GM Chadius [PbP Gameday] PFS2 1-01: The Absalom Initiation (Inactive)

Game Master chadius

Welcome to the shindig. Feel free to post with the PC you want to use.

1. Please post at least once a day. If you are absent for 24 hours I'll send you a PM. If you're missing for 36 hours I'll mark you inactive and your Player Character will simply delay - that's not fun!

2. Under your name, please add a stat block, so I can quickly find your stats and keep the game moving. You can edit your character's Race, Class/Levels and Gender fields to include information such as:

- Hit Points
- AC
- Saving Throws
- Perception Bonus

3. What about Secret Rolls? PFS 2nd ed has a lot of secret rolls the GM is supposed to make for the players, so the PCs can't react to a bad roll. If I give you the DC, feel free to make the roll openly. Otherwise, there are 2 ways to do this in my games:

- You can say which skill and which bonus you want to apply. (Example: "I use Occultism +5 to investigate the skull's mystic origin.")
- Or you spoiler your dice roll and everyone sticks to the honor system of not opening it.

(I'm awake between 8 am to 10 pm EDT (UTC-4 hours) so roughly 1200 to 0200 hours, GMT.)

Howdy. If you're a member of one of my games, then here are a few rules I'd like you to follow:

1. Please post at least once a day. If you are absent for 24 hours I'll send you a PM. If you're missing for 36 hours I'll mark you inactive and your Player Character will simply delay - that's not fun!

2. Under your name, please add a stat block, so I can quickly find your stats and keep the game moving. You can edit your character's Race, Class/Levels and Gender fields to include information such as:

- Hit Points
- AC
- Saving Throws
- Perception Bonus

3. What about Secret Rolls? PFS 2nd ed has a lot of secret rolls the GM is supposed to make for the players, so the PCs can't react to a bad roll. If I give you the DC, feel free to make the roll openly. Otherwise, there are 2 ways to do this in my games:

- You can say which skill and which bonus you want to apply. (Example: "I use Occultism +5 to investigate the skull's mystic origin.")
- Or you spoiler your dice roll and everyone sticks to the honor system of not opening it.

If you haven't added Pathfinder specific equipment, I suggest you look at the PFS 2 Society rules, in particular the Pathfinder Training section.

Once you have you character, please post this information:

Player name: (you, the person on Earth)
Character name: (the PC you are playing in Golarion)
XP:
Class:
Money: (usually written in GP)
Leveling Speed: (Normal or Slow?)

Player name: Michael Hallet
Character name: Aleksandr Ostenoff
XP: 0
Class: Cleric
Money: 4.08
Leveling Speed: Normal

Player name: Adam Kessler
Character name: Paulie Tribulani
XP: Big old fat goose egg
Class: Rogue
Money: 8GP, 4Sp
Leveling Speed: Normal

Also, post your character's PFS number. It usually looks like 133698-2001. Sorry I didn't mention that.

132475-2003

837-2010

Player name: Xynen
Character name: Hangust
XP: 0
Class: Barbarian
Money: 9g
Leveling Speed: Normal
PFS # - Character 186188-2002

Just a clarification from my notes on the sign-up sheet. This is my first time with 2e, but not my first pbp or pfs.

Player name: Mitch
Character name: Dreadfang!
XP: 4
Class: Monk
Money: (usually written in GP) 14.4
Leveling Speed: Normal
PFS#: 142569-2002

Checking in with new account. Still finishing the character, but here is the number. My very first Society character!

# 2392353-2001

GM: Since we haven't officially started yet, I GMed a game and had no where to apply the credit so had to apply it to this guy. So now he officially starts with 4 XP. Since I GMed I earned 14 GP +4SP from bartending for a total 22GP, 8Sp. I'm not going buy anything before this game starts.

I'll add your icons to the slides. Please see if you can move your icons. The top of this thread and my header have links to the 1-01 slides.

On page 2, can you decide on your marching order in single and double row arrangement?

I can move my Icon

Me too

Icon movement confirmed

Still in need of another player? I'd be happy to join!

Player: Crunch
Character: Olexbu
XP: 12
Class: Wizard/Barbarian
Money: 0
Leveling Speed: Normal

Hello Olexbu. Come on in and join the fun. The gameplay thread has some introductory posts. Check the 1-01 slides in my header and on top of the thread and see if you can move your icon.

Also, I need your PFS number.

Team, feel free to rearrange yourselves in marching order on the slides.

Oh, yes. That'd be 150618-2010. Looks as if I can move my token, too. Good to be aboard!

Sweet. And that's everyone.

Rosette, once your character is done please post all of the needed info:

Player name: (you, the person on Earth)
Character name: (the PC you are playing in Golarion)
XP:
Class:
Money: (usually written in GP)
Leveling Speed: (Normal or Slow?)
PFS#: (usually ends with a -20XX)

Side note, I hope Aleksandr Ostenoff does is the favor of memorizing at leas one heal spell. I’m not scrolls otherwise I’d hand him a scroll of heal as one if my consumables before a mission.

Naderi grants Soothe as a cleric spell, which Aleksandr prepares with both slots unless there is some reason otherwise.

The reason I do this is because soothe doesn't have the positive trait (it is mental), thus it will work on myself as well as the rest of the party where as harm can heal me, but only be used as an attack spell otherwise.

Naderi grants Soothe as a cleric spell, which Aleksandr prepares with both slots unless there is some reason otherwise.

The reason I do this is because soothe doesn't have the positive trait (it is mental), thus it will work on myself as well as the rest of the party where as harm can heal me, but only be used as an attack spell otherwise.

Hey! I didn’t know that. Pretty slick. As you can probably tell I’ve been burned by being in groups with no healing. Or worse yet, clerics who can heal but refuse to :eye roll: Anyway, I appreciate the thought to the rest of the party.

If it helps, I have been in a game (for this scenario) where the only healers were my bard and a sorcerer who both took Soothe. It was close, but we did make it.

Don't forget to take your free healing potions from your Pathfinder Training if you follow any of the PFS schools. They will come in handy.

My apologies, Olexbu actually has 16 XP and 22.16 GP. I forgot about the scenario I ran last week and applied to him.

I've arranged you all in a suggested marching order in my slides. Feel free to rearrange them.

It's time.

Check out the Gameplay thread, we are ready to go.

Sweet. And that's everyone.

Rosette, once your character is done please post all of the needed info:

Player name: Rosette XD

Wow! Lots of posts already. I'll try to catch up.
My mom is bluedove, a PFS GM. She is helping me with my character and posting but this is my first 2nd edition and Play by Post character. I might need some help along the way.

Thanks for your patience!

Paulie probably hasn’t heard Zarta as he is over speaking to the envoy’s alliance crew. Do I need to roll anything to get that lot to talk to me, or was my story good enough?

Hey Paulie.

So, the team split up into three groups but the scenario gives every player a chance to make the check. So assume Hangust and Olexbu brought you to Captain Benarry, got you up to speed and you can entertain Zarta if you wish.

Your story was good enough for Gorm Greathammer, I just want to resolve one of these meetings before I move on.

Paulie will vote we either take the scroll of heal or disrupting weapon. I know the scroll of heal won't help our Dhampir, but he can cast it on a front-liner. Any thoughts?

Out of curiosity DM, after our checks with Fola and Gorm we received an item. Did we get anything from Benarry that I might have missed, or did we fail with her?

Re: Magic items, I'm always fond of more healing at lower levels personally.

Agreed on the scroll, can't have too much healing.

You had failed your checks with Captain Benarry, so no bonus goodies from her.

Cool, just making sure. Im surprised a first level check like that would be in the mid 20's but I'm not too familiar with 2e yet so maybe that's normal.

It may be that we need a critical success in order to get the bonus reward.

Sorry for the delay, folks. You received 2 of the 4 possible bonus rewards. And now you have 4 missions ahead of you. Which one will you take first? The first 2 who agree decide for the team.

Do we have a map of Absalom? Is it the same one as from 1st Edition? Just trying to see if there's maybe a reasonable path to take from mission to mission.

I'm OK with just going through the list in order.

I'm OK with just going through the list in order.

Me too

The rule of two has spoken!

Absalom is mostly the same in the time of PFS2. I've added the map to slides 2 and 3

I think I missed the part where I would be of help. =/ The only skill I have trained that was listed was Diplomacy.

You can always try Intimidate or attempt to aid a check. If you memorized Guidance that may also be a good spell to cast here.

The good/bad news is that I didn't add the additional challenges for having a large party size. But I've already set up the challenge, so it works in your favor.

Alright, time to nominate someone for a hero point. Post your nominations here.

I’ll give it to Paulie. He did a solid job RP’ing his arguments.

I’ll give it to Paulie. He did a solid job RP’ing his arguments.

Aw, thanks! I nominate Olexbu, for having a good, solid grasp of his character that he seems to role-play consistently. Doesn't break character with a personality that I would find hard to play.

Doesn't break character with a personality that I would find hard to play.

Thanks! I definitely couldn't do it anywhere but online, though! Remodulating my voice and tone are not things I can do in real life.

Anyway, my vote goes to Aleksandr. I'm working on a dhampir character who's been around for a while (more so than our friend) and I like how he acts and talks a bit behind the times. Keeping that up takes some effort.

1. Alexsandr 2. Dreadfang 3. Olexbu 4. Paulie 5. Rosette

1d5 ⇒ 5

Rosette it is! I really like everyone's characters so there's no way I was going to be able to make that choice on my own.