[PFS] Your Siege of Gallowspire (Inactive)

Game Master Yours is mined

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep …

-- Andoran Traditional

(Sandman enters March 30, 2020)

Do you want us to input our character info now?

Hi Marta!

Yeah, go for it.

Player Name miteke
Character Name Marta
PFS # 141936-1
Faction Lib Edge
Day Job Roll Caravan: 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (6) + 31 = 37
Day Job Roll reroll (if not used) 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (13) + 31 = 44
Level Progression Speed standard

Initiative Modifier +10 (+4 if heightened awareness active)
Perception Modifier +26 (+2 if heightened awareness active)

Well hello again Marta! Lovely to see a familiar face amid all this doom and gloom.

Player: Hawthwile
Character: Arnaut Danièl
PFS #: 264524-2
Progression: Normal
Faction: Liberty's Edge
Day Job: Perform (sing): 1d20 + 43 ⇒ (14) + 43 = 57
Fun Stuff: Arnaut focuses on enchantment spells, buffing allies, and being an all-around amazing people-person and artist. And being humble - he's very good at that too. Arnaut also has access to 3 Reasons to Live, a magic horn that enhances his performances as if he were 6 lvls higher (though this does not give him early access to performances).

How could we resist?

After that encounter at skyreach, and the clarion call for hep with dealing with the mighty lich, we just HAD to head over to help once we dealt with the situation back home!

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Player: GM Aarvid
Character: Omrax
PFS #: 9884.-1
Progression: Normal
Faction: Silver Crusade
Day Job:

Player: Larry Smith
Character: Jack, 'Just Jack'
PFS #: 67083-1
Progression: Normal
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day Job: Take 10 Perform (oratory) for 42

Jack enjoys spinnin' a yarn to inspire his friends or put the fear of doom in his foes. Once the buffs and debuffs are in place, he moves in like a skirmisher with his rapier.

After his last mission, Jack offered Grandmaster Torch a place to stay in his Lodge in Promise, while Torch considers life in semi-retirement. Only nine other Pathfinders in the whole Society can raise an objection to the arrangement. And Jack would just tell them to get bent.

How do we do the sub-character thing? I heard you can bring in other characters but have no idea how that works.

The sub-character rules would be interesting to know as well.

I have a 17th level Cleric of Abadar (Jack just traveled with him in the Torch adventure). I have other retired seekers as well, but not sure if more is better, and if they are all helpful.

Hello fellows,

I am a mite busy right now, but I'll get back to you on this in the next coupla days :)

All right!

With many thanks to GM Lorenzo, you can find an explanation of Aid Characters >>Here<<

You may add your Aid Characters to the table >>Here<< The original template was designed by GM Hawthwile, who I am also indebted to.

Any errors or ambiguity is mine, so let me know if you have any questions.

These documents are also linked at the top of the page!

OK! Old school summoner, and all around scalliwag, checking in.

Player Name: Aaron
PC Name: Hamish Carmody O'Toole
PFS#: 84637-4
Faction: Liberty's Edge
progression normal
Day Job: Typically forgo the day job to check a box on my treasure map!

Unsure on party makeup, but can bring a 14th level (archery focused) Oracle too, if that would work out better. I know Hamish's luck can't hold out forever... he's not even remotely optimized, but fun to RP.

Arnaut loves summoners, and summoners love him. Specifically, they love his Inspire Courage +4 on all their little pals. I can also vouch for Marta’s melee prowess - having both her, a paladin, and an archer should put us in good shape. And if our druid friend also like to summon... XD

Besides, pirates have to stick together.

... and another bard...

... and another bard...

Don't be a hack, Jack - you're the archer! And the more arrows you throw out there, the more love Arnaut can spread with his b-e-a-utiful singing.

No archer, me!

And Smarmy/Noisy/Sickly/Touchy/Doubtful/Dumpy & Doc Strang joins the party!

It is has been waaay too long since we have gamed, GM±EM

On another note, I have messed up the Aid Characters: Add them here! table.

The link at the top of page is now correct, as is the link in the previous sentence.

Sorry about that.

Player Name: Mage of the Wyrmkin
PC Name: Rokgurn
PFS#: 115226-1
Faction: Liberty's Edge
progression Normal
Day Job: Take 10 on Profession - Engineering for 20 gold.

So if the aid character sticks to handing out tokens he is safe. If he tries a heroic mission he dies on a 5 or less. Pretty risky. Better have some prestige saved up before trying that or be high enough level to roll 5d6. Me thinks the res priests are going to have a busy day.

When you generate aid tokens, do you always pass them to another table or do/may you use them yourselves?

Is there any association with the aid character and the role?

It seems like we're just rolling d6's... so you could technically put a straight up fighter in as a medic, and he'd do no different than the cleric, levels being equal.

A character’s class and character build does not dictate what roles he can take, though players are likely to want to pick roles that fit with their characters’ themes. If a player does not have 3 Aid Characters available, she can fill any remaining slots with generic 4th-level NPC Pathfinders of any role. These 4th-level NPCs are less likely to succeed than PC Aid Characters at all tasks, but they give all players a way to participate in this scenario’s mechanics.

Note: I'm GMing the subtier 15-16 table (soldier mode). Jack will act only on the basis of in-character knowledge. Don't hesitate to call me out, if ever you think I've crossed a line.

There may be some confusion about risks to Aid Characters.

The considerations and calculations are different for Aid Tokens and Aid Mission.

There doesn't seem to be any risk associated with contributing a standard Aid Token. However, at the start of play, when the GM provides you a blank Aid Token for each of your three Aid Characters, you may elect to attempt a 'heroic' action to provide greater benefits of aid. To do so, you roll a number of d6 dice, according to your Aid Character's level--and whether it's for an Aid Token or an Aid Mission.

7 or less: The Aid Character grants the standard Aid Token benefits but is injured in the process, with the same consequences as if they had rolled 8–15. (This Aid Character cannot participate in missions later in the scenario, but they can recover from their injuries at the end of the scenario by spending 8 Prestige Points.)

Aid Missions, announced by the Overseer GM, will occur at designated times during the scenario, one for each of the five roles.

5 or less: The Aid Character’s luck runs out. Whether from an ambush, a devious trap, or a relentless onslaught of foes, the character meets their end. This Aid Character dies and does not contribute to the mission’s success.

@Marta: Jack, as I imagine him.

Jack covered this above, but to confirm:

So if the aid character sticks to handing out tokens he is safe.

Pretty much, UNLESS you want to attempt an ‘heroic’ aid task to boost your aid 'Effect' to 'Heroic Aid'.

In which case the player rolls nd6 (depending on class level) to determine whether they succeed and whether they were injured in the process.

This is outlined in the third paragraph of the Aid Tokens section

When you generate aid tokens, do you always pass them to another table or do/may you use them yourselves?

Overseer Dennis has clarified that Aid Tokens are always passed onto other tables.

However, I can't see any reason why you couldn't advise which table you wish to aid, Marta.

Is there any association with the aid character and the role?

It seems like we're just rolling d6's... so you could technically put a straight up fighter in as a medic, and he'd do no different than the cleric, levels being equal.

Yeah, you’ve nailed it, Hamish.

As Jack mentions above, the scenario talks about players possibly wanting to match ‘class theme’ to Aid role, but in reality it’s only the Aid PC’s character level that matters mechanically.

This close to the start date it is great to see everyone has checked in.

On a personal note, I have gamed extensively with most of you and while I have only met Jack IRL, I consider you to be ‘virtual’ friends.

Rokgurn, I don’t believe we have gamed before. Welcome and I hope you enjoy the game.

This scenario has the reputation of being deadly. While we are ‘only’ playing ‘soldier’ mode, the challenges are more difficult than a regular scenario.

While I do not go out of my way to kill PCs, I believe Pathfinder Society play without the risk of failure is not worth playing. If you have the misfortune to lose a PC during the course of this game, I will mourn them with you and hope there will be no hard feelings.

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Allow me to set-out the ground rules, which are designed for fairness and consistency.

If you have played with GMs like GM Aarvid, GM±EM, GM Hawthwile or GM Lorenzo, I doubt there'll be any surprises ;)

⚔ Please make it obvious what buffs you have active and what your AC is.
⚔ Miss is always low if a miss chance applies. For example, if there is a 50% miss chance on a melee attack, a result of 1-50 on d100 is a miss.
⚔ I roll group initiative and track character actions. Unless you state you are waiting for another to act, I will adjudicate those actions in the order they were posted.
⚔ You may delay to a later position in the initiative sequence, as usual.
⚔ If I make a mistake on the current combat round, please let me know and I will try to make it right.
⚔ I generally prefer PCs to roll their own saving throws and Attacks of Opportunity (AoO). However …
⚔ I like a relatively fast-paced scenario. I find when a game loses momentum, the fun is quickly sucked out of it.
As such, if you do not post an action within 24 hours from when I invite you to post, I reserve the right to take actions for your character.
⚔ If at all possible, please let me know if something comes up that prevents you from posting.

Questions? Just let me know here or via PM.

I generally keep my HP, AC, ST, CMD, and some skills up to date on my tag line and add buffs I think you might want to know without having to nav over to my character sheet after 'Active Conditions'. The other buffs (Marta specializes in long term buffs so there are a LOT of them) will be on her character sheet inside an 'Active Conditions' spoiler. Like Mage Armor and Heroism which factor into AC/ST/etc. and would probably just be clutter if I added it to the tag line.

Sounds good to me, GM. Glad to have been able to make it to this table. Even better with a few others Omrax has met before. Only sad part is not having Luisila here with him. Thanks for running this! :)

It seems we need to attempt any rolls to enhance Aid Tokens to 'heroic' now, during Part 1.

Shall we do so now?

Marta caries both a runestone of power and a pearl of power to recharge 1st level spells. As long as there is a spellcaster in the group that can cast the spell, she will kindly ask that the caster use her gem and her rod of extend so that she will have a Mage Armor that will last the whole day. Any takers?

As Jack mentioned, we should try to get a round of Aid Tokens sorted before Overseer Dennis declares Part 1 over.

Most of you have assigned Aid Characters to their respective roles, and each role is associated with a specific benefit that the Aid Character in that role can provide. You each may have a maximum of 3 Aid Tokens (representing each of your Aid characters and corresponding to their roles).

Now, please refer to the Aid Token Reference Sheet, which details all of these benefits (Handout #5).

At this time, each of you has the opportunity to commit any number of your Aid Characters to a more challenging, heroic task. This task provides greater benefits, but it also introduces a risk that the Aid Character may come to harm and therefore be unable to help out during later opportunities in this scenario.

These tasks are particularly difficult for lower-level Aid Characters, who are likely to be injured in the process. (The 4th-level NPC Pathfinder pre-gens are unwilling to attempt the heroic tasks.)

For each Aid Character attempting a heroic task, please roll (also indicating the Aid Character name, role, and level):
3d6 for a 5th- to 8th-level Aid Character
4d6 for a 9th- to 12th- level Aid Character
5d6 for a 13th- to 16th-level Aid Character
6d6 for a 17th- to 20th-level Aid Character

The results for each Aid Character depend upon the results of their roll:
16+: The Aid Character PC grants the benefits of heroic aid and is entirely unharmed.
8–15: The Aid Character PC grants the benefits of heroic aid but is injured in the process. This Aid Character cannot participate in missions later in the scenario, but they can recover from their injuries at the end of the scenario by spending 8 Prestige Points.
7 or less: The Aid Character grants the standard Aid Token benefits but is injured in the process, with the same consequences as if they had rolled 8–15.

Let's use this Discussion thread for these rolls.

Rather than have his team of supporters attempt to boost the Aid Tokens and thereby risk their availabillty for Aid Missions later, Glen Fiddich, Rico, and Slim Shady keep their powder dry.

All three of Jack's Aid Tokens remain limited to the standard variety.

wow, that doesn't instill confidence, to be honest. Basically, unless you roll well above average anyone less then seeker level is out after one try, and 8 prestige poorer.

”Hence why they call it heroic, of course! You can’t expect just anyone to be able to step up and show their true power.”

Heroic Aid (Spellcaster): 4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 6, 6) = 19

Kije’s not one to resist the possibility of showing off... glad he didn’t get burned too badly!

”Showoff.”

Rudzik’s too much of a safe player for that nonsense.

”This sounds like the perfect job for the MOST POWERFUL WIZAR-“ Kije, Rudzik, and Arnaut all quickly clap their hands over the witch’s mouth before he can get himself in over his head.

Level 5 and almost as little wisdom.

Venture-Captain Hugo Victor calls upon the night of Abadar

”Keeper of the First Vault, shine like gold upon the heroics of the teams so assembled for this cause! “

Heroic medic : 6d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3) = 18

The lesser agents of Waki Huro and Omar Posada contribute their aid in a minor way to the effort.

Just a few questions about the Aid characters.

1. Do you control them or are they a party resource?
2. If you do not choose for them to be Heroic are they at any risk?
3. Do the characters actually have to have the skills necessary to fulfill the role?

#3 was answered a bit back... ie: no, role seems mostly RP related. Though there might be specific tasks that only people assigned to a specific roll can participate in. Whether you're suitable to that roll, seems immaterial.

Just a few questions about the Aid characters.

1. Do you control them or are they a party resource?
2. If you do not choose for them to be Heroic are they at any risk?
3. Do the characters actually have to have the skills necessary to fulfill the role?

1. Each Aid PC is an 'actual numbered' PFS PC that belongs to a particular Player. (eg. Aid 'Medic' Hugo Victor #9884-2 belongs to GM Aarvid.)

While I have no problem with the party discussing tactics, the final decision on what each Aid PC does rests entirely with the Player that 'owns' that PC.

(Continuing the example, GM Aarvid has the ONLY say on whether Hugo Victor attempts heroic aid, standard aid or no aid)

2. For Aid Token generation, no.

3. No. The medic, guard, etc roles are purely for flavor. A wizard can be 'muscle' and a barbarian can be a 'medic.'

Though a seriously failed 'heroic' aid token generation attempt will put the character temporarily out of commission. I think standard aid tokens are a freebie with no roll. If that is the case, all three of my characters generate a nice safe non-heroic aid token.

Does anyone have any teamwork feats?

Thanks guys. I have added my Aid tokens.

Now that Part 1 has ended, your table may distribute 1 aid token (total for the table, not per player). If that token is heroic, you may distribute a second (heroic or non-heroic) token as well.

The tokens may go to separate tables.

I can organize the token distribution for you.

So my questions are how many tokens, which tokens and to whom?

I would suggest the two heroic tokens (spellcasting) and (medic), but it’s up to you.

I can roll for the receiving tables, or you can advise me which one(s) you wish them to go to (low/medium/high tier; soldier/champion; GM Hawthwile’s table/GM Lorenzo’s table etc)

Please advise soonest ;)

So, though all of our characters can generate tokens, only 3 can be passed. Is that right?

I say pass the two heroic tokens to the fools that are playing champion level and the last one to a random soldier table. Medic sounds fine.

As for which one we receive, Marta would love a scouting token. Getting a flank is a huge win for her.

Only two tokens at this stage, Marta.

FYI, peeps …

Aid Token

Type: Burst of Healing
Generated By: VC Hugo Victor
Heroic? Yes
Effect: Venture-Captain Hugo performs a healing ritual by exposing himself to the blinding glare of the First Vault’s gold, restoring 6d6 hit points to each PC.

Passing From: GM Yours is mined
Passing To: GM Brew

Aid Token

Type: Provide Spellcasting (Restoration, 1000gp version. Not paid)
Generated By: Kije
Heroic? Yes
Effect: Spellcaster Aid Character: Kije, caster level-11, the Aid Character has not paid the 1000gp cost.

Passing From: GM Yours is mined
Passing To: GM AndrewW

No tokens passed to us yet.

Sounds good. Thanks for passing Hugo's token. I was not sure how that would work. :)

Yes, more clear indication of when we're supposed to actually roll would be good to!

Didn't realize that was an ask up above. =)