[Gameday IX / PFS2 Luke_Parry] 1-01: The Absalom Initiation (1-4) (Inactive)

Game Master Luke_Parry

Please post the following:

Name:
PC Name:
PFS #:
Faction:
Day Job:

Name: Warah
PC Name: Nal Bagura
PFS #: 289224-2001
Faction: Horizon Hunters
Day Job: Underworld Lore +3

Name: Azrael Dukshi
PC Name: Trevadar Brewer
PFS #: 59004-2002
Faction: Grand Archive
Day Job: Government Lore +5 (Clerk)

Name: Otha
PC Name: Alanossë
Ancestry: Elf
Class: Fighter / 1st
PFS #: 239913-2001
Faction: Horizon Hunters
Day Job: Survival +4

Name: Kitsune Kune
PC Name: Wraax. Also featuring the Animal Companion, Mr. Kitteh. A Fiery Leopard
PFS #: 34281-2002
Faction: Verdant Wheel
Day Job: Tanner Lore +4

Boon: Horizon Hunters Champion
Training school item: minor healing potion

Boon: Verdant Wheel Champion
Training school items: minor healing potion, potency crystal
(3 points to swords)

at the Blakros Museum

<.< .... Are we SURE this is the safer of the options?

@Grommfell: I still don't have reporting details from you...

Name: Lysle
PC Name: Grommfell the Precipitous
PFS #: 90900-2006
Faction: Vigilant Seal
Day Job: Mining Lore: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

There seem to be a lot of checks in this scenario that most of the party aren't trained in and/or can't pass the check. As this is my first real 2e session, is this pretty standard in 2e adventures? And does there tend to be less combat encounters as opposed to 1e? Wasn't sure if this is just kind of an introductory scenario for those new to 2e or if it was more typical of what follows...

The answer to that is both yes and no - there are some scenarios that are primarily dungeon slogs, but there are also a *lot* that are incredibly skill heavy, and not having the right skill(s) in the party is more likely to cost you treasure bundles.

That said, this was the 'first' scenario to be released, and I think was designed to highlight the non-combat resolution possibilities inherent to the system.

I mean, if you had wanted to, you could have forced things through with combat at a few points... but you would *really* have been punished for it (for example, you could have tried to deal with the Ritual by simply killing waves of shadow creatures, although the researchers would most likely have died in the process, and you could have tried to kill the creature on the boat, rather than rescuing it).

Thanks, GM, I appreciate the info. This is my first real session as the only previous experience was an early playtest a long while back...

This is also a case where the majority of the party are heavily martial focused characters. This tends to lead to few, and similar, skills. Thus we have lots of moments of "whelp... that sucks"

Indeed. Oh, well. We live and we learn (though our characters may not). This is my first PF2 character, too. I've played a few quests with her, and they were fairly evenly split on the skills to combat ratio.

Alright, links to chronicle sheets have now been PM'ed out.

Please download them at your earliest convenience, as I will eventually delete them from my Google Drive.

Thank-you for a good game, everyone :-)

Thanks for running this, GM! Enjoyed playing with everyone!

@ GM - Chronicle looks good. Thanks for running!

@ All - Thanks for a fun game. I look forward to sharing a table with each of you in the future!

Thanks for the game! I hope I get to sit at a table with you guys again, this was fun! The murder was interesting to roleplaying out for Trevadar too. Looking forward to playing him elsewhere!