[Gameday XII] GM Eclipse's Negotiations for The Star Gun (Inactive)

Game Master Agent Eclipse

Hello Everyone!

Please include your information on RPG Chronicles via this link, after you sign up on the spreadsheet.

We will begin on the 4th of September.

Slides will follow once I get scenario support.

Hey Everyone! We are around 2 weeks out!

1: Please click the RPG Chronicles link and sign up there with your information. This streamlines reporting and administering of chronicles when we finish up.

2: Please click the Slides link and place your tokens on the slide.

3: Please click the Macros link and fill out your information. You only need to add information for items you would roll or that would be needed for secret checks. For example, if you wouldn't be using Medicine you do not have to fill it in.

4: Please let me know of any Glyphs.

5: Please include symbols with your actions in your turn. ◆(◆◆|◆◆◆) is used for actions, ↺ is used for reactions, and ◇ is used for free actions.

But the most important of all my requests is remembering we are here to have a good time and let us enjoy the adventure together.

I'd like yo jump in, but my characters available are kind of far spread on the level tree.

Summoner 4 (probably the most on theme)
Druid 4
Thaumaturge 2 (Also likely to be on theme)
Figther 2 (which is not a favorite)
Kinetisict 1

Does the table have a preference for which I load?

I'm going to jump in with the Thaumaturge, I think this will get him level 3.

I'm at an in-person convention (Dragoncon) all weekend so I won't have a chance to fill in the slides etc. until Monday but for planning purposes Tai Ghee is a level 3 Monk.

No worries, I love DragonCon. I moved away years ago...last time I went was probably 2013. Born in Georgia.

No worries about slides I can fill some of it in.

Also people can do RP intros in gameplay if they want.

I will be at the renaissance faire the next two days but will be posting the initial post after the start of the event. Different time-zone so it may be off a little.

Let me know your starting school item, if any.

Thank you for those that have already added your information to the slides/macros/chronicles. We can get the others sorted soon.

Just missing Lucky dotting into gameplay. Will ping them shortly so we can figure out where our challenge points lie.

I'll just be grabbing a Potency Crystal for a school item.

Two minor healing potions for Tai Ghee's school items.

Yes, Dragoncon was a blast. My first time since before the pandemic so it was really nice to enjoy all the festivities again.

Lohco does have a glyph to give out, but will do so more or less at random.

I have not heard back from the remaining player so we will move forward tonight. Post incoming after I get out of my meetings.

Hey there, so sorry for the delay! I forgot to dot so I missed the start of game day. I am still interested in playing, if you'll have me.

Huzzah! Introduce yourself and I will do my calculations and post the intro.

Tieri has one glyph to give to our level 1, Lucky.

We are at 19CP which puts us in High Tier.

That means Lucky gets a level bump.

"Increase every DC the PC has by 1.
Increase the attack modifiers, attack damage, spell damage, saving throw modifiers, skill modifiers, Perception modifiers, and AC of the PC by 1.
Increase the Hit Point totals of the PC by 10 or by 10%, whichever is higher."

Also if any other players have Mentorship boons they can provide them for you to choose from.

I have 2 glyphs, also, which can go to Tieri and Maurice. And Magical Mentor to offer.

Tai Ghee can offer the Protective Mentor boon.

I will be unavailable Saturday and Sunday.

Sorry for the posting delay - things were a little busy - should be back to normal now.

No worries, I can understand things getting busy. The pace picks up in the scenario soon.

Sorry Lohco hasn't been helpful.

No worries. Was giving time for others to chime in on how they feel about talking to the NPCS. May move us forward to the next part soon, that way more people get to start interacting.

I will be away this weekend.

The next encounter uses the Influence subsystem. The rules will be summarized below:

- Each round a PC may use the *Secret* Discover action to learn about an NPC or the Influence action to attempt a favorable impression.

- Each Discover action is accompanied by a Perception or other applicable skill check (unique to each NPC). A success will allow you to learn one or two pieces of information among: Their most favorable skill check for Influence, their personal bias, resistances, or weaknesses. A failure could mean no information or one fraught with inaccuracies.

- Each Influence action is accompanied by an appropriate skill check. Each successful Influence may grant up to 2 Influence Points but an egregious failure could result in a loss of an Influence Point.

Let me know if there are any questions.

Why did Paizo want to use the system so much this season?

The mechanics, I am far too familiar with.

Sounds a lot like the system from the 1e scenario Bid for Alabastrine, if anyone played that one.

I honestly wish the rules for the subsystem were a little more fleshed out, they are a bit vague and I feel like I have to extrapolate a lot.

Nice! I think Movyu gets to roll damage against the moon now.

Sorry guys, work has been a bit busy the past two days going to attempt to get a good post in today.

I think there might be a bit of a mix up, unless this scenario is doing something different from the normal Influence mechanics. In Influence rounds, characters act once per round, not 3 actions per round.

Sorry for the posting delay everyone. Was traveling the past several days - thought I would have time for gaming but turned out I didn't. Catching up now.

The rules are very vague and have the rounds all differing as suggestions but i do see the line about one action, an have seen on the forums everyone doing it differently. The system is poorly explained and this encounter would be near impossible to complete if that were true.

Some characters take 4 or 6 influence points to convince. That would require a smaller party literally hitting multiple success or critical without time for discovery.

I don't see any party pulling this encounter off at this tier without multiple party members bruteforcing Diplomacy crits through.

I'll move us forward.

Sorry for the confusion on that system.

Sorry for posting delays. A hard week at work combined with a hard week at home (second in a row for both) left me with no energy to do anything but sleep.

Hey everyone, please double check you reporting information on RPG Chronicles or post it here so I can report this in the next couple days. This conversation/encounter is all that is left.

Link goes to blank RPGChronicles page

I think that RPGChronicles might have an issue at the moment. I also see problems if I try to open the link for a different game I'm signed up for, or just log in to get the list of past ones from games I've run. I'm fairly certain I had everything entered back at the beginning, though.

Separately, though, are those influence counts correct? It looks like the tracker from before some of the last influence actions, unless even the 26 Society (the highest roll after that tracker) was a failure to influence the mayor.

Oh weird. I will look into it.

And check to see if I pulled from the wrong post.

Good catch, I have updated with information and influence points.

The RPG Chronicles link is working for me so Ill check the information and post it for double checks.

So sorry everyone - I've fallen behind on my games before but never this badly. It's been a perfect storm of real world stuff but still. My sincere apologies. Catching up now.

Edit: nvm, looks like we are finished. Again, my apologies for flaking out for the last chunk of time (though Tai Ghee is pretty useless with the skill challenges that we had at the end anyway).

GM, if I missed enough that it would make sense to not issue a chronicle for Tai that's fine and sorry again for delaying things.

Have I missed the chronicles for this game going out? I didn't see mine in email or spam.

Sorry, the holodays hit my house like a storm.

It should have sent e-mails but here is a link to them.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lc-6oDZRB5eV1r7BDs-_1rq4nZyBL8E9?us p=sharing

Thank you! Not sure why I couldn't find it, but I have it now.

Thanks for a great game, all, especially Eclipse for running!

Many thanks. Sorry for missing so much, life has not been great for me since I signed up.

Thanks again for running and my apologies again to the GM and everyone else for dropping ball for the final weeks of the scenario.

Thank you all for the excellent game! I will make this inactive at the end of the week to ensure the others get their chronicles.