GM Rotation, The COREageous Crew

Game Master Pete H.

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!

Well, I like to be sure I'm on the up and up. Some online games require proof and it would be perfectly within your rights/responsibilities to ask for it. I just wish there was a more concise listing of what qualifies.

I'm less fussed about it now that most of the party is passing their saves. I just didn't want to get shoved into a non-consensual game of spin-the-bottle with these things! XD

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.

I am pretty sure you only get one reroll per game though, even if you have multiple options that would qualify.

I most definitely get my reroll now. Bought a lanyard and a bushel of pins!

I'm going to look into the faction pins too, Paloma. Getting a bonus on some skills will help Ryul and a lot of my other PC's.

Glad you got something for that reroll!

I rolled 6, 1, 6 on the three AoOs... I think Cortina is in need of Desna's blessing, too... ;-)

In case it becomes important, Paul has the Expert Duelist trait, giving him +1 AC when adjacent to a single enemy.

Cortina, Cheeper and I can't go in the Men's Room! Scandal! Maybe you guys can lead whatever it is out of there. =D

As long as it isn't the women's bathroom. Jack does not feel like going boldly where no man has ever gone before.

There ain't no prime directive around here!

Would it be permissible to suggest an action for botting Faldon? Begin countersong performance with the special scroll and hand Cortina the special kukri?

Oh, Cortina doesn't want the Kukri.
But our fighter should be able to make good use of it...

Oh, Cortina doesn't want the Kukri.

But our fighter should be able to make good use of it...

Oh, oops. I thought with the true strike cast, you were requesting it. I think only the fighters are likely proficient, but they both have higher damage dealing weapons so they might not want to swap. Also they have both moved away from Faldon, out of handing range.

At has been a few days since they last posted, so I am fine with someone botting Faldon.

Those were two *very* solid hits, there at the end :-)

Chronicles have now been e-mailed out.

Those were two *very* solid hits, there at the end :-)

Chronicles have now been e-mailed out.

Fast work, GM! It's been a blast! ^_^

Does anyone have any journal card items to check off? Maybe recruiting Nigel?

All I have available is to

"Forgo your Downtime to map ley lines attuned to the elements. Doing so requires a successful Craft (maps), Knowledge

(geography), Knowledge (planes), or Profession (cartographer) check with a DC equal to 15 + your character level."

Knowledge(Geography): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

So who's up next? =D

I was going to and I probably still could, even though I'm GMing four games on these here forums.

Also I presume Wayfinders are Core items. Do Core characters get them for free or do we need to pay for them?

They are CORE-legal (being in the Guide to Organised Play, and all that), but you need to pay for them, although the Society gives you a 50% discount... so they cost 250gp.

.The next few on the list that noone played yet are:

0-37: The Beggar's Pearl (1-2, 3-4, 6-7)
0-39: The Citadel of Flame (1-2, 4-5)
0-43: The Pallid Plague (1-2, 3-4, 6-7)

This appears to be the last discussion about the next couple game options. There was also a great comment about skipping the tier 1-7 scenarios until we hit level 3, so my thought is we run 0-39 next. I am cool with buying and preparing it for play if we want to go with it next. Alternate suggestions are also welcome.

-GM TOP, aka Ryul

Thank you for the Faction Journal Card reminder Paloma.

GM, did we do either of these things in this scenario?

Defeat an outsider that has the evil subtype or an undead creature whose CR is at least equal to your character level.

Defeat a divine spellcaster whose patron is an evil deity and whose CR is at least equal to your character level.

They are CORE-legal (being in the Guide to Organised Play, and all that), but you need to pay for them, although the Society gives you a 50% discount... so they cost 250gp.

Gotcha, but if either I or phaeton_nz (Jack) runs The Confirmation for the group, we get one for FREE on that Chronicle. =D

I can definitely run next if Jack is too busy just now. But I think it might have been an issue that you can only play The Confirmation once with a level 2 character, otherwise it is only evergreen for level 1's. Not sure about GMing it for credit.

Defeat an outsider that has the evil subtype or an undead creature whose CR is at least equal to your character level.

Ooh, the Vargouilles are indeed evil outsiders. Even though no one had Knowledge(Planes) to identify them. ^_^

Regarding the Wayfinder from the Confirmation, that isn't quite correct.

(Spoiled for those who have not actually played it):

@Ryul: you definitely defeated both an evil outsider, and an undead (although you can only check 1 box per scenario). No Evil clerics, unfortunately.

Regarding the Wayfinder from the Confirmation, that isn't quite correct.

Ohhh, so that *any* doesn't draw distinctions between standard and core?

Ah well, I can still run next if it works out better. But again, I don't have the three GM TOP mentioned. I do have The Confirmation and First Steps: In Service to Lore, which are both evergreen when played with level 1's.

There *should* be a distinction between the two, since stuff that happens in Standard doesn't port over to CORE, and vice versa.

However, there might be people like me in this group who have done it a few times, so I just wanted them to be aware.

*Cough* Between playing and GMing, I have done The Confirmation 20 times, and In Service To Lore 13 times! *Cough*

That said, I have no objections to doing it again.

If it's ok with the group, I'd like to seize the opportunity and try my hand at running The Confirmation for you - it would be my first pbp game as a GM.

GM school is going very extremely slow: We started in March and will (hopefully) complete the second(!) of six quests in the next few days.
So I thought that - as a new GM - I might as well grab the opportunity to run a scenario in pbp that I played and also ran as GM(!) in person because there aren't many of these...

Just give me a couple of days to prepare the slides.

Would that be ok for you?

If someone happens to have a Confirmation slide I could copy from and is willing to let me do so, it would speed up the preparation phase considerably.
However, I don't know if copying whole maps (or slides) from someone else is considered bad form/behaviour or even cheating(!) around here - or maybe just efficient. (I am a computer programmer, we copy and then adapt code all the time, so it might be second nature to me...*shrugs*)
Just let me know, please.

Fine with me!

Copying of a lot of things like that is widely accepted. Usually someone asks permission for something and the creator says something like, “oh sure, I borrowed it from ‘x’ and they are good with sharing it so go ahead”. I’ll see if I can find one of my confirmation slide decks but I bet someone else beats me to it.

Sure, here you go - this is one that I set up :-)

The Confirmation

That works for me, too.

I just saw Cortina never rolled for her day job. *face palm*

I'd like to make it now:

Day Job: Profession (Librarian): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21 Yay, 20 gold! :-D

Do you need to change her chronicle, @Luke_Parry?

I'm happy for you to record it.

I don’t think we are planning to require this, but I will still try to do it each session.

Ryul is purchasing the following:

Wand CLW: 2PP
MW Elven Curve Blade: 380g

And don’t forget, until your PC is played at level two you can do complete and total rebuilds for free.

Paul will also buy a CLW wand with his 2 PP, and a MW chain shirt (250 gp).

Purchases:
MW Hide Armor 165 gp
MW Cold Iron Scimitar 330 gp
Acid Flask 10 gp

I'd go for a climbing kit if I could afford it, but alas! I am broke, lol!

Probably better buy my wand of CLW too for 2pp, given our healer will be the GM for this round. Have we lost Faldon entirely? Also will Jack be able to join us for The Confirmation, or will phaeton_nz need to bring a different character?

I've got quite a few replay points so I can use one if I have to, but I presume, since this is Core - and I haven't played the Confirmation in Core before that it should be okay.

Post a link of the slides and I’ll swap them in up top. Some GMs also put slides links In their headers and even in any posts that need them. I usually just do my header and up top.

Glad Jack won’t need to burn a replay and we will have a few CLW wands at least. Hopefully Faldon is ok and able to resume posting.

Well, I don't know whether he wants to use them 'as is', but the link I posted earlier is set up specifically for this party (with monsters in situ) ;-)

Have any of you *not* played this one before? (I've played it at least once, and run it standard and core.)

I have 39 replay points - I'm not concerned.

Have any of you *not* played this one before? (I've played it at least once, and run it standard and core.)

I have both played and run it, but in Standard, neither yet in Core.

How long do we wait to hear back from Faldon? The last post on the recruitment thread was from someone who missed the sign up, but was interested in filling in if we had an opening.

I have 39 replay points - I'm not concerned.

O_o Wow, I have 5... XD

This one's also repeatable. The question was more aimed at knowing which (if any) of us might not be familiar with the scenario--if any of us haven't played it, they'd get to lead the party.

Also too, I'm in another rotation with ‘Eκάτη (the other player who was interested in joining), and they've been pretty good.

I have played and GM’d the Confirmation more than several times.

I usually give two weeks to a player or GM to check back in before making alternate plans.

-Ryul/GM TOP

To get us started, I'll post the introduction.

I want to wait for Faldon to get back - at least until next week...

For some reason I didn't get any credit for Mists of Mwangi, supposedly because I'd played it in Standard mode twelve years ago. I reported it, but wanted to see if anyone else had a similar issue.

For some reason I didn't get any credit for Mists of Mwangi, supposedly because I'd played it in Standard mode twelve years ago. I reported it, but wanted to see if anyone else had a similar issue.

Ah, well spotted! I do indeed have the same issue. I reported the error as well. Hopefully they will fix it soon.

Paul Montrose wrote:

For some reason I didn't get any credit for Mists of Mwangi, supposedly because I'd played it in Standard mode twelve years ago. I reported it, but wanted to see if anyone else had a similar issue.

Ah, well spotted! I do indeed have the same issue. I reported the error as well. Hopefully they will fix it soon.

Alex Speidel just emailed me that it was taken care of, and it's fine now.

Still showing up as an error for me. Should I send a report. I've also noticed it on other sessions as well.

Still showing up as an error for me. Should I send a report. I've also noticed it on other sessions as well.

I guess so. Mine is correct now too. It's not taking long but if fixing it for one of us doesn't fix it for all, I guess we'll all have to report it.

I got mine fine, but also haven’t ever played it standard.

To get us started, I'll post the introduction.

I want to wait for Faldon to get back - at least until next week...

Will post Janira's answers on Monday.

How do we proceed if Faldon doesn't show up until then?

Contact the alternate who posted in recruitment would be my vote.

Likewise.

That would seem reasonable.

Probably goes without saying, but I agree as well.

Given that Paloma will be one of the few, if not the only one capable of operating our shiny new CLW wands, she will not be scouting for this scenario. Instead, she will take a more supportive role and hang with the cool kids at the back of the class. ^_~