[Gameday IX] Sky Key GM Thread (Inactive)

Game Master Dennis Muldoon

I have just made a late report of an Anchor Success.

Forgot to make it before my short break.

Thank-you for the relief, GM Fuzzfoot! I am ready to resume Table GMing duties!

Cool - hope you had a nice break! I just PM'd you a note.

At what point does the optional encounter in G1 get skipped? It says 30 minutes, so would that be just after midnight on the morning of the 12th?

Use your judgement for your table, but that sounds reasonable.

Out of curiosity, how many tables have lost their Kreighton Shaine so far? Since "each death inflicts an emotional toll, erodes his cheerful disposition, and artificially ages him", it might be interesting to reflect this in the party's interactions with him.

EDIT: Mine's still alive.

Not mine, but they’ve talked their way through the first two anchors. Time to switch it up.

Anchor success reported. Just hit 100%.

Anchor success reported. Just hit 100%.

Aawwww, you beat my group to it.

We finished all 5 anchors on the 2nd, Arodeth a couple days ago, and are now back outside getting extra anchor successes. But the group seems to be a little disinterested in fighting the same enemies over again.

Well, as I understand it the Vault isn't even supposed to be open yet for us to meet Arodeth.

Area G (the vault) opened on October 1st.

Apparently I need to read house announcements closer.

Speaking of which, we have 5 days left. We're currently on track for an Impressive Performance, not quite an Unrivaled Accomplishment. We do have the minimum number of Anchor successes (30) to escape though.

Going to speed through this ooze encounter and get them to the lady.

I'm hoping to get them into a fight in G, but they're in bad shape currently. Underequipped 4-person party (mostly level 1), and the time storm from one of the Anchor encounters was a 3rd-level barbarian.

Looking back, I should have used the dino encounter instead (lower HP/CR), but thought they'd had enough of that in Sessegishoss.

No worries. Not everyone needs to do the vault. You could also nudge them towards the 'talk her down' solution, if they've got some diplomacy among them.

No worries. Not everyone needs to do the vault. You could also nudge them towards the 'talk her down' solution, if they've got some diplomacy among them.

The problem is that, according to my reading, they don't get any of the boons under "Champion of Time" if they don't successfully complete an encounter in area G.

I still think the choice to point them towards the last Anchor encounter was good, considering that at the time we were still 4 successes short of being able to leave. And really, "10-table TPK" is a harsher penalty than "you don't get a limited version of the Extra Trait boon."

I suspect they'll try the diplomatic encounter, but the lack of a 4-player adjustment is really going to hurt them there. Just have to see what they decide.

EDIT:

Each PC who participates in Part 3 also earns the Champion of Time boon, gaining one of the three versions depending on the table’s actions during the final encounters. If the PCs killed Lady Arodeth, they earn the Conqueror of Time boon. If they convinced Lady Arodeth to abandon her plans, they earn the Councilor of Time boon. If they did neither but defeated at least one of Lady Arodeth’s simulacra, they earn the Defender of Time boon.

Hmmmm, my table is still at the *start* of our first Anchor attempt. I may just fast-forward to the vault so I don't deprive them of the chance at a boon.

I'm having my team leave the simulacra to the other teams and just pushing through to the second area where she is.

How is everyone else determining what counts as a "failure" for the skill checks against Lady Arodeth?

The PCs need 5 successes, 2 of which must be against a harder DC. 3 failures starts a battle.

But... what if they keep hitting the DC that can be a success? If they exactly hit the average DC 4 times, is the fourth one counted as a failure? I think the intent is probably "yes, that's a failure," but would like to get someone else's opinion on it as well.

If the DCs are Hard and the party is not meeting that DC, they fail the check. You probably want to find a way to signal this mechanical change in-character, as well as Arodeth's growing ire when they fail.

Just verifying, but are we still planning to head back to 4715 AR in something like 33 hours?

After talking Lady Arodeth down, my group doesn't seem to want to pick a fight with the simulacra. I just want to make sure how long they'll be sitting around.

Yeah, that's the plan. We've hit the top milestone for Anchor Successes, so I don't think there's any reason to delay the ending.

FWIW that will work well for my group.

3/5 to another Arodeth success.

The only things tied to the number of Lady Arodeth successes from a House perspective are the Code Green condition (which won't make much difference at this point) and ending things early. The only real concern with them at this point is cutting tables off before they have a chance earn the boon that Shaventalz pointed out. I'll do a scan through, but let me know if your table is likely to be cut off in the middle of your first crack at Lady Arodeth/her simulacra.

Oh nice. We got enough for an "Unrivaled Accomplishment"? I'm about to turn in Anchor Success 7. I guess my group can rest after this.

Yep, we now have 38 Anchor successes. Combine that with our 64 Victory Points, and we're above the 10*tables (100) threshold for Unrivaled Accomplishment.

My folks just went in to face the clowns Arodeth clones. Hope they can wrap it up in time.

My folks just went in to face the clowns Arodeth clones. Hope they can wrap it up in time.

What, do they reach into the time stream and pull out balloon animals that never were?

We started fighting three simulacra yesterday, but my table has been running very slowly; I'd hate to push the game out if most other tables are twiddling thumbs. Do we just need to kill one of them, or complete the encounter by defeating all three?

Edit: Just read the text, and it does say "at least one of," so we should be good shortly. One of the simulacra is on her last legs.

We're in the middle of a simulacra fight at my table as well. With all of their mirror images it might take a tad longer than usual, but with the whole party hasted they could kill one pretty quickly if they get lucky.

Well they got a musket crit on the first round so it's going at pace :P

I just realized... boons. Checking my email and the gameday announcement thread, I don't have anything about how boons are to be handled or what they are.

So... what are the odds and possible prizes? It looks like Outpost III was 10% per participant, but that was part of an email. All I really found this time was the announcement thread saying "We expect to be able to offer boons for PFS." The reporting form does list some possible boons, so I assume that's correct, but it's worth checking. And what's the "gift card" option there in the boon list?

I rolled d20s just in case. Currently have one winner.

I just realized... boons. Checking my email and the gameday announcement thread, I don't have anything about how boons are to be handled or what they are.

So... what are the odds and possible prizes? It looks like Outpost III was 10% per participant, but that was part of an email. All I really found this time was the announcement thread saying "We expect to be able to offer boons for PFS." The reporting form does list some possible boons, so I assume that's correct, but it's worth checking. And what's the "gift card" option there in the boon list?

You should have received an email from Derek Larson (AKA Tyranius) on September 3rd, titled "Gameday IX Boon Rolls", containing all the boon info. I'll paste it in the spoiler below:

Remember to collect email addresses from anyone who wins; you'll need to report them on the reporting form, so the boon can be delivered.

shaventalz wrote:

I just realized... boons. Checking my email and the gameday announcement thread, I don't have anything about how boons are to be handled or what they are.

So... what are the odds and possible prizes? It looks like Outpost III was 10% per participant, but that was part of an email. All I really found this time was the announcement thread saying "We expect to be able to offer boons for PFS." The reporting form does list some possible boons, so I assume that's correct, but it's worth checking. And what's the "gift card" option there in the boon list?

You should have received an email from Derek Larson (AKA Tyranius) on September 3rd, titled "Gameday IX Boon Rolls", containing all the boon info. I'll paste it in the spoiler below:

** spoiler omitted **...

I did not get that email. Checked the account I would have used (which is the one that Paizo knows about) as well as my other main email. Nothing. Unless it got treated as junk mail and automatically deleted a couple weeks ago, but I tend to dig through that folder fairly regularly.

GM Dennis wrote:

shaventalz wrote:

I just realized... boons. Checking my email and the gameday announcement thread, I don't have anything about how boons are to be handled or what they are.

So... what are the odds and possible prizes? It looks like Outpost III was 10% per participant, but that was part of an email. All I really found this time was the announcement thread saying "We expect to be able to offer boons for PFS." The reporting form does list some possible boons, so I assume that's correct, but it's worth checking. And what's the "gift card" option there in the boon list?

You should have received an email from Derek Larson (AKA Tyranius) on September 3rd, titled "Gameday IX Boon Rolls", containing all the boon info. I'll paste it in the spoiler below:

** spoiler omitted **...

I did not get that email. Checked the account I would have used (which is the one that Paizo knows about) as well as my other main email. Nothing. Unless it got treated as junk mail and automatically deleted a couple weeks ago, but I tend to dig through that folder fairly regularly.

This wouldn't have anything to do with what email Paizo has. It came from Tyranius, and would have been to whatever email you put on the Google Form when you signed up to GM the special.

Anyway, if the info in the spoiler doesn't answer your question, let me know and I can try to answer it more thoroughly.

shaventalz wrote:

GM Dennis wrote:

shaventalz wrote:

I just realized... boons. Checking my email and the gameday announcement thread, I don't have anything about how boons are to be handled or what they are.

So... what are the odds and possible prizes? It looks like Outpost III was 10% per participant, but that was part of an email. All I really found this time was the announcement thread saying "We expect to be able to offer boons for PFS." The reporting form does list some possible boons, so I assume that's correct, but it's worth checking. And what's the "gift card" option there in the boon list?

You should have received an email from Derek Larson (AKA Tyranius) on September 3rd, titled "Gameday IX Boon Rolls", containing all the boon info. I'll paste it in the spoiler below:

** spoiler omitted **...

I did not get that email. Checked the account I would have used (which is the one that Paizo knows about) as well as my other main email. Nothing. Unless it got treated as junk mail and automatically deleted a couple weeks ago, but I tend to dig through that folder fairly regularly.

This wouldn't have anything to do with what email Paizo has. It came from Tyranius, and would have been to whatever email you put on the Google Form when you signed up to GM the special.

Anyway, if the info in the spoiler doesn't answer your question, let me know and I can try to answer it more thoroughly.

Yeah, that's why I checked both.

In any case, the rolls were all too low, so no boons anyway.

Alright folks, I've posted the wrap-up message; if I somehow missed your table, let me know. If you're mid-combat with an Arodeth/simulacra and your players haven't defeated one yet, feel free to finish that combat if you'd like. Otherwise, wrap up your table and don't forget to report your games through the reporting form for this con. The reporting info can be found HERE. Thank you all for your hard work making this special happen!

Backups, please PM me your info.

Dennis boon: 1d20 ⇒ 1
EM±GM boon: 1d20 ⇒ 12
Fuzzfoot boon: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Thanks for all YOUR hard work, Dennis!

I got to run a fun game for friends, with a couple of awesome backups if I wanted a break.

You have to do admin, field questions and even manage us! ;)

And I’m sure there’s heaps of other stuff I don’t have the foggiest about.

So thank-you.

Is there likely to be another PbP PFS 1e Special next year? I guess Outpost might be our next major PbP con?

Thanks, Dennis!

Is there likely to be another PbP PFS 1e Special next year? I guess Outpost might be our next major PbP con?

I think the plan is to keep offering PF1 specials, but I don't know for sure, or when it would be, I'm afraid.

Can you mark this campaign inactive, Dennis?

Thanks again — good work as always!

I will in a day or two, just to make sure nothing pops up as games get wrapped up.

Yeah I sent in my report just now, was fun running this!