@Redelia - I'm curious. How did you "make" the maps? :)
I didn't; they are the maps that came with the scenario.
Is someone willing to bot our missing characters? (I definitely am not comfortable botting a psychic, because I am not familiar enough with the class.) If not, I'll do what I can or delay them.
Please make sure you have rolled your day jobs and provided me with any chronicle notes you need.
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I am terribly sorry for my extended absence; hardware problems, software problems, internal problems...and from there one just kind of builds inertia righty-o quick.
@DM: Playing a Psychic is one thing, but when it comes to puppeteering somebody else's for a few rounds, it's easy enough to approach it like a Sorcerer (the mechanics of psychic powers notwithstanding, but often as not, the differences don't even make themselves felt).
Day Job:
@Korum: Yes, there will be lots of the dungeon unexplored. This is expected; no in person games are able to complete it all because of their time pressure. We are limited as to how many encounters to avoid getting ridiculously high rewards.
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@Korum: Yes, there will be lots of the dungeon unexplored. This is expected; no in person games are able to complete it all because of their time pressure. We are limited as to how many encounters to avoid getting ridiculously high rewards.
I'm fine cutting it short as long as we get 1 XP :D and death is an option.
OK, everyone, we're done! Thanks for playing!
You earned the highest amount of rewards we are allowed to give out in PbP for this scenario, and as much as most groups will be able to get in person. I'll try to have your chronicle sheets done in a day or two.
It's not yet known if Bonekeep is going to get permission to be run in PbP in the future or not, so keep your ears peeled for more if you want to keep crawling the dungeon with these characters.
Putting on my VL hat rather than my GM hat, please send me a private message about how you think things went doing Bonekeep in PbP if you're willing to give input. I can't make your answers anonymous, but I can say I will do my best to not let your answers impact anything but Bonekkep decisions.
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Thanks for running this GM Redelia! it is much, much appreciated!
Since you can't make answers anonymous, I'll put my comments here instead of via PM, if you don't mind:
1. I think it went rather well in PbP. I played Bonekeep years ago in a 'face to face' setting, and much of the difference between in-person and PbP stems from the clock ticking when you're at a Convention and trying to get things done. I find it interesting that there is a cap on the number of rooms explored in PbP: what was the direction from PFS staff in regards to this? i.e. was there a conceivable way to explore the rest of the rooms to the north if we were not pressed for time reporting-wise?
2. Back when I played 'in person' it was at a much higher level (7-9 I think) and monsters were obviously more deadly. It was also at a time when Pathfinder 1E had much less options to choose from (less PC power creep than now; like, trying to survive a gauntlet full of oozes and fireball traps with a Core Rogue was... to say the least... interesting...). So things really had a 'survival' feel to it, and most of the tables got TPK'ed back then, which in retrospect no one cared for that much and led to a 'shelving' of this module (i.e. no one really wanted to run through this again so local Cons stopped offering it). I am pleasantly surprised that it is now a bit toned down and the 'hard mode' has been reset to 'normal mode'.
That's all from me! thanks again for running this!
Regards,
Riltar/PDK
Your chronicle sheets can be downloaded from the link at the top, where the map link used to be.
Was there any way to get the crystal in the PbP version?
I believe it was possible if you did exactly the right rooms.
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My apologies for not being more involved; life's a b%*&+ - and a totally unexpected death in the family doesn't help either.
I say this despite no small fear of backlash (if not from anyone at this 'table', then who-knows-elsewhere on this site):
Whatever other choices you make, DO NOT GET THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON COVID-SHOT!
Ye'd best start believin' in biopunk dystopias, mates...yer' in one.
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Just looking over my chronicle sheet. I am wondering if there is a typo. Korum is 5th level on normal progression, but received gold less than the 3-4 tier value. Shouldn't his gold be somewhere between the two tiers, or do we earn less money because we did not finish? Or did he receive gold as if he were on the slow track? He received 1 XP, so I assume he was on normal progression money.
The maximum gold for Bonekeep is such that absolutely no one gets it. We were limited to half gold I'd our run went well and completed half the encounters. Your gold should calculate out properly based on that.