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I'm sure this has been answered somewhere, sometime before, but my Google-fu is failing me.

What happens when a template is added to a creature with a fractional CR?

For instance, I need an advanced giant hawk. According to the Bestiary preview, a normal hawk has a CR of 1/3, and the Advanced Creature and Giant Creature templates each add +1 to the CR, for a total CR of 2-1/3.

What is the advanced giant hawk's final CR? Do I ignore or round down the original 1/3 and make it CR 2, or round up to CR 3?

So some time ago I accidentally marked our event (#60) as being completely reported, even though it's an ongoing, bi-weekly event. Does this make any difference, and how do I undo it?

Crud, I'm number 6. Can I volunteer to be first on the reserve list? :)

Sorry about that! I changed the database schema slightly and forgot to update existing sessions to match the new format. I've checked and the session records for your event should now show up properly.

Just to confirm, yes it's working now. Thank you!

I've had a session go missing. The other week I reported our first session. Now it says I haven't reported any sessions. I've checked with one of my players, and he says the session still shows up in his character's listing.

We're event #60, PFS @ The Hobby Kingdom.

Has anybody else experienced this? Any solutions? I'm afraid to report session #2 now, in case it goes missing as well.

Are you the same Purple Dragon Knight from The Hobby Kingdom's forum? I'm running Pathfinder Society every other Friday at The Hobby Kingdom. PFS forum with more info here. Hope to see you some time!

Store Name: The Hobby Kingdom
Store Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Store Email: burlington (at) thehobbykingdom (dot) com
Contact who is handling OP at the store: Jason Bick
PFS Coordinator: Rob Cook pathfinder (at) guilesworld (dot) com

Please see the Hobby Kingdom PFS Forum for our schedule.

Are characters allowed to rest and memorize spells during scenarios?

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Yep. The tool we're working on for creating your event will also allow you to download a bunch of the cards Kitran is talking about. Just give one to every new player.

Will this tool be available for retail stores as well, or just conventions?

And at the risk of getting in trouble for asking, is there an ETA for availability of said tool?

Thanks for the responses so far! Panic... subsiding. Breathing... returning to normal.

So it seems like the thing to do is tell everyone to register with paizo.com and get their Pathfinder Society number, then they can make their character on the spot. Fortunately, the FLGS has a public terminal where they can register right away.

It also sounds like the ideal thing is for everyone to have a few characters at different levels, and if a new player shows up we play a low-tier scenario, because the new player will be at level one.

Am I understanding this correctly?

The big weakness I can see in this idea is that if regular players show up, they're not going to want to constantly be making up new low-level characters every time a new person shows up, they're going to want to play their higher-level characters. That, and we'd eventually run out of low-level scenarios.

Also, is there a limit to how many times a player can go through a scenario? I assume a character can only do it once, regardless of the tier they're at.

For some reason I don't seem to be able to edit my own post, so I'll just add to it here.

I missed the thread that said to email results to Josh for now. Cool, but what info do we send?

Ah, it has appeared. However, I don't seem to be able to edit it. But at least it's there.

Does it take a while for a posted message to show up on the messageboards? I tried to post a message over in Pathfinder Society/General Discussion, but it's not showing up. My Account says I have posted 0 messages, but clicking "View your recent posts" shows the message. What gives?

(Third time trying to post this message. Please excuse me if I sound overly grumpy.)

So I volunteered to help organize Pathfinder Society play for my FLGS. Today I found out that "help organize" means "it's all up to me" and I'm running the first scenario September 26th. D'oh!

Frankly, I'm starting to feel like I've made a huge mistake. I don't know if I'm blind or stupid, but I've read the Guide and I've gone through the messageboards and I'm completely lost. I have a whole bunch of questions that I can't find answers for. (Questions which will also undoubtedly show that I wasn't involved in the RPGA.) Questions like:

How does the FLGS sign up to get the modules?

Is it possible to get a PFS Guide without my email address and Paizo customer # emblazoned across it, that I can show/give to people I'm trying to attract to the game?

Does everyone have to be signed up with a paizo.com account and have a character created before running the first module, or do we do that the first night?

What about people who want to "kick the tires," so to speak? I'm sure I read something somewhere about having PFS ID #'s and pre-gen characters available for DMs to give to walk-ups, but I haven't been able to find either the original info or any subsequent info about this, except for a discussion on the messageboards about whether or not this is a good idea.

Does a new player joining an existing group start a level one character and hope and pray it doesn't die while hanging out with the level tens, or do they make a level ten? What happens if somebody from another group shows up with a character that's of a significantly different level than the rest? For that matter, what if someone only shows up for every other scenario, and quickly ends up at half the level of the rest of the group?

When does a season start? What happens if we're starting after the season has started? Do we start at first level with the first batch of modules, or the most recent releases at a higher level? What happens if a group starts late in the season? Do they stop playing at the end of the season, or do they continue until they've played the whole season's scenarios? Are they now and forever months behind the release schedule?

In the months where there are four scenarios released instead of two, is the group expected to meet four times those months instead of two? Will they be behind the power curve for the subsequent scenarios if they only meet twice?

How do I report results? I fill out the chronicle at the back of the module once for each character and... then what? There's no "Report My Event" link that I can see. And who keeps the chronicle, the coordinator, DM, or player?

I have more questions but I'm afraid that I'll lose this message a fourth time if I don't post it soon.

I can't help but feel that I've somehow missed something glaringly obvious, judging by the number of "Pathfinder Society in X city" threads I've seen. And while I've noticed some "this will be answered in PFS Guide 1.2" messages, that won't help me any unless it comes out in the next week or so.

Can somebody, anybody, help me, or should I just give up now?