[PFS2e] GM Chadius: 1-08 Revolution on the Riverside - Gameplay (Inactive)

Game Master chadius

(I'm awake between 8 am to 10 pm EDT (UTC-4 hours) so roughly 1300 to 0300 hours, GMT.)

Howdy. If you're a member of one of my games, then here are a few rules I'd like you to follow:

PFS 2E rules

1. Please post at least once a day. If you are absent for 24 hours I'll send you a PM. If you're missing for 36 hours I'll mark you inactive and your Player Character will simply delay - that's not fun!

2. Under your name, please add a stat block, so I can quickly find your stats and keep the game moving. You can edit your character's Race, Class/Levels and Gender fields to include information such as:

- Hit Points
- AC
- Saving Throws
- Perception Bonus

3. What about Secret Rolls? PFS 2nd ed has a lot of secret rolls the GM is supposed to make for the players, so the PCs can't react to a bad roll. If I give you the DC, feel free to make the roll openly. Otherwise, there are 2 ways to do this in my games:

- You can say which skill and which bonus you want to apply. (Example: "I use Occultism +5 to investigate the skull's mystic origin.")
- Or you spoiler your dice roll and everyone sticks to the honor system of not opening it.

If you haven't added Pathfinder specific equipment, I suggest you look at the <PFS 2 Society rules>, in particular the Pathfinder Training section.

Once you have your character selected, please post this information:

Player name: (OPTIONAL. you, the person on Earth)
Character name: (the PC you are playing in Golarion)
XP:
Class:
Money: (usually written in GP)
PFS number: (It should look something like 133608-2001.)
Day Job: (feel free to roll it. Also mention any feats that may impact your job roll.)
Perception Bonus:
Faction:

PFS School Items: (Optional, <See this chart> for your options)
Slotted Boons: (Optional, you can determine this after the mission briefing)

Heya folks, I'll have everything added by tonighg

Player name: cmlobue
Character name: Daraj l'Bayal
XP: 4
Class: Alchemist
Money: 20 gp 6 sp 8 cp
PFS number: 312045-2002
Day Job: Cooking Lore, 8 days: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Cooking Lore, 4 days, field commission: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Perception Bonus: +4 (Darkvision)
Faction: Radiant Oath

Player name: Joe
Character name: Najwa Al'Sheddeh
XP: 0
Class: Fighter
Money: 4gp
PFS number: 156679-2001
Day Job:
Perception Bonus:+7
Faction: Horizon Hunters

Player name: Allan Ong (aka UncleFroggy)
Character name: Lokoloko
XP: 0
Class: Alchemist (Chirurgeon)
Money: 1 gp 5 sp
PFS number: 2396852-2006
Day Job: Crafting +6 Day Job Roll: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Perception Bonus: +4 (Darkvision)
Faction: Radiant Oath

For the curious, Lokoloko means "crazy/insane" in Filipino. I thought it'd be fun to make up a brother-sister pair of goblins. His sister is, of course, Lokaloka (same meaning, just the feminine form) :)

Chadius, where on the east coast are you? Lived in MA from 1997-2007 (well, since 1994 if you want to include the 4 years in college)...

Hello everyone. I currently live just outside of Boston, Lokoloko.

3 of you have checked in with character information and 2 more PCs are on the way, so let's get started. On <Slide 2> I've added your icons in a suggested marching order. Feel free to rearrange them as needed. (and to make sure you can edit the file.)

Once you have filled out your character information, feel free to check out the <gameplay> thread and introduce your character.

Hello everyone. I currently live just outside of Boston, Lokoloko.

Cool! I lived in Boston (went to BU).

GM chadius wrote:

Hello everyone. I currently live just outside of Boston, Lokoloko.

Cool! I lived in Boston (went to BU).

BC sucks!

(Also a BU grad, but had to move out of the Hub for work about 8 years ago.)

Player name: LanceK
Character name: Kappa Kizhangu
XP:8
Class: Wizard 1
Money: 15 gp, 6 sp
PFS number: 125869-2004
Day Job: Farming Lore: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Perception Bonus: +6
Faction: Verdant Wheel

Player name: BlackoCatto
Character name: Oranna Gro-gothal
XP: 0
Class: Barbarian 1
Money: 9 GP
PFS number: # 2398780-2003
Day Job: Downtime (Warfare): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Perception Bonus: +6
Faction: Grand Archive

Sweet, everyone has checked in and posted in the Gameplay thread. Feel free to use this thread to say hi, ask questions about Pathfinder Society and Pathfinder 2nd Ed.

You have an opportunity to buy supplies from town before you start your journey. You also should acquire a free item from the Pathfinder Society Schools (whichever one you picked, except for Field Commissioned PCs like Daraj.)

<This Chart> lists your options. If you don't pick one, I'll assume you took a <healing potion> (probably minor if you're under level 3.)

You can also take this chance to use boons you earned from previous games.

Lokoloko wrote:

GM chadius wrote:

Hello everyone. I currently live just outside of Boston, Lokoloko.

Cool! I lived in Boston (went to BU).

BC sucks!

(Also a BU grad, but had to move out of the Hub for work about 8 years ago.)

Here's hoping our GM isn't from BC or we might get a bunch of really nasty creatures thrown our way... and it appears that you and I are the de-facto healers of the group :)

Boston eh, I got to Shepherd in WV.

A herd of angry beavers from MIT descend upon you-
before arguing on the best way to fight and then building a computer that can answer for them.

A herd of angry beavers from MIT descend upon you-

before arguing on the best way to fight and then building a computer that can answer for them.

Worked in Cambridge in the Fresh Pond area at an IT firm for 10 years...

I deal in history, not computers, though I do sell them.

@Kappa -- I was planning to diplomacy them... I only saw your post after I was in bed and too lazy to type on a tablet :)

I figured, I just haven't gotten a chance to use message yet.

Glad you were able to use it then :)

Everyone, I'll be on vacation starting on Wednesday the 21st and returning on Tuesday the 27th. My internet should be fine so I expect to continue posting.

Thanks for the heads up!

oooh... where you going? :)

Heading to Minnesota to visit the in laws. It's always fun to jog around the Mississippi River.

Have fun!

Ha! I'm from Minnesota. It's beautiful here this time of year, although we're going through a drought like just about everywhere else right now.

There might be a slight delay in posting. Tomorrow is a holiday and I'm going to spend half the day doing some fishing... :)

Going catfishing -- basically catfish as long as your arm with a head that will cause bludgeoning damage should it connect at high speed :)

So what's the plan here, help with a revolution or stay off the side?

You have a lot of options in this scenario. The most important one is checking out the old lodge. But you can already tell there's a rebellion forming underneath your nose. There's a few things you can do:

- Help the Firebrands overthrow the king
- Help the King subdue the rebels
- Help the King and the Firebrands come to terms
- Stay out of it and let the chips fall

So feel free to discuss what you all want to do.

Who we want rebutting?

The only thing Najwa has that sounds even slightly useful is lore:warfare but even that is at a crummy +3.

Diplomacy +4 is the only thing I have. I doubt any of my lore skills are relevant. What does he care about Absalom… :)

Society +7? What's our message?

What do we tell the king? We can go with Daraj talking to the king since most of my diplomacy involves flammable liquids... and I should have taken Society instead of Nature... :)

Kappa is generally interested in reducing conflict between both sides and thinks that getting the king to open talks with the rebels might further that goal.

He's trying to use the River Kingdom value of You Have What You Hold. I think we get a bonus to the check if we can incorporate one of the values into what we say.

I can try and say something, though I only got a +3, +4 if we incorporate soemthing but Im not sure what the group actively wants to do. Im assuming promote some sort of peacce?

I'd like to reduce the conflict as well. There has to be some middle ground. I'd suggest talk to the rebels first to see if you can come to an understanding. The king can always crush the rebellion if they can't meet in the middle...

I'll come in with some suggestions for negotiation when we next get an opportunity, but we might be in trouble after that last roll.

does that mean we might end up practicing our sort of diplomacy? ;)

Sounds like making peace with the rebels and listening to their plea is the plan. Those initial rolls will help with the skill challenge.

The entire party can make up to 5 skill checks. If you make enough successes, you'll convince the king to go along with your plan.

One person can make a check, but others may try to Aid. Aid is more difficult in 2e versus 1e; Crit Failing the Aid check does penalize the leader's check.

If you have any hero points, remember you can spend them to reroll your d20 and try again. Kappa already used one a few posts ago.

Ya, terrible roll on my end! No viable skills but she wanted to say something. Reckon I can use my hero point on that to get a possible success?

Can we reuse skills and can players make multiple attempts. If so, at +7 Society, Kappa might to be the powerhouse face character for this challenge.

Dice ain't with me, I tried.

I don't have the skills -- seems like Society is the high skill but I'm untrained (+3 bonus). My brand of diplomacy is with Alchemist's Fire :)

You can reuse the same skill for a different check.

So if Daraj could make 5 Society checks, for example. Or he could try one and Lokoloko could attempt a Diplomacy check instead.

@Najwa - You can definitely spend a hero point to reroll your Diplomacy check, or you could save it for a Diplomacy check to try this skill challenge.

I just burned my hero point. I hope my diplomacy check passes...

Better than the luck we have been having.

The Barbarian with the nat 20 diplo, whoop whoop!

It's time to nominate some of you for a Hero Point. I have 2 points up for grabs. Please nominate 2 people who should get them. I'll tally the votes up and the top 2 voted will get them (GM will break any ties.)

You can respond in the discussion thread, hide it in a spoiler, or PM me with your picks. Let's try to get them out within 48 hours.

I vote Lokoloko and Oranna, since they both used em