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The proposed change is a good in my opinion.

Congrats Darrell!

And Congrats to my VL from Omaha on your 5th Glyph!

How is Playtest #3, with 10th level characters, to be handled since we sent have pregens?

There is a problem for those of us who don't use Foundry and, therefore, don't even know there is a change to an adventure.

Agree to what Pirate Rob is suggesting.

Great fun. Time to rest and prepare for 2025. July 31st will come quickly!

Congrats to the new coin holder and the new 5-glyphs/novas! Thank you for all the time and energy you have given to your players!

I flagged this post as being in the wrong place. It really needs to be in the GM forum because of all the spoilers.

Congrats Kate on the Coin!

Congrats to the 5 Glyph honorees. Thank you for the time and effort you have given for your players!

I have seen challenge point adjustments in the appendix in some adventures.

And keep in mind the characters in the lowest level being pulled into higher by a higher level sixth character would get the level bump.

Power levels? How are you defining this?

If the two groups are in the same subtier than should have skills bonuses in the correct range. The party mix is what it is. If a party is melee light than they may have problems with the strength and dex based skills. Just like a melee heavy party will have problems with intelligence and wisdom based skills.

Not every adventure should be the same. It is ok to struggle. It what makes the game fun.

If I put their information in the system, then they later sign up, would they be able to see and edit their information that I entered previously?

Maybe if they use the same email address. But not likely.

Well this will be fun! Running 2 tables at Gencon of this Adventure!

The challenge point adjustments are in every adventure. Just need to remember how to calculate the challenge points. It is the same regardless of the level of the adventure. How to calculate may also be included in the adventure.

A big part of Society play is the reporting sheet. If not provided by the con, make sure to have one for players and You to complete your information. Some con will also provide chronicles. If you, you will need a minimum of 6 for the players. One for you but can always take care of your chronicle later.

Make sure the reporting sheet is complete and all the numbers are easily read. Not everyone's writing is good. If you need, you can write and numbers not clear so the person reporting can read them.

Always give your reporting sheet to the con lead and wait to see if they have questions. They should take a moment to check that it is complete.

Finally, you are not on an island. Sont hesitate to ask questions of other GMs.

Good luck and have fun!

I assume you have the physical chronical. Is it for 2e or 1e?

If you know the event number you can send an email to pfsrepotingerrors@paizo.com with event number, scenario, date, your pfs number and character number. Alex will help you.

Didn't say I was reporting the session multiple times.

The Legacy backgrounds are listed in the Guide found on the Lorespire at https://lorespire.paizo.com/

Congrats to the fives! Thank you for all the time you have put in for players!

If you don't rebuild, field commission agents do get the new consumables. Pregrens also get them

Remaster is a new mindset. The sooner you accept it, the easier it will be.

Yes, but that is not what I am looking for. Upgrading the Nexus Staff of Fire to a Nexus Staff of Fire (greater) is all well and good.

How about upgrading the Nexus Staff of Fire to a Nexus Staff of Water (greater)?

I don't think you can do that. Because from my read, when a nexus staff is up graded it is no longer a nexus staff. It is the upgraded staff.

I have not thought much about this since my post in the post you linked.

Have you looked in the rules forums to see if anything about this is there? Assume you have but wanted to ask.

I think you can upgrade the staff of fire to greater per the normal process.

Yes, if all the sage jewels are intact than all PCs will be raised.

Familiars? No. But they are easily replaceable.

Chronicles that give 12 xp, like APs and some modules, are applied in 4 xp, 8 days of downtime.

Feel free to reach out on Discord. I can jump into a voice channel to discuss more. Just let me know when.

Because the chronicle provides 12 xp, 30 tb, and 24 reputatuon, it may be necessary to issue up to 3 chronicles. This would be needed if the character having the credit to is in-between levels.

When these chronicles are applied, they need to be applied as if they were in adventures. So 4 xp at a time.

It is possible to go slow progress but it has to be for the entire chronicle. Also you can only give reputation for only 1 faction.

I would say that missile are purchased separately.

Congratulations to the new Service Coin holders!

Way to go Wally! Better have it on you because I will make you buy the drinks! Well earned.

Oh, I wasn't considering them vanities but I guess one could treat them as such.

Getting ready to run this and looked at the chronicle. With fame being removed, how can a gain the Rasheen's Footsteps boon?

Will the same ability be offered to characters who might have options available in this book and then options in Player's Core 2?

If i understand the question, we have until 2024 to do the rebuild. But there is only one rebuild. So you may have to wait until the next book is out before doing the rebuild.

Gary Bush wrote:

I am not looking forward to rebuilding any of my characters. This will be a major pain.

You continue to not be required to do so :)

I will still have to update spells and other class features even if I sont do a rebuild. That means looking at the character from the ground up, just like I would with a rebuild. Just not as indepth.

I am not looking forward to rebuilding any of my characters. This will be a major pain.

The Treasure Bundle Insurance boon can be used to recover 3 bundles and it does not have to be used all in the same adventure. After marking the 3 boxes, you would need to purchase again.

The only real limit on boons is you can only have one advanced and one promotional boon. Another number of other boons can be "slotted".

Just make sure to have a copy of it with you. You can purchase the insurance if it is needed however. Honor system at that point that the player will do that after the fact.

The boons will have the needed information on when of how often they can be used.

First question is what event was the table part of? The event organizer is the first person you should reach out.

It is possible that the table was reported but your number was entered incorrectly..

And this is the place to come for this type of question.

PM me and I will help you get it figured out.

Gary Bush wrote:

Unless you have a +1 weapon from a chronicle. You can't get a +1 rune until 3rd level.

+1 weapons and +1 runes are 2nd level items, not 3rd, so any character can buy them if they can afford them.

Guide wrote:

You can always purchase the following items so long as you’re in a settlement of at least 5,000 residents (and scenarios might sometimes provide additional allowances or limitations):

Any common equipment in sanctioned Pathfinder content with an item level less than or equal to your character’s level (minimum 2).

Right. I always mix that up with the striking rune.

According to the rules for 2e Pathfinder Society, there is a specialist who transfer runes for free and without a check, provided that I supply any needed materials.

Having a formula that the specialist can use to Craft the rune doesn't count right? I actually need a weapon or runestone that has the rune I want to transfer? I was thinking for a moment that I could just buy the formula for a +1 weapon potency rune then have the specialist etch a new rune, but that seems like a stupidly easy way to get around the 35 gp pricetag. Too good to be true.

So if I want a +1 warhammer when I reach level 2, is it best if I just buy a +1 warhammer for 35 gp and sell my old warhammer for 5 sp?

Unless you have a +1 weapon from a chronicle. You can't get a +1 rune until 3rd level.

If you have access from chronicle, it is likely attached to a weapon that you would need to buy then transfer the rune to the Warhammer.

Either way, your going to pay for the rune

I am in the same boat. I should have 4 stars and 2 novas.

PFS Standard just means it follows the standard rules. For Uncommon items, that means you can't use it unless you gain access or a Boon. There isn't necessarily a way to access all of them.

But most Wayfinder are available to Pathfinder agents, which we all are

Same is true most aeon stones.

Heather, your Order of the Wayfinder is so deserved! Congratulations!

Gary, I'm so happy that you got your campaign coin, and a woohoo to the new 5-ranks, Noah and Stephan!

Thanks everyone for all the work you do for the campaign!

Thanks Hilary!

Congrats to the new members of Five Island! Thank you for all your hard work.

And thank you Alex and OJ Pinkerton for the honor of the campaign service coin. It was hugh surprise when OJ presented the coin during Nukecon at the 4-99 PFS special. Even bigger than the surprise of the special firing with four full tables!

I am humbled by the recognition.

The adventure lists the map incorrectly. It says Flip-Mat: Haunted Dungeons. In fact, it uses the Multi-pack Haunted Dungeons.

It is interesting to go back to old posts with a lens of time.

No vanities for 2e.

Gary Bush wrote:

Both are woman and non-binary.

You might want to spend some more time learning about people who are nonbinary.

Guess I show my ignorance. It is a long journey for someone who has spent the vast majority of their life in different frame of reference.

I am trying. Will I fail? At times, yes. But I am willing to try.

I have not encountered the behavior described. I am older, white guy so many I just would see it. Hard to say.

To recruit new GMs they need to feel supported and provided with timely feedback. If a new GM makes a mistake, I don't usually jump in to correct because that would be taking control of the table when I am just a player.

I provide brief feedback with lots of encouragement.

I know I will be tested soon as a VC because my lodge is looking to have an influx of new players and at least 2 players expressing the interest to GM. Both are woman and non-binary.

So I will hope to give positive feed back on my lodge in a couple of months.

The best way to skip 1st and or 2nd level is to gm and make a gm baby

Gary Bush wrote:

Ohrns wrote:

My most memorable table was a family of 6 with generics. Two 10ish year- old boys, their father and his two brothers, and their dad/grandpa. A three-generation table!

Did they all have the same shirt on? I saw a 6 person table that everyone had the same shirt on.

Not that I remember. Our table was right next to the HQ stage next to one of the muster points.

That is where I noticed a 6 person table with all of them wearing the same shirt. Look like a fun table.

I would like to see another Convention Hero boon added to an adventure. I suggest at one adventure per season have one.

I played all 10 slots. I was able to play many of my high level PFS and SFS characters. My SFS 701, Haan Solo, made it to Seeker Level!! Oh wait, not in Starfinder. :)

All the GMs were great, and the players were outstanding.

I would like to say that I witnessed some people being approached rudely because they had brought food into the room. I understand the policy, as usual bad actors ruins it for everyone else, but the manner that people were approached was rude and "jerkish".

Signage likely would have been a big help but there was none that I saw.

My most memorable table was a family of 6 with generics. Two 10ish year- old boys, their father and his two brothers, and their dad/grandpa. A three-generation table!

Did they all have the same shirt on? I saw a 6 person table that everyone had the same shirt on.

If a challenge point type encounter is being done, it is likely a no.

It is possible, just not probable.