GM Doug's The Perennial Crown Parts 1 & 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Doug Hahn

I'm looking forward to GMing this for you!

So far it looks like we have the following PCs:

1. Packet (rogue/sorcerer)
2. Pip (bard)
3. Gurmire (alchemist) / Sallis (wizard/rogue) / Kavin (Enigma bard)
4. Zarindlara (archer fighter)
5. Varret (archer ranger)
6. X

We have room for a 6th. You could probably use a front-liner of some sort and I'm open to suggestions or open recruitment for that last spot. Our local friend Evie doesn't have a character in tier yet.

Dotting in! Looking forward to it!

Dotting in!

Pip has dotted into gameplay. I see that we're not going to be an all small party this time. Varret, you have to do this entire adventure on your knees!

Haha, Zarindlara isn't small either, unfortunately.

Zarindlara is my first choice, but I do have a half-orc paladin who will be third level by the time we start playing, if we're badly in need of a front-liner.

If she's a half-orc, does she count for Team Small? :P

Hello!

Gurmire will be played at PaizoCon Online. Will need to update his profile after that.

Since we already have Packet Spoonshine, I don’t think we need mine.

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“Hello everyone! I’m Gurmire, an Arson Investigator. I’ve been told to report here for something?”

Pip has returned from PaizoCon Online! I leveled her for PaizoCon, but need to get her profile updated here! Does anyone have any suggestions for Level 3 purchases? I have no idea what to do with my money in PF2.

Yay! We'll start later today once I finish up some work! We can do intros/ start getting our characters squared away, and I'll put up a Slides link.

Pip has returned from PaizoCon Online! I leveled her for PaizoCon, but need to get her profile updated here! Does anyone have any suggestions for Level 3 purchases? I have no idea what to do with my money in PF2.

I have the same problem.

My favorite level 3 bard items are the Persona Mask and the Ventriloquist's Ring. Wands of first-level spells are also useful.

Yeah, I had the same situation when Packet leveled. I don’t think I’ve bought anything for him since his starting gear. I’ll have to take a look.

Can’t wait to get started!

Packet should at least have a +1 weapon. I think you need to be 4th level or find a chronicle item to get a Striking rune for it. Infiltrator’s Thieves Tools with Replacement Picks would also be something I would look at in his place.

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So I’ve been told it doesn’t take downtime to scribe new formulas into my formulary. I will likely be paying cash to add some to mine.

Yeah, there's lots of good stuff at level 4 and 5, not that much before. I like the lesser staves of healing and fire, for certain characters. My -2001 got gloves of healing at 4th, and a diplomats badge at 5th.

I put up a small scene for character intros. Please fill out the Google Slides here; there are 3 pages total, and they cover topics like your character info, macros for your characters, and marching order. As all of you have played with me before, it should be pretty self-explanatory but please let me know if you have questions. I know several of you are 1-2 star GMs now so please distribute extra hero points as you see fit. I also included a special coin for Pip's campaign coin, which can be passed along whenever.

I know Pip has bardic Lore as well — which will be super useful in this scenario!

Please note that if you need another day or two to recover from the con, purchase gear, or time to finish leveling up, that's perfectly fine!

Do you need me to still recruit someone? I can ask amongst the Paizo freelancers if there is anyone who has a third or 4th level martial type who would like to join us.

Do you need me to still recruit someone? I can ask amongst the Paizo freelancers if there is anyone who has a third or 4th level martial type who would like to join us.

I don't think we need a 6th but a martial-focused character probably wouldn't hurt, either. I'm definitely game if someone is willing to jump in in the next 24-36 hours! I say, ask away!

I'll post the mission briefing tomorrow, but if needed the 6th can jump in a bit later.

I got a yes not from a freelancer, but from Yoursismined, a really spectacular player that I know from PF2. He should be contacting you shortly!

Hmm

Hooray! We talked via PM and he should be joining us today! Thanks, Pip!

Boons!

Horizon Hunters Champion
Promotional Vestments
One-Who-Waits
Sand Slide
Society Connections

I also have a glyph! I offer my extra hero point to Packet.

Awesome, thanks Kate!

So many boons! So much heroism!

I have hero point tokens on Slide 2 along with the sign-in info. Glyphed GMs can go ahead and move their extra hero points around themselves; I added spare tokens for Gurmire and Varret, and I moved Z's to Packet already.

Hi Bret and g'day all!

Thanks for reaching out, Hmm. I have submitted my application in game play ;)

GM Doug H, I have read the ground rules and believe I can comply, ser! ☺

I will work on getting the Iconic Fighter 3 character sheet and bot me instructions uploaded over the next 24 hours or so.

This is my first experience with Pathfinder 2e, but we’re playing a lowish sub-tier and I like to think I’m a quick study. (I can hear my kids laughing in the background) But if I’m doing something wrong, please let me know.

Looking forward to the game with you all!

Welcome!

I’m looking forward to it too!

Varret's boons:

Verdant Wheel (Faction)
Promotional Vestments (Promotional)
Traveler on the Spirit Road
Sand Slide
Nexian Researcher

I also have a glyph, and will give my bonus hero point to Keats.

In case it helps, Dennis located a Valeros pregen sheet already in BBCode for the forums. It looks like Valeros is correct below the About header: Google Doc Link.

(Aggressive Block looks like a fun feat and might have a nice synergy with Packet! Somehow I never noticed this feat before…)

Yeah, that’s an interesting feat, but don’t you, as the GM, get to choose whether the creature is moved or flat-footed? And I don’t know why, with a rogue around, you would ever choose to be flat-footed. Aside from maintaining our friendship, of course.

OK, I have uploaded the pre-gen character sheet (which was very helpful, thank-you) to Keats' profile, completed a 'bot me' to the best of my knowledge and filled in the GM's Mad Skilz Macros™ in G-Slides.

This stage fighter is ready to rumble!

Pip's Boons

Envoy's Alliance (Faction)
Service Award: Campaign Coin (Promotional)
Traveler on the Spirit Road
Sand Slide
Team Player

I have filed out Doug's macro.

Gurmire's boons:

Envoy's Alliance (Faction)
Society Connections (Level 3 downtime)
Touched by the Storm (General)
Promotional Vestments (Promotional)
Nexian Researcher

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Pathfinder Items:
Feather Token: Chest
Feather Token: Ladder

Packet’s boons:

Vigilant Seal (Faction)
Team Player
Cryptid Scholar

Pathfinder items:
Minor Healing Potion
Feather Step Stone

Sorry, I had forgotten the macros. I've filled them in for Varret now.

No problem. Bhopan Lore is probably going to be really good for this whole series, so I added that under Pip's macros too.

@Packet, I was just browsing your PC aliases and had a good lol.

(What can I say? I'm nosy interested in getting to know my team-mates better)

Is it fair to say you are a 007 fan? ;)

Haha, why yes, I am a 007 fan.

When using a Hero Point, do you want us to remove it from the slide or do you want to?

I used one, but wasn't sure how you wanted the tracking done.

Yes, please go ahead and remove it from the slide yourself. Thanks for checking!

I would like to be clear that I, the player, love your filks and am perfectly happy for you to ignore Varret and continue singing.

Please bot Keats if you need to, Boss.

At work - prolly won't be able to post for a few hours.

I am also happy for any of my companions to do so :)



Thank-you for applying some bridging code, Bot Buddy 2000-820!

Gurmire, are you a Bomber? If so then Packet shouldn't have taken splash damage. I removed it.

Yes, I am a bomber alchemist.

How would you like me to indicate that I am using the special? I realize now that just saying Splash Target Only wasn't very clear.

No that is perfectly fine; it was my misreading and I also missed bomber under "character creation" when I looked at your profile. Looking again and I see it now.

Generally, I will always assume you are NOT splashing if there's an ally nearby unless you tell me otherwise. Please carry on just as you are!

@Keats: I believe your second attack here should have a -5 penalty on it. I included it for you and you still hit.

For Immobilized, you can find a list of move traits here — they're basically what you probably think they are: walking, climbing, swimming, jumping, etc.

@Pip, I'm not sure if you intend to try and interrupt casting but only actions with the Disrupt trait will do that; simply damaging an opponent will not force them to make a concentration or flat check in this edition. (They had something pretty harsh in the playtest but it was removed.)

That's my understanding, at least! Always happy to learn if there's something I missed.

Yeah, as far as I can find there's no general rule for disrupting spells via damage, so only things that say they disrupt them do so. I know AoO, for instance, specifies that it only disrupts on a crit.

Oh, and here I thought I was being clever. In that case... Can I redo my actions?

Thanks Dennis. Always nice to have another set of eyes.

Oh, and here I thought I was being clever. In that case... Can I redo my actions?

Yes you may, Pip! I am going to bold you in initiative now. I do not want to effectively take away a player's turn because of somethign they'd know in-character.

I only ask that Pip continue performing as Inspire helped Zarindlara and turned a crit into a hit and retconning that might be messy.

I saw nothing!

;)

I was self-correcting my own post as the same time as you posted here… I hoped no one would notice my mistake!:D

The plant took 3 splash and 5 fire and is still up at -49 HP instead of -41 HP. The dryad took 16 damage 5 weak and 3 splash = 24. (I also mislabeled the splash as persistent.)