While I would clearly feel sorry for the person in question if that was to happen to me and perhaps avoid that scene should I know in advance that there was to be a player with such a life history, I am not sure what I would do if I was not to know the players life history in advance.. are we to announce to all players that a given Scenario has triggers X,Y and Z before each time we play? and exactly what are the issues that we should be labeling as triggers? I once played a scenario with a player where they started really freaking out when giant spiders were introduced.. I just thought it good role-playing but it turned out they really did have arachnophobia. I am afraid that if we do that the creating of these trigger label would be in itself a form of censorship, as writer would become reluctant to add too many such trigger labels to their scenarios so as not to be seen to reduce the potential audience and that in turn would lead IMO to blander scenarios.
Just as an information point I have played
(and also the Throaty Mermaid) with my (then aged) 12 year old son without any issues... people are different and people do bring up their kids exposed to different things While I think there are a few scenarios that could have some issues, I think we should assume that PFS is at a minimum PG13 and anyone who wants to play with kids younger then that do so at their own recognizance. Perhaps a statement in the guide along the lines that it is ok to change the theme or content of a scenario to reflect the sensibilities of younger players when necessary. IMO covering scenarios with trigger warning and the like hopefully should not be necessary and GMs should act upon their on initiative as to what they are comfortable GMing in their own communities
Forgive my ignorance if this is a quite basic question, we are still new to PFS here in Portugal. I have a player that has a 4th level Gnome sorcerer with a high Handle Animal skill that has bought a copy of Pathfinder Player Companion Animal Archive. "Animals: all animal companions on pages 28–29 are legal for purchase. Animals on pages 14–15 are legal for purchase except dinosaurs and megafauna (unless already allowed in this document in Bestiary 1, Bestiary 2, Bestiary 3, or Ultimate Equipment) and dire animals. Additionally, only creatures of the animal type of size Large and smaller may be purchased. Goblin dog is restricted for purchase and only available to goblin PCs" from additional Resources who wants to buy a combat trained Tiger for 500gp, the resource would seem to be allowed and they clearly have fame enough to make such a purchase "An animal trained to bear a rider into combat knows the tricks attack, come, defend, down, guard, and heel." You can try to teach the animal one trick per scenario according to the PFS guide. Does the tiger come being rid-able by a Gnome, it is in a section headed Riding animals? A Tiger would seem a very good buy for 500gp and if I was a 4th level Druid I'd be a bit annoyed as this tiger seems better then my tiger companion, ok they don't get a +4 bonus on handle animal and the Druid's Tiger knows more tricks, but! Is my player allowed this tiger, am I doing something wrong? |
