither are really good at any skills, though.

Yep.

PLAYER: The Sesquipedalian Thaumaturge
CHARACTER: Jasariel
PFS ID#: 270872-2002
STARTING XP: 36
STARTING FAME: 26
STARTING GP: 65.03

Downtime: Retrain Pathfinder training to 3 points in Spells (10/14 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

As Gruvok says, there are no more Quests - just level 1 Bounties (which do not award Downtime, but hand-out enough extra gold to make up for that fact).

Alright, I am still traveling for work, so I won't have scanner access for a few days, but when I do, I will make sending out chronicles for the 1-4 a priority.

In the interim, please check in for the 3-6 :-)

I'm assuming we got the full 4xp for that, so Farryn will level up to 4 and then post his stuff. Hopefully it'll be today, but I may not quite get it done.

He's really close to being able to afford something, did he get the full 38g reward for being level 3?

PLAYER: J.G.
CHARACTER: Ukh
PFS ID#: 212081-2003
STARTING XP: 48
STARTING FAME: 36

Curse breaker. Bag of holding type 1. Arcana. Task lvl 4. DC 18: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32 (Remainder)
Remain after 2-02 (8 days saving): 9.5 gp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Improved Vigilant Seal
Additional Boon Slot: Wayfinder, Adamant
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Fruit Basket
Generic Boon: Narsen's Web
Generic Boon: Curse Breaker (Bag of holding type 1)/Doom Averted once Bag finished
Generic Boon: Resist corruption
Slotless: Wayfinder
Slotless: Wayfinder Connections

Free item: Mistform elixir

PLAYER: Julien
CHARACTER: Dranald
PFS ID#: 293201-2002
STARTING XP: 44
STARTING FAME: 34

Dowtime after 2-2: earn income. Diplomacy. Bargain Hunter. Task lvl 2. DC 16: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Failure: 4cp x 8 = 0.32 gp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Envoy Alliance
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Big Game Hunter
Generic Boon: Eager Protégé (9 xp)
Generic Boon: Traveler of the Spirit Road
Generic Boon: Doom Averted
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Society Recruiter
Slotless: Wayfinder

Free items: scroll of Resist energy, scroll of heal

Signing in for 2-02: Mountain of Sea and Sky

PLAYER: Nefreet
CHARACTER: Hannah
PFS ID#: 66548-2002
BOONS:
• Faction - Grand Archive Champion, Improved
• Generic - Off-Hours Study (slotted for free)
• Generic - Valais's Assurance [_][_]
• Generic - Touched by the Storm
• Generic - Experienced Mountaineer
• Generic - Professional Hireling (Medicine, Farming Lore, Heraldry Lore)
• Slotless - Engraved Wayfinder

Downtime: Using Off-Hours Study to continue learning Sylvan (34/50)

Free Scrolls items: Lesser Darkvision Elixir, Lesser Antidote.

Oh! And. I think I've been running Power Attack incorrectly this whole time. I've been combining Power Attack and Striking to roll 4d10. A recent thread in the Rules Forum suggested that I can't do that until Level 10, and that for right now, it should just be 3d10.

The difference boils down to whether you interpret "dice" as a collective unit or singular. I've thought this whole time that 2d10 was my weapon's "dice" because of Striking. The other interpretation is that a weapon only ever has 1 dice, and everything else stacks up from there.

I'm not 100% sure which one it is, and I continue to ask people who use Power Attack to see what they think, but at this point it seems most people run it as 3dX until Level 10, so I'll start doing it that way as well.

...which also means I won't be doing it as often. Probably only against hard-to-hit bosses and constructs with hardness.

PLAYER: The Sesquipedalian Thaumaturge
CHARACTER: Jasariel
PFS ID#: 270872-2002

Downtime: 4 days to finish retraining Pathfinder training to 3 points in Spells, then 4 spent Earning Income.
Scouting Lore DC 16: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
3sp x 4 = 1.2 gp

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: scroll of restoration, scroll of heal (1st)

2-02: Mountain of Sea and Sky (3-6)

PLAYER: Pete H.
CHARACTER: Farryn Sarjyre
PFS ID#: 123584-2003
STARTING XP: 37? (lvl 4)
STARTING FAME: 28?

Items Purchased: Level 4 Formulas learned for Free: Mod Elixir of Darkvision, Les Bomber's Eye Elixir. Level 4 Formulas bought (5g each): Les Salamander's Elixir, Les Winter Wolf Elixir, Les Mistform Elixir (total = 15g). Holy Water (3g).
STARTING GP after purchases: 33.52 g?

BOONS:

Anyone have thoughts about the new changes coming down the paizo pipe for pfs2? I'm intrigued about the removal and transfer of fame to other stuff and how boons working will be changed, but without further detail I can't make an opinion yet.

Bloggity Post

Just a heads up, there is a lot more info in that post than initially visible. You have to click to open each tab.

Well you are quicker than me. Yes, i saw the new changes. Let's see how the entire changes will work together. That could even change again until it will be in force.

Thanks for pointing out that post. Seems like quite positive changes, if somewhat clumsily implemented. Hard to say for sure without seeing the new guide though.

Personally, I hate change, but I appreciate that is an issue at my end ;-)

I'll have adjusted to the idea by some time in late 2021 (when the new system is properly in place)...

...probably.

For the moment, the only PC concepts that generate a frisson of excitement for me are not exactly healthy, like a pain-obsessed Paladin of Vildeis, a child-like Gnomish Necromacer with a porcelain-doll familiar, and a Barbarian modeled on Goblin Slayer (all of which I have theory-crafted to level 20)... so I think I need to wait until I am in a better mood.

That said, I still enjoy the 2e system (the complexity of which I view as a step down from PF1, and a step up from D&D 5e), even if it is not quite as crunchy yet as I would like :-P

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In other news, chronicle sheets for the last one have now been PM'ed out!

Please download them at your earliest convenience.

I plan to cut back on my Society play. I agree with Jasariel that I see the potential for a lot of improvements, but Paizo's track record of implementing change leaves a lot to be desired. I pour my soul into every character's mold and it really stresses me out when forces outside of my control impact them.

Plus, have you seen the Playtest Forum for Magus/Summoner? The online community is wading into such a deep level of 'Grar' that I think I need to step back from the Forums for my own mental health. I already post comparatively infrequently in the Rules Forums, and the Society Forums don't move as much as they used to anymore.

After my GameDay sessions wrap up, I'll just have:

• This group
• GMing PFS2 1/week over Discord
• Switching between GMing/playing Starfinder APs with my home group.

If I could find a group like this for SFS that would be perfect, too, but Luke_Parry seems to be truly unique in his ability to GM high quality PbPs in a timely manner <3

I wholeheartedly feel the same about our GM, Nefreet. This has been a wonderful group to enjoy.

I think the issue with Paizo is also one of their advantages. A very small staff causes major issues getting changes/updates implemented on time and smoothly, but a small staff also allows for a really strong and unique look at how to create a good game. No large committees and focus groups and oversight, just creativity. Some fails here and there, but mostly successes.

I also try to avoid most forum chatter. Even seeing a couple posts in response to Tyranius link to the blog made my BP rise. Such utter vitriol at every possible change is hard to read.

Well I think we're all glad to have found our GM. I'm very pleased to play in this group too. Thank you everybody.

Anyone have thoughts or links to legit answers about the new rules for pathfinder schools and the free item(s) you get with it?

For Farryn it doesn't seem super complicated. He has a field commission and that got a nice buff. He will now get a free Lore at lvl 1 and a free feat at lvl 5. Everything else seems the same.

But it will matter to Bair and any future low-level PC I build for this group. Is it one item from the list? One plus one item like the old system when you had to spend points and could spend three in one spot? Or is it ALL the items from your list as some crazy people seem to be arguing.

On this page (http://www.organizedplayfoundation.org/encyclopedia/pfs2edplayer-basics/#p athfinder-training) it's not said that a field commissioned gets a Lore at lvl 1 and a free feat at lvl 5.

Where are the changes? I haven't seen them.

2nd Edition Guide has the new stuff.

Interesting, apparently Farryn used to be able to get one free item. I must have missed that sneaky update cause I'm pretty sure it wasn't in there when I built the character.

Thank you very much. I didn't noticed the news. There are something new for sure but for the field commissioned: "Each Pathfinder Training (except Field Commission) also grants a bonus consumable at the beginning of each mission." Or there is still something I missed?

It seems that most players now only get one consumable at the start instead of one at the highest level and one at 1/2 the level.

That's how I interpret all that. Is that correct?

It is written "(except Field Commission)". So I think the Field commission doesn't get any consumable as it was the case until now.

Hello all, I have some scheduled time off starting tomorrow (kicking into gear tonight with prep) to help my wife out as we are expecting our next child. If things go as roughly planned, I'll be back after this weekend to continue gaming.

Go ahead and bot my PC. They should have updated instructions in their profile. I may get small moments in the next few days to post, so don't be surprised if quick comments or actions pop in randomly.

Farryn will burn the last use of his boon for a PFS Lore check if the encounter is still going on. After that Medicine is his best option.

Congratulations!

OhMyGosh yes, congratulations!!

Will this addition be enough for a future homegame or do you still need another to fill out the party?

Well, since in PFS you now only need a GM and two players, there should definitely be enough for a party ;-)

The next scenario is Tier 1-4. I could bring Gruvok again, but I think that leaves us once again with two Sorcerers and no dedicated frontliner, right?

I could start bringing a Level 2 Champion, if that would be preferable.

I also have a Level 2 Archer if someone else has a frontline option.

As Dranald will be lvl 5 he will bring an archer lvl 2.

But before to play the next one we still have a little problem to solve. And I don't know how to solve it at the moment.

Perhaps you should adopt a hit and run strategy.

Well this strategy doesn't work neither. How can we do?

I would very much like to tag back into your next game if you have the room.

@RePete: Of course there is still room for you.

Glad to know you will be back!

Happy to have you back ^_^

Signing in for 2-03: Catastrophe's Spark

PLAYER: Nefreet
CHARACTER: Papa Svirf
PFS ID#: 66548-2009
Faction: Vigilant Seal

BOONS:
• General - Traveler of the Spirit Road
• General - Hireling (Diplomacy, Mercantile Lore)
• General - Tarnbreaker Champions
• General - Promotional Vestments
• General - Narsen’s Web
• General - Light in the Dark
• Slotless - Inherited Wayfinder

Earn Income, Mining Lore (E), DC 14: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21 (4 silver)

Free Swords Item: Silversheen

2-03: Catastrophe's Spark

PLAYER: Pete H.
CHARACTER: Farryn Sarjyre
PFS ID#: 123584-2003
STARTING XP: 41 (lvl 4)

Items Purchased: Bracelet's of Dashing (58g)
STARTING GP after purchases: 19.52 g

BOONS:

PLAYER: J.G.
CHARACTER: Okh
PFS ID#: 212081-2002
STARTING XP: 30
STARTING FAME: 26

Downtime after 2-3: earn income. Performance. Task lvl 1. DC 15: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Success: 2sp x 8 = 1.6 gp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Horizon Hunters
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Big Game Hunter
Generic Boon: Cryptid Scholar
Generic Boon: Traveler of the Spirit Road
Generic Boon: Tarnbreaker Champions
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Consummate Dabbler

Free item: scroll of Dispel magic

PLAYER: Julien
CHARACTER: Fin-thir
PFS ID#: 293201-2001
STARTING XP: 21

Downtime after 2-3: earn income. Warfare Lore. Task lvl 0. DC 14: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Failure: 1cp x 8 = 0.08 gp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Horizon Hunters
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Society Connections
Generic Boon: Cryptid Scholar
Generic Boon: Traveler of the Spirit road
Generic Boon: Sand Slide
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Consummate dabbler
Slotless: Wayfinder

Free item: minor healing potion