GM Rotation, The COREageous Crew

Game Master Pete H.

The COREageous Crew? ;-)

Old School CorePool =P

Oh CORE Blimey! :)

And it's possible my 4th level Core PC may be starting on the Destiny of the Sands trilogy in a few months.

I've got my scenarios blacked out on the sheet. and have made some headway on my PC.

The hardCORE Magnificent Seven ;-)

And it's possible my 5th level Core PC may be starting on the same Destiny of the Sands trilogy as Nightkit's other PC in a few months.

Heh. Those two are getting inseparable.

So I live in a rural area and we sometimes have extended periods without power and/or internet access. Like right now... >_<

I'm working offline to get Paloma geared up, but won't be able to update her sheet until we're back online. She won't have much to contribute knowledge-wise anyway.

Will have my CS up and done by tomorrow, which had been my plan. Apologies on the delay.
I thought we were starting on Monday. ;)

We were but things clicked and the GM had stuff already to go. No need to rush.

Heh. Those two are getting inseparable.

Well, my PC asked the GM first.

Edit: I think it's nice having a constant partner for PFS missions (and otherwise, too). ;-)

Maybe a silly question, but just checking: Are we creating characters as PFS or PFS - Core characters? Or simply using the rules of the aforementioned types?

Definitely creating them as Core, otherwise reporting gets really wonky.

This will be my (Ispen's) avatar, then, for the campaign.
Fhalcon's actually an alias that my bard has assumed because he thinks it sounds much more prestigious and heroic than his real name, (Burkan), which he doesn't like all that much.

Also, after some thought, I will be taking at least a 1 level dip into rogue when we eventually start leveling up.

Sorry, but I (kaervek78) need a little more time to finish my character.
Here in Central Europe it's already after midnight and she still doesn't have skill ranks, and her equipment is also still not bought yet.
I will try to complete her profile tomorrow, then I will post in gameplay.

You can't mix Core and non-Core. If a Core character enters a non-core game, they're not Core any more.

Worse still, if a non-CORE character accidentally plays at a CORE table, it makes all of the other characters at the table non-CORE, too :-/

(It can be fixed after the fact, but it is a real headache, so please make sure your PCs really *are* CORE!)

Do we want to work towards having a group language other than common that we all can talk in as needed?

Ryul will take a point into linguistics at lvl two so it could be anything other than what he already speaks.

I fear I will not have much to work with, linguistically speaking. Pretty sure I only get Shoanti for being Shoanti, unless that is different for Core? And Druidic for being a druid, which I definitely can't teach anyone. XD

We could specify some basic hand signals maybe? Hold, Quiet, Follow, Charge?

Sorry for dragging my feet. :-(

Will definitely post in gameplay tomorrow.

I fear I will not have much to work with, linguistically speaking. Pretty sure I only get Shoanti for being Shoanti, unless that is different for Core? And Druidic for being a druid, which I definitely can't teach anyone. XD

We could specify some basic hand signals maybe? Hold, Quiet, Follow, Charge?

I'm open to pretty much whatever, and have left one language spot open for whatever we decide.

So, who exactly is planning on a dip into rogue with their characters? With an actual rogue on the team, if someone else is gonna, I probably won't with Fhaldon. I will, however, if no one else is...

So, who exactly is planning on a dip into rogue with their characters? With an actual rogue on the team, if someone else is gonna, I probably won't with Fhaldon. I will, however, if no one else is...

I don't think Luke has fully settled on a PC yet. That said, while I also tend to believe in covering the classic roles, it's by no means necessary. Will we run into traps? Sure! Could a rogue deal with them better than the rest of us? Most likely, but he could also roll a 1 and suffer the consequences. PFS traps tend to be more of a time/resource consuming obstacle than career enders. And GM's usually enjoy players who look for creative solutions.

You don't need to offer up a level like a sacrificial lamb. Play what you will enjoy. We'll figure out the rest together. ^_~

Ryul will not dip into Rogue. I am planning fighter/wizard then Eldritch Knight.

With the melee and tanky builds we have going he will probably drift into a group buff support roll or crowd control at the start of most combats… once he actually takes a level in wizard. :D

Cortina will not dip in rogue, she will be pure cleric all the way.

Also, Paul Montrose (John Woodford's PC) may have started with rogue at level 1, but he will be a Finesse Fighter with maybe a couple of levels in rogue.

Whoops, wasn't trying to contradict Jack, I don't think the coin toss was part of the post when I started writing.

But hopefully actual info from our briefing outweighs "tails". ^_~

Sorry, Paloma, Desna has decided otherwise... ^_^

Silly shenanigans aside: Of course we can disregard random decisions when we have actual info from our briefing. :-)

Oh for sure! I looked back some for guidance but not far enough. We definitely want to find Nigel.

Jack probably forgot - so feel free to override the coin toss.

We are definitely living up to first mission Pathfinders, rofl!

Anyone got a Wayfinder?

Funnily enough, I don't think those are CORE equipment. The Confirmation nets you a free one, iirc. Which is another scenario I own and/or could loan out. And it's Evergreen, so it costs no replays. ^_^

I own it as well.

And since Jack will be 2nd after this, maybe I should GM it.

FYI, the Guide to Organised Play (one of the legal documents for CORE) actually has the Wayfinder listed in it, so anyone with enough fame, or 2 PP, can purchase one.

And since Jack will be 2nd after this, maybe I should GM it.

Well, you could go slow track for this and the next scenario...

Jack Hurricane wrote:

And since Jack will be 2nd after this, maybe I should GM it.

Well, you could go slow track for this and the next scenario...

Is there any real benefit to that beyond playing more scenarios with a particular character? And do we all need go the same rate or can the players pick and choose?

I'm all for the Confirmation next. Looks like First Steps I: In Service to Lore is still legal for play, though they retired II and III. It is also Evergreen (for lvl 1 chars) and a free download. (Though it wasn't on Luke's listing)

Looking down the list, I don't have The Beggar's Pearl, Citadel of Flame or The Pallid Plague. I do have The Darkest Vengeance, though I hear that one has a reputation for being lethal. Might want to be sure the group is up to level 2 and packing a wand of CLW if I run that.

It isn’t extremely important to all be the exact same XP. It really only matters if we are running something at the top or bottom of our level range and someone might fall out of the scenario. Ideally that won’t ever happen, but some odd scenarios might pop up. I think it should be up to the player how to handle their XP, as long as they don’t drop far from the group.

You can run and play the Confirmation with or for a level two PC too, but it isn’t repeatable in that specific situation. It still remains infinitely repeatable for a level one.

We do not have to follow the idea of working down the list, it was just a decent way of working through scenarios no one or few had played. There should be plenty of scenarios for this group to play, however we figure out what to run next.

Ok, so I've decided that, yes, Fhaldon looks weird typed out to me too. So I've changed it to Faldon from here on out. The F-h combo just looks odd. LOL

With BoL and flanking, it shouldn't be difficult for Ryul to hit that thing.
Better than Cortina trying to fight with +0 to hit. ;-)

I noticed Ryul has a folio reroll listed. I know I used to have a physical copy of one of those, but it may have been destroyed by flood damage. Or it's still packed up with paperwork. =/

I looked it up but not much is listed under PFS 1E anymore. Does anyone know what still works for this? Or what we as a group will agree still does, anyway? XD

Folio rerolls still work AFAIK, with GM star bonuses.

Shirts and bags also work too. Obviously all these things are litter harder to prove in PbP but I’d guess if anyone got picky about it you could show a receipt for the purchase if you made it online, or a picture.

Incredibly, despite a nasty hit from the scimitar, and being comprehensively mauled by Cheeper, the monkey-fied office drone remains unconscious, albeit well and truly bloodied, and prone on the ground.

I think you meant remains conscious... ;-)

Folio rerolls still work AFAIK, with GM star bonuses.

All they have available now is the pdf. Does that qualify?

What about the boardgames?

What about the boardgames?

Good question! Years ago I bought the first PFACG: ROTR (Rise of the Runlords).

I do not even want to tell you how many times I edited that last post in the past half hour! XD

Paul Montrose wrote:

Folio rerolls still work AFAIK, with GM star bonuses.

All they have available now is the pdf. Does that qualify?

What about the boardgames?

Just the pdf doesn’t qualify as of the last time I saw. The board games certainly appear to qualify per that link, so I would say that is good to go.

That's what I was remembering too. Good to know about the boardgames.
What about this part:

Rules Reference: Character folio, reference or condition card deck, or similar published item with game reference material. Excludes published rulebooks or Adventures.

Da heck? Not a rulebook or an adventure... A Campaign Setting? A Pathfinder Chronicles? A Player Companion? A Map Folio? And if yes to any of these, do they still qualify in a Core game? HALP! >_<

Not going to say anything else... Just gonna leave this right here... *whistles innocently*

Hey, if you *want* to open two doors at once, you can ;-) This scenario is a straight-up dungeon crawl, although depending upon the path you take, you can have as many as five, or as few as one, combat.

Holy crap you guys DO post quickly...

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That's what I was remembering too. Good to know about the boardgames.

What about this part:

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Rules Reference: Character folio, reference or condition card deck, or similar published item with game reference material. Excludes published rulebooks or Adventures.

Da heck? Not a rulebook or an adventure... A Campaign Setting? A Pathfinder Chronicles? A Player Companion? A Map Folio? And if yes to any of these, do they still qualify in a Core game? HALP! >_<

Ok, seriously need to know now, lol! I will buy something today if necessary, but I really feel like I'm bound to already own something that qualifies. This, maybe?

My understanding was that it was intended to be a physical 'peripheral' that was not a direct requirement for play - so things like t-shirts, messenger bags, character folios, board games, plushies, and the like (all of which I have; I even have a VL shirt from back in the day!).

However, online, I have no direct way of proving that you *don't* have one of those, so... *shrugs*.

We operate on the honor system around here!

I usually put such things on my tagline such as T-Shirt Reroll (TSRR) marked with True(1) or False(0). Presume I should add Folio Reroll (FRR) as well.