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Class photo in the boat.

That is so cool! I need you to do the artwork for my PCs and future GM tables! ;)

In his best carnival barker voice (so good in fact one wonders if he's been one!) VC Trice says, "You've been selected for a mission to an exotic and exclusive location: The Wall of Heaven in Tian Xia! We'll sail up the scenic Conerica River into Druma where you'll be treated to an all expenses paid use of translocation magics to mysterious Goka! There you'll meet with another Venture Captain who will give you your mission briefing. This is anyone's last chance to bail!"

I'll give it a bit for anyone else to decide on gear and then we'll move forward.

#2: I forgot to post this earlier. Please arrange your PCs tokens in the boat. If the boat isn't big enough we'll make it work. ;)

The secret benefit of the Dead condition is it makes you immune to many other conditions! (except prone, I guess)

Unless he's frozen stiff in the upright position!

Grizzlebin quickly corrects Trice: "I ain't no companion--the kid follows me around." Jakeric looks embarassed, until Grizzlebin adds "But who can blame him? I'm from a higher realm, ya know!"

VC Trice chuckles, "Oooh that's the case? Then I change my mind; Olaf would make a monkey out of Jakeric."

Even if you posted it in the Gameplay thread please also post any gear purchases in the Discussion thread so I can more quickly and easily locate them. Thanks!

I don't have endure elements. The good news is that while I'll still take cold damage, I'm immune to the Fatigued and Exhausted conditions that are the really painful parts of environmental conditions.

So his corpse wouldn't be fatigued or exhausted - good to know! ;)

The VC barks a harsh laugh, "How heavy is it? Pick up the bag and see for yourself!'

The muscular half-orc lifts the bag and sets it back down.

"You seem more the delicate sort perhaps one of the others can heft it? Or divide it amongst yourselves to carry. You don't ignite it: you work it with your hands and, as you do so, it generates warmth. The more you work, the warmer it gets. It doesn't burn, produce smoke, just gets hot - perfect for melting snow and ice eh? Who said Calisro doesn't take care of her Agents?"

Haltani addresses Clémence's other question, "I do have some skill with a boat but I'm better with overland travel. I should be able to manage a small boat on the river."

The VC will provide all of the info on Blackfire Clay.

VC Trice looks at Olaf and grins at Grizzlebin, "Don't worry I think you're still the toughest companion."

Jirelle wrote:

"Thanks, Clemence... I surely can use your help with the elements."

“Mais oui, but of course. Is there anyone else que vous?”

The priestess gives Crowe a pointed stare. “Je doute one scroll will suffise, monsieur. Is there really no personne who can afford une wand magique?”

❄

“J'aime bien your idée des snowshoes, Jirelle. J'ai déjà visité les Linnorm Kingdoms recently. Les snowshoes aided un compagnion manage snowy terrain du difficile.”

"Je should learn from his expérience, et votre exemple, mademoiselle."

Neither of the pregens has that kind of gold or the PP to purchase a wand. It's up to the player PCs if they want to make such expenditures.

"Thanks, Clemence... I surely can use your help with the elements." - says Jirelle.

Jirelle will also buy a cold weather outfit for 8 gp and snowshoes for 5 gp at the quartermaster. These pregens have no gold at all :)

[dice=Knowledge (Local)]1d20+4
[dice=Diplomacy]1d20+6

Not sure if I can apply guidance on these tests here.

"So... I take that this letter of trade is some sort of cover for our actual mission?" - says the swashbuckler, direct but still with a charming smile at her face - "Are we taking any actual trade goods with us? And is there anyone else within the locals, besides Haltani, that we could go for help, in case of trouble? Maybe the Society 'traded' with someone here before...?"

VC Benarry takes another long drag from her flask, "That's what the letter of trade is for, to trade for goods in Dalun. No there's no one else in the area who you can contact. You're supposed to be making contacts, and friends, with the locals for the future. Hope you all have shining dispositions and big smiles. Oh and maybe not let the gnome jump on the locals; I'm not sure they'll appreciate it."

"Don't forget the map and the pack with the ten blocks of blackfire clay. I have a boat you can use for the trip tied up at the dock."

Picture of your new (loaner) boat is on Slide 2. Please record any purchases in the Discussion thread.

One of the burly deckhands tells Clémence, "Irrisen is known as the Land of Eternal Winter, as it stays freezing year round. Powerful witches known as the White Witches rule the nation and allow monsters the same rights as humanoids. The human descendants of Baba Yaga are called Jadwiga, and are the aristocracy of Irrisen. Ulfen people who find themselves in Irrisen are at the bottom of the social hierarchy; the fortunate are serfs, and the rest are slaves."

While purchasing her supplies the Quartermaster tells Jirelle, "Intelligent monstrous races, such as ice trolls and winter wolves, are citizens in Irrisen. Though not as socially powerful as the Jadwiga, they command considerable respect and are often able to do as they please without consequence."

VC Benarry's and Haltani's eyebrows raise in unison at the statement by Bellisofia.

VC Bennary says, "There's cold and then there's Irrisen. It's a whole different level of cold. Clémence has the right of it using magic to protect yourselves. As for a translator Haltani can aid you in that regard."

To Jirelle, "You don't even have to leave the comfort of the Grinning Pixie! The quartermaster might have what you're looking to buy."

Note from the scenario: "If the PCs need to purchase any gear, the Grinning Pixie’s quartermaster can sell them nearly any mundane or alchemical gear in addition to magic items worth 2,500 gp or less." This also includes making a PP purchase of, say, a Wand of Endure Elements. ;)

Haltani addresses Clémence, "As the Captain said I'm a local who tries to keep on the good side of both sides of the border so I can continue to do business. Not all of Irrisen is bad, but the land is dangerous. Ice trolls, snow goblins, or even winter wolves can accost unwary travelers. Dalun is safe, though; they accept outsiders and are eager for trade. I’ve spent quite a lot of time in the city and have many contacts there."

VC Bennary says, "Are there any more questions?"

PCs may also make Knowledge (History) checks and a Knowledge (Local) or Diplomacy (Gather Information) check.

The beggar clasps Jakeric's hand and presses something into it.

"Bless you for your generosity! Here is a prayer to keep you safe."

You hear a whisper in your ears, "Make sure you read it."

Once you smooth out the parchment you learn it's not a prayer; it's a note!

"You have secured contracts as guards on a shipment heading north tomorrow morning. Be on the ship 'Profit's Pride' this evening.'"

You have no trouble finding the 'Profit's Pride' moored at one of the docks along the Conerica River. The crew point to the holds below deck and, once there, you're directed into an office.

Seated is a familiar face – Venture Captain Beaurigmand Trice!
"I hear congratulations are in order. Since you've done so well here there's another opportunity that awaits. How do you feel about traveling to an ancient and mysterious land far, far away? And since Lucinus felt the need to rage somewhere else I brought along a replacement. Please introduce yourself to the others."

As he's the sort of character that might benefit from a bit of an "on screen" introduction to the rest of the party, would there be an opportunity for Silvanus to meet up with the rest of the party in game?

Perhaps... ;)

Warning: Incoming Wall of Text!

The hull of the Grinning Pixie creaks and groans in the freezing waters of Kalsgard, at the mouth of the Rimeflow River. Venture- Captain Calisro Benarry, the half-orc captain of the vessel, shivers as she strides in to her well-furnished cabin and out of the bitter winds. A Varki woman clad in leathers and a snow leopard fur coat is already seated inside the cabin.

“Welcome to the Linnorm Kingdoms,” says Venture-Captain Calisro Benarry. She takes a long drag from a hip flask before continuing. “The North is no place for a free captain, but here we are. Oh, Kalsgard is fine—they’ve got stiff drink here—but you’ve got to head inland, where it’s even colder.”

She pulls her mammoth-fur coat tighter across her body as she continues. “I hope you all weren’t planning to freeze to death and packed for the weather. You’ve all heard of Jormurdun? Well, that dwarven sky citadel contained an artifact called the Sky Key. King Gutheran broke it into five pieces and gave four of them to his heirs as they fled the invasion, keeping the fifth for himself. One of Gutheran’s heirs, Naldak, traveled into what is now southwestern Irrisen and established a small town called Naldak’s Point. That’s where the trail goes cold. Most likely, Baba Yaga wiped them out when she invaded. The piece of the Sky Key and the ruins of Naldak’s Point are probably buried under a millennium of ice and snow, just waiting for someone—you—to go dig them out. I’ve packed you ten blocks of blackfire clay to make the task more manageable,” the venture-captain says, handing over a backpack stuffed with black bricks. “Don’t forget to take these with you.”

“You’re heading east, up the Rimeflow and Thundering Rivers, past the Grungir Forest, and into Irrisen. Desna smiles—the site is about half a day’s hike north of Dalun, a small trade city on the Irrisen border. Take a small river boat packed with supplies and a letter of trade, make nice with the city officials, and see if you can get permission to travel inland. Head to the site and find our missing Sky Key piece. You’ll know you’re on the right track if you recover signs that the royal family settled there.”

"Watch yourselves in Irrisen. Antagonizing the locals is like poking a sleeping ice bear in the eye, except it won’t kill you as quickly. The Society is not especially welcome in Irrisen, so try to keep what friends we have, and if you can, make new ones. With that it mind, I’ve hired a local to bring you safely to Dalun.” Venture-Captain Benarry gestures toward the Varki woman. “This is Haltani, and she will guide you into and out of Irrisen alive.”

The Varki woman springs to her feet gracefully and addresses the party. “It is always a pleasure to meet travelers from faraway lands. It is true that Irrisen is a harsher land than most. Keep your wits about you, and your journey should be profitable.”

A picture of Haltani is provided on Slide 3.

As the group wraps up their role in the investigation in Isger among those wishing to converse with them is an aged beggar.

"Alms for the poor good sirs and madams. Alms for the poor?" he asks with his free hand extended.

You may make Perception checks...

The disadvantage of being a small roguelike is that it takes so long to get behind the enemy from wherever the martials put you.

I'd recommend Acrobatics to stand on their heads. ;)

I filled out the modifiers and marching order slide. Do I need to fill in the character info section again or is just doing rpgchronicles still ok for that info?

In about 9 hours it'll be 3/2/26 somewhere in the world so that's the official start, right?

The main thing are the new modifiers for saves and skills. :)

Yes at some point tonight is the 'official' beginning of Outpost. Since you're almost all (the new guy being the exception) together we won't have to worry about how you were gathered.

I don't have Crowe's avatar on my PC, could someone put one on the slide?

Btw I wish to go on the second as Crowe is a front-liner

I placed Crowe next to Lapyd's pregen at the front. If you would like to move it to the '2nd line' please adjust accordingly.

It's just important so I know who gets slaughtered horribly and devoured by the Tarrasque to see things first...
;)

Reminder: Please make sure your PCs are update with their new levels, feats, any equipment purchases, etc.

Also fill out the Google Slides with their skills/saves info.

Reminder: Not everyone has filled in their PCs information on RPG Chronicles or the Google Slides yet. Please do so before the start of Outpost IX.

Also make sure your PCs are updated with any purchases, new levels, etc.

And while no one wants to get hit in the face someone needs to be in the 'front rank' for the rest of you to take cover behind. ;)

The Google Slides link should be active. Please fill out your PC's info on Slides 4-6.

I have the Google Slides link active. Please add your PCs information in Slides 3 through 5.

GM Shadow Dragon wrote:

This is a 'GM's Choice' recruitment and is thus Closed.

By "closed" do you mean you already picked all your players before this post? Just checking

Yes.

@GM Shadow Dragon: I downloaded the details on this pregen already; she's the one I intend to use (this profile).

Awesome! :)

For Lapyd and Colin's friend: Here's a link to the L4 pregens. Please download the pregen you want to play and that should give you a quick start to building a character sheet for the pregen.

Level 4 pregens

GM Shadow Dragon wrote:

Speaking of which I need Bellisofia to have a character sheet. For an example you can check Halle or one of the other PCs here but you'll need to include a section for your spells.

Done. Let me know if there's a particular style of header/PbP profile you wan us to use (some GM does that)

Header looks okay. The big things are HP, Saves, Spells, Conditions, Effects, Times/day use features.

My Cleric

I think my friend changed his mine and will use Crowe the bloodrager instead, so it's even MORE melee focused :)

Ninja would probably be useful than monk indeed, assuming it has Disable Device skill.

As soon as your friend settles on a pregen make sure they create an alias and character sheet for it.

Speaking of which I need Bellisofia to have a character sheet. For an example you can check Halle or one of the other PCs here but you'll need to include a section for your spells.

i'm here...havent had time to update sheet or the rpg chronicles thing yet..but im here

No rush you have about 2 weeks to go.

A rules forum search indicated that eidolons can use magic item slots, but they share those slots with the summoner. So it would be limited in how much both could have.

That may or may not be the actual case though, I haven’t been able to dig deeper. It’s probably in a faq somewhere.

GM, do you need me to fill this form out or is filling out rpg chronicles good enough? I am waiting until after the scenario to roll my dayjob in case I need to forego it for an FJC mission or something.

The RPG Chronicles is good enough. :)

1. Player name: Jhaeman

2. Character name: Jakeric (though really, Grizzlebin's the boss)
3. Character class and level: Unchained Summoner 4
4. PFS #: 238544-10
5. Faction: Silver Crusade
6. Day job roll: [dice=Profession (Scholar)]1d20+6

11?!?! What did he do, let Grizzlebin eat some books???

I received a PM from the 6th player and they will no longer be able to participate. He was bringing a L4 oracle so you may want to factor that into PC choices.

We'll also see if anyone else wishes to participate since we still have a couple of weeks before Outpost IX begins.

will get my info in..still have to lvl up...right nbiw i have to call Keurig and get a new coffee maker...my warranty replacement just borked...

Sorry to hear that. Those things are expensive aren't they? :(

Signed up on rpg chronicles.

Make sure you dot and delete in Gameplay so I can confirm the number of souls I will make suffer muahahaha!

The Edge of DEATH! Heaven

If our final player checks in with his L4 oracle the group would be at 19, divide by 6 is 3.17 so 3. By the PFS1 rules, for a table of 5+ PCs, you'd have to play the 4-5 subtier with the 4 player adjustments.

Just to confirm that everyone is okay with that option or you could reconfigure PCs.

I'm thinking a giant sponge is going to fall on it and soak it up. Ha take that! :P

1. Player name: Jhaeman

2. Character name: Genesix
3. Character class and level: Shifter 3
4. PFS #: 238544-9
5. Faction: Grand Lodge
6. Day job roll: No day job
7. Any background, quirks, etc. you feel other PCs need to know about your PC: For 21 hours out of the day, Genesix looks like a roiling pool of quicksilver and can't speak. For the other 3 hours of the day, Genesix looks like a naked silvery android with visible circuitry imprinted on their face and body; they have limited memory of how they came to Golarion (Numeria!) and talk a bit like Siri. GM, for AC and each save, the character's tagline has two numbers divided by a slash: the first number is in "ooze" form and the second is in "humanoid" form (the second number is usually better because the character can benefit from magic items!)

Does it get carried in a bucket and poured onto enemies???

RPG Chronicles link:

The Edge of Heaven

Shouldn't this link be in the new recruitment thread?

Or did you post it deliberately here?

It should be in there but I hid it here muahaha!

The Recruitment thread for PFS1 6-18 'From Under Ice' is now open. If you haven't signed up on the Signup Sheet please do so first.

From Under Ice

RPG Chronicles thread:

RPG Chronicles - From Under Ice

Discussion thread.

Gameplay begins at the start of Outpost IX on March 2, 2026.
Please dot and delete.

This is a FCFS table for Outpost IX.

Please post the following information.

1. Player name:
2. Character name:
3. Character class and level:
4. PFS #:
5. Faction:
6. Day job roll:
7. Any background, quirks, etc. you feel other PCs need to know about your PC

This is a 'backup' stop; I'll have an RPG Chronicles link soon.

RPG Chronicles link:

RPG Chronicles for Part 1

The Quest for Perfection Part 1 - GM Shadow Dragon is the best

It is ALIVE! Well sort of.

Please post the following information.

1. Player name:
2. Character name:
3. Character class and level:
4. PFS #:
5. Faction:
6. Day job roll:
7. Any background, quirks, etc. you feel other PCs need to know about your PC

This is a 'backup' stop; I'll have an RPG Chronicles link soon.

For Outpost IX.
Please dot and delete.