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Which is once again though goes back to my question. Very often to get a neurodivergent person to participate and play you have to help them. Not even GM just play.

And if your already helping them then why the hell would you not help them prepare a scenario. Scenario preparation is probably the easiest thing to deal with out of the whole situation.

I am not seeing anyone saying they will not help someone, especially if they are aware that the neurodivergent individual may need help.

But what if it is a new adventure? Someone has to do the prep work. It is not reasonable to expect someone else, who may never GM the adventure or maybe wants to play it, to feel good about helping someone else.

I am glad I am not in your lodge. We would likely clash and clash often because of your almost hostile and confrontational attidude.

Considering that the impact is on a 1e character and there is no new 1e content, you could home rule whatever effect you think is appropriate.

The 1e character slow growing mad and become a ghast at something?

Congrats John on your coin! Well earned and it was an honor to present it to you at NukeCon!

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I am confused by your almost hostile approach to people not happy with the change and who are trying to get it reversed.

Please keep the debate friendly, ok?

Thank you

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Starfinder 2e already made the switch to 2-3 hour-long scenarios, which got a price drop to $5.99. I don't see anywhere that it suggests the price would be any different for the shorter PF2e scenarios coming out next year. Did I miss something?

Not that I know of; it's just that neither announcement mentioned a price change, which would seem to me to be a pretty glaring oversight!

Reducing the price would certainly go a long way toward addressing the value complaint.

Archives of Nethys is VERY VERY slow. And when I asked about the non-stat block when prepping for Gencon, I was told by one of the organizers that I shouldn't rely on Archives of Nethys because it might be accurate.

So it is listed here as "Ghost Towns" but the printed jacket says "Ghost Town". No "s". Any way to fix that?

How is it made accessible? Not looking for details, just trying to understand a path.

If it was made available it would be on the sanctioned chronicle. It might appear under the boons area of My Oranized Play.

The Nodocite Surveiller is missing a range for its laser beam. What should we assume, 30 feet? Laser pistol is 40 feet.

I am old school with regards to "run as written". I see the adventures needing to feel as similar as possible for each group of players. Adding encounters is a no-no. Removing an encounter, or reducing its importance, is ok if time constraints are in play.

This is a hard one to answer. With all adventures becoming repeatable, and the adventures so short that alternatives are not built into the scensrio, I fear that this are going to become stale for players and GMs after the adventure is played multiple times.

This is for organized play adventures. Modules are ran in "campaign mode" and thus can have whatever the GM wants provided the main points are covered.

I've had some players in Play-by-Post games use their campaign coins. In a live game, is it an actual coin? Also, is a campaign coin good for all games and editions, or are they given out for each game/edition?

Yes, it is a physical coin. Pretty cool looking coin in fact.

Coins are Paizo Organized Play wide, but controlled by the various guides shown on the Lorespire. Right now, there are no promotional boons (which is where the coins fall) listed for SFS2e.

Until it gets added to the Lorespire there are no accessory boons. I do allow a campaign coin to have the extra hero point. To do otherwise is disrespectful of what that coin represents.

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it is good you are use prepping for adventures. That is good.

The point is not prepping, the point is the extra time that it is going to cause GMs ton have to do. And the possible barrier it will cause for new GMs who dont understand how to prep or where to look for mob details.

Of the 3 SF adventures I have ran, 1 used stars from the NPC core. So I had to got there to find the stats because they were not in the PDF.

I agree with the wolf (know better than not too!) that the decision will likely have a negative impact on organized play.

I guess I missed something. We can ADD stuff the adventure now?

Oh your talking about the adjustments. Got ya.

But that is not new.

Can’t say I have a stake in this argument having been out of OP for awhile, but I do think the stat block removal will be a problem that gets revisited.

This is my hope as well.

Looking at the experience on display by the commentors,hopefully that will come into play. Lots of Stars, Novas, and Glyphs shown here.

We are on the same page. So after so many years, the only conclusion I come to is that they are trying to save a little money by not paying an editor, or proofreader, or whomever, to put the appendix together.

It comes down to the dollars. And with the mess that the world economy is in because of stupid policies, it is hard for me not to understand. Don't like it but there is very little I can do about it.

I am still playing.

Gary Bush wrote:

The decision to reduce the size and time is purely an economic decision that I suspect was fought hard but the people who don't play the game and only look at the numbers made the decision.

As someone who has often had to rush the endings before stores closed, or drag scenarios into the next week's session, I would dispute that statement.

Some folks/stores can only do weeknight sessions, and stores aren't staying open as late as they used to since the COVID pandemic.

True about store hours. I guess I am lucky to be in an area where this is not a problem.

I dislike the changes.

Remove stat blocks for common mobs, the special ones are suppose to be continued, pushes more prep time onto GMs. Now GMs have to have to access to NPC Core, Monster Core (n-1 as more monster cores comes out), and Alien Cores. And now stat blocks are going to span multiple pages or be pages away feom the actual encounter location. Ao flipping back and forth, just like in PFS1e. So the reduction in adventure length doesn't mean less time for GMs to prep.

I understand the AP argument. APs are bigger and have limited space. And they are PRINTED while PFS/SFS adventures are not printed. So I dont buy it when someone says that APs don't have stat blocks. Yes they do. For the special entities.

I also don't believe adventures ever made money. They are given away to venture officers and to GMs that receive Con support from Paizo. That is a hugh number of free digital copies.

The decision to reduce the size and time is purely an economic decision that I suspect was fought hard but the people who don't play the game and only look at the numbers made the decision.

I am fearful that this decision will kill Oranized Play as we know it now.

Continued the lack of love for the Omaha Lodge by not including Shay joining us at Nuke-con in early October. We are a small con so I guess that is the reason.

Come join us in any case!

I hope Lorepsire will be updated to match this guide becasue on Lorespire only talked about be able to create a 1st, 3rd, and 5th level. This guide says 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th levels. It is confusing.

check for an update to the Gun and Gears PDF. I am pretty sure that they updated the PDF with the Remastered content so you shouldn't have to rebuy.

you should be good to go with Sivanah. What source were you using before Divine Mysteries? Depending on the book, you might be ok to use that source. You only need to own Divine Mysteries if you are using items only found in that source. so yes, you can still worship and use spells and feats from sources you own.

I don't believe Kitsune have their own language. None is listed in the ancestry section for them. all it says is:

Common and additional languages equal to your Intelligence modifier (if positive). Choose from Elven, Gnomish, Goblin, Halfling, Dwarven, Sylvan, and any other languages to which you have access (such as the languages prevalent in your region).

Maybe the regional language of Tian?

So this guide says you can create a 1st, 3rd, 5th, or 7th but the Lorespire guide only goes up to 5th. Which is correct?

Allowing players to start at above 1st os a headache for GMs to check and make sure the characters didn't spend too much.

Not a fan of this.

Answering the OP, I must say that is a lot of stuff your doing. You be you.

That does seem like a lot of extra work but if that is who you best manage your character, fine.

To answer the question, less than 15 minutes. I try to enter the into Herolab.

Congrats. Said that Paizo doesn't care to fix this.

The way I pull data was very manual. Would be nice to have an export option.

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See you're enjoying this tread. :)

I personally do not like quests. I understand why people like them however.

A lot of Venture Officers (volunteers who organize and run tables) read these forums. If post the area that you from, I am sure someone point you in the right direction.

Well to the fun!

Intro the Unknown is series of quest like adventures rolled into one product. There are a total 5, 3 ground combat and 2 space combat.

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.