[PFS2] 2-19 Enter the Pallid Peak (GM Watery Soup, Table 2) (Inactive)

Game Master Watery Soup

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I am happy to help anyone who needs help choosing a faction or Downtime activity, and anyone who needs help making characters.

Thanks for the invite. I'll figure out who am I going to play based on the table.

Player Name (optional): Marjim Marc Arafiles
Character Name (required): Martin Amblecrown
Character PFS# (required): 259680-2005
Character Level (required): 1
Character Faction (optional*): Envoy's Alliance
Downtime (optional*): Earn Income (Academia Lore)[/dice: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Player Name (optional): Farol
Character Name (required): Makai Goldenoak
Character PFS# (required): 2359780-2003
Character Level (required): 3
Character Faction (optional*): Vigilant Seal
Downtime (optional*): Crafting, blacksmith: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 Failed 2cp * 8 = 1.6 sp :(

Player Name (optional): dracul104
Character Name (required): Arakwernott Siss
Character PFS# (required): 2377879-2002
Character Level (required): 1
Character Faction (optional*): Grand Archive
Downtime (optional*): ?

Should be set, except for filling in some backstory/personal details. I'm not sure what I want to do for downtime activity yet, will get back to you on that.

Player Name (optional): Arrowhawk on Mythweavers
Character Name (required): Anjo Aroh
Character PFS# (required): 4370-2001
Character Level (required): 4
Character Faction (optional*): Vigilant Seal
Downtime (optional*): Lore: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

I have this kobold witch or a dwarven fighter, which would be of more use? She is a nature witch and he focuses on the dwarven ax.

I have to say, I would love to see a Witch in action

I'm not sure what I want to do for downtime activity yet, will get back to you on that.

Feel free to ask questions and/or talk it out here if you'd like.

The most popular activity is Earn Income for 8 days.

Just one question for now, is the Pathfinder Training from here something I can pick up at character build?

I have to say, I would love to see a Witch in action

full disclosure, first time playing a witch in 2E but she could be really fun. It looks like we have combat taken care of.

Player Name (optional): Quen Pah
Character Name (required): Meepette
Character PFS# (required): 43330-2014
Character Level (required): 1
Character Faction (optional*): Grand Archive
Downtime (optional* craft 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Player Name : B Viggers
Character Name: Slipp
Character PFS# 100387-2002
Character Level : 1
Character Faction : TBD I think, but likely horrizon hunter
Downtime Likely earn an income perform: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

And while I've played a little 2E, I've not done much, and Slipp is my first spellcaster.

I figured out the Pathfinder school options by reading a bit more, think I'm all set. Rolling for downtime:

Downtime: Earn Income, Lore: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Just one question for now, is the Pathfinder Training from here something I can pick up at character build?

Yep - pick one of the schools, or pick Field Commissioned.

You get a bonus, use-it-or-lose-it consumable item at the beginning of a scenario if you're in one of the schools, or extra Downtime if you're Field Commissioned.

If you don't know what item to pick, I'd always suggest a healing potion. It's important that every character be able to revive another character, and the school item is the simplest way to do that.

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I have to say, I would love to see a Witch in action

full disclosure, first time playing a witch in 2E but she could be really fun. It looks like we have combat taken care of.

I've played two witches, one was in a home game and one is PFS. Both have been very fun, but both are pretty similar in build (functioning as primary healers and liberally using Life Boost).

I should note that as a primal sorcerer, I blast and heal... but don't do much of the other interesting stuff.

She is a primal caster as well.

Wow. With a beast eidolon companion, Martin is a primal caster as well.

lol

Makai as a Warpriest is a divine caster. She has 2 heal spells (lvl 2) and 3 lvl 1 slots + 2 lvl 2 slots. Skill-wise she has Religion/Nature/Crafting trained, Medicine Expert. She has a bit of Diplomacy and that would be it ;)

While we are on it, hey folks it is good to be playing with you! @Watery Soup thanks for having me at your table.

Just an FYI I just finished GM'ing this scenario, due to that I might refrain from making decisions that could spoiler anything. At the same time feel free to ask Makai for help if you believe that one of her skills is what you need ;)

Hey @Watery Soup, I don't see me on the Characters tab yet, so just wanted to check in and make sure I didn't mess anything else up creating my PC before posting anything (PFS is new to me). If the only requirement is avoiding Uncommon and Rare features, then I think I should be okay.

Arakwernott is a Gnome barbarian, though to look at him you'd think he was a scholar. Looking forward to getting into it with everyone!

Hey @Watery Soup, I don't see me on the Characters tab yet, so just wanted to check in and make sure I didn't mess anything else up creating my PC before posting anything (PFS is new to me). If the only requirement is avoiding Uncommon and Rare features, then I think I should be okay.

Arakwernott is a Gnome barbarian, though to look at him you'd think he was a scholar. Looking forward to getting into it with everyone!

Hey @dracul104, what you did is fine. To have your character in the character tab you need to post something in the gameplay! When you do, the character will be added there.

A common thing to do is: 'ninja dot'. You post whatever and delete the post (you can do it for up to an hour). Then the character is added to the character tab, and the whole campaign is listed under your campaigns.

Also, you have time till we begin the scenario (around the 29th of November) to edit your PC. After making 10 posts with your PC you will not be able to change the name, but everything else can still be changed (avatar and descriptions etc.)

I hope that helps

Hey @dracul104, what you did is fine. To have your character in the character tab you need to post something in the gameplay! When you do, the character will be added there.

A common thing to do is: 'ninja dot'. You post whatever and delete the post (you can do it for up to an hour). Then the character is added to the character tab, and the whole campaign is listed under your campaigns.

Also, you have time till we begin the scenario (around the 29th of November) to edit your PC. After making 10 posts with your PC you will not be able to change the name, but everything else can still be changed (avatar and descriptions etc.)

I hope that helps

Ah, that makes sense, just wanted to make sure. Thanks for helping a noob out!

No worries, we all were there :)

Thanks, Makai. This is why I like having a mix of experienced players along with new players.

Arakwernott, I'll take a closer look at your character next week, I'm trying to get the first table off the ground first.

You are all free to post in Gameplay and introduce yourselves. Do be aware of the 10 post limit for changing your character name.

Happy Thanksgiving

Do you have to be trained for recall knowledge checks? I've always played you can do them untrained, but not sure if that's official or not.

Do you have to be trained for recall knowledge checks? I've always played you can do them untrained, but not sure if that's official or not.

Recall knowledge is one of the actions that you can make untrained. So yes you can do it. The question is more: do you want to ;) ?

The chances of crit failure are relatively high, and then you are fed false information.

Aw damn, I forgot about crit failures being a thing on Recall knowledge. Arak is still going to think about it and try though. He likes to read and thinks he's pretty smart, even if he is really a low-skill barbarian dummy. :)

I wouldn't worry too much about crit failures on Recall checks during mission briefing. A bad result is actually an opportunity for some roleplay. Besides, IME, none of this information is usually essential and rarely ever helpful. It's more an attempt by the author to breath depth into the story.

Mathematically, a level-based DC for level 1 is 15; anyone with any non-negative modifier (even 0) is mathematically justified in attempting the check under the common {CF = -1, F = 0, S = +1, CS = +2} valuation. By level 5 (level-based DC = 20), you should only be attempting things trained (or with Untrained Improvisation if you can get your total modifer to +5). The rule of thumb is this: if you think you can hit the DC on a natural 15, you should attempt.

Some people complain that the DCs in the scenarios are higher than level-based DCs (which throws the math off). I have not noticed that at all, but I don't GM every scenario, so maybe I've just been lucky (or very good at choosing well-written scenarios).

Thanks for the write up. I don't mind a crit failure here and there on a knowledge check, getting it completely wrong can be fun. :)

Silver Bullete -> Corr's Light - Hurr hurr, I get it.

I rolled my eyes when I saw Corr's light, lol

Okay, I get the Silver Bullete, but toally fail by humor lore roll for Corr's Light. Maybe it is a US thing?

Okay, I get the Silver Bullete, but toally fail by humor lore roll for Corr's Light. Maybe it is a US thing?

Coors Light is a (crappy) beer over here in the states. It comes in a silver can and "Silver Bullet" is kind of it's nickname.

Right. So it is a US thing!

And it looks like I failed my typing roll last night too. *sighs*

Coors Light is a horrible US beer.

Calling it "beer" is pretty generous.

But yeah, Silver Bullette : Corr's Light :: Silver Bullet : Coors Light.

Some time ago I was visiting Canada and someone told me a joke that I will try to tell without stating any brands as well as making it pass PG-13 restriction

"What does B*d Light has in common with making out in a canoe? They are both very close to the water" ;)

Put as nicely as I can put it:

PFS2 is designed around teamwork and cooperation, and one of the common challenges is for the team to collectively achieve a certain number of individual successes. In those cases (and this is one), not attempting the challenge functions as a failure; a few people deciding not to attempt basically sinks the team.

Sometimes there's just a poor skills match. And the team needs to shrug and take the loss. It happens.

But in this case, I've literally allowed every single skill. If it doesn't feel natural for your character to use Diplomacy or whatever, pick a different skill. If you can't think of a way to roleplay it, have a drinking contest with Elsitt and roll a Fort save or Will save.

Good thing about having a high INT is that she has access to many skills.

sorry, LONG weekend.

@Meepette, if you're asking where you AC and HP in your tagline go, I put mine in my Race box on my profile. It's all free-form text, so can put whatever you want in there, and it'll show up under your name for each post.

Yes. The text specifies that you have to be in the wilderness, and that it has to be fresh herbs. You won't be in the wilderness, and the herbs won't be fresh for very long.

I don't think it will matter since we have someone nearly dedicated to healing, but for clarification...

Natural Medicine doesn't require you to be in the wilderness to use herbs, only to find them initially, and that you're more likely to find them there.

If you’re in the wilderness, you might have easier access to fresh ingredients, allowing you to gain a +2 circumstance bonus to your check to Treat Wounds using Nature, subject to the GM’s determination.

"Fresh" doesn't require something be used immediately. How long do herbs stay fresh? You can Google that, but flowers can last 7-12 days with proper care. Obviously it's up to GM discretion. I think Paizo added an Herbalist dedication feat that lets you get the "fresh" bonus even if the ingrediantes aren't fresh, so that kind of forces a GM to not let the herbs last more than a day.

Again, this is just for discussion.

flowers can last 7-12 days with proper care

And they'll last less than an hour in a hot car. You're heading into a volcano, unless you're bringing a vase with cool water with you, your herbs aren't going to last very long.

Obviously it's up to GM discretion.

Yes.

I know that, where does the info in the profile go?

I still don't understand.

If you're asking how to get to the page, link to your profile, there should be an Edit button at the top right.

I don't have a strong preference how it's formatted. Many of your other characters have adequate profiles, so you can copy the format of those. I usually use the "Gender" field (which shows up first), the "Race" field (which shows up second), and the "Classes/Levels" field (which shows up third. You can use one of my characters as a template if you wish: my -2001.

Anjo Aroh wrote:

flowers can last 7-12 days with proper care

And they'll last less than an hour in a hot car. You're heading into a volcano, unless you're bringing a vase with cool water with you, your herbs aren't going to last very long.

I referenced flowers as an extreme example of a plant structure that is considered fragile and herbs (which are typically leaves or seeds) would be far more resilient than the flower, but this is not covered in the rules and thus a perspective.

You may not want to give flowers sitting in your hot car to your significant other, but I would submit that they would still have fragrance and their chemical nature.

I understand you're unwilling to grant an herbal bonus, and that's fine, I'm not trying to convince you otherwise.. I just want to avoid a precedent being set that a hot environment makes the herbs ineffective. To wit, if this were in a jungle, a scenario could impose a similar heat issue.

In retrospect, I could probably have just asked how long will the herbs stay "fresh" in the cave and avoided the back and forth.

So, let me apologize for the protracted discussion.

Oh boy, combat! Help a newbie out, what's the etiquette on turns? I imagine everyone waiting their turn in initiative order would slow things down massively, do we just put in our intentions and you the GM puts it all in order?

Feel free to post whenever your name is bolded; I'll sort things out, but at low levels, that generally means "whatever order is most beneficial to the party". At higher levels, I'm a little more rigid with resolving things in order.*

Feel free to post conditional responses - "if X shield blocks the hit, I cast a 1st level heal; if X doesn't, I cast a 2nd level heal" or (especially in cases where it's possible a previous poster brought down an enemy) - "if Y dropped Blue, then I target Yellow with a slashing strike; if Blue is still up, then I target Blue with a piercing strike."

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Was my attack against red counted? I didn't see it mentioned in the text.