#5-04: The Stolen Heir - GM Nowruz (Inactive)

Game Master noral

Hello, thanks for joining the GM rotation.

The first game will be 5-04 Stolen heir.

For those that I invited and that are new - see below:

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Why initiate a GM rotation and not just offer/play games via the Flexseed recruitment page?

As already discussed we all have interest to play PFS together and share the GM responsibilities by rotating as GMs in a joint campaign.

Some of us are noticing that they are missing frequent games and see that with PF2 coming it is good to have a group with joint interest going forward with PF1.

Nonetheless, we are of course all part of the Flexseed Lodge and we can view this campaign under the Flexseed banner.

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How would a GM rotation work?

A GM rotation in a PFS game with six players and one GM would ideally have seven participants so that in seven games each of us has played six times and GMed once.

These seven games would run in sequentially or if desired in parallel over the course of about six months.

If for some reason a player would like to skip a game we still have a legal table so I believe seven players is a good start.

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Which characters can we bring to the table?

Which scenarios would we play?

It would be great if we could and start with existing PFS characters and certain scenarios in season 5 which lead to all of the players being able to play six times and GM once.

So the first task would be that we agree on the scenarios that we would like to play together in season 5!

We could compare the scenarios with pfstracker.

That can mean that the games are all from different level ranges and not always with the same characters.

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What are your thoughts?

I've played absolutely nothing from Season 5, and am open to GMing whatever is needed!

I'd be interested in getting this going! I've played 9 out of the Season 5 scenarios. I do have replays sitting around (not including the ones we all got/will get from Paizo a little while ago/soon), but would prefer to play some new ones when possible. I will of course burn a replay to join our first scenario!

I've a level 3 archer inquisitor of Erastil I'd love to play most often through Season 5, but I'm not going to screw us over with subtier math to do so.

I'd prefer sequential games instead of parallel ones, but I'm not going to cry (too much) over parallel games if that's what others want!

On PFS Tracker, I am Gummy Bear too!

Thanks for joining us!!

And thanks for burning a replay. :-)

As you have played many scenarios, do you want to make suggestions for a playlist?

Sure! Do you want me to wait until a few more people voice opinions/availability first or throw one out there now (more realistically tomorrow since that is when I'll check again!)?

I know that GM Valen has not played many season 5 either so tell us which ones you would like to play and which ones you would like to GM and then we choose six for you to play based on our list and 1 to GM?

Sure thing!

Please feel free to make any suggestions.

Ones I'd like to play (not exhaustive, but a good starting point):
Assault on the Wound (3-7), The Wardstone Patrol (3-7), Scars of the Third Crusade (1-5), Day of the Demon (3-7), Weapon in the Rift (5-9), The Traitor's Lodge (3-7)

GM preferences (Disclaimer: I've never run high level play on PbP, but would like to try if y'all are down for it)
The Elven Entanglement (7-11), Fate of the Fiend (7-11), The Stranger Within (5-9), and any of the ones listed above to play!

I have played very little season 5 (Just the Destiny of Sands trilogy, I believe). My understanding is that the season has a very strong metaplot and I would like to play as much of them, in order, as I can.

Unfortunately, the PCs that I have available are all 1st or 2nd level at present.

Thanks a lot!

The scenarios below are great!

Assault on the Wound (3-7), The Wardstone Patrol (3-7), Scars of the Third Crusade (1-5), Day of the Demon (3-7), The Traitor's Lodge (3-7)

I have played Weapon in the Rift (5-9) and can GM that. :-)

@GM Valen. Just saw your message!

Please make suggestions! Another route works as well!

Sorry, not trying to make things difficult.

If we start with Heir, then play Glass River Rescue, I suspect that would give me enough time to build up enough GM credits to bring a level 3 PC to the table and we could follow with the Wardstone Patrol and the others.

Alternatively, I could play a pregen for the "mini campaign".

From this wiki, it appears to me that (the multi-table special aside) the Glass River Rescue and Wardstone Patrol set up the overriding goals of the season, then there are essentially two mini-campaigns-one low level, one high.

If we follow the low level one, we get:

Stolen Heir 1-5
Glass River Rescue 1-5
Wardstone Patrol 3-7
Hellknight's Feast 5-9
Library of the Lion 1-5
Horn of Aroden 1-5
Assault on the Wound 3-7

Works for me! :-)

GM Valen, did you check if Gummy Bear has played those?

GM Valen, did you check if Gummy Bear has played those?

I hadn't. Thanks for reminding me. Looks like Gummy Bear has played Stolen Heir, Glass River, and Library of the Lion.

However, pfstracker shows Gummy Bear having played Day of the Demon and not Weapon in the Rift, so it may be off.

Yeah, I'm fine with that sequence. I have a bunch of GM credits as well that I can burn to start at 3rd level, I believe.

I think Day of the Demon was more of a reading fail on my part >_<

TBH I'll replay what I need to! Library of the Lion is cool, but I think it is quite challenging to do on PbP (which is how I played it). I'd warn against it unless you are dying to play it.

As far as levels, I can bring a level 1! I'd prefer the level 3, but if it causes problems, there is no need to cater to me at the expense of the rest of you!

I am fine with any option. I also don’t have a problem with PCs being of different levels.

Any other comments on the proposed list?

For anyone not following the Flaxseed Lodge Discusison tab, Noral has had to bail on all of their games due to undisclosed personal circumstances. Is this something we would still like to pursue, or should we look into having these tabs marked as inactive?

I'm definitely still interested. However, as it seems that we don't yet have enough players to meet the minimum table requirement (and, perhaps, not likely to until after Ganeday), I suggest we consider putting the idea on hold until November (or else try to recruit more vigorously).

Regardless, we will probably want this thread marked inactive once a consensus is reached. I can look into that once we decide what to do next.

I'm ok with waiting until then!

@ GM zebeev - Your thoughts? Are you okay with closing this campaign as inactive and revisiting the idea in November?

Yeah, no problem at all!

Sounds good. Let's all touch base in November!

I'll PM Tyranius and see if we can't get this campaign marked inactive.

Thanks for being so on top of this GM Valen!