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***** Pathfinder Society GM. 81 posts (106 including aliases). 7 reviews. No lists. No wishlists. 56 Organized Play characters. 1 alias.


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Right across the river from St. Louis is Die Con 2018. Surrounded by assorted gaming, there will be plenty of PFS and SFS including all the latest scenarios as well as a couple oldies. We will also have the brand new Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Core Set available.

Event Page

Warhorn

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Shaudius wrote:

This is directly from Tonya, "The only items covered by the NDA are Paizo business operations, as sometimes venture-officers have knowledge of upcoming activities and products before their information is released to the general public. At no time have I meant to imply that venture-officers may not speak their minds; barring extraordinary circumstances like systemic or egregious breaking of community guidelines, we do not take action against those who do so. There are many posts on the boards where officers speak their minds and we have left them for public consumption. This thread received the moderation it did because I was out of town working UK Games Expo and unable to comment on the situation. We do not talk about disciplinary actions or investigations to protect the privacy of those involved and the sensitive nature of the investigations, not because it is against the NDA." (emphasis mine.)

I'm really not trying to make every thread about the NDA, but Tonya has made very clear what the NDA you are under does and not cover.

Beyond that, the amount of secrecy people think is warranted around Paizo organized play is frankly appalling, the adage, the cover-up is worse than the crime seems pretty appropriate regarding all of this. I mean seriously, what is everyone so afraid of.

I understand taking things seriously, but the amount of volunteers I see clam up when certain topics that are clearly not Paizo business related come up you'd think you were all under some sort of gag order.

Well said.

I would say the clamming up is partially due to the fact that many of us venture officers are socially awkward and situations like these make such people uncomfortable. Or we like to keep our focus on our region. I fall into both categories.

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I was dragged into PFS kicking and screaming by two friends of mine in January 2012. I was playing every week 3 months later and have been ever since. Two and a half years ago I became a Venture Lieutenant, then Venture Captain six months later.

I can find a game just about anywhere with people who will welcome me with open arms.

PFS is acceptance.

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I replied to my volunteer e-mail on February 9th with, "I accept." I have received nothing since.

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Gayel Nord wrote:
Any news about the price of the sword?

Still quite interested in this as well.

A definitive reply from campaign management would be nice :).

I have a character who bought this today and found the question in three different threads. I'm guessing there has been no official response because it is a very specific question about a specific item on a specific chronicle sheet.

Having said that, I would like an answer to this question since I'm about to take this character into Bonekeep 3 in a month and 10,000 extra gold would help a lot.

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They're already showing up! Thank you Tonya and congratulations to Brett and my Venture Agents!

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I got something from a soft cover. How about the healing bomb discovery from Magical Marketplace. I have a character built around this, but the discovery does not adequately explain how throwing a healing bomb works. Can my ally choose to be flatfooted if he knows a healing bomb is coming? It mostly matters if I want to heal a roguey type, since they tend to have the most formidable touch AC.

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I played 322 and in the last fight...

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Three of us walked in with fly cast on us. The wizard had see invis running, then the magus glitterdusted Aram Zey. He made the save, but the damage was done. I, as 322, cast the scroll of slay living and flew up to him to deliver it. I nat oned and had to use my reroll to hit him. He failed the save by one and died.

There was too much amazing roleplaying to recount.

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Gulch Gunner Gun Scavenger. Utini!

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My PCs enjoyed it, but the cipher stumped the Grand Lodge PCs. Even I was initially confused as they explained it to me. Their problem was that they were essentially /re/ciphering it as opposed to /de/ciphering it (instead of working backwards, they worked forwards). They spent about an hour on it in real time, but I didn't penalize them for it. I didn't want them to basically lose the scenario by getting hung up on a faction mission that wasn't critical to the story. They did miss out on the boon, however.

Other than that little hiccup, the scenario was enjoyed by all (including me). I'm going to run it again next week!