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I also had an expanded narrative boon, but still think this is a good change.
Add me to the list that is still hoping we'll see the return of First Steps 2 & 3.
Question for those who have used these in the past - if running an AP for credit in campaign mode, what is the "timing" on the season / scenario for purposes of filling this boon out? - when the chronicle is completed or when that AP segment began?
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This is *not* sour apples nor is it griping, but it is a question that does come to mind. If it was addressed in the wording of the boon and I missed it, please accept my apologies!
I judged once at Gen Con (bringing my total judged tables to two) and I'm on the schedule for Skal Con (if it fires, bringing my total to three).
Beyond that, I *might* have a chance to run a 'side game' or two, then *maybe* a table at Conception and *maybe* a table at Stuffed Cows .
That still does not put me at the ten games to earn a star.
When do I start documenting?
After I earn the star?
Even if it is GenCon next year?
Apologies for being a bit confused on this, just seeking clarity.
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This is *not* sour apples nor is it griping, but it is a question that does come to mind. If it was addressed in the wording of the boon and I missed it, please accept my apologies!I judged once at Gen Con (bringing my total judged tables to two) and I'm on the schedule for Skal Con (if it fires, bringing my total to three).
Beyond that, I *might* have a chance to run a 'side game' or two, then *maybe* a table at Conception and *maybe* a table at Stuffed Cows .
That still does not put me at the ten games to earn a star.
When do I start documenting?
After I earn the star?
Even if it is GenCon next year?
Apologies for being a bit confused on this, just seeking clarity.
I asked a similar question when I was about to get my (or had just got my) third star. HERE is Linda's response.
I believe that means you're eligible to start filling it out once you've earned your first star, not before, and you can only fill it out enough to recharge that first star. Once you earn your second star, you can continue to fill it out until you've recharged that. Etc.
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I'm happy for more people to get this boon.
I'm sad for all the local GMs that took expanded narrative as their reward for helping out a Con near the end of season 7 that now feel like they got no reward for helping out.
An advance notice would have helped soften the blow and not made those GM's feel like they ended up with less rewards than other GM's who worked the event.
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All of our local Season 7 Con boons had a Race Boon one one side and 2016 GM Boon - (Alternate) Expanded Narrative on the other. Maybe they were just saving paper and we were supposed to choose between two different sheets when we got the boon?
Yes, it's suppose to be a choose one of the two. I had about a third of my local GM's choose wrong at my most recent convention...
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Proposed solution to the, "What about people who already have the boon?" problem that a bunch of people in the thread are having—add the following to the new Expanded Narrative boon:
Seasoned Chronicler: You may attach this boon to an Expanded Narrative boon earned at a convention prior to 8/4/2016 in order to empower your previous Expanded Narrative boon for 1 year. You cannot attach this boon to an Expanded Narrative boon that does not have at least 1 scenario dated before 9/8/2016 already recorded on it. You treat your total number of GM stars as being 1 higher for the purpose of determining the total number of replays that you can gain from the attached Expanded Narrative boon. If you were a 5-Star GM on or before 8/16/2016, you may use the boon to recharge a sixth GM star after you have used all five of the boon's GM star recharges.
Since every Expanded Narrative boon prior to today was from a convention, they're all dated on the top of the page with the exact convention used to run them. Something like this would essentially do to Expanded Narrative what the new suli boon's "elemental dillette" line does for people who were stockpiling geniekin races when that boon was released—keep the old reward relevant while making it available to everyone.
Hopefully this idea helps!
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Proposed solution to the, "What about people who already have the boon?" problem that a bunch of people in the thread are having—add the following to the new Expanded Narrative boon:
Seasoned Chronicler: You may attach this boon to an Expanded Narrative boon earned at a convention prior to 8/4/2016 in order to empower your previous Expanded Narrative boon for 1 year. You cannot attach this boon to an Expanded Narrative boon that does not have at least 1 scenario dated before 9/8/2016 already recorded on it. You treat your total number of GM stars as being 1 higher for the purpose of determining the total number of replays that you can gain from the attached Expanded Narrative boon. If you were a 5-Star GM on or before 8/16/2016, you may use the boon to recharge a sixth GM star after you have used all five of the boon's GM star recharges.
Since every Expanded Narrative boon prior to today was from a convention, they're all dated on the top of the page with the exact convention used to run them. Something like this would essentially do to Expanded Narrative what the new suli boon's "elemental dillette" line does for people who were stockpiling geniekin races when that boon was released—keep the old reward relevant while making it available to everyone.
Hopefully this idea helps!
This is interesting. Thanks for throwing the idea out, AA.
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Can you add a link to the The Expanded Narrative Boon to the Roleplaying Guild Resources page with the other GM boon?
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I'm not sure I understand one line of the boon. "You can never use GM star replay to earn credit for an adventure more than once." Does this mean that you must use a GM star if you want credit for both playing AND GMing the same adventure. Would you please explain this a bit for me? I am used to the OLD system where GMing was not rewarded in any way (no chronicle sheet) and “eating” an adventure (GMing without having played it) meant you gave up any chance to play it for credit. As I have understood it since I restarted last year, you can now get TWO chronicle sheets for each scenario – one for playing and one for GMing. This is a great boon, already.
BUT, I still don't understand how to use GM stars to "replay" a scenario and this makes it even more confusing. I thought that we were now allowed to play and GM a scenario and get a chronicle sheet for both, but the above sounds like you can only do that if you spend GM stars. So, do I have to use GM stars to get chronicle sheets for both playing and GMing? If not, how is this boon any different?
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I'm not sure I understand one line of the boon. "You can never use GM star replay to earn credit for an adventure more than once." Does this mean that you must use a GM star if you want credit for both playing AND GMing the same adventure.
No. It means you cannot use two stars to earn another credit for the same scenario.
Effectively, you earn your play credit, then you earn your GM credit, and then you may use a star to earn one more play or GM credit, for a total of three chronicles from one scenario.
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I think you need to have used the star replay before you can start filling the scenarios on the expanded narrative boon.
I don't think that is true - I believe you can start filling it in at the beginning of the season, up to the limit of your current number of stars. Then at any time you can "cash it in" to reset. (I myself have simply kept mine from previous years to the end of that season, and just considered it a full reset at Gencon.)
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My remark was based on the word "regain": it seems to me you can't regain something you have not used in the first place.
True, but when you use it you can then regain it.
I read it to mean that I can work on regaining a replay for my 1 star even though I have not used my 1 replay yet.
Now I have 1 replay and will "regain" it when I choose to use use it.
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You can start filling in lines before you regain anything though, right?
Most believe so, yes. But you can't "regain" a star that you have not earned. So I can't start filling in lines to regain a second star until I have actually earned it.
Of course, I am still unsure that, once I do earn that second star, can I retroactively apply tables or do I just count the tables I run AFTER I have earned the second star.
My gut tells me to wait until I have earned the star.
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Can we use the boon at the start of each season?
Expanded Narrative: Some stories are best told a dozen times, and some adventure sites benefit from a second visit. When you GM a Pathfinder Society scenario or other sanctioned adventure, record the adventure’s name and date of completion on one of the lines below. When you fill all of the spaces in a section, you regain the ability to replay an adventure for credit or receive a Chronicle sheet from an adventure you GM—effectively “recharging” one of your free replay opportunities earned by achieving one or more GM stars. Each subsequent section you complete “recharges” another GM star’s replay potential. You can never use GM star replay to earn credit for an adventure more than once.
You can only use one Expanded Narrative boon per season of Pathfinder Society Organized Play, and you can only “recharge” a number of replay opportunities with this boon equal to the number of GM stars you have earned. For example, a 2-star GM could recharge both replay opportunities during a season. If she then earned her third GM star, she could use it to replay a scenario and GM seven more games to recharge the third star.
While it doesn't explicitly say one way or the other, the fact that it says you can only use one per season simply implies that your answer is "yes, you can use one per season".
