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Yes, GenCon ran specials count. :D
I am pleased to announce that Ravenwolf Silvermoon is now the Venture Agent for Ft Smith, AR. He has been instrumental in the organization of conventions in Ft Smith and supporting Pathfinder Society. Ft. Smith is located in Northwest Arkansas meaning that he will report directly to Andrew Tillis, Northwest Arkansas Venture Lieutenant. We look forward to seeing many new and great things from Ravenwolf as he grows and expands his area.
I am pleased to announce that Jonathan Westmoreland is now the Venture Agent for Game Planet, located in Hot Springs, AR. He has been instrumental in the creation of Spa Con that ended last weekend and promoting PFS. Hot Springs is located in Central Arkansas meaning that he will report directly to Justin Coleman, Central Arkansas Venture Lieutenant. We look forward to seeing many new and great things from Jonathan as he grows and expands his area.
Northwest Arkansas- Fayeville AR, Springdale AR, Bentonville AR,Northeastern Arkansas-
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It gives me great pleasure to introduce Arkansas's newest Venture Lieutenant, supporting NWA, Andrew Tillis. He has been supporting Pathfinder for the past year as a GM and was promoted to Venture Agent (unofficially in November) and officially in January. He has assisted in organizing conventions and ensuring Game Days were being held.<br> His most recent accomplishment is to have two locations in his area that have expanded to 2-3 full tables every other week.<br> Please take a moment and welcome him to our great Society.
Every new player should have their own number if they are going to have a character that they will use in PFS, the event does not need to public. If the player is not going to play PFS, then they do not have to have a number (you may want it for reporting purposes, but they do not have to have one).If you think you will be giving chronicle sheets, you should either have them sign up or you can provide them their numbers at the table. Martin gave you the steps for the latter, I have enclosed below.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce Andrew Tillis as my Venture Agent, attached to Gear Gaming Store in Fayetteville, AR. He has been instrumental in organizing Gear Gaming Store in Fayetteville, AR for the last year. His experience organizing GlitchCon 2015 has also proven to the team that he can take on the role of acting Venture Lieutenant for Northwest Arkansas supporting me in growing the area. Please welcome him to the team.
Thank you for the clarification. Here are the questions I have on the FAQ that was created. Spoiler: Battle Host: What exactly does it mean that the battle host’s implement is immune to the broken condition? Can it never be destroyed? Can you use it over and over again with abilities that break your weapon for a benefit? In this particular instance, what it does is slightly different than the usual meaning of “immune.” It means that the implement suffers no penalties, even if it becomes broken. It can still gain the broken condition, and, it still counts as having the broken condition for the purpose of effects that escalate if you have the broken condition (such as effects that give the broken condition, or destroy the target if it already has the broken condition). As usual, you can’t use an effect that breaks a weapon if it already has the broken condition. An explanation will be included in the next errata. I need to have more clarification on this, because of the rest of the occultist information for this Bonded Item, this updated statement seems to 1. Nerf what was originally intended for the Battle Host, and I believe the class is already nerfed enough (by GMs). "The bonded item is immune to the broken condition for as long as the battle host lives." - Why would we change this to allowing the panoply bonded item to be able to "gain" the broken condition. It seems this is not the case based on the second line "If a battle host dies and is restored to life, the bonded item is also restored
These two statements obviously mean that these items cannot be broken or destroyed as long as the battle host is alive. Second question, this specifically states "At 1st level, a battle host formsa supernatural bond with a specific weapon, suit of armor, or shield. This selection is permanent and can never be changed. The bonded item is masterwork quality and the battle host begins play with it at no cost." a. What it does NOT say is that this can be limited to half plate and not allow the player to choose full plate as their implement when selecting Battle Host. This needs to be put in errata one way or another, if there are limits, please make sure we state them so that we don't have issues. I allow my players to select full plate because it is on the core rule book lists of always available items. b.This needs to be clarified, because if there are limits, we need to have these addressed. Obviously it says masterwork, so they get the masterwork quality. Does this mean no special quality such as adamantine or mithril, technically those special properties and that is not really addressed in the description at all. This brings me to the last point.
This obviously means that there should be something magical added to this weapon, what is that and what are the limits. Because if they can "break" and "destroy" the weapon as the FAQ states now, then why would I give up almost all of my implements, magic cirles, and all to get this that really only gets a masterwork armor or weapon, that cannot have special properties, can be broken/destroyed, does not have any special abilities or powers attached to it? I am playing one now and I am not finding the battle host fun with all the limits especially now that people can "break" my weapon... (I did not choose the armor, because I wanted to be able to update it later - and I was not sure about the special properties and whatnot)
I am pleased to announce that Christopher Collins is now the Venture Agent for Dragon's Keep, located in Fayetteville AR. He has been instrumental in running games as a GM, promoting PFS in the new location and helping me and my VL manage the day to day schedule of games and coming up with special events at this location. Obviously, he was one of the first choices I had when the new VA program came out. I know he will work well with the store owners and help expand PFS in the community.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce Jake Owens of Fayetteville, Arkansas as my Adventure Card Game Venture Lieutenant. He has been instrumental in organizing the card game in Arkansas. As ACG Venture-Lieutenant, Jake will be responsible for further organization of the card game in Arkansas. Please take a moment and welcome him to our great Society.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce Justin Coleman of Little Rock, Arkansas as my Venture Lieutenant. He has been instrumental in organizing Pathfinder Society in my area and he has shown me he is up to the task of growing our community in Central Arkansas. Please take a moment and welcome him to our great Society.
I am happy you are continuing to play!!! Cheers!
HOPE THIS HELPS, IF IT DOESN'T PM ME / Email me jlgibe@att.net How is GM credit handled with campaign mode? It is like running the Rise of the Runelords, when the group completes the first book, you can give them a chronicle sheet for part 1 and allow them to apply it to any PFS character within the level range. They will get 3xp, 4pp, and the gold listed on the chronicle sheet for completing the entire book, each book completed would earn 1 level for a PFS character the player chooses to apply it to. You record it and get 2 GM points as well. What counts as a "session"? Slot 4-8 time period where a PFS Game or Module is scheduled. Table 3-6 people playing in a slot. Sessions are How many slots x tables.
Is there any more documentation about this then in the Guide to Organized Play? YES Is that the "RPG" checkbox on the module in the event creating form? NO, that checkbox is to determine if you are playing Pathfinder Society or Core Campaign (Core Campaign can only use things from the Core Rulebook or Chronicle sheets, if the player has the appropriate reference materials.) Sorry for the many questions.
As far as rewarding 4 & 5 star GMs, they get a +4 or +5 respectively to their reroll in every game and they get to replay 4 or 5 scenarios (per recharge, which may be a seasonal thing), right? That said, I understand that some scenarios are complicated enough that they should probably only be run by experienced GMs and the star system helps build confidence in the experience of said GMs. Scenarios that fit that bill should probably be limited to 4/5 star GMs just to ensure they are run correctly each and every time (although there will probably still be a few cases where there are errors made). I am going to say this to further Mike's statement on this, I am only a 3 star GM, I'm about to be 4 star and I will already have my 10 specials done by the time I get my 4th star, but I will say as I am developing a new area into PFS, I run EVERY week at least once, and if I get to play one time a month - I am lucky. I do not mind this, but I wanted to make it clear, I don't mind 4/5 exclusives... even if VOs do not have access to them until a year later. Also, I started with PFS June 1, 2013 at A-kon 24.
That is false. every online convention that the online VOs have submitted a request for has received support, including PDFs for GMs and prize suppor in the form of product PDFs and boons.I see this complaint a lot still and I do not really see it as a valid one anymore. There is a very strong online community with 4 and 5 star gms and online conventions for both VTT and PbP, they even give out boons. The games are there you just need to look a little harder. Try reaching out to one of the Online VOs (yes there are specific VOs just for online play) who would love to show you how to get started.That's a fair statement to make. However, not every online convention gets Paizo support. To further complicate matters, those conventions are still held to a standard that's expected for RL conventions in order to qualify being able to run special events. Speaking from experience, that's rather extraordinary for it to occur. Mike is correct, there was only one 1 Online Convention that I never received the boon from for GMing and Playing, but that was not because it was not supported, I found out that the organizer had some issues and email him myself and was able to get the boons I was missing... All conventions that SIGN UP ON TIME are supported.
Congrats!!!
Congrats Patrick Harris, 5 Stars, you're amazing!
Did you eat your cookie yet Steven, Welcome to the TEAM :D
"On the new player table, a smart organizer will "stack the deck" by including a seasoned player at the table to help others learn. This helps the GM focus on the game and running the table while ensuring the player has questions answered in a timely manner. A smart GM uses the seasoned player to give the new player a little attention. A peer who knows the ropes in the game is helpful to everyone and keeps the table moving...
This is usually what I do and encourage the GMs to do as well, it allows them to focus on the storytelling.
Best Answer Ever, Good Job Glass!!! :D
Congrats Zak and welcome to the team!!!
Awesome job Timothy, welcome to the team!
Welcome to the team Andrew Shumate, have a great time.
Congrats to Jake Prewitt!!! We cannot wait to see what amazing things you will do! :D
When asked, we all voted on no fees. I think this is the most effective if it was not started at the beginning of the store set up. People randomly donate to the store and they in turn use the donated money to provide scenarios for the GMs, but we do not make it mandatory at all. |
