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Hello! Come on in! Grab a stickie name badge and a sugar cookie....oops, we're all out of sugar cookies. Sorry about that.
We're playing a new thing for Season 2 of Pathfinder Society 2e - a Bounty! It's like a Quest, but more focused on murder-hobo-ing. Sounds like fun!
This Bounty is 1st level. You should have a new or somewhat-new (or inexperienced) character.
I like to keep my expectations light and breezy. Post when you can and let us all know if you're not going to be able to post for longer than 24hrs in advance so I can fire up my bot. Be considerate of your fellow gamers. Keep off-topic talk in the Discussion thread, but let's just keep the off-topic talk off. We're here to fire up natty 20s!
Please post the following things as part of your first post:
1.) character name and class/level
2.) your Pathfinder Society ID number including the suffix for the character that you're playing
3.) your downtime roll, including the skill that you'll use and how proficient you are in the skill; also, if you're a field agent, let me know.
4.) your starting XP, reputation, and fame
We will slot boons and get school items during the game. If there's a faction that you want to identify as, then let's do that as part of the gameplay (or a private message to me).
I choose to not use Discord for PbP conventions; I save it for my real-time games (for the most part). That being said, if folks don't want to use the Discussion thread on the Paizo boards for player chat in-game, then I'm happy to listen to alternatives.
Most importantly, let's escape the drudgery of the real world for a bit!
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Hello, I'll pitch my hat in the ring and hope we get enough players to fire (let me know, and I can try to recruit some). I'll be playing with Archard Cowl, though I still need to get his sheet into the profile, but I have the next week to do so.
1) Archard Cowl, human investigator 1
2) 83959-2006
3) TBD
4) 0 across the board. This is Archard's first investigation.
I'm a very experienced PBP-er, and think I've got a good handle on 2e too, though this will be my first time with an investigator.
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Hey y'all. We're getting close to Game Day. I'll be posting some maps/slides via links in the header in the next few days.
I can see that two of our characters on the sign-up sheet are listed as 'TBD'. Well NOW's the time to D them! Please determine what you're playing for this little slice of Bounty and complete the sign-up sheet. Also, I'll draw your attention to the Downtime check column on my signup sheet. Go ahead and make your roll now - that's a Performance, Crafting, or Lore check (unless you have a boon that let's your roll something different) for your downtime/day job activity. Please let me know if that's a success or not, or if you're doing some other downtime activity apart from a day job.
Cheers y'all! Try the little blue cookies! They're unique.
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Late to the party, but I was trying to finish creating the character.
I’m curious about the bounty and how different they are from quests.
1. Fanya, Witch 1.
2. 93504-2005
3. , trained, not a field agent
4. 8 XP, 8 Fame, 8 reputation in Verdant Wheel. (Gm credit+played a pregen) I’m going to spend 2 Fame to get a wayfinder.
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The slides have been posted, both in the header above (by the title of the game), as well as in my header as the GM. Go ahead and take a look - Slide 2 needs some information from y'all before we can start the game. Please fill this out prior to our start of September 1st at 12:01AM!
(and the other slides are covered up on purpose for now....no peeking!)
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Nice one, Fjorn! Please insert your token/icon into the spreadsheet as Fjorn has helpfully done along with the other bits of info that I've asked for.
I don't see that Archard Cowl (our investigator), or the unnamed Oracle of screen name Thunderspirit has signed up on my signup sheet. I only have one spot left in this game, so it's first come, first served between the two of them.
Hopefully we will have one of those two claim the 6th (and last spot) soon. I've filled out all of your downtime (earn income) checks on the spreadsheet.
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MugVug and Kamil, would you kindly fill out the 2nd slide in the Google Slides presentation for this scenario?
Darel, I see you have an unnamed animal companion. Shall I call him 'Meat' or 'GM Target", or does he have a name?
Athelsted, I don't see that you've uploaded your icon to the Google Slide (#2) - shall I just use your Paizo icon?
Given the fact that we are a full table, I am going to go ahead and launch this ship into the water now. You all may read Slide #4 on the Google Slides (posted above and in my GM header). I'll give you some introductory flavour.
HAPPY GAME DAY!!!!
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So - the outlay of coin for 1st level characters might be giving y’all some pause, so allow me to pull back the GM curtain:
Winter clothing is a purchase (not a rental), but at 4sp each, Bjorn is giving you a ~7cp discount on each for a bulk purchase. As long as you purchase 5+ suits of winter wear, he’ll honour that. It’ll be full price for anything less.
The sleds and dog teams are rentals. If you don’t have the coin for the two sleds, then Bjorn will extend you a line of credit, but the price will go up by 2sp total. He will expect to be paid when you return (i.e. it’ll come out of your chronicle sheet at 2sp each).
You can go on foot, and many Aaminiut residents would support that decision.
Any questions?
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Darel, per the adventure text for GMs:
"Have each PC choose their exploration mode activity and encourage them to use activities like Follow the Leader, Investigate, Scout, and Search....As the PCs’ dog teams race across the frozen ice of Whitefang Bay, the PCs make good time, but their speed makes them more likely to lose the Whitefang Wyrm’s trail....Have the PCs establish a marching order and give each PC using the Investigate or Search activities an opportunity..."
I'll rescind my previous ruling - per the Tracking rules, you can establish the track before you set off on the dog sled.
I need everyone else to tell me their party order and tell me what Exploration activities that they want to do.
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Thanks, Fjorn!
I've logicked out that Athelsted and Fanya are driving the two sleds, Darel and Fjorn are in the middle of their respective sleds, and the two kobolds are bringing up the rear of their sleds (and staying the farthest from the pack of dogs).
It appears that only Darel and Fjorn have announced using something other than the Perception skill for their Exploration activity (those being Survival and a generic concentration activity). I will now make rolls.
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Correct!
That's an important distinction that you've raised, Fjorn. As this is NOT a Pathfinder Society-linked job, there are no Pathfinder Society-gifted items that are available for this job.
You'll still get experience, fame, and gold for completing the Bounty. You'll even get reputation with whatever faction you choose (for which you're a champion).
BUT....you don't get downtime. I'm sorry; I just saw that as I read through the end of the job. No downtime.
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"This very small shield is a favorite of duelists and quick, lightly armored warriors. It’s typically made of steel and strapped to your forearm. You can Raise a Shield with your buckler as long as you have that hand free or are holding a light object that’s not a weapon in that hand."
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The issue is not the buckler. It is the buckler AND the weapon. As you have quoted, “ You can Raise a Shield with your buckler as long as you have that hand free or are holding a light object that’s not a weapon in that hand." The axe is a weapon.
By that ruling, you cannot hold your axe in the same hand that you’re using for the buckler. As such, you would have both hands busy and would not be able to use Interact to make an alchemical item. And kasatha are not a valid ancestry option for PF2 yet.
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While you’re hidden from a creature, that creature knows the space you’re in but can’t tell precisely where you are. You typically become hidden by using Stealth to Hide. When Seeking a creature using only imprecise senses, it remains hidden, rather than observed. A creature you’re hidden from is flat-footed to you, and it must succeed at a DC 11 flat check when targeting you with an attack, spell, or other effect or it fails affect you. Area effects aren’t subject to this flat check.
A creature might be able to use the Seek action to try to observe you.
When you are undetected by a creature, that creature cannot see you at all, has no idea what space you occupy, and can’t target you, though you still can be affected by abilities that target an area. When you’re undetected by a creature, that creature is flat-footed to you.
A creature you’re undetected by can guess which square you’re in to try targeting you. It must pick a square and attempt an attack. This works like targeting a hidden creature (requiring a DC 11 flat check), but the flat check and attack roll are rolled in secret by the GM, who doesn’t reveal whether the attack missed due to failing the flat check, failing the attack roll, or choosing the wrong square.
A creature can use the Seek action to try to find you.
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My mistake: I meant hidden. I've amended the map appropriately.
Regardless, you can't possibly know where the ice is without making a Perception check. Both Fjorn and Darel: please make the Perception/Survival check that I asked you to make and read the appropriate spoiler tag.
Everyone else (apart from Amoudu who did it correctly), please make your choice of check.
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It doesn't seem that people are understanding this, so let me peel back the GM curtain: the slippery ice is a trap.
"GM, where is the secret door on the map?" is not a question that you would ask. If you made the Perception or Survival check (and now you have), I have put in your Spoiler what you should have done.
Darel - you spent an action to break up the ice. Instead of your last stride action, you stopped and broke up the ice to allow others to pass unmolested.
Fjorn - you did not stop and you went before Darel, so I need a Stealth (or Acrobatics) check from you to pass the ice. You know it's there, so there's a bonus to this (I will apply it).
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Use the "Seek" action to try and locate it's exact square, rolling your Perception vs it's Stealth DC. This is a single action, and is best used as a first or second action, because if you use it as your third action, well, now you are out of actions, and it can simply "Sneak" or "Hide" again on it's turn!
Use the "Ready" action, choosing a triggering circumstance (such as "if I see it" or "if it attacks me" or "if it comes within range") and a single action effect (such as a Strike or one-action spell). Using a ready action is a 2-actions for 1-action trade-down, but is sometimes more prudent than Delaying (see next).
"Delay". This tactic is not advised here, because GM is basically letting us go in any order already (because "perfect ordering" in PbP takes too many cycles to be worth the effort), and "delaying" until after the dragon is basically giving up your turn against a solo creature. I'm mentioning this only for completeness's sake.
"Point Out". Perhaps in other games or editions, if one player can target a creature, they can "yell out for free" where that creature is, and the party can all jump in. Not so here. "Pointing Out" a creature which you Detect that is Undetected to your allies - so as to allow them to also target the creature - is a single action. This means if you want to combine it with "Seek" (#1 above), you have to make sure you allocate enough actions to do so! And if you do, everyone in the party shares in the benefit.
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I think I read that each bounty would focus on a mechanic of the game. I thought this would be combat but it is clearly the level of perceptions.
Also unless mistaken, the minion needs to act once the character does and spend an action (sustain a spell in the case of summons); that’s why Fanya was not able to throw a spell at the creature.
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I have a few questions & things I would like to point out in regards to the Wyrms actions of Round 6. The Wyrm seemed to complete 3 actions; moved (1 Stride Action), Attacked (1 Strike Action) & moved again while hiding (1 Sneak Action). If it was Undetected then attacked, wouldn't it have become Observed by everyone. Also, I thought it has to have cover, greater cover or concealment in order to take the Hide Action for attempting to perform a Stealth check which if the Lair's terrain provides concealment it can do. If it took the Hide Action then it could not have been able to take the Sneak Action while moving half speed (as it was not Undetected) and wouldn't it only be Hidden from everyone rather than Undetected back near Vexacion?
This is also not considering it has abilities and/or powers beyond what we have witnessed.