GM RePete's Dawn of the Scarlet Sun (Inactive)

Game Master RePete

Welcome pathfinders!

As stated, we'll be starting within next two days (Wednesday evening at the latest).

If there are any special nuances with your character I should be aware of, be it strange combinations or an obscure ability/trait, please share. It's better for us to get any confusion handled ahead of time vs in the middle of the game.

Finally, go to the map link above and fill in your initiative and your preferred location in standard marching order. I use block initiative format.

I have opened up the Gameplay thread so you can dot in. Any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Go ahead and post your Chronicle Tidbits...

Player Name:
Character Name:
PFS #
Faction:
Day Job Roll (If applicable):

Player Name: TriShadow
Character Name: Dimple McSweetness
PFS #: 151777-14
Faction: The Exchange
Day Job Roll (If applicable): Perform: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

Player Name: Pete H.
Character Name: Cenae Eohe
PFS #: 123584-12
Faction: Sovereign Court
Day Job Roll (If applicable): NA

Yay for GM Credit blobs!

Jeff cook
Arboreal
9251-23
Faction Dark Archive
Current level 5 xp 12
3 Druid 2 conjurer magical knack is conjurer

Player Name: Crystal H.
Character Name: Niza and Albis
PFS #: 191888-2
Faction: Dark Archives
Day Job Roll: Profession: Librarian + MW Tool: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 2 = 17

Player Name: Zin Z'arin (Rob Riemersma)
Character Name: Kasvot Vaxt
PFS #: 192785-19
Faction: The Concordance
Day Job Roll (If applicable): n/a

Purchases

Scroll of Haste 375g
Scroll of Water Breathing 375g
Scroll of Knock 150g
Scroll of Invisibility 150g
Scroll of See Invisibility 150g
Scroll of Glitterdust 150g
Scroll of Resist Energy 150g
Scroll of Shield (2x) 50g

Purchases:
Scroll of BANE (x2) 50gp
Scroll of HEROISM (x7) 1050gp
Scroll of MIRROR IMAGE (x2) 300gp

NET (x5) In case we want to capture instead of kill the killer. Possession, charm and the like occasionally show up. Just thinking out loud as she passes one to every body.

Purchases

scroll of dispel magic 375 gp
scroll of invisibility sphere 375 gp
scroll of major image 375 gp
scroll of tongues 375 gp

Heroism scrolls have to be purchased as level three spells. Yes, I know it’s idiotic and it isn’t even that strong of a spell... but there are some odd little glitches like that the way pfs1 works.

Even for a bard? It's a second level spell for me.

Yeah, even for a bard. It's a society rule. Page 21 of the pathfinder roleplaying guild guide.

Potions, Scrolls, and Wands
All potions, scrolls, wands, and other consumables are made by clerics, druids, or wizards in Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild play. The only exceptions to this are spells that are not on the cleric, druid, or sorcerer/wizard spell lists. For example, a scroll of lesser restoration must be purchased as a 2nd-level scroll created by a cleric and can’t be purchased as a 1st-level scroll created by a paladin. If a spell is not on the cleric, druid, or sorcerer/wizard spell list, move down the following hierarchy to determine which class creates the consumable. Use the spell’s text from the book in which it appears, instead of researching classes that might have gained that spell on their list in a later publication.

So pretty much the only time you can purchase things at bard or other class levels is if they are exclusively bard or other class spells. There are a few, but not many. It also prevents Rangers and Paladins from getting a lot of things at lower levels.

And yes, being a Bard or a Ranger or a Paladin is very annoying because it makes it a lot harder to search for spells on your spell list when purchasing stuff because you have to check if one of the full caster classes has it on their list. :(

Purchases

scroll of dispel magic 375 gp
scroll of invisibility sphere 375 gp
scroll of major image 375 gp
scroll of tongues 375 gp

If it's not too late to ret-con, should I swap one of these for a scroll of fly?

Sorry, the day got away from me with other matters. Will alter my purchase in the morning and drop myself on the map.

Purchases EDITED:
Scroll of BANE (x3) 75gp
Scroll of HEROISM CL 5 (x3) 1125gp
Scroll of MIRROR IMAGE (x1) 150gp
Potion of Shield of Faith (+2) (x1) 50gp
NET (x5) 100gp

I suspect there may be some Paizocon online distractions in the days ahead

Arboreal will be switching to dagger +1 if in close quarter combat (+4 to hit 1d4+1 damage without IC) or lobbing the magic stone if free of opportunity attacks (+6, 2d6+2)

Thanks for the heads up Arboreal. I'll keep that in mind.

That was a wonderful cannibalism post Kasvot. Nicely done!

Bordering on...delicious.

Thanks friends! I had a 2 Perception to roleplay there; it seemed a good way to explain why Kasvot had no idea what was going on in the hallway. :)

life ok gm

This past week has been rough. Sorry for the absence. :-/

Getting a post up now.

So, just confirming then that the summoned demon guy has an SR better than 19.

It is actually less than 19. I did go ahead and use your better SR roll of the two with the level 1 modifier. It didn't work on him because he beat the will save.

Not much for me to do, but I wanted to comment.

I very much appreciate Arboreal using stabilize on Cenae. That was an excellent job ignoring out of character knowledge and acting only on what your character knows. Well done.

It is actually less than 19. I did go ahead and use your better SR roll of the two with the level 1 modifier. It didn't work on him because he beat the will save.

Thank you. Stupid Bane...and scrolls...and saving throws.

On a side note, we are a caster heavy party. I am really missing my hubba hubba man, LGZ! Given the resistances the BBEG has, this may take a while.

This ones a bit tougher than I thought

It seems all the FREE RPG Day modules are really difficult. So much so that it is actually a horrid way to introduce new players to the system. I ran one that nearly half the fights features baddies with DR and none of the pregens...NONE, had a way to bypass it.

I would not be surprised at a 10+ DR, decent SR and hit points near triple digits.

Dimple McSweetness wrote:

"Can anyone get her sword away from her? It really hurts!"

Isn't it a spear? She's been attacking with reach.

The Babau was using a longspear. She is using a Flame Blade.

This would have been on your Chronicle if you hadn't killed her.

Though you foiled her plot, Avalexi is still at large and seeks revenge.Whenever you use a boon that would be crossed off after being used, there is a 25% chance that your contact is slain, waylaid, discredited, or otherwise neutralized by the fiend. Such a contact grants no benefit, and you must then cross both that boon and Antagonized by Avalexi off your Chronicle sheets. If you slay Avalexi, cross this boon off the Chronicle sheet immediately.

If you intend to keep any of the items you purchased at the beginning with the funds supplied, let me know and I'll mark in on your chronicle sheet.

Otherwise, just remember to remove it from your character's inventory.

Wowsa, that is a mildly rough negative boon. I mean, only a 25% chance but still it keeps rolling until you fail.

Well done all killing her jerk butt!

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Cenae will not pay to keep her stuff.

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Thank you GM for running that. I'm sure we peed all over your plans with a few lucky breaks and/or tactical spells. Either way, I enjoyed the scenario.

Kasvot won't keep his scenario items. He'll take the pink rhomboid ioun stone for his Chronicle Sheet.

Thanks for running! Who's next? (Is it me?)

Edit: Yup, It's me!

I'll start prepping for 6-18 From Under Ice. I am going camping this weekend, so we won't start earlier than next Monday, when I'm back in real life.

Dimple will NOT be keeping anything from the scenario.

Boy oh boy, that was a tough fight. Great team work everyone.

Just to let everyone know, I am using a replay on 6-18. (I have played it in both Standard and CORE previously). I was hoping to go somewhere warmer. Been missing my Hubba-hubba man, and now he's going to be all covered up. On the plus side, maybe he will be cold enough to want to snuggle. Time to buy a big ole blanket!

Arboreal will buy the wand of protection from evil 750 gp and a masterwork cold iron scimitar 330 gp and access to wizards spellbook to copy magic weapon into his spell book 15gp total 1095 gp

Put the flaming scimitar down as possible future award

spellcraft: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

Chronicles Here

Let me know if there are any issues.

The blinding of the BBEG was certainly problematic. :-P

Chronicle looks good; thanks for running! I certainly got lucky with the blindness landing before we even knew what we were facing! That was a tough enemy; I'm not sure how we would have done without it.

Here is the link to the next session! Feel free to dot in whenever you're ready. Unless someone says they need more time, I'll plan on getting us underway next Monday!

Agreed, that Blindness saved the day. Well, that and the net (lol).

Well poop. What did we do (or did not do) to lose a PP?

Otherwise, the chronicle looks good.

We played a module they are always stingy on the PP 1 for 1 XP or 4 for 3 xp

But yes that would have been a horrible fight without the blindness landing