Lantern's Hillcross Roundup (Inactive)

Game Master breithauptclan

I put up a google drive doc with the world map on it. It shows Hillcross in the top inside the Realm of the Mammoth Lords. That is where this adventure takes place.

Still waiting for Takeyabue to at least dot in.

I made a mistake, Ulfhild is already level 2, I completely forgot that the bounties are for level 1 only. I will create a new fighter with a new number, but I will use this name for this game to avoid any confusion.

Fixed, thanks for waiting!

I don't think I have mentioned Hero Points yet or put up anywhere to track them. I will correct that.

You would all have 1 by default to start with. There may be players with boons that give more. If so, let me know.

Edit: I put the hero point tracking on the second page of the 'map' link. Along with the combat tokens.

Which only has two character tokens on there currently... I'll just grab your forum avatar picture if you don't want to upload something else.

Don't know if this would be allowed, but if possible Gwendellyn and Benji would both search with a +5 Perception modifier each. Benji also has the Scent familiar ability, which may or may not help us here.

I'm actually going to have to ask about that. I remember seeing a restriction in the old PFS guidelines that prevented both a primary character and a familiar from participating in a skill challenge in parallel like that. But I am not seeing it in the new Lorespire PFS rules.

If I don't hear back from someone by mid-day with a better answer, I'm thinking to still keep the restriction, but let the two of you effectively search together with one check (use the higher bonus of the two of you) with a +1 circumstance bonus from working together and a +1 status bonus from the scent ability.

You would also be well within expectations to rule "Sorry, only one check for the two of you". I like the idea of the two working together from a narrative perspective, but that doesn't mean it needs to translate into a mechanical benefit.

I'm at least going to give you the Scent bonus. You paid character build options for that - an ancestry feat and the loss of choice of one of your familiar abilities in order to get a familiar large enough to ride and the Scent ability. You should at least get the mechanical benefits for Scent when it actually is relevant in the circumstances of play.

Minor note: My link to the Pathfinder Provisions doesn't work entirely accurately and there isn't anything I can do about it. To find the provisions table you need to scroll down a few paragraphs from where the link drops you off at.

From what I see in Alternative Skills for Initiative Perception is the default and doing an activity allows you to use a skill instead if you want to - but it isn't required. You could still use Avoid Notice as your exploration activity and roll Perception for initiative.

So I'll roll Gwendellyn with the +5 perception for initiative and use the +2 stealth for anything regarding actually being hidden from those on the hilltop.

Anyway, I'll get things going here this evening.

@Iput: Ouch, sorry.

Also, I corrected Harsk's HP to account for the temp HP from Benji.

Probably my least favorite thing to do as a GM: Telling a player that they did something incorrectly and will have to modify what they already posted.

Witch's Patron Familiar ability "can occur only once per round". Having Stoke the Heart on both allies is fine, but you have to pick one to get the Temp HP.

No worries - this is my first post-remaster witch and that text slipped by me. Given that Harsk is already wounded, let’s give him the temp hitpoints this round.

That crit would be enough damage to kill the little dinosaur, and that is before rolling damage for Deadly. It is intended to run and hide (and remove itself from the battle) as soon as it takes any damage.

How would you like to run this?

So, it looks like Bounties don't award downtime, so there is no need to roll for downtime activities.

But I am not sure how much treasure to award. The Lorespire page for it just says "Varies, see sanctioning document."

What sanctioning document?

As it appears that the first set of two bounties run by the students are now completed and reporting underway, I have made an initial post to my entry in the second round of bounties. I invite the members of our group to move over and post there as if they remain interested and we are ready to proceed with the second set.

GM Takeyabue's Cleanup Duty

So, it looks like Bounties don't award downtime, so there is no need to roll for downtime activities.

But I am not sure how much treasure to award. The Lorespire page for it just says "Varies, see sanctioning document."

What sanctioning document?

In the Whitefang Wyrm adventure there is a page where it says

Organized Play Tools
CHRONICLE SHEET
Characters playing this scenario for Pathfinder Society
credit earn a Chronicle Sheet. If the PCs defeat the
tatzlwyrm, they earn 4 gp each. Bounties do not grant
Downtime.
At the time of publication, the organized play program
uses a version of the Slow advancement presented on
page 509 of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, simplified
to 1 XP per 100 XP normally granted in core play.
This adventure also grants the character 1 Fame and 1
Reputation to one of the factions for which the character
has a faction champion boon.

Thanks.

Now I am trying to find how to do reporting. I remember doing it once. I think there is a specific event to report this to. But I am not sure that I have access to it. If I do, then I am not seeing it.

Thanks.

Now I am trying to find how to do reporting. I remember doing it once. I think there is a specific event to report this to. But I am not sure that I have access to it. If I do, then I am not seeing it.

Check the main GM School 2024 thread, Redelia posted the information regarding the event. If you want to report under this event, I think Redelia has to add you to the list of reporters, then you should be able to see it in the list of events in your Organized Play section on this website.

OK. I asked about it there.

I think I also will need all of the character details to report.

PFS number
character number
faction

... I think that is all of it that the reporting system asks for.

Player name: Hawthwile
PFS # / Character #: 264524-2016
Faction: Envoy's Alliance

Player name: Takeyabue
PFS # / Character #: 2883-2004
Faction: Verdant Wheel

Sorry, I somehow missed this conversation here.

Player name: Baerlie
PFS # / Character #: 123480-2007
Faction: Horizon Hunters

I'm also still waiting for Redalia to add me as a reporter to the GM School event.

So... At what point should I just report this game under my own event?

This Thursday it will be 3 weeks since I requested reporting access to the GM School event.

At this point I would recommend reporting this under your own event.

OK. So I am trying to report this game. Running into problems.

Baerlie, character 2007 shows up as Esmeralda Bishop instead of Ulfhild.

Warah, I need PFS numbers for Soosan.

Side note: Prestige seems to be an outdated term. I think that is the field for Reputation gain though. Or maybe it is ignored. not sure.

Yes, thanks for checking! I rebuilt the character after the game (still level 1) and was also able to change the name. I'm sorry for the confusion I caused.

Correct - Reputation earned is entered into the Fame field. It’s legacy stuff that sadly can’t be changed on the website.