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This is where we discuss what's going on, out-of-character.

this is where we play.

Player expectations: I need a full character sheet before we start. I don't care about the format necessarily, but it needs to have the feats you took, the rogue powers or whatever you chose, your skill bonuses, your inventory of magic items.

In gameplay, I'd much much prefer that you are as explicit as possible with your die rolls, especially with temporary and circumstance bonuses.
attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33 damage: 1d8 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24 isn't acceptable.

+2 longsword, power attack, inspire courage: 1d20 + 14 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 14 - 2 + 1 = 19
slashing damage, power attack, inspire courage: 1d8 + 9 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 6 + 1 = 18
Is what I'm going for. Basically, if I have a question about the math, between your die roll and your character sheet, I should be able to figure it out. This is as much for your benefit as my own. If you forget a buff that the party gave out, its a lot easier for me to do the math correctly if I can see your math.

GM Expectations: I am not a quick GM, at the best of times. I am currently attending school and getting my masters full-time, which does mean I have some odd things come up. I would not sign up if you're the type of player who thinks "I need this character to be free on X date to play at Y-Con." This is a three-scenario trilogy. After Parts 1 and 2, we will re-assess about who wants to move on to the next part.

I have 4 stars in PFS1, but I stopped regularly GMing 1e in 2021, so if I get a rule wrong, PLEASE bring it up, and correct me.

Character Name:
Player Name: (as you want it on the Chronicle Sheet)
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Do you understand what being CORE means?: (y/n)

Please Dot in once you post in the Recruitment.

If it matters, you will start on the streets of Absalom. If you want to, you can make a little scene of where your character would be in Absalom, and what they'll be doing.

This where we discuss things. Please let me know if I'm getting a rule wrong. Its been several years since I GM'd 1e.

Hey, ya, I've got some people interested in this already. Its for Levels 7-11, and Core characters.

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This is where we will play the game of the adventure. Planned start October 30th.

This is where you might drop me a line, out of character

Player Name: (As you want it on your chronicle Sheet)
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Recruitment will be open until 11:59 PM Monday October 28 CDT. That is 4:59, Tuesday, October 29 UTC. If I receive more than 6 players, I will do a drawing of names.
This is a repeatable Quest. I am slightly slower GM for PbP GMs, so I imagine this will take close to a month.

Please sign up with the following

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Character Name:
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Instead of doing this on a first-come-first serve basis, I will choose the player by lottery. To be considered, please sign up by Midnight, October 10, 2023, Us Central Time. (roughly 48 hours from when I'm posting this.)

This is where we'll discuss the thread.

Please dot in here. You'll be starting in the camp of a major Pathfinder expedition in Iobaria' Finadar Forest.

So this is after the fact, but I ran this at Gen-Con. At the time, I thought I must just have forgotten where it was, or that I couldn't find it in a panic, but I recently went back and confirmed that I think it is a mistake. In Part 3, the House GM may announce that the Inspired Defense condition is in effect. That is the only time the words Inspired Defense appear in the PDF. I don't think there is a condition in Pt 3 that was mislabeled, but I could be wrong about that.

I've also some slides. If you could fill out the form in slides 2 and 3 for me, I'd appreciate it.

The Pegasus cuts power to the engines after confirming vector and gracefully glides into the Exemplarion, a massive star yacht and personal pleasure cruiser for Zo!, a new ally to the Starfinder Society. The Society sorely needs allies at this point, and beggars can't be choosers, which is why First Seeker Luwazi Elsebo overrode objections to ally with the Eoxian.

Perhaps, you might have thought an Eoxian ship to dreary and smelly, like decaying flesh, but the ship is sparkling clean and well-lit. The group passes both a casino, a caff shop and three restaurants and only one seems to be serving food unfit for living consumption. There are hundreds of guests and consumers on the ship, spread out over six decks.

A skeletal halfling waves one of its arms with its other arm, trying to get your attention. A vocalizer gives its voice, as its lower jaw is missing, "You're the Starfinder agents right? Been looking all over for you. Come, come, I'll take you to your meeting."

this would be a good time to introduce yourselves. You've been traveling together for nearly a week, so feel free to reveal anything you think you'd bring up in the past week.

This is gonna be first come first serve

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Boons: (Suggested boons: High Society (Zo!) from 1-05 and Claimant to Salvation from 1-00)

Anything I might need to know:

Hope to start June 3rd. (This is for levels 1 through 4)

Discuss here.

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The Ashefall Lodge, captained by Oraiah Tolal, is unusual, as its a treehouse, stationed above the swamps of Tamran. The group was sent here by Steward of the Grand Lodge Ambrus Valsin. Since half the time, the port of Tamran is being blockaded by the Molthuni navy, it was long and arduous journey overland through the Nesmian Plains.

This should be done pretty quick but if you need to bring something up, bring it here!

Dot here!

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Notes: Anything you think your GM or other players may want to know!

Taking the first 4 sign ups!

Here we can discuss things out of character.

Feel free to introduce your characters. There is a handout in the slides

Taking the first 4-6 to people to sign up.

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Again, this isn't open to the public until September. Why are you looking at this?

This space was intentionally left blank, as the game won't start until September 1, 2020. Recruitment is not open until August 12, 2020.

PBP here.

So, I've done a couple of PBPs so far. I am slower than the average GM, so if you're the type of person who needs this character to be done by X-date, this may not be the game for you (or that character in particular). On the other hand, I want to try to force myself to be quicker than I was on previous games. But I can't promise that the character will be done by this date or that date. I am not shooting for any particular subtier, nor am I going to turn away someone for playing out of tier. (though if you sign up with one character, and realize that you would be out-of-tier, and want to switch to another, that's fine)

What I need from you

Character Name:
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Making this now so I don't make it later.

To start at some point further down the timeline.

Please sign up here.

We will be playing on the paizo boards. It'll be a lottery chosen. I don't care on the tier, and will let you all figure that out.

This is where the dice will get rolled.

open for dotting.

Pick a number, any number

I am currently recruiting people to play a CORE game of 7-14, Faithless and Forgotten, Pt 1. It will be by lottery. If you choose to, you can continue on to Pts 2 and 3. I don't have a preference on tier, it will be up to you who are playing.

Lottery will take place sometime Wednesday, the 13 after I'm done with work that day. I plan on starting play the 15th or 16th.

Expectations
I try to take a steady pace.
Write at least a couple sentences unless we're in combat.

Available for dotting. We will begin on Gameday.

Getting this started

Expectations

THIS IS A CORE GAME

1. Post a day, understanding that everyone has a rough day every once and while and that's gonna up-turn the apple cart. So aim for at least 6 posts/week.

But more importantly, what makes a post? Unless we're neck-deep in combat that's been going for a couple rounds, I expect more than a sentence. I don't need 500 words or anything, but give me at least a couple sentences. Tell me what your character is doing, and what your character is thinking. Also, respond to one another, not just to what I say as the GM. If Alice the Fighter says that she's scared of crocodiles, but Bob the Cleric has fought one before, he should bring that up, he should say something about it.

2. I do reserve the right to bot you a) in combat if you haven't posted in 24 hours, b) some skill checks, especially perception and sense motive rolls

3. If you want to use your re-roll on a bot-post (such as a saving throw), you must declare it at the very start of the first post after said bot-post.

4. I am a new GM to PBP. Please bear with me if anything is wonky on my presentation. If you have questions, tips or concerns, feel free to PM me.

It'll be first come, first serve, with the following caveats. Anyone who has GM'd for me, either in real life or in a PBP gets priority, and I reserve one spot for a person who is new to PFS-PBP. If you think that person is you, look at your campaigns page here. If there are more than five campaigns on it, active or inactive, you are not that person. I will finalize the roster around the start of August, and we will begin August 25.

That all said

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PFS History: (List of chronicles that this character has)

I'm hoping that the "his photo" is a typo for "this photo" in the entry beneath Shardra

So the first session of Pathfinder Society in Lincoln, Nebraska was a success! We had three players, Crowe, Adowyn and a magus made at the table, along with a GM-run Kyra (me). I ran the Confirmation, which I've never played before in either mode. Do I only get the GM Credit or do I also get the credit for running a Pre-gen?

Follow-up if the answer is I get both, the next time we meet, I plan on running an adventure that I've got player credit already. Let's assume I have to run a pre-gen again (I hope i don't, but let's pretend), how do I indicate that I did that?

For the past few months, I've been traveling out to Omaha. Now that I've got some PFS GMing experience, I'm hoping to cut down on traveling costs by offering it in my hometown. I'm not affiliated with a shop, but a local gaming shop (Gauntlet on 13th street, to be specific) has said they're willing to host me.

Anyone in Lincoln or the surrounding area (even Omaha I guess!) please contact me.