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I recently bought this GM-specific bag for my wooden screen. It holds books, has a top-compartment for miniatures and deep pockets.
I love the idea but the product page could really use some screenshots of the sheet in action. Also: Is there a print version of the sheet and how does that look?
If you (general you) don't have a local gaming store you want to help support (I don't have one) then the cheapest option to Denmark I found, when I pre-ordered the books, was from Book Depository (yes, they include VAT, but have free shipping from the UK) - search for p2 pathfinder on the site to find the other books. Cool, thanks! I've been searching for the cheapest preorder site, but skipped Book Depository because the .com domain implied they ship dhom the states.
I'm in Denmark and have tried to subscribe, but it isn't worth it. Paizo declares the full value on all packages (as they should), so everything over 80 DKK (~12$) will get hit with 25% VAT on the price of content and shipping and the 160 DKK (~25$) handling fee.
I can try telling you a bit about the general state of roleplaying games in Denmark, William. In a few months, when he has been in some video conferences with his European colleagues, David will know more about how PFS in Denmark compares to the rest of the world than I know now after three years of service. Our first Venture-Captain, Diego, wrote this blog post about the early years of PFS in Denmark: Tidings from the Viking Lodge. That's a good start dealing with the origins of PFS in Denmark. Roleplaing games are a common hobby in Denmark, especially LARP. We have regular monthly fantasy campaigns, large LARPs spanning a week with 3-500 attendants called summer scenarios and a lot of specialty scenarios.
Tabletop RPGs doesn't get as much media attention, but is an old and solid hobby. Our largest conventions, Viking-Con and Fastaval are over 30 years old.
Pathfinder Society is the first living campaing to gain a footing in Denmark. Recently a Danish old school and rules light campaign called Hinterlandet has emerged. They only play at conventions and have a solid following, but not much of an overlap with PFS. I haven't had the opportunity to play it yet. At conventions danes generally play more freeform, rules light and story focused games. These games are writen by volunteers have pre-generated characters and generally focus on a story or character development. This style is very common in Scandinavia. (The only link I could find about the style is from a Norwegian blog in English. Have a look at Nørwegian Style.)
Everything cultural- sports- and hobby-related in Denmark is organised in associations. They are easy to form, can operate like a business and enjoy certain privileges from local authorities: They get monetary support if the target audience is youths below 25 years and rooms are provided for the hobby if asked for. Most often associations get to use schools, sports halls or other publically owned locations free of charge.
It's my pleasure to introduce the new Venture Captain of Denmark, David Post Møller.
David and I go way back - we organised a monthly LARP campaign for a few years ten years ago.
Now he's taking my old job and I look forward to seeing the campaign grow. Please welcome him!
My kitsune pirate captain stays behind the front line commanding and inspiring his sailors. They're always lucky - either the enemies succumb to fear quickly or the weather helps them. He's a witch with a parrot familiar.
He is the kind of arrogant leader that will gladly use his underlings as cannon fodder. But no warlord would allow the enemy to enter hit home, kill all minions and then retreat to rest before facing him.
They will be travelling a lot to distant places and there will not be many ongoing NPCs, so I'd make sure they invest more background in each other than the starting village.
I think Paizo is running on PDT, witch is GMT - 7, so it's Tuesday 28th for two more hours at the Paizo office.
She'll keep that. She doesn't know what it is for, only that she should give it to Baba Yaga's riders. When the players have earned her trust, she'll give it to her.
I haven't played the dungeon yet, but my plan is for her to still give them random keys.
They'll make up their mind when I do during play ;) This explains why Jadrenka is acting so elusive and random. She's helping/testing the players when the hags aren't watching over her.
I will roleplay her in the different dungeons much like Luna Eladrin suggested. I think she can tell the characters whatever she wants, but choose to not, because she is compelled - both by her oath to Baba Yaga and by her changeling nature - to test them. She might drop hints, she might trick or guide them in a specific direction, but she won't tell them she's the warden, unless they have fully gained her trust or attracted her wrath. I play a slightly different plot, that was suggested in another thread: Jadrenka has been taken prisoner by Caigreal so she can't interfere with the invasion. By doing that, she hopes the invasion succeeds, so Jadrenke has failed her task. After that, Caigreal plands on retaking Artrosa and earn Baba Yaga' favour becomming the new warden.
I plan on having her caged behind cold iron bars in either the temple or the Eon Pit whatever is more dramatic appropiate when the players move through the dungeon.
The hag ritual also requires her to be a certain age.
I'm done with book 1 and 2,Reading book 3 now.
The entire concept of Irrisen is rather dark as well. Not only are people repressed, they are done so by monsters and descendants of an evil powerful being from another world. Dead peasants are cooked to make candles and ground to bone meal.
Hi cdecle, I've alerted Ellen Østergaard, the Venture-Lieutinant of Jutland and asked her to reply. She knows western Denmark the best.
Fighter because of the versatility.
My personal favourites are bard, witch and druid. I was tempted to replace rogue with bard, but thought it would be good to have balance in numbers between casters and martials.
You can't beat the Original :)I think she meant this song.I come from the land of the ice and snow... The original is great, but when we're talking baout the iconic skald, I thinkg this version by Icelandic Krauka is more fitting.
This sounds like a really nasty version of The Confirmation.
Great idea!
Great idea! :D I brainstormed some cards last year. Here are what I found in the bad corners of my mind. Black Cards
White cards
Just a random thought: pull a human couple (probably nobles in a racist society) adopt an Elven child and keep it as a kind of pet? If the adorable age of 4-6 or whatever you prefer lasts for centuries, you don't need to worry about the difficult teen years - you'll be long gone by then.
That could be one twisted backstory.
If you haven't played your character above level 1 yet, you can change everything about him. Stats, classes, faction, even reverse spent gold and prestige. Have you looked at the Hunter from the Advanced Class Guide playtest? That's a Ranger/Druid hybrid.
I have the pleasure of announcing the venture-lieutinant of Copenhagen, Morten Dreier.
He was right, and now he gets what he deserves: Welcome to the officer-team, Morten.
Some have found their way through thr darklands and have settled in the siege castles outside Absalom. Source (PFS spoiler):
Spoiler: Ruins of Bonekeep
Jacob Trier has informed me he is stepping down as Venture-Lieutinant of Jutland. He has been a great help and support from the very start of my carreer as Venture-Captain. He was the very man suggesting I took up The Mantle Of The Captain a year and a half ago, but now he has to focus his energy on his family and raising the next generation of geeks. Stepping up to replace him is Ellen Østergaard. She is an active member of the only PFS group in the region and has lots of experience from her work in the local RPG association, Avalon in Silkeborg.
I still think that the Investigator should lose sneak attack in exchange for an ability that let's you observe your enemy, and make studied attacks :) What if the Investigator could use his inspiration dice on damage rolls?
Having read Fey Revisited, I've starting thinking about a triumvirate of norns being the real source of my players' mythic power.
According to Fey Revisited, Irrisen see a lot of norn activity apparently working against Baba Yaga. They seem to think Lands of the Linnorm Kings is a place of great destiny.
Spoiler: And probably also because Baba Yaga herself is norn-powered.
Have you read The Witch Queen's Revenge? If not, I suspect you will have fun with it. I read it when it came out, but don't remember much. Do you have any specific ideas? The only thing I can think of is letting the warden address only one of them depending on what sungon they are in (maiden - white, mother - red, crone - black)
I have 3 players and compensate for that by giving them mythic tiers. The moment of ascention was the mantle of the black rider, and they've just defeated Radosek using their newfound power.
I've added a fun detail, that I don't know how to use yet: each of the three will slowly look and feel like one of baba yagas three riders.
I'd say Reign of Winter is rather high fantasy. RoW general plot: You travel to Whitethrone to steal Baba Yagas Dancing hut/familiar and us it to travel to other continents and other planets. One outside the solar system, where you battle demon-posessed tanks and Rasputin himself.
Mythic flaws are an optional rule now.
I have an archaeologist bard with high int and cha, but low wis. He's great at getting ideas and making plans (int), but terrible at figuring out the consequences (wis). He's very sure of himself and his plans (cha), so he tries to force them upon others or just starts without asking. Great fun.
Thanks, Odraude. I'll nab that one and make a small reference card for the GM shared prep-folder one of these days.
FAntastic idea! I've recently started on a project much like this (but in way smaller scale) for helping Danish newcommers to PFS.
It's a pleasure to announce a new venture-lieutinant for the island of Bornholm. The island i small and very isolated (see this image - yellow is Denmark, red is Bornholm), so I can't support them myself.
I became aware of his activity almost half a year ago, but because of distance, neither me nor Jacob and Júlíus has had the opportununity to meet him before now. He hauled a car full of players on an 8 hour trip to our yearly con on Zealand.
Please welcome him and visit him on the lovely vacation island of Bornholm.
Each Pathfinder Society scenario is designed to be run as a separate event. Each season share a metaplot and some themes, but not all scenarioes will follow that theme.
In season 4 there are two story arcs - one for low level players and one for high level, so you could run one of the arcs as some sort of campaign.
The plaque is added to the scenarios that tell the metaplot of the season.
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