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Cheliax...my home. (Btw, Can someone tell me, either here or on the scenario page, what flip mats/map packs are used in Deepmarket? I'm running this weekend and want to order them if I do not already have them.)Answered for you in the product thread
Thanks John. Looking forward to adventures in Cheliax. Its kind of like the Mos Eisley of PFS :)
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About three years ago, the organized play campaign retired the Lantern Lodge as a playable faction, and it's certainly easy to assume that the Lantern Lodge itself (an estate in Goka) just faded into obscurity. In fact, the faction retired largely because it had fulfilled its goals of achieving recognition and resources for the Society's exploration of Tian Xia. I like to revisit the continent several times a season, and this month we're doing something a little different. Rather than just letting the players know that Venture-Captain Amara Li is still in charge of a thriving lodge, this time the PCs are working for her directly to hunt down an Aspis Consortium aggressor. What's more, this adventure has special metaplot opportunities for former members of the Lantern Lodge faction.
This is exciting, but very disappointing. In the three years since Amara Li completing her goals, my "Lantern Lodge" PC has now graduated past 7th level, even only playing occasionally and on slow track.
So John, is there a legal way to backdate a PC so we can play it in this adventure or can we transfer any boons we receive from the PC that plays The Deepmarket Deception to a former Lantern Lodge PC?
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About three years ago, the organized play campaign retired the Lantern Lodge as a playable faction, and it's certainly easy to assume that the Lantern Lodge itself (an estate in Goka) just faded into obscurity. In fact, the faction retired largely because it had fulfilled its goals of achieving recognition and resources for the Society's exploration of Tian Xia. I like to revisit the continent several times a season, and this month we're doing something a little different. Rather than just letting the players know that Venture-Captain Amara Li is still in charge of a thriving lodge, this time the PCs are working for her directly to hunt down an Aspis Consortium aggressor. What's more, this adventure has special metaplot opportunities for former members of the Lantern Lodge faction.This is exciting, but very disappointing. In the three years since Amara Li completing her goals, my "Lantern Lodge" PC has now graduated past 7th level, even only playing occasionally and on slow track.
So John, is there a legal way to backdate a PC so we can play it in this adventure or can we transfer any boons we receive from the PC that plays The Deepmarket Deception to a former Lantern Lodge PC?
I don't know about the exact scenario and what boon it may or may not have but there is a convention boon that allows you to transfer a boon from one chronicle sheet to another one of your characters.
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About three years ago, the organized play campaign retired the Lantern Lodge as a playable faction, and it's certainly easy to assume that the Lantern Lodge itself (an estate in Goka) just faded into obscurity. In fact, the faction retired largely because it had fulfilled its goals of achieving recognition and resources for the Society's exploration of Tian Xia. I like to revisit the continent several times a season, and this month we're doing something a little different. Rather than just letting the players know that Venture-Captain Amara Li is still in charge of a thriving lodge, this time the PCs are working for her directly to hunt down an Aspis Consortium aggressor. What's more, this adventure has special metaplot opportunities for former members of the Lantern Lodge faction.This is exciting, but very disappointing. In the three years since Amara Li completing her goals, my "Lantern Lodge" PC has now graduated past 7th level, even only playing occasionally and on slow track.
So John, is there a legal way to backdate a PC so we can play it in this adventure or can we transfer any boons we receive from the PC that plays The Deepmarket Deception to a former Lantern Lodge PC?
wow... my former LL PC is only 5th? maybe 6th now... not played much sense the end of Lantern Lodge...
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I'm less worried about any boons than I am just slightly disappointed I can't play it with either of my former LL characters. The Way of the Kirin boon was already one of the best boons ever given out. But as I just posted in the product thread, I'm excited that I can experience it as a player, regardless of what tier.
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About three years ago, the organized play campaign retired the Lantern Lodge as a playable faction, and it's certainly easy to assume that the Lantern Lodge itself (an estate in Goka) just faded into obscurity. In fact, the faction retired largely because it had fulfilled its goals of achieving recognition and resources for the Society's exploration of Tian Xia. I like to revisit the continent several times a season, and this month we're doing something a little different. Rather than just letting the players know that Venture-Captain Amara Li is still in charge of a thriving lodge, this time the PCs are working for her directly to hunt down an Aspis Consortium aggressor. What's more, this adventure has special metaplot opportunities for former members of the Lantern Lodge faction.This is exciting, but very disappointing. In the three years since Amara Li completing her goals, my "Lantern Lodge" PC has now graduated past 7th level, even only playing occasionally and on slow track.
So John, is there a legal way to backdate a PC so we can play it in this adventure or can we transfer any boons we receive from the PC that plays The Deepmarket Deception to a former Lantern Lodge PC?
There is not a way to backdate a PC. I acknowledge that the tier for the adventure does not serve the pool of prospective players as well as it could. To be honest the ideal time to do such an adventure would have been within a year of the Lantern Lodge faction's retirement, and every month since #4–21 has no doubt seen a diminishing number of old Lantern Lodge PCs reach 12th level. Unfortunately, that ship sailed rather early in my time as developer. What I can do is ensure that the retired faction sees continued relevance and that we continue to adventure in Tian Xia with some regularity.
While planning out the season, I had to balance the needs of this adventure (its story is more conducive to a lower level play), when it would occur in the season, and the tiers of other adventures that I knew needed to happen around the same time. At the end of that process, it ended up being a Tier 3–7 adventure.
If you have a higher-level Lantern Lodge PC, I also recommend playing Pathfinder Society Scenario #6–13: Of Kirin and Kraken.
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There is not a way to backdate a PC. I acknowledge that the tier for the adventure does not serve the pool of prospective players as well as it could. To be honest the ideal time to do such an adventure would have been within a year of the Lantern Lodge faction's retirement, and every month since #4–21 has no doubt seen a diminishing number of old Lantern Lodge PCs reach 12th level. Unfortunately, that ship sailed rather early in my time as developer. What I can do is ensure that the retired faction sees continued relevance and that we continue to adventure in Tian Xia with some regularity.
While planning out the season, I had to balance the needs of this adventure (its story is more conducive to a lower level play), when it would occur in the season, and the tiers of other adventures that I knew needed to happen around the same time. At the end of that process, it ended up being a Tier 3–7 adventure.
If you have a higher-level Lantern Lodge PC, I also recommend playing Pathfinder Society Scenario [url=http://paizo.com/products/btpy9am5?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-6-13-Of-Kirin-and-Kraken=#6–13: Of Kirin and Kraken.[/url]
John, thanks! We always like hearing how you and the staff approach game and campaign design.
I played Of Kirin and Kraken, with the correct PC and had a blast. I do look forward to playing The Deepmarket Deception sometime in the near future.
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John, it was a true pleasure running Serpents Rise for you. I was a little nervous (sort of like giving a book report to the author of the book), but I appreciate the life you gave to your pregen and even dared to impersonate Janira Gavix with the help of your fellow Aspis Agents, with fun and hilarity to be had by all. I look forward to running for and playing under you again at SCARAB and elsewhere!
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Well, my Lantern Lodger is still only level 5. I have way too many characters, so I don't play any of them that frequently.
Actually, I had a second Lantern Lodger, but I recently rebuilt him. I never actually played him, so he was level 2 on GM credits. I just never found him that interesting, so I never really wanted to play him, which is why I gave up on him and rebuilt him before ever playing him.
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Yay, Fen can play this! I built him back when you needed a boon to play a wayang, and specifically to be Lantern Lodge, but I play so infrequently he hasn't really moved up.
Funny enough, my level 5 former Lantern Lodger is also a race boon baby that no longer needs it. He was a nagaji, made using one of those season 3 boons that let you play a kitsune, nagaji, or wayang. He also has the season 3 boon that lets you take a third trait, as long as it's from the Dragon Empires Primer.
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My primary Lantern Lodge character levelled out of Tier 3-7 a year ago (playing "Of Kirin and Kraken" as his last scenario at level 7). My wife, however, had one less chronicle on her Lantern Lodge character, and has not played her since then, so she's good to go.
Fortunately I had a second Lantern Lodge character (whose backstory was that he was bodyguard to my wife's character), and he's got up to Level 6 by now, so we'll be running those two through 7-15.
(I wonder how many Kitsune boons ended up on Lantern Lodge characters; both my wife and I certainly used ours that way!)
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Interestingly enough, I traded my kitsune boon to someone so he could build a kitsune (before John & company made them playable). That player/character later joined my PbP table for Library of the Lion. He warned me he had knowledge of the scenario. I was a little nervous running it for him because....
John, it was a true pleasure running Serpents Rise for you. I was a little nervous (sort of like giving a book report to the author of the book), but I appreciate the life you gave to your pregen and even dared to impersonate Janira Gavix with the help of your fellow Aspis Agents, with fun and hilarity to be had by all. I look forward to running for and playing under you again at SCARAB and elsewhere!
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Thanks John for coming out once more and bring lots of smiles and laughs to SCARAB. We love having you and hope to see you again in 2017. Team Rat-Monkey is already planning to make sure we get on a John Compton table for year 7.
John - As one of the "two gentlemen laid low during Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-11: Ancients' Anguish who acknowledged their characters' demise with admirable grace and both came back to life in order to finish what they had started", I just wanted to say that it was great fun despite the "PC health issues". I highly recommend #7-11 to anyone who hasn't played it yet. Thanks again for running & I look forward to playing in one of your games again (as long as the character has plenty of Prestige saved up!)...