PaizoCon Online 2021 GM Tyranius (PF2) Blooming Catastrophe (Inactive)

Game Master Tyranius

Not unless you can make the forests less green :) I’m red-green, with bigger green weaknesses.

my max hp is 24. I'm not sure if the (-4) and (-1) represent my HP, but I think they do and I prefer the ones that have **/24 and suspect that you were marking it different not knowing my max.

If that was to represent something other than damage let me know!

Yup, I had it marked that was as I wasn't sure of your Max HP. Thanks. What is your AC as well?

Not unless you can make the forests less green :) I’m red-green, with bigger green weaknesses.

Alright, I will try and mark the tokens different colors than red/green then. Unfortunately most of this scenario is in the forest with forest maps. Though if you can think of any tips or tricks let me know and I will incorporate them.

@Rhee
Do I need to do anything special to be able to play a Tengu (or a class from the APG)? Herolab is restricting me to whatever's in the Core Rulebook.

The tengu is an uncommon race. It requires an unlock costing 80 Achievement Points through Paizo's Organized Play site.

The tengu is an uncommon race. It requires an unlock costing 80 Achievement Points through Paizo's Organized Play site.

Ah. ok. Is it the same for APG classes (e.g. Swashbuckler or Investigator)?

Nope. The classes are considered "Common" (freely available).

Nope. The classes are considered "Common" (freely available).

Cool! Thanks!

AC is 19 and I use Nimble Dodge on the first target attacking me each round.

And yeah, I had to pay 80 AcP for the Tengu. Because I GM so much I have a boat load of AcP that I have no idea what to do with.

GM not sure if it matters now, but Tiger is also immune to Bitter Harvest since my first Fortitude save was a natural 20.

Thanks Rhee and Tiger. :)

The tengu is an uncommon race. It requires an unlock costing 80 Achievement Points through Paizo's Organized Play site.

I just burned my first 80 AP for my tengu character, Cephor. Wishing the ancestry tax wasn't so high, as I've got an aasimar and undine to save up for next.

Kelvris wrote:

Not unless you can make the forests less green :) I’m red-green, with bigger green weaknesses.

Alright, I will try and mark the tokens different colors than red/green then. Unfortunately most of this scenario is in the forest with forest maps. Though if you can think of any tips or tricks let me know and I will incorporate them.

I don't know if these will help or are feasible, but I have tried these to one degree or another.

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Spry Conor is my first AcP purchase, :)

I just made my first Ancestry purchase after PaizoCon. I’m now the proud owner of a bouncing baby Beastkin :) An odd choice for a Witch mechanically, but I like the concept.

I’m confused, do we still have enemies up? Sorry, trying to read in the middle of a managers’ meeting

...The barbed hand scratches Spry a bit just before Jaldan strings her bow and takes out the little one with a well placed shot, exploding right in the middle of your pack.

This explosion will hit everyone.

Out of Combat....

(my emphasis :)

The last leshy exploded so you are now out of combat.

I just made my first Ancestry purchase after PaizoCon. I’m now the proud owner of a bouncing baby Beastkin :) An odd choice for a Witch mechanically, but I like the concept.

Man, I was going to pull the trigger on a Suli heritage, but Humans are so... versatile. And I can just rp the distint genie connection.

Spry, was your last heal the 30-foot burst?

Yes, I should have stated that more clearly, but that was the intent with 'gather round' :)

Suli hmmm? I just saw Bart's portrait. It makes me wonder: are pixies purchasable as an ancestry?

Yes, I should have stated that more clearly, but that was the intent with 'gather round' :)

Suli hmmm? I just saw Bart's portrait. It makes me wonder: are pixies purchasable as an ancestry?

No, but sprites are.

https://2e.aonprd.com/Ancestries.aspx

I'm almost 100% all of these options can be purchased.

Yes, I should have stated that more clearly, but that was the intent with 'gather round' :)

That's what I thought it was. Just making sure -- also so I can adjust my HP back.

I'm at 24/24 hit points. I was at 22/24, took 3 from the blast (19/24) then received 5 from the area healing, I believe.

I was out sick for a couple of days there. Thanks for the heals everyone!

Tyranius & all - I majorly goofed during that last fight. I forgot all about my puffin familiar! I should have acknowledged him with regards to all the poison damage flying everywhere. Scout's honor it was not my intention to skirt him past that fight.

The good news is that I DID write down Damage Avoidance as one of his four abilities. While I forgot to declare which save I picked that day, I could just assume fort and it wouldn't of mattered any way. BUT, I want to get into the habit of remembering this. This is my first ever familiar character, so still getting used to it. Let's say for day two of this session, he'll take fort saves once again.

Sounds good and thanks for the reminder. It may come up again. Or may not. Who knows :)

Sorry All, I have a kiddo graduating this weekend and have family in town. Incoming turn shortly!

I hope I have sneak attack because it hasn't gone yet but if sneaking through the forest wasn't an option than ignore that second d6.

I wants to move to flank but...that is a lot of centipedes!

We are nearing the end of the Scenario and still need a couple of things to work on the Chronicles.

@Tiger- Go ahead and roll your Earn Income Roll

@Nuoc- Go ahead and roll your Earn Income Roll

@Rhee- Go ahead and roll your Earn Income Roll

@Flynn- Go ahead and roll your Earn Income Roll

@Spry Conor- Do you have a feat that allows you to use Religion for your Downtime Earn Income? Normally Earn Income is check using either the Crafting, Lore, or Performance Skill. I will keep the Nat 20 just let me know the modifier of the skill you wish to use if you don't have a feat to use Religion

@Kelvris- Go ahead and roll your Earn Income Roll

Rhee's earn income check is crafting (Maybe he attempts to create leshy replicas to remember his time here)

Rhee's Crafting (T): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Earn Income

Desert Lore (T): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

@Spry Conor- Do you have a feat that allows you to use Religion for your Downtime Earn Income? Normally Earn Income is check using either the Crafting, Lore, or Performance Skill. I will keep the Nat 20 just let me know the modifier of the skill you wish to use if you don't have a feat to use Religion

*facepalm* I must have confused 'earn income' with 'recall knowledge' when I rolled that. Lore skill would +3 instead of +7.

Earn Income

Warfare Lore: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Agreed! That's a lot of centipedes...

Earn Income Herbalism: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Sorry All, I have a kiddo graduating this weekend and have family in town. Incoming turn shortly!

Congrats!

Thanks! It was great to see a lot of family and celebrate his accomplishments. He seems pretty Blasé about it all, but we had a good time!

Just wondering -- can these scenarios be run as independent one-shots? If I removed the references to the Pathfinder Society and all (my players right now don't feel they're PFS material, though I'm trying to convince them otherwise...)

I used to do that all the time, years ago, before I knew what Organized Play was. You can do that, but you can't then report it. I order for it to be 'legal' it needs to be 'run as written'.

I would often have my players playing on Golarion. So if they were headed to Diobel or Magnimar, say, I would just google what scenarios took place there and adapt a scenario for their own story and used the encounters and rough outline.

I'm trying to get my players to sign up for a Paizo account and get an Organized Play ID... Then have them do a PbP game as well...

Speaking of which -- how does one get started as an Organized Play GM? I read that I can have my usual gaming group sessions count as "events" but I'm unclear about how to get started...

Nuoc Tang's Earned Income studying Water Plane Lore (T): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Now, catching up on the game...

I'm trying to get my players to sign up for a Paizo account and get an Organized Play ID... Then have them do a PbP game as well...

Speaking of which -- how does one get started as an Organized Play GM? I read that I can have my usual gaming group sessions count as "events" but I'm unclear about how to get started...

From your Organized Play Page you can reserve 10 Org Play numbers that as you play you can pass along to people that don't yet have accounts. This way if they like it and want accounts later they can always create them and link that Org Play number to their account. (As long as they don't lose it.) I would make a spreadsheet with who you assigned the numbers to as they will lose it.

I have a link on the slidedeck here on how to report a game after you complete a scenario. Mostly what GM's do is post a recruitment in one of our Lodges, or this works for home games as well. Once the Organized Play game is completed you report it in to this Paizo website.

PbP Slides

Check out the link titles create a Pbp and reporting a game on slide #2

For games / scenarios to be 'legal' do all the players need to have an Organized Play id? Say if I had 4 players and only 3 are PFS members. Is the game still 'legal'?

It's an odd question and the safe answer is 'No'. But if their character isn't evil and is still a PFS legal character...

No there are just too many issues. I would say the answer is no. If your players don't want to play Organized Play I probably wouldn't try to force it. It sounds like their issue is around the organization itself, so I would try to address what their concerns are in being a part of the organization and see if you can get it to sit right in their minds?

Issues will surely arise if you try to get 3 that are PFS legal and one that decides they aren't going to be a part of the society. scenarios need to be run by society rules and you can't do that with a character that doesn't want to conform to those rules.

ah. ok.

I was just curious whether the Organized Play is an all-or-nothing thing or whether "mixed groups" are possible.

My players are still getting their feet wet with RPGs so I'm not going to force them -- but I just thought I'd ask. :)

Historically, a Pathfinder PC in PFS isn't so much a member of PFS as holding to an identity closer aligned to the 5 or so active factions. These rotate out here and there, 2nd edition being the biggest shakeup in recent years. Now this new season that'll premiere this summer hints at further shakeup. So, if you're players are hung up by the PFS as an org, inform them that one of the many factions may better align to their sensibilities, whether that's the player or PC :)

I myself have gone all in on Vigilant Seal for all my characters thus far, but I might dip into another one soon. In PF1, I was all in with the Silver Crusade. It's supposed-spiritual successor group is a minor faction I find pales in comparison to what the Crusade was. I know that SC has kinda gone away canon wise, but it doesn't mean my carryover characters can't still have proclivities and alignment in their motivation.

For games / scenarios to be 'legal' do all the players need to have an Organized Play id? Say if I had 4 players and only 3 are PFS members. Is the game still 'legal'?

Yes. If you report it is 'legal.' I would have to double check the table minimum, but your description sounds like it is there (three players as I recall, but second edition has some oddities I have not looked.into.)

Two Three examples: if you had a three player table you would bring in a pre-gen. If you had a walk in join your table at the FLGS, said person would not have a PFS number, but still gets to play. If one of your players was a minor and their parents did not want them to have a digital profile that would be allowed.

What does need to happen is that the fourth player must have a PFS legal character. They could not, for example, play an evil orc Red Mantis Assassin, or a dragonborn warlock, or a build their own vorpal chainsaw.

Correct, it cannot be a mixed table. Either the player has a PFS legal character assigned a number or they play a Pregen.