Unseasonably Warm?

It’s kind of a bummer, actually, that psychics are no longer primary crafters. It made sense to me that psychics would make wands.

Hmm

***...Lanliss, please fetch me a wand of enhance water at the market...I am busy discussing the properties of the Runecarved Key with Eadie's celestial rhino acquaintance in the city of Axis...***

Who needs wands when you can cast 40 spells per day? :)

Candi plays happily with Donna* (her new viper emissary bloodline familiar) in the baths of the Pleasure Salon of Calistria in Absalom.

*Named after her favorite singer, Donna Summer.

Thanks very much for the expanded retraining rules.

Splash, splash, splash, ...

Here's my question: since I'm a slave to swag, can we expect a faction pin for The Concordance and a list of favored skills added to the Product Incentives?

Here's my question: since I'm a slave to swag, can we expect a faction pin for The Concordance and a list of favored skills added to the Product Incentives?

This question came up in my household, and my /purely/ speculative answer to this, given that it didn't make it into the guide list, is that the earliest we will see a pin is Gencon, and likely it will be seen there, and since that would coincide with Guide 10, that's where it would get published for official use.

I will reiterate that this is purely my own speculation, but I think it's fairly likely.

Thank you for getting this out there! I'm looking forward to both, but I know there are a lot of people especially looking forward to the new faction.

I'm jumping through some hoops to download the new files since the download page seems to be misbehaving--so I might have missed something somewhere. Do you have any more information on how the free change to the Concordance will work? (Or is it covered in the Guide?) For example:

- Do you keep your existing faction journal card bonuses?

- Are characters able to switch for the duration of the season or do they need to change faction immediately prior to the next time they're played?

(etc?)

Sorry for the delay!

The following apply to those switching to the Concordance faction:

A little gnome leaps for joy as she slips on her Concordance pin.

“Zarta gave me her blessing!”

Thanks, John--that's excellent to hear and it should really help with the faction recruiting!

Excellent news. Thanks John!

You lose access to any purchased faction-specific vanities.

I'm assuming that if you have to give up Risen Guard they don't put you back in the ground?

The following apply to those switching to the Concordance faction:

You lose access to any purchased faction-specific vanities.

Do former Scarab Sages escaping the faction's semi-retirement keep their vanities (Risen Guard, for instance)?

This blog post and Guide 9.1 (page 28) say the PC "can retain any faction-based benefits", so I would assume so, but thought I should ask.

John Compton wrote:

You lose access to any purchased faction-specific vanities.

I'm assuming that if you have to give up Risen Guard they don't put you back in the ground?

"Oh thanks guys, a going away golden shovel! That'll be handy for archeology "

Can we switch now or just on August 2nd?

By August 2nd, not on August 2nd.

Ah, thank you. So anytime between now and August 2nd, or after August 2nd if the character's next adventure is after that date (i.e. inactive characters are on 'PAUSE' and not penalized - neat)

Precisely. :)

For people just joining this conversation who might be confused, remember that this is a separate faction change from the Scarab Sages faction change. If you're leaving the Scarab Sages, you get the special perk of keeping all those nifty faction vanities.

For people just joining this conversation who might be confused, remember that this is a separate faction change from the Scarab Sages faction change. If you're leaving the Scarab Sages, you get the special perk of keeping all those nifty faction vanities.

If you are leaving Scarab Sages, you can also switch to any faction, not just The Concordance of Elements.

Here's my question: since I'm a slave to swag, can we expect a faction pin for The Concordance and a list of favored skills added to the Product Incentives?

I think this is a reasonable expectation.

A little gnome tugs on John Compton’s pants leg. “Um, hello. My name is Cup. I would like to transfer over to the Concordance. How do I submit my paperwork please?”

Concordance is not selectable as a radio button on the site curently.

Ambrus Valsin hurries down the hall of Skyreach, listing tasks and ticking them off on his fingers. The clerk at his elbow hastily takes notes. "Update the records to reflect the Pathfinder Society's new alliance with the Concordance!"

"Yes, sir," the clerk exclaims, "Right away!"

"Thank you, Gamir. I appreciate your assistance."

Concordance is now active for active selection by characters and reporting

The young girl slips up and clears her throat, seeing as a major change was made to reporting, "Ummm...I'm not sure, maybe it was cleared up somewhere...or maybe I'm not able to find it...the library around here has gotten a little disturbed of late...but..." she pauses and looks about, "Will we be seeing any additional resources coming our way anytime soon? We haven't had a resupply in over three months...and I know a lot of us are getting rather...ummm...hungry..."

Can we get a similar clarification for people using their free change faction option?
The latest Blog post I know of says we're not retiring Scarab Sages, but everyone gets a free faction change. It seems pretty clear we should still follow the faction retriment rules on Page 28 of the guide, but it would be better if it was explicit.

Thank you for the retraining clarifications. Is there *any* chance we can add PFS specific rulings for starting Traits and Favored Class?
"You can retrain both starting feats in 5 days."
"You may change which class you selected as your favored class with 5 days of retraining."
I've got a couple of characters that have started multiclassing and enjoyed the new class more than their original, and couple of others that would really like to change traits.

Can we get a similar clarification for people using their free change faction option?

The latest Blog post I know of says we're not retiring Scarab Sages, but everyone gets a free faction change. It seems pretty clear we should still follow the faction retriment rules on Page 28 of the guide, but it would be better if it was explicit.

I'm not sure what clarification your post refers to. Could you please expand on your request?

Something like:
Leaving the Scarab Sages faction is similar to leaving a faction when it retires:
* This change costs no Prestige Points.
* You keep any benefits earned on your Scarab Sage's Faction Journal Cards, but after changing factions, you are no longer able to fulfill new goals.
* You keep any Scarab Sage-specific boons earned on Chronicle sheets.
* You retain any Scarab Sages faction trait.
* You keep access to any purchased Scarab Sage-specific vanities.
* You can perform this change whenever you would like, but cannot return to the Scarab Sage faction once you've done so.

As things currently stand, even though changing from Scarab Sages costs 0 prestige, you'd have to follow the rules at the bottom of the first column of page 28, and lose all Scarab Sage prestige awards.