[PFS2] GM Nefreet's Bounty Bonanza! (Inactive)

Game Master Nefreet

You're a team of professional bounty hunters!

Feel free to discuss character creation below (and post the Character # you'll be assigning credit to). New PCs only, so everyone can play through all 12 together. You earn 4gp for each Bounty, and there is no Downtime.

Will run this "Campaign" from January to August as new Bounties get released.

Howdy all!

I think I may try a caster of some sort, likely with access to at least one healing spell.

Greetings. Currently considering either a witch or an investigator but I'm not really sure yet.

Hello, I'm planning to play an iruxi druid.

Hello everybody,
I built an investigator to play the Bounties but now he has already got 6xp. So I will need to build something else. Adalan, you should choose the investigator for the bounties. For my part, I will look if I manage to build a swashbuckler.

I'm looking at a couple options. Trying to decide between Oracle and something melee.

Howdy all!

I think I may try a caster of some sort, likely with access to at least one healing spell.

Narrowed it down to a Gnomish Cleric of Nethys.

RePete Here.

Going to be going with a fighter. I'm still working out some details but we've got time.

Hello,
I think I'm ready to go with a Tengu swashbuckler.
Looking forward to play each day again.

My Iruxi druid is also built.

Cool. Will probably start January 2nd.

I'm spending all my time prepping for a pair of exams due by the 30th, and then probably don't want to start anything until after New Year's.

But I'm looking forward to it as well ^_^

Had some extra time today, so I set up the first Slides.

Since Bounties don't allow Downtime or Boons (except for Ancestry Boons), everyone can just sign-in with their info on Slide #1.

And here we are with your resident gnomish hunter of those that abuse magic. Magic is a gift of the gods. Those who violate that gift are hunted down by specialists like Trig.

Presenting Mutaq, orcish gentleman investigator. Still need to pick bonus languages but otherwise he should be complete.

Missed this starting on 1st.

Quick! Go ahead and introduce yourself!

Chronicles are linked in my header. RePete I still need your info on Slide 1.

Will post the wrap-up and begin Bounty #2 shortly ^_^

Got it, thanks! Excellent work, I enjoyed the back and forth with the wyrm.

Thank you for this first chronicle.

Added your Chronicle, Otova, and just reported the first session for everyone ^_^

Regarding Recall Knowledge (and Pursue a Lead) at the beginning of the adventure, I think I'm going to run things like this:

Ferious Thune wrote:

Pursue a Lead would give an Investigator a bonus on the check whenever there’s enough information to make the check. It doesn’t give them the information necessary for a check to be called for in the first place.

Okay. Maybe I do like this approach the most. Allow an Investigator to Pursue a Lead, but not Recall Knowledge until there is more information. And when there is enough information, allow everyone to Recall Knowledge.

Gives the Investigator PC something to do, but still rewards PCs who might have invested themselves into Recall Knowledge skills.

The struggle I was having with Recall Knowledge at the beginning of the Bounty was exactly what Otova pointed out in the Gameplay Thread: nobody has seen this creature, yet. The picture on the Bounty Poster is... more meta? It's Paizo's bad habit of spoilering the boss on the front of the adventure.

Similarly, there is another Bounty where the poster is a complete falsehood, so a Recall Knowledge check just isn't possible until you find out what's going on.

Alright, that seems reasonable. It definitely doesn't make sense for Mutaq to be able to Recall Knowledge based on the poster if it doesn't actually depict the creature in-world, even if that does lead to fun misconceptions.

Unpleasant note: I live blocks away from the California State Capitol, and the FBI recently warned that armed protests will be taking place at all 50 State Capitols beginning this weekend (and possibly lasting until Inauguration).

There is a good chance I may decide to stay with family during that time, in which case I probably won't be updating the game much.

Quite understandable. Good luck staying safe, and I hope we reach a time soon when armed protests at capitols aren't a common problem. (I'm actually in Sacramento right now too, though not so close to the Capitol.)

Oh wow! Do you live here? Or just visiting? I wonder if we've gamed together before?

Sort of. I'm going to college in Colorado but I grew up here and I'm back with my family while my school is fully remote for a while. I've only done a little bit of in-person PFS here, at Great Escape Games. I think I played Jasariel then, actually.

Wow, what for a coincidence. For my part I’m bit more far away from these developments. But here we are also concerned by what happens over there.

Hope all turns out ok in those regards.

I've got no in combat healing yet Trig. Here's hoping for the best...

Well I had a look at the GM applications for the PF2 special at the con. Luke hasn't applied as I thought. So what will we do? Are we trying to play all with another GM? Each one separate? We wait for better times?

What do you think?

It's been a couple months since his last post. For whatever reason, my guess is he's done gaming for now.

They also posted that for this Con, registration is "first come, first serve", so we probably wouldn't be able to play together anyways.

I've been taking a bit of a break from PFS2. I wasn't playing anything until this one popped up. My home group is also about to give it a go with an AP, so I likely won't sign up for anything for the convention.

Thank you for the special mention on the chronicle!

I plan to jump into the 2e special if I'm able as a player, but haven't determined what character to use yet.

I would like to play Dran'Thor. But I'm not sure how the GM will consider the Roc which is coming with me.

Considering a (slight) change of plans:

I think it might be cool to GM just 11 Bounties, instead of 12, and then finish your Level 1 journey with #2-11: The Pathfinder Trials, marking your formal induction into the Society. Then we could even follow that up with Absalom Initiation to graduate you all as full-fledged Pathfinders.

You'd be at an odd amount of XP, but we could do a Repeatable Quest to make everything add up.

Thoughts?

That'd be fine by me!

I'm finding this great! Thank you!

I'm ok with that, of course, with pleasure.

Chronicles for B3 have been uploaded ^_^

I appreciate the opportunity to run with you guys, but I'm going to bow out here.

I don't have the available time reliably to keep up and it's not fair to you.

Thanks for having me along for the ride! I hope to see you guys around the boards when life is less hectic.

No worries! Feel free to hop back in if you find the time ^_^

Chronicles for B4 have been uploaded ^_^

Thank you! Looking forward the next one :)

Sweet, we defeated a sphynx!

Purchased a Tanglefoot Bag and Alchemist's Fire (6g total). Ready for the next bounty!

Meant to start it this morning but it's been a full day. Will probably be able to post it tomorrow.

That was a very delightful post, Trig ^_^

Best way to start my day!

:P

Chronicles uploaded and session reported!

I have my weekly Starfinder game tonight, so will probably post Bounty #6 tomorrow. After that we'll slow down to one Bounty a month as they get released.