Discussion Thread
It looks like we have 2 TBD so I was hoping the players who had decided on what to play could let us know a bit about their character to help us balance the party. We seem to have
Keriassa Skald/Paladin (Presumably frontliner and party face)
Narayan Singh Unchained Monk (Presumably frontliner)
TREE Slayer (Slayers can go in many directions though I suspect frontliner.)
Boros Anwemane Inquisitor (Lots of possibilities. A R/W haster perhaps.)
I have a few options in range.
A level 9 mounted Hunter. Him and his Rhino do massive damage in melee but are a pain to play online due to being built around aoos.
A level 10 strength based Unchained Monk with Holy AoMF and Greater Grapple. Is good at Disable Device but doesn't have Trapspotter.
A level 10 archery based Slayer with good Disable Device and Trapspotter.
A level 11 bomb throwing Alchemist with wings.
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Hello Group! I'm excited to be joining with you in the fun!
So Boros is my Callistrian Inquisitor - he is archer focused. Long range damage, a bit of a selfish buffer, but definitely has some possibilities to help the group. Primarily he is a damage dealer though, If he can stand still and get a full volley off he can dish out some serious pain. As a trade off, he is a bit of a glass cannon, so I generally try to keep him out of harm's way.
Personally I am willing to take the risk of running a level 9 character in a scenario set up for 10 and 11th level. The out of tier gold is worth the risk, and I am confident that Boros can pull his weight.
Really looking forward to this! I do enjoy playing this toon on the boards!
Hey GM Auke!
Is there a chance you could connect a gameplay thread so I can pull off the deleting dot and get this on my campaign list? Much appreciated!
Done!
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Just some thoughts about 'party balance' - when it comes to a fight I personally don't put as much stock into party balance, especially at this level. We should all have lots of ways to deal with lots of threats, so playing off of each other even if we are melee heavy shouldn't hold us back.
IMO - based on the PFS history I do have, where we want at least try to be balanced is around skills. Basically having as many as possible so we at least have a chance when it comes to skill checks.
Boros has high bonuses in Perception, Sense Motive, Stealth, Fly, and Intimidate (which is less useful in PFS out of combat, and not always very useful in combat without the right feats/abilities).
I have a small bonus in Know (religion) - but in general inquisitors aren't known for being heavy in the skill points.
@Bigguyinblack - I say play whatever character sounds like the most fun to you. I'm pretty certain we will have a blast no matter what. If you want to nitpick because they are all fun, I would guess that your alchemist has the best chance at having lots of knowledges and other skills that would be useful, plus bombs are always fun, and flying is even more fun :)
I'll narrow it down like so.
If no one at the table is good at Disable Device I'll play my Slayer.
If someone is good at Disable Device but we are low on Knowledges I'll play my Alchemist.
If the table has both covered I'll play my unchained monk.
In 2 weeks.
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TREE Slayer (Slayers can go in many directions though I suspect frontliner.)
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aye frontliner, my M.O. is to stand in things' way while trying to not get hit by em. The more artillery backing me up, the better IMO. Tho I'll roll w anybody. 'Kinder/gentler half-orc' er sumptin.
pseudo-typical combat round: Study(swift), CombatEx(free, AC=35), Feint(move, acro-based), Sneak-Attack(+17/5d6+4 if susceptible to precision dmg)
I'm working on his stat block but getting frustrated by session timeouts. but for the current discussion:
DisableD +20(+25 trap) Percept +15(+20 trap)
Know(dung17/geo18/loc17/nat20)
Stealth +20
Acro20/Climb16/Swim14
anything else is a long-shot.
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Keriassa (Keri for short) is a paladin of Erastil, so she is a ranged character (longbow, of course). Defiantly can be a party face (Diplomacy and Sense Motive +22) and passable on knowledge skills (+11). Generally sings (speaks) to give raging song (with Reckless Abandon and Guarded Life attached).
Can also supplement the party with some spells such as Glitterdust, Saving Finale, Liberating Command, and Heroism.
I will also be leveling to 11 prior to the game.
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Sounds like Sparky will be the most useful option.
Sparky adds a +3 circumstance bonus to everyone's Day Job checks.
Sparky is a high ranking member of The Exchange.
He tosses Explosive bombs or Force bombs selecting out allies.
And not that long ago he bought a wand of Haste that he keeps in a spring loaded wrist sheath. It is only 5 targets for 5 rounds so in this group someone might get left out.
He also can hand out his extractions. Here is his list.
CL 11
1st 8/day Crafter's Fortune, Comprehend Languages, Shield, True Strike, Ant Haul, Expeditious Retreat, Endure Elements, Heightened Awareness, Enlarge Person, Longarm, Negate Aroma, Touch of the Sea
2nd 6/day Barkskin, Alchemical Allocation, See Invisibility, Ablative Barrier, Invisibility, Investigative Mind
3rd 6/day Heroism, Channel Vigor, Remove Disease, Amplify Elixir
4th 4/day Freedom of Movement, Invisibility, Greater
Just remember that you must spend a move action to pull an extract and a standard action to drink it. No point in asking for 5 different extracts if you don't plan to spend the actions to use them. For that reason I often get asked for the longer duration buffs. Though Improved Invisibility would make things easier for TREE.
I might know a guy to take that slot, let me know if i should contact him or if you want to fill from the normal recruitment
The waitlist for the special is currently empty, so feel free to contact him. I'll remove Rogar now, so the spot will be open for anyone!
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Where is the signup sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TGx0mxGIKDd0t7U4jZgG58l_mdOQRKTXOQQ ajumxn3w/htmlview#
on the sheet "FCFS Signups"
I think it was line 36.
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Player's Name: Edward McGee
Character's Name: Sparky Fantastico
PFS #: 145373-6
Faction: The Exchange
Progression: Normal
Dayjob Roll: Take 10 on Craft: Alchemy for a 67. This earns Sparky 300 gold due to a faction boon.
Notes:
Sparky grants everyone at the table a +3 circumstance bonus to Dayjob rolls.
If any archers want alchemical arrows just ask. I can either loan you mine or craft them.
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Player's Name: Cwethan
Character's Name: Narayan Singh
PFS #: 182453-6
Faction: Silver Crusade
Progression: Normal
Dayjob Roll:
Oh, and Narayan will happily take an extract of Heroism. I also certainly wouldn't turn down Longarms or Enlarge Person, but I don't want to take up too much of your allotment :-)
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Sparky - I just noticed your comment about haste. Boros is all set, I have boots of speed so I can give myself haste for 10 rounds.
Also - what are alchemical arrows? Not sure I have heard of those... Unless you are talking about blanching... I would happily take more of those to help stock up. I generally try to carry a full assortment.
Heroism and True Strike would be amaze-balls, though I don't always have the action economy to use them.
Really looking forward to this!
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I know multi-table specials can sometimes be taxing on daily uses, and can pull that thing where encounters are each like 10 minutes apart so minute/level buffs are essentially gone after each fight, so while I'll happily take whatever you're offering, I wanted to make sure not to be that monk :-p
Oh, and just bookkeeping-wise. Narayan will often put up buffs from his wands. Mage Armor lasts an hour, and will be up anytime he thinks combat is reasonably possible, Heightened Awareness is 10 minutes, and he's pretty liberal with that too (He will burn it for +4 Initiative every time possible). Since Shield and Magic Weapon only lasts a minute, he's much more likely to do that if we're approaching any kind of dungeon-y thing, or any place where he knows a fight is likely. While heroism is up he'll auto-pass UMD checks for his wands.
Just trying to call that out since it's common (and correct!) in a fast-moving special for an approach post to roll right into Initiative, so I figure if I set up his typical thresholds for wand-use now, I'll feel better about asking if I could have already used them :-)
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https://www.aonprd.com/EquipmentMisc.aspx?Category=AlchemicalWeapons
From Alchemy Manual. Special use arrows.
Commonly used ones include Tangleshot arrows (Deals no damage but causes Entangled condition)
Durable Arrows (Mostly for Adamantium)
And Pheromone Arrows (Grants animals with scent +2 to hit and damage the target.)
As for haste, This is a special so your boots could easily run out. I'll figure out who to Haste and you can use your boots if you beat me on initiative or I leave you out of the Haste.
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If folks aren't yet aware: GamedayVIII is being delayed by 2 weeks:
Hey Everyone,
I have some unfortunate news. I regret to inform you all that we will have to postpone Gameday VIII by 2 weeks.
This would place our new dates for Gameday at: 09 Sept 2019 - 17 Nov 2019
WHAT IS GOING ON? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
As most of you are aware, the majority of the GM’s have not received their scenario support for the Convention to include a good portion of the Specials. With Tonya occupied by other duties this weekend, we realized as a team that we are very unlikely to see the remainder of scenario support drop by Monday the 26th. Multiple avenues were discussed and what seems to be the best solution is to push Gameday back by two weeks. This will allow enough time for the GM’s to receive their scenarios and prep them.
BUT WHAT IF WE ALREADY HAVE OUR SCENARIOS, CAN WE START THEM?
Please hold off until the new start date to be able to eligible for your boon rewards. I understand this is a large inconvenience, we are doing everything we can to make this work. Part of that is to have everyone one the same start / end times rather than scattered.
We apologize for the inconvenience that this may cause, but we want all our GMs to have a chance to shine.
HOW DO I NOTIFY MY PLAYERS?
Go ahead and post the news to your tables. Feel free to copy this email if you wish. We will be posting notices in all the PBP lodges as well as the Gameday VIII Announcement page.
I know this is not what we hoped to do, and I’m sorry. Thank you for understanding that we’re scrambling to fix this.
If you have any other questions please don’t be afraid to ask.
-Tyranius
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Well that sucks about the delay. Maybe we can just do some pre-game RP in the gameplay thread? Does this scenario start in Absalom? (not that it really matters) we can all just pretend we are sitting around a table at the bar in the lodge. IF the GM doesn't mind, I'll even kick it off!
Bookkeeping note for the GM - I was organizing Boros' paperwork this morning and realized I've made a mistake. Kinda like finding a $5 in your pocket... I never gave myself credit for a scenario I played in while I was at GenCon 2016 in my hero lab. I probably went over it a half a dozen times trying to add everything up... Anyways, this means that Boros is actually level 10. I'll need to get his level up added to the profile. With the 2 week delay, I should have plenty of time to get that done. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Player Name/Alias: Papasteve
Character Name: Boros Anwemane
Character Level: 10
Normal or Slow?: Normal
PFS # / Character #: 133958-8
Faction: The Exchange
Day Job Roll (if any):
It seems the character table extended over the played scenario table due to weird fontsizes. Can everyone please check the played scenario table? :-)
Is that for scenarios/chronicles assigned to this character, or just played by me the player? I've played a couple of them, but none with this character.
Actual character
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BOONS
Once during this adventure before attempting a Will save, one PC can roll twice and choose the better result.
The repair team, grateful for the your aid, provides each of you with a potion of cure serious wounds. They also provides each of you with an additional potion of your choice up to 3rd-level. Between encounters, you may purchase items from the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook or Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Equipment with a price of 1,500 gp or less.
Once during the adventure, any of you can choose to re-roll a failed skill check made as part of their movement (such as Acrobatics, Climb, or Fly).
Each time the PCs attempt a Knowledge check to identify a creature in the tapestry, one PC can choose to gain a +2 bonus on the check.
Once during the scenario, each PC can roll twice and take the better result instead of gaining a +2 bonus.
Instead of rolling the Knowledge check twice to identify the creature (see above), you can treat their result as they had rolled a 20.
Alternatively, the PC may gain the benefits of the Average result while treating the Knowledge skill as trained.
Once during the adventure, one of you can roll twice with an additional +2 bonus to a Charisma-based skill check made when interacting with a creature in the tapestry.
Once during the adventure, one PC can reroll any one d20 roll (even if you know the original roll was a failure)
I'll snag a potion of fly, just in case.
I assume that's the free potion form the repair team? What potions do the others choose?
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I'll snag a potion of fly, just in case.I assume that's the free potion form the repair team? What potions do the others choose?
Fly for me too plz.
"Looking at the mission list, the printed order suits me fine." *shrugs*
10x Acid Flask
10x Alchemist Fire
10x Liquid Ice
10x Holy Water
"...aka, Backup Plans 'X', 'Y', and 'Z'."
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Don't need Fly. I'll take a potion of Water Breathing.
Mission 1 could be very easy for us. And ;luckily I have a wand with 4 charges of Restoration in case something goes wrong.
Mission 2 sounds like it will require acrobatics and/or athletics checks. And combat.
Mission 3 might be a diplomacy mission. With maybe some tests of some sort to prove ourselves.
Mission 4 should be easy as long as we have enough Daylight oil.
Mission 5 sounds like diplomacy.
Mission 6 might be Kn Engineering or Crafting with some fighting.
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The nature of specials usually hoses prepared casters. They either have to prepare with a supernatural knowledge of what was needed or have useless spells for the day. It is even worse for Alchemists because they are often choosing based on what specific party members need instead of what enemies we will face.
I'll have a list of generally useful extracts and if needed will narrow it down the next day. Here is what I have. Sparky will go over them and pass them out before we go through.
1st Comprehend Languages x2, Shield x3, Enlarge Person, Longarm x2
2nd Barkskin x2, Alchemical Allocation x2, See Invisibility, Investigative Mind
3rd Heroism x5, Remove Disease,
4th Freedom of Movement x2, Invisibility, Greater x2
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I'll take a potion of displacement for my free potion.
I'm good with doing any of the missions. 1 and 2 sound like the most fun to me.
Voting like this can take a ton of time over PbP - so we need to make sure we have a way to not slow things down. It looks to me like Mission #1 has the most support to start from.
Why don't we do this -
Mission #1
Mission #6
Mission #2
And then decide what to do next if we make it that far. Sound ok?